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Miniatures Adventure => VSF Adventures => Topic started by: OSHIROmodels on July 27, 2017, 11:27:12 PM
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Welcome to my new VSF thread :)
Herewithin will be the continuing chronicles of my VSF journeys on Mars and other exotic locals as well as Red Planet Miniatures updates as and when.
The previous 'Japanese on Mars' thread is linked below in case anyone fancies reading over 100 pages of waffle without any pictures ::)
http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=21604.0 (http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=21604.0)
To start is off is a large steam powered walker wip for the Great Martian Trading Company (more on which later). There's still a few details to go on but it's just about there.
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/29/2619_28_07_17_12_18_06.JPG)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/29/2619_28_07_17_12_18_58.JPG)
I will at some point soon have a selection of photos from the original thread posted here as a kind of recap as I can't face re-linking the 400 odd photos in it.
cheers
James
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Wonderful looking walker! Looking forward to seeing t painted up!
Are they HLBS weapons?
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Nice legs (and I do mean the walker!) :-*
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Excellent! Looking forward to this new adventure!
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Fantastic looking vehicle - buririanto!
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Awesometotesamazesballssauce. ;D
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Lovely work on the legs Jim :-* :-* :-*
May just the angle of the photo but it looks front heavy?
Any other pictures of a different angle?
you must be keeping HLBS open with the amount of guns on these contraptions.
Looking forward to seeing it painted, is it going to be Japanese?
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Lovely work on the legs Jim :-* :-* :-*
May just the angle of the photo but it looks front heavy?
It'll never work. ;)
But it looks crazy awesome!
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Thanks chaps :)
Are they HLBS weapons?
Yes, I bought a load the other year to arm my Mikasa neff with but they keep getting used up for different projects lol
Lovely work on the legs Jim :-* :-* :-*
May just the angle of the photo but it looks front heavy?
Any other pictures of a different angle?
you must be keeping HLBS open with the amount of guns on these contraptions.
Looking forward to seeing it painted, is it going to be Japanese?
It looks front heavy but is actually back heavy but will be stable enough on the table top. I'll take some other pictures over the weekend as a bit more is done. It'll be for Nicks GMTC, a renegade faction on Mars purely out for exploitation and profit ;D
cheers
James
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on Mars purely out for exploitation and profit ;D
And what's wrong with that? :D
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It'll be for Nicks GMTC, a renegade faction on Mars purely out for exploitation and profit ;D
Ah, the old 'art imitating life' angle.....
;D ;)
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Ah, the old 'art imitating life' angle.....
;D ;)
See my previous comment. ;) lol
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See my previous comment. ;) lol
...Said the Land Agent.
;D ;)
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Nice to see the fresh start - excellent as ever - oh how I envy your access to a laser cutter - legs every where - wonderful :-*
Blodwin
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Great build Jim! :-* Nice to see the VSF stuff getting some love again!
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...Said the Land Agent.
;D ;)
Yep, I hear the GMTC are buying great swathes of Mars. But for what purpose?
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Yep, I hear the GMTC are buying great swathes of Mars. But for what purpose?
It'll be to build affordable housing for the natives,either that or it could be something nefarious ,either way I'm sure Le Monde will keep us abreast of any developments :)
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Nice work James. It will make a nice target.
I'm wondering if the upper hull would be a good start for a nef design :)
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That's a bit swish. Very nicely designed.
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And what's wrong with that? :D
Is that not the the same reason that everyone else is there for as well? The various empires aren't just there for the good of their health
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I am so looking forward to this!
Thanks jimbibbly!
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Awesome stuff!
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GREAT walker! :-*
Mars must be a lovely place, that's why I've bought the beachfront house! 8)
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Mars must be a lovely place, that's why I've bought the beachfront house! 8)
I hope you didn't buy it from Mama the Land Agent!
If you did it will have a stonking great factory next to it before you have moved in.....
;D
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I hope you didn't buy it from Mama the Land Agent!
If you did it will have a stonking great factory next to it before you have moved in.....
;D
:o :o :o
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Don't worry, I wouldn't do that to you. We're not building a factory. There's more money in housing developments over commercial.
So we're going with high density social housing. Your view of the beach won't be obscured as long as you stand on tiptoe in the attic room. ;) :D
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Don't worry, I wouldn't do that to you. We're not building a factory. There's more money in housing developments over commercial.
So we're going with high density social housing. Your view of the beach won't be obscured as long as you stand on tiptoe in the attic room. ;) :D
lol lol
Honesty from a Land Agent!
Whatever next??
:o :o :o
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Don't worry, I wouldn't do that to you. We're not building a factory. There's more money in housing developments over commercial.
So we're going with high density social housing. Your view of the beach won't be obscured as long as you stand on tiptoe in the attic room. ;) :D
Phew! NOW I feel relieved! :D I am planning to have the house ready for the 1889 surfing season!
I've also heard the natives are really, really friendly... 8)
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Thanks all :)
Colin, shhh, we're trying to keep it a secret :D
The natives are a bunch of unruly ruffians but we wouldn't have it any other way :D
Right then, all the details are done apart from the wheel and removable roof but because of shit weather and not having anywhere to spray at the moment it's going to stay like this for a while.
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/29/2619_29_07_17_7_30_29.JPG)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/29/2619_29_07_17_7_31_10.JPG)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/29/2619_29_07_17_7_31_43.JPG)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/29/2619_29_07_17_7_32_21.JPG)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/29/2619_29_07_17_7_32_55.JPG)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/29/2619_29_07_17_7_33_45.JPG)
cheers
James
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Looks ace. ;D
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Great looking walker James :-* can't wait to see your finish on it :)
I've been looking at the legs of the machine and can't seem to work out how they'll work ???,which way is the walker meant to be facing as the "feet" of the legs seem to point out in both directions .
This is not a criticism ,it's a fantastic looking build :) it's just me being dim and new to this VSF malarkey lol
Cheers
Keith
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I've been looking at the legs of the machine and can't seem to work out how they'll work ???,which way is the walker meant to be facing as the "feet" of the legs seem to point out in both directions .
It works with the suspension of disbelief and a bit of 'handwavium' lol
If you want a proper examination then there are little ratchet cam things hidden from view that enable the legs to 'swing' forward when in motion. It's a slow process but the most effective for a vehicle of this size ;)
cheers
James
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Aha! Now I see :? lol
Thanks for taking the time to reply James :)
Cheers
Keith
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You know, with some modification, you could actually build something a lot like that which could actually walk on its own. The leg configuration already looks like a strandbeest anyway...
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You know, with some modification, you could actually build something a lot like that which could actually walk on its own. The leg configuration already looks like a strandbeest anyway...
I could do but I'm afraid I won't, far too much else to do lol
cheers
James
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A great sick you are :-* :-*
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A great sick you are :-* :-*
He is a very sick man indeed.
:D
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Yes sick, but he should not be treated, we would not have had the opportunity to see his publications and the development of his projects, all the crazier than the others lol lol
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RIGHT!!! Stop it! Stop it now!!! Yes you boy in the corner!
That's enough fawning we all know what a most excellent modelling engineer James is.......... joking aside Sir bravo once again just brilliant o_o :D :o :P :)
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Thanks again :)
The walker has a light coat of primer on and colours will be discussed tonight.
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/29/2619_03_08_17_9_28_30.JPG)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/29/2619_03_08_17_9_29_24.JPG)
In other news I've carried on with the temple mesa from last year.
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/29/2619_03_08_17_9_24_16.JPG)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/29/2619_03_08_17_9_24_59.JPG)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/29/2619_03_08_17_9_25_55.JPG)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/29/2619_03_08_17_9_36_44.JPG)
Was hoping to get it finished yesterday but I got called into work (was having a day off) so it'll be a few more days yet.
cheers
James
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All looking great. The legs on the walker are especially good. ;D
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Man that walker is quite the beastie, looking great so far! :)
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All looking great. The legs on the walker are especially good. ;D
I cant help it....I just keep seeing it doing the Cancan.
;D ;D ;)
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lol lol lol
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Lovely work
Doesn't look so front heavy with the gubbins underneath
Like the texture of the pillars on the temple, how did you do it?
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Those rocks look AMAZING, BTW! :-*
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Thanks chaps, I think lol
Like the texture of the pillars on the temple, how did you do it?
They are resin casts but the master was done in blue foam then 'textured' with a rock.
It's finished and appeared in a game last night :)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/29/2619_04_08_17_8_27_22.JPG)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/29/2619_04_08_17_8_26_33.JPG)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/29/2619_04_08_17_8_25_32.JPG)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/29/2619_04_08_17_8_24_56.JPG)
cheers
James
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Taken to a lovely finish, mate.
:-* :-*
Is that the Martian equivalent to the Rosetta Stone that has been unearthed there?
8)
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Excellent mate! 8)
I feel as if I walked through that temple entrance I'd find Arnie Schwartzneger trying to start an alien device on Mars! ;)
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Nice looking terrain :-*
Wonder if it's attracted the interest of the GMTC ? Looks like something they may want to "acquire" for their portfolio :)
Cheers
Keith
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Great looking Temple! :-*
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Cheers fellas :)
Is that the Martian equivalent to the Rosetta Stone that has been unearthed there?
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Nah, it's just a 'Do not enter' sign lol
I feel as if I walked through that temple entrance I'd find Arnie Schwartzneger trying to start an alien device on Mars! ;)
I have several ideas for what lies beneath, let's see which one I can be bothered to make lol
Wonder if it's attracted the interest of the GMTC ? Looks like something they may want to "acquire" for their portfolio :)
Too late, they've already been ::) lol
cheers
James
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Wonder if it's attracted the interest of the GMTC ? Looks like something they may want to "acquire" for their portfolio :)
Too late, they've already been ::) lol
Ah.......
Is that the Martian equivalent to the Rosetta Stone that has been unearthed there?
Nah, it's just a 'Do not enter' sign lol
...now I get it.
It says: 'Warning: There be thieving little bastards about these parts!'
;D ;D
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Too late, they've already been ::) lol
Aha! Stalwart sons of Empire to a man,wonder if Farquar Farqueson is a majority shareholder with GMTC ? :D
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Nah, it's just a 'Do not enter' sign lol
My Martian is not as good as it used to be, because I've read: "PROPERTY FOR SALE" ::)
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It actually says "Welcome to the house of pleasure", and it's not actually a temple at all. ;)
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It actually says "Welcome to the house of pleasure", and it's not actually a temple at all. ;)
Well, where I live every house of pleasure IS a temple! :D
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Are the martians for sale, looked on red planet website and couldn't see them
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There were courses in Martian script, language and culture run by the Stypherdyck Foundation but due to lack of funds and interest the Foundation ceased and delclared bankruptcy in 1972.
Are the martians for sale, looked on red planet website and couldn't see them
The listing is on the right hand side of the blog but message me with what you want :) (so weak :D)
wonder if Farquar Farqueson is a majority shareholder with GMTC ? :D
Now that would be telling ;)
cheers
James
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Inspiring work, as always! :-*
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Nice work. Will this, by chance, be on the table on Saturday?
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It's part of the scenario ;)
cheers
James