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Heldrake has no respect for your laws of physics


TheEyeOfNight

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In the course of reading the 8th edition rulebook, I was fascinated by the statement that all vehicles with bases (i.e. flyers) do their measurements from the base and not the hull.

 

And by "fascinated", I mean my brain immediately went "Do something stupid with a flyer!"

 

Full showcase video (about 1 min) over at the YouTube: https://youtu.be/WvTntyD86cw

 

 

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i'm more curious about the total weight

 

i imagine you had to drill out the statue quite a bit to add a decent counterweight

 

The statue, thankfully, is a hollow model so no drilling involved. Just filled with it gravel, then sand, then poured thinned-out glue in the mix to turn it all solid. The whole apparatus, thanks to my kitchen scale, clocks in at 368 grams. 73 of those are the Heldrake itself, the rest is all counterbalance. Levers, fulcrums, and all, I think. I watched Bill Nye as a kid, that's all my expertise on the matter.

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i'm more curious about the total weight

 

i imagine you had to drill out the statue quite a bit to add a decent counterweight

 

The statue, thankfully, is a hollow model so no drilling involved. Just filled with it gravel, then sand, then poured thinned-out glue in the mix to turn it all solid. The whole apparatus, thanks to my kitchen scale, clocks in at 368 grams. 73 of those are the Heldrake itself, the rest is all counterbalance. Levers, fulcrums, and all, I think. I watched Bill Nye as a kid, that's all my expertise on the matter.

 

 

well omnissiah be praised for Bill Nye the tech magos guy

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For the longest time I didn't realize the heldrake was attached to the statue and I thought you were using opposing magnets to keep the thing afloat.

 

I tried really hard to do a floating Monolith that way. Turns out it really doesn't work so well, balancing on magnetic fields is borderline impossible without some fancy gadgetry. But it was a nice attempt

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We alll know bill nye in 40k is cawl.

 

Great job, and a great idea, you can certainly create some unique battle dioramas with this guy

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Did you add weights to the statue to make it stand?

As TheEyeOfNight had already said:

The statue, thankfully, is a hollow model so no drilling involved. Just filled with it gravel, then sand, then poured thinned-out glue in the mix to turn it all solid. The whole apparatus, thanks to my kitchen scale, clocks in at 368 grams. 73 of those are the Heldrake itself, the rest is all counterbalance. Levers, fulcrums, and all, I think. I watched Bill Nye as a kid, that's all my expertise on the matter.

By the way, I love the idea. It's sure to confuse and mess with some opponents, and yet isn't cheating in any way. Brilliant.

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