Author Topic: Scratch Built 40K Tank (Read 7376 times)

Warren Abox · « **on:** April 11, 2012, 09:31:38 AM »

This needs a lot of rivets and a lot of paint, but the grunt assembly work is complete. Overall, I'm pretty pleased with how it turned out. Shame I don't whether or not this combination of weapons is street legal, let alone effective. My son only has the sixty dollar hard back main rulebook, so he doesn't have all of the rules to be able to field a legal force. Strange that.

The basic materials are foamcore and cereal box. The main gun is the tube from a bottle of liquid soap, and the lower gun is the handle of a disposable razor trimmed short.

Mason · « **Reply #1 on:** April 11, 2012, 10:29:47 AM »

That is pretty damn impressive!

Jaeger · « **Reply #2 on:** April 11, 2012, 03:48:10 PM »

Very cool.

You could download Armybuilder (free demo) and sneak peak which weapons you can give it.

/Jaeger

No Such Agency · « **Reply #3 on:** April 11, 2012, 04:30:04 PM »

Quote from: Warren Abox on April 11, 2012, 09:31:38 AM

My son only has the sixty dollar hard back main rulebook, so he doesn't have all of the rules to be able to field a legal force.

And that is what is wrong with Warhammer/40k.

Great work on this - as a kid I used to build cardboard tanks for my GI Joes, I never realized the craft could be done with a lot more skill...

Jeff_W · « **Reply #4 on:** April 11, 2012, 05:00:24 PM »

Quote from: No Such Agency on April 11, 2012, 04:30:04 PM

Great work on this - as a kid I used to build cardboard tanks for my GI Joes, I never realized the craft could be done with a lot more skill...

I remember quite fondly doing that as well. I also made lots of foam forts from various types of packing materials.

Nice card work on that Leman Russ, Warren.

Jeff

The Baggagetrain · « **Reply #5 on:** April 11, 2012, 05:53:06 PM »

Become a member of this yahoo group and you can download lots of card tanks, walkers and more.

http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/bwc-archive/

Hope it helps
Regards
Stephen

Mutant Jon · « **Reply #6 on:** April 11, 2012, 06:04:38 PM »

Nice Job will be hard to tell the difference between yours and an "offical" GW one once it's been painted I reckon.

TheMightyFlip · « **Reply #7 on:** April 11, 2012, 06:23:18 PM »

Is the turret weapon a battle canon or a laser weapon? If its a laser its illegal to the rules. Body weapon is fine, not sure what the sponson weapons are, but your now allowed bolters, flamers, meltas and plasma cannons.

Inso · « **Reply #8 on:** April 11, 2012, 06:35:33 PM »

A standard Leman Russ can have a Heavy Bolter, Las-Cannon or Heavy Flamer on the hull. The sponsons can have Heavy Bolters, Heavy Flamers, Multi-Meltas or Plasma Cannons. The main gun in the turret can have a selection of weapons but a Battle Cannon would suit yours best.

Excellent work with the cardboard

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Warren Abox · « **Reply #9 on:** April 11, 2012, 07:12:02 PM »

Thanks for the kind words, everyone - I'll post more shots when I get it finished.

Quote from: The Baggagetrain on April 11, 2012, 05:53:06 PM

Become a member of this yahoo group and you can download lots of card tanks, walkers and more.

http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/bwc-archive/

Thanks for the link - I'll get on there toot sweet. For the most part, I used a template from this site: this site. http://www.build-40k.com/warhammer-40000-armies/imperial-guard/scratch-built-leman-russ/. This was a bit of a dry run - you can see that the main turret can't track 360-degress unless it's elevated a bit. But I figure it's close enough for Imperial Government work.

Quote from: Inso on April 11, 2012, 06:35:33 PM

A standard Leman Russ can have a Heavy Bolter, Las-Cannon or Heavy Flamer on the hull. The sponsons can have Heavy Bolters, Heavy Flamers, Multi-Meltas or Plasma Cannons. The main gun in the turret can have a selection of weapons but a Battle Cannon would suit yours best.

That helps a lot. The main gun will be a Battle Cannon, and that’s a Las-Cannon on the main hull. Do you think it needs the standard barrel casing at the tip that GW uses to signify “Laser”, or does it stand okay as is? I rather like the tapered look it has now, but if it’ll simplify things at the table, I’m not opposed to adding one. The big help is the sponsons – that balsa is cut to look like twin linked bolters right now. I can tack on a barrel to make it look like a Heavy Bolter, though, so that’s good to know.

Warren Abox · « **Reply #10 on:** April 25, 2012, 06:12:11 PM »

The tank is now complete. More details on the construction and painting on my blog, but here's the final shots.

The boy chose green and purple for his unit colors, and the camouflage pattern seemed a natural fit.

midismirnoff · « **Reply #11 on:** April 25, 2012, 07:01:49 PM »

Great job!
The painting scheme reminds me some other fellow of this forum enjoying flamboyant tones.

area23 · « **Reply #12 on:** April 25, 2012, 08:47:03 PM »

Brilliant!

Inso · « **Reply #13 on:** April 25, 2012, 09:45:07 PM »

Excellent work

Chronicler · « **Reply #14 on:** April 25, 2012, 09:47:23 PM »

Nice little scratch built you have there

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