Bushwacker Battle Fortress Wrecka, Halftrack Battlefortress Rating Options

[Penguin of Death]

Right I promised some updates - not got as much done as I had wanted, but on the other hand I have more of a complete plan as a result

So first up something to hold the front wheels on



and the beginnings of the track unit



altogether gives me this



and an idea of the size now

[choppastorm]

so is it a battle wagon or fortress? and whats that other large deadly looking behemoth?

[uberdark]

so is it a battle wagon or fortress? and whats that other large deadly looking behemoth?

the other one is a feckin' skullhamma. man that bushwacker is huge mate!!!

[Warboss_Tom]

I would call it a mekanikal squigoth cause if thats a baneblade that thing is uge'

[Penguin of Death]

so is it a battle wagon or fortress?

I think I've drifted into Battlefortress territory - but the is plenty of room on the back for boyz, weapons and turrets - there was always going to be more than just the cage shown on the inspiration picture

and whats that other large deadly looking behemoth?

MKII Fellblade, beakies used to have Fellblades - Baneblades were in the same style as the older beaky vehicles - so this is an update based on the newer style of tank

[choppastorm]

MKII Fellblade, beakies used to have Fellblades - Baneblades were in the same style as the older beaky vehicles - so this is an update based on the newer style of tank

I see, thanks for clearing that up

[Penguin of Death]

Not done anything particularly interesting with this at the moment, mainly dull structural bits, so instead I'm on to ideas on where to go.

As shown I want to combine FW Battlefortress with The original Rescuers half track and a pair of twin booms for the Wrecka section

so what do you think?

[Penguin of Death]

Last bit was to work out how to build the teefy bull bars - plus I'm thinking BB style main turret

[Nozeminer]

I don't think it's big enough.

This thing looks great! I thought it looked big and mean when it just had the trukk wheels on it, then you throw on the tracks and the monster trukk tires and... I can just picture a bunch of Baneblades lined up side by side, ready for this thing to come in and crush them.

I'm not liking the turret. It looks like it was just ripped off of a Baneblade and stuck onto your wrecka. It looks out of place with the rest of the build.

[big mek boomsnik]

wow that thing is awesome! you should with the half track battle fortress

[DaBlackGobbo]

What program are you using for the drawings?

[Doghead Thirteen]

This rig RULES.

To throw in a less spam-y penny-worth, I'd suggest a more bull-barry bull-bar. Maybe have it much like what you sketched, but with a bar across the top perhaps 5 or 6 mm below the tips of the 'teef', and add mesh or grilles over the parts that cover the headlamps for that tractor-style lamp-guard look. Loops out the end (carrying on through the main body of the bull-bars to frame the headlamp guards) wouldn't go wrong either, especially if they were recessed behind the 'gob'. That'd make it look like a traditional bull-bar with Orky additions.

And am I the only one who's seeing this thing end up zoggin' mucky?

Cheers,
Cal.

[Penguin of Death]

I'm not liking the turret. It looks like it was just ripped off of a Baneblade and stuck onto your wrecka. It looks out of place with the rest of the build.

Irritatingly it worked far better in my head than in practice - back to the scratch turret then. Has to be relatively low profile or else the whole thing becomes too tall

What program are you using for the drawings?

Google Sketchup 7 - it's a free download. It's relatively basic, but very east to use - I admit to an Engineering background, but I've taught myself to use it in 2 weeks

To throw in a less spam-y penny-worth, I'd suggest a more bull-barry bull-bar. Maybe have it much like what you sketched, but with a bar across the top perhaps 5 or 6 mm below the tips of the 'teef', and add mesh or grilles over the parts that cover the headlamps for that tractor-style lamp-guard look. Loops out the end (carrying on through the main body of the bull-bars to frame the headlamp guards) wouldn't go wrong either, especially if they were recessed behind the 'gob'. That'd make it look like a traditional bull-bar with Orky additions.

I agree about cages and mesh round the lights, not so much about them being part of the bull bars. The Bull bars it's based on do have some tube running between the teef which I'd forgotten about - so they may get attached

[Bogen]

Google Sketchup works like a charm when modelling and planning stuff like vehicles!

Great idea, and this will definately be one interesting thread...

I agree on the turret. Looks out of place... Add somethin' a bit more Orky!


Cheers!

[Doghead Thirteen]

What height are you looking to mount the bull-bar at?

If it's less than halfway down from front axle to wheel-rim (or level with the front axle) it might look good if the lamp-guards are included in the bull-bar, in a manner similar to your typical real-world 'bar, assuming that the tips of the bar's 'teef' come higher than the headlamps.

If it's below the axle and/or the tips are lower than the lamps, have a look at after-market tractor spots; most of them have these wonderful built-onto-the-lamp lamp guards. Typically, it involves a frame a touch bigger than the headlamp, made out of tubular metal, either square or circular; the centre of the frame is filled with wire mesh and there's a flat strut comes from each side of the lamp to the frame of the guard; if that isn't clear enough, some of the examples of 'Ratbikes' on Wikipedia have good examples of this.

Sorry about getting hung up on the headlights; it's a pet peeve of mine.

As to the turret, I half-agree with Nozeminer and Bogen; the style you've got sketched (in the sketch with the bull-bars) doesn't seem to really fit. Orkifying the older brown version might be a better way to go, IMHO.

Cheers,
Cal.

[GeNrul GroTamuNg...]

whaaaaauuuwwww wots this i see? looks dead ard buildin ya madmek!
like the secund versiun bettah with the teef un all
but uhm i would change the turrets in more ones

wots that?
ya wanna know how?

loot the fish'ead 's and 'umies 's em gunz and make them like the turrets from the
ww2 bismark battlecruiser!!!! it is in a sort of way a battle cruiser, eh?

[Penguin of Death]

The teefy bars are set too far forward and too low to relate to the headlights so they'll stay the way they are
I going to look at the options for the lights, the Diamond T truck that the cab is based on has light guards much like you describe (http://www.advancedtautactica.com/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=7604&st=0&sk=t&sd=a&sid=947f276910cdb907a33cd5548badd372), but I'm not sure if they'll end up obscuring the ligths too much
Alternatively I could put a second, smaller, set of quite generic pickup truck like bull bars over the lights and radiator

[swampy]

Hi that is a great concept for a battle fortress the 3d sketch ups are really cool, nice work, and the model is coming along nicely. The plasticard on the kab is great and using those plasticard girders goes a long way towards making something look heavy.

Will you eventually put armour plates on the tyres? i think this would look good and make them extra crushy.

looking forward to watching this monster grow

great stuff, cheers

[Luku]

Nice! Now you just need some hairy mic-I mean snotlings to turn up and ruin it all!

[Penguin of Death]

Teef! (still to get their second set of supports)