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| Author: | madd0ct0r [ Tue Nov 04, 2008 12:29 am ] |
| Post subject: | Modular Land transporters |
Ok, since my army attention deficit disorder has kicked in again, I've been thinking about Land Transporters in the LaTD List. 10pts, fast light vehicles that can carry 2units of bloodthirsty mutants or crazy cultists. Now, it's 11pm and I'm lazy so I'm just going to throw out the ideas here and possibly model (in RL and/or Cad) the ones that people especially like the idea of. Likewise, those who know will be able to advise on which models simply won't castable and will need subsequent design changes. All models are made to a standard size. Plan view the chassis will be 20mm by 10mm and approx5mm high The Cab will be 5mm by 10mm and approx 10mm high (though that willl be especially variable) The Rear section will be 13mm by 10mm and again approx 10mm high This makes the complete model normally about 5mm taller then it is wide making it a lot easier to pick up. The missing 2mm is to give a little clearance and mimic the gap you see on most big trucks. There will be a 2mm high ridge inset on the chassis to help line the cab and rear section up accurately and allow a bare chassis to be painted as a pickup truck ok. Proposed Chassis: Half track 6 equally spaced wheels 6 wheels - front pair and twin rear - like a lorry 8 equally spaced wheels 4 big spongy wheels centipede legs Slug - possibly double as a hovercraft. 4 giant hands - a bit like 'the adams family thing' 6 wheels with scythes sticking out 6/8 hooved legs Flat tracks Tracks with a high midpoint Tracks with a high front point Tracks with a high rear point (maybe just a reversible version of the above) Two pairs of tracks each 7mm long (like a snow crawler) Proposed Rear Sections: Canvass on hoops - frontier wagon style blocky construction - bit like a rhino Chapel Technical - eg big machinegun on tripod Similar shape to a waste disposal lorry A cage - for the most dangerous mutants? blocky again but with a cultist shooting out of a roof hatch blocky again but with tentacles coming from the open hatch Chaos Shrine - a psyker strapped to a giant chaos symbol Proposed Cabs: Lorry Lorry shotgun - with a cultist leaning out of the passenger side firing Chrylser - their bonnets always make me think CULT for some reason Hummer hummer but open topped possessed - ie cab is one daemonic face - multiples variants possible asymetric - Small cab off to one side with gun in the other half riot van semi-circular - not sure why, just liked it. if this ever reaches the sprue level of detailing then I'd include, dozer blade, snowplough blade, combine harvester and icebreakers as extras to be added whre seen fit. any further ideas? |
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| Author: | zombocom [ Tue Nov 04, 2008 12:43 am ] |
| Post subject: | Modular Land transporters |
I personally visualise them as sort of a sci-fi pickup truck. |
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| Author: | Otterman [ Tue Nov 04, 2008 1:11 am ] |
| Post subject: | Modular Land transporters |
Sculpted from greenstuff, putty? Made from plasticard? 3D sculpted and printed? Produced in resin or metal? |
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| Author: | madd0ct0r [ Tue Nov 04, 2008 10:23 am ] |
| Post subject: | Modular Land transporters |
depends on how many i want, if anyone else wants any and general intrest. CAD modelling ain't a problem for me and I nearly always draw a new model out - normally by hand, sometimes in Cad as it gives me something to work to (and take controlled measurements off) If I'm making them purely for my own amusement then material's will be extremely varied - my hover-stompa was made mostly from wood and aluminium can! Green stuff I find hard to use for things requiring sharp edges - I much prefer filing things down. If you're intrested then STL files might be a way forward (possibly alter one of the chassis so it's Landraider/new tank/artillery tractor ect.) Clearly bronze printing is costly enough that casting's of the orgional would need to be traded to make it feasible. castings (unless i find somewhere in birmingham that can offer an alternitive) would most likely be resin, but since i'm a complete noob I'm open to suggestions. Pewter would be good. Aluminiium (though i've cast with it before) is a bit too soft really. I'm thinking of investigating thermoplastics - a crude injection mould shouldn't be too difficult... Possibly making the models from wax (nice and easy) then making silicon molds off it maybe. |
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