Author Topic: Huntsman Spider Tank from Ramshackle (Read 21457 times)

Bullshott · « **Reply #45 on:** March 18, 2008, 08:25:11 PM »

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What with GW packing up its bits service, Ramshackle's vehicle stuff looks very promising indeed. Good stuff

Perhaps the likes of Ramshackle and Ironclad could help satisfy the need of VSF gamers in their quest to convert anything that doesn't move into some form of vehicle! A parts catalogue of suitable wheels, turrets, hatches, boilers, smokestacks, guns, etc would be great to help with conversions and scratch builds.

Space Captain Toby · « **Reply #46 on:** March 18, 2008, 10:58:01 PM »

Absolutely! I've only just discovered over companies to GW, and I'm quite impressed. I'll probably stay with GW for the basic marines and other firms for the bits to properly steampunkise them. My landship was scratch-built, and the Ramshackle parts have helped a lot.

Perhaps someone could produce sheets of rivets or something similar?

nickinsomerset · « **Reply #47 on:** March 19, 2008, 09:44:43 PM »

Yes definately a market for bits and bobs to assist in turning some tedious horse drawn contraption into a conveyance or fighting machine of beauty and dense balck smoke!

Malamute · « **Reply #48 on:** March 20, 2008, 08:24:38 AM »

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Yes definately a market for bits and bobs to assist in turning some tedious horse drawn contraption into a conveyance or fighting machine of beauty and dense balck smoke!

Hurrah, three cheers for the steam combustion engine

Bullshott · « **Reply #49 on:** March 22, 2008, 06:57:09 PM »

The advantage of an Easter holiday with crap weather is that I can't do the outside jobs my wife had planned for me, so I have been able to make time to complete my spider tank. Its now completely painted and I'm about to glue the legs on. After that all I have to do is make a suitable base to protect the lmodel from damage.

Hopefully I will get a change to photograph the unbased spider tomorrow.

Gluteus Maximus · « **Reply #50 on:** March 22, 2008, 08:09:09 PM »

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The advantage of an Easter holiday with crap weather is that I can't do the outside jobs my wife had planned for me, so I have been able to make time to complete my spider tank. Its now completely painted and I'm about to glue the legs on. After that all I have to do is make a suitable base to protect the lmodel from damage.

Hopefully I will get a change to photograph the unbased spider tomorrow.

Three cheers for the wonderful British weather! :

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Bullshott · « **Reply #51 on:** March 23, 2008, 01:22:00 PM »

As promissd, here is a shot of my assembled and painted spider tank 'Mephisto'. All I need to do now is to make a base for it to protect those oh-so-vulnerable legs and mandibles from damage.

Decals are from 1/72 and 1/35 scale WW1 A7V tank models and a sheet of 1/48 scale WW1 German aircraft crosses.

BlackStatic · « **Reply #52 on:** March 23, 2008, 01:51:24 PM »

Wow! That is one impressive model! :mrgreen:
You have really done it justice
All topped off with a suitably demonic name :mrgreen:
What are u planning to make the base out of?
It would have to be quite substantial for a huge model like that

Bullshott · « **Reply #53 on:** March 23, 2008, 02:14:40 PM »

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What are u planning to make the base out of?

I'm going to use a thin 10" round cake base and finish it with cobblestones (textured wallpaper) and rubble/urban ruins. Even the 10" base is too small, so some of the legs will be standing on pieces of rubble protruding over the base.

The advantage of cake bases is that they are already cut to shape and come with a layer of foil glued to the top, so the card does not absorb moisure from the glue.

twrchtrwyth · « **Reply #54 on:** March 23, 2008, 05:50:28 PM »

Now I see it in it's finished glory I think you were right about the pincers.

Chairface · « **Reply #55 on:** March 24, 2008, 02:50:31 AM »

:love:

Amazing work on an amazing model Sir! My most sincere compliments.

Thunderchicken · « **Reply #56 on:** March 24, 2008, 09:35:58 AM »

Simply splendiferous!!

Ramshackle_Curtis · « **Reply #57 on:** March 24, 2008, 09:52:20 AM »

Very nice job, I love the conversion work. The Germanic theme works really well too. This is the first finished Huntsman that Ive seen published and its cool to see! Yay!

Sjust to say to Space Captain Toby, the lady I sent is Trixie, a promotional item we give away for free! http://www.ramshacklegames.co.uk/articles/trixiepaintingguide.html

Malamute · « **Reply #58 on:** March 24, 2008, 05:17:41 PM »

Top stuff Sir Henry,

Overlord · « **Reply #59 on:** March 24, 2008, 05:32:50 PM »

Very nicely done.

The added turret definately works.

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