 Virtualscratchbuilder   | 03 Jul 2014 6:06 a.m. PST |
They say that first impressions are the lasting ones. This cover:
was my first exposure to War of the Worlds, and it provoked me to read the entire book in one sitting. Ever since I have had the vision of the tripods being very saucer like, and on the occasions where I have sat down to build my own (always to be distracted to something else) I had the saucer vision in mind. So…. having bought into All Quiet on the Martian Front my first thought is how to make the tripods more saucer-like. Here is my first try:
Once I got the extra "wing" structure on, I did not like how it made the "snout" more pronounce, so I tempered that with some minor add ons. VSB |
| haywire | 03 Jul 2014 6:09 a.m. PST |
Nice conversion work. Almost has the Tom Cruise version look to it as well. This was the cover I was brought up with:
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| panzerCDR | 03 Jul 2014 6:29 a.m. PST |
I hate to date myself but I look for the Classics Illustrated Tripod brand: link The AQOTMF ones are very nice though. |
 Legion 4  | 03 Jul 2014 8:42 a.m. PST |
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| nazrat | 03 Jul 2014 11:10 a.m. PST |
Panzer-- that's the one sold by Scheltrum, I think. I have one and it's a very impressive model on the table with 28mm figures scurrying about it's feet.
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| jpattern2 | 03 Jul 2014 11:30 a.m. PST |
I love them all, but, yeah, that Classics Illustrated version is the one I grew up loving. I still have that issue tucked away in a box in the attic. |
 Bobgnar | 03 Jul 2014 11:53 a.m. PST |
I too like the one on the CI cover that PanzerCDR links to. Here is my rendition
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| Slagneb | 03 Jul 2014 12:26 p.m. PST |
My favorite is still the 1950's movie though not een as tripods they are on 3 anti-magnetic legs. |
| panzerCDR | 03 Jul 2014 12:32 p.m. PST |
Nazrat – Thanks. I'll have to look for that one. Bobgnar – Yes! Exactly! Right before the gun and crew are vaporized! Ouch! Ah, youth . . . |
| nazrat | 03 Jul 2014 8:30 p.m. PST |
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| Bobgnar | 03 Jul 2014 8:50 p.m. PST |
Nazrat, That makes two of us. The Scheltrum is the taller on on the right,
Difficult to fit them on bases for Hordes of the Thing. Need to use wire stablizers. |
| Legion 4 | 05 Jul 2014 6:25 a.m. PST |
For you Marty Tripod-philes … TMG makes a nice versions in 10mm scale. link But I'm sure it could be used for other scales, like 6mm, 15mm or even larger. As smaller "Scout Tripods" for 25-28mm … just FYI …  |
