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Love the work on the base Vik, but shouldn't the fence be bent inwards if that's how he mimic came in? I guess it could have bit and torn the fence outwards then hopped in to disguise itself.

Tank is looking sweet with the paint on it good job mini viks

Great work all round Vik.

Tank does have a slightly iffy paint job though. The painting is great it is the scheme thats only slightly um dodgy!

LOL... well that´s definitely a scheme that doesn´t help you hide from your enemy^^...

I know the scheme appears to be Scottish of origin...but was entirely based on :




and the thing with the fence... of course it was meant to be bent in the right way... but thee material wouldn´t stay bent in the right shape...

and I have no means for heat bending it...argh....and yeah... the fence posts could have bent better maybe... ach... weeeellll....

Ahh, but the good tank viktor (may the empress bless all who ride in her) can safely hide in a company of ultrasmurfs

Never thought my first blog view on here would be about a guardsman on the toilet!!

Damn awesome work mate!

LOL... dirtydog...lol... well this is something that currently might happen on many more threads... but actually is quite regular duty on this thread

and monkey...
"may the empress bless all who ride in her"

I just hope you made a typo there... my wife by the way thinks the bright eyestraining blue looks ugly too... and asked me to change it subtly... but the kids want to play already wiith the tank... I am between a rock and hard place

Well, it's the kid's tank...if they like the blue it should stay blue

Err...oopsie....I automatically think of most vehicles as feminine, guess I should have thought a little harder about it in this case

it was rather disturbing

and that was my reasoning too... they have been the major decision makers for that project...

I think it's great the way it is, and just let the kids have at it.

@ dirtydog, Well you happened across possibly the best blog on Dakka for a first peek. You want to try something off the wall try Theo's or Monkeys blogs.

ach cam.... ye make me blush....

That is a striking shade of blue on that tank!

Love the fence work

Yeah the fence looks great, maybe its bent that way from the last guardsmen that saw the mimic and ran straight thought it in abject fear and horror.

Would you have preferred it be said "Emperor bless Victor and all that ride him?"

I like that fence quite a bit vik. Tank is prestigious.

Well thanks Cam....here we are on a Viktorian steampunk type thread talking about toileting guardsmen and evil porta-loo mimics and you suggest I might have something 'off the wall' That's the kind of compliment I like


and welcome aboard dirtydog.....this is a pretty cool place to make your first stop

Now that there's a dirtdog, does LDD need to change his handle to ODD(original dirty dog)?

 Theophony wrote:
Now that there's a dirtdog, does LDD need to change his handle to ODD(original dirty dog)?

NAAAGGHH I left my scent a plenty

I like that tank.

I sort of expect Grots to sort of swarm it though.

well mates... it is time to bring this mere thread back on track... a half track that is...!!!

ever since the shocking revelation of the tauros troop transport grinned on my computer I thought this must be some vehicle you could in some extend be able to scratch build yourself...

and recently I have had some time and motivation to give this a go...
(mind you...it is probably twice the size of a tauros... the upper part, the roof of the cargo era is clear plastic but will get painted...as the inside is not accessible anymore...(piece of junk...the clear plastic I mean )

I used caps of milk packages as wheels for the front part and the treads where made by some weird plastic discs I got from a junk market (you read right we have a creativity shop of an urban initiative here that sells practically junk to finance other projects...the junk is gifted by anyone willing to share it on a non profit basis... I go there from time to time...)

also...the scale comparison is assisted by two scions sniper conversion...I couldn't help myself anymore and ordered me some bits...

hope you like, cheers, vik










by the way... all parts are still not attached...I am still waiting on some ebay treasures to detail everything up a treat...^^

Looking good vik, 10x better than the taurox . Really like the extra large fenders as the crew can jump out and hide behind the fender for cover.

well, depending on the bits...(rhino doors probably for doors on the cabin and some weird other reuses of other SM stuff I bought recently...) there will be footboards that will form from the fenders... I think this will look quite good...^^ hopefully^^

wouldn't say 10 times... but well... a bit more sound at least...


also...I am totally undecided whether this is an actual IG vehicle or a looted one...any ideas... as it is still highly WIP everything is still possible...

Fantastic Royal Navy (British Marines wore blue?)Tank Vik! Halftrack will be a long awaited Vik treat! Security whilst crapping is important too!

That's a great looking start vik

Has a nice chunky look to it.

I think it'll work well as an actual guard vehicle - once the details are in place and it gets some brass rivet strips it'll be magnificent

Nice work Vik. Liking the track wheels.

Looks distinctly Viktorian. But that doesn't mean it can't be ViktOrkian.

You could always make two...

dsteingass wrote:Fantastic Royal Navy (British Marines wore blue?)Tank Vik! Halftrack will be a long awaited Vik treat! Security whilst crapping is important too!

I know what you mean dave, it was due to have another big something on these pages^^...and yep... as you said before... you need protection while you´re laying an egg...
and I am only totally sure that the yanks wore blue

monkeytroll wrote:That's a great looking start vik

Has a nice chunky look to it.

I think it'll work well as an actual guard vehicle - once the details are in place and it gets some brass rivet strips it'll be magnificent

it will not be as ornamental as my big red tank, but brass is a given once I've decided what army will be associated with this halftrack...

Dr H wrote:Nice work Vik. Liking the track wheels.

Looks distinctly Viktorian. But that doesn't mean it can't be ViktOrkian.

You could always make two...

ViktOrkian...now that is a term I need to remember... I need to trade mark that in fact
and in the grander scheme this is only the first one...the build makes it possible to have lots of variety...


thanks a lot mates!!!

 Theophony wrote:
Love the work on the base Vik, but shouldn't the fence be bent inwards if that's how he mimic came in? I guess it could have bit and torn the fence outwards then hopped in to disguise itself.

Tank is looking sweet with the paint on it good job mini viks

You assume that the fence is not a mimic too.

The mimic is my favorite part of the piece

 Viktor von Domm wrote:
LOL... well that´s definitely a scheme that doesn´t help you hide from your enemy^^...

I know the scheme appears to be Scottish of origin...but was entirely based on :




and the thing with the fence... of course it was meant to be bent in the right way... but thee material wouldn´t stay bent in the right shape...

and I have no means for heat bending it...argh....and yeah... the fence posts could have bent better maybe... ach... weeeellll....

Prussians? So the tank is Prussian blue. Neat.

That tank is really a great little project with the kids. Keep it safe. You could show them some weathering techniques to tone down the blue a bit to placate the Mrs.

Prussians... of course

my wife indeed asked for a subtle change of the blue... ^^ a bit of weathering might be something that could indeed help...

"The mimic is my favourite part of the piece"
THAT is the right spirit mate!!! and a fence mimic... now there is a man willing to think the extra mile!

Aha...Those are LEGO's generic, all-encompassing "Imperial" faction red and blue
http://lego.wikia.com/wiki/Imperial_Soldiers

Halftrack looks awesome. Will definately look amazing by the time you have finished.

Liking it as an IG transport.

WOW I see what you mean now that is one large mother trucker although fitting for the use, great use of milk caps and the tracks are awesome good find.

The clear lid makes me think it should be carrying the pope awesome job so far just waiting for the detailing now

pope mobile or in GW terms poprox.

Magnets vik! then you can loot it in game and add the Orky guns and extra gubbins.