| stroezie | 19 Mar 2017 2:31 p.m. PST |
Sometimes I get an idea to build something, not because I need it for a game but just because I can. So I built this today, say hello to my little retro scifi tank ;-)
Sadly, as is often the case, I got so caught up building the thing, that I completely forgot to take pictures during construction.
To atone for my sins I'll try to give you a list of the components used. 5mm foamcore for the main hull.
The drives are a 6mm bead, a piece of tubing from a kids balloon and a .177 air rifle pellet.
The turret is a 10mm bead which has been ground down almost but not completely halfway and the barrel is the gas vent valve from a mini bic lighter. All in all this was an easy and fun little project, I hope this will inspire you to try some scratch building yourself. Also for those wondering, the minis in the pictures are GZG NAC troopers which I added a green stuff helmet crest and a cape to. Hope you enjoyed my idle afternoon's labour as much as me ;-) Cheers,
Stroezie. |
| Bashytubits | 19 Mar 2017 2:32 p.m. PST |
Its a flying bender bot with GUNS!  |
Oberlindes Sol LIC  | 19 Mar 2017 2:35 p.m. PST |
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| Redroom | 19 Mar 2017 2:40 p.m. PST |
very old school, thanks for sharing |
| Zargon | 19 Mar 2017 2:55 p.m. PST |
Straight out of Tragan Empire from those magazines for kids we used to read, loved that series. |
| stroezie | 19 Mar 2017 3:10 p.m. PST |
Straight out of Tragan Empire from those magazines for kids we used to read, loved that series. Trigan Empire and Storm are some of my all time favourite comics and a lot of my scifi gaming borrows heavily from them so that is just about the nicest compliment you could give me. Thanks. |
 Legion 4  | 19 Mar 2017 3:12 p.m. PST |
Cool ! |
| The Beast Rampant | 19 Mar 2017 3:37 p.m. PST |
Looks great- and the bright, cheerful paint job really sells it. …a .177 air rifle pellet. That's a great idea! |
| JMcCarroll | 19 Mar 2017 4:00 p.m. PST |
Maybe a clear base to raise it up a bit? Looks great! |
 Herkybird | 19 Mar 2017 4:15 p.m. PST |
BB8 smoking a cigar while on a raft? |
| Dwindling Gravitas | 19 Mar 2017 4:23 p.m. PST |
I can't think of a better reason for doing something like this! :-) Good job Stroezie! |
| Ragbones | 19 Mar 2017 5:54 p.m. PST |
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| Grimmnar | 19 Mar 2017 9:27 p.m. PST |
This so reminds me of another tank i have seen that is like this. It is a bigger scale though.
With that said though i am so loving this. Basic and wickid in a small scale and made from nothing.
I so love when i see things made from nothing into something.
Keep it up. Grimm |
| stroezie | 19 Mar 2017 11:03 p.m. PST |
This so reminds me of another tank i have seen that is like this. It is a bigger scale though Well, that could be because I made one like it for my 15mm Trigan Empire inspired forces ;-)
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| Zeelow | 20 Mar 2017 5:03 a.m. PST |
You can…and you did. Great vision and scratched finish product!! "You the man today," IMHO. |
| Dynaman8789 | 20 Mar 2017 5:05 a.m. PST |
I like it, all it is missing is a little "Marvin the Martian" sticking out of the turret. |
| HexWarrior | 21 Mar 2017 4:18 p.m. PST |
Gorgeous. Just gorgeous! Love the rather sinister look of the 15mm version. And inspirational – like a lot of us oldies, 30 years ago I was scratch-building almost everything as there weren't models; this has made me realise I should get the tools out again and have some fun! Enough whinging about what's missing from 6mm ranges – let's get back into making them ourselves :) |
experiments with better tentacle material...
