Tyrannocyte & Mucolids

[javaman21011]

I was thinking of mounting my cyte on an acrylic rod and saving the tentacles for a mucolid. Does anyone recommend a specific diameter rod?

[OD from TV]

Take what I have with a grain of salt, I don't have a pod in my possession to play around with after all.

I think you'd probably have to play around and figure out exactly how you want to mount it. If you want to go with a single rod then you probably have to get one that is very thick to support the weight (and possibly have balancing issues), whereas if you go with multiple rods you can get away with using thinner rods (which naturally would all be supporting one another). Using brass rod would be an alternative to acrylic as they are less likely to break and can support more weight, but from my experience they are harder to work with.

That said if you decide to go with a four rod approach and mount them in the same area as the lower support tentacles, you can probably get away with a thickness of around the same as the tentacles. It also would be the easiest way of going about it since you wouldn't have to do much if any modification to the standard kit.

Hope that helps!

Peace
~OD

[GestationPool]

Ditto on what OD said above. From what I've seen in reference shots, I'd estimate you would want at least 1/2-2/3 inch diameter rod to be safe if you decided to do just the one acrylic post. If you were simply replacing the tentacles, something of similar size should work. Of course the height of the final model, whether or not you plan on having the spore removable from the posts, and a few other factors would come into play.
But again, I haven't seen the model in person and have no idea what the balance or weight is like, so this is all conjecture.

-GP

[Kyokii]

Your rod doesn't need to be big- a little thicker than a gargoyle's, maybe. the tentacles the spore sits on are about 2 1/2" long. It stands roughly 3 3/4" tall.

[javaman21011]

Another idea would be to find an FMC stand, cut it down to size and use that instead. But alas I do not know where to get those.

[broyston]

Nov 26, 2014 23:46:53 GMT javaman21011 said:

Another idea would be to find an FMC stand, cut it down to size and use that instead. But alas I do not know where to get those.

The bases section of the GW site for the princely sum of £6.15 each. Oval base included.

[javaman21011]

Nov 29, 2014 0:10:04 GMT broyston said:

Nov 26, 2014 23:46:53 GMT javaman21011 said:

Another idea would be to find an FMC stand, cut it down to size and use that instead. But alas I do not know where to get those.

The bases section of the GW site for the princely sum of £6.15 each. Oval base included.

Cool thanks. The other idea I had was to grab the new zoanthrope kit, make my new brood + neurothrope and use the venomthrope tentacles for the mucolids. At least then I'd have a proper tyrannocyte and possible mucolids to play with. I suppose if that works then I will need to scour the net for bits

[broyston]

[/quote]Cool thanks. The other idea I had was to grab the new zoanthrope kit, make my new brood + neurothrope and use the venomthrope tentacles for the mucolids. At least then I'd have a proper tyrannocyte and possible mucolids to play with. I suppose if that works then I will need to scour the net for bits [/quote]


Funny, I just bought 25 venomthrope lash whips from Bitz Box for £6 in their Black Friday sale for that exact purpose. They are a little skinny, so I was thinking of using the original tentacles for the mucolids and using the plastic rod idea on the tyrannocyte and using the venom whips on the bottom of there.
Its not like the tyrannocyte tentacles block LOS much anyway.

[javaman21011]

Well my concern is about structural integrity. The cyte is way more heavy and so might require its intended parts. However the mucolid could survive a hacked solution more easily since its smaller/lighter

[javaman21011]

I just found this and I might give it a try to make copies of the tentacles! www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/242040.page

[Kyokii]

go for it, java. with it being a tentacle I recommend making the mold gravity fed with the talon tip at the top of the model to minimize miscasts that could cause it to be too wobbly.