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Superheavy Assault Walkerby ~mangozac

Traditional Art / Sculpture / Models

My first major scratchbuild project, which turned into my first major casting project. Talk about jumping into the deep end! It was intended as a Tau superheavy for Warhammer 40k (I used to play but these days am only interested in the models).

This project was completed over 2 years and ended up being a fully fledged resin model kit. Can now be purchased from [link]

The overall assembled model stands about 300mm tall and I won't be doing anything this big again in a hurry!

Side shot: [link]

Design and sculpting: Mangozac
Painting: Mark Tait

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~spyderrock48 Jan 9, 2011

so wait, are you saying the real life model is 300m tall??

~mangozac Jan 9, 2011

Haha well spotted: I've fixed it now: 300mm. Now a 300 metre tall model: that would be impressive!

~spyderrock48 Jan 9, 2011

i was about to say, thats a very large back yard and scaffolding you have there.

~Shavarn Dec 14, 2010

Impressive.

~makisstyle Sep 11, 2010

holy shit dude, this kicks ass!

=Sakaryu Sep 3, 2010 Student Digital Artist

Is this a 3D Animation Model or a Real Life model. If it is a real life model than what did you make it from?

~mangozac Sep 4, 2010

This is a real physical model. Construction materials for the original were basically styrene (plastic) sheet/tube/rod and two part epoxy putty (Milliput). From this master model silicone moulds were created and the pictured model above is a resin cast made from these moulds.

For those who are interested the (long) build log can be found over on Advanced Tau Tactica: [link]

=Sakaryu Sep 4, 2010 Student Digital Artist

Looks amazing, I wish it was Tournament legal.

~Jovha Aug 20, 2010

Wow papa great!

*SkyWay Aug 18, 2010 Professional Digital Artist

Very nice. Very nice indeed

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