Forum adverts like this one are shown to any user who is not logged in. Join us by filling out a tiny 3 field form and you will get your own, free, dakka user account which gives a good range of benefits to you: No adverts like this in the forums anymore. Times and dates in your local timezone. Full tracking of what you have read so you can skip to your first unread post, easily see what has changed since you last logged in, and easily see what is new at a glance. Email notifications for threads you want to watch closely. Being a part of the oldest wargaming community on the net. If you are already a member then feel free to login now.

Big! That tank will be huge

That's pretty exiting. I cant wait to see how this turns out.


Automatically Appended Next Post:
That's pretty exiting. I cant wait to see how this turns out.

Well it's good to the factory back in action!

Are there actual landships in 40k? JC

hey rogue wolves! good to see you here... will be later uploading more pics... currently i´ve worked on the skirts of the tracksystems...

and hey meatshield... so exited that a double post happened

at stormwall... well... these vehicles are meant for epic scale... but they´re seeping into 40k... also... i don´t play... it is just something i love doing and the 40k universe provides me with a plethora of inspirations^^


concerning the size... does anyone here have actual measurements of a leviathan? how wide would it be? how long and how tall?

also, foor that matter how long and wide is a baneblade...or a felblade?

cheers, vik

Here is a link to some epic scale comparison shots..

http://apocalypse40k.com/index.php?/topic/1513-leviathan-command-vehicle-mordian7th/

I would say though that as is your track layout is about right. This thing was supposed to transport many, many men, as well as having the most rediculous cannon ever.

I have templates for a baneblade somewhere I will try and send you, to give an idea of how big that is. Sure someone here must have one though.

I would have said that the Leviathan should be way bigger. than a mere Baneblade. But you have to take in to account GW scaling. Epic scale Leman Russ was huge compared to 40k equivelant. So it should probably by GW standards only be about 6" long and carry 50 men!

Nono, I meant 40k as in the universe. Not strictly the TT.

I am so eager to see this, I recall the Leviathan from the UM books. (The one where the Dkok and Ventris beat nids in the face.)

oh yeah, i know that build, mordians leviathan is a reference for all leviathan makers...i suppose... looking at thhe epic scale tanks for comparrision it looks as if the baneblade is almost as big as the leviathan... my idea was to have the three track systems after another to a total length of around 50 cm...and more depending on currently not foreseeable issues... remember in project planning always the worst case rule...
my main issue is the width from left to right side... my ridiculous clever plan is to have a flexile tank chassis that can be made into a baneblade later on by simply switching from the leviathan corpus and adding the top of a fghting tank like stormblade/baneblade... for now it sounds epic...no pun intended^^... but i need too see my clumsy measuring can cope with the ideas^^

Big tank is big.

That's about the extent of my wisdom here. A worthy celebration to the end of exams though!

Leviathans are like the homage to the "Ratte" that never saw anything past the blue-print drawings of the concept. A massive landship of over 1,000 tons, powered by ship engines with 11inch cannons as the main guns.

Well, I'm a bit late to the party, but I can't wait to see how this turns out!

good call jake, you´re not late...just abut right i´d say for the next update^^

see...skirts and tracks in the making...:

under production...making six of everything is no small feat... already i lost count on how many rivets i had too apply...







and the tracks got formed.... currently without any real profile... but as there wont be that much exposed of them in any way i think about slipping the major details...just hinted angles...



with added skirt......for now the skirts only sport a riveted band...but i will add plating as well...






i am working atm n the five other tracks...and i am heavy wiith thoughts about how to build the chassis... and then how to build the whole upper structure... and how much interior detail i can and want to do...

for details ...i got me these lego windows here:

think this will work?

an inner structure, balconies for troops...a vehicle pool...landing ramp...etc... all that would look cool...but needs careful planning beforehand...any helpful ideas would be greatly apreciated...

cheers and hopfully you´ll like that project...vik

Looking brilliant.

I would skip the detail on the tracks on the ground.

I will be sending you some bits to help out too.

Track units with skirts are looking great.

thank you sir!
well... you sure know how to make one itchy^^ (for the postman^^)

the height of the whole track system now is almost twice of a regular guardsman...

Big tracks for a BIG project! those men will need ladders to climb those puppies!

I love the windows. And adapting lego for such purposes is OK by me

planning for the windows was to use them in pairs, so that you have on one window frame two curved ends...

also... status update... just ran out on 2mm rhinestone rivets...... dang... just ordered 4000 more

 Viktor von Domm wrote:
status update... just ran out on 2mm rhinestone rivets...... dang... just ordered 4000 more

Bling for the Bling God, rhinestones for his throne!

Lol.....

Wait....WHAT?

Rhinestone Rivets?

Stay classy Vik!

I love using rhinestones as rivets. And they look perfect on your tanks-in-progress.

The factory quality labor. I must know what is coming of this.

I think that was a Neil Diamond B-side "Like Rhinestone Rivets, Riding out on a Leviathan in an Aquilla-spangled rodeo"

This will be epic Vik, pace yourself so you don't get burnt out.

well...dear ladies and gentlemen, and those still interested of the build of a huge vehicle...if there ever was one^^

as i said i wanted to keep it modular, so that if the tank is not prancing around as a leviathan, then the chassis is usable as a baneblade or something as close as that...

to get it modular... this is the means to the end..:



scaleshot...with poor and feeling belittled rhino...



an this is with tank built in process...




and with additional turret...


underside of the skirts...


and this is how the leviathan setup will be looking... big was sooo eighties... fething huge is the new scale...





also... apropos of nothing... this cake for me marks the new dawn... kids everywhere... prepare to get nursed by me...



or to put it in another way...i am through every exam and will not have to do any oral exam to boot....yeah!!!


cheers, vik

Congrats on making it through the exams and training Vik!

THat is gonna be the Vikiathan

vikathian...well this sounds like vikar...nawww....i am also thinking about names... maybe victory class leviatha...

and thanks... that chapter is finally over... not too bad grades... so the hunt for a job is on...

Congrats on finishing up school.

This project if HUGE, I love it.

Congrats my friend, and good to see you celebrate in style - with a GIANT TANK OF DOOM!

Congrats Vik!! Being DONE is a great feeling innit?

Man, does your flat have enough room for that big beast? and is that cardboard or PC?

Looks likie Vik now has PC