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Given the rumors about a new guard codex, I suspect there may be more 'new' vehicles coming. One of them may not be ugly, so you may want to hold off on getting that taurox.

If you want an armored truck, how about basing something off the land rover? I think we've seen that can make for a nice project

Taurox at the GW site it has a bank vault door for the back entry/exit
My Orks might make something of it, but I can scratch a better battlewagon than that Taurox

The hydra looks sexy from the pics I've seen. The rumors still hadn't found out if there is a second build to it or not. I think hydra/basilisk as the new hydra is an open top with crew compartment similar to old basi kit.

Could have also tossed the medusa in there for a cheap triple kit if that's the case. Unless it already exists somewhere, I've no idea.

Although they then could just come up with some new vehicle which plays off of it easy and is more infantry horde focused. Or just have it standalone, which is pretty unlikely.

Wasn't there a new tank that is going to split with the Hydra - a Wyvern?

Yeah the Wyvern..It has quad mortar-looking guns..which is impressive. Mortars are a Guard General's friend.

I always wondered if a scratch built contest should have a build a taurox as you imagine it theme to it... well...I guess many will do that anyway, eh?^^...

just saw the news thread, again... apart from the hopefully multi part kit of the ogryns nothing strikes me as a must have...well I would like me some bitz of the new stormtroopers for conversions... but probably not the whole kit... the torsos are not really my thing...even if I use empire kits I will probably get the same look for less money?

Wyvern=chimera with Thudd-guns

Vik, the hotshot lasguns need packs and cables, but anyone with skills can do that. Only 5 toros, 5 legs, 10 heads

Makes 5 man units, and leaves so much bits left over. I have a lot of defiance games legs left over that decent Torso(Mad robot???) I could use the heads and spare weapons with. But that can get to be an odd army.

vik, maybe the next comp should be build a better/cheaper taurox from a dollar store toy truck.

I hadn't kept up on the imperial guard (i will not learn the new name as i am old and curmudgingly) rumors the last two weeks, too busy. But I might be back soon enough.

That's fair, I haven't bothered keeping up with the constrant diahhreah stream of Marine releases for the past year or two


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I haven't bought anything yet. You guys are right..it's a pretty ugly kit...I just want it to be a half-track too badly.

well conversions are essential for IG...so i bet that´s what we´ll soon see aplenty^^...

and it is funny, although i look and search through dollar stores lile crazy, i never found that really fitting toy scalewise there... must be our funny metric system that doesn´t even let chineese produce something for us we can use

I think the real challenge would be who can make the duckling into a swan.

 Camkierhi wrote:
I think the real challenge would be who can make the duckling into a swan.

Stick of dynamite. Afterwards you can't tell if it was a duckling or a swan.

Dave, how about another gijoe jeep turned half track, you could make a dozen for the same price.

The thing i don't like about the taurox is that the tracks are useless, the angle is so steep it would never get itself out of a ditch.

 Theophony wrote:
vik, maybe the next comp should be build a better/cheaper taurox from a dollar store toy truck.

I hadn't kept up on the imperial guard (i will not learn the new name as i am old and curmudgingly) rumors the last two weeks, too busy. But I might be back soon enough.

We call ourselves Grognards, good sir. And do so proudly.

Taurox, what a name Sounds like a cleaning product.

If you want a half track or other light APC like this, I would start with the MRAP or one of its variants. Way cooler than this thing.

Cleaner...for me it sounds like a pokemon...and I have usually no idea for this

Inspiration...

No..those tread systems make sense


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 Red Harvest wrote:
Given the rumors about a new guard codex, I suspect there may be more 'new' vehicles coming. One of them may not be ugly, so you may want to hold off on getting that taurox.

If you want an armored truck, how about basing something off the land rover? I think we've seen that can make for a nice project

I think this is still the best idea yet! That Rover was an excellent project.

I have some paperkura templates of a hummer if someone is interested...just saying...

Oh wow - that bug half-track is sublime!

Dave save your money and just make tracks for these



Working doors/ramps/rolling rubber tires/ and plastic tinted to look like bulletproof glass for the windows.

You're a braver man than me.

When I first saw it I was starting to think along the same lines as you, that it may be save-able.

Then I saw the gun fenders ...

I dunno Theo..that thing is cool and all, but it looks oversized, and I don't like the wheels...or the rear-view mirrors. It looks more like the ride that someone like Inquisitor Eisenhorn would use than Guard.

I've been toying with h idea of doing a necromunda genestealer cult. This would be a rocking purple limo for them. I plan on removing he rear view mirrors and just putting on some pimp like diplomatic flags or something along those lines. If I don't do genestealers then definitely arbites .

with the DF stuff arnites is a good idea anyway... tho if I had a zillion of these minis I probably convert them all to clone warriors for star wars for my kids

Man, I really like the Eisenkern APC - as soon as that goes retail in the UK, I'm on it. Rear view mirrors will be removed though

As for the troopers, they should be painted gloss black and fight alongside a skeleton warlord against a sci-fi barbarian with a huge sword

I fixed my electrical problems! I thought I'd have to go through the pain in theass of new outlets and such, but they still sell 2 prong replacement plugs. so the lights and air compressor are back in action!

Good to hear, Dave.
How is the job coming along, settled in?

Ach, poor robin...

Yeah not bad, putting in my time, paying my dues...a month down so far. I'm just switching to the weekend rotation this week. Still 3 days off in a row, just on M-W this time around.


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This was what could have burned my house down