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Miniatures Adventure => Pulp => Topic started by: Sakuragi Miniatures on June 04, 2025, 09:54:04 AM
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This is a Renault Shin-Otsu Gata; a version of the Renault NC 27 built for the Imperial Japanese Army. I like this as an interwar development of the famous Great War Renault FT as it doesn’t look precisely like the wartime vehicle and though a small tank it is still formidable to your average pulp protagonist armed with a pistol and their sharp wit. The MarDav Miniatures Shin-Otsu came with two turrets, one mounting a Type 11 37mm anti-tank gun and another with a Type 3 6.5mm heavy machine gun.
The IJA only had ten of these, along with a single Fiat 3000. Historically, these tanks saw combat in Manchuria in 1931. What other tanks do you think are good for pulp gaming?
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As usual, the trio was in a predicament. Hunted by a rogue element of the Imperial Japanese Army, they hid in a wooden trash bin, crammed like stacked fire wood with Natsuko on top, then Tsubaki and Yuri under her. A great rumbling and clanking drew upon them, the ground aquiver with its coming. Scared out of her wits, Natsuko cracked the lid to see what was making that god awful racket on the village’s dirt road. It wasn’t a truck or automobile but a metal box suspended between caterpillar treads that conveyed it at a leisurely pace. A cannon poked from the dome atop the box and skewed left to right.
“What is it?” Yuri, compressed by the weight of her sister and friend, hissed from between clinched teeth.
“It’s a… metal thing moving on these belt things.”
Yuri let out a groan at the useless statement.
“Does this thing perhaps have a thing atop it with a thing in it?” Tsubaki asked in her thoughtful manner.
“Yes!” Natsuko said.
The sisters sighed in unison, “It’s a tank.”
“Oh.” Natsuko said in understanding. “What’s a tank?”
Or not. The year was 1932 and Natsuko, raised in a rural Japanese village that didn’t even have mechanical tractors, had never seen a picture of the wonder weapon before. Given this sheltered upbringing, it was fairly reasonable that her life had been tank-less up to this point.
Tsubaki’s mind raced through what could be done against the armored foe. She were entirely unarmed save for her vigorous imagination. She’d read about tanks in Popular Mechanics and had even seen a platoon in a parade two years ago.
The tank’s armor is thinnest near the engine, she recalled. The exhaust port is entirely unprotected…
“Sister, do you still have that banana?” She asked Yuri.
“You ate yours, I’m not sharing mine.”
“It’s not for me,” she said with a grin. “It’s for the tank.”
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So, you're rejecting our reality and substituting your own?
Copplestone did a whole bunch which they sold to Empress. It even included a reasonable replication of the Turkish tank from Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.
TOG?
Matilda I; Vickers light; the Sand Empire tank from Sand Land, if you can find something the right size; Metal Slug; Pz. I and II; Bonaparte from Dominion: Tank Police; many early WW2 tanks; and over 70% of genuine, let alone proxy, 40k tank models, with their ridiculous weapons and designs and riveted hulls.
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Carden Lloyd tankettes. Half the world seemed to have them at one point and a number of countries went on to build derivatives. One of those derivatives, the CV33/ CV35 series also sold well around the world with examples popping up as far away as Brazil and Afghanistan.
For interwar clunkiness it's hard to go past the Disston tank. Complete rubbish but so funky looking it's irresistable.
Tanks proper? Vickers 6 tonner. You'll find versions from Paraguay to Finland and quite a few places inbetween and it looks like a proper Pulp item.
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So, you're rejecting our reality and substituting your own?
Copplestone did a whole bunch which they sold to Empress. It even included a reasonable replication of the Turkish tank from Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.
TOG?
Matilda I; Vickers light; the Sand Empire tank from Sand Land, if you can find something the right size; Metal Slug; Pz. I and II; Bonaparte from Dominion: Tank Police; many early WW2 tanks; and over 70% of genuine, let alone proxy, 40k tank models, with their ridiculous weapons and designs and riveted hulls.
I'm not saying it's the only one. If I had to pick just one, I'd say the Carden-Lloyd tankette that everyone seemed to own or copy. I have one of the Indiana Jones tanks from Empress, it's a nice piece of work. Who sells a TOG? I wouldn't mind having one. I'm a big TOG II* fan.
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Carden Lloyd tankettes. Half the world seemed to have them at one point and a number of countries went on to build derivatives. One of those derivatives, the CV33/ CV35 series also sold well around the world with examples popping up as far away as Brazil and Afghanistan.
For interwar clunkiness it's hard to go past the Disston tank. Complete rubbish but so funky looking it's irresistable.
Tanks proper? Vickers 6 tonner. You'll find versions from Paraguay to Finland and quite a few places inbetween and it looks like a proper Pulp item.
Thanks for the suggestions here, I'd not heard of a Disston before. I like the Carden-Lloyd tankettes, you're right about them being so common. The 6-tonner too, if I'm not mistaken, the Soviet T-26 is based on that one. I have a pair of those in Spanish Civil War (one for each side) markings.
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On a model railway forum, a member suggested I make this, with the comment "Sir does not require a tank, but a tankette."
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Die Waffenkammer/JTFM sells TOG: https://diewaffenkammer.com/_great_britain_and_the_commonwealth_page_no3.html]]https://diewaffenkammer.com/_great_britain_and_the_commonwealth_page_no3.html (http://)
Another tank that's great for Pulp and interwar fun and games is the Soviet T-26 including all its variants.
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Pz I and especially FT-17 were quite popular in the interwar era and maybe not hopeless to get even in 28mm scale.
Or you can always go for the weird looking, sometimes even makeshift armoured cars.
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Company B miniatures was practically founded on the basis of quirky interwar armoured vehicles, like the Sutton Skunk. You can find the Skunk and other goodies here: https://company-b-models-and-miniatures.myshopify.com/collections/interwar (https://company-b-models-and-miniatures.myshopify.com/collections/interwar)
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My favorite is the Christie T-3 (armed with the .50 cal) but good luck finding one. I had to convert mine from a 28mm Soviet BT-5. Also lets not forget the Japanese Type 92 Heavy Armored Car (light tank). It's hard to beat for sheer funkiness.
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The Polish TKS is also super cute.
Belgium also had some fun ones — T15 based on the Carden Loyd, and T13 based on the Vickers. T13 would be good for tabletop adventures as there is no armour on the back of the turret so the gunner can hang out and fire a pistol when needed.
Die Waffenkammer/JTFM sells TOG:
I'm not sure if things have improved with JTFM, but some years ago it took him many months or more to fill orders with no communication at all. He was focused on filling large wholesale orders and quite neglected direct sales. I was happy with the kits I finally received, but never went back for more.
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I'm not sure if things have improved with JTFM, but some years ago it took him many months or more to fill orders with no communication at all. He was focused on filling large wholesale orders and quite neglected direct sales. I was happy with the kits I finally received, but never went back for more.
Jeff casts to order, so it generally takes longer to get orders filled. My experience is 6-8 weeks, typically.
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Jeff casts to order, so it generally takes longer to get orders filled. My experience is 6-8 weeks, typically.
Well that's better now. Was 4–6 months in my experience and others' posting around that time too; all while he was posting photos of big batches being cast for wholesale.
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Of course, diesel power isn't the only option...
Or you can always go for the weird looking, sometimes even makeshift armoured cars.
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Dakka dakka dakka dakka dakka...
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I like that first one, it's like the work of a mad scientist!
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I'm not saying it's the only one. If I had to pick just one, I'd say the Carden-Lloyd tankette that everyone seemed to own or copy. I have one of the Indiana Jones tanks from Empress, it's a nice piece of work. Who sells a TOG? I wouldn't mind having one. I'm a big TOG II* fan.
I think you missed the joke...
TOG is a problem, I know of no-one who manufactures any, at least not in 28mm.
Ironclad miniatures?
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For accuracy and play viability against pulp characters (generally armed with only light weapons - or their fists!) I agree that a light tankette is probably the best choice.
But I'm quite partial to the French interwar tanks, which really seem to have the strongest interwar aesthetic overall, especially the Renault D1 (still hanging on to the rear skids of WWI!) and generally pleasing overall silhouette. It's also still rather modest in terms of firepower, while still meeting any relevant definition of an actual tank, as opposed to a tankette or armoured car.
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If I can ever get to Cairns I want to visit that museum!
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But I'm quite partial to the French interwar tanks, which really seem to have the strongest interwar aesthetic overall, especially the Renault D1 (still hanging on to the rear skids of WWI!) and generally pleasing overall silhouette. It's also still rather modest in terms of firepower, while still meeting any relevant definition of an actual tank, as opposed to a tankette or armoured car.
Of course there is the Indiana Jones way, which works nicely with those beasts of interwar tanks, and that is use the tank as playing area!
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What constitutes 'classic' or iconic in terms of the aesthetics interwar vehicles is naturally rather subjective.
For my part, I tend to think of the iconic interwar trends as falling into two technological cul de sacs, albeit ones that have a real aesthetic appeal.
Firstly, the tankettes as described above. Tiny Heath-Robinson contraptions skittering about and offering only a marginal threat.
The second theme is the large, lumbering multi-turreted tank. Pretty much everyone had an example at some point, even if only as prototypes or a handful of production versions. Britain's Vickers Independent and Mark III Medium. The Soviets had their T-35 and T-28, France's its Char2C and the Germans the Grosstraktor and Neubaufahrzeug.
None of these were particularly practical and there were all dead ends, design wise but they are imposing and very much of their era.
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What constitutes 'classic' or iconic in terms of the aesthetics interwar vehicles is naturally rather subjective.
For my part, I tend to think of the iconic interwar trends as falling into two technological cul de sacs, albeit ones that have a real aesthetic appeal.
Firstly, the tankettes as described above. Tiny Heath-Robinson contraptions skittering about and offering only a marginal threat.
The second theme is the large, lumbering multi-turreted tank. Pretty much everyone had an example at some point, even if only as prototypes or a handful of production versions. Britain's Vickers Independent and Mark III Medium. The Soviets had their T-35 and T-28, France's its Char2C and the Germans the Grosstraktor and Neubaufahrzeug.
None of these were particularly practical and there were all dead ends, design wise but they are imposing and very much of their era.
Those are good points; they're vehicles that can only belong to this point in time.
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The initial photographs have come up missing.
If you want some odd Interwar stuff, Empress is a goto.
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T1E3 US tank (for Plan Red) and a Carden Loyd HMG carrier.
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LK-II
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Panzer I with 20mm cannon.
Or for silliness, a WGA plastic Quar Fynrydhad Tractor.
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I bought that Panzer I with Breda cannon but it came with half a barrel. I tried contacting Empress about it but they never responded. Yours came out good though.
The T1E3 and Lk-II have an odd charm, like they started with a car body, added caterpillar treads and threw a turret on for good measure.
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I've got a spare turret complete with resin barrel if you want. It's not from the Empress model, it came with a 3D print that contained both the standard and modified SCW turrets.
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The Whippet works for me. Suitably odd shaped too.Decent sized engine deck to have a punchup on.
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I think I got an already-painted Whippet in a job lot of stuff from someone on the forums years and years ago. It's pretty well done, I've never felt the urge to repaint it!
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I've got a spare turret complete with resin barrel if you want. It's not from the Empress model, it came with a 3D print that contained both the standard and modified SCW turrets.
Thanks, but I think I got the same 3D print replacement you did! I can't recall the name, but it seemed to be just the one place that had a 3D print version of it at the time.
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Saw this thread and I have actually been collecting "pulp tanks" for what could best be describe as "isekai pulp" reasons (ie making a fantasy setting with combustion engines and guns alongside swords and sorcery). So there are quite a few tanks I either have my eyes on or have now, I particularly like prototype tanks like the Mare?al M-05 or the Vezdekhod (you can get both from Miniature Tank Company if your not opposed to 3D print out plastic kits) since those tend to be more obscure and therefore look a bit more the part I want them to play.
You can also kitbash some tanks (would show picture of one I made, but I am still not sure how to upload on this forum)
That said, as far as true pulp gaming goes I think the F-17 should be a go to "pulp tank"if not the main go to for most late WW1 to late WW2 pulp scenarios since after WW1 pretty much everyone had or used them till the end of WW2, so it was everywhere and often ended up as a security force tank.
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Saw this thread and I have actually been collecting "pulp tanks" for what could best be describe as "isekai pulp" reasons (ie making a fantasy setting with combustion engines and guns alongside swords and sorcery). So there are quite a few tanks I either have my eyes on or have now, I particularly like prototype tanks like the Mare?al M-05 or the Vezdekhod (you can get both from Miniature Tank Company if your not opposed to 3D print out plastic kits) since those tend to be more obscure and therefore look a bit more the part I want them to play.
Like How A Realist Hero Rebuilt the Kingdom? That sounds like the navy tech they use, WWI dreadnoughts but pulled by giant sea creatures.
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Like How A Realist Hero Rebuilt the Kingdom? That sounds like the navy tech they use, WWI dreadnoughts but pulled by giant sea creatures.
Realist hero is a fun read, but I am thinking more industrial like Fairy Gone or perhaps along the lines of Pumpkin Scissors but with spell-casters and D&D monsters thrown into the mix (lots of bolt-action and percussion cap rifles alongside those swords and sorcery). Its for the same world as the "Cold Blooded Honor" rule set I have up for play testing, though that does not have tank rules and is laser focused on one point of much larger world map that isn't totally cooked up yet ;).
For the setting I am making, I want the the tanks to clearly be mass produced combustion and steam engine tractors with armored plating like their real world counterparts, with maybe a few exotic exceptions here and there. Both the Maresal M-05 and the Vezdekhod where real world prototypes that fit that bill nicely without being too recognizable, but I also have some Italian tank kits,etc. that will be put into that motorpool.
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Thats a neat scenario you're working on.
Have you considered looking at steam punk mecha, like the Kobu from the original Sakura Wars? Not the 2019 game, the 1996 one, where they were awkward and clunky.
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Have you considered looking at steam punk mecha, like the Kobu from the original Sakura Wars? Not the 2019 game, the 1996 one, where they were awkward and clunky.
Yeah, I have considered leaving it open for more streamlined clunky "steam punk" designed mecha like those from Sakura wars 1996 and War of the Worlds Goliath or even fantasy mecha like those from Aura Battler (the later perhaps as ancient relics of lost magical civilizations). Truth be told for the world building I was heavily inspired on the tech mix and some other aspects this world would have after reading the LT "world of otome games is tough for mobs" with the full knowledge that particular light novel had tons of problems in the culture building department on purpose lol.
However the only kits I could find thus far for Sakurai Wars (either one) were these somewhat pricey 1/20 kits, and given I am working with historical 28mm figures that make my 1/48 scale Tamiya churchill crocodile looks like an anime monster tank ::) well I thought the Kobus would be a bit large and at $40 to $50 buck not worth getting to find out if that would be a good thing or not lol. I did find some fan made scythe 3D print mecha kits that could work great but I would have to print them out myself.
There are some 1/48 Aura Battler kits out there, but kinda of on the fence about them.
So far the only mecha I am really planning on having on the table for this myself is a four legged walker that I scratch built with diesel/steampunk wargaming in mind (going to give it to my WA WW2 Italians turned fantasy mercenaries), though I am getting some Marcher Badger suits, those could work too.
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Konflikt '47 has some mechs that might suit your needs too.
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Yeah the Konflikt '47 mechs would probably work great and I probably well get some of them at some point, I may also scratch build some Kobu-like mechs as well at some point. But for now I am going to focus more on getting what I have built and painted and the rules set up ;).
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I got a Trubia tank at Colours (plus a couple of other SCW vehicles).
It is tiny but cute.
Picture to follow.
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That is a rather cute tank. Look forward to what you do with it!
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i recently was given some renault FT17s for SCW. As these things really got around world, either exported or local licensed manufacture, i can’t think of a better pulpy tank, unless it’s the 1930’s Soviet multi turreted land ship beasts.
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Empress Trubia and FT tanks.
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It comes with a hull and turret Lewis gun.
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The Trubia may be the perfect 'pulp' tank- it looks like a tank but not like any particular tank we're used to.