[MOC] Imperial VT-IT Walker

[CommanderJonny1]

"We got walkers!"

"Don't worry, they're just eye-tees" - Rebel radio chatter

 

This simple MOC is part of my VT family of walkers, being a sort of offshoot of my original VT-PT prototype, and is based off of the walker in the Imperial Trooper Battlepack (in a kind of roundabout way). Envisioned as a more armed and protected reconnaissance walker by Brickthana Engineering, the Variable Terrain Infantry Transport featured similar construction to both its bigger brother the VT-PT, as well as turrets used by both Imperial and Rebel forces. Unfortunately for Imperial forces, combat performance for the VT-IT fell below expectations and they were often stripped for parts for both VT-RT and VT-PT walkers by the units they were assigned to. Brickthana desperately tried to prop up the walker's abilities, but they finally yielded to the operators' preference for previous reconnaissance walkers and shut down production. After a time, and still having many of the walkers still in warehouses, Brickthana began work on a successor to the VT-IT; this second attempt has four legs, and is planned to have room for at least two or three troops onboard. Retaining the same weapon loadout as the original (or an equivalent one), this version is thought to be a direct response to both the lacking performance of the first one, as well as the Rebel's Scorpius Mk I.

The VT-IT is armed with a two twin missile launchers, as well as a chin-mounted twin light blaster cannon; it's also equipped with a powerful, and detachable, communications array.

SW Imperial VT-IT #1 by Jonathan Wallace, on Flickr

SW Imperial VT-IT #2 by Jonathan Wallace, on Flickr

Inside the cramped cockpit, the VT-IT has a pair of joystick controls, a weapons sensor, a targeting array, and a holotransmitter.

SW Imperial VT-IT #3 by Jonathan Wallace, on Flickr

 

 

If you want to build this yourselves, here's the instructions: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1oek7pVqNSDlEji5pPW4taSax8E0mxqr1

As usual, any feedback would be much appreciated