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2013/12/06 17:02:59
Subject: Re:The (Mad) Scientist and his Army of the Second Law: Beware of the Tank!
And furthermore, an Assassin pumped up w/ Polymorphine had already infiltrated the Scientist's entourage and has been reporting his activities for weeks. The Assassin is currently awaiting orders to terminate subject.
Gitsplitta wrote: That's.... dirt... Skalk. Actual dust. (09/08/2021)
2013/12/06 17:29:44
Subject: Re:The (Mad) Scientist and his Army of the Second Law: Beware of the Tank!
I actually have a bit of fluff already written about an assassin/spy that found his way onto The Scientist's ship. Not shared it on DDakka yet. I was saving it until I came to make an assassin for the army, but I can post it up if people want?
and if you're not following my commission blog, I'll share this here as well:
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2013/12/06 19:08:56
Subject: The (Mad) Scientist and his Army of the Second Law: Beware of the Tank!
Well, also beware, any Khadrovian troops you may find one day is equipped with their reminder book, one drilled into them from childhood regarding the Khadrovian way, the Khadrovian crimson book. All Khadrovians are encouraged to have and read their own copies whenever they have free time to read.
"Your mumblings are awakening the sleeping Dragon, be wary when meddling the affairs of Dragons, for thou art tasty and go good with either ketchup or chocolate. "
Dragons fear nothing, if it acts up, we breath magic fire that turns them into marshmallow peeps. We leaguers only cry rivets!
2013/12/06 20:43:57
Subject: The (Mad) Scientist and his Army of the Second Law: Beware of the Tank!
A mind is easily washed, as a book is easily re-written...
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2013/12/07 10:36:23
Subject: The (Mad) Scientist and his Army of the Second Law: Beware of the Tank!
Camkierhi wrote:That is truly boggin'......
AWESOME.
Ruglud wrote:Eeew, that toilet reminds me of the local train station lav... Nasty...
Thanks people. That's probably the best reception a toilet can expect to receive.
As I said, the floor at the front of the tank was the first thing to do. I've been looking for a use of a net bag (for garlic) I acquired, for ages and finally it's found it's calling.
I had to use pegs to hold it stretched out while I glued it in place.
Then it was just trimmed to fit.
I'll cover the edges eventually and there probably won't be much of it to see by the end, but painted "metal" it should do the job.
I can now think about the driver and his surroundings...
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2013/12/08 03:52:20
Subject: The (Mad) Scientist and his Army of the Second Law: Beware of the Tank!
Ah Yes Dr.H, but also individuals may prove hard if their zeal and faith is strong!
"Your mumblings are awakening the sleeping Dragon, be wary when meddling the affairs of Dragons, for thou art tasty and go good with either ketchup or chocolate. "
Dragons fear nothing, if it acts up, we breath magic fire that turns them into marshmallow peeps. We leaguers only cry rivets!
2013/12/08 04:12:17
Subject: The (Mad) Scientist and his Army of the Second Law: Beware of the Tank!
And other things may prove hard if ye don't get enough fiber!
Loveley toilet Doc!
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2013/12/08 04:59:34
Subject: The (Mad) Scientist and his Army of the Second Law: Beware of the Tank!
dsteingass wrote: And other things may prove hard if ye don't get enough fiber!
Loveley toilet Doc!
True, and yes, that toilet looks like it has seen it's fair share of hell
"Your mumblings are awakening the sleeping Dragon, be wary when meddling the affairs of Dragons, for thou art tasty and go good with either ketchup or chocolate. "
Dragons fear nothing, if it acts up, we breath magic fire that turns them into marshmallow peeps. We leaguers only cry rivets!
2013/12/08 09:52:40
Subject: The (Mad) Scientist and his Army of the Second Law: Beware of the Tank!
shasolenzabi wrote:Ah Yes Dr.H, but also individuals may prove hard if their zeal and faith is strong!
They may get flashbacks... I might even write that into the army-wide rules when I get there...
dsteingass wrote:And other things may prove hard if ye don't get enough fiber!
Loveley toilet Doc!
Thanks Dave. I look forward to seeing what you do with your's. It would look so much better in the right environment.
shasolenzabi wrote:True, and yes, that toilet looks like it has seen it's fair share of hell
Indeed it has.
Jehan-reznor wrote:Is that the potty from trainspotting?
I did think of that as I was taking the photos. Anyone up for a quick dip...
Littletower wrote:Great repurposing of the net bag as threaded flooring Will store that one (too!) for future use
Cool. That's what it's all about, sharing ideas. Thanks.
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2013/12/09 17:27:47
Subject: Re:The (Mad) Scientist and his Army of the Second Law: Beware of the Tank!
May I introduce you to the crew.
I haven't touched the Termi yet, but the Ork is on the operating table.
I chose his pieces for their relative plainness as I intend to add quite a bit to him so armour plates etc. would get in the way.
His right arm was chosen for ease of chopping (as shown). This will have many wires coming out to connect to things for controlling the tank.
An interesting challenge has shown up from this is that inside the tank I have 28mm from the floor to the roof and the Ork from his bum to the top of his head/shoulders is 20-24mm... meaning that I have about 4mm in which to make a seat for him to sit on... I'm thinking of a bucket seat.
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2013/12/10 11:52:40
Subject: The (Mad) Scientist and his Army of the Second Law: Beware of the Tank!
Flashbacks? oh what a conflicted unit that would make!
"Your mumblings are awakening the sleeping Dragon, be wary when meddling the affairs of Dragons, for thou art tasty and go good with either ketchup or chocolate. "
Dragons fear nothing, if it acts up, we breath magic fire that turns them into marshmallow peeps. We leaguers only cry rivets!
2013/12/10 22:27:22
Subject: The (Mad) Scientist and his Army of the Second Law: Beware of the Tank!
Yeah. It fits well with how I plan on playing the army (should I eventually get there). I have another army-wide rule called, for the moment, "Who put him in charge?" which give various good or bad random actions on the roll of 2D6. In essence I'm aiming for an army that will be confusing to play against, but harms itself as much as it does the enemy...
Driver update:
So, I ended up aiming for a "basic" tank seat for him with minimal ergonomics etc... (I'm sure modern tanks have lovely seats, but think back to the earliest tanks), and the seat has ended up as a kind of office chair caricature.
The seat of it was made from two bits of sprue (naturally) that were cut in half lengthways (the other way from how I did the planks for the hut) and then arranged in a square with the angled sides in towards the centre to give it a dip in the middle.
Then coved that with a square of "leather".
Then added a length of sprue to the underside and placed the two halves of a plastic ring (from a piece of a piece of a soap dispenser) either side of that to give it a swivel-able look to it.
The back rest is just a conveniently shaped piece of (yep, you guessed it) sprue.
You can see that he now fits inside the tank nicely and once I've done a little tidying of the seat I can start assembling him and then his surroundings. You will also be able to tell that he is ready to be pushing some pedals with his feel, notice that it's the right foot that is fully extended...
I've also rotated his wrist on the left arm (because he's going to be using some levers) and it will also require some shoulder work to bring the arm out.
That's it for now.
Thoughts?
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2013/12/10 23:08:20
Subject: The (Mad) Scientist and his Army of the Second Law: Beware of the Tank!
Needs lumbar support dude, it's not good for Occupational health and safety! I'll be back to make sure you remedy this later! and yes I'll have my clipboard to look professional!
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2013/12/10 23:25:58
Subject: The (Mad) Scientist and his Army of the Second Law: Beware of the Tank!
nerdfest09 wrote: Needs lumbar support dude, it's not good for Occupational health and safety! I'll be back to make sure you remedy this later! and yes I'll have my clipboard to look professional!
But it does have lumbar support... it's the only bit of support that it does have... The various electrodes that will be attached to him will ensure his continuing comfort and safety...
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2013/12/11 03:58:45
Subject: The (Mad) Scientist and his Army of the Second Law: Beware of the Tank!
Yeah. It fits well with how I plan on playing the army (should I eventually get there). I have another army-wide rule called, for the moment, "Who put him in charge?" which give various good or bad random actions on the roll of 2D6. In essence I'm aiming for an army that will be confusing to play against, but harms itself as much as it does the enemy...
That sounds cool, like the old Madboys rules.
"Your mumblings are awakening the sleeping Dragon, be wary when meddling the affairs of Dragons, for thou art tasty and go good with either ketchup or chocolate. "
Dragons fear nothing, if it acts up, we breath magic fire that turns them into marshmallow peeps. We leaguers only cry rivets!
2013/12/11 13:19:53
Subject: Re:The (Mad) Scientist and his Army of the Second Law: Beware of the Tank!
Looking good, don't or get the fuzzy dice in the mirror for the driver, or would they be leather made from a squig
LOL, Theo your mind is an amazing place, never change.-camkierhi 9/19/13
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2013/12/11 20:57:35
Subject: The (Mad) Scientist and his Army of the Second Law: Beware of the Tank!
shasolenzabi wrote:That sounds cool, like the old Madboys rules.
Fun(ny) and cool are the aims.
Theophony wrote:Looking good, don't or get the fuzzy dice in the mirror for the driver, or would they be leather made from a squig
Maybe I will add some fuzzy dice... They will have to hang from a monitor as there are no mirrors in a tank (no rear window to look out of).
The driver now has his arms and head (to go with his legs) and is stuck on his seat.
The leavers are just blu-tacked in to give the idea (you'll need to imagine the pedals and all the other bits yourself).
I now need to decide where to position him to give myself room to make the other controls/computers/displays/cabling/etc... and leave room for the gunner in the back...
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2013/12/11 21:30:32
Subject: The (Mad) Scientist and his Army of the Second Law: Beware of the Tank!
Camkierhi wrote: Looking brilliant, I would put him slightly to one side. maybe his left. Allow room for a gunner view port at least.
Excellent work on him BTW, if you need any ork parts please shout me, I have LOTS.
Thanks dude. I hadn't considered letting the gunner see the light of day as the info I found on the tank says that the weapons are aimed by the gunner through the attached optics. So "no window for him" said I. Also, with my plans for the headlights of the tank, the drivers hatch/viewport/window will be largely central. But a little asymmetry may happen depending on what I build to surround the driver.
Well I have a whole battleforce of Orks that have yet to be used, so I'm ok for now. But thanks, I'll keep it in mind.
Also, here's a little fun fluff to lead into the actual details of the tank...
Spoiler:
On a dark, dark planet, in a dark, dark city ruin, in a dark, dark building, in the corner of a dark, dark workshop, The Scientist sat amongst the pieces of a tank. "One bolt..." He said. "Another bolt..." He continued. "A washer... A gear... A dry-sump, electronic, limited-slip differential..." He stands up and investigates a pile of fabric that his chief engineer had pulled from the tank hull during the strip-down. "The remains of what appears to be a large feline... mostly decomposed... no use to me, but..." He pauses to think "Igor!" He shouts. "Yeth Masth-duh" Came the reply from a hunched over Ork in an ill-fitting lab coat. "Take this and give it to one of the Kroot, see if he can get anything out of it" "K, Boss... er.. Yeth Masss-der" The Ork shuffles off, dragging the remains. The Scientist turned back to the tank pieces "Where was I... ah yes..." He bends over, "A bolt..."
...Much later... "...and one final tread piece ...So what does that make?" Said The Scientist. "A tank?" opined the chief engineer as he scratched his green scalp in confusion. "Yes, but what is the final tally, no... never mind, doesn't matter. Do you know what we will make with these and other parts?" Said The Scientist. "Not a giant rabbit, where da boyz could hide in and we could leave it by the..." Started the engineer eagerly. "No, no." Interrupted The Scientist. "No, we shall build... A Tank." "So why did we take it apart in the first place if we gonna put it back together again?" Asked the engineer. "So that we may learn about it's construction and improve upon it... remember the lesson last week?" Said The Scientist. "The one wiv the bite-y one and all dem wirez?" Asked the engineer with a little glimmer of understanding creeping into his face. "Yessss, my little green friend. It's such a shame that your tiny little mind can't hold more... I could have made you a genius, but you would have lost that little bit of yourself that makes you the engineer that you are." The Scientist reminisced. "Fanks Boss" Said the engineer, saluting with a bemused look on his face again.
"Right, you remember where all the bits go now, don't you?" Asked The Scientist. "Nope" Replied the Ork with a large grin on his face that said this had to be the right answer. The Scientist looking into his chief engineer's eyes* draws in a deep breath and said in an authoritative manner "Good, I'll draw you a picture. Where's that crayon...".
*Which is a strange thing to watch, as The Ork believes he is looking up to a larger Ork, while he is actually looking down to an average sized human, who at the same time has to look up to the Ork but make it look like he is looking down on a shorter being, just to maintain the illusion and because he finds it fun.
Automatically Appended Next Post: Also, as Skalk's Junk pile contest approaches the end (there's still time to enter) I will add a little tease out and show you the pieces that I selected to make mine from. However, not all these pieces made it onto the final piece...
Still a couple of days to go. Get piling that junk.
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2013/12/12 19:03:29
Subject: Re:The (Mad) Scientist and his Army of the Second Law: Beware of the Tank!
Indeed it is.
You've got mine already though. Looking forward to the big reveal. The few that have shown all have looked good.
Anyway, back to the driver. And what do all drivers need?
Pedals!!!
I've also started working on the driver console thing and I've chopped the front hull piece in two (to be rid of the two windows but keep the lower portion).
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The army- ~2295 points (built).
* -=]_,=-eague Spruemeister General. * A (sprue) Hut tutorial * Dsteingass - Dr. H..You are a role model for Internet Morality! // inmygravenimage - Dr H is a model to us all Theophony - Sprue for the spruemeister, plastic for his plastic throne! // Shasolenzabi - Toilets, more complex than folks take time to think about!
2013/12/13 19:47:57
Subject: Re:The (Mad) Scientist and his Army of the Second Law: Beware of the Tank!
Please note that I will be adding more detail to these pieces (such as rivets ), this is all just getting the layout right.
Next up will be the drivers console, which I think I'll build up against the left wall (rather than on the floorplate).
Until next time.
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The army- ~2295 points (built).
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2013/12/13 20:48:54
Subject: The (Mad) Scientist and his Army of the Second Law: Beware of the Tank!
"Your mumblings are awakening the sleeping Dragon, be wary when meddling the affairs of Dragons, for thou art tasty and go good with either ketchup or chocolate. "
Dragons fear nothing, if it acts up, we breath magic fire that turns them into marshmallow peeps. We leaguers only cry rivets!
2013/12/13 21:34:43
Subject: Re:The (Mad) Scientist and his Army of the Second Law: Beware of the Tank!
I actually have a bit of fluff already written about an assassin/spy that found his way onto The Scientist's ship. Not shared it on DDakka yet. I was saving it until I came to make an assassin for the army, but I can post it up if people want? 
My P&M Blog :
Will store that one (too!) for future use 
