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Grignotage15 Jun 2014 1:22 p.m. PST

Here's a Khurasan medium battle tank, painted up for my Kyushan Insurgency campaign setting. Colors used were Army Painter Warpaint Army Green and Vallejo Olive Grey, with Army Painter Dark Ink. The fluffy background follows the pics.

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MBT-89 Wolf Medium Tank, "Muy Chingon," 1st Platoon, C Company, 1/50th Tank Battalion, 2nd Brigade, 5th Division, UNEM Army

"Muy Chingon," an MBT-89 under command of 2nd Lieutenant Julia Roybal, seen here during 2nd Bde.'s epic march to Sao Luis Obispo during the KFM Summer Rising in 2251.

The Wolf medium tank, long obsolete on Earth, was nevertheless an effective fire support platform on Kyushu, where the KAF and KFM's light rockets were only effective against it when fired in volleys. "Puppies" suffered low casualties in the foothills and highlands, were they fought primarily as mobile artillery, but the close-in fighting in the coastal urban areas during the Rising saw a sharp increase in losses.

2LT Roybal's tank was credited with breaking several ambushes during the drive down Highway 1, and, after fighting through the outskirts and slums of Sao Luis Obispo, was the first to relieve the siege of the Tannhauser Gate. As fresh supplies began arriving through the newly reopened space port, she was briefly interviewed by the IPN, during which the reporter asked her to reflect on the fight the brigade had endured during its drive back into the city. She laconically told the reporter, "It was a long drive."

"Muy Chingon" was destroyed two days layer by a Kyushan directed energy weapon, which breached the tank's fusion motor. The MBT-89 burned to a cinder with all hands. Roybal was posthumously decorated for the fighting at Tannhauser Gate.

War Monkey15 Jun 2014 3:15 p.m. PST

Nice write up, and nice paint job as well. :D

darthfozzywig15 Jun 2014 4:21 p.m. PST

thumbs up

Personal logo MrHarold Sponsoring Member of TMP15 Jun 2014 4:34 p.m. PST

Looks great!

Combat Colours15 Jun 2014 4:39 p.m. PST

Cool paint job!…and her crew did her proud! p

AVAMANGO15 Jun 2014 5:15 p.m. PST

Nice background story…

Cyclopeus15 Jun 2014 5:45 p.m. PST

Very nice. I love the camo and the story.

Capt Flash15 Jun 2014 6:20 p.m. PST

Well done!

khurasanminiatures15 Jun 2014 7:32 p.m. PST

Looks great, well done.

Lfseeney15 Jun 2014 7:38 p.m. PST

Nice work!

mister droid15 Jun 2014 8:39 p.m. PST

"Kyushan directed energy weapons glittering at Tanhauser Gate" just doesn't have the same ring to it… No wonder they call 'em c-beams!

Personal logo Legion 4 Supporting Member of TMP In the TMP Dawghouse16 Jun 2014 7:08 p.m. PST

Great stuff ! thumbs up

No Such Agency16 Jun 2014 7:51 p.m. PST

Muy chingon work, the boreal camo colours are perfect. I'd suggest you give it some scratch-n-dent though.

I hear Rutger Hauer ad libbed that emotional monologue, for what it's worth.

Grignotage18 Jun 2014 6:18 a.m. PST

@No Such Agency and Mister Droid…no self-respecting sci-fi setting can go without a reference to Roy Baty. And I think you're right, No Such. The original speech was longer but I think Hauer was getting tired of the shoot, being soaked through, and ad libbed it down to something approaching science fiction perfection.

Heinz Good Aryan18 Jun 2014 6:47 a.m. PST

hauer did not ad lib it. it was written. but he cut it down so that it was punchier, with a lot less techno-babble, and added a few things like "tears in rain"….

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