Any good scratch-build templates?

[T-5A]

Has anybody here tried scratch-building? i have been looking for a sentinel temlate and cant find one! grr

[IBBoard]

Scratch building can be very difficult, and depending on how close you get to the GW original then their Legal team may have some complaints about any site that hosts templates.

The cabin shouldn't be too difficult to work out, although you'd need some good support for the inside of the corners. I can imagine the legs being a lot more difficult to get right, though.

Having said that, back around issue 100-130 (before I started, but within the region of magazines I have) GW used to put templates for what Forge World now do (big guns that are mounted on Rhinos to make them something else) in White Dwarf. The quality of the models at the time wasn't as good, but it was much more hobbyist and 'pure' gamer than just buying everything.

If you're just wanting to have a Sentinel without paying the excessive prices then have you read our GW on a budget article? The best solutions are online retailers with a discount or eBay shops It also means that even if it is still quite expensive, at least someone other than GW is getting a cut

[T-5A]

i just thought it would be a good idea, not really about the money, although that does play a part, i just wanted to try my hand at building something from scratch

I'll have a read of that article btw too, i know white dwarf used to publish some templates, templates of anything would be fine tbh i just want to build stuff XD thanks for the link to the budget article, it will help loads.

[bluelizard1976]

If your looking for plans this group on yahoo have loads

http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/bwc-archive/

They say its for paper tanks but with a bit of thought any material can be used.

You will have to join the group though to access their archive. Hope it helps

[IBBoard]

Sounds interesting I'm sure there is always someone who is doing or has done most sensible and even some of the non-sensible ideas in war gaming!