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**Taken from my blog 11/26/2012

So I've been tossing around an idea of making an Apocalypse Unit that had a little more "Bite" than what's currently available... A shooty platform from the "Hive Mind" This bad boy would probably come in around 2500 points if I can stay on track and finish him. The idea came from several games where I would field a Hierophant, and it would promptly die from all of the shooting directed it's way. Then I added a Harridan to the mix, but that didn't seem to help either. Finally I got tired of it all and said I'm just going to build a bigger bug... and here is my attempt. I've been building this for a few weeks now and will update this blog with my progress.

Starting with 2" Foam



Drawing out the general shape



Roughing out the shape of the leg



Scale Photo next to some Tau



More Scale Photos - "titan belongs to my friend"




The other leg roughed out.




Next, draw out the basic shape




Now trim down to the lines




rough comparison




Final rough shaping





Next is the tail section...




Automatically Appended Next Post:
Here with an update... Started working on the Torso since the 2 halves of the tail section weren't glued together very well and needed to be re-done

Drawing out the shapes










Then the more refined shaping...














I split it into two pieces to start shaping the carapace








Rough Shaping on the Carapace - This is only one side of the Carapace Shell










Mock up for scale with the legs

Whoa, that is some serious business.

Great progress!

**Taken from the blog 11/30/2012

update for today... working on the torso and the tail section...


The Torso 2nd half










Now onto the tail section. The glue dried great and here is the outline...









And the rough shaping











And a taste of what's to come...

Holy fudging crud, this is going to be mahoosive. Definitely subbed.

woah.

nice work mate! i am impressed.

A very uncommon project and great cutting skills mate. I love to see such custom work around here! Sign me subbed.

**From the Blog 12/01/12

Been a slow day at work, so I got a little more done... Some would say I'm a little bit OCD... :

Hollowed out the cavity for the connector piece for the Torso and the Tail. This part was very difficult and took a lot of cutting, sanding and digging to get all of the pieces to fit. I am using a Carnifex that's assembled - see photos, and I can't really get in there to draw/measure the piece. Plus I wanted to adjust the stance a little so it's definitely standing more than hunched over like a regular Carnifex.

Enjoy...





Here are the connector pieces with a rough sanding on them





Here is the Torso bottom half shaped with ribs and arms





The Connectors sanded and dry fit







Here are some mock ups with the "Model" in for a scale reference... this is with the Carnifex normal stance







This stance is more of what I'm going for...










Enjoy...

Frick me! Mate this is going to look amazing I'm subbed for sure!

Thanks for all of the support and great feedback


From the Blog (12/03/12)

update for today....

Started working on the Head and here was my first attempt using the 4x scale for a Tusked Carnifex head




I thought it was too small, so I went back and cut out a larger one and here is the results.











And here is one half of the head mocked up on the body




I have a surprise for the head that a buddy of mine (Mark) sculpted for me but I didn't grab a photo before packing everything away for the day... but it really completes the head. Still trying to decide if there needs to be a big nasty tongue sticking out of it's mouth since it's going to have Bio-Acid... What do you think?

Anyway, next I started shaping out the weapons, I'm thinking of a variant of the Heavy Venom Cannon called the Super Heavy Venom Cannon (I know it's not very creative) and the Heavy Bio-Cannon. Here are the rough shapes


SUPER HEAVY VENOM CANNON




HEAVY BIO-CANNON





And one for scale



Here is some rough shaping




That's all I could do today, hopefully I'll get more done this week. Need to finish up the other half of the head, finish these weapons, the other pair of weapons (Left side) and start knocking out some of that "boxy" shape that the Torso & Tail have.

Thanks for following

From the Blog (12/5/12)

Worked on the Super Heavy Venom Cannon a little last night, I'm not liking how it's coming and may have to scratch it and start over.

This is great stuff! I'm looking forward to seeing it all come together.

This is amazing! And in it's pink foamy state it looks like it could be a Cuddlefex. Man, having a plush Carnifex would be awesome. You cannot deny this.

In any case, definitely looking forward to seeing this come together! Totally impressed!

This is a very impressive project. Fantastic work so far, and I really can't wait to see the finished result.

Looks awesome. Just be sure to coat it in something before using any sort of spray primer. Wouldn't want to see it get eaten up by the paint, as tends to happen when aerosol paints are used on styrofoam.

this is epic!

as awesome as this all is, right now in its purple, fuzzy form it looks more like a plushy fex as opposed to a titan XD

This thing is awesome. Who woulda thought that that awesome monster was sitting under all that purple foam?
Can't wait to see the whole thing!

SUBBED!!! I gotta copy this idea!

From the Blog (12-05-12)

Got a chance to work on the arms/guns today. I spent some time yesterday picking out bits and getting ideas from people. After spending some time with the arms, I decided to go with the original set of weapons that I had cut, since the bits seemed to fit so well.

So here is the Super Heavy Venom Cannon mock up:









Here is the Heavy Bio-Cannon
















Everything will have to be matched up with green stuff and filler to make it seem a little more organic, but it's laying out the textures that I wanted to get accomplished in this step.

worked on the tail a little bit...

Oh hell yes. There is nothing about this that i don't like. Subbed and needing MOAR!

Sweet mother of God. BRING IT DOWN!!!!!

Holy Shnikes!! That is wicked cool!!!

Been working a lot lately, but I have an update on the MegaFex...

I got the hard coating from a local distributor that helped develop it. It's called Styrospray 1000. It's a 2 part process that hardens in about 20 minutes and fully cures in 24-48 hours. It's hard enough to tap with a hammer an not crack, but flexible to resist breaking. You can brush, spray or roll it on.



I spoke with the manufacturer and he said that it will serve as an adhesive for holding the bones in, a filler to soften the gaps and the final hard coat.

Steps:
carve, sand and shape foam: If you're using the Pink foam then you won't have to seal it, if you're using EPS then you need to seal it first with the Styrospray sealer.
brush on Latex Primer "Kilz"
mix & brush on the Styrospray 1000
let dry
sand rough spots
apply greenstuff details
prime with desired primer
paint with choice of paint

I'm going to try and do a sample piece soon and see how easy this material is to work with. The manufacturer said that it is going to work great.

Ooh this should be interesting.

oh
my
god



Subbed

About how much does the Styrospray cost? Is it a kit? Where did you purchase from? Sounds promising as I tend to do alot of things with foam.

Holy cow

Love to see this after you have sealed and painted it

DUDE! Totally fething subbed!