Chicken Tank
Chicken Tank
3D
Published 2017-09-18T09:51:40+00:00
This design is an entry into the Vectary Design Competition sponsored by MakeX
A walking tank - my entry into the MyMiniFactory/Vectary design competition, in the Sci-Fi category. Perhaps it came from some distant future, or an alternate past where technology evolved differently. Maybe it's there to fight aliens in a War of the Worlds invasion, or maybe it's a Planet of the Chickens type situation. Hope you like it!
You can purchase a print from Shapeways: http://shpws.me/QCu1
Click here for a 360 turntable view.
The model stands at around 65mm tall, more or less depending on how you pose the legs. At that size it should fit nicely in a 28mm wargame. Of course, there's no reason why you couldn't print it bigger. The turret rotates on the pivot, but you might want to add a magnet in there to help keep it in place.
The base you see in the photos is not included in the model and is 75mm in diameter. The antenna is not printed, but is a piece of extruded filament.
January 2021 Update:
- Smoothed areas that were too low-poly
- Merged any intersecting meshes
- Simplified cannon assembly, now it just prints as one piece
This model was created with VECTARY - the free, online 3D modeling tool
Credits:
- model by donald1337
I have split the model up into individual pieces, so that you can print them separately if needed. Some of the parts come in two versions. The ones with the "sla" prefix are optimized for a resin printer. The turret and body are hollowed out to save material. The objects with the "fdm" prefix are optimized for an FDM printer. In most cases this means they will be split into halves, in order to not have any overhangs. You can print without supports on an FDM printer. Files with no prefix are there for all types of printers. Note that the assembly instructions show the FDM parts being used.
My model was printed on a Form1+ by Blackedge 3D. I then assembled and painted it.
| Date published | 18/09/2017 |
| Technologie | FDM |
| Schwierigkeitsgrad | Medium |
| Support Free | YES |
The model did not slice properly in Simplify3D or Prusa version Slic3r; too many disconnected bodies. Not sure if that's a setting in Vectary or that's how it kicks out STLs. I put in through Netfab Cloud and that fixed it. Great model with lots of poses available. I mounted mine to "Wargaming bases: 60mm urban bases" (https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:399836) enlarged to 80mm and added "3D Printable Ruins, for 40k / Mini-Wargaming Flying-Bases" (https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:150985), to add some more interest, using Fusion 360. I'm also assembling one printed at 200%