I post this vehicle a while back on the main page, before I was familiar with the site, under the name Sardaukar Blade. Never really liked that name so I'm posting it here with a revised name. Let me know what you think. Thanks.

Cobra S.H.I.V. (Strategic High-speed Infiltration Vehicle) sorry I'm a sucker for acronyms, reminds me of the good old days.












I liked the Sardaukar Viper so i kept that the same as a tribute to my favorite Si Fi novel.





Check oth pics here
http://s1124.photobucket.com/albums/l56 ... 20customs/

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WOW. Just WOW.

That's a beautiful piece of machinery. How did you make it exactly?
I like the weathering too.

I think I like the pilot even more than the SHIV. That Cobra Sigil on his head is a great idea. I like that it shows with the helmet both on and off.

He better watch out for worm sign then.

I really like that... what's the base vehicle from, I can't place it...

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The base vehicle is the Cobra Ice Saber. I remember seeing this awhile back in the gallery. This is a great looking vehicle and an excellent use of parts. I especially like the variable ride height.

I like it. It is stylized like a Cobra vehicle. Heck, itsz. Dictator only bigger and badder.

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Stunning.

Great use of a Vehicle that's under appreciated, and always broken. I'm going to have to go and see how much of one of these I can piece together...because I love what you've done here....You've totally stuck me with another WIP to start.

I love parts of the Driver...just not the whole thing, The Toxo Viper Torso is a great part, I love the Helmet/head paring...and the Armored CC legs work really well here.

I like the idea of the Cobra sigil going from the helmet and matching underneath...but I think the excecution is a little sloppy...It took me a bit to see that that is what was going on.

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Me too, I thought it was supposed to be blood on his face or something.
Anyway, very creative use of the Ice Sabre! Great to see there's still some ARAH love around.

Tim 121RVC

I agree, this is not only technically impressive but it looks like something Destro (or Wile E. Coyote) would have sketched the blueprints for.

Well done.

I guess I will hae to jump on the bandwagon here... Awesome!!

I saw the name and got an idea before seeing the thing and it just seemed to fit right in to what I was thinking. Then to add on that name with it being an acronym and its that much cooler.

I love the idea of Cobra having a vehicle named after a shiv, it seems just like something that they would use. Again making an acronym as well just is icing on the cake for me.

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I don't have the knowledge of the parts you used or what you did to them, but even without that, I can tell you this is fantastic. What is the source for the wheels and the articulated legs they attach to?

Have recently been browsing a site that shows sci-fi art for concept ships and vehicles, and this looks like it took 3-D form and drove right off that page.

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Wow! First off let me say a big thanks, it's always nice to know ones work is appreciated.

The base vehicle is the Ice Sabre which I felt had a very cool body sculpt but as nova pointed out always broke, I don't think I had it for a week when I broke the tabs that held the front skis off. I still played with it a lot and eventually it ended up in my junk box. Few years back I pulled it out and started tinkering with it.

All other parts, including the turret with firing missiles, are from a mega blocks set that featured a robot that rode a big motorcycle, which transformed into a jet-like thing, sort of like the driod speeders from the movies that shall remain un-named. I started out building a flying vehicle but was inspired by Chris Nolans vision of the Batmobile, and the Dictator, props pluv, thus it became a massive two-wheeled tank-like vehicle. I imagined this thing tearassing down the streets of a war torn city with vipers hanging off the sides, guns blazing, missiles firing; a cloud of dust billowing forth as it slides to a stop! Good times.

Any hoo after some cutting and ample use of epoxy and super glue I had it all together. The pinky-red colour of the wheels and missiles is the original colour of those parts so I went with a Cobra vehicle plus I always felt Cobras vehicles leaned more towards the insane than realistic. I painted it up with some Krylon army paints added a few decals I had from some old gundam models and bashed together a driver.

Its my favortie custom at the moment because I think it came out looking very clean, almost production.

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Yeah I didn't get the sigil on the helmet quite as clean as I would have liked, the face one I don't mind, I imagined the Sardaukar Vipers as a fanatical squadron of vipers that would paint their faces with the Cobra symbol before going into battle, so in that regard I liked the "sloppy" look of it.

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Don't worry they always keep a thumper with them.

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