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2011/09/26 10:55:49
Subject: Imperial steampunk tank now with Macramé tank treads!!! (tests first)
rowenamosgallant wrote:Hey man, all your work is great.
I wont pretend to have read the whole forum, because when pressed for time, I just look at pictures. From what I can fathom, you are doing an english victorian steampunk ww1 era themed battlegroup. If Im right on that, you should try and throw in some highland scotts with kilts! They where big in ww1! That`d be sssiiiiiiiiiccccck!
He is already ahead of you on that idea Laddie!
"Your mumblings are awakening the sleeping Dragon, be wary when meddling the affairs of Dragons, for thou art tasty and go good with either ketchup or chocolate. "
Dragons fear nothing, if it acts up, we breath magic fire that turns them into marshmallow peeps. We leaguers only cry rivets!
2011/09/26 11:04:50
Subject: Imperial steampunk tank now with Macramé tank treads!!! (tests first)
lol... you are all so whacky even i sometimes get surprised^^
definatly british WWI feel to go with viktorian steampunk
and as stated before from shaso, i have made for now a smallish force of kilted warriors...paint has yet to happen to them^^
also i think every new face can be easily forgiven not to read everything from back to fron...er.. or was it the other way round^^...so much jittering around these parts^^ `tis like loitering with me as chef bum^^
well i had a good thinking when making some laundery and then switching over to tankmaking^^ and i think i will go for a name for the big red one with:
EXCALIBUR
i think the whole scheme and the feel of the army would prosper with a bit of a hint of the arthur saga... (is that the right name of the story? if you would now be so good as to use those big heads of yours to come up with some names for the counts as leman russes? that would be apreciated^^
also: chibi, you i think of all the guys here owe us such a piece of fiction for a laaaange time! i would love to read a childrens novel...in fact you can be sure to get that one then read out to my kids as well... they don´t understand zip english but they love to hear me talking gibberish^^ i from time to time read them my terry pratchett books in englsih and felix in particular loves it...great potential right there^^
oh and forgott to say, a first start of the tank was somehow a bit error strucken but i am now on a good way i think^^ updates in the later evening/ night CET
vik
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"Your mumblings are awakening the sleeping Dragon, be wary when meddling the affairs of Dragons, for thou art tasty and go good with either ketchup or chocolate. "
Dragons fear nothing, if it acts up, we breath magic fire that turns them into marshmallow peeps. We leaguers only cry rivets!
2011/09/26 19:12:51
Subject: Re:Imperial steampunk tank now with Macramé tank treads!!! (tests first)
leman russ names to go with the king arthur saga?
no clue.
names for the group in general?
How about the "silly english types" ^^
It's good to see the tank complete and named at last ^^
DS:90-S++G+++M++B++I+Plotr06#+D+++A++++/eWD251R+++T(Ot)DM+ JB: I like the concept of a free Shrike roaming through the treetops of the jungle. I'm not sure that I like the idea of a real Shrike sitting on my couch eating my Skittles. corpsesarefun: Thank god I missed be nice to shrike day. greenskin lynn: because of all the skittles and soda, you basically live off sugar water, like some sort of freakish human-hummingbird hybrid.
2011/09/26 19:25:47
Subject: Imperial steampunk tank now with Macramé tank treads!!! (tests first)
Sir Bors
Percival
Galahad
(the three grail knights in the Morte D'Artur)
Launcelot
Gawaine
Owein
Ector
Kay
Uriens
Can provide a full list but these are the main knights
bit brain dead atm so can't think of the many others that did raze together as two boars and so sorely strike each other that they did brast their launces all to shivers.
The Siege Perilous would be a good name
(It was the seat at the Round Table reserved for a special knight, who turns out to be Galahad) but it sounds good for an engine of war somehow!
The Questing Beast would also be a good name imho Need not mention Arthur or Merlin of course (doh! just did!)
Automatically Appended Next Post: OOPS forgot Tristram
Have you read the old German romanceTristram by Gottfried of Strassburg Vik?
or my fave Parzival by Wolfram von Eschenbach
apologies for only reading in the English translations
Automatically Appended Next Post: If you wanted female names for the lemon russes
Guenivere (obviously)
Isolde
Igraine
Nimue/Viviene
Morganna
The Lady of Shallot
and others again I have forgotten DOH!
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2011/09/26 19:36:58
Subject: Imperial steampunk tank now with Macramé tank treads!!! (tests first)
"dave you are the definition of old school..." -Viktor Von Domm My P&M Blog : It's great how just adding a little iconography, and rivets of course, can make something look distinctly 40K-adamsouza
"Ah yes, the sound of riveting.....Swear word after swear word and the clinking of thrown tools" "Nope. It sucks do it again..."- mxwllmdr
"It puts together more terrain, or else it gets the hose again...-dangledorf2.0
"This is the Imperium, there is no peace, there are only rivets" -Vitruvian XVII
"I think rivets are the perfect solution to almost every problem"- Rawson
More buildings for the Building God! -Shasolenzabi
2011/09/26 19:56:31
Subject: Imperial steampunk tank now with Macramé tank treads!!! (tests first)
"Your mumblings are awakening the sleeping Dragon, be wary when meddling the affairs of Dragons, for thou art tasty and go good with either ketchup or chocolate. "
Dragons fear nothing, if it acts up, we breath magic fire that turns them into marshmallow peeps. We leaguers only cry rivets!
2011/09/26 20:34:51
Subject: Re:Imperial steampunk tank now with Macramé tank treads!!! (tests first)
at chibi...that was a full list (well for a given value of fully^^) and i think i work with that one...i have to digest it^^
strangly i never did read any pieces of the saga... in english nor in german...escapes me why...but seen lots of movies...so i am a bit fluent so to say in the storyline and also in the personna dramata...so thanks for that reminder... i had some kind of blocking to access these information kind of^^
and
If you wanted female names for the lemon russes
pun intended???^^
The Siege Perilous
has a very melodious ring to it and is filled with extraordinare context...but i fear for a simple battlegrouping this would be a bit too much... but rest assured this has to be used...too good to be left unused...
at rowenamosgallant
Sorry bout` the ignorance
no one is acusing anyone here...i do the scrolling through various threads on a dayly basis ! sometimes you just have to do that...goes with the data flow... too much input... but there are those threads that i post regularly too and those are the ones that i treat with care and read them wholesome^^
at shrike...
er...
How about the "silly english types" ^^
who would be able to add anything after that...er...we have to teach them while they are young i guess...^^ only joking^^
at shaso.... this is one of the shamless self promotions i totally have to agree with... go and check shaso´s thread... not only did he dig out such oddball tanks that no one would have been guessing could exists... but also he does a great (pun intended!!!) tankarmy...it is in fact growing evermore into enourmous^^
yet again chibi:
I am truly hurt and disappointed that you rejected Nigel the Big Red Tank as the name Vik!
nigel is a cool name and tho i couldn´t bring myself to name the tank that way i sincerely hope you will grace us all one day with a nice story about said red tank named nigel...(no puns inteded...this could be a very nice twist to the general grim dark theme of 40k in a form of an ellipse...like a fable form ASOP and such likes...) and you know you are the one for that kind of job!
well... and now to something completley different...
at least they wore pith helmets^^
promised you dear foloowers of this madness some new footages of my endeavors for the crown...and indeed i did as claimed...
behold... my ever vailiant associates (steelruler, cardboard, knife and cutting mat and my idle fingers...) fought a raging battler to which extent has hitherto not been witnessed...which resulted in the current constructions of coruscant crusiers ... note the part that looks like a fright position... this will later on be used to hold the boiler...hopefully my wife will later on (maybe i can enchant her enough to) start macramme-ing around the place to make me the first two treads... so that i can cut out and complete the set of tracks as shown futher on...
a turret is still in the design phase as i am thinking about a conish or round or other form for it...
i think i will do some kind of defensive sponson weaponry... mabybe my all time favorite would be apropriate... either a gatling or a vickers style gun...
so here are the pics without to much furher addo... see...i am a totally motormouth^^ rowenamosgallant.... read at your own risk^^
Vik has a good start on his smaller tank! I have cut the templates for the track sections for the latest of mine as well, so we shall see what comes of this all.
I think we have a friendly competition of an "arms race" for tanks of odd design! Viks tanks certainly have a place in my seeking out oddball tanks thread.
"Your mumblings are awakening the sleeping Dragon, be wary when meddling the affairs of Dragons, for thou art tasty and go good with either ketchup or chocolate. "
Dragons fear nothing, if it acts up, we breath magic fire that turns them into marshmallow peeps. We leaguers only cry rivets!
2011/09/27 09:19:13
Subject: Imperial steampunk tank now with Macramé tank treads!!! (tests first)
"Your mumblings are awakening the sleeping Dragon, be wary when meddling the affairs of Dragons, for thou art tasty and go good with either ketchup or chocolate. "
Dragons fear nothing, if it acts up, we breath magic fire that turns them into marshmallow peeps. We leaguers only cry rivets!
2011/09/27 20:43:00
Subject: Re:Imperial steampunk tank now with Macramé tank treads!!! (tests first)
we porudly broadcast this newsset from straight out of merlin forge productions were our plucky welders and constructionworkers are working feverently on this new lot of steelhides for our beloved and honored majestys forces! may her rule last surprem and forever!
at first i want to show you the efforts gain of this day by our hardworking labourers, this is the full outcome of a sweaty and workhard craftsmanship...
please excuse the dim lights, but to see the new iron creation of our faithful hands we had to keep the lights down to not obscure any details we would love to be seen here...
seconly we want you to witness a first glimps of the new fourbarrel vickers special we have developed supremly for this new tankdesign....it sends a stream of bullets to its victims in less then a truning of a hand and in turn it makes any oponent a very sore looser indeed!
lastly we want you to show the sight of any mishappen villian that oposes our forces...they have to face the steely wrath of the newly baptised Flamberge, the swift reaction tank section of her majesties ground forces!
completion of production of the first batallion of these knights will be done shortly so that they can be dispatched to battle the sorry enemys of her majesty!
stay calm and faithfull, and be here next time when we will reveal more to the singing swords...
devoted to her majesty, merlin forge productions
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sorry I haven't been on lately, lots of gaming and skype chats going on.
as always, lookin' good! ^^
keep it up mate, and hopefully one day I'll release an update of my own ^^
DS:90-S++G+++M++B++I+Plotr06#+D+++A++++/eWD251R+++T(Ot)DM+ JB: I like the concept of a free Shrike roaming through the treetops of the jungle. I'm not sure that I like the idea of a real Shrike sitting on my couch eating my Skittles. corpsesarefun: Thank god I missed be nice to shrike day. greenskin lynn: because of all the skittles and soda, you basically live off sugar water, like some sort of freakish human-hummingbird hybrid.
2011/09/27 21:02:46
Subject: Imperial steampunk tank now with Macramé tank treads!!! (tests first)
The sponsons leave me feeling with the idea of,,,,cramped, and not having the 90% angling of the Leman Russ, maybe a re-do of the small sponsons is needed? can it be done?
"Your mumblings are awakening the sleeping Dragon, be wary when meddling the affairs of Dragons, for thou art tasty and go good with either ketchup or chocolate. "
Dragons fear nothing, if it acts up, we breath magic fire that turns them into marshmallow peeps. We leaguers only cry rivets!
2011/09/27 21:33:36
Subject: Imperial steampunk tank now with Macramé tank treads!!! (tests first)
hmm i figured these are like spearheads ...forward but not realy built for too long survival...so a wide angle wasn´t needed... if i am lucky i can pull off the small stripe of cardboard and allow a wider range then...i have thought about getting certain parts anyway a coat of paper after the built...thus i could cover eventual mishaps...
Well, just saying that if it is Leman like, go all the way and that includes the 90% sponsons. But yeah, you can simply leave it and count it as having the 90% so the Vickers can shoot straight out to the side of the tank.
"Your mumblings are awakening the sleeping Dragon, be wary when meddling the affairs of Dragons, for thou art tasty and go good with either ketchup or chocolate. "
Dragons fear nothing, if it acts up, we breath magic fire that turns them into marshmallow peeps. We leaguers only cry rivets!
2011/09/27 22:10:13
Subject: Re:Imperial steampunk tank now with Macramé tank treads!!! (tests first)
Hey what's going on here? I miss a day and vik's already built a tank? That can't be right, that's like me putting finished mini's up. He's been hiding that somewhere for sure....
monkeytroll wrote:Hey what's going on here? I miss a day and vik's already built a tank? That can't be right, that's like me putting finished mini's up. He's been hiding that somewhere for sure....
He showed us his tread sections and when he saw my almost finished T-300,( just hours after I started it, ) he was in shock, and that spurred him to build before the Khadrovian military machine out-shone his own.
"Your mumblings are awakening the sleeping Dragon, be wary when meddling the affairs of Dragons, for thou art tasty and go good with either ketchup or chocolate. "
Dragons fear nothing, if it acts up, we breath magic fire that turns them into marshmallow peeps. We leaguers only cry rivets!
2011/09/27 22:24:40
Subject: Re:Imperial steampunk tank now with Macramé tank treads!!! (tests first)
Very steamy vik! I'll have to agree with shas, that 90 degrees creates a feeling of familiarity, ties it into 40k..little things, always always end up being the big things when you look back.
"dave you are the definition of old school..." -Viktor Von Domm My P&M Blog : It's great how just adding a little iconography, and rivets of course, can make something look distinctly 40K-adamsouza
"Ah yes, the sound of riveting.....Swear word after swear word and the clinking of thrown tools" "Nope. It sucks do it again..."- mxwllmdr
"It puts together more terrain, or else it gets the hose again...-dangledorf2.0
"This is the Imperium, there is no peace, there are only rivets" -Vitruvian XVII
"I think rivets are the perfect solution to almost every problem"- Rawson
More buildings for the Building God! -Shasolenzabi
2011/09/28 08:27:30
Subject: Imperial steampunk tank now with Macramé tank treads!!! (tests first)
fear not, the sponsons got a redo today...the 90° are garantied... saw the error of my ways^^
at monkey:
And vik - Sir Percival Bysshe Shelley should be commanding Her Majesty's Tank Prometheus. Get to it
hmmm this sounds like a good name for a hellhound...non?
also no hiding involved...only a minor case of motivation caused by a friendly armsrace...like: is that a nuke you brought with you to class? got enogh for all of the others? sure misstress...one nuke might nuke whole landscapes^^ hurhurhur
at chibi... yep remeber that mythic scne in the movie excalibur... i think i don´t know where all this leads but it might be possible to get a knights name for each tank and thus maybe make a whole battlergroup consisting of each knights name of the round table...
at dstein...
yep small items are the important thing in modeling! definatly and will stay so forever!
at shaso... your measurements helped me to rethink some few things... the sponsons will be shown later on... also worked on the detailwor a bit of the tracks...
currently i am a bit unsure of the style of the turret... you recon this is the way to go? or should i use paper to make it look rather totally round ... would aprteciate your input...
by the way... i had a conceptual thought regarding this battlegroup ...each tank will be set apart... i think i couldn´t bear with having faceless tank in my army... so each one will be made after its own fashion... but still true to a generall design...i hope i have enough creativity in me for that^^
Tank crews would be notorious for personalizing their machines.
"Your mumblings are awakening the sleeping Dragon, be wary when meddling the affairs of Dragons, for thou art tasty and go good with either ketchup or chocolate. "
Dragons fear nothing, if it acts up, we breath magic fire that turns them into marshmallow peeps. We leaguers only cry rivets!
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