Man Battlestations Forum
Modeling => The Shipyard => Topic started by: Andrewchristlieb on January 19, 2015, 12:11:48 am
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So I'm not a big fan of the drop off at the top and bottom of the Sorylian cruisers near the engines and I have a bunch of these bits that I really don't want to magnetize for cruisers or heavys. So enter the xacto knife and superglue...
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-c-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xfa1/v/t1.0-9/1511137_986952404668073_6817272447305028770_n.jpg?oh=47ec072eacdd9cdb217b161da6da14aa&oe=555ECDA4&__gda__=1428779508_d7b905657930ecdf2cc67fb54192d065)
(https://scontent-b-atl.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xap1/v/t1.0-9/10940535_986952411334739_3290979977398843696_n.jpg?oh=217ee578b34b6bbc2e6964c872638498&oe=552F94B6)
(https://scontent-a-atl.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xap1/v/t1.0-9/10492464_986952408001406_2184209859477536230_n.jpg?oh=b190192367141c8da3ee492284cfc66d&oe=552E7B64)
Not the greatest pics, but they should do to get the point across. Anyway what do we think, do I have a hit or a miss here? Thanks for your input!
For reference here are the Heavy cruiser, cruiser, and battleship from the rear so you can see what they normally look like:
(http://www.spartangames.co.uk/wp/wp/wp-content/spartanimg/sorylian-patrol-fleet-2.jpg)
And another shot of the cruiser so you can see the dropoff where I added the engine pieces.
(http://www.spartangames.co.uk/wp/wp/wp-content/spartanimg/sorylian-patrol-fleet-6.jpg)
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Nice!
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That looks really good. I don't mind the way they look at all, but I do like what you've done. Maybe a Command Cruiser or for a heavy cruiser squad or something. Can you take a few shots of the whole cruiser with the extra engines? I'd like to see how they look in their entirety.
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I like the conversion! It's a neat idea. It would make sense to give the ship some kind of maneuverability or speed upgrade as a result ;).
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Thanks guys! Luckily the cruisers have a speed upgrade. ;D It's a shame the heavy cruisers don't though. :-[
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-d-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xfp1/v/t1.0-9/1610868_987715154591798_7277684693846085801_n.jpg?oh=2899b684285a3a9613912d7c6f0d2874&oe=55673128&__gda__=1428976307_826b04916b01e53fd0982768c4d9985d)
(https://scontent-b-atl.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xap1/v/t1.0-9/10357197_987715151258465_665619828476793286_n.jpg?oh=93b1450bbf916641d2abf209cdc42c6d&oe=556220E6)
Couple wider shots.
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Thanks! It looks really good!
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Great idea!
Any updated pics on these? Also, did u get the extra engines from the cruzr box or Ptrl flt box?
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Sorry for the delay in replying, I've been busy with painting some, gasp!, 40k stuff and haven't had a lot of time to stay up on my forums :P. The extras come in the patrol fleet box and I am hopefully going to be getting around to these and finishing up a few more Firestorm projects in the coming months (assuming I don't get swamped with other projects as I am want to do). :P
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Like Mark I didn't mind the look but this is a cool idea.
Firestorm doesn't see a lot of conversion work or custom builds like other games do (maybe the sculpts are just that good...). So I think it's cool to see little conversions like this one.