shasolenzabi wrote:Now that is a cool halftrack idea Vik, also allows for canvas for wet weather!

I was thinking the M-3 Half-Track

I will keep that design for future projects... there is especially on the front so many odd angles that this needs some further know how on my part...

Dr H wrote:Good start, Vik. Look forward to where it goes.

I too was expecting something like the M-3 ^
Doesn't mean that you should change. Unexpected is always good.

ha! you will get unexpected right now... that is for sure^^...

Theophony wrote:M-3 with its mini death roller on the front for the win.

Also the skis would work for Valhallans

that death roller has me inspired ...see below mate... tho orks wouldn´t want to be hanging dead over a fence with such a puny death roller

Red Harvest wrote:Why is there a stahlhelm on the mini death roller?

well... re-enacting ...I suppose for emphasis of their baddassery nature...(kinda a RL orky reference right there )

lone dirty dog wrote:I see Orkyness with this one also it has the potential to add a Flak gun to it as a removable piece if you wanted, I thought they might be cassettes now I need to rummage in the loft for my old tapes.

Hey Vic you could try going to your local refuse recycling centre and see if they have any old vid tapes knocking around there is always hundreds at ours all though you might have to sneak them into a box or something as around here they won't let you remove stuff.

I have not yet heard of any "local refuse recycling centres " ...but I bet that would be a gold mine for so many things... the back space sadly is non removable... that would have been a wiser decision to have it done that way...... well this wont be the last for a long shot for sure... (besides... big artillery... I have no idea how to build that...

Camkierhi wrote:I will sort out some vids for you. Got boxes of the things.

I am still thinking about a return package mate... tell me what would be of use for you...will you move forward to more dredds and kans in the future? I have maybe some odd stuff that could be helpful...

OneManNoodles wrote:more half tracks

That grot tank is awesome, is one of the guns there to make it go faster? Tracks are the best part for me.

LOL... well if he shoots backwards this might make the tank certainly take a jump forward that track and especially the treads design are my favourite part of the built too by the way!!!

shasolenzabi wrote:I see now, Vik has Orkified his latest half trakk

indeed... and now its armed and riveted...

adamsouza wrote:Great work. I can never get my glyphs to look like that.

The raised checherboard pattern makes it a ton easlier to paint.

that was the intention... I am a sucker when it comes to right looking checkers... and the glyphs weren't that hard to do, I use a razor blade with a clamp that does a very nice chopping device for straight down cuts...

Dr H wrote:Nice Orkification work, Vik. Looking good.

thanks matey!

Theophony wrote:Nice glyphs vik , loving the #1 , and the death roller is great work.

the glyph you refer to is to keep it a bit in line with the grot tank living bumper guy

Littletower wrote:Once again great jobs!

Both half-tracks (Hadn't commented in a while!) look awesome, done and WIP one !

As do the Throne diorama and walkers...

Almost too much

Just don't forget about the LoER Comp deadline and finish that in time!

my wife keeps me reminding of that too...hobby ADHD all over... the halftrack now is almost finished and I am already thinking of building new stuff .
good luck with the game tomorrow... your team may need it

dsteingass wrote:Wow Vik!

At first I was thinking of a WW1 armored car, but then when I saw your orkification, it all came together!

LOL@ Germans have 8 different words for grumpy. I believe that because of my grandfather.

lol...yeah... seems to be connected to gramps maybe...my own was like that too
and I guess it is a amalgam of an armored car and a halftrack... with so much inspiring influence around me it is hard to tell what came first, chicken or egg^^

shasolenzabi wrote:And each word means a different kind of grumpy, some more or less severe than the others Dave.

Vik, Ork Haff-trakk is sweet.

thanks mate...and indeed^^

Camkierhi wrote:Hey I have at least 20 degree's of grumpy, ranging from mildly miffed to full on "Lock the women and kids in the basement and wait for the thudding to stop!!".

8 words is nothing.

Probably have a job finding a grumpy German on the planet after the footy the other night.

we´ll see if there is that many happy peeps around after sunday... I think my yelling potential got raised the last years... but I guess it is something that comes with age...you just don´t let yourself get pushed around that easily now as you have been when being younger... at least that´s what I do with bosses and teachers alike...they need to earn my respect... the hard way

Theophony wrote:We better stop belaboring the grumpiness issue, last time people talked about it this much it was 1914. We don't need another repeat of that do we . although it might cause some new tank development and ideas for conversions.

I'm with cam on the many shades of grumpiness though, I think my family has more need of the grumpy words Han pleasant when I'm concerned .

Camkierhi wrote:Now obviously don't take me the wrong way here. And please understand I know how stupid I am. But that might not be a bad thing, not sure that we don't need a blody good war, clear the air so to speak. Only trouble is the killing people bit, what about if the losers have to vacate the premises. (read PLANET) that way we get space staations space travel more space ship designs, and I for one would love to actually meet an ork, though you can probably keep your chaos mallarky, far to kinky for me (looks sideways at Nerdy).

Sorry I will crawl back in hole now.

the only downside I see toó that idea is ...who would be the losers of said "brawl"? we can´t be sure that the western world will be the winning faction...IF there is a connected faction at all...with all that crosswise spying going on atm...and since the mentioned evil factions that would be good for losers are tossing airplanes and bombs around there is no telling who would win...just think of the ewoks getting rid of the imperium on their moon...even dim lit peeps with just stones can win against a high tech army... my grandfather kept telling me stories of tenthousand Russian fighters coming from a treeline attacking german tanks with just branches and stones and the odd gun inbetween...and eventually they won...civilized armies tend to have an Achilles heel somehow deeply rooted to be toppled...??...this is not based on common sense but on empirical facts....
BUt I have to share a shred of my past mind... when I was younger a thought ruled my mind...humanity could do with just a third of it´s number... a great cleansing and two thirds would be "away"... the problem is..who is deciding who is in and who is not... back then I was the one imagining the handpicking...well now that I am older I am sure that I would be among the ones probably that would bee picked out for sorting...not many peeps in the real world like peeps that speak their mind and these are the ones that get "selected"...well...

Theophony wrote:Yeah it all sounds good until you realize it's the loser who's generally less technologically advanced than the winner. Do we really want to send Iraqis and afgansitani citizens into space? I mean what would first contact look like?

well IF we are able to send so many peeps into orbit (that also means nuke´em^^) then this could be a way to do it... buuuuut raises other issues as well.. who pays for that and who cleans up the mess afterwards... because that will cause a mess for sure no one wants to clean up....and the first contact issue...ohoh...yeah... that would be hilarious... first we send drones out there that have pics of naked peeps with their particulars hanging around...and then fully wrapped up towelheads get discovered by greys....that´s a disturbing story right there....facepalm: