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Yep, space ships. How else do my tanks go planet to planet???

Well some body had suggested building a tank catapult in the fire at will competition. I think you could build the imperial version of it. I know you can pull it off, others have tried, some have gotten close.....

But none have gotten it just right yet

Tank catapulting, what a waste of a good tank!

In the war torn future of 40k there is only a fuel shortage which requires catapulting ones army to the next planet.

I mean if the tyranids explosively poop their armies across the vastness of space, why can't the imperial guard have a catapult?

They are, specifically, Gamelon Cruisers/Battleships from Space Battleship Yamato, known as "Star Blazers" in the US.

There is a screw/propulsion fan thingamajig on the back

The main ships seem to have at first a cross between afterburners and spinning like propellers, more so on the space sub UX-01 and a torpedo boat but the sub and big battle cruiser will not be out until October. I am watching out for more as I seem to have finally won my fighting with Social Security, once the review is done, I will get my full checks, bills and such can now be p0aid, and I can resupply my mud paints soon, and replace the faulty motherboard in my computer

But yeah., I have been able o watch 1-22 of Yamato/Starblazers 2199

Brian...I thought you were strictly anti-anime?

I have no idea where you got THAT from, Dave. I grew up on it!

The models are the old 1980's Gamilon so small it will be a destroyer aka escort class

the two in the box set are the heavy cruiser and high speed light cruiser, they will also have a reflex gun satellite as an extra.

so, 150mm for the little guy
240mm for the light
270mm for the heavy or bigger version.
they are releasing a battlecruiser at 283mm long withthe 144mm space sub.

I am also going to order the set with the 160mm destroyers and 350mm battleship, the reboot is amazing!




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Oh and I do get a itty bitty 1/144scale tank with this set

ha... finally a tracked vehicle to be seen in this thread again...even if it is probably just for scale purpose only

 Viktor von Domm wrote:
ha... finally a tracked vehicle to be seen in this thread again...even if it is probably just for scale purpose only

Well don't or get the mud on the starships either hen you get to panting

I dunno.>I thought I remembered you saying something about GW trying to inject Anime into our hobby...maybe I'm confused...

That's t he Tau, and if they'd redo the battle suits it would be better.

They guy who helped redesign the Nids and stealth suits had much nicer looking crisis suits designed, GW stuck with their blocky design rather than go all fresh, most we got was the "Gundam" er, I mean Riptide.

Meanwhile, Vasily's boys have their diamonds as Vets on.
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Rat is up to something
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And they have a much respected and feared "00" unit designation\
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Sweet work, how the hell do you write so small, with the numbers!!!

Nice to see your back at it. Thank you.

The numbers and diamonds are decals from the IG sets.

 shasolenzabi wrote:
The numbers and diamonds are decals from the IG sets.

how many ig troops do you have now?

 cormadepanda wrote:

 shasolenzabi wrote:
The numbers and diamonds are decals from the IG sets.

how many ig troops do you have now?

Practically a battalion

I smell a melta effect coming up really soon....yes?...*makes lil jig*

 Viktor von Domm wrote:
I smell a melta effect coming up really soon....yes?...*makes lil jig*

Soon it will be revealed what the humorous "Rat" came up with.


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Gamillon ships and satellite are on their way

Okay, your patience is rewarded! here is what Rat does, before a battle, he makes a new pointed sharp object to attach to a stick or metal rod, and then makes a simple flag and inserts it into the melta barrel, and it is yes, a corny joke, but Rat likes jokes both corny and sublime to also practical, such as one time emptying out the fuel tank of a general's staff car and replacing the promethium with the general's 18yr old Amasec! A whole case of the stuff!, well except one bottle he brought back to the ready room for the lads to share as he told of his exploit! The general in question never learned who did the deed, and was at first wondering why his personal staff car smelled like Amasec being distilled.

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ha! that was the second idea I had for that setup...LOL... nice ... you/rat is a real joker

Next, he'll paint a tunnel onto a mountainside to trap his greenskin roadrunner nemesis

LOL.... exactly! or better still one of these demon devices... that portal thingummy... and the look on the faces of the demons desperately trying to get through would be priceless

@Dave; LOL! I did grow up watching the old Bugs Bunny growing up in NY.

@Vik: Yes he is! and oh wait till you see my next images

I unpacked a box which is part of the one thing peeps have not had a chance to view, my work on a unusual Chaos army. The massive armored troops coming thru the portal in my story along with the Daemons? I may have used the last edition codex for these but they are not exactly space marines who have been exposed to the warp.

Meet for now K' ah-Tes-Rahk war leader of the Kraal' q Dominion, the old owners of the sector of space the other races are living in. Their ancient ruins and monuments are scattered through out the "Pearl Strand " sector.
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These reptiles went the route before humans of worship of the dark gods
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Their colorations of their skin denote their initial affiliations of the Gods, their armor denotes where they have been walking along their spiral path to ascending to their own power.
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They have starships laying about that have been only viewed as massive hills they have sat so long waiting for these dark masters to return to start them back up
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The weapons they bear look primitive at first, until they hurl the energy of the warp making them the equivalent of any present day weapon with the added bonus of also being close combat weapons.
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I like the natural snake color stripping he looks wicked evil.

 Theophony wrote:
I like the natural snake color stripping he looks wicked evil.

Thanks! now for his Slaanesh worshipping counterpart, the first one I also referred to as "Abba-Lizard" as an Abbadon counts as mini.

Now for Shorr' Kesh-Nahk-Roh a very gaudy dresser.
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Followed by one who transcended time and space, partook with the old Beastmen in the storm of chaos but now works with the remnants of the Dominion, the "Super-Beast!" wielding an aether blade
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Aether Blade up close
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Now the triumvirate of evil! Lucky folks are dead fast, others eaten, the unlucky are enslaved or made into spawn to hurl at the enemies of the Kraal' Q Dominion.
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I'm liking all the colours except the light green on the shoulders (seems to clash, but I think that is the point, yes?).

 Dr H wrote:
I'm liking all the colours except the light green on the shoulders (seems to clash, but I think that is the point, yes?).

Yes, a riotous clashing of gaudy and garish colors as the ones who go for Slaanesh worshipping tend to be unreactive to bland more subdued colors.