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Here is a sneak peak at the first of the Crimson Alliance Tanks.
It is a repurposed hovertank from The Io Wars.
Whilst hovertech is harder to maintain on outer colony worlds it does have some advantages, especially when operating in a damp river valley.The MK II K.at
Power Armour
Yeah, the guy that was going to do it had a tendon related accident and it is, through no fault of his own, now many weeks late, so I am trying someone else to do the power armour… of course there is only one real sort of feel it could have.Tanks
I am just trying to work out a different turret version for this, with a big gun.
Then I will release the two models and see how they do before committing to more.
Feel free to dump ideas here, but try to consider they are the Junker tech, so nothing too hardcore.
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I love that turret. Especially the shape. Lots of pulpy / retro sci-fi potential there.
Will it be available separately as well?
Tank Polo? God, how our gardener hated that game!
Will it be available separately as well?
hmmmm if you cross my palm with silver, why not?
Oooh Mama! – seconding the all round support for this latest outbreak of Awesomeness! – loving the styling – sort of French CharB1 bis meets an intergalactic travel iron – and I mean that in a good way…….
I also would like the idea of something a bit agricultural coming into the mix – combine harvester on acid, Massey Ferguson with massive gun……. Junkers are cider drinkers, right?
#”I’ve got a brand new combine harvester, an’ I’ll give you the keys…..”#
sort of French CharB1 bis meets an intergalactic travel iron – and I mean that in a good way…….
ha ha, no offence taken.
I described it as a U-boat meets an iron.
Outch, bummer about the PA, I’m looking forward to that.
Tank is way cool though.
For some reason I see it in a red, white and gold, Ming the Mercyless, paint scheme
I kinda agree with the “no need for a big gun” I could totally see them as heavy lasers, maybe put a small half bead in the barrels to make a lens.
Also I think a big gun might run the risk of making it look a bit too cartoony, don’t get me wrong, I like cartoony, here’s a tank I did in 15mm to prove it
Its just that I’ve always imagined the Junkers and RDF with a bit more of a gritty maybe even hard sci fi look.
but then again maybe I’m just not seeing it and your big gun design will be awesome
Its just that I’ve always imagined the Junkers and RDF with a bit more of a gritty maybe even hard sci fi look.
Yeah, this look is a definite step sideways I think.
One of the things I am doing (but you can do whatever suits you best) is not having lasers and stuff.
This will help keep it more hard sci-fi I feel.
Plus the paintjob and tank crew will further ground it more in gritty grungy sci-fi, I think.The big gun is underway and I will get a missile pod version done.
The ones that look like 4 tubes stuck together (you see them on attack choppers and stuff) but with a pod on each side.Oh and the Io Wars are old, so this is kind of like old style pretty much obsolete tech that the Junkers have acquired as scrap really, but re-purposed and used to fight the RDF.
Oh and my models will have stowage and crud on them as is my way, I think will defo keep the feel as gritty tech, albeit with a new aesthetic.
See, told you I just wasn’t seeing it
The addition of the rear part to the turret give it a much more balanced look with the larger gun.
Do like!
There will be a missile pod variant too, this will feel more like the original variant.
But my designer is busy with other stuff now for a few days, so it will most likely be next week before we see any renders.
yes, I have only just discovered this genre and am wading through a gazzilion blogs and stuff.
It is all soooo cool.
That is a nice idea.
Currently the ‘plan’ such as it is, is to have the Crimson Alliance form an armoured section.
Something that is more a visible resistance to the RDFs enforcement of Mariposa law.
The CA will try to use propaganda to promote the Tank Corps as the glamorous and ‘patriotic’ way to fight back at the oppressors.
Of course the CA Tank Corps will be small and constantly on the move to stay out harms reach of the RDF.
Hidden training camps and depots out in the Badlands.Either way, like you hint at, I would not like to be the regular colonist who just wanted to get away from Earth and it’s harsh laws.
But what do you do, run away again or stay and fight, to try to make Kometenmelodie the free place people dreamed it would be?
Cheers, if memory serves and everything has gone according to plan the main hull is a touch bigger than a pathfinder, taller with the turret.
Not sure when ready.
They need to be printed, then I will try the hull myself from resin (like with the skimmers) then send the turrets off to the casters to be moulded.
Could easily be a month or so…Here is the last of the three variants:
Never heard of SF3D but a quick search has thrown up lots of lovely looking stuff. Plenty of ideas to use for KR-16 & Horizon Wars
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