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at klaus:

i will upload some scaleshots this evening, reasonable request^^
as for the heights of the turret and others... i tried to be as much truescale as i could...sometimes i grant you i may be a bit bigger than needed...has something to do with making up the shapes as i went along...next time i will do some more planned aproach on tankmaking! saw inbetween many falts i had to totally redo, thus creating sometimes a wild mix of not exact edges and angles...this wont happen next time!
i figured that in the turret the gunner would be rather standing behind the mechanisms rather than sitting...well that was my reasoning behind some measurements at least...


at lukewild 1982:

the size is rather not a feature that gives me problems, the main cuase i built it wasn´t gamerealted...so rules and such things didn´t aply here all that much...it was a (bigger than i thought) sideproject to go along my growning imperial army...there will be other vehicles coming in the time being and these will benefit greatly from some of the facts i learned with this tank...besides i restocked my tools quite a bit since i started this and thus better parts can now be made^^


cheers to all, vik

No worries Vik, with the weapons and armor and such, I can use my copy of the VDR issue and make that Steam-tank of yours with points costed in as well!

so my friends i promised some scaleshots and although they are later then i wanted here they are...

viewpoint in the front and vet


entry hatch in the rear and two vets


turret with hullstanding vet


sponson with two vets for scale and height comparrision


and some vets in a nonchanlantly kind of way lounging around the steamtank...


also some hatchshots for detail showoff^^

emergency front hatch (with flash)

without flash for better detailshoing


and the rear entry hatch full view



beside taking pics i got a bit lazy on the tank...i hope i can motivate me to work further on him today...


cheers, vik

Definitely the Superheavy class of tank, and roomy inside except for the internal gears.

also pretty stuffy one might geuss... after all there is a steamboiler and coal and all such things...maybe they went for crude oil to be used instaed of oil...this would help a bit...

Blessed prometheum as the fuel supply, and it can be liquiified or left as ore.

this is a good idea...

Is all part of the lore and fluff in the WH40K novels.

just looked it up on lexicanum...sometimes thats pretty much needed for my understanding of the universe...thank god of the wiki nation^^

Still looking good...how close to some paint?

Wow, I didn't think it was that big, looks real nice.
I really love your vets too

yep my vets... after dooing them and purchasing millions of catachans via ebay i ever since contemplating the idea to make a pure aussie force of their own...

and yep...big is better^^

at manoknok: rivets first... lots of `em...

Looking good Vik, any idea what color scheme you will use?

on the vets or the tank?
the tank will be a sandy color with a bit of off white and some red aplicvations...the vets done in a aussie fashion might get a totally new scheme... i am pretty stuck with the sandy and red and white... after all my SM are done with the exact same colors too... so a nice and refreshing scheme might be needed here...

Sounds good to me for both Vik

Go Vik Woo! Looking awesome mate.

thanks mate^^

Thanks for the scale shots Vik , also good to see you Ig guys still bushwacking about

I think I should just set up an automated post every time you update with pics saying:
"great work, mate!"
or
"looking good!"

nope... you could get creative with words... i know you have it in you^^

at neil:
yep they are bushwhacking like nothing^^

Why not do the 'gingerbread' up in black or Tin Bitz-style Metallic?

'gingerbread'

sorry you lost me there, must be a vocab impediment on my part...

Viktor von Domm wrote:

'gingerbread'

sorry you lost me there, must be a vocab impediment on my part...

You're not alone, vik

Vocab?
I'd love to give constructive critiscism but I simply can't find fault with it.
I'll try to when you start painting though- "you missed a spot"

lol... well actually i am working atm on a transport tank...i think i am a friad to finish the steamtank so that i have to paint it afterwards and then ruin everything with a crappy paintjob...

Gingerbread- like Am die Hexenhoff.

do you mean "knusperhäuschen"? like that:


so you refer to the fretwork i did with the holepunch? that should be done in tinbiz and black? so a rather darker tank you suggest? something like a steam lokomotive? hmmm this is at least a working scheme...the only problem i see it wouln´t realy well blend in with the rest of the army... tho i give you that thsi could be done with less effort as the tinbitz would only need to be used as detail and drybrush for weathering...hmmm...someone got thoughts to that too?

Stetig nährt sich das Eichhörnchen!
I'm impressed by your staying power when it comes to your tank. Loads and loads of rivets and one can see the endless hours invested into this project. Even though the overall design isn't exactly my cup of tea, I admire the results of your relentless work.

WOW Wowowow!

Didnt know you'd finished it! It's huge-ly awesome. Will you find a big enough paintbrush? Are more scrathbuilds on the way?

Perkustin wrote:WOW Wowowow!

Didnt know you'd finished it! It's huge-ly awesome. Will you find a big enough paintbrush? Are more scrathbuilds on the way?

heh, try painting a shadowsword with a medium brush

Viktor von Domm wrote:lol... well actually i am working atm on a transport tank...i think i am a friad to finish the steamtank so that i have to paint it afterwards and then ruin everything with a crappy paintjob...

I briefly considered a tank kitbashed together out of 8 Landraiders with a Landraider as a on-board tank...then I did a mental calculation of how much the models would cost.... >.>


Oh yeah for gaks and giggles try looking for Warhammer Landmate on Google