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Miniatures Adventure => VSF Adventures => In Her Majesty's Name => Topic started by: Bren on 09 July 2014, 10:22:43 PM

Title: What does a Snail look like?
Post by: Bren on 09 July 2014, 10:22:43 PM: ;)
Not the lettuce munching variety obviously, either before of after you accidently tread on them.

I've been giving some thought to building a Snail for a Boxer company I am planning. The SDRS description sounds like a simple circular hut but I'd be interested to know how people envisage one of these to look. For ease of assembly, I'd thought about building it as a hexagon as I could make a mould and cast the simple rectangular wall sections in resin or get them 3D printed at work. I'm not sure about the roof though; bamboo, thatch, or maybe some scavenged corrugated iron?

My basing is on 25mm round bases so my hex snail would be about 75-80mm AF. I've concocted a plan view on MS Paint. (I know it's crap but I'm not wasting hours on a 3D CAD drawing for you 'orrible lot ;D )

(http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o189/BigHobbit/Snailplan_zpsf35a6583.png) (http://s120.photobucket.com/user/BigHobbit/media/Snailplan_zpsf35a6583.png.html)

Thoughts anyone?
Title: Re: What does a Snail look like?
Post by: Conquistador on 09 July 2014, 10:34:35 PM: Works for me. :)

Gracias,

Glenn
Title: Re: What does a Snail look like?
Post by: Craig on 10 July 2014, 05:25:35 AM: Excellent Plan :D

I imagined this as having half a dozen men crouched over inside it, sweating profusely and shouting in unison to coordinate their movement. The outside would be painted to represent a lion dog or similar mythical creature.

Of course you don't have to have actual figures inside, just feet sticking out of the bottom and perhaps a face at the steering slit.
Title: Re: What does a Snail look like?
Post by: Tordenskjold on 10 July 2014, 09:27:46 AM: I imagined something like DaVinci's tank, without the guns:
(http://www.blackarmyproductions.com/components/com_redshop/assets/images/product/1341290936_DaVinciTankPaintedThumbnail.jpg)

This one is from Black Army Productions.
Title: Re: What does a Snail look like?
Post by: Bren on 10 July 2014, 10:41:06 AM: Using the DaVinci tank is a brilliant idea; thanks for the suggestion Tordenskjold, if I don't manage to build one myself, I'll be ordering one of those for sure.

Craig's idea for decoration is inspired; I hadn't given any thought to that at all. Now I'm thinking that the crew could build a dragon or Fu dog, like the ones used in chinese dragon dances, on to the outside to make their snail more fearsome. Time to google fu some cheap plastic ornaments to convert.

I had planned to have a sorcerer amongst the crew to use Zone of Shadows to protect their aproach; perhaps Dragon Breath would be a good investment too.
Title: Re: What does a Snail look like?
Post by: Conquistador on 10 July 2014, 11:11:10 AM: Quote from: Bren on 10 July 2014, 10:41:06 AM
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I had planned to have a sorcerer amongst the crew to use Zone of Shadows to protect their aproach; perhaps Dragon Breath would be a good investment too.

Innovative Idea!

What is Chinese for , "Advance the flammepanzer"? (which almost certainly isn't proper German, I suspect, just a 'close enough' WAG)

Gracias,

Glenn
Title: Re: What does a Snail look like?
Post by: chantyam on 10 July 2014, 03:35:25 PM: Have you thought of using a model of a Korean Turtle Ship? I've seen various model of them in MDF. card and plastic and own a few of the ACADEMY Educational Kit Solar Powered Turtle Ship's .
Just don't bother with the solar motor bits (which I always break anyway) perhaps replace the oars with wood rods representing the carrying bars and go with Craig's legs carrying Chinese dragon or add two or four small wheels for a pushed cart effect.