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 Camkierhi wrote:
Well it looks awesome, and brutal, as we have said. Need some rivet heads in the spaced armour. but I am probably a bit premature.

Thanks again, Cam.
Yes, rivets will follow sanding.

Seeing that turret all schurtzened up, I just wish to say: "Panzer Vor!"

Catching up, looking great!

Have I told you lately how much I love this tank? I never say that about (Originally) Marine stuff.

shasolenzabi wrote:Seeing that turret all schurtzened up, I just wish to say: "Panzer Vor!"

You go for it.

Littletower wrote:Catching up, looking great!

Thanks LT.

dsteingass wrote:Have I told you lately how much I love this tank? I never say that about (Originally) Marine stuff.

Good to see that I can sway you and that I am improving it's looks.
You should like it even more now...

I've added rivets to the turret and I primed it to see how it looks.
There's a bit of unevenness about the rivets from the glue, some I removed, some couldn't be removed and some resulted in what will become weathering/battle damage...


I also added some bullet holes/dents to the wonky-est plate. I think this tank is heading towards a non-factory-fresh look...

I've also started on the sponson details in the shape of some reinforcement strips and rivets...


The other sponson with be more tricky because of it's curves... Time to dig out a hair-drier...

Well if your wanting factory fresh don't look under the hood . When this tank is done I think you need to make a land raider using the captive catan shard from the monolith kit as the energy source . Loving the turret work, definitely not a standard marine upgrade.

Very nice work. I would actually have the odd hole where a rivet once was! Looking brilliant.

Turret looks good dude

Factory-fresh would be a bit weird considering your fluff with it driving through walls and the like

Theophony wrote:Well if your wanting factory fresh don't look under the hood .

Well there's no squirrels making a nest in this tank...

When this tank is done I think you need to make a land raider using the captive catan shard from the monolith kit as the energy source .

Can't comment on the likelihood of this working as I've not seen either in the flesh/plastic. So it will remain a possibility.

Loving the turret work, definitely not a standard marine upgrade.

Thanks.
Stoooopid marines don't know what they are doing...

Camkierhi wrote:Very nice work. I would actually have the odd hole where a rivet once was! Looking brilliant.

Thanks Cam.
There is one... oh, you can't see it in the pictures. One of the rivets fell off the turret and, like I did on the Hut, when a rivet falls off, drill a hole to show where it was. The sponson, however, appears to have been better built as none fell off (probably because they are plastic rod on plastic with poly cement and not putty rivets on card with superglue).

monkeytroll wrote:Turret looks good dude

Factory-fresh would be a bit weird considering your fluff with it driving through walls and the like

Thanks MT.
Indeed it would. I didn't intend to make it factory fresh from the start, just didn't intend the weathering to start before I'd finished building. But, that is the nature of true chaos; small differences in initial conditions result in huge differences over time.

As a bonus, here's a little more detailing on the sponson. Ventilation for the capacitors of the Electron Cannon.

Made from scraps of plasticard.

mirroring all the previous comments..... very cool!

Thanks Magos.

Someone once asked how the sponsons were going to be aimed...
This is what I was thinking:

Still needs some gap filling and sanding to even them out (and maybe a few more details, but you get the idea.

I know, in practice, you would normally put cables inside a tank. But the cameras sat there by themselves on a plain top looked wrong and needed something. So I went for armoured cable runs as a compromise.

I'd have gone for a couple of eyeballs on tentacles....but cameras do the job I suppose

Nice, very chunky. Where did you steal the barrels from?

monkeytroll wrote:I'd have gone for a couple of eyeballs on tentacles....but cameras do the job I suppose

I'm going to have to do something with eyeballs on tentacles one day. Thanks.

Here's some tentacles to keep you happy in the mean time:

inmygravenimage wrote:Nice, very chunky. Where did you steal the barrels from?

Thanks Graven.
Barrels?
The gun barrel for this sponson is mostly made from pen bits.

Woo! Tentacles!

Oh, but those are tentacles we've seen before They're lovely tentacles and I do love tentacles in a box....but they're not fresh tentacles

Ah well, hopefully I'll find a variety of tentacles and rotary cannons tomorrow to keep me satisfied.....(for a while at least...)

I don't think I've shown them in this thread before... so they are a network premier...

Or you could look on them as re-heated tentacles inna box...

OK, fair enough

that tank is developing into an abnormal cool vehicle... I have been slacking recently on the updates... but boy... this is awesome...and just when you think this doc is all about tanks...then you chuck out filled and ripped open boxes...
how did you do these tentacles? rat/skaven tails maybe?

 Viktor von Domm wrote:
that tank is developing into an abnormal cool vehicle... I have been slacking recently on the updates... but boy... this is awesome

No worries. Good to see you about these parts again. Especially with great praise. Thanks.

...and just when you think this doc is all about tanks...then you chuck out filled and ripped open boxes...how did you do these tentacles? rat/skaven tails maybe?

I did these a little while ago to try and advertise my boxes a bit better than just sprue pictures.

The tentacles, like all my current cables and tentacles, are all made from milliput, a flat surface and a comb. Whenever I have leftover putty, I make some more. Although, with the tank interior and this box, I've not got many left.

Added details; A couple of plates to break up the flat surface and some guards for the cameras.
Ignore the putty on the angled piece, that was an experiment that didn't work...


I've turned the tank around now, so it is time to start on the other sponson...

Okay,,,,,,,,,PANZER VOR!!!!!!

FAntastic detailing, love the cameras.

I hope you feel better for that, Shas.

Thanks, Cam. Here's a little more detailing.

Look! A rotary cannon for all you rotary cannon lovers out there...


Turns out it was quite easy to bend the plastic so I didn't need to dig out the hair-dryer.
However, I had made the edge of the top and bottom pieces of the sponson a bit too close to the size of the turret. This meant that if I had attached the edging as it was, there would have been too much friction to the horizontal movement. So I added small spacers to the edge to give a little more space. Then I had to fill the gaps, smooth it all down and add rivets.

Just started on the cameras, so they are still a little rough.

Don't know what other details I'll add to this one yet. It doesn't need the vents of the other sponson, but needs something...

Wooh....rotary cannons

And now just realised I didn't pick up anywhere near enough tentacles yesterday

Reinforcement strips look neat

Perhaps a small hatch for the space behind the cams? Not a lot else makes sense there apart from maybe stowage....

Or a sensor dish?

Or smoke launchers?

Or an HK missile?

Or a foot spa?

Ok...maybe not that last one. But actually, it seems there might be a few things that could go there after all......

 monkeytroll wrote:
Wooh....rotary cannons

I thought you'd like that.

And now just realised I didn't pick up anywhere near enough tentacles yesterday

Boo. Go fourth and make more tentacles then.

Reinforcement strips look neat

Thanks. There's a few bits that need revisiting, but I'm pleased how they have turned out.

Perhaps a small hatch for the space behind the cams? Not a lot else makes sense there apart from maybe stowage....

Or a sensor dish?

Or smoke launchers?

Or an HK missile?

Or a foot spa?

Ok...maybe not that last one. But actually, it seems there might be a few things that could go there after all......

Thanks... mostly. Something will happen here... probably not a foot spa though...

Inspired... That is all

Oh I will, dont worry Was after some squid or octopus type ones though....and I know I purchased from at least one stall that had some.....

Surely the little nid likes to soothe his hooves after a hasrd few days staring at screens........

Ruglud wrote:Inspired... That is all

Thanks Ruglud. I gain much from DD and I hope I give a little back every now and then.

monkeytroll wrote:Oh I will, dont worry Was after some squid or octopus type ones though....and I know I purchased from at least one stall that had some.....

Ooo, Octopus-like tentacles would be nice...

Surely the little nid likes to soothe his hooves after a hasrd few days staring at screens........

I'd have thought the Driver would welcome a rest more than the Gunner. Having seen Cam's latest build, we all know they like cosy sleeping bags and to have a nice bath...

 Dr H wrote:

Ruglud wrote:Inspired... That is all

Thanks Ruglud. I gain much from DD and I hope I give a little back every now and then.

monkeytroll wrote:Oh I will, dont worry Was after some squid or octopus type ones though....and I know I purchased from at least one stall that had some.....

Ooo, Octopus-like tentacles would be nice...

Surely the little nid likes to soothe his hooves after a hasrd few days staring at screens........

I'd have thought the Driver would welcome a rest more than the Gunner. Having seen Cam's latest build, we all know they like cosy sleeping bags and to have a nice bath...

orcs as libertines and sybarites... classic We all know it's true. Their goal is to make the galaxy their day spa.

I like the camera guards. Good detail. I think the backs of the sponsons may want a hatch of some sort. And the hanging chains some militaries put on their tanks, might make a nice add on to the turret.

Funny I was thinking, you could do with smoke launchers and a HK type thingy on top of there.

And iron boots play hell with your feet.......