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Planet of the Apes FTW!

Awesome,awesome,awesome love every aspect of it brilliant idea ...

Fantastic

monkeys are funny, especially with poo

You thinking of doing any vehicles like a dreadnougt.
Well just a giant gorilla be good. Peace keep up the good work brother monkey.

Brilliant idea, hillarious execution. This really deserves more time and attention.

If you're looking for Monkeys, check out the D&D collectible line. They should have a few.
And then there are of course the Space Gorillas from AT-47.

Moltar wrote:In all honesty, don't expect to see more Chimp Fists from Astroman or myself, though. It's very hard to find monkey/ape heads that will fit into the scale of any power armor. We have toyed with the idea of some sort of Chimpnaught, but again, the execution is less practical than the idea. By all means, if someone finds us an ape head that would work, we'd consider adding. But, we do not plan on making any kind of battle force, which admittedley, is a shame.

If you are looking for monkey heads, you may want to see if you can find some AT-43 Karmans. Giant apes/gorillas in powered armor. They may be a bit large, but that should work to your benefit. Also, you can probably find them on the cheap these days.

AT-43 Karman example:


And some name suggestions for any new recruits you might happen to make:
Furious George
Funky Monkey
Battlechimp Potemkin

Pure awesomeness!

Keep them coming, we want to see an army of them

IcyCool wrote:Battlechimp Potemkin

Now I'm glad I visited that film class, just so that I could understand that joke.

What model is the standard bearer made from, awsome job and i love the idea

Outstanding!

Thanks for all the great comments guys. To re-address a question above, the standard bearer is a Reaper mini called "Orangotango" with some relatively minor conversions to make him more 40K.

The AT-43 minis were looked over by me and Moltar, and our only issue (as they clearly rule) is that we almost felt using them made it too easy. Still, I'm having a hard time not doing more of these guys.

In that regard, look out for the "Chimpnaught". I am working on the logistics with a large ape Reaper mini and bits from the various dreadnoughts. Cost is a prohibitive factor however.

Also, we would love to see anyone else add to this thread with their own Chimp Fists, or some of the spin offs people have mentioned, such as the Chimpson Fists, and my personal favorite thus far - The Black Chimplars. Brilliant.

Cheers!

Haha great stuff! Looking forward to seeing where it goes from here

lol wtf? Love it!!

WOW thats hilarious i love it

Awesome! Chimphammer!

I love stupidity, silliness keeps you young and makes you live longer. Its better than being serious all the time!

very nice modelling....i love apes

Awesome you started a thread for the Chimp Fists. Like I said before we need to see a Poo Gun and maybe even a Banana Cannon.

This is one of those armies if you every do a full force when you play someone they are going to be so busy looking at the conversions and detail work of the Chimp Fists that the game will never get finished. At least thats what I would be doing. Again AWESOME!!!


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mwnciboo wrote:I love stupidity, silliness keeps you young and makes you live longer. Its better than being serious all the time!

I agree.

One of my favorite quotes.

"Life is to serious to be taken seriously." Hank Macoy aka The Beast

LOL

I approve of your lifestyle.

HERESY CALL INQUISITOR BOB IMMEDIATELY THIS CHAPTER MUST BE EXTERMINATED
*Grey knights in power armour come swooping in with inquisitor bob*

Excellent Job. It's nice to be funny, but when the execution is a good as yours it really makes the joke work.

Moltar wrote:. We have toyed with the idea of some sort of Chimpnaught, but again, the execution is less practical than the idea.

I can't say why exactly, but the matter-of-factness and similataneous rediculousness of this statement made me laught out loud.

It's like something that would come out of the mouths of some very bored, yet overfunded scientists...
...in a Monty Python movie.

Let me guess what they fling when they run out of ammo.


Got to get this guy on a banner somewhere.

Defenders of the Chimperium of Monkeys.

I don't no which i should do. Hit you or congratulate you from your excellent idea

Also, all i could think about when I saw your minis and tried to figure out that how made it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MdrlALQVEKM

The poo on the back of the banner is a stellar touch!

Make a gorilla dread using defiler arms so it's all aped-out.

Get your hands off me you *bad* dirty apes.

I think I may have found my new army. This would make me play Space Marines in a heartbeat.

Wow...I think someone had too many banana daiquiris...