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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
Enough for Horizon Wars would suit me! Light, heavy, artillery, IFV. And power armor do you say? I’m… Intrigued…
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!
I’ll be honest, I like it without a conventional “big tank gun.” It’s unique. And a laser (tapping the micro-fusion battery in the tank) would be more optimal for a light hover vehicle – no recoil. And the idea of a tank like this being available as war surplus is really appealing from a sci fi perspective – like a futuristic T-55: past it and obsolete but still in use everywhere decades later.
Incidentally, which side used it in the Io War? The Jovian Consortium or the Terran Colonial Authority? Both of which I just made up?
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…..”#
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
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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!
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It starts to look a tad conventional, but I still like it. A techno-Sherman, is what it calls to my mind. The one with the two-tube laser (I’m calling it a laser, forgive me) still is more my taste, though.
And lasers can be hard SF. The United States Navy has them now. We’re mounting them in the front hull of our patrol frigates. And they look rather like this, a dome with a lasing tube projecting from it. Something in future, in the megawatt range, would be a useful if low-impact weapon.
Well it has a definite KR16 feel, colonists versus colonial authorities, with both sides being sympathetic to some extent.
I could see these tanks and others like them as belonging to mercenary units, hired by Kometenmelodie colonists to fight both the domineering OKI colonial authorities and the brutal and terroristic Crimson Alliance.
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:
I really hope you follow this up. This is a really cool direction and I would love to see more SF3D-esque designs for KR16 – I think it suits the idiom beautifully. I’ll help you design them if you’re ever stumped – consider this an open offer!
I really hope you follow this up.
If they sell I will make more.
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How many do I have to buy? 😉
The beauty part here is how adaptable they will be for modding and scratch work, just like the old SF3D material. So looking forward to seeing those PA suits!
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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