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Hi everybody! I'm doing a big cityfight campaign and I want to do one big scenery piece of a anti-spacecraft canon . The problem is I dont know how to do it ! If you got any ideas that would be appreciated !

thanks !

(sorry for the mistakes I make I'm fench canadian)

Well, if you've ever seen star wars V then you know exactly what to do to build a anti spacecraft weapon...THE NIPPLE CANNON!

I joke. Just build a really big, really high tech looking laser cannon.

"Stand by ION control"


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Something like this?

Isnt there big ground based gun for orbital defense in the game space marine? I'd look for screenshots of that.


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Anything large and tubular could be stuck to the top of a bunker and called a space cannon.

I am in the process of the same thing, just working on design elements. I am using 1/2" or 3/4" copper tube for my cannon, any DIY home improvement store should have it in the plumbing aisle. I myself plan to have a power station, gantry and catwalk around it to make it a viable piece for necromunda, skirmish or other types of games like that as well as a scenery piece. I also plan on lighting mine though that's not necessary.

In the same DIY store I plan on using electrical outlet housing for some of the buildings and the power station, they look irregular and futuristic enough with some bits placed on them.

Defance lazer and Macro Cannon

Heres an article on building a defense laser using a hamsterball.
http://www.belloflostsouls.net/2007/10/building-defence-laser.html

I Just asked my Loving GF if I can use the currant hampster ball we have in the house and her words were off

well thanks for all the fast and awesome replys that's very helpfull ! I'll post some picts when it's gonna be finished ( probably a couple of months I've got so many things to do for the campaign )

This is what we build for our APOC games.





You can see more pictures of the game here
http://gigabitescafe.com/forum/index.php?topic=5222.105

Ironically, I am working on something similar for a big apoc game coming up.

Go to google images, type in "planetary defense laser" or guns.

 Miss Dee wrote:
I Just asked my Loving GF if I can use the currant hampster ball we have in the house and her words were off

Did you at least promise to take the hamster out first?

I have to get a new one ... Ball that is