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Author Topic: DUST Tactics & 28mm Panzermechs in progress  (Read 3453 times)

Offline SBMiniaturesGuy

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DUST Tactics & 28mm Panzermechs in progress
« on: November 15, 2010, 10:08:59 PM »
I just got the Dust Tactics basic game, lots of great stuff inside — but what I REALLY like are the Panzermechs!! I dunno why they call then “Robots” in the game since even by the time of WW2 that had come to mean an automaton, a self-directed machine rather than a human piloted machine. Oh well, suffice it to say that I love Panzermechs. First order of business will be to modify the mech’s with some new paint jobs and details. I will be adding TCs and gear to them, for example. I have also revived a fallow project to do a GearKrieg style mech. Using the Shapeways 3-D printing service I have had mech legs created for a mech body based off of a 1/56th scale Stuart tank. At $35 for a set of 3-D printed legs its steep, so I will do some resin casting experiments to make some more of them.






The goal is to have a PanzerMech Zug on the German side and a ‘Mech platoon on the US side. More postings as this project progresses.

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Offline Faber

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Re: DUST Tactics & 28mm Panzermechs in progress
« Reply #1 on: November 16, 2010, 12:09:42 PM »
panzermechs are great... gotta catch'em all!  :o lol

Offline Jakar Nilson

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Re: DUST Tactics & 28mm Panzermechs in progress
« Reply #2 on: November 16, 2010, 05:36:12 PM »
It's been quite a while since I last saw the 28mm Early conversion posted on this forum.
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Offline SBMiniaturesGuy

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Re: DUST Tactics & 28mm Panzermechs in progress
« Reply #3 on: November 16, 2010, 05:46:05 PM »
I posted a conversion last year or so, but I couldn't get the legs right until I went to 3D art and printing. Btw, this is a personal project right now. It would be really interesting to do a line of 28mm GearKrieg mechs, but it would cost way more than I have pennies to do right now -- from 3D model to prototype, to professional resin mold and production (including finicky metal bits), electronic storefront costs and that percentage to DP9.

It's been quite a while since I last saw the 28mm Early conversion posted on this forum.

 

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