AnonymousDFB1 Posted June 7, 2010 Posted June 7, 2010 (edited) When: 4th February 2012 till 30th June 2012 Hosts: Walrus and Deon Edited December 22, 2011 by Mish Date added
Deon Posted June 7, 2010 Posted June 7, 2010 woohoo! ive got something planned already, now Ive a year and a half to find the bits
AnonymousFO98 Posted June 7, 2010 Posted June 7, 2010 Thanks again Mish So far we have: Co-Hosts Deon Walrus Chief Engineers Richellis Devilfish CliffB ChrisITA Pilgrim Uk Grufsnik Bill Neill Phil W Mish Doug Rogers Muller Osirsia Dan Christopher If I have missed anyone off the list please let me know. Am looking forward to this GB as it will afford for most of us an adventure into new realms of modelling. Plenty of time to sort out rules and definitions, but the main thing is to have a blast. and welcome aboard the GB of Futures Past chaps!
Pilgrim_UK Posted June 7, 2010 Posted June 7, 2010 (edited) These are all the links for the previous thread a reference guide for anybody who needs a wee bit of a nudge. If anybody has anymore add them to the list. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steampunk http://steampunkworkshop.com/keyboard.shtml http://www.sillof.com/C-Steampunk-SW.htm http://starwarsblog.starwars.com/index.php...gory/steampunk/ http://www.scifi-meshes.com/forums/showthr...&viewfull=1 http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http:/...ved=0CCkQ9QEwCA http://www.dreamnation.fsnet.co.uk/battle2.html http://www.dustgame.com/ http://www.maschinenkrueger.com/joomla/ind...r&Itemid=12 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aerial_Steam_Carriage http://www.worldwarrobot.com/ http://www.smog1888.com/ Edited June 13, 2010 by Pilgrim_UK
Phil W Posted June 7, 2010 Posted June 7, 2010 (edited) It gives me time to get the bits together too! Edited June 7, 2010 by Phil W
AnonymousFO98 Posted June 7, 2010 Posted June 7, 2010 Thanks for that Pilgrim! Me too Phil. I think if I can get some old ship bits together it will be a whole lot easier to bash than scratch
Christopher Posted June 9, 2010 Posted June 9, 2010 I like the timeframe - what I have planned is elaborate and going to take a bit of planning. I was thinking of an imaginary Vice-Regal transport from British Empire days.
AnonymousFO98 Posted June 11, 2010 Posted June 11, 2010 Ditto Christopher Have received a bit of a boost thanks to a generous member of the Sheffield model Group. Have a Tamiya 1/700 Shokaku WW2 aircraft carrier kit to play with, I really like the look of it, tbh. If it was 1/350 I would just have to build it as it comes oob! Any hoo it looks like I have a basic frame work and some of the parts will be really useful! There are no instructions, but they are for cissies, and it isn't like I am going to need them
CliffB Posted June 26, 2010 Posted June 26, 2010 Looking forward to this one (I think ). My current plans are based on a steam powered Vickers Vimy Commercial. See you all down the road. Cliff
Pilgrim_UK Posted June 26, 2010 Posted June 26, 2010 I just purchased this fellow to go alongside with my build. Im thinking a steam flyer. Its a representation of Calbraith Perry Rodgers. (i didnt know who he was either)
AnonymousFO98 Posted June 27, 2010 Posted June 27, 2010 (edited) Cool and cool chaps That is a nice looking sculpt Pilgrim I knew who he was and didn't even have to copy and paste his name into the Google search engine Edited June 27, 2010 by walrus
CliffB Posted October 1, 2010 Posted October 1, 2010 When: TBA (late 2011/Early2012)Hosts: Walrus and Deon When it comes to setting the dates, could I put in a personal request please for the GB to start by 1st November at the latest (if that's OK)? Thanks Cliff
Deon Posted October 1, 2010 Posted October 1, 2010 May it be so Although I just gave the base model for my steam flying sub to a freind, so Ill have to come up with another idea... ahhh there's one.. Colonial land ship, floated by antigravetium mined from Tibet, Nepal and India ( that's what the east iNdia company were really after) with steam powered grapnels for hauling up slopes, a brace of gatling guns and a hold full of bootnecks
AnonymousFO98 Posted October 1, 2010 Posted October 1, 2010 It's down to Mish Cliff Wot for you give your steampunk bitz away for Deon?
Deon Posted October 2, 2010 Posted October 2, 2010 It's down to Mish Cliff Wot for you give your steampunk bitz away for Deon? The base model was a 1/48th tempest, to be reversed and upturned to make a 1/72 steam sub with wings, but a friend wanted to try one, so off it goes Ive been waiting years to get the land ship project going and nows the chance, my only quandary is whether to attach tracked tripod outriggers, or leave it as a floater. I might scribble some rough plans and let the massive decide.
AnonymousFO98 Posted October 2, 2010 Posted October 2, 2010 (edited) Don't like the sound of a floater A 1/48 Tempest?!? it gets worse Sounds good stuff and yes we like concept designs! Edited October 2, 2010 by walrus
CPNGROATS Posted October 2, 2010 Posted October 2, 2010 Add me to this crowd...I'm thinking of something from the John Carter of Mars series of novels by Edgar Rice Burrows. Some flying machine from the Helium Empire.... Cheers, ggc
AnonymousFO98 Posted October 2, 2010 Posted October 2, 2010 Sounds Ace ggc! Didn't know Tarzan went to Mars
CPNGROATS Posted October 2, 2010 Posted October 2, 2010 (edited) Burrows wrote more than just the Tarzan series....John Carter, ex US Cival war soldier, gets teleported to MARS and since the gravity on Earth is heavier than Mars he is possessed with above average strength and agility [ by Martian standards] good thing too, since the bad guy "green" martians are 10 feet tall and have four arms. The good Martians are red and John Carter joins forces with the red Martians of Helium to wage war with the green guys....The warring powers have lighter than air ships and airiel battle royal is commonplace... A good read if your of the mind.... HeliumCheers, ggc Edited October 2, 2010 by CPNGROATS
AnonymousFO98 Posted October 2, 2010 Posted October 2, 2010 Dohh! Still fink it woulda been better wiv Tarzan Sounds interesting. I would like to hear the talking book narrated by a famous actor sucking on the helium
CPNGROATS Posted October 2, 2010 Posted October 2, 2010 That would be cool, say..... Sir Richard Burton sounding a bit like Donald Duck .... Cheers, ggc
Fifer54 Posted October 2, 2010 Posted October 2, 2010 Dohh! Still fink it woulda been better wiv Tarzan Sounds interesting. I would like to hear the talking book narrated by a famous actor sucking on the helium The thought of (say) Brian Blessed on Helium absolutely cracks me up!!!
CPNGROATS Posted October 2, 2010 Posted October 2, 2010 Burrows wrote more than just the Tarzan series....John Carter, ex US Cival war soldier, gets teleported to MARS and since the gravity on Earth is heavier than Mars he is possessed with above average strength and agility [ by Martian standards] good thing too, since the bad guy "green" martians are 10 feet tall and have four arms. The good Martians are red and John Carter joins forces with the red Martians of Helium to wage war with the green guys....The warring powers have lighter than air ships and airiel battle royal is commonplace...A good read if your of the mind.... HeliumCheers, ggc A more literate thought on John Carter.... "YEATES: J. C. is an enigma, an eternal fighting man who never ages, but always appears about thirty. When the story begins he has just lost everything in the American War Between the States where he was a Captain from Virginia, so he heads west in search of gold. While hiding from Apaches in a mysterious Arizona cave he is overcome by some sort of gas, loses consciousness, and wakes up having separated from his earthly body, which appears to be lying dead at his feet. Looking out of the cave at the night sky he sees the planet Mars, his god, the god of the fighting man, and is mystically, instantly, teleported there. Or something like that. " BTW Disney is working on an animated feature film "John Carter of Mars" scheduled for release in 2012.. Martian Cheers, ggc
AnonymousFO98 Posted October 2, 2010 Posted October 2, 2010 It's late and the brain is playing tricks. now I have this: The thought of (say) Brian Blessed on Helium absolutely cracks me up!!! + This: Disney is working on an animated feature film "John Carter of Mars" scheduled for release in 2012. = Brian Blessed singing helium squeeky Disney songs a la Pocahontas! How on Mars am I supposed to get to sleep tonight?
AnonymousDFB1 Posted October 2, 2010 Author Posted October 2, 2010 When it comes to setting the dates, could I put in a personal request please for the GB to start by 1st November at the latest (if that's OK)?Thanks Cliff Sorry Cliff the patten for 2011 is full unless a GB fails an gets pulled.
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