Forum adverts like this one are shown to any user who is not logged in. Join us by filling out a tiny 3 field form and you will get your own, free, dakka user account which gives a good range of benefits to you: No adverts like this in the forums anymore. Times and dates in your local timezone. Full tracking of what you have read so you can skip to your first unread post, easily see what has changed since you last logged in, and easily see what is new at a glance. Email notifications for threads you want to watch closely. Being a part of the oldest wargaming community on the net. If you are already a member then feel free to login now.

I'm need some tanks for my praetorian army. I was thinking of sreampunk, but I have no idea where to start. If you could please help, post pics and advice.

Cheers Arran

I am not uber-knowledgable about the Steampunk "look" but, I think you would need to include some large boilers, gears, some wood grain, brass-y bits, and judicious amounts of copper piping. A hellhound is just BEGGING to be steampunk'd.



Ghidorah

I'd look through the Skaven range for Steampunk bits. The Warp Lightning Cannon is an especially good piece.

Here's a few pics I dug up that may provide some inspiration:


^ could make a nice Russ if you stuck a barrel on the front.



^ again, a nice base for a tank of some sort. Maybe a chimera?



^ basis for a Sentinel?




Ghidorah

I'm not sure how you'd make them, but a lego blog called http://www.brothers-brick.com/ has a vast collection of steampunk creations. Many of them are really good. The best place to find inspiration for steampunk is lego, there is just so much of it.

TMP to the rescue!

This thread: http://theminiaturespage.com/boards/msg.mv?id=152491 discusses a mage knight tank which may be had for fairly cheap, is a good scale, and with a bit of work would make a wonderful Pretorian tank. Just replace the front roller, put a IG coupla on top, and you should be good to go. If you want to make it more IG in nature, then you could encrust with the imperial eagle, and add the muzzle brake from the Russ.

yea i was gunna suggest google some pictures of old steam powered... well anything. just space out at a bunch of those pictures for awhile and itll come to ya. also for gears and such looks at pictures of clock internals. you could mesh the two. best part is the gears and such doesnt HAVE to make sence. it doesnt HAVE to actually work, as long as you get the idea of it all

Here's a rather jolly model from HLJ.

http://www.hlj.com/product/DYSKS-4

Arran235 wrote:I'm need some tanks for my praetorian army. I was thinking of sreampunk, but I have no idea where to start. If you could please help, post pics and advice.

Cheers Arran

A couple of suggestions...

Rivets & Steam has a bunch of steampunk-related resources:

http://www.rivetsandsteam.com

As for some specific manufacturers:

Ironclad Miniatures does some very nice Steampunk vehicles:

http://www.ironcladminiatures.co.uk/

As does the London War Room:

http://www.thelondonwarroom.com/Default.htm

There're a bunch of others out there as well. Google Steampunk Miniatures or Victorian Science Fiction and you should get a good lead. Or just start with Parroom Station or Rivets and Steam.

Vale,

JohnS

If your search fu is strong, I have seen GW's own Steam tank used for a very good Praetorian tank. I thought I had the pictures saved but alas I do not. Talk to Col. Gravis, he may be able to point you in the right direction.

Also another idea and one that I have used is the VOID Viridian Behemoth Assault Tanks by I-Kore with have a armored howdah on top of a big lizard with a battle cannon and side sponsons. Now the Lizard isn't the greatest sculpt in the world but unusualness of it usually compensates.

Additionally, the "chemical plant/biotoxin plant" kits from IMEX/Technolog (part of the platformer range also used by Urban War) will provide several boilers and piping and valves and gubbins for a steampunk creation.

Also check out the Frothers' Col. Marbles page: 4 pages of VSF stuff from different manufacturers.

I've already linked this to your blog, but I thought I'd double up with it:



could be a good base model for something like this.

Can recommend iron clad miniatures. Good, clean castings and the sizes work well with 40k.

Also Try

http://www.tin-soldier.com/cgi-bin/ustorekeeper.pl

drag the drop down to "Victorian Science Fiction" there's a nice land tank on the second page...

I'll second the vote for the London War Room too..