Re: Indy You Evil Genus!

Don M wrote:
> 
> Mk,
> 
> Very impressive game! What did you make the OGRE out of?
> I saw allot of Mels Force XXI stuff there.....does look sorta
> OGRE-ish come to think of it....) You going to run this again next
> time around? If you are, I don't care what else is going on I'm going
> to make there lol.

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. 

The treads do not move. ;-)  

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. 

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*

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...

Mk