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ragnar

Mon Oct 01 2007, 03:52PM

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Actually, I was making specific reference to the uncommonly-known Tesla Trooper that premiered in the 'Aftermath' expansion pack to Red Alert 1. Just to be obscure.

I wish my own threads got this much attention. And for Sulaiman, my audio-modulated 13.56MHz coil is a perfectly practical, useful application of a Tesla coil

..."burn, baby, burn!"...

Tesladownunder

Mon Oct 01 2007, 06:26PM

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Matt Bingham wrote ...

I've actually got a smallish soviet flag I could lend you. Well, I don't know how soviet you'd consider it, but it's proper red fabric with a yellow hammer and sickle I stitched on.

Thanks for the offer. At this stage I think I will include my shipping container in the photo, and then I can paint a big hammer and sickle on it directly. I still am in planning stages.
Are you a closet communist, comrade?

Datastream, thanks for the list of Tesla troopers responses. Often we can't hear them clearly enough while playing.

TDU

Shaun

Tue Oct 02 2007, 12:16AM

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As of now this project ("red alert tesla coil") is up to #5 on Google; #3 if you don't count the indented results. That was fast!

Tesladownunder

Tue Oct 02 2007, 12:37AM

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Shaun wrote ...

As of now this project ("red alert tesla coil") is up to #5 on Google; #3 if you don't count the indented results. That was fast!

It is probably reflective of how little chatter there is about Red Alert. Note the #10 was someone making a comment on my Eye of Sauron stuff on DIGG.
Thing is that many millions will remember the game even if almost no-one plays it anymore.

TDU

ragnar

Tue Oct 02 2007, 02:59AM

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Tesladownunder wrote ...

...At this stage I think I will include my shipping container in the photo, and then I can paint a big hammer and sickle on it directly. I still am in planning stages.
Are you a closet communist, comrade?...

Now painting that shipping container with a red/yellow hammer+sickle stencil would just be FANTASTIC... but you'll get dirty looks if you don't promptly unpaint it afterwards

Closet communist? I made it, inspired by Red Alert, when I was younger and ignorant, just for fun. A bit pointless now I think about it, but I'm sure it'll come in handy if I ever need to masquerade as one or get involved in an objectivist witchhunt...

Coronafix

Tue Oct 02 2007, 03:08AM

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Matt Bingham wrote ...

Now painting that shipping container with a red/yellow hammer+sickle stencil would just be FANTASTIC... but you'll get dirty looks if you don't promptly unpaint it afterwards

Yes, now that might attract some undesired attention.

Nice to see some John Butler lyrics there Matt!

Firnagzen

Tue Oct 02 2007, 10:03AM

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Tesladownunder wrote ...

Firnagzen wrote ...

.... By the way, why are you modelling a tesla trooper? If I remember correctly, they were immune to tesla coils.

The Tesla Trooper was a Soviet Unit that you could get to stand next to the Tesla coil to increase it's range. Put 6 Troopers next to one and you had a very powerful long range defence indeed.
My wife would still be playing this game if it would run on her current computer.

Ah, I see. I thought you were going to use it as a target. Also, her current computer can't run RAII? Um...

Tesladownunder wrote ...

Steve Conner wrote ...

... Another way of addressing these points would be to replace your current fishing line setup with a Taser-type mechanism, so it actually did work as a weapon

In fact with the last photo, the nylon line melted sending the wire flying towards me. I had anticipated this might happen and knew that I was safe as the gap was too great and it was only an earth line. Nevertheless a little breathtaking to see a sparking line coming directly towards you while perched on a ladder.

TDU

Anyone ever seen what's called the Lorentz cannon? Dunno if it's a hoax, but it sure is a cool concept.

Ken M.

Tue Oct 02 2007, 12:56PM

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The lorentz cannon sounds like a tazer that cops use but on steroids. It says that it shoots a (essentailly a dart) with a wire attached to it, which hits the target and then is electrified with a marx generator. The resulting discharge current vaporizes the wire yeilding a lovely plasmy trail.

Tesladownunder

Wed Oct 03 2007, 12:44PM

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My latest addition to my base is the Soviet wheelie bin.

First pic shows the best side. Second pic, the not so best side.

TDU

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ragnar

Wed Oct 03 2007, 01:08PM

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I'm glad you're modelling the RA2 tesla coil, cuz the RA1 sprite was so daggy and half-arsed, and everybody's forgotten what it looked like anyway.

That base is going to look fantastic with the sparks flying above -- it'll be INSTANTLY recognisable, keep it up, but do take care! :)

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