E-100, Tiger 3, Panther 3

[Wyrmshadow]

I know the title looks funny but here it is. I know I'm just an amateaur at this compared to most of you folks but I've been fooling around with some spare parts of tanks and have put these together. The E-100 is the most real one of the bunch.
The middle monster had a basis in the Tiger2 but I made a completely new turret and just went hog wild on adding ERA bricks an general military clutter.
The little one is an upgrade to the Panther in the same vein as the Isreali M-50 and M-51 super shermans.
http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h199/Wyrmshadow3/bdf8d993.jpg
http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h199/Wyrmshadow3/deserttanks.jpg
http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h199/Wyrmshadow3/yellow.jpg
I used a nice little setting in Bryce6 to get that effect. Not too bad compared to LW and 3ds max render settings huh?
What do you pro's think?

[Skyraider3D]

I like the E-100 - such a monster! Are those to scale? It's quite incredible how big the King Tiger is compared to the Panther, but the E-100 is completely taking the mickey! :)

[Wyrmshadow]

Yes, all to proper scale.

[Gotardo]

Good work pal!
The scale comparison is cool, and also the wannabe upgrades for the Tiger and the Panther... cool cats :D how big is the Tiger against the Panther! :lol:
The E-100 is similar to the Maus... was a variant or a "partner" vehicle? i don't remember...
These images reminds me of WWII 1946 stuff by Ted Nomura, he will love these, he visits this site from time to time.

[flyby]

The original chassis was named "Tiger-Maus" and was the competing model from Krupp against the "Maus" model made by F. Porsche, in the bidding for a super heavy tank.
There were advantages to the Tiger-Maus compared to the Maus:
-less weight (=lower fuel consumption)
-reused parts of the Pzkfw VI ausf B (kingtiger)
-better steering ratio
-fitted within the railroad dimensions (easier transport)
But F.Porsche short-circuited the competition and got Hitler to approve his concept.
After having lost the bidding, the Krupp model was reused for the E-series (einheitsfahrzeuge) as top model. The only change applied to the by now named "E-100" was the change in suspension (external double coil spring suspension).

It helps to have Panzertracts ;)