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Greetings, first time poster here:
Because I had to buy a birthday gift for my nephew, I rediscovered the Warhammer 40K world. (I bought a Tau Hammerhead, he is building a Tau army.)

I got interested and did some searching on the internet about 40K vehicles and discovered the Baneblade. I'm very excited about this tank, and the Imperial Guard in general. The Cadian camoflage colors somehow are just perfect. I always liked it.
I dont have patience or skills enough to build a model and then paint/weather it. The last model I did was 16 years ago, at this time people still are trying to figure out what this model is, the 100 layers of paint make it difficult...

So why am I here!
I really really like the 40K universe, the artwork, the tanks, it's what I think of when I think about war. I somehow do have patience enough to create 3D models on the computer. Till recently prototyping these models out of plastic was very expensive, but it seems to have dropped. I want to experiment with this, and it seems a Warhammer vehicle would be a good way to try it out. If I understand correctly I could create a vehicle that is twice the size of the Baneblade. I know that it would not be useable for game purposes, but it would make a nice model for display. I would like to have some thoughts about this, perhaps it's not such a good idea and then it would be a waste of time and effort.

Thanks in advantage for your input!

- Clawhammer

well actually there is an exspansion to 40K called apocalypse that lets you play with whatever you want, baneblades and all. there are a fair few vehices that are bigger than baneblades, but theres always room for more.

forgeworld are the arm of GW that make all the big stuff so you should go there and have a look around for inspiration. http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/acatalog/index.html

i think its definately worth doing

Examples of vehicles of that size order would be the Ordinatus (Mars, Armageddon and Golgotha).

Also, there´s the Capitol Imperialis and such things.

If you need stats for these, there´s an excellent minidex for warmachines at "Bell of Lost Souls", that has stats for tonnes of different types of big vehicles.

Thank you!

I found the site yesterday, wonderful to look at indeed! I spent 2 hours looking at all the stuff! It really inspired me to do my own attempt.
I'm not sure yet what direction I should go, I need a reason to justify it's size, perhaps by adding a very heavy weapon. An Imperial version of a railgun or something that is too large to mount on a normal tank.

well, the Ordinatus line of tanks are basically just that.

They are carriages for oversized guns. One of them has a Novacannon (a Spaceship sized gun) as it´s main weapon.....

Xanthos wrote:well, the Ordinatus line of tanks are basically just that.

They are carriages for oversized guns. One of them has a Novacannon (a Spaceship sized gun) as it´s main weapon.....

I looked it up, sounds very scary! It might be somewhat too big for what I have in mind. I could not find dimensions for this cannon, but it seems the barrel of a Novacannon is 50 meters across. Compared to that, I will be working on a TINY vehicle.
I still like the idea of a railgun with a large range used as an oversized sniper rifle for bigger targets. Perhaps I could include a landingplatform for a landspeeder on it's back. It could function as some kind of scout/designator.

A couple of years ago I did create a 3D model that was kind of a mixture between Warhammer and reality, however that was more to get to know the program, the design was very high and shallow for Warhammer standards. (Because of it's height it was a good sniper tower though.)
http://picasaweb.google.com/Clawhammer.Rademaker/Gallery#5251534627748244562 (CGI)
I thought it would be a good idea to share this, to show that I am serious about my next attempt. I hope it will be entirely in Warhammer style and rapid prototyping compatible. (that's the hard part.)

Why not go for a Titan!

PM me for some templates to achieve this.

Warhound: Its a great model and fits in with guard armies

Reaver: Fun to make but a pain to add rivets!

f74 wrote:Why not go for a Titan!

PM me for some templates to achieve this.

Warhound: Its a great model and fits in with guard armies

Reaver: Fun to make but a pain to add rivets!

Thanks! A Titan might be kind of problematic as it will be my first attempt to 3D print, and with the legs and all, it could get pretty complicated. You did a great job yourself on these!
I will stick to a tank or wheeled model for now.

Well, nothing's more inspiring than looking at what other people have made. Have a gander at this thread
http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/30/219089.page here to see what some people with some
serious amount of dedication did with regards to a train gun.

Or, you can just go ahead and make a Squat Land Train. The world needs more squats. Or at the very least, more
land trains!



Check out the red one up front. (Note: not my picture)

God I want to make one of this in 40k scale. Just... more realistic-looking.

*wanders off, mumbling*

al-Majid Agandhjin bin Ahfal al-Rashid

That looks like The Mole out of original Thunderbirds.