A slow crawl - WIP ash wastes vehicle

[axiom]

I starting doing some old school modelling yesterday - with plasticard and a vintage 1980s action figure tank! I'm building a crawler vehicle for my Ash Wastes Nomads, using this as the starting point:

So far I have managed to add a range of plastic and resin parts from Imperial Guard tanks and Zinge Industries, plus cut some plasticard into interesting shapes, and this is the result:

There's a long way still to go with this, and I expect I'll come back to it in short bursts, but so far it's at least going in the right direction

A fuller overview of progress to date over at the blog.

 

[symphonicpoet]

That's going to be an interesting crawler. I look forward to seeing it painted. It'd look right at home on Moab II. I may have to steal that idea for some nomad traders at some point. Excellent work.

 

[Niibl]

Re: AW: A slow crawl - WIP ash wastes vehicle

A very good start.
I'd like to keep an eye on this, so don't hesitate to post updates here.
(I will probably miss them on your blog)

 

[Asslessman]

Oh I like that, A LOT, already told you but this reminds me a lot about this :

Which is a pretty good thing

 

[axiom]

Thanks guys! To be honest, working with plastic and scratch building terrifies me. I don't really have the skills. So far it seems to be working as planned!

And don't worry, I'll post updates here

 

[Niibl]

Oh I like that, A LOT, already told you but this reminds me a lot about this :

Which is a pretty good thing

Yes, thats what I thought too.
Sadly THIS is too small (damn you matchbox for not aiming at 28mm miniatures)

 

[Suber]

I'm loving it so far, can't wait to see more

 

[mbh]

hiss tank?


I'm not sure I'm okay with this

 

[daddyorchips]

Oh I like that, A LOT, already told you but this reminds me a lot about this :

Which is a pretty good thing

oh i loved that story

 

[axiom]

I've got to be honest, JD and 2000AD passed me by. Any recommendations of a good starter storyline?

Also...why not OK with the use of this HISS tank?!

 

[mbh]

I'm a gi joe nerd

 

[axiom]

I'm a gi joe nerd

We all have our vices

Better a broken toy rescued though, right?

 

[mbh]

I'll allow it

Joe vehicles are great for WH tbh

 

[symphonicpoet]

I've got to be honest, JD and 2000AD passed me by. Any recommendations of a good starter storyline?

A good storyline for an adventure game? You can do worse than to work from a Firefly type story. That's not too far from the story idea implied in the back of Rogue Trader, actually. And that tank would make a good "ship" if you cared to restrict the story to a single planet. (You could make a great spaceship out of it, but I think that's a different conversion than the one you're doing.) Your group could comprise the tank commander, a gunner or two, a driver, a mechanic (to fix the innevitable damage), maybe a radio man. (Some overlap between jobs is possible.) Just one possible thought, of course.

 

[smiler]

I can't wait to see this painted up! I'm planning an ash wastes type project so I'll be mining this thread for ideas.