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 GrimDork wrote:
Ahh that's cool, rather than the sometimes forgeworld solution of having a resin seating bench with the models molded to it, you basically get a bunch of eisenkern drivers for 3rd party vehicles, how cool. Too bad I don't want them myself Still thinking about the tank/car thing someday.

Well, they come with the kit so you could use them for trades or such.

Yeah, that was the soft plan I really wish I liked the eisenkern stuff... the posability, accessory availability, and other things about them are very nice.. but aesthetically I can't do it. I'm hoping that Mantic and their Enforcers catch up, but we'll just have to see.

I'd say a headswap could do it but.. nah, the guns are too future-ww2 to me as well.

 GrimDork wrote:
Yeah, that was the soft plan I really wish I liked the eisenkern stuff... the posability, accessory availability, and other things about them are very nice.. but aesthetically I can't do it. I'm hoping that Mantic and their Enforcers catch up, but we'll just have to see.

I'd say a headswap could do it but.. nah, the guns are too future-ww2 to me as well.

Well, head swap the driver/gun operator, but you could trade the stormers out. Not sure what else Mantic plans for their Enforcers, but they have released the kits for Deadzone so far.
I got the Hanomag and Valkir from Miniatures Market, so it was a discounted price, still a worthy kit at it's full offered price, a bargain at the MM price!

Mantic Enforcers/Peacekeepers give an Iron Man vibe off

I know some have issues witht he Eisenkern look, and the rifles look very cross MG-42/Sturmgehwehr-(insert number) to them. BUT even in a far flung future, bullet tossers may still be more practical manufacture wise than laser weapons for soldiers,

I actually love the Dreamforge stuff although I have no idea what to do with most of it but it's just well designed stuff.

I have three of the APC but I did not realise how big they were in a way I kind of wish they were smaller but they still look amazing and I so need to build them some time soon

Slow down Shas you have way to much on the go and I am finding it hard to keep up but the APC is looking great so far and good colour choice for the interior.

Great work as always Shaso

Every time I see one I want to buy it, paint it purple and start a genestealer cult.

lone dirty dog wrote:I actually love the Dreamforge stuff although I have no idea what to do with most of it but it's just well designed stuff.

I have three of the APC but I did not realise how big they were in a way I kind of wish they were smaller but they still look amazing and I so need to build them some time soon

Slow down Shas you have way to much on the go and I am finding it hard to keep up but the APC is looking great so far and good colour choice for the interior.

Oh I am using the stormies as veterans/grenadiers Valkir are closer to SoB allies

Well, the exterior of the Hanomag needs primer before a paint job on it. Come to think of it, I have several primer needing vehicles and 30 Valkir troopers that need black primer, I will nee to tape the windows (7) and spray the Hanomag along with the 6x6, the Hammers, etc, so I need to get myself some spray primer for all of that work!

I may grab another Hanomag or 2 next month.

Slow down, I have a huge paint backlog to dent! I must take advantage of the mania when it hits!

Theophony wrote:Great work as always Shaso

Every time I see one I want to buy it, paint it purple and start a genestealer cult.

Nice t see you again Theo!

Ironic as it has a great anti-bug weapon, a Vehicle mounted Sabre weapon platform! dual Twin-linked Heavy Stubbers, 6 re-rollable shots a turn!

Got my Valkir and Hanomag from Miniatures Market.


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So, took a break from vehicles, but still had that energy, painted some more of the rescue team and pals, so far
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More on the BIG guys
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My Post Apocalyptic experts on acquisition/exploration
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And the Vault dwellers who get to deal with the outside Trade Caravans, and that Acquisition/Explorer team
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But which Vault are they from

Nice to see more paint I like the fallout stuff as well!

JoeRugby wrote:But which Vault are they from

I have pics to answer that question!

GrimDork wrote:Nice to see more paint I like the fallout stuff as well!

All of my Fallout stuff is from Brother Vinni Studios

Now here I have a quick pic section of the 3rd Hammer hull before I fixed it with hot water dipping. definitely not a kit for new modelers or those with easy frustration points
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The Vault dwellers of 111, here the population will only defend their opening/vault, they pay others to find places to add to their maps and get items they may want or need.
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These guys seem willing to do that for the right amount of caps.
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man... i am totally envious about your never ending productivity...
the hanomag looks amazing... but honestly for that size i would expect a bit of tougher meaner armament...it is indeed way bigger than a landraider...
the sitting crews is something that makes my mouth water... the things i could do with so many sitting legs....

the arnie crew looks very promising... i like your set up... where i see a bit of a stylistic complication is the use of so much wood... many wooden grips here and there... more than i would expect on eighties/ ninties weaponry... it looks as if they raided al capone for all these wooden stocked guns...

I ain't a vault dweller fan myself (never got into the Fallout thing) but stalker guys are marvellous however your paint job on the dwellers is spot on nice work

Now for the hammer that's exactly what I would have took to them they really are bad good luck with it


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I ain't a vault dweller fan myself (never got into the Fallout thing) but stalker guys are marvellous however your paint job on the dwellers is spot on nice work

Now for the hammer that's exactly what I would have took to them they really are bad good luck with it

Okay, Vik and LDD posted in "Blog View" so I had to go in there to see their replies.

@Vik: The present Hanomag is a supply/command/troop deliver system with a horde raker of a gun set up, I also would have liked to see some of the other Heavy Weapons on it as options for the gantry. Hanomag is a true scale transport, if they made the Landraider closer to true scale, it would have a footprint bigger than a Baneblade kit, and the baneblade would be even bigger! However, they do have some upgrades in the pipeline, the Thor is the Stuka zu Fuss with the rockets, and the Odin/Loki is the one with the tank buster cannon or the howitzer




@LDD, I can see that even though you are not a Fallout man, you appreciate the dweller's jump suit uniforms work.




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the arnie crew looks very promising... i like your set up... where i see a bit of a stylistic complication is the use of so much wood... many wooden grips here and there... more than i would expect on eighties/ ninties weaponry... it looks as if they raided al capone for all these wooden stocked guns...

Well, as for that Vik, the makers of guns these days can also make wood like plastics for the choosy gun purchaser.


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Odd, my response also went to blog view


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I may have to ask support to find out why it is now only posting responses to the "Blog View"


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Okay, so the best weapon out of the bunch the Hammer came with was from the 1st Hammer, a cleaned up Twinlinked Heavy Flamer, I also manager to place the driver of this one on the left side of the compartment. Here are the images I took before the tires were added, you can see that I drilled holes and placed in tube stock to stabilize the tires as I did with Hammer #2.
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Rear door details also shows the added fuel drum for the Heavy Flamer
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After fixing the warping of the parts, I managed to get it this far
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Bubbles did weak parts, and will need patching
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Did have to deal wit the major gap here
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I decided that this will be left as battle damage, it actually came that way, perhaps when they saw they had a different project part attached, they were less than careful at removing it, less use of snips, looked like it was grabbed and torn
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This angle leaves no clue of all the clean up and troubles this last Hammer proved to be full of.
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After the tires and the dozer blade was added, I did an all around of it, (yes, the thing came with 2 different colored resin parts), and I got it together, Hopefully the paint will help make it look better
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So, I did give the Flame-Hammer a Zinge fuel drum as it was felt th weapon could use it, and it adds some class to a kit that was sorely in need of offsetting the problems.

I also decided to make it look like the maintenance guys went for using patch plates over the bubble damage as what some tank crews did to add extra armor As I have said, since they removed the images of the clean and good looking resin parts, I ma hoping that they will make a dedicated mold for the kit, use of more flexible/workable resin, and solid tires for the kit, time will tell as I will check back and see if these recommendations are used, or they decide to try and push the model as it currently is, which is as brittle as a cracker for soup, and needs massive work and clean up for it to be assembled

Okay, I should be getting new bases for figures in today, once the other Jovian Hammers' bodies arive, I can have the screaming punk rocker head and the cyber fixed head homes once they arrive, and I will have 40mm bases for them to stand on!

I also started t paint the Iron Core Reactor of the Kielerkopf Hanomag
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Hmmm, it also seems time to review what I have to make a Parade of Strength with so far as the years have progressed

Superheavy Tanks:

T-440 "Akuyaku"
T-500 Baneblade
T-415 "Shredder"
T-400 "Perun
T-300 "Bogatyr"
T-290
T-350
T-61A5 "Vasily
Valdor
Converted S-Tank aka Valdor-II
Malcador defender

Heavy Tanks:

T-340
KV-55

Tanks:

T-100 Leman Russ x 5
T-100 Leman Russ "Exterminator"
T-100 Leman Russ Vanquisher x 2
T-100 Leman Russ "Executioner"/"Demolisher"/"Punisher"
T-100 Leman Russ "Demolisher"
T-100 Leman Russ "Eradicator"
T-101 Leman Russ "Grizzly"
T-33 Light tank
T-103 :Gladius" light tank x 2
T-104 "Sabre" battle tank x 2
MBT-90D "Mazurka"

Support Tanks:

Hellhound Mk-I
Hellhound Mk-II
Hellhound Pz-2DF

Hydra
Hydra KV

Manticore

Deathstrike

Basilisk x 2

Quad Mortars with support tractors x 3

Firewasp scout car

Armored Personnel Carriers:

Chimeras (BMD-80) x 6

BTP-3 "Hammers" x 3

MTB-1 "Taurus" x 6

MBR-1 6x6

SdKfZ-2510 "Kielerkopf"

MTLRB-40

BMP-200 "Sea Dragon"

MTLRB-50

MTLRB-60 "Whale" x 2



Super-Heavy Walkers:

Leviathan Crusader

A5 Leynos class Knight Titans x 3

M-200 "Monster"


Heavy Walkers:

KV-33 "Dotch Yaga

KV-44 "Stalin"

KV-29 "Urod"

"Cossak"

"Hussar"

"Sierp" x 2

Walkers:

BT-8 Grymn Mk-I x 2

BT-8 Grymn Mk-II

BT-8 Grymn Mk-III

KV-46

KV-47

BT-7 all types x 14

BT-6 "Orcas" x 3

BT-5 "Sentinels" x 9

Troops: here I will use more recognizable names for the minis

WGF Greatcoats: 118, Heavy weapon teams: 18

Defiance UAMC: 120

Valkir: 20

Valkir Heavy Weapons: 5

Valkir Close combat: 5

Stormtroopers: 38

Stormtrooper Heavy Weapons: 9

Vostroyans: 35, Heavy weapons: 9

Catachans: 46, Heavy Weapons 3

Bauhaus: 33

Valhallan Heavy weapons 9

Cadians 51

Generals 5

Commissars 10

Inquisitional units: 6

ICE Sanction: 41



Aircraft:

MiG-170



That is just off the top of my head, I would need to pull all out and re-count the troops! So setting them up for pics will take me some time, as well as all the images I will have to take of the vehicles and men. I could likely use them all as a major forces for a large scale protracted campaign

Cmon get a pic of the parade.

You know you want too

Really like the work on the engine

Well, I want to have all painted for the parade images

Meanwhile, more Reactor images for the Hanomag!
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And with some friends
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Wow, that's nice.

 Valhalla130 wrote:
Wow, that's nice.

Thank you sir!

Now the Rescue Team
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With the Big Guys
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Big Guys alone
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Big Boss, aka "Sahge"
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"Gunner"
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"Marcus"
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Oooh even more paint, good work.

What are the big guys again, kind of not-ogryns? Or just big dudes?

 GrimDork wrote:
Oooh even more paint, good work.

What are the big guys again, kind of not-ogryns? Or just big dudes?

They are the "Not-Ogryns" I should be getting 2 more bodies soon, so I can do the violent raging Mohawk headed "Batter-Up!" and the knife wielding Cyber-Psycho not-Ogryns.


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And some comparatives, I used a "Super-Mutant" or Green Ogryn,,,,LOL! along with "Mr. Scratcher"
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Geez, that Deathclaw looks rad. Always hated fighting them until I got to have one in my party. The Rescue Team is looking good, too. But, you know you need some air transport for them now, right? How else are they supposed to "get to da choppa?"

Well, this is no choppa, then again a platoon of 25 will get to have it. I need to make the bow gun and turret for it, many details to be added.
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The Big Guys after a brown wash and dry flesh brushing
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NOw, Barzam was mentioning a "Choppa"? Even has chopper pilot "Charlie" at the stick!
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Some great stuff Shas but I have to say the tracks seem a little thin for the size of that , I really need to get me one of those dust choppas for my Orks

 lone dirty dog wrote:
Some great stuff Shas but I have to say the tracks seem a little thin for the size of that , I really need to get me one of those dust choppas for my Orks

It is why Agent G got broken out for scale again. compared to the mass of the vehicle, yes, the treads seem thin. BUT they are as wide as my beer guzzling agent is!

The Dust SSV helos are great aren't they for many things.

The next idea for Kit to make at Zinge, wide treads!

Tell him he is always happy for ideas

 lone dirty dog wrote:
Tell him he is always happy for ideas

I will! time to PM him and ask for Tiger tank width tracks links!, He is looking into it. Has a big stack-o-ideas at the moment to work on

So, for the larg APC I am making, I have several weapons to choose from, Left to Right: Plasma Cannon, Multi-Las, High Velocity Vanquisher(metal) or the one I made, Twin-linked auto-cannon, Dual Twinlinked Heavy Stubbers, or the Twinliked flame storm cannon?
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Hovering weapons as if the turret were made., competing V-cannons first,
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Plasam Cannon
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Multi-Las
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Heavy stubbers
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auto-cannons
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Bow mounted Heavy Bolter
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What do my fellow Dakkanites think? what gun shall the turret have in it?

That Choppa isn't a bad choice.

My suggestion for the new tank would be the flame thrower.

So, a vote for the Flame cannon

I am myself torn between the High velocity cannons, and the auto-cannons

I like your scratchbuilt vanquisher. Something about the length seems most appropriate for where its being mounted. To me at least. And this is if you want your tank to have a cannon and not something a bit more self-defensive, but yeah I like the cannons.

 GrimDork wrote:
I like your scratchbuilt vanquisher. Something about the length seems most appropriate for where its being mounted. To me at least. And this is if you want your tank to have a cannon and not something a bit more self-defensive, but yeah I like the cannons.

For the scratch Vanquisher, I will have to carefully make a mounting for it, and I may make a mantlet shield as well so it can pivot, and also seem defended. The turret will be made according to that.