Rapid Assault Vehicle: New Weapon Designs
September 1, 2011 by beerogre
We preveiwed this awesome motorised vehicle from Secret Weapon previously during On the Table, where it had some mocked up shots.
Well now we can exclusively reveal the (almost) final production renders for the Secret Weapon 6x6 Rapid Assault Vehicle.
We're told there might be a little tweak here and there to the hull design, but that doesn't detract from the sensational design of this might motor vehicle.
But not only that, check out all the proposed weapon options...
thats a big tank 🙂
Looks good, but what are the dimensions?
Love it. Would be a brilliant Chimera alternative.
Thanks for the plug — and for dimensions the turret is 7 cm long without a weapon in it. I’m hoping to have the turret and all 7 weapon options available by November at the latest — with the hull to follow in early 2012. At this point the design shouldn’t change much but there might be tweaking necessitated by the mold making process. No clue on cost yet as it will need to be determined by resin and silicone usage. We have made the body a hollow two-part cast though to help keep the cost down. To keep things… Read more »
What a beauty! I love the look. I’ll be ordering a few for certain!
The more you buy the happier you’ll be 😉
By any chance will this turret have a bottom plug that fits oh I don’t know, a common sci-fi tank hull that many of us might have?
Actually, as it turns out this turret does fit into said common sci-fi tank. It really was a coincidence but after I got a few dozen emails asking that question I took the prototype print and did a test fit. It will fit into the GW Leman Russ chassis but not the Chimera or other models. It is, of course, designed for the SWM 6×6 so it’s a little loose in the Leman Russ but I’m sure that enterprising hobbyists can find a way to fix that.
Yeah…liking it – it’s like a universal assault vehicle. Safe, reliable, multiple weapon options, affordable? 😉
Believe me, I’ll do everything I can to keep the cost on this as low as possible. I want to be able to walk into stores and see them on tables 🙂
Just out of curiosity, what scales are you going to make this in? You say 7cm for the turret length without weapons, which is presumably a 28mm scale. What about 15mm? There seem to be a growing number f 15m SF games about and now you’ve done the 3D work you could print out any scale you liked. It’d be mainly mould costs.
Just a ponder 🙂
This one is indeed 28mm but we do plan to release it in 15mm as well sometime in 2012.
Cool. Look forward to it.
Awesome looking light tank. Once the full set is out I am sure I will pick a couple up.
Wow, one of the few models I will want to own and paint just because. 😀
Just perfect for me.
Can’t wait to see this in 15mm.
Looking forward for this for use in Warpath.
My jaw is dropping ….
Fingers crossed about this!
Thanks for the new comments – it’s nice to see folks excited about this project.
Since the post went live I ordered the a set of 3D prints for the turret and weapons. We’re still making changes to the hull so that it’s as easy as possible to cast — which, in turn, will help keep the cost down. There’s a good chance though that the turret will be available by November.
Stay tuned….