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Title: Look what I picked up the other day...
Post by: JudgeDredd on November 02, 2015, 05:56:00 PM
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;D
Title: Re: Look what I picked up the other day...
Post by: LongBlade on November 02, 2015, 06:04:45 PM
Sweet. Both look fun.
Title: Re: Look what I picked up the other day...
Post by: GDS_Starfury on November 02, 2015, 11:47:45 PM
kitbash the 2 of them together.
Title: Re: Look what I picked up the other day...
Post by: JudgeDredd on November 03, 2015, 01:45:43 AM
^ lol - I don't know what that means - but if it means what I think it means, do people actually do that? How would that even work?
Title: Re: Look what I picked up the other day...
Post by: LongBlade on November 03, 2015, 08:27:55 AM
Quote from: JudgeDredd on November 03, 2015, 01:45:43 AM
^ lol - I don't know what that means - but if it means what I think it means, do people actually do that? How would that even work?

They do do that. It's called exactly what Star says: kit bashing.

It works by trying to figure out what pieces might fit together, figuring out how to fill the gaps (there are lots of ways to improvise and a adapt. It ends with your imagination running a bit wild.

Would be even more fun if you managed to strap the treads and turret of your Leotard project to it, too!
Title: Re: Look what I picked up the other day...
Post by: undercovergeek on November 03, 2015, 08:34:43 AM
I keep waiting for Mirth to start one of these and its going to be a picture of ghonnerea or a thai dwarf transvestite
Title: Re: Look what I picked up the other day...
Post by: JudgeDredd on November 03, 2015, 08:35:29 AM
Oh...so like fitting the Flankers wings onto the Me110?

That sounds weird - and clever. But I'm wanting to see what this Flanker looks like and I've been after an Me110 for some time now.

So I won't partkae in the weirdness just yet - but it does sound interesting  :coolsmiley:
Title: Re: Look what I picked up the other day...
Post by: JudgeDredd on November 03, 2015, 08:35:44 AM
Quote from: undercovergeek on November 03, 2015, 08:34:43 AM
I keep waiting for Mirth to start one of these and its going to be a picture of ghonnerea or a thai dwarf transvestite
lol
Title: Re: Look what I picked up the other day...
Post by: LongBlade on November 03, 2015, 08:52:39 AM
Quote from: JudgeDredd on November 03, 2015, 08:35:44 AM
Quote from: undercovergeek on November 03, 2015, 08:34:43 AM
I keep waiting for Mirth to start one of these and its going to be a picture of ghonnerea or a thai dwarf transvestite
lol

+1
Title: Re: Look what I picked up the other day...
Post by: LongBlade on November 03, 2015, 08:57:21 AM
Quote from: JudgeDredd on November 03, 2015, 08:35:29 AM
Oh...so like fitting the Flankers wings onto the Me110?

That sounds weird - and clever. But I'm wanting to see what this Flanker looks like and I've been after an Me110 for some time now.

So I won't partkae in the weirdness just yet - but it does sound interesting  :coolsmiley:

A quick search of the internet will yield all kinds of stuff.

Franky, I've not spent any time kit bashing. Yet. Probably on the horizon as I have a bunch of models that could use some love.

However, the gamut runs soup to nuts. Some guys (I think Star falls in this category) are so talented that they can scratch build pretty much anything they want and it will look awesome.

I am not that guy.

Something like this is probably with my wheel house if I gave it enough time and money. Maybe.

And it illustrates the concept well:

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Title: Re: Look what I picked up the other day...
Post by: LongBlade on November 03, 2015, 08:59:28 AM
Keep in mind kitbashing does just refer to vehicles. You can do pretty much anything.

It watching Mythbusters a while back I learned that some of the coolest scifi weapons in movies are really just creative kitbashes. The simplest example might be Han Solo's blaster, which is a (very) slightly modified Mauser M98.
Title: Re: Look what I picked up the other day...
Post by: mirth on November 03, 2015, 11:04:49 AM
Quote from: undercovergeek on November 03, 2015, 08:34:43 AM
I keep waiting for Mirth to start one of these and its going to be a picture of ghonnerea or a thai dwarf transvestite

Then you'll see some kit bashing.
Title: Re: Look what I picked up the other day...
Post by: mirth on November 03, 2015, 11:05:50 AM
Quote from: LongBlade on November 03, 2015, 08:57:21 AM
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That could have been an actual Soviet AFV :P
Title: Re: Look what I picked up the other day...
Post by: Nefaro on November 05, 2015, 02:09:39 PM
Quote from: LongBlade on November 03, 2015, 08:59:28 AM
It watching Mythbusters a while back I learned that some of the coolest scifi weapons in movies are really just creative kitbashes. The simplest example might be Han Solo's blaster, which is a (very) slightly modified Mauser M98.


Many of the weapons in the original SW series were old WWI & II surplus weapons with a bunch of extra crap stuck on them. 

The stormtrooper E-11 carbines, for one example, were originally Sten SMGs.  Fett's was a revolver with shoulder stock (Webley?).  Etc.
Title: Re: Look what I picked up the other day...
Post by: BanzaiCat on November 05, 2015, 02:17:34 PM
Quote from: mirth on November 03, 2015, 11:04:49 AM
Then you'll see some kit bashing.

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