"6mm/Epic Chaos Death Wheel" Topic

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javelin98	17 Apr 2017 6:11 p.m. PST
By request of one of the members of the TacComms forums, I put together this Epic-scale Chaos Death Wheel. It's a big beastie and will probably be pretty expensive to print, but I'm going to upload it anyway, once I get all the internal geometry cleaned up. Thanks to the beauty of Sketchup's componentization feature, this thing took less than 24 hours to build. More pics on my blog o' war: link Thanks! jav98
Moe the Great	17 Apr 2017 6:18 p.m. PST
OMG !!!! That's awesome!
dsfrank	18 Apr 2017 12:13 p.m. PST
how does it turn?
wolfgangbrooks	18 Apr 2017 3:04 p.m. PST
Certainly one of the best executions of the subject.
javelin98	18 Apr 2017 7:31 p.m. PST
My concept was that each "pod" has its own power plant and the wheel-ring actually consists of two independently-turning wheels. That way, you can use lateral steering in the same way a tank does to turn or even pivot on one spot. I tried to place the heavy cannons down low to act as a tuned mass damper to help the thing stay upright as it banks around curves and whatnot.
HexWarrior	23 Apr 2017 4:54 p.m. PST
Wow – that is truly Epic!
Covert Walrus	05 May 2017 3:27 p.m. PST
That is bloody magnificent!
javelin98	06 May 2017 10:10 p.m. PST
Thanks, CW! And even better, a minis company has bought the design and is looking to mass produce it, which will be a heck of a lot cheaper than buying it through Shapeways.