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2017/05/03 13:58:00
Subject: How would an ork modify a trukk to be amphibious?
Ok so one of my ongoing projects I have is a mechanized freebooter army (basically speed freaks with pirate hats) where all vehicles are amphibious - so the entire force can arrive by sea and head onto land without having to stop.
The bikes all have a foil beneath the main body that reaches around behind the wheel to look like it would allow hydroplaning - see guy martins aquabike video to see what I mean
Battlewagons will have the bottom half removed (so just the cab and rear compartment left), plonked onto a boat hull and had the wheels and tracks reattached to the boat body
Ork walkers will be made to look like mechanical crabs etc.
Obligatory pirate stompa
Only problem is, I can't think of anything to do for a trukk that doesn't require tonnes of work, or result in the trukk being wayyy too big (I had a 3d printed WW2 landing craft and added a bunch of ork trukk bits but it's far to long to have 6 of them zipping around the board! I just called it a big trakk and went back to the drawing board for the trukks).
The only ideas I've had so far are to make the trukk into a hovercraft, or use plasticard to make the front more boat-shaped, but they both sound like a lot of work (I need a lot of trukks).
Any creative mek out there able to give me a helping hand? Would really appreciate it! at a bit of a standstill until I can sort this out
Chaos undivided: 8300, Tau empire: 5600, Ork speed freaks: 1750
2017/05/03 14:00:51
Subject: Re:How would an ork modify a trukk to be amphibious?
Mek would fill a string of metal barrels with a bad fart and attach them to the sides of the trukk just under the boarding planks... and shift to the loudest available gear.
Regards,
#Warmongers
2017/05/03 17:29:05
Subject: Re:How would an ork modify a trukk to be amphibious?
Floating devices such as barrels (or maybe squig-hide ballons) would be a nice start, and then you just need to add a way for it to propel itself: oars, a sail, outboard motor...
Camkhieri: "And another very cool thing, my phones predictive text actually gave me chicken as an option after typing robot, how cool is that."'
Meercat: "All eyes turned to the horizon and beheld, in lonely and menacing grandeur, the silhouette of a single Grot robot chicken; a portent of evil days to come."
From 'The Plucking of Gindoo Phlem'
2017/05/03 19:21:29
Subject: How would an ork modify a trukk to be amphibious?
Yeah, I'd say barrels added along the length of the vehicle...or failing that, a real Orky solution would be to add tracks or wheels to an actual boat...and go that direction. Needless to say rows of gobline rowers would be necessary too...
2017/05/03 20:55:52
Subject: Re:How would an ork modify a trukk to be amphibious?
SQRT(-2) wrote: What ever you do, I would go with a Pirate theme.
Will do already got a bunch of pirate themed boyz, just need the transports now.
I was thinking of going the boat route but I'm struggling to find an appropriate sized boat that isn't obviously for 3 year olds Whatever I end up going with there will be flags a'flying everywhere!
Chaos undivided: 8300, Tau empire: 5600, Ork speed freaks: 1750
2017/05/04 10:11:12
Subject: How would an ork modify a trukk to be amphibious?
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Whatever I end up going with there will be flags a'flying everywhere!
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