Here is my Victorian Science Fiction Steam Tank from Ironclad Miniatures from a recent game.
Alongside them are some Foundry Darkest Africa miniatures from Simon’s collection.
We didn’t use the steam tank as a model in the game, merely as scenery.
I am thinking about how I can create rules for the steam tank for the Legends of the Old West rules. I have been looking at the tank rules in The Great War rules and I think that they could work with a little work. My main concern is that the weapons usually found in the old west probably weren’t able to do much damage to a VSF steam tank and therefore as well as rules for the steam tank, I also need to think about some steampunk weapons for those fighting against the steam tank.
Though I am sure an Elephant Gun might be able to do some damage…
See how the Steam Tank was painted. More photographs of the Steam Tank. See the Old West Miniatures Gallery.
That steam tank is probably boilerplate, or at the most face-hardened steel: a .470″ nitro express elephant gun bullet is going to go straight through it. Find the rules for anti-tank rifles, an elephant gun is almost the same thing.
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