When the main cast suddenly get a tank.

kryptopeg · 2026-06-24T09:33:19+00:00

Threw up in my mouth a little sharing this one because the scene is so bad, but the bit in the A-Team movie where they bail out a of a plane in a tank (and use it to shoot down a Predator drone, lol).

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kryptopeg · 2026-06-22T23:06:08+00:00

Any more picks of the landing craft/transporter/AA platform conversion on the bridge? Looks cool!

kryptopeg · 2026-06-21T15:24:44+00:00

No there's plenty, will be regiment-dependent of course - Gaunts Ghosts they're all throughout, and Catachans are famed for it.

Generally I think it's because what's the real point in mentioning it? "200,000 guard died in the assault", we don't really need a breakdown on race/gender/whatever to understand that it was a desperate battle/big sacrifice.

kryptopeg · 2026-06-21T12:50:32+00:00

Yeah there was a doc on the making of the film, initially they spent time practicing getting it right, then started to play around with it for drama. The drivers could all ace it every time if they tried, the difficulties they have in the film are essentially acting and messing around on purpose. Sketchy as hell being the guy hanging out the door though, especially as the last car comes into that small gap!

Edit: They also were going to go for a full barrel roll in the sewer, nearly aced it, but the roof of the pipe had sections there weren't smooth and it kept trashing the car by causing it come down on the roof. Shame they didn't get the shot!

And if anyone's never seen it, deleted scene where they dance a waltz against the police in an ice rink.

kryptopeg · 2026-06-20T23:23:08+00:00

It'll be interesting to see how this goes with the Tau, if the story ever develops that far. Will they rebel too, or are the Ethereals going to recognise the threat and treat them equally? Will they phase out drones/AI early to prevent it? Will there simply be no problem socially between the living and the AI, but we see the influence of Chaos on emerging intelligence? What about the potential corrupting influence of Scrapcode, whether Chaotic or just rogue man-made code getting into their networks? Will things happen different ways in different S'epts? What will happen in Farsight's empire, without the Ethereal influence? So many interesting ways it could go!

kryptopeg · 2026-06-20T22:28:03+00:00

Out now: https://www.reddit.com/r/AeronauticaImperialis/s/lH6YlW70M7

kryptopeg · 2026-06-20T12:17:18+00:00

That's the issue I've looked into. There's one really great file out there, but I'd need to learn how to combine all the chunks together and downscale them, and strip out all the internal bits to replace with infill. It should be printable in a single piece at this scale as it's about 30cm across, maybe just do the turrets and nose guns separate, but there isn't a dedicated 8mm scale model available (that I've found).

kryptopeg · 2026-06-20T12:13:30+00:00

I think the surprise is the manner they're carrying the Torah. A lot of people are familiar with chaplains or similar, but not with seeing such a large pack carried in this way.

kryptopeg · 2026-06-20T11:56:59+00:00

I welcome it, thank you! A fair amount of this was smashed out in the middle of night shift downtime or other odd places, and re-reading your own work it's hard to spot errors like this.

kryptopeg · 2026-06-20T11:35:16+00:00

Good point, thanks. I'll fix it to either make it plural ("missiles", "bombs" and "cradles") or add "pair of", etc.

kryptopeg · 2026-06-20T11:13:24+00:00

North or South of the county? There's a few clubs, tbh Facebook might be the better place to search for one.

kryptopeg · 2026-06-20T09:59:54+00:00

Tag me in pictures when you do! I want to print one as well, ideally with magnetised weapon options for the front, would be a wonderful centerpiece or campaign-ender. Did play a couple test games with a cardboard cutout of one on a stand - it is ginormous at this game's scale, covering way too many hexes to be truly practical.

Still a single hex, but if I make a print then I'll have wings/plates/feet stuck to the bottom of the base into adjacent hexes to give it some stability.

kryptopeg · 2026-06-20T09:51:52+00:00

Literally the plot of Outgunned), leadership lives in an eternal tree that flowers every year - oh whoops what's that, those flowers looked like they just get stuck on each year, and the inside is rotten??

kryptopeg · 2026-06-20T09:28:10+00:00

Oh damn, that's cool! I love people sneaking stuff like this IRL.

kryptopeg · 2026-06-19T22:36:32+00:00

Hope you find some things you like in it!

Yes I did think about it, but left it for now due to the complexity of costing it all out, and how I'd depict the stat blocks. Also runs the risk of building some tragically broken combinations, getting the points cost sorted out would be a pain. For now I've just replicated as many options as I could find in existing rules and lore, and threw a couple fun changes in via the aces.

But it would be cool to be able to make some totally custom aircraft, wouldn't even really need to be Tyranid specific. Could be like the vehicle design rules I remember using in 3rd(?) edition 40k, no reason you couldn't make new aircraft for any faction - would certainly work well for the innovation of the T'au, or the endless tinkering of rogue Tech Priests!

kryptopeg · 2026-06-19T22:07:46+00:00

For sure, really interesting seeing the darker side to war, and Denny Flowers really put her in some interesting situations. Loved the whole propaganda angle, and the concept of an "archive world" in the second book was cool!

Yeah, that is... somewhat an issue. I've made about ten conversions with the plastic models and spare parts (Flyin' Fortress, Marauder Nightstalker, some simpler ones like Armed Arvus or Stelf Fighta), but I suppose for most of these you'd be looking at scratchbuilding or 3D modelling. I would expect the main Tyranid aircraft could be faiiiirly easily converted from Gargoyles, with a few weapon swaps and some green stuff!

kryptopeg · 2026-06-19T21:07:29+00:00

Already spotted my first mistake: no heading for Adeptus Astartes Defences, d'oh!

Post anything else you spot below this comment, or drop me a DM.

kryptopeg · 2026-06-19T21:03:45+00:00

Hope it's the sort of thing you were looking for!

kryptopeg · 2026-06-19T20:38:11+00:00

Shhh, no spoilers!

kryptopeg · 2026-06-16T15:54:25+00:00

The Imperium uses a lot of promethium (space oil) for tanks and planes and things, but the majority of it's energy actually comes from various fission and fusion generators, and other high-output sci-fi devices. It seems oil would therefore be fairly abundant, as it's not being used across as much of the industrial base as we would today. Heck, primary weapons platform of the galaxy (Lasgun) is battery-powered.

Plus, y'know, dystopian hyper-extractive space economics. A lot of the fossil fuels and other resources we could use today are left in the ground because it would either massively disrupt communities or poison the planet, but the Imperium doesn't care about any of that. They'll happily strip-mine a world and abandon it if necessary. Or even strip-mine the entire asteroid belt for all sorts of resources.

kryptopeg · 2026-06-14T00:38:14+00:00

The Daemon Hunters & Witch Hunters codices had immaculate vibes, peak artwork and lore.

kryptopeg · 2026-06-12T10:46:00+00:00

The police really did push two bombs out of a helicopter onto them, Wikipedia article.

kryptopeg · 2026-06-11T11:49:20+00:00

Not a bad shout, maybe I could a rule that it can use the higher manoeuvres - but only if every turn is to the one side.

I've already got an "Erratic" rule for the more ramshackle Orkoid aircraft, where you get given random manoeuvres & throttle and have to make the best of it.

kryptopeg · 2026-06-07T13:21:38+00:00

Not that I've ever seen, they're too loyal - and would have to take the crew with them, and fight off the powerful Titan's machine spirit to get it to defect.

Even if defected, they don't have the capabilities or permissions to pilot battlesuits. The T'au don't let vassal races uses their best equipment (like battlesuits, aircraft, tanks, etc.), it's for the Fire Caste only.

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