Miniature of the Fortnight #35: Stone Rhino/Behemoth

[Xiwo Xerase]

We start looking at the post-TRO 3050 Clan 'Mechs with one of the largest, and slowest, second-line BattleMechs available to the Clans, the Stone Rhino, or, for the Inner Sphere, the Behemoth.  To learn more about its history and using it in game, please see its 'Mech of the Week article.

Like most of the TRO 3055 Unseen, there have only been two sculpts available for the Stone Rhino (Behemoth):

• The original Unseen resculpt released by Ral Partha (20-792).
• The reseen sculpt released by Iron Wind Metals (20-332).

If you have any of painted any of these minis, Unseen or Reseen, please share.  We'd love to see them!

As always, thank you for reading and especially thank you to those who post.

Our next two fortnights will be: (Dates are approximations)

• Inner Sphere (2/11): Victor and Lu Wei Bing
• Clan (2/25): Vapor Eagle (Goshawk)

[Luciora]

Resculpt on the left and original on the right.  Also both seem to be victims of my earliest wash attempts.

[Domi1981]

I already posted that in my last thread but hope its okay. My first "fortnite" contribution.

[dirty harry]

In my opinion one of the most stylish old sculpts versus one of the worst resculpts ever. Although i own both it will take a lot of hack and tinker before i get paint on the resculpt abomination (never ever will i keep these Z-shaped legs, the top mounted air intakes, the twin barrel turret or the heavy laser mishmash). Astonishingly i have not painted my old sculpt either. The only Behemoth i painted so far was done as a commision job.

This Behemoth is part of clan Blood Spirits Tau galaxy.

[Wotan]

Classic Unseen Stone Rhino in colors of Smoke Jaguar Alpha Galaxy.

Unseen Stone Rhino in colors of my 286th Adder Sentinels from Tau Galaxy.

And a Reseen Stone Rhino for Goliath Scorpions Delta Galaxy

[Starbuck]

amusing, three german contributions in a row!

that's 3:1 for germany.  :D

and no, i can not score the fourth one. i don't have a Behemoth.  :-\

[Wotan]

The Behemoth is big, bad, ugly and dont understand humor - so it is very german i think ...

[IAMCLANWOLF]

[Domi1981]

The original Japanese design is so much more sexy than anything that came later on. Designers should have a long look at those lines and try to understand what makes em so unique. The design that came out after the original did the same mistake that I already posted about in the Shimmering Swords thread. They just tried to recreate some random characteristics without understanding the original design language. Nothing, except some other Unseens, has had this vibe to it. Plus it really fit the Battletech universe since the overly silly Gundamesque mechas with swords and shields have been avoided. Whoever picked those illegal copies had a good taste. Unfortunately....illegal.

[Psycho]

It's been a long time since painting either sculpt. One on the to-do list, but a completed one has been years.

Two old sculpts, and one reseen modded to the very nasty 3 variant... which on the table managed to last one whole turn before taking a shot to the head that landed dual sensor crits. That was not a good day.  :'(

[agen2]

The only one available I have is slightly modified:

IMG_20180204_115417 by agen2, su Flickr

[Daemion]

I have to ask what you used for the arms and gun. I have a Stone Rhino that fell prey to the thin shoulder syndrome that plagues the older sculpt. No way to re-pin it, so looking to swap out.

I really like the look for this.

[Sharpnel]

The guns appear to be from Reaper's CAV line, especially the arms. The Dorsal gun I'm not 1005 sure on though

[Cache]

Like most of the TRO 3055 Unseen, there have only been two sculpts available for the Stone Rhino (Behemoth):

• The original Unseen resculpt released by Ral Partha (20-792).
• The reseen sculpt released by Iron Wind Metals (20-332).

I wouldn't consider it a different sculpt by any means, but there is a variation in the Unseen minis. Early minis have a weak spot in the middle of the upper arms that broke... often. There were enough complaints, by snail mail and/or phone I presume, that Ral Partha had that point beefed up.

(example images pulled from DerFeind on coolminiornot.com and dirty harry from this thread.)

[Force of Nature]

The guns appear to be from Reaper's CAV line, especially the arms. The Dorsal gun I'm not 1005 sure on though

They are from the CAV line. The arms are from the Tiger and the Dorsal gun is from a Mammoth.

[Heavyguard]

Rescuplt Stone Rhino 3 conversion I did a few years ago for a mini exchange.



Heavyguard

[Siberian-troll]

Find just a pair of pics for last few years: