Re: 6mm GEVs

At 10:34 PM 3/9/01 -0000, Matthew Smith wrote:
>Brian Bell also said:
>> > I am not sure what other miniatures have that "Shoe-tip" shape.
>> > Dirtside Miniatures:
>> > DSM112 Wombat http://www.geohex.com/dsm112.htm
>> > DSM110 Rommel http://www.geohex.com/dsm110.htm also tapers at the 
>> > front, but also is tapered at the rear (does not need to carry 
>> > infantry).
>> > DSM113 Light Hover Jeep http://www.geohex.com/dsm113.htm looks like

>> > it may be a good fit.
>
>The reason I have not included the DSM110 is it's name. "Rommel" just
>screams NSL, don't you think?? 

The design of the tank is, ah, "based" off the LkPz-IX (Luki-9, Luki
short
for Luftkissen, hovercraft) tank from GDW's 2300AD game, so that's why
it
has a German name.  That doesn't mean *you* need to call them Rommels,
though!

And just for the record, the Wombat is based off the Kangaroo IV APC
from
the same game, Australian in origin. <shrug>  The light hover jeep looks
rather like a roofed-over Bridgeport Swift Songbird, but it's generic
enough that it doesn't really matter.  Many of the DS vehicle line
(though
not the wheeled Phalanx, et al) have their roots in 2300AD, it's pretty
cool that way. ^_^

In any case, don't let the name of the tank prevent you from using it --
just call it something else!

					Aaron Teske
					ateske@HICom.net