This made my day.....I will take two!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PEU_201IfI
This made my day.....I will take two!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PEU_201IfI
Record 2012
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"If you get close to Mephiston he will give you Death by Roo Roo!"
Blood Angels:
http://abarb.blogspot.com/
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That's actually a Blood Ravens rhino. I was working for THQ when they had this made for the Dawn of War II promotions. They used to send out in progress shots of it. They are floating around the interwebs somewhere and are quite interesting.Originally Posted by Abarb
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Record 2012
8-8-3
"If you get close to Mephiston he will give you Death by Roo Roo!"
Blood Angels:
http://abarb.blogspot.com/
I love this video. This is some kind of skinned over exiting military transport if I recall correctly. This video has been floating around the interwebs since the launch of DoW II
Matt
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Still cool. If I owned a big ranch I'd totally have one, probably based off something more mundane like a Cat.
I am pretty sure it is built off an Army M577 mobile command post.
Its similar to the Bradley IFV/Bradley Linebacker system but a much smaller chassis.
http://news.webshots.com/photo/10505...34874941VebuxS
Thats the M113, but the 577 is similar with a taller crew area
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- General George Patton Jr
"Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for I am the baddest mother f***er in the God damn valley"
-Staff Sgt Siek (Jarhead)
After looking at the pic, my level of being impressed by their conversion went WAY down.
I thought it a M113/m577 chassis too until I looked at the video again (having spent a share of my REMF time in M577's and M113's) and noticed that the engine and driver hatch are switched. It is also too short to be the 577.
That is based on the Brit FV432 according to THQ's website - a M113 comparable, easily.
There was still a LOT of heavy metal type conversion to this thing - it is not a bolt on sheet metal superstructure. Looking at them smash cars and go through mud is cool and all, but there is definately some structural engineering at work here - no dents or dings in the hull. With the tonnage that thing is caring around they probably had to cut and rebuild it out of armored plating - especially where they extended its nose out front and the side-skirts - or we'd see where it damaged itself.
I wonder what it's real armor value would be - probably would still stop the small arms fire it was designed to.
Found a link:
http://www.thq-games.com/uk/features/show/4090
Matt Kibbe
Well, according to Forge World, a Land Raider has armour "Armour 91-95mm " thick. An M1A2 Abrams has way more than this, but then again, WH uses things like "unobtanium" and stuff.
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