| Kirk Alderfer | 19 Feb 2013 6:12 a.m. PST |
Starting up the next mapscale dropper, the Fortress.
Original art
WIP with Union and Overlord for comparision
Landing gear installed
Gear parts
going a little bit different route on the Fort. Gear doors are separate from the gear. That way the same doors are used for either the open or closed options.
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BVTraders  | 19 Feb 2013 6:36 a.m. PST |
Nice looking there Kirk. Is there an eta on this? mike |
| LeonAdler | 19 Feb 2013 7:05 a.m. PST |
Ah sometimes one sees the advantages in computers :o) Very nice design.
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| Bryan Stroup | 19 Feb 2013 7:14 a.m. PST |
I've been playing with the idea of building something like this in 10-12mm for my rebased Mechwarrior armies. How easy would it be to scale this up digitally? Dimensions are what I'm looking for to be sure I'm in the right ballpark on the build. |
| Kirk Alderfer | 19 Feb 2013 11:05 a.m. PST |
Is there an eta on this? Sorry, not sure on IWM's release date for this How easy would it be to scale this up digitally? Scaling is easy
A bit of artistic license thrown here. One of the bay doors services a whole company of Mechs, so I heightened one of the doors. |
| Kirk Alderfer | 19 Feb 2013 11:08 a.m. PST |
Dimensions are what I'm looking for to be sure I'm in the right ballpark on the build In mapscale, the diameter on this is 4.7" |
 javelin98  | 19 Feb 2013 12:01 p.m. PST |
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| Lion in the Stars | 19 Feb 2013 1:41 p.m. PST |
In mapscale, the diameter on this is 4.7" Whoa! Good candidate for hard foam casting, IMO. |
| SpleenRippa | 19 Feb 2013 3:45 p.m. PST |
Someone needs to release a set of landing gear and greebles made to fit your average hamster ball ;) |
| Kirk Alderfer | 19 Feb 2013 9:57 p.m. PST |
Just contact IWM and order the gear from the Overlord for your custom DropHammies |
| Wellspring | 20 Feb 2013 11:05 a.m. PST |
I'm assuming the design will feature a cap so we can show the fortress with its Long Tom in firing position? |
| Kirk Alderfer | 21 Feb 2013 5:53 a.m. PST |
And you assumed correctly sir |
| Cergorach | 21 Feb 2013 11:16 a.m. PST |
Does that thing have five legs and five doors? It kinda looks like four… |
| Kirk Alderfer | 21 Feb 2013 3:29 p.m. PST |
It has five doors & landing gear Update of the day
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| Kirk Alderfer | 22 Feb 2013 12:27 p.m. PST |
Something I love to do when making any Btech in-universe stuff, program patches !
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| Kirk Alderfer | 22 Feb 2013 3:04 p.m. PST |
I'm assuming the design will feature a cap so we can show the fortress with its Long Tom in firing position?
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| Kirk Alderfer | 26 Feb 2013 3:28 p.m. PST |
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| Kirk Alderfer | 01 Mar 2013 3:01 p.m. PST |
Original configuration Fortress complete. Now to work in the LongTom pieces parts and a few other features
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| Bryan Stroup | 07 Mar 2013 1:32 p.m. PST |
Very, very nice. It's a shame the size I need would be about the size of basketball. I wouldn't want to guess how much that would cost to print, even in pieces. But I've got an idea about using plasticard over an inverted salad bowl on top of a smaller regular bowl… Time to hit the dollar store for some inspiration |
| Kirk Alderfer | 13 Mar 2013 5:12 a.m. PST |
Models are done and quotes are out. Hopefully will know something soon. link and prototype pieces parts
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| Kirk Alderfer | 19 Jun 2013 12:47 p.m. PST |
an update…Here is the main hull master
more to come |
| Lion in the Stars | 19 Jun 2013 1:47 p.m. PST |
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| Kirk Alderfer | 18 Aug 2013 2:55 p.m. PST |
this is up on the IWM website…
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begins to think about terrain for Team Yankee.
