Unit Discussion/Previews

[aaglo]

BTW, there are some extremely cool battlewagons in that waaagh-site

I had a fun idea for the fidget in the battlefortress - but it's definitely not going to happen.

- a grot flies out of one of the side windows in the upper deck (which is yet unmade)
- an ork comes down the ladder after him and starts to chase the poor grot around the vehicle, the grot running away, flailing with hands in terror
- a bigger ork opens a window on the upper deck, puts his head out and with shaking his fist, shouts at the ork and grot running around.
- ork and grot stops bickering, climb back up to the fort, grot first
- when grot is on top, it kicks the ork in the face, and ork grabs grots leg and throws it into the ground
- after ork went inside, the grot climbs back up the ladder and goes inside


That would be fun, but time and megabyte-consuming animation, which would be so stupid thing to do as an unit animation

 

[LMR]

that would be unbelieveably cool! But true, it would be very time and megabyte consuming.

How about a shorter version?:

- a grot flies out of one of the side windows in the upper deck (which is yet unmade)
- an ork opens a window on the upper deck, puts his head out, shaking his fist and shouting at the grot
- the grot picks himself up and climbs back up to the fort
- both windows close

 

[aaglo]

By any means, that basically isn't any easier to do with pov-ray

 

[LMR]

Hahaha, ok. Would be a lot shorter tho

 

[aaglo]

Completely changing the subject: check out Tau Manta "miniature" at forgeworld
http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/scalemanta.htm
http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/acatalog/TAU_AIRCRAFT.html

Man, that's BIG! And Expensive as hell (895 £)

 

[LMR]

Oh my god! That thing CANNOT be called a miniature, it's huge!

Cool how it actually works tho, with the deployment level and stuff

 

[aaglo]

"They fill that... that thing with with an army, and call it a transport. That ship alone could destroy our battleforce simply by firingn a few salvos of all it's guns, or even just by landing it on top of us..."
- Gunner Aaglo, Narmenian Fighting Fists armour company

 

[Stormrage]

forty-eight Fire Warriors,
six Gun Drones,
Ethereal,
eight Tau Battlesuits,
two Devilfish troop carriers and
two Hammerhead battle-tanks.

Sixteen Long-Barrelled Burst Cannons,
Six Long-Barrelled Ion Cannons,
Two Heavy Rail Guns,
Missile Pods,
a battery of Seeker Missiles and
a Networked Markerlight turret.

 

[aaglo]

Here's a WIPP, #2 for the battlefortress. Yep, it's a handful
I still have to do (and add, of course ) the weapons: kannon & twinlinked big shootaz

Comments & suggestions are welcome.

 

[LMR]

Looks great! The only thing i would suggest is a grot falling out of the window...

 

[LMR]

Do you think that the Deth Kopta should be (as it is now) a replacement for the Stormboy for the Bad Moonz, or be available at Flight to the Bad Moonz and possibly the Evil Sunz?

 

[Stormrage]

Huh.. I think putting it at Flight sounds reasonable..

Aaglo..

 

[aaglo]

Yeah, I think that flight would be reasonable. And definitely it should be for evil sunz.

 

[aaglo]

Considering all things orky... I have this kind of retro-toy at my home.

And it spells "orkz" all over

 

[LMR]

Hehe, nice. Could do with a bit more orkifying

 

[aaglo]

Ok, I think the battlefortress model is pretty much complete... and I'm afraid I'll have to skip with the cool idea for the fidget. I think I would have better things to do for the 6 hours of animating requiring the thing you (and me) suggested



Anyhou, any suggestions here? (colours, weaponry, etc.)

BTW: I added the eagle-logo made by Quinzy to mine

 

[LMR]

No suggestions from me, looks great how it is!

 

[Stormrage]

Perfect. Rusty, gritty and shooty!

 

[aaglo]

Okay then - I'll start animating it soonish. The outrider is already done, but I'll post it with the battlefortress-behemont, in a sort-of David-Goliath -minipack.

 

[LMR]

Looking forward to it