I'm not gonna lie. After thinking 'Man, these are sweet models and I cannot wait to paint one or more!' a little voice in my head (one of the many) said to me: "And just how do you propose to transport $84.99 (plus tax) and hours of love and obsessive work without destroying it?"
I had a mental imagine of my Arcantrik Force Generator falling to the ground in slow motion, with the accompanying stock, low, drawn-out 'Noooooo!' It would shatter into a thousand pieces, and I would sink to my knees, raging at the heavens in the rain.
I was pretty sure that if I dropped a Battle Engine and broke it, that it would a) shatter into a thousand pieces, and b) I would get the atmospheric rain even indoors.
But today, inspiration struck. At work, while dying on the inside and shuffling papers, I require bitterness, rage, and spite to be distilled into liquid form.
I go through a lot of this black, silken gold*. I have the $12.99 Mister Coffee** from my undergrad days on my desk, and it brews four cups. However, I go through coffee at a hell of a rate, as I believe a filter loaded to capacity produces the best concentrated beverage of spite-fuel.Today, I tapped out another 1 pound 11-ounce container of folgers, and had a thought:
"Man, I bet a Battle Engine would fit in here..."
And you know what? It does. A Wraith Engine would certainly fit in there, assuming you didn't make it do some arms-splayed Disco Dance. An Arcantrik Force Generator will fit in there mostly; I would have to cut notches for the upper part of the legs, but I could still put the lid on afterwards.
Line with foam, and suddenly you have a fairly economical means of transporting your battle engine.
I suppose this is what happens when you substitute strong coffee*** for sleep.
I plan to follow up with pictures about how I jury-rig this affair together. It even gives your engine a wonderful maybe-the-world-isn't-so-terrible-in-the-morning-after-all smell.****
*Folgers isn't actually paying me for this.
**Mr. Coffee isn't paying me for this, either.
***Your coffee is ready when you put a spoon in it...and instead of standing up, the spoon sinks into it, and you can drink the cup without recovering said spoon.
****The coffee will only fool you, but when you add coffee to the smell of Warmachine, you might have some hope, and indeed condition yourself to equate coffee and happiness.
2 comments:
Damn it, stop negating my convincing arguments against the purchase of a Battle Engine!
Nice find!
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