I am preparing for the upcoming holiday and decided that What a Tanker! will be my game of choice. To prepare, I have set up my table and wanted to show off a bit. This project is entirely 3d printed for the tanks and dashboards and cost me almost nothing, just plastic for the 3D printer I already owned!
I got the tanks from m_bergman's famous set posted for free at Thingiverse HERE. I wanted ~10mm tanks, as I have limited space, so I printed them at 133% for a scale of 1/150.
I also created a fairly simple to print dashboard that I have posted to Thingiverse along with the Unit cards, it is available HERE along with links to 3 or so other dashboards if you fancy a different design.
Here is my table set up, not only are the tanks 3d printed, but the trees as well. Buildings are from Pendraken. The play area is 56" x 40" so a little smaller than the 6' x 4' recommended, but i decided to leave the ranges alone in the rules, just use the smaller tanks in the slightly smaller area.
It works well with the smaller scale, the tanks are not to small to handle and the turrets are easy to shift without being too fiddley for me.
Here are examples of my dashboard with unit cards. I printed the markers in different colored plastic and I am rather happy with the way they turned out. I set everything up for the Eastern Front 1944
- Marder III
- STuG III G
- Panzer IVH
- Panther
- Tiger I
- T-70
- SU-76
- T-34/76
- T-34/85
- SU-85
- SU-152
I am rather pleased with this project and it is a great set of rules. I have roped my wife in a few times and it is a LOT of fun. With the 3d printing option, I can knock out (thanks to m_berman's hard work) any tanks I want. If I get the hankering I can easily add Early war, Desert, Western Front, all for minimal cost.
I'll get a battle report or two up over the next few weeks. Good gaming!
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