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LOL! Touche' my friend. Well played.

Zly wrote:

Gitsplitta wrote:O.K., like the model. So.... draw me the connection between Torquemada and a missile launcher....

Easy: as you never expect Spanish Inquisition, you won't expect barrage from this launcher

Except EVERYONE expected the Spanish Inquisition. They gave you 30 days notice to give you time to prepare your defence or get your affairs in order.

Mind you, as soon as I see this on a SR, I'd expect a barrage too!

Conrad Turner wrote:They gave you 30 days notice to give you time to prepare your defence or get your affairs in order.

Yeah, but not really... First off, the Edict of Grace was a public announcement that the Inquisition was in town, allowing "repentant heretics" a period where they could confess before the investigation into the town began and receive a milder punishment. It wasn't an individual notice. Furthermore, the Edict of Grace only existed for 8 years, afterwards it was replaced with the Edict of Faith, which recommended harsh punishment for those who came forward on their own. Since the Inquisition primarily dealt with investigating the sincerity of forced conversions from Judaism and Islam, there was little one could do to defend themselves. If you were "proven" to have fallen back into your Jewish or Muslim ways, you were punished, sometimes with death, and the evidence of "proof" needed was often very slim.

More on topic, I get a little nervous when I hear the name Torquemada in connection to the Inquisition. I know that GW has a character by that name and so the name is established in the 40k universe, but it still creeps me out sometimes. After all, Tomas de Torquemada was one of the primary backers of the Alhambra decree which expelled all of the Jews and Muslims of Spain from their homes in 1492. He severely persecuted those of Jewish descent who had converted willingly or by force, and in his tenure as Grand Inquisitor, he executed two-fifths of the total number of those executed by the Inquisition from 1492-1700, some 2000 individuals, most of which were Jewish.

/history rant

And to me, the next thing they need to bring out should be named "Nemesis" from the old strip "Nemesis the Warlock" in "2000AD" comic. That's what I immediately thought of when I saw the name "Torquemada".

Conrad Turner wrote:And to me, the next thing they need to bring out should be named "Nemesis" from the old strip "Nemesis the Warlock" in "2000AD" comic. That's what I immediately thought of when I saw the name "Torquemada".

As soon as I came up with an idea of item to name this way we can do that. Obviously no way to be it any cc weapon.

But maybe our bionic minigun ? Afair, big mutant from Resident Evil 2 was called project Nemezis and got minigun?

d-usa wrote:
So who makes it is more important that how good the kit is?

To a degree, yes. But more importantly is what the kit is and how much value I am personally able to attach to that kind of model. While Scibor for example make some lovely models, I can't justify and simply will not purchase a Not-Space Marine for $50. (I won't purchase an actual one for that either, but that's not really our point.) Workshop's prices are already at that upper limit (and over it in some cases as well).

This thread needs to get back on topic.

Please feel free to start a thread discussing... all that other stuff in the correct subforum.

Thanks!

Oh man, the boyz are still discussing that?

Hey, nice not whirlwind turret... very nice. It looks even nicer for a not exhorcist ^^

How much it will cost?

The Dwarf Wolf wrote:
Hey, nice not whirlwind turret... very nice. It looks even nicer for a not exhorcist ^^

How much it will cost?

It costs $12.83
you can check it right here
http://bitspudlo.com/products/torquemada-launcher

Probably one of the few kits do far that I don't like. Quality seems like it is great as usual, just not a fan of the way it looks.


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Alpharius wrote:This thread needs to get back on topic.

Today I have some pictures for You

Oliver - one of our fans - send them. Flamer and Dozer are our designs

Nice!

I need to find a way of putting those flamers on the Spartan..

Very nice paint job! I hope I can do your parts justice when I finally finish mine.

Anyone know the size of this gun platform ?



Roughly equal to a Chimera or Rhino perhaps ?

adamsouza wrote:Anyone know the size of this gun platform ?



Roughly equal to a Chimera or Rhino perhaps ?

More like attack bike.

Plate on the top of it is roughly of the rhino's top hatch size.

Too bad. Still a nice looking model, but It's not going to live up to my dream of a Whirlwind stand in

No but it would be a great stand-in for an Aegis quad-gun with Bitspudlo's autocannon turret on top.

I have good news for all of You!
Prototype of our APC is finaly finished!









...and from this occasion we will have a little contest for You - details tomorrow

I like it!

I think it looks pretty decent, however Im very interested to see the half-track version, I think that will be quite cool.

Wait. What ?1!?!?

Were you reading my personal wishlist or something ?

Price it under $28 and you have a serious Rhino replacement contender.

Looks awesome. Nicely designed.

adamsouza wrote:Wait. What ?1!?!?

Were you reading my personal wishlist or something ?

Price it under $28 and you have a serious Rhino replacement contender.

Looks awesome. Nicely designed.

Agreed. If the price is right you will sell boatloads. Plus, it looks like your razorback turrets can fit on the back hatch. So, people who buy one of the APC's are going to be twice as likely to buy your turret's. Nice call indeed.

that's pretty cool. I've always wanted a vehicle for my arbites models. these are dead good.

Speaking of which, do you have any plans for a Repressor/Chimera variant?

I very much like the chassis on it. Very nicely detailed (although the side doors appear to be lacking hinges... )

The wheels still don't work for me... maybe. I'm wondering now if some of that is just the picture angles, because it actually looks pretty awesome in the rear shot. Still thinking the half-track version will look better, though.

Looks great to me - including the wheels

I like the wheels.

I wouldn't object to a set of tracks that popped in instead of the wheels either.

Nice looking APC, but the interior doesn't make sense to me. Are the soldiers supposed to sit on the floor, tumbling over each other during a fast off-road trip, gathering their weapons from the floor?

Kroothawk wrote:Nice looking APC, but the interior doesn't make sense to me. Are the soldiers supposed to sit on the floor, tumbling over each other during a fast off-road trip, gathering their weapons from the floor?

Assuming that it's intended for soldiers in some sort of powered plate armour, I would go with mag-clamping their feet to the floor and turning off the armour's power unit...