Train Tuesday P70: Crawl that Haul

We’re going to get our Steampunk on for this week’s Train Tuesday edition. Gears and hydraulics – what’s not to love, right?! Hop aboard!

The age of the Gnomer Tinkerer is clearly upon us, as we share a 3D print that’s sure to make Corederite mining and transporting a bit easier on the knees. This will be our first steampunk vehicle entry, and we’re jazzed to pull the cover off this component of our DnD campaigns.

Alas, we searched the Internet high and low for this 3D print’s maker and we’re just rolling snake eyes alllll morning. That’s the nature of our 3D-print hobby sometimes, though. A huge shoutout to OutkastSamurai on the Brite Minis discord for the expert sleuthing and ultimately helping us identify this pesky Steampunk print.

This 3D-print is the work of TheFreeHeathen on Cults. For whatever reason, he dubbed it “Leg Truck Simple Print” which we highly suggest he rename to something more searchable like “Steampunk Vehicle Crawler Hauler.”

When we brought this STL into our slicer, it was quite big! So, for playability, we sized it down to cover a 3×3 d20 square. DM Ben wanted a simple, single-manned steampunk vehicle with a flatbed for hauling-sake. We have a couple more gnome-tinkerer-style vehicles coming up, but let’s start small.

DM Ben grabbed a paintbrush for this one and simply used Army Painter’s fabulous metallic Speedpaints to color it up. He needs to circle back and add a soft wash so it looks a bit dirtier, like it has been put through the mining ringer, as it were.

Intentionally built to operate as a solo Construct, the driver’s cab is relatively small and will only fit a goblin or gnome driver. Several independent loaders will operate at a new mining site and deliver Corederite rocks to nearby Hovertrains for processing. The powerful hydraulic legs allow the vehicle to raise and lower as needed while maintaining a heavy load weight-wise.

Once the precious Corederite minerals are pulled from the mine and placed on these flatbeds, The Movers will remove them from the vehicle and put them on a flatbed mech transport or an industrial cargo Hovertrain car. Mover Constructs are basically forklifts for The Forgotten Rails.

There you have it, folks. After all, you can’t go industrial unless you have all your mechs in a row, right?!

Until next time!