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Miniatures Adventure => The Conflicts that came in from the Cold => Topic started by: LaserCutCard on July 29, 2013, 08:41:10 AM
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Hi all
Attached are pictures of LaserCutCard's newest model. This is a ~1/55 scale model of the Buffel, a mine-protected vehicle (MPV) used by the SADF in the border war (here is a 30sec video of the real thing: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTGG_4LFChI (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTGG_4LFChI))
It was based on a Mercedes unimog chassis and was produced in several variants. I have done two... the standard Buffel and the flatbed transport version referred to as a "moffel".
They are made from card, MDF and plastic tubing. It's a really fun kit to build and I am hoping that it will appeal to people outside of wargames - maybe as a kit to build with the kids.
Once constructed it is very strong and the wheels turn. It has survived a whole week with my 4 year old pushing it around.
Kind regards
Neal
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It looks great, it's a nice add to your range :-*.
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wow
this looks very good
hard to believe it is lasercut mdf
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Thanks guys
Only the chassis is MDF. The body and wheels are 1mm heavy card. The axles and drive train are evergreen styrene rod.
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Are you thinking of expanding that vehicle range? I don't know of any 1/55 RG-31... ;) :D
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Are you thinking of expanding that vehicle range? I don't know of any 1/55 RG-31... ;) :D
Casspir (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casspir) is next. I am not banking on any historical gamers actually buying these so I am intending these to be used as ork vehicles in 40k. The casspir will make a fine battle wagon :)
After that, I'll see. It depends on if they sell enough to reach our "break even" target.
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Oh, man, that's totally great! It's funny that a serious vehicle can be turned into that Orkish style and still look so good. The Casspir will also do great, I'm sure :)
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That is extremely impressive! :-* Well done that man. Post something over on the Cold War vehicle sticky and either Arlequin or I will update when I get around to doing the "Rest of the World' section.
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That is extremely impressive! :-* Well done that man. Post something over on the Cold War vehicle sticky and either Arlequin or I will update when I get around to doing the "Rest of the World' section.
Thanks for the kind words, everyone. I will do so, Carlos.
Kind regards
Neal
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Ditto what Carlos said.
I'm quite impressed with it too. It's quite serviceable for use on the table and if you really need the fine detail (mesh over the engine block and the mounting steps and handles on the sides etc), they wouldn't be hard to add. That's usually the case with resin models designed for wargaming in any case though.
Nice work. :)
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could You provide a picture with a historical human please?
40K orcs are a bit difficult to judge ;)
but they look good!
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I think you are really pushing the boundaries of lasercutting here. its very impressive.
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thanks for the feedback and kind words everyone.
@former user... unfortunately I only have those GW human figures in the first post but I am going to be ordering some of Eureka's 28mm RLI troopers and when those arrive I will scale them against it.
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oh, don't bother - I thought just in case You have some.
May I suggest You add the weight of Your kits to the catalogue, since You are offering two shipping options based on the weight?
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oh, don't bother - I thought just in case You have some.
May I suggest You add the weight of Your kits to the catalogue, since You are offering two shipping options based on the weight?
The short answer here is: worldwide shipping is $2.91 for one and $4.65 for 2.
The long answer: :P
The shipping is always a little confusing, especially when you order something small like this kit. It weighs 140 grams and so several options are valid.
When one airmails something, it can either go as a letter or a parcel.
I generally try ship stuff as a letter, not as a parcel, as letters are far cheaper.
There are rules for what constitutes a letter:
A medium letter must weigh less than 250g and be no thicker than 10mm
A large letter must weigh less than 300g and be no thicker than 30mm
So the shipping option that says "airmail in units of 300g" means "try and post it as a letter". Since a single model is 140g and quite thin, it can classify as a medium letter.
The "airmail as a single package" is the same cost up till 300g. After that, if you want it in a single envelope then it switches over to a parcel and those are weighed per 100g so there is a big price jump. Almost everyone who orders, even if they order a lot, take the "units of 300g" option unless they want tracking (hardly anyone does)
Incidentally the volumetric constraints mean the weights are sometimes a bit weird. The cyborg sentinal (http://www.lasercutcard.co.za/cyborg-sentinal) weighs far less than the buffel even as a twin pack but the plastic crystals make it more than 10mm thick and so I have to artifically bump up the weight so that it appears as a large letter.
Sorry... that was perhaps more detail than you wanted :)
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that was exactly the detail I wanted
I only wanted to suggest that You provide some sort of compact info with the respective kit so that people can adjust their orders in order to optimize shipping costs....
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that was exactly the detail I wanted
I only wanted to suggest that You provide some sort of compact info with the respective kit so that people can adjust their orders in order to optimize shipping costs....
I will do some accurate weighing tonight with the two test models I have left and adjust the weights on the website accordingly but you will definitely be able to get 2 in as a single large letter (so to order 2 the shipping will be $4.65). Possibly three but for now the website will say 2
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that was exactly the detail I wanted
You know, I actually thought that when LCC posted all that detail "former user will love that". lol
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now I am bedazzled... lol
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I cannot understand why you think historical gamers will not buy them. I would have bought the M113 if only I had not so many already (8 for Nam, 1 for central Europe and an IDF one...). And if you add the extended fuel tanks for the A3 probably I can get one nor two... (even better if you can do the italian VCC-1 version for my bersaglieri). While at the moment I have no plan for the SADF... sadly (for my wallet) I have plan for a small African campaign and these Buffels are quite... spot on and lovely? and the prices is reasonable. I do not see why historical wargamers will not buy them. Can I also suggest a VAB a VBL or a Ratel? o_o
Arrigo
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I cannot understand why you think historical gamers will not buy them. I would have bought the M113 if only I had not so many already (8 for Nam, 1 for central Europe and an IDF one...). And if you add the extended fuel tanks for the A3 probably I can get one nor two... (even better if you can do the italian VCC-1 version for my bersaglieri). While at the moment I have no plan for the SADF... sadly (for my wallet) I have plan for a small African campaign and these Buffels are quite... spot on and lovely? and the prices is reasonable. I do not see why historical wargamers will not buy them. Can I also suggest a VAB a VBL or a Ratel? o_o
I also think that they are very interesting for historical wargamers, especially if You expand the range
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I think one or two will end up in the Zambulan National Guard. Also in my Sri Lanka look alike, the Island Republic of Kandy where an US/PLA multinational force will be battling the local rebels supported by Russia... I wuold love to do SADF external in 28mm, but considering no one want a to employ a military historian my chanches to do anything big and new in 28mm are quite remote.
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former user
Isn't that something Essex girls to their personal bits? lol
Memories of seaside holidays in Southend come flooding back have they Bezzo? ;)
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Hi all
I really appreciate all your feedback.
I weighed the models a little more accurately last night and I can get three of them into a package classed as a large letter.
So I have created a triple pack here: http://www.lasercutcard.co.za/vehicles/buffel-triplepack (http://www.lasercutcard.co.za/vehicles/buffel-triplepack)
This saves 10% on buying them individually (the triple pack is $49.95). Also, you can choose your mix (so you can mix and match between the buffel and the moffel).
Incidentally, is there a technical term for the ridiculously small amount that people discount stuff by to force the price into a psychologically lower price category?
@Arrigo - I haven't been expecting historical wargamers to buy them because based on the small sample of historical wargamers I know (admittedly this is VERY small) the kit might not be detailed enough for them. They are very much the type of gamers that don't see three Tiger tanks, they see a Panzer VI ausf. H1, a Panzer V1 ausf E and one "SERIOUSLY? NO WAY are you pretending that T-34 is a Tiger!" o_o
One final note... in case anyone was thinking "yes but it's made of card... card is weak and not at all durable" here is a clip I did destruction testing the M113 model.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRO76jkvSG4 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRO76jkvSG4)
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Well masquerading a T-34 for a Tiger is trying too much, except if you do not do an 'Hollywood' tiger lol Actually I once saw one on a table and the trick was to spot why the Tiger was looking wrong.
Details and wargaming models is a subjective definition. Too often too fine detail is over-scaled and looking funny or too fragile. In term of details your Buffel does not look out of place compared to several wargaming models from 'big names'. The most obvious omissions are the ladders and handles, but in 28mm they will be or too messy or over-sized. Force of Arms did a lot of simplifications on the T-55 in regard to the handles around the turret. Yet their T-55 is lovely. The other past is the engine block, but if you are not happy is easy to add detail by yourself. Even mr. Arrigo Velicogna (notoriously awful scratch builder) can do that. You will always have people sneering (I have seen people sneering even at Tamyia or Imprint models o_o ).
I think you have to be commended to have provided us with a nice model of an interesting real world vehicle. If science fiction gamers can use it for their nefarious (well it seems that 90% of science fiction games have at lest one of not more factions that are quite nefarious) purposes, even better! lol
Arrigo
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The models look great - I think with a few more 80's SADF vehicles in the range, it could tempt a fair few people to start a new era, or atleast to expand their bush wars gaming. I guess the only real limitation might be the lack of 28mm SADF infantry... :-/ (I guess one could proxy in RLI & Vietnam Aussies, but none of them are particularly good matches...) Maybe time for a Eureka 100 club proposal?
On that note, would there be any chance of doing some of the more iconic Rhodesian vehicles (Crocodiles, Kudu & Rhinos all spring to mind) in card? Just thinking that there is already a line of figures out there to suit...
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On that note, would there be any chance of doing some of the more iconic Rhodesian vehicles (Crocodiles, Kudu & Rhinos all spring to mind) in card? Just thinking that there is already a line of figures out there to suit...
This is actually a really good idea - thanks. We are working on the Casspir at the moment but after that I will look at the Rhodesian vehicles. Given that my uncle was in the RAR whereas I wheedled my way out of my conscription with a deferrment, I should have started with Rhodesian stuff 8)
Sorry - after Casspir comes some small vehicles, then we will look at other ideas.
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Doing Rhodesian vehicles is a good call and should work well with the medium to be honest. They also have the advantage of having figures available, albeit few in number.
Early Bush War South Africans can be drawn from the Eureka 'Aden' British and later ones from the Mongrel Israelis, if you don't mind a little conversion here and there. Not perfect, but they will serve.
:)
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Hi all
Here is the most recent test cut of our new vehicle, the CASSPIR.
This is an infantry mobility vehicle used by the SADF in the border wars.
It only needs a little bit of work before it is ready for production... an HMG on the roof (as an option) and some seating inside plus some minor detail changes.
I'll do a paint test on this one this weekend
Here is a video of the real vehicle.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwNJxS6x0k0 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwNJxS6x0k0)
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Cool. I painted one in 6mm in AU colours recently.
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Here is the first draft of the Ratel
Needs lots of work but I am glad this project is off the ground :)
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You certainly did very well with the model, but isn't it a bit too large? I mean given the fact that You are putting it into perspective with a 40K miniature?
(http://www.sa-soldier.com/data/04_equipment/01_ratel_big.gif)
You could certainly reduce the template to 90% or 95%, since You are in the concept stage still?
Blitzkrieg Miniatures for instance makes resin models in 2 scales for 28mm, because they can scale up and down due to the digital design process
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You certainly did very well with the model, but isn't it a bit too large? I mean given the fact that You are putting it into perspective with a 40K miniature?
It is way too big. It is getting scaled down 90% as we speak. As you say, it is a first draft :)
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These are all fantastic...I may definitely have to invest in some. I'm sure I speak for most international buyers - if we buy overseas, we tend to want to make a single large order, to avoid tons of shipping costs. I'd probably want one or two of each. Lovely designs. SA style vehicles have long been my absolute favourites. Great looking models.
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These are all fantastic...I may definitely have to invest in some. I'm sure I speak for most international buyers - if we buy overseas, we tend to want to make a single large order, to avoid tons of shipping costs. I'd probably want one or two of each. Lovely designs. SA style vehicles have long been my absolute favourites. Great looking models.
Thanks for the kind words.
The shipping costs are not really the problem (3 buffels ship for $4.50 worldwide) it is the import duties that are the killer.
I need to figure out a way to minimise them... like putting a birthday card inside the envelope from "Auntie Mildred in South Africa" or something ;D
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I have always postponed an order... but now postponing seems less and less decent... but that poses another question... what I can use for SADF troops? I thought about IDF... but let's say the Mongrel ones seems rarer than Latinum... will british troops with SLR in bush hats pass for SADF non helmeted troops? Or maybe using the Rhodesians?
Arrigo
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I have always postponed an order... but now postponing seems less and less decent... but that poses another question... what I can use for SADF troops? I thought about IDF... but let's say the Mongrel ones seems rarer than Latinum... will british troops with SLR in bush hats pass for SADF non helmeted troops? Or maybe using the Rhodesians?
Arrigo
This unfortunately is a bit of a problem. The Eureka Rhodesians would be the first choice and I am hoping that someone will review the buffel against some Eurka models soon. I have started converting up some GW catachans but these are more so that I can use these in games of 40k.
Here is an update on the cut. It has been shrunk down and the first draft of the Ingwe missile system and 90mm turret have been done.
I still have done nothing about the lining up of the card edges yet so it looks very tatty but that is what WIP are all about :)
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What about the Eureka australians for the Vietnam range in bush hats and SLR rifles to use as SADF?
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Well,
after my rant yesterday I did some research... 8) Well no one can do the mech infantry with R5 rifle and helmet (barring procuring Mongrel IDF a quite impossible task... well I have them but they are IDF...) but if one is satisfied with normal infantry with R4 and bush hat there are several options. One is going for Nam australians (but usually they have M60 instead of GPMG) and here we have TAG, Force of Arms, (both standard contemporary 28mm) and the smaller eureka ones (smaller than their RLI and ZANLA). There are some deifferences in webbing but better than nothing. another option are the new Borneo ranges (Commando Miniatures and the new Eureka ones, Kosta did them, Eureka had some at Salute but I do not know their current stock status because officially they have not been yet released). Again there are some webbing dfifferences, but they have the GPMG...
Well it is not as bad as I was fearing. Cubans can be represented by syrians and SWAPO and MPLA can be proxied... well it looks like this thing can be a go... (Cuban I have, soviets I have, I have African militias and can procure some better armed militia for SWAPO regulars and MPLA...)
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question:
after the Ratel, have you thought to make an Eland 90?
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question:
after the Ratel, have you thought to make an Eland 90?
Answer: Here is the test cut of the Eland. ;D
Steve has outdone himself with this I think.. even though this was a first cut, it went together remarkably well. The turret that holds the 90mm cannon will be made interchangeable with the ratel
For anyone who has no idea what this strange little beast is, here is a clip from Youtube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nM8w1jEmfNQ (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nM8w1jEmfNQ)
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I can only say... WHOOOOW...
I will definitely order some, even if I am broke (well the price is not bad at all, it seems a good alternative for broken wargamers...). anyway one Eland, one maybe two Ratels and I am set for my table in 28mm. Maybe a Buffel and/or a Casspir.
But I am starting to think to other vehicles too... olifant, BTR 152 and BTR 50 sounds appropriate... unimog truck... maybe some less common modern vehicles (CV90, YPR795, VCC1 Camillino... they can also be converted in some nice looking Sci-fi stuff...) but first some historical gamers have to buy, paint and show to create more interest...
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Here is the most recent cut of the Casspir. Pretty much done but it is getting recut as there are parts of it that are a little difficult to build and I have seen a way to make it similar.
Also, the way that it is cut at the moment makes it come out a little expensive (~$24 retail) and I would like to try bring the cost down.
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I love the look of your vehicals buut I would worry that they look very difficult to put togeather- how long would it take for someone to assembe one of these?
(in all honesty it looks like the sort of thing I would buy but then never get round to assembling... ::) )
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I love the look of your vehicals buut I would worry that they look very difficult to put togeather- how long would it take for someone to assembe one of these?
(in all honesty it looks like the sort of thing I would buy but then never get round to assembling... ::) )
I think that that is a valid concern Rob.
These are designed more for people who like scratchbuilding than for people who want to plop something on the table.
They take me about an hour to put together but I know the kits backwards. Say 2-3 hours for someone else.
Take a look at the assembly instructions for the buffel and see if you could manage it.
http://www.lasercutcard.co.za/download/manuals/v08.cfm (http://www.lasercutcard.co.za/download/manuals/v08.cfm)
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It looks quite daunting to me, but I suppose they are not much more complicated than an airfix kit, and I would guess they would teach me a thing or two about scratch building.
Maybe....
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The Casspir is finished and in the store - FINALLY :)
Here are a few pics of the one I painted up for the "box art" as well as an older test model I painted up as a MegaCity 1 patrol wagon (which could also be an adeptus arbites transport I suppose)
I am painting up an ork version too - I will add it here as soon as it is done.
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That is a really impressive bit of kit. Excellent workas always sir!
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I agree - beautiful.
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fair play- that looks ace. :-*
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I love everything in this thread... :-*
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I'll definitely get at least one Ratel 90 for my PMC-in-progress (just ordered a Revell Hind for them) - it's an old favourite, and while the Gaso.line model is lovely, top quality resin is so expensive that it's a last resort. And I'll very likely get an Eland/AML - I have the FoA version, but you can never have too many armoured cars.
Now... how about an ERC-90? :-* There are none on the market these days, alas, and with that giant telephone pole of a gun you might be able to entice the SciFi crowd into buying them. French & German vehicles in general are kind of an untapped market, I think - pretty much all you have is diecast (often fairly expensive or somewhat out-of-scale or both), Gaso.line level resin (very expensive) or a few plastic kits (cheap but often inaccurate - the Kitech Leo 2 has the wrong number of road wheels, and the turret is all squashed to fit on the shortened hull.) And you don't have to worry about infantry being available, since Eureka has French and Germans already, and I believe Empress plans Germans as well.
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Now... how about an ERC-90? :-* There are none on the market these days, alas, and with that giant telephone pole of a gun you might be able to entice the SciFi crowd into buying them.
Thanks for the kind words. Attached are some pictures of the "orc" version of the casspir - that is, a basic casspir combined with the orc glyph pack.
I have also included some pictures of all the other LaserCutCard vehicles and their "orc" versions.
We are considering doing a range of Rhodesian vehicles next as well as a range of "technicals" and after that, all things are possible. ;)
Kind regards
neal
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ooh,maybe some technicals based of russian vehicles? :D
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What are you thinking of here, Rax? Gaz jeeps? Or BTR crossed with mad max?
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like urals and maybe some gas jeeps.
also maybe like larger trucks etc with deiiferent add on pack with like extra armor and weapons ala Madmax/post apoc/moderns...
or maybe even some vehicles based/inspired of ones from like borderlands(the buggy) with modular parts like whels,trackassembly turrets,etc..
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Shame to see all of that lasercut goodness go to waste on some Orks. :-X
I'd say you could easily roll with the light armored/truck stuff you're doing. There seems to be a huge lack of market for 28mm vehicles, and what we do get tends to be MBT's...which happen to be mostly useless at 28mm scale (they just power through the games).
(http://eng.gazgroup.ru/data/2012/06/4444.17.4443_17_URAL_MILITARY.jpg)
Modern or Cold War Urals...perhaps a Unimog of sorts?
(http://heavycherry.com/imgs/a/a/v/m/t/unimog__u1200_1992_1_lgw.jpg)
The ubiquitous Unimog (mid-90's were pretty squared off)
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/44/BTR-40-latrun-2.jpg)
Some of the older Russian BTR's?
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First time I've seen this thread and you can colour me impressed 8)
cheers
James
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A BTR-40 would be fantastic! ;D
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The Israeli RBY-MkI also has a similar look to the older BTRs, whilst still having that simple boxy look. I'd definitely be interested in some Russian style vehicles though (with the sci-fi elements you've been including in your other vehicles).
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/89/RBY-MkI-latrun-2.jpg)
How long does shipping usually take for orders to the UK? I'm considering buying a few things for my Fallout stuff. ...That is, unless you have anything coming out soon, otherwise I'll put the order off for a bit. ;)
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Shame to see all of that lasercut goodness go to waste on some Orks. :-X
I'd say you could easily roll with the light armored/truck stuff you're doing. There seems to be a huge lack of market for 28mm vehicles, and what we do get tends to be MBT's...which happen to be mostly useless at 28mm scale (they just power through the games).
While i second the request for more stuff, considering that usually my 28mm games happens in Built Up areas with plenty of RPGs and the like my 28mm crewmen are usually happy to plod around in MBT. Strangely enough i have found the light vehicles are usually better games in 15mm... but I digress... I second Elbows requesta and (reiterate) my request for an Oliphant and a BTR-50.
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Thanks for all the feedback everyone. Steve and I really appreciate it.
@Wyrmalla - UK shipping to the UK is 3-5 days but we are just coming out of a postal strike so maybe a few more days to be safe.
@Fatroc and @Raxx... we are in the early stages of a BTR-40 - there is a cad render on the R&D album at the facebook site here: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.669302773113564.1073741836.475218212522022&type=3
The Ratel is in the store (finally!) http://www.lasercutcard.co.za/ratel
We've included all three turrets in the kit so you can make the Ratel-90, Ratel-20 or Ratel-ZT3 (or swap between them during games)
Next stop... Eland :)
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Hi all
Here is the CAD render and first fit cut for the BTR-40
I like the idea that it has a removable roof. The basic chassis together well. I think it has a bright future ahead. On now to the details...
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wow, You are originally masterful with that machine!
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BTR-40? Woo! What's it scaled to? 1/43, 1/48? I'm just wondering if its suitable for "heroic" scale 28mm, or regular 28mm (the use of a Games Workshop model for scale's throwing me). Out of interest, is that a modernised turret or were the vehicles fitted with those (I've only ever seen the open topped version).
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BTR-40? Woo! What's it scaled to? 1/43, 1/48? I'm just wondering if its suitable for "heroic" scale 28mm, or regular 28mm (the use of a Games Workshop model for scale's throwing me). Out of interest, is that a modernised turret or were the vehicles fitted with those (I've only ever seen the open topped version).
It is going to be finally scaled to 1/56, which is apparently the "correct" 28mm scale. So it will seem a tiny bit small for GW figures but will be spot on for Eureka and similar manufacturers.
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BTR-40? Woo! What's it scaled to? 1/43, 1/48? I'm just wondering if its suitable for "heroic" scale 28mm, or regular 28mm (the use of a Games Workshop model for scale's throwing me). Out of interest, is that a modernised turret or were the vehicles fitted with those (I've only ever seen the open topped version).
I will ask my partner about the turret and get back to you
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No turret on BTR-40s that I'm aware of save for some one off conversions by the Indonesians.
That model really is a work of art but I'm worried that my origami skills would never be up to all those angles. :-[
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That model really is a work of art
Totally agree! Wish I had a reason to buy it other than just its splendiferousness!
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Thanks guys - and yes the turret and top are based on the indonesian conversions you can see here
http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums/showthread.php?75559-TNI-in-Gallery-%28the-New-Photos%29/page247 (http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums/showthread.php?75559-TNI-in-Gallery-%28the-New-Photos%29/page247)
http://indoforce.tripod.com/ad_land_pic2.htm (http://indoforce.tripod.com/ad_land_pic2.htm)
(just do a Ctrl-F for BTR)
This model comes with the option to have the roof off and is actually quite easy to build... when I have it recut I will include the build steps. Most of the card is pre-scored so you just fold it up. I need to make some adjustments to some of the pieces to account for the thickness of the card but apart from that it already fits together well.
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Ok, I'll have to give it a try then.
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These are cad renders of a new version of the Casspir we are doing. The original is a real vehicle - but this one will be a game table special. Gunz all over.
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-g-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/t1.0-9/10153766_696237960420045_323253861_n.png)
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-g-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/t1.0-9/10153766_696237960420045_323253861_n.png)
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(https://fbcdn-sphotos-c-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/t1.0-9/p280x280/10155102_697572630286578_127064545_n.jpg)
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-e-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-frc3/t1.0-9/10167922_697572616953246_1622794861_n.jpg)
Eland test cut 2
This added the wheels and did some mods to the main chassis. Next cut should be the final one with the exterior detail
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wow!
have You ever considered doing WW1 armored cars?
although, I'd rather think 28mm boats and ships would be the thing....
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Sshhh I'm quietly hoping he'll do a Cascavel or Urutu.
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All of these products look amazing but like so many others, I fear my butterfingers would ruing the build :( Nevertheless, I think I might need to give these a try at some point....
Now, any plans for RG32M or Dingo 2?
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is there much difference between an eland and a Panhard AML
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For gaming same thing,different name.
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The gun looks.... too short! (No, I am not nitpicking on the muzzle brake, but in the pictures the barrel seems short for a 90mm).
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The gun looks.... too short! (No, I am not nitpicking on the muzzle brake, but in the pictures the barrel seems short for a 90mm).
Thanks for all the feedback guys - I really appreciate it.
The gun might be too short... I just grabbed the first one off one of my ratels to photograph it. When you build it you can choose the length and I made it as short as possible as it just looked better to me
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CASSPIR II test cut.
This worked really well - Steve slotted in the extra axle with no problems. Now we need to add the extra detail and the turret options.
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BTR-40 with dual wheels
This is a fantasy version of the BTR-40 that we will also probably do in a half track. Just for fun :)
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Sounds interesting.
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As a halftrack I can see a lot of uses with the Dreamforge Eisenkern stormtroopers etc.
PS: The nice thing is that you could super easily argue that it's simply a BTR-40 that's been modified after damage or modified to support an artillery piece or heavy mortar. Some re-welding and adding wheels would be cake for a small shop. I think it'd look perfect with a heavy mortar mounted in the back, or a small anti-aircraft radar etc.
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is there much difference between an eland and a Panhard AML
Mostly internal. Different comms fit, transmission and engine IIRC. I think some of the later ones had the hull lengthened. For gaming purposes near identical.
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G-6 52 Artillery (generic BIG GUN)
The G6 self-propelled howitzer is a South African artillery piece, developed around the ordnance of the G5 howitzer. It is one of the most powerful self-propelled guns on a wheeled chassis.
Here is a marketing video done by a dude that REALLY liked the 3D font effect
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p63LOdc12kA (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p63LOdc12kA)