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They are calling them Hannomags, but they are wheeled, and using a reactor engine to power it, nice APC model and I want some, as well as the troops to use as well.

Thats an excellent start for the halftrack!
It looks ACE!
Needs an extra window seat for the dog though

yeah... do a dogmeat inside^^... cool vehicles need a cool sidekick pet

Don't forget Rex.

i am always forgetting about rex as i haven´t played new vegas.... yet...

Thanks, It's a very cool-looking APC, but it's slightly too stealthy for the rest of my clunky-looking fleet. Who knows..perhaps one day I'll discover aerodynamics

I'm thinking the half-track will be a Munitorum vehicle, complete with windows with guys in forage caps with elbows out the window..and maybe a dog too

sounds like a wise plan

I haven't been able to find an Australian Cattle dog miniature for Dogmeat though.


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Thoughts? Ideas? Crits? love?, hate?

I'm very unsure with this idea

have you looked at inmygraven images thread? he has some welsh medieval fighters... they have big dogs......
but for a good dogmeat you need a real shepard...

http://blackcatbases.com/


there you might look into these:

http://blackcatbases.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=437_660&products_id=3027

http://blackcatbases.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=437_438&products_id=2602


cheers, vik


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the compartment shape looks good... but the backside/storage space looks a bit too high...

i think atm you suffer from the same desease like me... i always start way too big with my projects... as if i am secretly aiming for 54 mm scale and not 28mm^^...

We're men, we always think its bigger than it really is.

Well, perspective is everything..and of course patience

1. It's still just a shell, it'll be built up on the inside
2. What good is an armored wall if it doesn't protect you?
3. the top of the bed MUST be at the same level as the top of the cab if the turret thingy idea is gonna work.
4. you should always look 3 or 4 steps ahead of my WIP shots

thephoney...... *no comment*

and well... there you are with that riduculous realism^^...

well, i see your point then^^... yeah it is atm really basic shape... so i again have to train myself in the most of the hardest virtues....patience^^...


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4. you should always look 3 or 4 steps ahead of my WIP shots

lol...yeah... as if we could think your way as good as you do^^

and...that elbow guy...brilliant!

It does look a little bit large compared to that chap in the window. But I don't think it's as bad as it first appears.
At least when I first looked at it I though that whole piece was the door and then realised that you have a door set in it.

A couple of things maybe worth trying:
Make the cab lower than the rear section by 5mm to 1cm (depending on how much you have to play with) maybe more.
Also remember that with the bonnet on (and if it's made high enough) the cab won't look too big.
Then (I'm thinking as I type again) the front wheels may become dwarfed, so lowering the front relative to the back may actually make them look bigger than they are...maybe.

How big are those wheels / the whole thing compared to your average 28mm 40k chap? It looks from previous pictures that the wheels are about shoulder height? Compare that to the relative heights of the other half-track with it's chap, I think it looked like the front wheel was maybe waist height?
So...maybe lower the overall height of the vehicle and make the wheels and tracks look larger in a typical OTT 40k fashion (like the overly large cannons), rather than building the vehicle to scale with the wheels/tracks.

Edit as conversation has moved on as I typed. Scrap some of those ideas then.

Here's your size comparison Dr. H

The only thing that pops into my head is that the 50.cal really needs a barrelchange.. i think they have shot one too many bullets with it also great work on that scratchbuilt halftrack. imo it looks abit overscaled tho.

Well, if it's overscaled, then I need to scrap the whole thing. the scale is based on the Zinge treads.
Just think "Famo" and you'll be good

Cool ta.
I think the front end will make or break it.
I think the options for the bonnet are to keep it flat like on the M3 half-track or have it slope slightly towards the front (like that B&W pic) or exaggerate the sloped grill that you have on the M3.
And the arches will have to be suitably big...but not too big...
I would suggest much dry-fitting unless you have a patented Skalk Mr smashy hammer...

Heh! well, if you put it like that. then forget what i just said! in that case it looks just perfect!

Liquid brush cement is your friend for tacking in situations like this

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Liquid brush cement is your friend for tacking in situations like this

True. Strong enough, but not too strong.

Keep at it.

HAHA!! i just realised that i made commet 1337! i'm so 1337! and no, i don't expect any of you to even know what that is.. it's game related. but basicly it means "elite" here's a link if anyone wants to read about it http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leet

I'm so leet, I spell it ELITE- Dakka header
Here's the idea..

That hood and cab is coming along splendidly man!

Is it just perspective or is the rear end lower than the front?
Is the hood sloping up?

I really like what you're doing - if/when I want to build an IG army I was thinking of hacking up some inexpensive Hanomags to use as Chimeras.

Thanks Bebop and Rigel!
Hmm. let me take some elevation pics...


The floorboard is slightly lower than the bed, but the bench seat is slightly higher than he bed..if that makes sense.

Keep the arguments coming, I'll do my best to either refute them, or fix them

I meant the frame - it looks lower (closer to the ground) in the rear.

It might be a trick of perspective because I didn't notice it before the engine cowl was put on.

Oh yes, the frame is lowered slightly there..I had to do that to make the front wheels level. Like I said, bigger wheels would've been preferable, but it was either these..or these


You won't see any of that when it's done

Well, the bigger tires would be cooler, but...

As long as the frame ends up level it'll look fine. Maybe slope the hood down a few degrees.

If it were orks then he bigger wheels definitely, but guard need the little tires. Liking the build so far, I know you'll pull it off.

I second that you slope the hood abit. also..

and just something that came to my mind. what if you took four wheels in front instead of two?
i mean they are so small anyways. but then you probably would have to make the front abit longer.. i think that would look really cool!