Indy You Evil Genius!

An I an I my kingdom for an I......)

The Ogre is mostly resin. The main gun is movable. And removable. The main gun
ball is a wooden bead; the gun barrel itself resin. The secondary batteries
are metal and have some limited rotating capability. And are removable. They
are about the diameter of a regular drinking straw.

***Looks great!

The treads do not move. ;-)

***Easy Fix.........)

The body is all resin, but hollow underneath. The back half
is detachable from the front half, and pivots on a hook-like
connection, allowing the vehicle to be in a dynamic turn.

***Really like the look of it though.....took me a back when I saw it along
side Force XXI stuff I own........)

It would be possible to drill a small hole through the center of
the sensor tower and mount a clear(-ish) ball (or whatever) there
instead of the resin one I have that would contain a diode or some such light
source. Could be fun. I didn't think of this originally; someone else
mentioned it to me at the con. I do have a second Ogre that I might consider
doing this to. *grin*

*** What next, small speakers that play the appropriate mood music? lol

A more ambitious modeller could put a small motor inside the body and make the
treads move (or at least put wheels in the tread
modules to allow the Ogre to move). I am not that ambitious. ;-)

Joel Frock constructed the parts for the Ogre for me. He is
exploring the possibility of MAYbe making a Mk III-B or a Mk. V.
It took him the better part of 6 months of constant working to make the Mk
III. If he feels it's worth it and makes one of the other models...there might
be more 15mm Ogres out in a game next
year...

So a pair of MkVs against a MkIII and horde of tanks etc.?

Hopefully with less risk of getting caught in cliche evil-overlord type
mistakes like telling the hero all about your plans right before he's
_supposed_ to die?

He has also doubtless learned Rule number 43)

I will maintain a realistic assessment of my strengths and weaknesses. Even
though this takes some of the fun out of the job, at least I will never utter
the line "No, this cannot be! I AM INVINCIBLE!!!" (After that, death is
usually instantaneous.)

> --- Don M <dmaddox1@hot.rr.com> wrote:

> *** What next, small speakers that play the appropriate mood music?

Don't even start... I'm just sick enough to have too much fun with this
idea...

Remember, even light is shaped by the darkness that surrounds it, and the true
crafters are seldom ever seen. Welcome to the shadows kid.

> Rrok Anroll wrote:

Speakers...hmmmmmm....a motorized, 15mm mobile Ogre with a blinking
lit-up evil smiley sensor ball, blaring out "Ride of the Valkyries"...
...or maybe "Du Hast Mich" by Rammstein (or some other heavy metal band stuff)

Hmmmmmmm...........

Awww come on man... Ride of the Valkyries was obvious.. that's too easy...
although Du Hast I didn't think of...

....Iron Man, War Pigs, Until It Sleeps, King Nothing, Colonel Boogie's March
(for movement only), Adagio for Strings; Soundtracks from Starship Troopers
and possibly Conan.... oh, and half the sound clips from the game
Starcraft.... just the idea of hearing an Ogre
saying....

 ..."Quit Poking ME!"...
..."I'm about to overload my aggression inhibitors"......"I'm about to drop
the hammer, and dispense some indiscriminate
justice!"...
..."Hehe, You trying to get invited to my next barbeque?"...

Although I do like the light up smiley in at the topo of the tower....

what would be really cool is to have a pair of dice with a motion sensor and a
radio link with the ogre... that way when ever you roll the dice the Ogre
would start making sounds of the weapons being moved
into position and start firing/launching...

> --- Indy <kochte@stsci.edu> wrote:

> > Don't even start... I'm just sick enough to have too much fun with

Remember, even light is shaped by the darkness that surrounds it, and the true
crafters are seldom ever seen. Welcome to the shadows kid.

> Rrok Anroll wrote:

Conan!!! Now why didn't I think of that? That would be perfect!

Now I need a Conan Ogre....

*grin*

> oh, and half the sound

> ..."Quit Poking ME!"...

In that vein you could pull in Marvin the Paranoid Android clips,
too. ;-)

> Although I do like the light up smiley in at the topo of the tower....

Hmmmmmmm.........

Mk

You could also do Marvin the Martian... just the idea of seeing an OGRE on the
battle field and hearing "Where's the Kaboom?"....

Course if you're gonna get Looney Tunes quotes, you gotta have "Whats up Doc?"
and the pig's "That's All Folks!"... which would obviously lead to the forces
going against the OGRE to have sound chips that say, "I tought I taw a putty
tat" as the OGRE goes by....

Even more eerie would be the OGRE's first movements onto the board being
accompanied by the Godfather's theme... that might be enough to make me
nervious going against it... And let's not even talk about playing the Pink
Panther Theme if the OGRE should ever try moving under cover or in a 'stealth'
mode....

> --- Indy <kochte@stsci.edu> wrote:

Remember, even light is shaped by the darkness that surrounds it, and the true
crafters are seldom ever seen. Welcome to the shadows kid.

> Rrok Anroll wrote:

These are giving me SOOO many ideas for next year....even if I don't get a
sound generating Ogre built, I can still bring a boombox into the room...

;-D

Mk

I do so love inspiring madness..... Oh and give me a few days... I may be able
to help you with the sound kits...

> --- Indy <kochte@stsci.edu> wrote:

Remember, even light is shaped by the darkness that surrounds it, and the true
crafters are seldom ever seen. Welcome to the shadows kid.