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As for wood, I don't like when someone call model steampunkish just because of combination of wood/gold. Many people think that steampunk is just gold+wood. I want to show that it isn't so. It was made with LDD, and rendered with Pov-Ray. No, I don't think that the mast is suitable here. Thanks for comments.

Here some not complicated models of spacecrafts, but this time enough realistic, I hope. Decoupling by Sunder_59, on Flickr High orbit by Sunder_59, on Flickr Explore the surface by Sunder_59, on Flickr Docking by Sunder_59, on Flickr To the unknown by Sunder_59, on Flickr Too far from home by Sunder_59, on Flickr

Steam Landship by Sunder_59, on Flickr

Thanks for comments.

LDD/MLCad 13D The second experiance of building ships. There is no exact prototype, just common image of a sailing vessel. Bloody Mary by Sunder_59, on Flickr

German project, found by Soviet army after capturing Berlin in 1947. It wasn’t first attempt to make battle mech. Such vehicles as Pz.Kpfm IV and TSh-34 took part in WWII. But they were just walking tanks. It was enough that time because war didn’t let to make real battle mech. For example their armor scheme was taken from tanks, but it is not very suitable for mechs. The same is with transmission and some other parts. Soviet Union tried to make its own battle mech without tank base, but it couldn’t be manufactured during the war. But the key part of Götterdämmerung project was a neurointerface, that could let pilot rule the vehicle with his thought. However the project was too ambitious. Two 100mm cannons, giant battery of missiles, heavy armor. It was impossible to do this that time. But neurointerface worked properly. When Soviets found Götterdämmerung, it wasn’t finished. It was very far away from finishing. Most of documentation was destroyed. A very few men, who worked on this project, were found. All the parts of battle mech were transported deep into USSR, to one of secret closed cities. Despite of troubles with documentation Soviet scientists assembled unfinished vehicle. It differed a lot from the project. No armor. One 8.8 cm cannon KwK 43 instead of two 100 mm, two 20 mm autocannons instead of missile launcher. Engine was taken from airplane and it was too weak to move this mech well. So it always overheated. Vehicle was unbalanced because of its heavy cannon on one side and two light ones on another. But the main problem was with neurointerface. It could recognize orders properly, but it couldn’t control the vehicle without additional calculations well. Computer was needed. Without it all the movements were too slow to use mech in battle. And at that time computers were too huge to be set up on this mech. The problem with computer was solved in 1955, when some secrets of alien derbies known as “Tunguska artifacts” were deciphered. It allowed making a computer small enough to put it into battle mech. In addition Soviet intelligence service could get some species of a new technology developed in Great Britain known as electric muscle. It was lighter and more efficient than hydraulic systems. Moreover, conception was changed. Weapons were replaced by manipulators. It improved synchronization level dramatically. Vehicle gets its code name “Object-305”. It was a first prototype of modern battle mech, known as Anthropomorphous Combat Vehicle or ACV. ACV Prototype by Sunder_59, on Flickr

Thanks to everyone. I'm working on simmilar models, but results are not as good as I want.

Some fusion of city theme and sci-fi. Concrete mixer by Sunder_59, on Flickr

Another walking tank. Prototype: soviet T-54/55. T-55 Mech by Sunder_59, on Flickr Construction process:

Self-propelled laser complex, called "Szhatie (Сжатие)" or "Compression", based on Soviet vehicle, but there was built only one unit due to fall of USSR. 1K17 Szhatie Laser complex "Compression" Laser complex "Compression" by Sunder_59, on Flickr Self-propelled artillery 2S19 "Msta-S", based on Soviet/Russian mobile 152mm howitzer 2S19 Msta-S Self-propelled artillery Msta-S 152mm Self-Propelled Artillery Msta-S 152mm Self-propelled artillery Msta-S by Sunder_59, on Flickr T-90 and T-90AM, based on Russian main battle tank T-90 Vladimir T-90 T-90 T-90 T-90AM T-90AM by Sunder_59, on Flickr Self-propelled anti-aircraft weapon 9K22 Tunguska Tunguska Tunguska Tunguska by Sunder_59, on Flickr Tank support combat vehicle, nicknamed Terminator Terminator Terminator Terminator by Sunder_59, on Flickr

Hovertank by Sunder_59, on Flickr Hovertank by Sunder_59, on Flickr Hovertank by Sunder_59, on Flickr SPAAG by Sunder_59, on Flickr MRLS by Sunder_59, on Flickr

Ore_Processor by Sunder_59, on Flickr

The Core by Sunder_59, on Flickr

My next victim is soviet high speed tank БТ-7.

I think it's possible, but could be problems with colors.

Too much reflection is one of the problems of POV-Ray, and I don't know how to fix it.

It doesn't remind german tank. It's actually german tank Pz IV with legs and some other changes)

Thanks. May be I'll try something simmilar in future.

PanzerKampfmaschine IV on Flickr

Just quote from this amine, nothing more.

Just poor attempt to make Euphemia from Code Geass.