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 Posted: Sat Dec 26, 2009 5:22 am |
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| broommaster2000 |
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So, I've been working on my first real animated feature thingamajig, and its set in a sort of 1940/1950's mid-european style steampunk era (means: no combustion engines, or at the least not very good ones).
I've already finished most of the storyboard of part 1, and am working on some concepts for part 2. That's what this is all about;
For part 2, I've been thinking about some ideas for a huge a$$ walking steamtank, the size of let's say two (flying scotsman?) side by side locomotives (big ones) with enough place for a crew, fuel (which is the most efficient for steam engines?) and maybe small barracks, after all, this thing would be mainly for assault purposes.
The engine(s) would power several compressors as well, so there would be a good and quick supply off power for, you might have guessed it, airguns.
Sort of like they're hooked up to the main vehicle for charging, maybe pneumatic machineguns, that sort of stuff.
The problem is, I am running out of ideas, because when you work on something for so long (8 weeks) you're beginning to loose focus on new things. 
So if anyone of you has some ideas, also maybe concerning a machine set up, infantery tactics, etc.
The tank will probably have a designation like AGH-0001 or AGH MK. IV or something. Crews name their vehicles in my stories, because they believe they hold certain spirits. So the one with the most usefull info might have his first, or last name put on one of these machines too.  |
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| Posted: Sat Dec 26, 2009 10:06 am |
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| Slavia |
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| because they believe they hold certain spirits |
Gin? Schnapps? At least you've got to have the boiler operator cooking his own.
And a small, secluded, private place for um, er, "crew morale" and "winning the hearts and minds of the locals."
Naval tactics might be more in keeping with the machine. C.S. Forester (with his Horatio Hornblower series) would be good for ideas.
And even though they are airguns, they must have naptha injection so you get the huge, rolling fireball of a naval gun. |
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| Posted: Sat Dec 26, 2009 11:50 am |
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| Alstone |
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Seeing as I am at this moment sat about ½ mile from the invention place of the “Tank” (Lincoln UK) I have an insight to the inventers dreams, the idea was for the “Tank” (which was called a water tank to throw the enemy off the scent), to be very large put on to crawler tracks and powered by a mighty steam turbine, this tank would then be filled with water, it would then trundle across no mans land until in sight of the enemy, then the front of the tank would drop down like a landing craft, and out would flow tens of thousands of gallons of water flooding the whole battle area. 
Then out would sail a mighty battleship with a crew of 2000 including 100 wenches of ill repute to look after the "comfort zone", the rest of the crew would be busy manning the super heated steam injected 18” triple turret guns, these would anilelate the enemy and when the water had gone down, the “Tank” would come and fetch its sibling and trundle off home.
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It’s a pity I don’t have anything better to do on a Christmas night but talk to idiot’s 
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