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Title: The Butt ugliest Mech Made-Gama Dragoons
Post by: TheMaster1955 on 02 February 2011, 22:52:32

(http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k304/SSGMcGrory/Battletech/targe.jpg)



I tried but there is no helping this Fig! :'(  Fig Gods, I pray you remake this fig and shrink it to the size of a Cicada!!  :D

Title: Re: The Butt ugliest Mech Made-Gama Dragoons
Post by: jayhawk on 02 February 2011, 23:27:12

You have successfully polished a turd. I'm hoping that the Penthiselia will take the title of "Fuglyeautiful" when the mini comes out.

Title: Re: The Butt ugliest Mech Made-Gama Dragoons
Post by: SteelRaven on 02 February 2011, 23:57:18

You did your best, it is a good paint job when it's all said and done

Title: Re: The Butt ugliest Mech Made-Gama Dragoons
Post by: Crimson Dynamo on 03 February 2011, 00:01:24

Is that a standard IWM hexbase?

Title: Re: The Butt ugliest Mech Made-Gama Dragoons
Post by: Stormlion1 on 03 February 2011, 00:15:32

Yeah, I got to admit, its fugly. Good paint job though.

Title: Re: The Butt ugliest Mech Made-Gama Dragoons
Post by: Vlads Fangs on 03 February 2011, 05:41:37

 O0

Title: Re: The Butt ugliest Mech Made-Gama Dragoons
Post by: Jal Phoenix on 03 February 2011, 07:11:13

Yeah, there's really nothing you can do with the Target.  I remember the furor when it came out being so bad that the sculptor (same guy who brought us the Reseen Galahad) stopped sculpting 'Mechs.  I like the way you mounted the missiles to match the 3085 variant.  I'll have to remember that if I ever paint mine.  Which I doubt. 

Title: Re: The Butt ugliest Mech Made-Gama Dragoons
Post by: TheMaster1955 on 03 February 2011, 07:58:18

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Is that a standard IWM hexbase?

Yes it is :)    It's a 40 tonner #P

You know if they had put it beside an IMP they would have had a clue.

Title: Re: The Butt ugliest Mech Made-Gama Dragoons
Post by: Acecrew135 on 03 February 2011, 09:39:27

No. . Its just filled with marshmellows and helium. They can make them bigger that way.

Title: Re: The Butt ugliest Mech Made-Gama Dragoons
Post by: JadeHellbringer on 03 February 2011, 11:19:24

To be fair to the sculptor, the original sculpt from MW:DA wasn't exactly their finest moment. So he had a pretty daunting task ahead in the first place- make one of the dumpiest-looking Mechs in the line look decent. He may not have been aware that the DA sculpt was enormous for a 40-ton Mech, and went from there with creating this one.

The Galahad was horrible for it's own reasons, but this one may have been doomed from the start.

Title: Re: The Butt ugliest Mech Made-Gama Dragoons
Post by: TheMaster1955 on 03 February 2011, 12:07:47

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To be fair to the sculptor, the original sculpt from MW:DA wasn't exactly their finest moment. So he had a pretty daunting task ahead in the first place- make one of the dumpiest-looking Mechs in the line look decent. He may not have been aware that the DA sculpt was enormous for a 40-ton Mech, and went from there with creating this one.

In lite of this. He failed to do his homework. so he failed.  :P  I blame the IWM for not looking at the prototype and saying Oh My we need to shrink that. :-[

Title: Re: The Butt ugliest Mech Made-Gama Dragoons
Post by: Cyttorak on 03 February 2011, 13:00:31

I put a Targe on my "To do" list about 3 months ago. It seems to keep getting pushed back by *anything* else.

Title: Re: The Butt ugliest Mech Made-Gama Dragoons
Post by: jimdigris on 03 February 2011, 16:36:21

O0

Title: Re: The Butt ugliest Mech Made-Gama Dragoons
Post by: SDG 2 on 03 February 2011, 18:25:56

Nice job anyway...

friendly

Title: Re: The Butt ugliest Mech Made-Gama Dragoons
Post by: Saint on 03 February 2011, 20:07:12

Nice [rockon]

Title: Re: The Butt ugliest Mech Made-Gama Dragoons
Post by: Choppa 6 on 04 February 2011, 07:53:06

So, someone actually put the mech into production? WHY?

Title: Re: The Butt ugliest Mech Made-Gama Dragoons
Post by: Siberian-troll on 04 February 2011, 08:26:03

I'd look in IWM' online magazine. Targe listed as archived already
(http://ironwindmetals.com/catalog/images/20-351.jpg)
But... When I look on this pic, I see a armless Bushwacker.
And I like Buswackers. Even useless Bushwackers.
Maybe... maybe, I should like and Targe too?

Title: Re: The Butt ugliest Mech Made-Gama Dragoons
Post by: KolonelK on 04 February 2011, 21:20:54

Quote from: Siberian-troll on 04 February 2011, 08:26:03

And I like Buswackers. Even useless Bushwackers.
Maybe... maybe, I should like and Targe too?

Maybe bashing a Bushwacker would be a smarter way to build a decent Targe?

Title: Re: The Butt ugliest Mech Made-Gama Dragoons
Post by: JoeKickAssX on 04 February 2011, 21:26:52

Good job, life gave you a lemon and you made lemonade.  :)