Resin Brainbug
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Paladin said:
The latter - Adrian built one of the metal ones, and then set to work with his own unique talent!
The Tanker Bug, however, well, that is a whole new beast
Lieutenant Rasczak
Mongoose
msprange said:The Tanker Bug, however, well, that is a whole new beast
Yea Baby . . . . . . .
ScipioAmericanus
Mongoose
msprange said:Paladin said:
The latter - Adrian built one of the metal ones, and then set to work with his own unique talent!
The Tanker Bug, however, well, that is a whole new beast
Amen to that! I kept trying to think of ways to "accidentally" put it in my laptop case... :lol:
ScipioAmericanus
Mongoose
Mongoose Adrian said:Yep it's one piece resin with metal bits, based on the metal one.
And yes I thought Mr Hanky to
There are many on my desk all lined up and it looks like the March of the Turds LOL.
Adrian: I wasn't going to say anything, but that's exactly what I thought when I first saw them all!!! :lol:
Regards.
Gauntlet-
Banded Mongoose
I really want to see it too...
because of this supposed super awesome tanker... I am rethinking my 3/4 tankers...
1 is a mantis tanker and I love it and it will stay, one is a spare parts/joke crab tanker, and there is no reason to take it apart.
Then I have 2 old style tankers which I will likely replaced... so now I am thinking what sort of horrible mutant bugs I can make out of them... But I want to see these new tankers before I smash them up to bits.
because of this supposed super awesome tanker... I am rethinking my 3/4 tankers...
1 is a mantis tanker and I love it and it will stay, one is a spare parts/joke crab tanker, and there is no reason to take it apart.
Then I have 2 old style tankers which I will likely replaced... so now I am thinking what sort of horrible mutant bugs I can make out of them... But I want to see these new tankers before I smash them up to bits.
MaxSteiner
Mongoose
Im interested in the new Tanker, because (And this might be a bit contraversial) I thought the old one was awful.
Not to say you couldn't get some decent effect out of it with a massive conversion project, I've seen at least three that fit the part on here lol, just that it seemed more worthwhile at the time to scratch build my own one....
'Course that back fired since I only ever find the toy its based on for sale in Australia these days and the shipping is as much as this new ones probably gonna cost. Hopefully if this one is a masive improvement I can use my old one as a thorny tanker or something
Not to say you couldn't get some decent effect out of it with a massive conversion project, I've seen at least three that fit the part on here lol, just that it seemed more worthwhile at the time to scratch build my own one....
'Course that back fired since I only ever find the toy its based on for sale in Australia these days and the shipping is as much as this new ones probably gonna cost. Hopefully if this one is a masive improvement I can use my old one as a thorny tanker or something
Gauntlet-
Banded Mongoose
I never thought the old one was awful... awful to construct, but the finished product was decent, a good chunk of the model would be salvageable if you were not going to make it any larger.
My hopes are that they A. increase the general bulk/size of it by 15-25% make the head... 'shellier' and truer to the movie, give it 6 large frontal legs instead of 4, and redesign those legs for posabillity, as well as the torso... a torso design that can be 'standing' or laying down would be great.
My hopes are that they A. increase the general bulk/size of it by 15-25% make the head... 'shellier' and truer to the movie, give it 6 large frontal legs instead of 4, and redesign those legs for posabillity, as well as the torso... a torso design that can be 'standing' or laying down would be great.
MaxSteiner
Mongoose
Well awful might be a bit harsh, but of the five people I've managed to get too look at SST, all have mentioned how bad they thought the Tanker was.
I really like the one conversion where its rearing up too look like the box art. The standard hunkered down pose just doesn't do it for me though.
I really like the one conversion where its rearing up too look like the box art. The standard hunkered down pose just doesn't do it for me though.
Well I never particularily liked the tanker. I liked the stats and some people liked seeing it at demos. It's not controversial to have an opinion mate.
I always thought the older one looked like a toy. The parts never really fitted very well, mine always broke because the plastic is too rigid and I had to use superglue (I prefer plastic glue on plastics, it lets them take more of a beating).
I preferred the plasma by far, only real problem was that it was top heavy. The head of mine is FULL of pennies! :lol:
I always thought the older one looked like a toy. The parts never really fitted very well, mine always broke because the plastic is too rigid and I had to use superglue (I prefer plastic glue on plastics, it lets them take more of a beating).
I preferred the plasma by far, only real problem was that it was top heavy. The head of mine is FULL of pennies! :lol:
Hmm, not really liking that Brain Bug. 
It doesn't look any different to the first metal one in my opinion which was one of the worst models I've ever owned. In fact it's the first mini I've ever thrown away.
It needs to have it's back fat layered more rather than being so streamlined and a little detail wouldn't hurt. The legs are too podgy and need to be much thinner.
Shame really as I was looking forward to this one.
Hope the Tanker looks better.
It doesn't look any different to the first metal one in my opinion which was one of the worst models I've ever owned. In fact it's the first mini I've ever thrown away.
It needs to have it's back fat layered more rather than being so streamlined and a little detail wouldn't hurt. The legs are too podgy and need to be much thinner.
Shame really as I was looking forward to this one.
Hope the Tanker looks better.
Lieutenant Rasczak
Mongoose
Rob_A said:
Its a big fat semi wrinkly blob, how much detail do you need Lol.
Unless they made it look like the Cartoon version . . . . . .
Lieutenant Rasczak
Mongoose
Rob_A said:
I never found it particularly fiddly tbh, the filling can be time consuming - but thats always a problem when models are cast up in large chunks as you can't always predict where the shrinkage/expansion will be.
I like em all personally Lol.
Gauntlet-
Banded Mongoose
the legs were my problem, the movie legs are much different. That and how hard it was to attach the chariot bugs.
The model was always a decent sculpt just insane to construct... which this version should fix.
So I call it 'good nuff' I think Mongoose is trying to budget this re-launch very carefully, and that is probablly why they are not going all out and redoing the brain entirely... its a time/cost vs quantity/quality issue... its good enough for a model that only half the players or less will buy 1 of.
The model was always a decent sculpt just insane to construct... which this version should fix.
So I call it 'good nuff' I think Mongoose is trying to budget this re-launch very carefully, and that is probablly why they are not going all out and redoing the brain entirely... its a time/cost vs quantity/quality issue... its good enough for a model that only half the players or less will buy 1 of.
