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Viktor von Domm wrote:I highly approve

Red Harvest wrote:Suitably menacing, in a nice understated way.

That's one of the aims. Although the added spiky bits might make it slightly less understated.

Now I have to go make up a Red Harvest Seal of Approval for it

Niiiiiiiiiiiiice

cormadepanda wrote:Much more approved with the touches.

All this approval is very encouraging.

shasolenzabi wrote:It is reminding me of the snow plows for mountain roads and trains to clear the way!

That might be because those are the main sources of inspiration for it.

The two halves are now glued together and sanding has happened.
There is a slight gap at the join that will be filled when I get around to all the other gaps.
and while there is the tank to show scale, with all the other modifications it may be difficult to tell accurately. As SM #2 was helping me with the scale of my sinks, here he is showing the scale of the blade.


I will now repeat this process for the second blade and bring it up to the same level. Then I can do all the gap filling together and build the support structures together so that they are interchangeable.

All looking smooth

Nice work Dr. H, but please tell me when you paint it that there WON'T be hazard stripes. Maybe instead since he wants to create destruction/anarchy/entropy he will have all sorts of writing or signs on it like STOP, HALT, free puppy (with the little pull off tags that you see on grocery store bulletin boards), or peep holes saying ladies shower room view in an attempt to get people in front not to run as it plows them over.

Also a general question. Why don't the blades funnel the people underneath the tracks or into a wood chipper or something. I do see that as more of a Khorne thing, but if we're trying to be brutal then I vote woodchipper

^ If we're going to be brutal we should have it funneling them into a smal room with my mother....

For painting, nose cone art of course. Not necessarily shark's jaws, but something. Or maybe a nice pin-up to match the one inside. Or should that go on the hull...

Just not flames, please.

I think if not hazard stripes on the dozer blade then at least some eyes...like on the triremes of ancient Greece ...would underline the beastly character of the tank...

and the blade by the way looks very good, even with the lil gap, a stunning piece!

monkeytroll wrote:All looking smooth

Thanks. Smooth is good.

Theophony wrote:Nice work Dr. H, but please tell me when you paint it that there WON'T be hazard stripes. Maybe instead since he wants to create destruction/anarchy/entropy he will have all sorts of writing or signs on it like STOP, HALT, free puppy (with the little pull off tags that you see on grocery store bulletin boards), or peep holes saying ladies shower room view in an attempt to get people in front not to run as it plows them over.

I wasn't planning any hazard stripes on the front of the dozer. There may or may not be some on the support structure.

Also a general question. Why don't the blades funnel the people underneath the tracks or into a wood chipper or something. I do see that as more of a Khorne thing, but if we're trying to be brutal then I vote woodchipper

In general (and in the rules I gather) the purpose of a dozer blade is to move things out of the way in a terrain sense. But if you're in a war situation and you have a dozer blade anyway, you may as well make it dangerous to your enemies.

While we're on the subject of funnelling in and chopping up, I did find some trains equipped with mechanical snow ploughs and have saved them for future reference.

nerdfest09 wrote:^ If we're going to be brutal we should have it funneling them into a smal room with my mother....

LOL

Red Harvest wrote:For painting, nose cone art of course. Not necessarily shark's jaws, but something. Or maybe a nice pin-up to match the one inside. Or should that go on the hull...

Just not flames, please.

The tank art that I was planning, was destined for the hull of the tank. This was going to be a picture of Tank Girl. However, I've changed my mind due to the death of H. R. Giger and I'm now going to do a tribute (of sorts) to him instead. This will still be on the hull of the tank (currently just in front of the guns).

The dozer blade, however...

Viktor von Domm wrote:I think if not hazard stripes on the dozer blade then at least some eyes...like on the triremes of ancient Greece ...would underline the beastly character of the tank...

...The plan was to have it plain and very shiny, using the buff-able Metalcote paint that I have (I've been trying to get hold of a lighter shade recently to no avail, yet).

However, depending on how it looks with the added details. I may paint something on it.

Not eyes though. As the headlights of the tank are there to represent the eyes (as they also function as the eyes of the driver). The dozer therefore, represents the "mouth" of the tank. So, if the added spikes/blades/details don't make it look mouth-like enough, I may well paint some teeth on.

Again. Will have to see how it turns out in the end to see what may happen.

and the blade by the way looks very good, even with the lil gap, a stunning piece!

Ta. The gap has been filled with a piece of scrap plastic, so is (hopefully) seamless now.

Second blade is about to have the ribs glued on to give it shape.

That is an awesome snow plough on the train.

I know, right. Just imagine that ploughing through a unit of your choice.

Dozer 2 is now glued together.
It's ended up at a slightly different angle than the first, but nothing that will be a problem.
You will see that where the first blade covers the whole front of the tank, this second blade doesn't quite cover the corners.


Once the edges are all cleaned up, I'll start on the support structure.

Looking great, oh and I vote a nice big smiley.

that plough looks straight out of some sci fi movie... what brutal mind can device something like that and even paint it that way???...*shudders*

you should have kept one blade set separate... maybe you could have made a castable set for the market

and I see your point where eyes would be no option on the blades... teeth will be so much better^^

Camkierhi wrote:Looking great, oh and I vote a nice big smiley.

Thanks Cam.

Viktor von Domm wrote:that plough looks straight out of some sci fi movie... what brutal mind can device something like that and even paint it that way???...*shudders*

*Insert Jabba the Hut laughing*

you should have kept one blade set separate... maybe you could have made a castable set for the market

and I see your point where eyes would be no option on the blades... teeth will be so much better^^

I'd have to make a far neater version if I was to sell it. There's quite a bit of work you don't see here to get the two halves to meet up neatly (and quite a few hidden rough edges). I would probably make one up to this stage and then cut it in half once it looks neat. I might consider it in the future if people want it.

Aside from an alarming lack of rivets tremendous job!

 inmygravenimage wrote:
Aside from an alarming lack of rivets tremendous job!

Thanks Graven. There will be rivets. Once the frame is built I'll know where to put them (or the main ones at least) and the hull of the tank needs some rivets replaced (and added), so there will be a major riveting session at some point in the not-too-distant future.

Slightly pointier dozer just as sweet as the slightly wider dozer

Its gone from eldar looking to steampunk which in my honest opinion ( which aint worth anything ) this version is way better great work Doc

monkeytroll wrote:Slightly pointier dozer just as sweet as the slightly wider dozer

Thanks MT.

lone dirty dog wrote:Its gone from eldar looking to steampunk which in my honest opinion ( which aint worth anything ) this version is way better great work Doc

Thanks LDD.
These are just the base dozer blade. The extra details will be added on top to match the two concepts (Carmageddon and Monkeyphony).

So the wider of the two will have the forward pointing blades/spikes and will have the two small trailing dozer blades to become the Carmageddon blade.

The pointier blade will get the saw-tooth lower edge that merges into a similar surface detail of the DE piece supplied by MT and may or may not get the trailing dozer blades (or something to match). How this will be done, I'm not sure at the moment...

OK lost me a bit there but I guess will make sense once put together either way the dozers look awesome and once you add the extra detail will look just bloody evil so looking forward to that

 lone dirty dog wrote:
OK lost me a bit there but I guess will make sense once put together

Here you go LDD...
One will look a little like this:


and the other will look a little like this (only with raised detail, not drawn on):

either way the dozers look awesome and once you add the extra detail will look just bloody evil so looking forward to that

Evil looking is the aim.

This tank will make an impressive site to behold on the battle tables!

All makes sense now

shasolenzabi wrote:This tank will make an impressive site to behold on the battle tables!

I hope so.

lone dirty dog wrote:All makes sense now

Good good.

I have been busy with non-visually-exciting things (gap filling) and I've been doing more sink work (that will be shown in the other thread).

the current job is to build the support structure of the dozer blade.
So far I've added the main struts for the blades themselves. These are just cross beams and were quite a bit of work to get them to fit well and they also show just how imperfect the dozer structures are. Hopefully this won't show on the finished model.

However, the next job is to make the attachment points on the blades where the pistons and support structure are joined. In order to know where these should be on the dozer blades, I need to know where they come from on the tank. So, I've started making the brackets for the tank end...

I started by thinking about what attachment points I needed. Looking at the reference picture I showed a while ago, I can see 6 brackets on the tank: Two are for the main brace/structure, this is positioned straight (and mostly parallel) from the tank hull to the dozer blade and acts to transfer the force of the tank through the blade.
The other four points are for two pairs of pistons that move the dozer blade up and down. These are what I've started on.
I had a look through my box of "tubes" and found a few that fit together without being too tight a fit (or too loose). The thin tube for the larger pistons actually works as the larger part of the smaller pistons.

You can see how I plan to position them on the tank below. The main structure will fit at the bottom of the front of the tank, between the smaller pistons.

They do look too long at the moment. The final position of the dozer, relative to the tank, is not set yet. So I made them longer then necessary and will cut them down when I'm ready.

I was also going to attach the larger pistons higher up on the sides of the tank, but they would have blocked the view of the tank's eyes, so they were moved down a bit.

Now I can build the main structure...

Excellent. Like your thinking. I know you will be cutting them down a bit probably, but the arrangement is sound.

Yeah, better to trim to fit. Great job, and am relieved that there will be rivets.

Two dozer blades? going to swap them over or mount both incase one breaks.

Just the basic shape looks really awesome, well done

Camkierhi wrote:Excellent. Like your thinking. I know you will be cutting them down a bit probably, but the arrangement is sound.

Thanks Cam.

inmygravenimage wrote:Yeah, better to trim to fit. Great job, and am relieved that there will be rivets.

Thanks Graven.

OneManNoodles wrote:Two dozer blades? going to swap them over or mount both incase one breaks.

Just the basic shape looks really awesome, well done

Thanks OMN.
Well I ended up with two designs and wasn't sure which would work best. So I thought I may as well make both.

I'm aiming to make them swappable, at least as far as being able to see which is the best fit for the look of the tank.
Then the other one may find it's way on to a future tank that may suit it better.

Nice dozer blades. Need rivets.

Put the other dozer blade on back, so he can parallel park anywhere he wants

cormadepanda wrote:Nice dozer blades. Need rivets.

Thanks Comrade. There will be rivets.

Theophony wrote:Put the other dozer blade on back, so he can parallel park anywhere he wants

I don't think he's the parallel parking type...