Inspired by paradigm's review I just done my own review of the $6 Sci-Fi Tanks from Tehnolog, the company that brought you Robogear and the Platformer, Hexagon. Chemical Plant and other modular terrain sets. Pretty impressive little vehicle for the price of a burger.
http://chicagoskirmish.blogspot.com/2015/02/six-dollar-tanks-from-russia.html
I tried to be pretty thorough and included construction hints, resolving the kit's few shortcomings and comparison to a Leman Russ.


Overall, I'm very pleased with them. A friend and I split a box of 10 and I'm definitely looking forward to fielding a platoon of these.

Nice review! I need to actually get around to doing something with my own one!

I literally just got in my 10 this morning.
I agree 100% with your assessment. I would note though, that a Leman Russ is a heroic scale vehicle. For 40k purposes.. yeah, this might be short.. for most other uses though, it's scale fine. Really though, if you're playing friendly games of 40k it should be fine as well.. it's a cheap proxy.. have fun with it


I also got in touch with the person that actually made the tank.
There's a newer version coming out. They're waiting for some sort of money issue to be resolved.. didn't ask.. but from what I saw on their website, it looks like it has a similar body but a different style turret.. more like a Hydra.

Good to know. I'd definitely like to see more in this style. Any link to the page with the new design?

I agree that the size of the tank is just fine for gaming with heroic or true-scale figs. The footprint is a little small (though the height is spot-on) compared to current MBT's like the Merkava and Abrams but who knows what size tanks will be in the future? The pic with the Russ is just a an obligatory comparison to a tank that most everyone knows the size of.

I'm going to use mine with the the 28mm scale "Mech Attack" games that our club occasionally does and that I run at conventions.

Just read your blog. Picked two up.

Wow, glad to help!

Robo Tech always been great especially for ork players but getting harder to get.

 MLaw wrote:


I also got in touch with the person that actually made the tank.
There's a newer version coming out. They're waiting for some sort of money issue to be resolved.. didn't ask.. but from what I saw on their website, it looks like it has a similar body but a different style turret.. more like a Hydra.

I like the sound of that. This one is great, perfect for Chimeras (just use the smaller turret), the Missile Tanks and Hellhound types, but it's not great for the artilery style stuff. If they can do one with a more boxy-turret, closed-top Wyverns/Bassies/Griffons/Hydras ect could be very easily doable!

Very nice, would like to see how these look painted up.

This really snowballed since I first posted them, huh. I should have asked for a commission!

Nice review, great tank kit. I own 10 myself.

 MLaw wrote:

I also got in touch with the person that actually made the tank.
There's a newer version coming out. They're waiting for some sort of money issue to be resolved.. didn't ask.. but from what I saw on their website, it looks like it has a similar body but a different style turret.. more like a Hydra.

Link to the site please ?

Great work, thanks Eilif.
any idea how it would scale up next to a chimera?

Here's a pic I found (not mine) of one compared to a predator.

 usernamesareannoying wrote:
Great work, thanks Eilif.
any idea how it would scale up next to a chimera?

You're very welcome!
According to the #'s on Dakka ( http://www.dakkadakka.com/wiki/en/Scale_Model_Kits_for_40K ) the Chimera is about a cm wider than a Russ and half a cm longer. Doing a rough comparison to the numbers in my post, compared to the Chimera, the Russian Tank is probably about 1.5 cm less in length and width. I'm not sure about height, but it's likely , shorter as well, especially if you use the small turret in place of the large turret.

Nice review, $6 for a decent looking tank, I'm going to check it out, once I get home.

Remembered I had one I was thinking of using as an Immolator.

Looks really good. I think the plow front has more of a 40k look, but either is fine.

Neat model, for the price Thanks for sharing!

I just saw the replies asking for the link, sorry about the delay

http://souldark.ru/magazin/Netshop/Tehnolog-robots-and-vehicles/

You can see it in the banner. There were pictures in the news section I think.. I don't see them anymore though.

EDIT: Also, their ebay account has some really cool sci-fi guys.. Urban something or other.. would love to pick some up but I'd like to see a review first since they're so finely detailed..

Thank you for the link.

More than a decade ago, I used to have an Ebay store and was in talks with the manufacturer to order wholesale direct from Russia. They were pleasant, the models were great, but I could never get definite shipping quotes out of them at the time, so I eventually lost interest.

Now I'm happy to just order what I want for my own gaming needs from their Ebay store.

I'm really impressed with how the tanks slide together without the need for glue. It makes me wonder if GW could try a little harder in their model designs to make easier to assemble kits.

I think the mark 2 is what we see in the background of this title image.

Hmm, it it is, I see easy Hydra/Wyvern, and/or Razorback/Immolator if you combine it with the current hull!

Are you sure that's the next 28mm tank? It could be a pic of the 15mm version they used to make that had a lot more weapon options.

Well the current one looks to be an upscaled version of the one in the middle column, so perhaps the plan is to eventually embiggen all three designs eventually.

 Kid_Kyoto wrote:
I think the mark 2 is what we see in the background of this title image.

Spoiler:

I'm pretty sure those are pics of the 15mm tanks. Note the 4 prong plow front and the comparatively wide tracks.

I wouldn't be surprised (and would like to purchase them) if we do see more 28mm tanks based on the 15mm tanks, but I've not seen any yet.

I was the one who originally mentioned that the banner design was the mk2. I suggested that after having a conversation with the site owner asking about that kit. The conversation led me to believe that it is in fact the design we see in the banner whether 15mm or 28mm.. whether the original was in 15mm is irrelevant, it's the design. Super Tank Mk2 at this point is being held up by funding at the caster. Also, as per that conversation, when the kit comes out the price won't be $6 anymore. It will be more but Ann did not specify how much more.

Good to know. Hope they work out the issues with the caster. I wonder how much more expensive the kit will be. Even if it was double, I might pick up a few, but we definitely wouldn't have bought a box of 10 like we did.

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/630/582304.page#7469362

 Vermonter wrote:
OK, Sinful Hero, here you go.

I apologize that my collection is unusually sparse on 40K figures . . . I don't even own a single space marine. I also regret favoring the inches side of the ruler - my American upbringing showing - but the metric side is still visible and it should be fairly simple to figure out the metric measurements from the images.

So my selection of figures is esoteric, but hopefully still useful. I'm also including a comparison shot with a Gundam Mech I just assembled for my son, just for fun and in the spirit of the thread.


Left to right: Mantic Enforcer, Studio McVey Kara, Mantic Rebel, Mantic Martian. The first three miniatures are not on bases.


Left to right: Rackham Therian Golem trooper, GW Skaven Warpfire thrower


Left to right: Heroclix SWAT, WOTC Stormtrooper, Heroclix Predator


with Mantic Strider Mech


with Mantic Deadzone scenery terrain tile


with Gundam 00 - Gundam Astraea Type-F 1/144 Scale HG Model Kit No.62

Paradigm has a gallery with these tanks as well http://www.dakkadakka.com/gallery/images-77159-44419_Product%20Reviews.html

Thanks for the pics!
I'd linked to Paradigm's review in my blog post, but I'd not seen Vermonter's review before.

I'll add this pic also from the blog post. When assembled per the instructions (the tank on the right), there's a gap between the inside of the treads and the lower section of hull. I tried moving the hull up a bit (tank on the left). I it covered the gap and looked a bit better IMHO.

I haven't measured, but the height adjusted tank on the left is probably very close (still a touch short though) to the height of a predator.

I might have to try that with the hull.

I assume you clipped the pegs and just glued it in place? I gave my son 5 from the 10 pack but I might do this on the 5 I have left.

I was just going the the Gundam and SciFi Kits for 40K thread and came across the pics of the Technolog tanks and figured they were relevant.

The added height on the tanks, will make them closer to a Rhino Chasis. I'll have to try that myself.

 MLaw wrote:
I assume you clipped the pegs and just glued it in place? I gave my son 5 from the 10 pack but I might do this on the 5 I have left.

I did clip the pegs the first time, but you can just leave them as is and move the hull up. Further, you can even use the pegs and tubes as a guide and position the pegs on top of the tube instead of in them. That will result in a height that is a couple of mm shorter than the height above, but it can make a good guide for keeping it level.

I really like these they remind of modern tanks.

Lightish Red Space Marine wrote:
I really like these they remind of modern tanks.

In a way that's the appeal to me as well.. but my decision had more to do with the cost. I like a 1/48 Merkova as my Sci-Fi MBT. It has a good size and a fairly futuristic look. Plus some of the kits can be bought cheap if you keep an eye out.. Not $6 cheap though.. which is what led me here
Having a huge lineup of tanks for some sci-fi scenarios that require them as scenery (ie mission on an army base or some kind of hostage rescue where mass carnage is not desired) is really sweet as well.

The 1/48 Merkava is a good choice. I've got one of the cheap academy kits that I did up as a crashed grav tank. Looks nice and sci-fi, especially when I put a tau hatch on top.

 Eilif wrote:
The 1/48 Merkava is a good choice. I've got one of the cheap academy kits that I did up as a crashed grav tank. Looks nice and sci-fi, especially when I put a tau hatch on top.

Is it the Academy kit that is meant to have a gearbox added? That's the one I ended up with. I have that and the Airfix Land Rover set along with a few other things I'm building up for an Expendables type army.

I'm not totally sure. I think mine might have been the academy kit as it even came with the remote control (just forward and back) which i didn't use. I'm not even sure if Academy and Kitech lines aren't the same under different labels?

 Eilif wrote:
I'm not totally sure. I think mine might have been the academy kit as it even came with the remote control (just forward and back) which i didn't use. I'm not even sure if Academy and Kitech lines aren't the same under different labels?

Ah.. that does happen I believe.. Revell, Airfix, and a few others occasionally end up having others produce their kits or vice versa so I wouldn't be surprised.. I've seen quite a few of the Academy kits that are intended to have remotes/gearboxes and they're available without for a bit of a price cut. I think the design is universal and it keeps you from having to purchase if you already own it.. or somesuch.. I dunno. I just know mine was ~$10ish and didn't have the remote etc.

Nice find. Sadly they seem to be out of stock at the moment.

 MLaw wrote:
I was the one who originally mentioned that the banner design was the mk2. I suggested that after having a conversation with the site owner asking about that kit. The conversation led me to believe that it is in fact the design we see in the banner whether 15mm or 28mm.. whether the original was in 15mm is irrelevant, it's the design. Super Tank Mk2 at this point is being held up by funding at the caster. Also, as per that conversation, when the kit comes out the price won't be $6 anymore. It will be more but Ann did not specify how much more.

My gawd, they could creep up to $7 or even cross the $8 line!

Tank that you marked MK2 is 28 mm like a white tank it is in preorder and in near future will be in the markets/shop. ALot of painted tanks shown on the one pic, are 15 mm or somesthing like that.

Solid thread necromancy

As long as this thread has been resurrected, I'll add that I'm finally getting around to painting up a few of the Russian Sci-Fi tanks.

I need some APC's for a 28mm Mech Attack (Think Battletech with 1/10 the rules) game I'm running at Adepticon so I'll be slapping paint on a few this weekend and should have something to show shortly.

kb_lock wrote:
Solid thread necromancy

Ok/
Let it be. (c) The Beatles

Little update in my blog and some pic with wip conversions of this Tanks.
I do not claim to originality, but if someone like my job, it will be good.
Link

It's great to see these getting scaled up a bit, the only reason I've stayed away from them so far is how tiny they used to be.

 morganfreeman wrote:
It's great to see these getting scaled up a bit, the only reason I've stayed away from them so far is how tiny they used to be.

Be careful in sizes because those (my) tanks are conversions. Originals not so long. I used two originals to create one colonial УТБ-МСТ.

Here's the thread on the big Mecha game I used them in.
http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/687469.page

Two of them took the field in the game.

Here they are with some of our other game models.


Both of these got the height modification that I mentioned in my first post. Being made of proper Polystyrene, they were a cinch to assemble and customize.

The tanks are more than big enough for 28mm. The footprint is very similar to GW tanks, it's just that the height is more realistic . For an even better idea of the size you can access bigger pics here.
http://www.chicagoskirmishwargames.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=116

 Raul Van Allen wrote:

kb_lock wrote:
Solid thread necromancy

Ok/
Let it be. (c) The Beatles

Little update in my blog and some pic with wip conversions of this Tanks.
I do not claim to originality, but if someone like my job, it will be good.
Link

I like your conversions. And even having to cut up 2 tanks thats still only $12 a tank.

My attempt at converting one of these:

Nice work. Looks like it drove right out of the 40k universe.

 Eilif wrote:
Here's the thread on the big Mecha game I used them in.
http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/687469.page

Cool game it was. And i see other Tehnolog stuff - it is nice to see them not only in the my shelves =)

The bumping of this thread made me go look to see if they were still available, and i found that there appears to be a new variant available with AA weapons and uncovered tracks:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Bronekorpus-self-propelled-anti-aircraft-gun-SPAAG-Mk-I-/131782127837?hash=item1eaed3b0dd:g:L2EAAOSwKfVXEMaG





there's also this cannon thing which could be pretty good base for so mechanicus conversion work:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Techno-demonic-cannon-for-28mm-fantasy-wargaming-9th-Age-Chaos-Dwarf-Scaven-Warh-/141945017726?hash=item210c95157e:g:rkoAAOSwI-BWOwGN

The Cannon has been around for years, but that new tank is pretty sweet and good to hear it's compatible with the earlier versions.

Here's the new sprue

Some Observations:
-The Hull looks the same.
-Tracks are an improvement if you prefer the Leman Russ uncovered look.
-The Turret is new
-Except for the small square rocket pods, all the weapons are the same styles as the Robogear mecha. Kind of a cool way to put them all in the same universe.
-Interestingly it has the clips for holding the Robogear spring-loaded missile launchers, and some of the missiles are included, but apparently no missile launchers.


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 Raul Van Allen wrote:
And i see other Tehnolog stuff - it is nice to see them not only in the my shelves =)

Definitely! I've been using them for a while. I've made a few conversions (Mad Bull needed some major work), but overall I think they're great. I've got more tanks and a few more mecha to finish up and someday add to my forces.

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 Raul Van Allen wrote:
And i see other Tehnolog stuff - it is nice to see them not only in the my shelves =)

Definitely! I've been using them for a while. I've made a few conversions (Mad Bull needed some major work), but overall I think they're great. I've got more tanks and a few more mecha to finish up and someday add to my forces.

But madbull has a great option for conversion (something like madcat/dog mode) plus a large set of weapons . But it is also true that a lot of trouble with him .Like with other Teholog stuff, you can convert them or it will be toy.The cockpit , glass, wires , additional hydraulics, it is the mandatory minimum . But this is part of the hobby that I love.

I agree. That's basically what I did with mine, using a chopped down T-REX canopy (luckly it comes with 2)



Here's my conversion thread from years ago with more details.
http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/355685.page?userfilterid=24779

Here's it after adding a Chaos SM rocket launcher pack and being painted up by a buddy of mine.

Colonial Transporter began with this model.



The muzzle was originally conceived in the style of a "Nekromongers" from Riddick, since I was very lazy to move the cockpit back, and the skull was always at hand. Hump ​​was born alone, but then there were attempts to somehow remove it.

And with these attempts of torment , began the choice of angle of caterpillers .
(Which is still not completely finished.)

As seen in this photo above, not a lot of choices, but the dynamics varies greatly. Given that we have here SCI FI physics, mechanics and logic, we ignore a bit.


Other photo in my lonely blog.

I love that skull detail you added to the front.

Are those warzone bauhaus riders in the back on the left? I've got a box of them that I've been meaning to paint up to go with my Void Junkers army.

Eilif wrote:Are those warzone bauhaus riders in the back on the left? I've got a box of them that I've been meaning to paint up to go with my Void Junkers army.

Yes, those are bauhaus riders. I want to paint them at least two years . I think those riders one of the best dino riders. In the Void 1.0 interesting dinoriders too.

Great find, thx for sharing

I really like the colonial transports, are they a potential future kit or just a one-off conversion?

Kid_Kyoto wrote:I really like the colonial transports, are they a potential future kit or just a one-off conversion?

They are "just a one-off conversion". But, if i found a lot of money, it might be potential future kit.

Also i can change one of those wip "base" of colonial transports to unpainted mantic games miniatures rebs or plague.

those are really nice. I like the treads up version better than down.

Raul,
Just to clarify, are you an employee of Tehnolog?

 Raul Van Allen wrote:

Eilif wrote:Are those warzone bauhaus riders in the back on the left? I've got a box of them that I've been meaning to paint up to go with my Void Junkers army.

Yes, those are bauhaus riders. I want to paint them at least two years . I think those riders one of the best dino riders. In the Void 1.0 interesting dinoriders too.

I think the VOID/IKORE team had alot of folks who were involved in Warzone as well, maybe even most of them. I'm slowly building a Void 1.1 Junker army that I will proxy into Warpath, probably as Mauraders. I've acquired a few non Junker figs that fit the vibe pretty well. Some Viridian Dinos (with different crew of course) and Bauhaus riders. I've already got one of the Bauhaus done. I just shaved off his sprocket/gear emblem and gave him a new helmet. He fits in well with a matching paintjob. Unfortunately the project did stall a couple years ago when I got burned out after painting 47 Legionaires at once.

http://chicagoskirmish.blogspot.com/2012/12/fully-painted-void-junkers-and-neo.html

 Eilif wrote:
Raul,
Just to clarify, are you an employee of Tehnolog?

I think the VOID/IKORE team had alot of folks who were involved in Warzone as well, maybe even most of them. I'm slowly building a Void 1.1 Junker army that I will proxy into Warpath, probably as Mauraders. I've acquired a few non Junker figs that fit the vibe pretty well. Some Viridian Dinos (with different crew of course) and Bauhaus riders. I've already got one of the Bauhaus done. I just shaved off his sprocket/gear emblem and gave him a new helmet. He fits in well with a matching paintjob. Unfortunately the project did stall a couple years ago when I got burned out after painting 47 Legionaires at once.

http://chicagoskirmish.blogspot.com/2012/12/fully-painted-void-junkers-and-neo.html

Silno.
i painted 40 mantic games corporation solders - for a year, maybe more =) you ve got a power (Like in song, in my favorite anime: )

Just to clarify, are you an employee of Tehnolog? - cheers nope =))))))
Lol in RF only 2-3 company with production loyal to wargamers. Zvezda Tehnolog and i have difficltes to remember the third company.
(Upd)
So if you want to do some conversions or terrain in good prices and materials (without delivery from other country or continent and without , sometimes toxic, china's plastic) , there is no a lot of choise. And question of (about) scales, is only doing smoller the circle of companies, where you can watch stuff to your hobby.

Ah somehow I got the idea you were with Tehnolog.

Great conversions, and I sympathize with how hard it can be to be a hobbist outside the US/UK.

I'm in India now and have to order almost everything from overseas, even paints are hard to find. As far as I can tell India has no indinginous model-making hobby. Even the best shops just carry stuff from overseas.

And forget about wargaming. The only other gamers I found are expats.

 Kid_Kyoto wrote:
Ah somehow I got the idea you were with Tehnolog.

Great conversions, and I sympathize with how hard it can be to be a hobbist outside the US/UK.

I'm in India now and have to order almost everything from overseas, even paints are hard to find. As far as I can tell India has no indinginous model-making hobby. Even the best shops just carry stuff from overseas.

And forget about wargaming. The only other gamers I found are expats.

As is.
I have some this tanks and war wolkers and sell surpluses from ebay uk. But it is not business all money i spend in uk miniatures shop

Heres what I've done with them. I have 8 done all up, All are pretty different but still look like 40k

Very nice!

Picked up a pair to use as corporate sponsored, soldiers-for-hire.
Wanted to make them thematic but easy to identify.

I dig the corporate sponsored theme, but actually writing Assault Cannon Razorback on them takes the cake.

Awesome theme. Someone needs to make a NASCAR ad themed marine army.

Coca-Cola (R) - The Real Thing (R) squad advancing...

Sony (R) - It's a Sony (R) squad covering...

Yahoo (R) - It's Y!ou! (R) squad taking heavy casualties...

Brilliant work folks. Great to see more people using these.

MarkJesus,
Holy Grimdark! That looks strait up 40k. Can we see the other 7?

PourSpelur,
Hilarious. What do the troops look like who will be fighting alongside them?

Yeah man. Its in my gallery at the bottom of my post

Sorry about that I misattributed those pics. Fixed!

Clicking on the pic just sent me to a bigger version of the pic, but I found the gallery via your info on the left and the PM. Really good stuff!

Cheers man I'm stoked with them haha

PourSpelur wrote:
Picked up a pair to use as corporate sponsored, soldiers-for-hire.
Wanted to make them thematic but easy to identify.

Spoiler:

I love these things.

Man. How did I miss this thread?

Those models are great. I wish they had side sponsons. Does anyone have affordable options for side sponsons to add to them?

tag8833 wrote:
Man. How did I miss this thread?

Those models are great. I wish they had side sponsons. Does anyone have affordable options for side sponsons to add to them?

I've don't know of any. There are companies making them, but they seem to cost as much as the plastic tank kit. Your best bet is probably to see if anyone has some extras after building their own LR's.

I might have some extra Russ side sponsons from the IG army I did a few years back. PM me if you're interested and I can go digging in the boxes of bits.

Sponsons would be pretty tough. If you're shooting for a more ramshackle/rebel look adding guys and a pintle mounted heavy weapon standing on the track guards could work. Maybe some sandbags too. Finding enclosed sponsons could be difficult.

Is Technolog the same people as Bonepehota that do the robogear branded stuff? If it is and you guys have a source that isn't ebay I would LOVE to see it. I have a box of their plastic 54mm gangers and their amazing value for grunts in INQ. I want more of the gang box and some of their more soldier looking guys as well. I really love seeing what people do with these sort of kits. There's loads in threads on the conclave including a few really cool necron conversions from their robot cyborgs and skeleton kits.

On that note how are their mech style kits? Iv been looking at them on fleabay for a while now.

I love the Dickens outta everything they do. That said, my love is mostly derived from the price, the unique look they have is a close second though. I believe they're all the same company/manufacturer. The kits have a cartoonish, bubbly aesthetic and the scales are pretty inconsistent. Not a problem if they're getting chopped up or converted. They really shine as the base for Ork contraptions and (my personal favorite) the structure before lots of gooey Nurgle love.

jediknight129 wrote:
Is Technolog the same people as Bonepehota that do the robogear branded stuff? If it is and you guys have a source that isn't ebay I would LOVE to see it. I have a box of their plastic 54mm gangers and their amazing value for grunts in INQ. I want more of the gang box and some of their more soldier looking guys as well. I really love seeing what people do with these sort of kits. There's loads in threads on the conclave including a few really cool necron conversions from their robot cyborgs and skeleton kits.

On that note how are their mech style kits? Iv been looking at them on fleabay for a while now.

They are all indeed made by "Tehnolog". That includes Robogear, Bone-whatever, Cyberon, Some of the terrain sets sold by Pegasus, and some others.

The 54mm guys for INQ is a briliant idea! Unfortunately all mine have been from ebay.

As for the Mech kits, I like them. They aren't all great, but I've made a few that I really like especially with a bit of conversion.
Here's a couple that I use in my 28mm mech games.

Anyone got a comparison shot with a chimera by any chance? So I can find is rhinos and russes :(

 Eilif wrote:

jediknight129 wrote:
Is Technolog the same people as Bonepehota that do the robogear branded stuff? If it is and you guys have a source that isn't ebay I would LOVE to see it. I have a box of their plastic 54mm gangers and their amazing value for grunts in INQ. I want more of the gang box and some of their more soldier looking guys as well. I really love seeing what people do with these sort of kits. There's loads in threads on the conclave including a few really cool necron conversions from their robot cyborgs and skeleton kits.

On that note how are their mech style kits? Iv been looking at them on fleabay for a while now.

They are all indeed made by "Tehnolog". That includes Robogear, Bone-whatever, Cyberon, Some of the terrain sets sold by Pegasus, and some others.

The 54mm guys for INQ is a briliant idea! Unfortunately all mine have been from ebay.

As for the Mech kits, I like them. They aren't all great, but I've made a few that I really like especially with a bit of conversion.
Here's a couple that I use in my 28mm mech games.

The sentinelesque walker on the far left could you do a scale shot for me with one of the 54mm tehnolog models? Preferably the 'ganger' ones if you have them. Hell just a general scale shot comparing all of them with the 54mm would be awesome. I want some stuff that can be used for a base point for 54mm big bads that the players can't just kill and/or set dressing style power lifters and stuff.

Similarly the grey tauesque thing onnthe right would be really helpful because I would like to see if that could become a battlesuit for similar reasons.

The 54mm kits just rock imo their cyborgs are an awesome source for bionics if you dismember them. Yeah the poses for allot of the 54mm models aren't great but as their plastic cab be converted and reworked easily enough.

I want to purchase some of the bigger 54mm kits they do. They do a scifi soldiers kit that appears to contain some sort of weapons platform and cheap terrain but I cant find anyone who has photos other than the box art.

If anyone knows of a store that has the full range www.twistedpinnaclegames.co.uk has some of the 54mm and darksoils.ru have their 28mm stuff but I would like to be able to actually see stuff to decide whether it will work for what I have in my head ypu know?

Thanks foe the help! And if anyone wants to see their 54mm stuff painted search the-conclave.co.uk for 'russian' insurgents there's a fair few of us who have picked up a box or two and done cool things.

Unfortunately, I don't have any of the 54mm figures. As a general estimate, you can assume that the 54mm figs will be a bit less than double the size of the pictured cadian minis.

The grey mech is a Macross model. I think it's 1/72 scale, but I can't be sure as I got it second hand.

The green mech is a gasaraki armor model. They are 1/35 scale which is aprox the same as 54mm. There are 3 versions and are oop, but can be found online for $40-$50 each It's a really nice kit.

Im assuming the humanoid mech on the right of the 1:72 mech us tehnolog then? He may work with conversion for the tau battlesuit in 54mm based on your reply. Thanks for your help! Im going to have to track down the mechs in the greyish blue as well they would probably work as a sentinel base point. If I can find the gasaraki cheap enough I can do some kitbaahing between the two.

Thanks for your help! If im wrong on the mechs mentioned please let me know.

jediknight129 wrote:
Im assuming the humanoid mech on the right of the 1:72 mech us tehnolog then? He may work with conversion for the tau battlesuit in 54mm based on your reply. Thanks for your help! Im going to have to track down the mechs in the greyish blue as well they would probably work as a sentinel base point. If I can find the gasaraki cheap enough I can do some kitbaahing between the two.

Thanks for your help! If im wrong on the mechs mentioned please let me know.

-The green humanoid mech is Bandai Gasraki (2nd pic, third from left) It's the one that's hard to find, but totally worth it.
-The two BIG Grey Humaoid mechs are Bandai Macross
-The other two small grey mechs are Robogear/Tehnolog
-The Green mech with copper canopy glass is a conversion of a Robogear Mad Bull. I rotated the cockpit down 90 degrees and flipped it around. I replaced the cockpit canopy with canopy from a --T-Rex (it comes with two). I haven't built the Robogear T-Rex, but i've got one in the box and it looks quite good.

Right that's my shopping list once iv sorted out what im doing for a daemon model to scare my players with sorted!!!

THANK YOU and you Rock!

Now if only tehnolog would make their tanks in 54mm still if that hydraesque thing comes soon il have a couple methinks maybe a few of the normal ones as bases for guard artilery.



Also iv put up a pic of my felinid in 54mm in my gallery if you are interested.

Nice work. That's some serious greenstuffing.

I just got 3 for an upcoming project, quite happy with them.

Pictures soon.

the AA variant comes with a bunch of parts I can't figure out, empty launchers, an axle, some disks and such. Anyone know what they're for?

I need these for my GCPS for warpath.

 Kid_Kyoto wrote:
I just got 3 for an upcoming project, quite happy with them.

Pictures soon.

the AA variant comes with a bunch of parts I can't figure out, empty launchers, an axle, some disks and such. Anyone know what they're for?

I can probably let you know more when I see the pics. Are the launchers the actual spring loaded launchers which are a cylnder about an inch long or are the the clips/mounts for the launchers. I got a bunch of launchers and launcher mounts when I bought a batch of Robogear some years back.




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 lord marcus wrote:
I need these for my GCPS for warpath.

They'd probably work great for GCPS. The style is definitely compatible and their's quite a variety of weapon options.

Just posted pictures and fluff.

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/180/638981.page





I'll just be using them for terrain, so they're a great buy to flesh out a battle field, depot, or even a farm or industrial site.

Hello!!!
I was shut down from web with my HDD death i have not anythig to say about my favorite tanks except i wtd to do forgefathers tank. wip there is no photos yet/
Kid_Kyoto - nice coversions man!