"Could This Work As Mechanical Tentacles For 15mm?" Topic

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Cacique Caribe	06 May 2013 6:38 p.m. PST
Diameter: 0.9mm auction What do you think? Thanks, Dan
Rrobbyrobot	06 May 2013 7:31 p.m. PST
Why not?
MrHarold	06 May 2013 7:41 p.m. PST
I think they'd work great!
infojunky	06 May 2013 8:04 p.m. PST
Looks good by me…
Mako11	06 May 2013 8:45 p.m. PST
0.9mm seems a bit small to me, but I don't know what size your model is. Seems like it would be better for 6mm scale though.
AVAMANGO	06 May 2013 10:12 p.m. PST
That would work depending on the size of the miniature you are using it for, or you can get some ribbed guitar strings which i use all the time for armoured or industrial cabling.
Cacique Caribe	06 May 2013 10:40 p.m. PST
This one here is 1.3mm, though it doesn't look as nice as the top one: auction Dan
War Monkey	06 May 2013 11:24 p.m. PST
Nice fine, I done know what your plans are but I see power coupling cables
Armiesarmy	07 May 2013 1:36 a.m. PST
Hmmmm…good call I use a tool to create my tentacles/cables and to be honest its crap. The website makes it look so simple and with practice it probably is. However as I don't have a spare 3000 hours this ticks the box for me! Ill have to look some of that up Keith
Cacique Caribe	07 May 2013 5:11 p.m. PST
How about plugging one end of these beads, and taking those tentacles and inserting into the other: auction auction auction Would it look "organic" enough? Dan
Cacique Caribe	07 May 2013 5:20 p.m. PST
Or these? auction auction Dan
War Monkey	07 May 2013 8:33 p.m. PST
These make me think of some alien desert cactus
Zephyr1	08 May 2013 2:28 p.m. PST
Or drone mines…. ;-)
Stepman3	08 May 2013 3:56 p.m. PST
NO
War Monkey	08 May 2013 7:03 p.m. PST
Yes!! mines area denial weapons, mounted on a post, anti-perssonel/anti-armor, force GEVs to go high to go over them exposing them to enemy fire but still like the cactus idea too
War Monkey	08 May 2013 7:57 p.m. PST
@ CC; been looking at all the beads and caps online at ebay and I know we have a bead store not far from here and an idea hit me thinking all kinds of alien plant life and the french wire will help with the wreak project I mentioned TMP link