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Post by Nathaniel Thorne on May 27, 2011 12:04:32 GMT -5
Hey guys and girls, I thought I would bash together some rough and ready rules for using Cargo-8's in a guard army, try 'em out and let me know how they work out  Cargo-8 Dedicated Transport:Can be taken by any unit allowed a Chimera armoured carrier, may also be taken by conscript squads providing the squad numbers no more than 20 models. Cargo-8....................................30 points Armour
BS F S R3 10 10 10 Composition: 1 Cargo-8 Wargear:Pintle-mounted Heavy Stubber Unit type: Vehicle (fast) Transport capacity:20 models Fire points: 0 Access points:one acess point at the rear OptionsMay replace Heavy stubber with a pintle-mounted Storm Bolter (free) May take any of the following; Searchlight...........................1 point Smoke launchers..................5 points camo netting......................15 points Have fun and let me know if you think anything need tweeking  |
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Post by krasimirova on May 27, 2011 13:18:57 GMT -5
Nice seeing a guy who can make a unit without making it over the top.. I might consider making it open topped.. A MAN 8 truck only has a tarp over it.. Stubber fire goes through that.. Other than that it dosn't seem to broken..  |
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Post by Gabriel Lupus on May 27, 2011 14:01:07 GMT -5
A fair point regarding the open topped quality, however I think in this instance what is being refered to is the "hard-cased" trailer as pictured.
Maybe have an option for the vehicle to be open topped - therefore gaining fire points to represent the transpoted squad "lifting up" the tarp to fire?
In general, this would vehicle would prove awesomefor the commander who has a "mechanised platoons" based army but wanted to add mechanised conscripts (don't want to waste Chimeras on the cannon fodder brave new recruits...)
Just have to lay my hands on some suitable truck toys now... oh and actually buy a "mechanised Platoons" army...
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Post by Nathaniel Thorne on May 27, 2011 14:19:51 GMT -5
I did 'toy' with the idea of open topped (apologies for the bad pun, I couldn't resist) but this one is a hard trailer and this is kinda reflected in the points cost, though variants may be in order these are just a rough framework of rules though so if you want to do open topped trucks, just knock a few points off, (I reckon between 5-10 points would be fair) more than that and they would be silly cheap! A gun-truck might also be an interesting idea..... |
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Post by cheminhaler on May 27, 2011 15:13:36 GMT -5
That's a great model. What kit did you use to make the cargo-8?
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Post by Nathaniel Thorne on May 27, 2011 16:38:18 GMT -5
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Post by Shostak(AWOL) on May 28, 2011 5:58:07 GMT -5
Pure awesome.
I love the idea of smaller trucks with multiple stubbers and a smaller transport capacity; perhaps a modified cargo 6?
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Post by Nathaniel Thorne on May 28, 2011 6:25:33 GMT -5
hmm I will have to have another trawl through the toy department....  |
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Post by The Hawk! on May 28, 2011 6:52:21 GMT -5
just wondering if you could drop me some measurments for the truck please, i want a couple and i want to ge the roughly the same size great work Nathanial Dave |
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Post by Nathaniel Thorne on May 28, 2011 7:38:24 GMT -5
sure the measurement are as follows; (imperial is rough measured) height; (base of wheel to top of cargo block) = 85mm/ 3 1/2" height;(base of wheel to top of Cab) = 60mm/ 2 1/4" width; (wheelbase) = 57mm/ 2 1/4" Length; 233mm/ 9 1/2" Or you can do what i do and keep a Cadian in your pocket and direct compare in the shop, you might get some funny looks, but when you go to the counter with 15+ identical toy trucks, and you forget to take your kids along as an excuse, you tend to get funny looks anyway If you want any other dimensions let me know |
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Post by emptyhat on May 28, 2011 7:43:44 GMT -5
Are those the wheels that it came with or did you replace them with 40k wheels?
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Post by Nathaniel Thorne on May 28, 2011 7:54:19 GMT -5
they are indeed the wheels that come with |
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Post by cheminhaler on May 28, 2011 15:40:50 GMT -5
Good find, anyway. It's amazing what models you can find lying around in obscure shops.
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Post by The Hawk! on May 28, 2011 18:40:00 GMT -5
hmmmm, RSM Urquate has a new assignment tomorrow assisting me in finding suitable vehicles for..... requisition :L |
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Post by frightenedfreddie on May 30, 2011 3:54:35 GMT -5
Very nice conversion and the rules seem fairly balanced, except for the fact its a fast vehicle. Does not seem like it should be fast to me when compared to other vehicles.
Anyway, excellent conversion. I will have to volunteer to take the little ones out to the toy store more often to find these little gems.
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Post by Beav on May 30, 2011 5:36:22 GMT -5
About having it open topped, why not make it default open topped and give it the option of Enclosed Crew Compartments?
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Post by krasimirova on May 30, 2011 6:51:20 GMT -5
About having it open topped, why not make it default open topped and give it the option of Enclosed Crew Compartments? I second that idea.. Also about the fact that it is fast, might work better if you make so that it can go a ekstra d6 instead of being all out fast..? |
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Post by Walrus on May 30, 2011 8:05:53 GMT -5
About having it open topped, why not make it default open topped and give it the option of Enclosed Crew Compartments? I second that idea.. Also about the fact that it is fast, might work better if you make so that it can go a ekstra d6 instead of being all out fast..? +1 to both of these... |
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Post by treadiculous on May 31, 2011 6:22:50 GMT -5
can I be really really annoying.. and suggest the '8' refers to the number of wheels on the cargo vehicle... at least that's the way I read the concept.
Nice truck though... a little convoy of those would be awesome!.. and great rules too, I'm always digging in charity shops and toy shops for stuff like this... I found great jungle plants for fish tanks in my nearest £1 store the other day, 4 for a quid, awesome!
oh, and for cargo mesh netting, try car bodywork repair mesh - again its really cheap and once painted green looks awesome, could work well on the open topped variety over a few roof beams.
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Post by Hetfiltrator on May 31, 2011 20:59:20 GMT -5
Counts as a tank for purposes of Ramming if it goes flat out. 'Cause it y'know hits like a truck.
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Post by Nathaniel Thorne on Jun 3, 2011 15:57:16 GMT -5
Some great suggestions, I will probably be revisiting the rules soon, to clean them up a bit and incorporate some of the input cheers to all |
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