Building a MOTUC BIONATOPS!

**michaelAschamp** · August 25, 2012, 03:56pm

I will try to get some by tonight since I have to dig through his toy boxes and I think he has a Triceratops dino that I can use, I hope he doesnt get mad at me!

**Ayota** · August 25, 2012, 05:13pm

I just wanted to say my hat is off to you. Looks SO COOL! My CAC character had a lot to do with the Bionotops. any how I'm a huge dinosaur and Motuc fan. I'm stoked to see your progress.

Check out my art!:
http://ayotaartwork.deviantart.com/gallery/

**krosfyah** · August 28, 2012, 11:05am

Originally Posted by Dragonblaster

Thanks for your kind words everyone! I myself can’t wait to see the result!

BTW the magnet attachments idea is going to work nicely – I found some very strong ones of minimal size!

Here is some progress on the tech details on his head:
http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/m...tails-head.jpg

I also made a direct comparison of the head mounted blaster in two panels of the mini comic. The size is WAY smaller when He-Man sits on the head. So in the end I don’t see a problem in using the blaster PD HM came with. I’ll definitely make a turret though to make it appear a bit heavie
http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/m...comparison.jpg

Regarding the beak - here are some references in which it doesn’t appear to be metal…
http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/m...Bionatops1.jpg
This will be a tough decision…

Those dollar store weapons sound great. Any pics you could share?

I guess this is a vote for a metal beak eh?

it doesn't appear metal but it's a different colour than the horns. personally i'd go with bone for both or metal for both. (bone would be my first choice though) I wouldn't split the two.

**Lockdown** · August 31, 2012, 09:03pm

This is totally ultra-cool!

**evenflow** · August 31, 2012, 09:48pm

Very awesome, can't wait to see it finished.

**Charlie Brown** · September 4, 2012, 04:04am

wow, it looks really really promising!

any update?

**JoeyCruel** · September 4, 2012, 06:29am

Originally Posted by Delthaindia

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Stunnin' word pun!

**Dragonblaster** · September 4, 2012, 11:57pm

Originally Posted by Charlie Brown

wow, it looks really really promising!

any update?

Here you go

The beast is still far from finished. I haven't even begun sculpting his mechanical legs yet (I painted them though to getb a feeling for the color choices).
I'm very happy with the results so far.

Some of the tech details on the right side of his face:

So far he has one gun turret on his back (he may get another one on his right side).
The turnable weapon attachments are made interchangeable with strong magnets. I myself prefer the big anti-aircraft gun.

The Bionatops blaster is now mounted on his head. The turret allows three display options:
- active attack mode (the Bionatops controls the weapon)
- passive

and of course:
- rider control

By the way - the beak of the Triceratops actually was covered with a layer like the ones on parrot beaks and therefore is a different material than the horns. So I'm going with different colours for each

The horns will be painted a tad darker once I'm done though.

What do you think?

**FakeEyes22** · September 5, 2012, 02:24am

You are rocking this thing. SO HARD.

**Mistico** · September 5, 2012, 03:51am

Oh-so EXCELLENTLY done!

**Charlie Brown** · September 5, 2012, 04:54pm

that's a work to be proud of!

**iron_pride** · September 5, 2012, 06:20pm

Oh wow that is totally coolness!

**He-Dude** · September 5, 2012, 08:14pm

That could not look better at this point... I love it.

**kalel0201** · September 5, 2012, 11:41pm

Im excited to see the end result! Ive always loved this beast!

**Danavas** · September 6, 2012, 09:11am

Looks great.

**Dragonblaster** · September 6, 2012, 10:31am

Thank you very much guys!

It will take some time now until the next update. I just ordered some Apoxie Sculpt...
Mecha-legs here I come!

Still open for suggestions btw

**smanomega** · September 6, 2012, 10:48pm

great job so far make sure you do up the mechanical legs proper clean and smooth should finish up nicely great work.

**krosfyah** · September 7, 2012, 12:47pm

**Lay Ze-Man** · September 10, 2012, 03:03am

Wow, what a serious undertaking!

Looks totally rad so far, keep up the awesome work!

**Dragonblaster** · September 12, 2012, 02:17pm

Thank you guys! Your support really helps me doing this!

Just to give you some kind of update on the progress:

As you can see on the last pics I cut off that frill on the Triceratops' back. As the dinosaur is a rotocast that created a large gap and the beast looked like a piggy bank...
Well I used some green stuff to fix that gap and then sculpted some new scales using Apoxie sculpt. This is still WIP of course as not every scale is done yet.

And I even begun sculpting onto the legs. This is very early though, so don't expect anything great just now

That's the progress so far - I'll keep you updated!

Greetings,
DB

**Zargon** · September 12, 2012, 02:26pm

Can't wait to see the end result.

**krosfyah** · September 17, 2012, 03:14pm

to quote Freddie Prinze Sr. LOOKING GOOOOOOOD!

**Dragonblaster** · September 26, 2012, 05:01am

Thank you guys!

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Fellows, I have a BIG request.
Just heard that the Bionatops makes several appearances in the new mini comic.
It will still take about a month until my I receive my copy. And I really could use some more reference pics to continue my work on the beast...
Could someone PLEASE send me pictures of the dinosaur in the new comic? I don't even need full panels - just pics of the Bionatops himself.

Greetings,
Michael

**krosfyah** · September 27, 2012, 01:40pm

if i get it before anyone else who already has it gives you pics, I will help out.

**stprime** · September 27, 2012, 08:43pm

There's only one shot. I'll email it to you now or post it tomorrow.

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