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Bionicle - Thornatus V9

Here it is, the first Bionicle vehicle (prop) on workshop! :D

"The Thornatus V9 is a truly fearsome machine. Its three-pronged forward assembly can tear through opposing vehicles, while its four mounted blasters finish the job."

This is kind of a mega "model" it's so large in vertex size that I had to separate it (like the Toa Mata Nui, and my Time Warden MOC). Only, this one was the largest by far, at 458,068 vertices ALL UP, compare that to the Toa Mata Nui, at 294,618, and 169,692 for TW. Why's that, you might ask? Parts, there are over 200 in this build. So, complain all you want about how you have to assemble this yourself, or whatever, I CAN'T CHANGE THE SOURCE ENGINE TO COMPILE LARGE MODELS LIKE THIS AS A WHOLE. Deal with it.

There are some minor differences with this and the official Thornatus, I was missing two parts, well, three, but I modelled one, didn't want to model the others (because they were harder). As you can see, the blasters on both sides (the thing with the drills) are improvised, and so is the thing near the back of the front wheels (the thing that curves over them). There's also a missing piece, I didn't bother improvising it. There is a bodygroup to disable the thornax spikeball, and special bones you can access with a bone tool like Joint Tool.

If you don't know how to assemble it, I'll explain:

1. Spawn all the parts.

2. "thornatus_v9" is the base that you bonemerge to, it has a bodygroup to enable a template, just so you see where its physics and bones are before bonemerging. Enable it, if needed.

3. Use Easy Bonemerger (select the base) and bonemerge each static prop to the base model, once everything is bonemerged, disable the template (if you enabled it).

4. You're done. Use Advanced Duplicator to save a copy of the newly constructed Thornatus V9 if you like, so you can just spawn it next time you open a new map without having the reconstruct it every time.

FAQ:

Q: Will you make more Bionicle vehicles?
A: Maybe.

Q: Is this drivable?
A: No, but I'm thinking of making a drivable version, if that's possible.
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LEGO: Creating MOST of the actual models used.

The Frosty_Engine (Phanto): Assembling, textures, rigging, bones (some parts I may have modelled myself), and ripping many models as well, etc.

Lehvak: Ripping some of the models.
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As seen in the gif in the showcase images, the Thornatus has a tendency to roll around by itself...I can't make it behave, so, I'd take care if I were you.

SFM Version: https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=761659670

Enjoy!