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Title: Tanks
Post by: Shrike on January 16, 2004, 04:28:45 am
Just a couple models I've been working on.

(http://www.3dap.com/hlp/staff/shrike/ht48a_m8_6.jpg)
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Post by: Ashrak on January 16, 2004, 07:10:46 am
interesting.....2nd one is better needs better textures though
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Post by: Singh on January 16, 2004, 07:38:12 am
cool :tup:
<----happens to be in Armor HQ, and walks through sheds of tanks everyday :)

Pity all old tanks tho....nothing like the good ones you have today :/
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Post by: Gloriano on January 16, 2004, 09:56:11 am
Quite nice desings so both are cool :)
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Post by: Ashrak on January 16, 2004, 11:26:39 am
gauss or railguns by any chance? :p
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Post by: Darkage on January 16, 2004, 01:28:18 pm
if it is a railgun then the tank would be launched instead of the projectile:p
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Post by: pyro-manic on January 16, 2004, 01:31:22 pm
2 is better, but the turret is a bit narrow. :)
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Post by: Shrike on January 16, 2004, 02:36:13 pm
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Originally posted by Ashrak
gauss or railguns by any chance? :p
Neither.  Both use DEWs.
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Post by: mikhael on January 16, 2004, 03:04:37 pm
Man. That Mountain Dew is some bad ****. Way too much caffiene for a yellow soda. No wonder you can use the cans as tank shells.
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Post by: Martinus on January 16, 2004, 05:01:54 pm
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Originally posted by Shrike
Neither.  Both use DEWs.

[color=66ff00]Oy Vey!

Nice work. :nod:
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Post by: Setekh on January 16, 2004, 08:28:26 pm
I like the grey one a lot. Get them to shoot something. :)
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Post by: Rictor on January 16, 2004, 09:07:32 pm
I too prefer the design of the grey one. I think you should bulk it up a bit. It sort of looks too flat to be powerful. Its needs some stuff in front of and behind the turret. Especially behind. Go looks at pictures of an M1 Abrams tanks to see what I mean.

Now make a URRS Hydra krawl :):)
Those things a HUGE.
Title: Tanks
Post by: Shrike on January 17, 2004, 02:57:37 am
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Originally posted by Rictor
I too prefer the design of the grey one. I think you should bulk it up a bit. It sort of looks too flat to be powerful. Its needs some stuff in front of and behind the turret. Especially behind. Go looks at pictures of an M1 Abrams tanks to see what I mean.
The reasons M1s have such big turrets it because they're cramming three people plus a bunch of ammunition into the turret.  By contrast, the turret on the HT48 (the grey one) is entirely unmanned, hence why it's so narrow.
Title: Tanks
Post by: Shrike on January 17, 2004, 06:30:40 am
Partially detailed external smartmissile cannisters added to the HT48.

(http://www.3dap.com/hlp/staff/shrike/ht48a_13.jpg)
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Post by: Sheepy on January 17, 2004, 07:41:08 am
btw is it a hover tank?
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Post by: diamondgeezer on January 17, 2004, 08:09:21 am
God dammit, this thread made me dream about tanks last night. I dreamt I was playing my little bro at Tiberian Sun, and all I had defending my GDI base wasa Baneblade from Epic 40K. He sent in a vast army of Basilisks from WH40K and I got whooped :hopping:
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Post by: an0n on January 17, 2004, 08:24:20 am
And you put the reflection of the right tank in the floor! Kudos.
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Post by: aldo_14 on January 17, 2004, 08:27:44 am
Neat.
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Post by: Flaser on January 17, 2004, 09:32:58 am
You should add some edges to show where the actual barrel begins to show how they can aim the thing.
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Post by: Shrike on January 17, 2004, 04:44:15 pm
It rotates at the centrepoint of the box targeting sensor, as seen here:

(http://www.3dap.com/hlp/staff/shrike/ht48a_14.jpg)
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Post by: Gloriano on January 18, 2004, 10:54:24 am
:) :yes:
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Post by: Knight Templar on January 18, 2004, 01:29:50 pm
Me likes.
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Post by: Nico on January 18, 2004, 01:40:18 pm
Me too, save for the fact they're overtanks. I don't like overtanks, they don't look as mean w/o the tracks.
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Post by: Flaser on January 19, 2004, 11:30:09 am
Add a plastic skirt and place an armored intake like the one the F-35 has on the top and you can even dub it a 22-23'rd century hovertank.

AWSOME model BTW.
Title: Tanks
Post by: Shrike on January 19, 2004, 01:42:27 pm
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Originally posted by Flaser
Add a plastic skirt and place an armored intake like the one the F-35 has on the top and you can even dub it a 22-23'rd century hovertank.
But..... why?  If I wanted it to have hoverskirts I'd have designed it with hoverskirts. ;)

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AWSOME model BTW. [/B]
Thank you.
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Post by: Vilkacis on January 19, 2004, 02:32:37 pm
I hope you're going to add detail underneath, because as it is it appears to float midair for no apparent reason and looks like it would be flung around by recoil quite easily
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Post by: delta_7890 on January 19, 2004, 03:10:47 pm
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Originally posted by Vilkacis
I hope you're going to add detail underneath, because as it is it appears to float midair for no apparent reason and looks like it would be flung around by recoil quite easily


It's a hover tank.  >>;
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Post by: mikhael on January 19, 2004, 03:35:34 pm
And hovertanks don't have the benefit of surface friction to keep them in place when they fire the big guns so, um, you know THEY'LL BE FLUNG AROUND BY RECOIL QUITE EASILY.
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Post by: Vilkacis on January 19, 2004, 03:54:29 pm
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Originally posted by delta_7890
It's a hover tank.  >>;
I understood that, but right now it looks like it floats by magic because there's no visible engine exhaust or something that could keep it afloat, unless it really does float by means of magic powers.
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Post by: Kamikaze on January 19, 2004, 03:57:47 pm
How about using counter-thrusters?
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Post by: Shrike on January 20, 2004, 12:50:42 am
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Originally posted by Vilkacis
I hope you're going to add detail underneath, because as it is it appears to float midair for no apparent reason and looks like it would be flung around by recoil quite easily
Dunno.  Do you consider antigravity and forcefields to be magic?  And yes, they'll be details down there, but not much.  Tanks don't normally have a great deal of interesting stuff on their bottoms.

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Originally posted by mikhael
And hovertanks don't have the benefit of surface friction to keep them in place when they fire the big guns so, um, you know THEY'LL BE FLUNG AROUND BY RECOIL QUITE EASILY.
They only have the benefit of field lifters.  Surface friction is unneeded to deal with recoil, which will be limited with DEWs anyhow.  Would you buy that it has an internal inertial control and dampening system?

Maybe I should clarify.  These vehicles do not fly with surface effect and vectored thrust, they fly via gravity manipulation and forcefield repellers.
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Post by: mikhael on January 20, 2004, 09:12:06 pm
Hey, if you're talking gravitic manipulators and field repellers, anything goes. I was just reiterating the point for Delta, since he seemed to have missed the fact that the recoil problem is why modern hovercraft don't carry large weapons today. ;)

Now. Show us the bottom of these craft. I'm curious how they park, etc. Oh, and let us see the gunnery and driver stations.
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Post by: KillMeNow on January 24, 2004, 02:02:32 pm
just afew comment if its a directed energy wepon why is the barel rifled and wouldn't be better off witha polished lense on the end too if its some sort of plasma confinement system then the  inside of teh barrels should  well the shoudl being going round the barrle not down along its length

that said the model is awesome - there alot of work in that beast - well thought out general design
 would be interesting tos ee any concept sketch you did and a wireframe
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Post by: Shrike on August 04, 2005, 01:27:15 am
(http://www.3dap.com/hlp/staff/shrike/ht48a_34.jpg)
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Post by: Rott3 on August 04, 2005, 07:20:15 am
That is a quite erotic tank. What happen to other pics, tho? I would like to see the progress.
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Post by: Kie99 on August 04, 2005, 09:46:44 am
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Originally posted by Rott3
That is a quite erotic tank.


Erotic? :wtf:
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Post by: Taristin on August 04, 2005, 09:59:26 am
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Originally posted by kietotheworld


Erotic? :wtf:


Sexy.
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Post by: Rott3 on August 04, 2005, 10:39:42 am
:nod: Raa gets some Headz
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Post by: Grug on August 05, 2005, 06:33:22 am
Nice. :yes:

My only critic would be to maybe show the panels on the front a bit more, either in the texture or the model.

But an awsome tank none-the-less! ^_^
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Post by: Carl on August 05, 2005, 06:54:03 am
fix the old pics!
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Post by: Cobra on August 13, 2005, 07:00:31 pm
yes! fix! i can't see!

last pic looks super though. :yes: