Ideas and pictures of mechanical horses please

[isaanmini]

Gentlemen,
I have been tasked with building a Steam powered horse......
I have some ideas, but I would be interested to see what others have come up with....Apart from....GW......

please does anyone have any links or ideas.

One of my thoughts was for a "boxy",riveted body with lots of surface mounted pipes
Another was a "Warhorse" (as in the play) sort of frame
Then I guess there is the Medieval look, but I dont really fancy that one

I think I will do seperate legs ( with substantial anchor points so that a variation of pose can be achieved)

Anyway, any thoughts are welcome

Barry

[chantyam]

Take a look at PappaMidnights Carriage for a greatuse of the Steam Horses from Madgeknight range of figures which also show up in a number of projects.

[chantyam]

Oh and have a look for "steamhorses" as a search word, the subject doses come up.
I always liked that clokwork/steam steed that GW put out a while ago some mounted Empire Engineer (but not at £12.50)

[Dewbakuk]

Okay, a few pics. Have to say I'm not convinced this is a viable comercial model but it'd be nice to see one available
Purely a personal thing but while I do use boxy shapes for mechanical things in my VSF designs, for a mechanical horse I'd go for a more sculpted finish. The Victorians created some beautifully sculptured and shaped machinery and an inventor making horses would put effort into that I think. Unless it's American of course, then function over form probably wins outright


http://www.elfwood.com/art/t/a/taladraw1/horse_golem.jpg

Given that it's artificial, does it need a head? (I say yes, but it's a fair question)



Or legs?



Nice piston lines.

[CPalmer]

Here is my Union Cavalry mounted on the Mage Knight Galeshi Cavalryman horses:

[isaanmini]

Thanks for the help.......how do you bring up the blank pics marked X......?
I agree that even a mechanical horse has to have a head
I like the "Elven?" pic at the bottom.....but I am going to go with something a little more "Industrial"
I am not crazy about the coach horses in Papamidnights thread........but again, usefull to see other interpretations
Actually I have been working on it a little today,and as I go along fresh ideas do creep into the design......
I hope to add some pics of wip, if I can get someone to post them, but I am feeling very enthusiastic so it may get finished before that happens.
Barry

[Malamute]

Looking forward to seeing what you come up with. Oh ave always fancied a unit of lancers riding mechanical horses.

[Doomsdave]

Unless it's American of course, then function over form probably wins outright

I beg to differ sir    These designs defy your hypothesis










Sorry for the hijack.  Honor was at stake. 

[Dewbakuk]

Not sure why that first pic isn't showing so I've made it a link instead. Still needed to refresh once I'd followed the link though, must be an issue with the server.

Sorry for the hijack.  Honor was at stake.  Cheesy

  Knew someone would bite

[Tobsen77]

I built something like this some time ago... but never finished it... thanks for the reminder