Kraigen Posted June 21, 2006 Share Posted June 21, 2006 This is a sneak peek at the drop pod I am scratch building. The roof is sticky-tacked on, and some of the pieces are not seated completely because there is green stuff curing in the gaps. So it will be tighter once everything is finished. It sits on a 5" blast template and actually holds everything a drop pod should--5 terminators, 10 marines, or a dreadnought. (You do have to overlap the bases on the termies.) The ring (with the full arches) will slide up and lock onto magnets when the drop pod lands. I hope you like it, please feel free to leave comments and suggestions. I am thinking about cutting an angle down into the top where the roof meets the supports. That would allow me to add a round nozzle/clamp where the pod would be attached to the ship. I am also trying to decide what kind of decoration to use on the top of the fins (above the fins) and on the roof, if any. http://www.visiondancer.com/minis/droppodwip.jpg ++ UPDATE ++ New pictures on page 2! Thanks! Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/90084-kraigens-drop-pod-wip/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
pinkbunny Posted June 21, 2006 Share Posted June 21, 2006 beautiful, looks nice and arcane, it would look nice with something on top, maybe an engine. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/90084-kraigens-drop-pod-wip/#findComment-1036215 Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Q- Posted June 21, 2006 Share Posted June 21, 2006 This is the first scratch Drop Pod I actually like. Very unique and characterful. I hope the details and finish do justice to the concept. :blink: Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/90084-kraigens-drop-pod-wip/#findComment-1036217 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Obliterator Posted June 21, 2006 Share Posted June 21, 2006 Very Gothic, Oblit approves :tu: Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/90084-kraigens-drop-pod-wip/#findComment-1036241 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legacy40k Posted June 21, 2006 Share Posted June 21, 2006 I'm really liking that.. Not sure how anybody gets in or out.. but the idea is really good. A similar idea could be done using the new building sprues. It would look good for SoB, I hope your fluff makes your chapter fairly zealous and into overly ornate things. -Legacy40k Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/90084-kraigens-drop-pod-wip/#findComment-1036292 Share on other sites More sharing options...
angel robertson Posted June 21, 2006 Share Posted June 21, 2006 I does look very gothic but i kinda think it looks to much like a building. Perhaps angling in the top of the pod to a point would look less blocky? AR Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/90084-kraigens-drop-pod-wip/#findComment-1036295 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grey Knight Posted June 21, 2006 Share Posted June 21, 2006 I love it! the one thing i don't really like is the the roof "fins", i would cut some down so they have a bit of an angle, but other than that smallish detail it's the best scratch build ever! can we pleaze have instuctions? :tu: Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/90084-kraigens-drop-pod-wip/#findComment-1036331 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venerable Jazzman Posted June 21, 2006 Share Posted June 21, 2006 I am thinking about cutting an angle down into the top where the roof meets the supports. Think thats a good idea, maybe use a spare Rhino hatch or similar? Really like the idea, but at the moment it looks like a very Gothic shed. Just feel it needs some work on the whole 'blasted in from outer space' movement thing. I can just see these being fired from a barge in a CGI cut-sequence: really nice idea.. :tu: Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/90084-kraigens-drop-pod-wip/#findComment-1036334 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phallion Posted June 21, 2006 Share Posted June 21, 2006 (In the manner of a spoilt child) "I want one! I want one Now!" Looks fantastic! would you be willing to post your templates? KQD Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/90084-kraigens-drop-pod-wip/#findComment-1036346 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shinobi_soldier Posted June 21, 2006 Share Posted June 21, 2006 wow, looks good. i agree that it could use some obvious hatches, and a bit of angling of the roof, but its still the best scratch built ever. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/90084-kraigens-drop-pod-wip/#findComment-1036376 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaldoth Posted June 21, 2006 Share Posted June 21, 2006 Very nice pod mate! Probably the only scratchbuild Ive ever seen and liked! I demand a tuturial :) -Kaldoth Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/90084-kraigens-drop-pod-wip/#findComment-1036387 Share on other sites More sharing options...
T14 Posted June 21, 2006 Share Posted June 21, 2006 It looks great. :) add some tech at the top and you have a winner!! From what I understand of your disembarkation design, the fins NEED to be straight up for it to work. Post us a picture with the "door" cylinder up, as there seems to be a bit of confusion about that part still. truly wonderful cheers -t14 Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/90084-kraigens-drop-pod-wip/#findComment-1036390 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kraigen Posted June 22, 2006 Author Share Posted June 22, 2006 Thanks for the comments and suggestions! I would put up a pic with the ring up, but I've torn it apart at the moment to cut into the fins. (And I broke the ring earlier today when I was shoving green stuff into it--I used glue very sparingly to tack it together, eventually a plastic cement will provide a good bond.) My hope was that the ring design would eliminate the ambiguity surrounding the common ramp hatches (do they block LOS, do they give cover, etc, etc). For now, I will keep you waiting for more pictures. I work fairly slowly so please be patient! +++Edit: Oh yes, and please suggest any gubbins I can add to make it look more tech. I think the gothic is covered. :D Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/90084-kraigens-drop-pod-wip/#findComment-1036482 Share on other sites More sharing options...
aretziel Posted June 22, 2006 Share Posted June 22, 2006 looks good but as someone said, a bit like a building ... maybe add some hatch looking things, and as well some bolts and some more items that make it look like something made out of metal and assembled rather then built =) and when you get some paint on that one it will more show what it will be =) Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/90084-kraigens-drop-pod-wip/#findComment-1036510 Share on other sites More sharing options...
T14 Posted June 22, 2006 Share Posted June 22, 2006 I rather like it WITHOUT hatches. one way of teching it up would be through festooning all the plate edges with rivets, to make it look more like a vehicle and less like a building. Rivets can be made from clothes pin heads (fast, cheap, medium quality), model railway bits (fast, more expensive, high quality) or other, more esoteric methods, like PVA glue drops, etc. As for the engine I would make a central cylinder like a larger version of the land speeder ramjet engine. This should look "imbedded" in the roof cone, IMHO. Between fins I would model grav chutes/retro burners mimicking the visual style of Forgeworld's elysian drop trooper grav chutes. At the very base I would add Land speeder-esque anti-grav blocks If you make the windows of the ring deep enough, you can put in epic scale minis to serve as gothic statues. I am making gothic-windows-as-statue-niches for my MoS' personal Land Raider Crusader. I would be tempted to paint large parts of the Drop pod in metallic colors, with the "ring" kept in chapter colors, again to emphasize that it is a droppod, and that the ring is distinct from the rest of the vehicle. my tuppence Cheers -t14 Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/90084-kraigens-drop-pod-wip/#findComment-1036526 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commander Flintlock Posted June 22, 2006 Share Posted June 22, 2006 Greetings, fraters. I'm absolutely loving this pod, it just screams gothic to me. But I have to agree that it looks more like a building... berhaps add a tapered 'nose cone' at the bottom to emphasize that it is drobbed? At the moment, that thing's aerodynamics'd tear it apart. I concur with Templar14 about the need for an imbedded engine at the peak of the pod, and either landspeeder-style antigrav pads at the bottom, or smaller, downward-angled engines at each corner... Well, that's my 2 cents' worth. The pod's looking beautiful, Kraigen. Keep it up, and get some templates posted! Imperator omnipotens atque onisciens. Flintlock Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/90084-kraigens-drop-pod-wip/#findComment-1036560 Share on other sites More sharing options...
pinkbunny Posted June 22, 2006 Share Posted June 22, 2006 As for the engine I would make a central cylinder like a larger version of the land speeder ramjet engine. This should look "imbedded" in the roof cone, IMHO. I second that, it was what I was trying to say before, but templar14 got it exactly right Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/90084-kraigens-drop-pod-wip/#findComment-1036592 Share on other sites More sharing options...
konskrypt Posted June 22, 2006 Share Posted June 22, 2006 This is totally awesome. I agree with all previous frtaers who request and/or demand a tutorial and/or templates. PLEASE!!!!!! Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/90084-kraigens-drop-pod-wip/#findComment-1036714 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belchuil Posted June 22, 2006 Share Posted June 22, 2006 Nice, very nice, you have some very decent modelling skills. One thing though. I know drop pods aren't supposed to be the most mobile of things but that looks as aerodynamic as a brick. Good work. Yad Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/90084-kraigens-drop-pod-wip/#findComment-1036960 Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordXaras Posted June 22, 2006 Share Posted June 22, 2006 One thing though. I know drop pods aren't supposed to be the most mobile of things but that looks as aerodynamic as a brick. Haha, like every single Imperial flyer :) Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/90084-kraigens-drop-pod-wip/#findComment-1036977 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Obliterator Posted June 22, 2006 Share Posted June 22, 2006 One thing though. I know drop pods aren't supposed to be the most mobile of things but that looks as aerodynamic as a brick. :) Well, a brick and a drop pod should react the same when gravity catches them... Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/90084-kraigens-drop-pod-wip/#findComment-1036980 Share on other sites More sharing options...
aretziel Posted June 22, 2006 Share Posted June 22, 2006 One thing though. I know drop pods aren't supposed to be the most mobile of things but that looks as aerodynamic as a brick. :) Well, a brick and a drop pod should react the same when gravity catches them... heh ... the kind of got the same idea ... to drop =) Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/90084-kraigens-drop-pod-wip/#findComment-1037013 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hemal Posted June 22, 2006 Share Posted June 22, 2006 Yeah, but a drop-pod should fall faster than a brick.... Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/90084-kraigens-drop-pod-wip/#findComment-1037040 Share on other sites More sharing options...
aretziel Posted June 22, 2006 Share Posted June 22, 2006 Yeah, but a drop-pod should fall faster than a brick.... well yea ... don Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/90084-kraigens-drop-pod-wip/#findComment-1037078 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Gothard Posted June 22, 2006 Share Posted June 22, 2006 There's a formula for critical mass of objects on earth, but I don't know it. Anyway, I love the drop pod. I also dont like the roof fins much at all, but the concept is stunning. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/90084-kraigens-drop-pod-wip/#findComment-1037210 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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