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The T2 Hunter-Killer tank is similar, but pretty expensive.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Pegasus-Hobbies-Terminator-Hunter-Killer/dp/B00KMI3GJW

Here is a link from Barzam's gallery showing the Origins Guntank next to an Infinity figure.

http://www.dakkadakka.com/gallery/729002-Guntank%20from%20Gundam%3A%20%20The%20Origin.html

There's something to be said for the goofiness of the 0079 RX-75 Guntank:

Personally I prefer the Origins version, which looks more "real", if that term can be applied to this sort of thing.

Oh, no doubt the Origins version is vastly less implausible, considering that the 0079 has a "core fighter" jetplane as its torso. And the scale? Look at the size of the people!

Oh, it's still pretty massive, the prototype mobile suit shown is just a wee bit taller than it, this version just isn't as brightly coloured and toy-like as the original.

Exactly - they're both ridiculously super huge!

I just ordered one from eBay along with another from this thread. I'll post pics when I have the conversions done to show what can be achieved.

 JohnHwangDD wrote:
There's something to be said for the goofiness of the 0079 RX-75 Guntank:

Spoiler:

Yes there is something to be said about that model.

But not on a family board...

If you guys are looking for straight up ugly mechs to use, I'd suggest checking out Aoshima's kits from the 80s. There's some real funk in there. Not just their Gundam knock-off kits, but their actual licensed ones are pretty out there. Best of all, stuff like Acrobunch is so obscure, you could put a bunch into your army and nobody would recognize them.

Check this guy out.

I picked one of these guys up from Book-Off Bazaar for 100 yen. I'm totally going to put it into my Mechanicus forces.

Or, one could get some of the sillier mecha from G-Gundam.

Or a set of Nobel Gundam, perhaps?

Hello sexy

http://www.monstersinmotion.com/cart/spaceships-vehicles-item-listj-c-13_192/flash-gordon-1936-rocket-ship-1-72-scale-model-kit-p-19624





I always figured ships in the IMperium should either brutally functional flying boxes ala Star Trek shuttles, Arvus Lighters or BSG shuttles.

Or should be gothic and impractical.

This is a nice version of the latter.

Or this...

http://www.monstersinmotion.com/cart/spaceships-vehicles-item-listj-c-13_192/fireball-xl5-16-inch-model-kit-p-16524



On the practical side we have a 22" version of the Space 1999 Eagle 1 coming.

http://www.monstersinmotion.com/cart/spaceships-vehicles-space-1999-c-13_443/space-1999-eagle-transporter-22-long-1-48th-scale-model-kit-mpc-p-20605



I just got the 12" and it might be too small to look right but 22"...

Maybe my backwater spaceport table idea is a go?

Wow. I had the Eagle as a kid. Nice kit, but maybe too hard sf for 40k?

 JohnHwangDD wrote:
Wow. I had the Eagle as a kid. Nice kit, but maybe too hard sf for 40k?

Replace beak cockpit with GIANT SKULL!!one111!!!

I have the $25 1:72 scale one in my hand, supposed to be 12" assembled, it would be OK for terrain but my dream of $25 Chimera-carrying shuttles is dashed. I'll have to play with it, maybe two of them can make a double wide...

http://www.amazon.com/72-Space-1999-Eagle/dp/B00DT32TYK/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1451903801&sr=8-1&keywords=eagle+1+space+1999




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 JohnHwangDD wrote:
Or, one could get some of the sillier mecha from G-Gundam.

Or a set of Nobel Gundam, perhaps?

Spoiler:

I did not know how much I needed that in my life until today.

Just knowing that Sailor Gundam is out there somewhere punishing people in the name of the moon makes me feel happy.

That Eagle kit would be pretty rockin' for 15mm though. If that Flash Gordon rocket were a plastic kit, I bet my dad would be all over it. He loves those cooky retro designs.

At 12" long in 1/72 scale, the Eagle Transporter is *HUGE*. 15mm would look good with it, but true 25mm would be most accurate.

Another raygun gothic ship waiting to join the 41st millennium.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004A8ZHHO?ref_=pe_623860_70668520



13 1/2" tall, just the thing to be the cult leader's escape rocket, a doomsday missile or just some rotting relic of better times.

Pegasus actually has a few rockets like this from various old sci fi films or just their imagination.


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Here's another one

http://www.amazon.com/Pegasus-Hobbies-PH9114-1350-Cosmostrator/dp/B00JXRL4JC/ref=pd_sim_21_2?ie=UTF8&dpID=51W%2B9RMhBgL&dpSrc=sims&preST=_AC_UL160_SR160%2C160_&refRID=1GXNGG28H0DE5JTA3P3S

10" tall and about 6" in diameter.



A bit clean for the Imperium but also very gothic in its lines and shape, it's basicly a flying cathedral spire.

This thread pointed me to the Bandai Space Cruiser Yamato Mecha Colle models, and for that cannot be exalted enough. They are so beautiful. The assembly is smooth and satisfying, and so easy my kid can put the ships together. Truly a life changing discovery.


The Pegasus rockets are all super awesome, too. The Apollo 13 (or whatever number it is) looks pretty close to the X1 from Godzilla vs Monster Zero, which puts it firmly in my list.

That Mercury 9 is a Deathstrike Missile in 40k, once you put some skulls on it..

There is a 22" Eagle dure from MPC soon

I wouldn't mind a reasonable priced kit of this


Blake 7 Liberator

I don't see much 40k use for this, (BFG Tau?) but it's too cute not to show off.

A Federation Battlestar!

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Star-Trek-1-2500-scale-Agena-Class-Shuttle-Carrier-Battlestar-/151929269244?hash=item235fb0abfc:g:tcMAAMXQiFxR~Fxo

That cosmostrator would make a very nice Eldar missile/shuttle.


@Kid_Kyoto - Federation Star Destroyers next or you must relinquish your katana!

 Stormonu wrote:
That cosmostrator would make a very nice Eldar missile/shuttle.


@Kid_Kyoto - Federation Star Destroyers next or you must relinquish your katana!

Talk to this guy!

https://www.facebook.com/Cozmo-Heavy-Industries-563171253815287/

Now as I think about it though, could it be done, where would you put the warp nacells? Maybe a cross between the Venator Star Destroyer and the Prometheus class?





Turn the weird split bride into small nacells and then some underslung nacells for the main engines?

Anyone care to try?

Folks, two questions you people might be able to help me with:

1) I just found out about the Gundam Markers, with GM01 - 03 representing the fine line options. Sadly they aren't available in white and the first one in that range that IS - GM11 - looks a little thick for what I need. Does anyone know another brand of pen - in white - that I could use for fine detail my otherwise shaky hand would struggle with when using a paint brush?

2) Can anyone recommend an aircraft model kit in the 1/40 - 1/56 scale that would look appropriate in the DUST universe? I'm talking alternate history, sorta steam punky. A helicopter or VTOL of some kind would be ideal!

 Siygess wrote:
Folks, two questions you people might be able to help me with:

1) I just found out about the Gundam Markers, with GM01 - 03 representing the fine line options. Sadly they aren't available in white and the first one in that range that IS - GM11 - looks a little thick for what I need. Does anyone know another brand of pen - in white - that I could use for fine detail my otherwise shaky hand would struggle with when using a paint brush?

2) Can anyone recommend an aircraft model kit in the 1/40 - 1/56 scale that would look appropriate in the DUST universe? I'm talking alternate history, sorta steam punky. A helicopter or VTOL of some kind would be ideal!

1/48 is your best bet for copter kits that are loosely compatible with Dust figs. There's alot of vehicles that fit well into the alt/post-ww2 dieselpunk vibe.

For helicopters, I've got two suggestions.
First, the Mil 24 Hind helicopter.

It's the copter that the little soviet copter in dust is loosely based off of. I've also seen folks use it in 40k place of valkyries. Revel makes one that's available in the 15-20 range. Amazon has it for $16 shipped

Another great aircraft is the Sikorsky UH-34, also known as the S58.

It's got a great funky shape and the UH-34D model is available from revel. Amazon has it for $13 shipped. Now that I see it, I'm thinking of getting one for myself. Neat thing about this aircraft is that even though it was made in the 50's, some are still in use. There's a company near me that does alot of lift/crane work with a few of them. I saw one lifting HVAC materials on top of a building and it was amazing how fast they work.
http://www.midwesthelicopters.com/Helicopter_Heavy_Lift.html

For aircraft, the various ww2 German jets are a good bet and are very similar in style to the jets that Dust makes.

1/48 Horten Ho 229

Horton hears a Ho?

R.

Just posted this elsewhere but so... so... tempting.



http://toyland.gizmodo.com/the-massive-18-inch-titan-hero-hulkbuster-is-the-size-o-1714748186

18" Hulkbuster

For reference, a Reaver Titan is 16"...

Only $35 USD at Walmart. I have seen hand held the toy in my hands and it is awesomely, amazingly HUGE. Seriously, pictures don't do it justice. At least, not unless you've got a toddler next to it.

OSW has done a couple repaints, and he's amazing:

http://www.onesixthwarriors.com/forum/sixth-scale-action-figure-news-reviews-discussion/844492-hasbro-aou-18-hulkbuster-titan-hero-hand-pics-3.html

If that guy had just gotten his hands on some quickshade and then it the Arc Reactor with an airbrush... Wow.