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Soo starting up with 40k,i went for the space marines since i already had a few boxes^^
after playing my first match i found out i needed more rhinos( only haveing one ^^ ) used a block of styrofoam cut roughly the same sice as a rhino as a stand in while playing(standins are a common sight in my gameing circle...sadly)

when i came back home i took the styrofoam standin and starting cutting into shape, mainly cus i was bored ^^ so here it is :

Looks good throw some paint on it and call it good

thanks, planning on making another one,tho next time il mesure so it matches a normal rhino ^^ its a bit loppsided :p

and i have painted it, tho styrofoam is a sucky base to paint on soooo,.. yeah not so greate ,looks super shiny : / but tabletop passable ^^

When you build the next one try to make templates and share with your fellow gamers! =) that's awesome dude!

That's pretty innovative. I've never heard of or seen anyone else ever try something like that. Let alone actually pulling it off. Great work.

Cheers guys dont have/use templates :p used a normal rhino to get the length hight and eeh...girth? the right size

oh and did i mention its remote controlled? i hallowed out the underside and stuck a tiny remotecontrolled car under it

dug up a cellphone snapshot of it painted,as you can see its reeaaaaaal shiny..had to base coat it with PVA glue to get the paint to stay on.
think it looked better pink^^ but hey its a temp standinn untill i get my GW rhinos

to make one you need.. styrofoam..a LOT of razorblades (styrofoam eats razorblades!) a ruler.PVA glue . and a bit box.

Dont try and spray it! styrofoam melts!

Looks good. Let's hope our friends at GW don't see this.

That is pretty darn nice. With the effort you put in you should keep it around. No reason to trash it for GW Rhinos. I always keep my scratch-builds around for apocalypse games even if official models replace them as it is fun for mega battles.

thanks for the gr8 replys guys was gonna scrap this idia but i just might do it...
you see i need a landraider... but the gw'ones are sooooo pricy o_o found the mesurements online and my m8 is working on a hotwire cutter for me ( building loades of terrain and starting on a battle board for the club sooo he thougt it would help )
only problem is if im to make a landraider id want somthing to put ontop of the styrofoam as to get a smoother surface, and make painting easyer... somthing that i could basecoat se a lot of people useing plastic card, thing is i have no idia where to get it or what they call it here in norway o_o

Nice. And the paints better then I thought for being on styrafoam great work.

Your Rhino looks really good there. That is coming from one scratch builder to another. I myself use the 1/4 in. styrofoam to do my building. Its a lot easier to work with and it wont go through all those blades. A thin layer of posterboard works well to keep it from melting when you paint it.

Spray it with a good coat of acrylic sealant then spray it with paint after the sealant cures, it should allow it to stand up to paint much better

Legit.

That totally rocks. Great use of material to replicate the tank.

I actually quite like it's cartoon 'bulkiness'. Makes it look more solid...

Hey that's pretty neat! I'm impressed you got edges that sharp with foam. If you can make rhinos like this from foam...keep trying and refining and dont worry about buying them. Save some bucks!

I'd rather play against this proxy then a real, unpainted rhino.

Good work.

There is a company called Hot wire foam factory which sells a product called Foam Coat. Foam ccoat comes in several textures and would be perfect for coating your foam models before painting them. I use their stuff a lot when making terrain. They also sell something called Boost, when mixed with foam coat it makes it very tough and durable.

Love it! You are doing a great job there! I suppose once this one is done, a Landraider next?!?!?!?!

Thats pretty sweet, if I had just seen the end result picture, i wouldnt have been able to guess it was mostly Styrofoam

Did some one ask for Rino templates?
https://ribon.opendrive.com/files?54968539_oqe4U

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Wow. I came into this thread expecting to see a chunky, misshapen monstrosity, but this thing is cleaner and better proportioned than most of the template-based card or plastic scratchbuilds I've seen. I'd definitely keep it around, even if you replace it with the stock model for normal games - you can never have too many models (until the day you're crushed to death under their weight, but one could argue that that's a good way to go ).

As for a sealant, I usually just brush over foam with a mixture of PVA glue and cheap acrylic craft paint. Nothing fancy, but it's enough to allow me to spray on an aerosol primer/basecoat without melting the piece.

Reminds me of a Metal Slug tank. Quite well done, you should do a land raider or baneblade.

win!

That is not half frigging bad, good work!

Cheers guys yeah might try my hand on another rhino or some drop pods before i tryout the landraider .
yeah iv been told theres lots of brands and stuff that can be bought and sprayed on styrofoam, tho its mostly UK/USA products ._.
ATM layers of pva glue is what i got : / and again thanks for the gr8 replys