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Offline pixelgeek

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Chimeras or Rhinos?
« on: 13 January 2014, 01:15:34 AM »
I have a set of unassembled Rhinos as well as several assembled Chimeras. What do you all think would be more fitting APCs for my UNA troops?

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Re: Chimeras or Rhinos?
« Reply #1 on: 13 January 2014, 04:46:51 AM »
Can you mix the two?

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Re: Chimeras or Rhinos?
« Reply #2 on: 13 January 2014, 07:49:23 AM »
What's UNA? I could only find United Nurses Association.

Anyways, a Rhino is space M113 while the Chimera is space BMP-1 pretty much... take your pick.

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Re: Chimeras or Rhinos?
« Reply #3 on: 13 January 2014, 09:31:49 AM »
Chimeras always looked more realistic to me.  Maybe Chimera chassis with your own turrets (lose the front mounted guns or something). 
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Re: Chimeras or Rhinos?
« Reply #4 on: 13 January 2014, 11:54:14 AM »
Chimeras always looked more realistic to me.  Maybe Chimera chassis with your own turrets (lose the front mounted guns or something). 
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Though it might be cool to see if you can find some 1/56 M113s or other real world APCs and convert them. The UNA troops IIRC are fairly realistically proportioned.

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Re: Chimeras or Rhinos?
« Reply #5 on: 13 January 2014, 02:16:38 PM »
Though it might be cool to see if you can find some 1/56 M113s or other real world APCs and convert them. The UNA troops IIRC are fairly realistically proportioned.

I'm trying to kit them out with some of the vehicles I have in hand. If I was going to buy something new I would get that Dust walker APC :-)

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Re: Chimeras or Rhinos?
« Reply #6 on: 13 January 2014, 02:17:11 PM »
Can you mix the two?

It might look a little odd no?

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Re: Chimeras or Rhinos?
« Reply #7 on: 13 January 2014, 02:23:52 PM »
Chimera for standard infantry squads, Rhino (assuming it's the more recent version - the older one might look a bit weird) for command and heavy support units?
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Re: Chimeras or Rhinos?
« Reply #8 on: 13 January 2014, 02:30:55 PM »
I was thinking of adding some antennas and stowage to the command vehicle.

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Re: Chimeras or Rhinos?
« Reply #9 on: 13 January 2014, 03:10:44 PM »
hm,i think the Look of the Rhino fit's the UNA Stuff better  :D
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Re: Chimeras or Rhinos?
« Reply #10 on: 13 January 2014, 03:52:24 PM »
Try cutting off the iconography and teching them up a bit. 

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Re: Chimeras or Rhinos?
« Reply #11 on: 13 January 2014, 03:55:08 PM »
Try cutting off the iconography and teching them up a bit. 

Nice thing about both kits is that the iconography is optional

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Re: Chimeras or Rhinos?
« Reply #12 on: 13 January 2014, 04:27:29 PM »

How about this? Did this awhile back


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Re: Chimeras or Rhinos?
« Reply #13 on: 13 January 2014, 04:42:30 PM »
Very nice

 

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