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Light Tank

Post by Poor Raisins » Thu Mar 06, 2014 12:21 am

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So, this is my light tank for Brikwars use. As a light tank, it's meant for reconnaissance and to quickly infiltrate behind enemy lines and disrupt their movements/communications. It's not really a tank because treads are a bit expensive and I was going for the smallest, cheapest tank-thingy that still seated a minifig and looked nice. It's loosely based off the Soviet T-34.
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The minifig is a normal pilot

Tank Stats:
cost: 27cp
size: 4
Armor Rating: 3d10, 2d10 for back & underside
movement: 10"
Machine Gun: size 1
(Turret) Gun: size 2

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Re: Light Tank

Post by Silent-sigfig » Thu Mar 06, 2014 1:08 am

And I thought I was good at compact building.

This is brilliant, i may have to use some of the design features. What part is the ring mount for the turret?
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Re: Light Tank

Post by loafofcheese » Thu Mar 06, 2014 1:14 am

Silent-sigfig wrote: What part is the ring mount for the turret?
It appears to not use one.
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Re: Light Tank

Post by Silent-sigfig » Thu Mar 06, 2014 1:23 am

loafofcheese wrote:
Silent-sigfig wrote: What part is the ring mount for the turret?
It appears to not use one.
The ring that fits around the figs head.
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Re: Light Tank

Post by Poor Raisins » Thu Mar 06, 2014 2:20 am

It uses this
also I made instructions

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Re: Light Tank

Post by Zahru II » Thu Mar 06, 2014 2:45 am

I like this thing a lot, great work!
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Re: Light Tank

Post by The Shadowscythe » Thu Mar 06, 2014 3:17 am

This looks like something the 45th union would crap out in the millions.

I love it. Bravo old chappe.
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Re: Light Tank

Post by Tzan » Thu Mar 06, 2014 11:29 am

Great work!
Love the side cut away view.

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Re: Light Tank

Post by Zupponn » Thu Mar 06, 2014 2:28 pm

This is a fabulous tank. Poor raisins...
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Re: Light Tank

Post by Kommander Ken » Fri Mar 07, 2014 12:26 am

That's a damn good light tank.
I don't ever remember seeing that ring piece before though, which makes it all the more interesting for me.

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Re: Light Tank

Post by Poor Raisins » Fri Mar 07, 2014 1:14 am

yeah, I actually found out about it while I was looking up the parts I needed on bricklink. I originally used these and it was a bit more cramped for the minifig.

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Re: Light Tank

Post by BFenix » Fri Mar 07, 2014 8:32 pm

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Re: Light Tank

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Re: Light Tank

Post by Natalya » Sun Mar 09, 2014 9:50 pm

That is a pretty sweet ring piece. Nice tank.
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Re: Light Tank

Post by ikensall » Sat Mar 22, 2014 7:57 am

I like the non-fussy nature of all the flat surfaces and I also like it's small size. The only thing I would change is the gun barrel, and this is just my opinion, but for guns longer than 1" stacking cylinder pieces and nothing else doesn't do a build (especially one as neat as this) justice, and instead I would normally go for giving is some kind of little detail. Having said that, this is a very "clean" thing, so perhaps a simpler gun is fine. Still a pretty build.

ALSO: While you based it on a T-34, it reminds me of a French armoured car; http://www.army-technology.com/projects ... -vehicles/

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