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Miniatures Adventure => VSF Adventures => Topic started by: Alfrik on 08 March 2012, 03:31:53 AM

Title: Thark Army Big Guns
Post by: Alfrik on 08 March 2012, 03:31:53 AM: Have collected near 200 4 armed Shyft Fiends from Mageknight to make my Thark army with when I was reminded that radium bullets don't work well against assorted types of armored vehicles..... so, clunky wheels for captured pieces of red martian weaponry:

(http://i700.photobucket.com/albums/ww1/Alfrik_photos/001-16.jpg)
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Post by: FramFramson on 08 March 2012, 05:57:09 AM: Never ceases to amaze me where old Mage Knight bits will turn up.
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Post by: XCIV on 08 March 2012, 11:03:32 PM: Mage Knight has been a Godsend for VSF gamers.
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Post by: Froggy the Great on 09 March 2012, 12:33:45 AM: Dangit, yet another eye-wateringly cool VSF army taking shape, and halfway across the continent from being able to play me....
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Post by: Laughing Ferret on 09 March 2012, 01:26:36 AM: Will look forward to trying to take those out with a flanking maneuver from my airships! :D
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Post by: Sterling Moose on 09 March 2012, 01:33:36 AM: I have 4 so could field an allied contingent!!

Nice use of a dragonfly............idea stolen for the metal on I was given a month or two ago.
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Post by: Doomsdave on 14 March 2012, 11:17:03 PM: Wow this is very exciting. That cannon certainly loks the part. What's the source model?
Title: Re: Thark Army Big Guns
Post by: Sterling Moose on 14 March 2012, 11:26:36 PM: The gun is the body of a Mageknight Soaring Gunner (or similar) turned 180 degrees and without wings or legs.

http://www.trollandtoad.com/p92848.html
Title: Re: Thark Army Big Guns
Post by: FramFramson on 15 March 2012, 02:20:11 AM: I'm pretty sure I'm the only person I know who still intends to use his Mage Knight collection for it's original purpose.

Although I've slowly been replacing the worst plastic figures with various nice metal and resin ones from various manufacturers. Rather than toss old steam horses in the bits bin, maybe I ought to list them for offer here!
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Post by: leadfool on 15 March 2012, 07:18:20 AM: Yes Fram, you should list them in the Bazaar. Where in Canuckistan are you? I escaped Sudbury Ontario.
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Post by: Sterling Moose on 15 March 2012, 10:25:18 AM: Steam horses you say!! I know someone in SW Ontario, near London that would be interested. PM me :D
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Post by: FramFramson on 15 March 2012, 04:59:16 PM: Hold your horses gents! I haven't got around to that particular conversion yet! And also, it turns out they are steam rams, mostly like this: http://trollandtoad.com/p100103.html

And the soaring gunners not only useful, (well, the three-star tough ones anyway), but flavourful so I can't say as those will ever be up for conversion. That's one instance I'm fine with the original sculpt. Mage Knight's "Atleantean" figures really do seem to fit well with John Carter Red Martians though, I must say.

Also, I am right in Toronto.
Title: Re: Thark Army Big Guns
Post by: Sterling Moose on 15 March 2012, 09:00:28 PM: I collect Rams too.
Title: Re: Thark Army Big Guns
Post by: Conquistador on 16 March 2012, 12:11:55 AM: Quote from: FramFramson on 15 March 2012, 02:20:11 AM
I'm pretty sure I'm the only person I know who still intends to use his Mage Knight collection for it's original purpose.

Although I've slowly been replacing the worst plastic figures with various nice metal and resin ones from various manufacturers. Rather than toss old steam horses in the bits bin, maybe I ought to list them for offer here!

Number?

I have some serious units that could use reinforcements.

Edit: Rams too.

Gracias,

Glenn