RMS Titanic meets the Martian Tripods!

[Roy]

Whilst at Pendraken Miniatures the other day, one of the Confederate players purchased some SciFi Tripods. (see forum post "Gaming at Pendraken Miniatures - 20/4/24")

"Titanic escorted by Rodney trying to escape from the invasion only to be ambushed at sea"

As you can see, Bren has made a cracking good job on them.

[Of note: Bren has extended the Tripod legs - (Bren explains the process) "The legs are extended with wooden dowls and the joints are thick paper, lots of pva and superglue gel. I concaved the end of the dowels to make it fit and have more contact, would have been a pain* to do with metal I think." - increasing the height of the model and creating a 'knee-joint' on the alien machines.]

*Bren's original choice of word has been substituted with a U-rated alternative, less this forum post be rated as PG-13.

The accompanying ship models are 1/700, HMS Rodney and RMS Titanic.

Miniatures owned by, conversion work and painting done by, photography taken by, Bren.

[Steve J]

Absolutely brilliant !

[Ithoriel]

All four models are brilliant!

[pierre the shy]

Very successful visit to Pendraken by the looks of the ACW game and the tripods 

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Lovely work all

[paulr]

       

Very quick work on the modified tripods

[Techno 3]

Great work !

[sunjester]

They look really nice!     

[fred.]

They look great - and very speedy work.

One question, do the tripods legs go all the way down to the sea bed, or do they have flotation devices, just under the water 

[Roy]

One question, do the tripods legs go all the way down to the sea bed, or do they have flotation devices, just under the water 

Fred.



1st idea of a reply: [censored] off (it did begin with a 'B', so not too rude/offensive, and said in a jocular tone).

2nd idea of a reply: If you've a ouija board to hand, ask H.G.Wells.

3rd idea of a reply: I'll ask Bren - but expect an answer similar to option one, above 

You do float a good point, I'll admit, Fred 

[Last I looked in on the group Discord, plans were already afoot (or should that be a-sail?) for a dozen tripods and, I think, the Royal Navy's Channel Fleet  ]

[Brenkel]

Hi Fred, very good question 🤔
I suppose its left to your imagination how the tripods are in the water ,I have a poster on my gaming bunker wall that shows the tripod towering over hms thunderchild as it melts its bow so I copied that as best I could, I like to think the tripods are just bad ass and can keep there ways of doing things a mystery

[Raider4]

. . . I have a poster on my gaming bunker wall that shows the tripod towering over hms thunderchild as it melts its bow . . .

This one?

[Brenkel]

If could figure out how to put a photo on here I would show you raider4

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

If could figure out how to put a photo on here I would show you raider4

There is a tutorial on how to do that, no iodea where....

[fred.]

Hi Fred, very good question 🤔
I suppose its left to your imagination how the tripods are in the water ,I have a poster on my gaming bunker wall that shows the tripod towering over hms thunderchild as it melts its bow so I copied that as best I could, I like to think the tripods are just bad ass and can keep there ways of doing things a mystery

Fair point!


Your models look fantastic - I think you have a bit more dynamism than the original poster - perhaps because you have more fire (and two of everything).