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Post by WaspeaterDan on Jun 21, 2024 9:04:28 GMT -9
Previously on Cardboard Warriors... It's a lovely model, but not appropriate for Gorkamorka........ Although my friend Rob and me had a great time resurrecting Gorkamorka (and I am still doodling ideas for the teased Rebel Grot mob), Rob realised that his eldest son is now of an age to be indoctrinated with the wargaming bug and as such we should focus our efforts on the new hotness in GW skirmish gaming - 2nd Edition Necromunda - with many shiny new models that Rob can buy ...... for his son. Luckily for my love of Mad-Max-esque carnage, vehicles have been added to the game along with rules for playing in the Ash Wastes outside of the Underhive, hence my Samsara kitbash. Although a Rhino APC is still not suitable as a vehicle for a Necromunda gang (actual military vehicles in the hands of gangers being frowned upon by the authorities), there are certainly organisations on planet that make use of them, not least the Imperial Fist chapter of Space Marines who recruit from the population. Now I know it'll be half buried in the shifting ash of the wastes - a long lost relic of a forgotten battlefiled.
I theoretically could have carefully worked out in advance exactly which parts I'd need for the "Help me Step-Tank, I'm stuck!" pose I'm aiming for, but why would I do that when I can make the whole thing and then hack it in half with a utility knife? The Rhino Build
The hull and track subassemblies go together in a straightforward way, they're all pretty simple boxes ![](https://i.postimg.cc/G9cfdGfL/PXL-20240621-145949337.jpg) When adding the detail pieces I cut the exhaust shrouds with extra tabs so I could avoid edge-gluing (sharpied in the brown colour I used for edging)
And it all came together very nicely ![](https://i.postimg.cc/6yZbhc2h/PXL-20240621-163611925.jpg) No critcism of ignatious 's work, it's an issue with the GW original, but with this hatch placement where the shuddering f@#k is the road wheel suspension supposed to be?
Anyway, I'm gonna cut off part of the bottom of the Rhino something like this:- And then stick it down to a flat secton of kris 's excellent rubble texture printed on cardstock to give the impression the missing part is under the surface of the ash. Then I'll use the scrunching technique from his tutorial video to cover roughly half of the tank, embedding it in an ash dune. Seriously, just look at it. Awesome.
![](https://i.postimg.cc/crJwxLZt/PXL-20240621-125613839.jpg)
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Post by WaspeaterDan on Jun 21, 2024 13:23:07 GMT -9
The Rhino Defiled
I came up with a method to mark level lines that kinda worked. And the first few cuts looked okay. But once I was cutting through multiple layers of card at right angles to each other simultaneously I was reduced to sawing away in a ham-fisted fashion. Ewwwwww.
The severed bits went back inside as reinforcement and I tidied the ragged edges.
Starting to look like I imagined. Thinking about how the dune will work.
![](https://i.postimg.cc/7C1C4fsz/PXL-20240621-215101787-2.jpg)
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Post by Punkrabbitt on Jun 21, 2024 20:54:37 GMT -9
WaspeaterDan you have accomplished what I have only imagined!
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Post by ignatious on Jun 22, 2024 16:59:31 GMT -9
I really like this.
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Post by Antohammer on Jun 23, 2024 3:03:42 GMT -9
AWESOME!!!!!
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Post by WaspeaterDan on Jun 23, 2024 13:28:50 GMT -9
The Dune Before making the main dune glomping on to the hull I needed to cover the gaps between the roughly cut bottom of the Rhino and the flat base. I reckoned that if the prevailing wind was piling up ash on one side then maybe a smaller amount would also gather in the lee of the Rhino, protected by its bulk from being blown away. I made patterns for the bases of these leeward ash piles. Then followed kris 's tutorial video, starting with the piece that goes under the hull, which led to a good looking result that fit well between the tracks ....... but I'd built it backwards ![:'(](//storage.proboards.com/3210488/images/K3bXV2AXDSAOAKpiFlqf.jpg) . ![](https://i.postimg.cc/VSyYNrzD/PXL-20240623-175146944.jpg) Luckily I know me so I had copies ready to go in case of kack-handedness. Take two was sucessful. Sidebar - kris , is there some secret technique to stop everything (desk, fingers, cutting board, build etc etc) getting covered in nasty hot glue spiderwebs? or I am being justly punished for buying a cheapo glue gun?
Then I built up the shape of the main dune. Kris's rubble pile technique again, but as there was no baseplate to fold the scrunched paper under, I folded it back under itself and then glued it down. Not sure how useful this photo is.
I covered up any remaining unsightly gaps with a combination of small 'pebbles' of rubble pile and some alien grass tufts I picked up at a FLGS. ![](https://i.postimg.cc/rKWZkKY8/PXL-20240623-191736627.jpg) I imagined that more dew would condense on the metal surfaces than the general wasteland terrain, allowing a few scrubby plants to grow - but it's still a hyper-polluted post-industrial hellhole so sickly pink scrubby plants. As I was finishing up and edging the base I saw a glob of hot glue had hit the bottom of the rear hatch, even trying to carefully peel it away stripped the top printed layer of the card away leaving an unsightly blank spot. I decided to lean into it, gouged a hole there and used a brown felt pen to make it look heavily corroded. Maybe this hole is damage from weapons fire, maybe it just rusted through, either way I am highly amused that my tank now has an arsehole. Glamour Shots
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Post by Vermin King on Jun 23, 2024 13:38:12 GMT -9
Three things -- 1) Real stinking cool 2) kris is an absolute genius 3) Even though I have zero use for this, I want one
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Post by WaspeaterDan on Jun 23, 2024 13:42:42 GMT -9
Thank you very much, it is immensly satisfying when something turns out almost exactly as you imagined it.
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Post by Vermin King on Jun 23, 2024 13:53:02 GMT -9
Actually, a fourth thing. I think it was in this thread, that I mentioned it here, but on other forums I also mentioned it, too. cardboard-warriors.proboards.com/thread/9657/vks-wasteland-motors At one time I was hoping to use all those stupid buggies in an ATV game. I have had many failed experiments on the terrain that the buggies would have to negotiate, but kris's method could be used to create the elements far easier than my pure paper versions. Craters, embankments, etc. would be far easier with this method, too, than anything I have come up with
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Post by ignatious on Jun 23, 2024 13:56:34 GMT -9
What the... that's awesome! This makes me so happy that I modded that thing. You've already put it to better use than I likely ever will.
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Post by ignatious on Jun 23, 2024 13:59:06 GMT -9
It's also ridicules that both of you posted in the time it took me to post that one sentence.
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Post by WaspeaterDan on Jun 23, 2024 14:01:02 GMT -9
Without the mod I never would have come up with the idea.
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Post by kris on Jun 24, 2024 0:49:57 GMT -9
Looks super cool. Re: wisps... ...My newer (£15) glue-gun seems better than my last (£5) glue-gun - but still... wisps are just a part of my life now ![:)](//storage.proboards.com/3210488/images/5MiMMQTCgM0u6YJcjVMr.jpg)
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Post by Punkrabbitt on Jun 24, 2024 15:46:52 GMT -9
That is so amazing!
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