Grav Car in progress

[droffset]

Hey folks,
I'm playing around with some ideas to experiment with 3D printing and thought it would be fun to get some feedback on this one. It's a sort of armored grav car.


armoredgravcar-ip001 by drOffset, on Flickr

Comments welcome, cheers

[inrepose]

My initial feedback would be that the grav "pods" (for want of a better word) are slightly too larger and need some texture detail. I also think the turret is too long and for such a futuristic hull it would be great to see something short and stumpy. Have a look at the tanks in the Gruntz rules for the sort of stumpy turrets I like.

[stroezie]

I like the size of the grav pods, I would like to see a weapon thats a little more advanced than the slug thrower youve got on there now.I actually prefer armored cars to tanks for skirmish games so I' m looking foreward to seeing where you go with this. Are you thinking of putting these up on shapeways or something when they are finished?

[Thorvir Hrothgaard]

The barrel looks a little old-fashioned for such a futuristic concept. Other than that, I have nothing else to add.

[peabody]

I like a grav-Ferret my self! Very cool.

[droffset]

I do love the look of the Ferret. Direct inspiration.

Thanks for the comments, better weapon mounts, more detail, look at the grav-pod thingies.

Edit:
I'm happy to make it available on Shapeways, but unfortunately I don't have the means to do traditional production run.

[anton970]

rather than the pod type things why not go for matrix style anti-grav round things?

farm4.static.flickr.com/3188/2885811302_d67399dff0_o.jpg

you could have them on the bottom half of the car?

and for a sci-fi type gun.. I found this whilst mooching about

static1.cornucopia3d.net/download/store/PictureFiles/Objects/Miscellaneous/Weapons/Sci-Fi/4_Sci_Fi_Stun_Gun_Vue_6_0_img.jpg

[droffset]

Cool stuff, I'll try the round things on the next one.

Had a chance to work on this a bit today.

Initial shapeways quote is a little higher than I'd like but I can get it lower.

It's the shipping that stings though... yowza.


armoredgravcar-ip002 by drOffset, on Flickr


armoredgravcar-ip003 by drOffset, on Flickr

[comstar]

That second version looks a lot better not sure with Gatling gun but other turrets look good

[inrepose]

Excellent work, I like the new turret selection. How about adding a second Gatling to the middle one.

Also the vehicle is exactly symmetrical. May I suggest some "Gubbins" sensors etc, or engine exhaust/bumps across the full vehicle and weapons but not symmetrical, so a laser sensor or light could sit on one side of the weapons. Adding lots of small non symmetrical details will really crank it up a notch.

[inrepose]

Have a look at some of the non-symetrical details on this vehicle. The all add some realism to it.

[stroezie]

The new weapons are looking great, I agree about the Gatling, double would be better.
Have you thought about making the whole design a bit smaller? I know most people always complain about vehicles being to small, but if you look at the pictures of the Ferrets above they're not really all that big.
I dunno , at the moment I get more of a light tank feel from it as opposed to an armored car, could just be me. Might be interesting to see what the rest of the crowd thinks.

[droffset]

Thanks for comments!
Double Gatling seems tasty.

Asymmetrical detail is a cool idea, that tank from the rulebook is sweet. Stowage, bedrolls, etc would be a good path to that as well.

Yeah, it's a bit big, maybe it's more of a Grav-Stuart than a Grav-Ferret, I'll try printing it a bit smaller also.

I'm worried about printing that small an item with the basic shapeways material. I sent off a print order this morning, so we'll know in about three weeks.

If you're curious here's the test item I sent off, just to see how it comes out.
www.shapeways.com/model/778184/gravcartest07combo.html?li=productBox-search

The print was $10 and the shipping was $20, haha, so I combined a few different projects in one batch.

I'm thinking, instead of printing the object itself, maybe cutting it in half and printing the setup to make a mold right off the bat, and do resin casts like a Hirst Arts setup. We'll see, early days...

[lordnth]

I would leave it at one gatling but add to the function of it. Make it able to raise up to provide anti missile or anti air defense. Add in a target system on the side in favor of double the ammo usage.

[stroezie]

@ lordnth

That actually makes a lot more sense, anti-air is all to often overlooked imo.