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If you were pro I'd say have little depictions of the tank shooting and killing stuff, but as you're not I'd say either (suitable) decals, vents, view ports or just leave them blank.

the vents idea is a nice one but currently i am without suitable bits in that regard and about the

little depictions of the tank shooting and killing stuff

do you mean by that some marks like:

that could be nice but only with small pics of tanks and other kiiled stuff...^^

blank panels seem a bit too bland for me...i think tho the tank has posh detail what he lacks currently is a bit of charcter...i think i have to look for some nametags and such stuff... scrolls and seals...

a nice kill count would be good. maybe on the sides it's name, and the front ones and the side panels not diplaying the name showing kills?

Scrolls are good..maybe with some inspirational mottos.
Regimental colour stripes in one panel? Kill markings on another, using little tank pics as you say. A couple with scrolls on, that's starting to fill them up.

Maybe a few tools, tow ropes etc on the main body. Possibly a few hand-holds too, that's a big beast they've got to clamber over there.

Looks good, the boiler looks like a wooden cask,


Darken the tracks and give them a devlan mud, badab black mix wash to give them a bit of definition and you're about there with those.

The 9 panels would be good as honour markers. for various campaigns.

The tops of the sponsons could be painted with a mini Viktorian symbol, so flyers can recognise friend from foe in the heat of battle

Oh and put the gun back on the rear of your turret.

I miss the regiment/ company/ squadron marking on the turret though.


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In the story of the Iron Saint they had a scroll on 1 of the sponsons which listed the previous (dead) crewmembers, that had served there... maybe it could be the same for your tank.

Incidentally the sponson on the Iron Saint was believed to be cursed as this is where most crew would die in battle, therefor the newest crewmember must fight their first battle in that sponson.
If they survived they got to fight elsewhere and were indoctrinated fully into the crew.

Could do a similar bit of fluff for your steam tank

at shrike :
yup somewthin along those lines i think...


at dantay, that bit of fluff sounds very nice indeed, you just can imagine that something like that would be true...
also the scoll of KIA crewmembers sounds like a cool idea too!
and the aircrat recognition sign is also a grande idea... man you are spilling those like a machinegun^^
the barrel of the bolter on the turret fell of and i have to GS it on again... same goes to the too often blind spot of the one side of the tank that i seldom show...as it has no bolters attached to the sponsons as i am too lazy to GS them in... simple glueing them in didn´t work as well...
also i as i redid the brass work on the turret i had to redo the red inside the spaces and thus killed for now the regimental markings... but fear not i want them too to return^^

also the tracks are far from finished... in fact i thought about brassing up the angles of the shoes of the tracks... what do you think about that? ater that then there will be washe aplenty and my wife recently told me that she thought the tank would look better weathered down and dirtied up....i am at a split there... so all your opinions would be greatly apreciated or rather needed^^

at monkey.. i havent thought about adding tools...but i guess that would add lot of detail to the tank... have to rummage around for some long forgotten bits^^
the scolls i have to see if i can make some out of PVAed paper maybe^^...
the hand-holds idea is something i should have tought about way earlier too...perhaps i could use staples or someting like that or even bend some wire into form for that...

dantay_xv wrote:In the story of the Iron Saint they had a scroll on 1 of the sponsons which listed the previous (dead) crewmembers, that had served there... maybe it could be the same for your tank.

Incidentally the sponson on the Iron Saint was believed to be cursed as this is where most crew would die in battle, therefor the newest crewmember must fight their first battle in that sponson.
If they survived they got to fight elsewhere and were indoctrinated fully into the crew.

Could do a similar bit of fluff for your steam tank

oh yeah, that was in the... april 2009 white dwarf?
where the guy is dong the "drive me closer, I want to hit them with my sword!" thing.
It would be cool having a little story behind the tank... maybe it's age, or a specific campaign where it's done the british thing and soldiered through?

come the finishing line then in will do a proper presentation...fluffy and with lots of data...promised!

Viktor von Domm wrote:come the finishing line then in will do a proper presentation...fluffy and with lots of data...promised!

So much closer, to see a finished Vik product will be awesome!

shasolenzabi wrote:

Viktor von Domm wrote:come the finishing line then in will do a proper presentation...fluffy and with lots of data...promised!

So much closer, to see a finished Vik product will be awesome!

I think that when vik finishes a model, the world will implode. Just saying.

might happen... but you see young padawan...we thought for quite some time that you where a prankster too that never would show us some pics...wasn.´t there that all time favorite norris marine? he? hè? he?

Viktor von Domm wrote:might happen... but you see young padawan...we thought for quite some time that you where a prankster too that never would show us some pics...wasn.´t there that all time favorite norris marine? he? hè? he?

true

Nah! Vik is truly finishing that tank because it is the dirigible once finished that will implode the planet!

Did someone mention a dirigible?

vik...vik....anyone....anyone?

*static electricity*

Looking very good Vik

Will have a look see if I have a suitable decal if you want for kill markings

hmm sounds like a good offer...haven´t found the time to look into my own decal libary^^ once i made quite a bargain... last time i used one it was for some marines... so there is no knwoning what i migt come up with in that collection... i let you know, but thanks anyway chibi! any little thing to make the world implode (even more likely as the world would be so aghast about such an event that it would draw breath for an unhealthy length of time, thus implosion is more likly...)...

at monkey...certainly not me^^

at shaso...yet again :: full marks on that one!!!

and shrike...you know the saying...silence is golden...er brass^^

Heh! can't wait for the Dirigible to get done.

well as for that theme i have to make some serious readjustments... i think some major time investments were for the waste bin... the current tank design put a bad spell on the airship and thus i think the airship has to be remodelled in terms of the tankdesign....also i have to make some adjustrments as i would like to have it a bit more realistc looking...for a given value of realsim...of course...

LOL! it is steam-punk sci-fi fantasy, now we do not have to have the exact real life perfection, it can be as you like, if you want to add "realism" then do whatever it takes to make you happy about the project, after all, it will be yours to use for when you put to the tabletop battlefield for VIKTORIA!

absolutly... the quenny would be not amused if anything wouldn´t be up to it´s best^^ you gotta have some standars at least^^ even in mid battle otherwise you would get chaos and we wouldna have non of that!...

on a side note ... i got my hand on some wartrakks...orkish by nature but i see such potential for a steampunkish realted certain army there...for now i won three of them and i think they would do nicley in my army... what do you think?

Interesting development there.

Good idea Vik
Bagged a couple of Wartrakks ages ago and was converting one to an easy rider Rokit launcher. But found lots of other stuff to do instead.
Might be able to use it for some skirmish games so I might just have to knick your idea!

Yeah orky stuff can be turned into steampunkish stuff pretty well I'd say. Have you seen Kid Kyoto's thread on 40k civvy vehicles?

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/391316.page

The Rise of Legends concepts he posted on the first page have a great steampunk vibe.

The tanks is looking great Vik good job matey, love the amount of red variation you have achieved .

at neil: thanks mate tho much of the said red variation is patchwork^^

at monkey:
i followed the thread early on but had nothing worthwhile to contribute and now it is almost dead sadly... also i have a buggy still that i have certain ideas about.... maybe^^ and you are totally right either you do a steampunk orky army or you "miss"-use the orky stuff for IG...either way weapons and vehicles have lots of steampunk potential right there!

at chibi:
that would be an honest honor^^, so nick away all you can carry^^ wasn´t it groucho marx who coined the phrase: you have won as much washingmachines as you can carry...?


at shaso:
yup development as ordered^^

Hmm, so more steam-punky madness!

once infected there is no cure so onwards and more is the only way^^

I wonder what effect you will finally have at the local Warhammer playing group in your area?

to be honest i only know of the games workshop shops in my area... when i have a reasonably force together and maybe a list or two i will for real be looking for a group! this best has to be tested in battle!