Modeling Atlas-Class Ferrojacks

A couple months ago when I was planning what I wanted to do for GSC I got some crazy inspiration and in my head everything clicked so I decided I had to do it. I have named it the Atlas-Class Ferrojack and written fluff about it (PLEASE see post below!). I named it Atlas to kind of be a mnemonic and keep the same nomenclature as the Goliath truck (I know one is a Greek titan and the other Judaeo-Christian giant but it makes sense to me and I like it!). I named it a ferrojack because it is a mining vehicle and jack brings to mind both lumberjack and some animes have referred to grunt mechs as jacks, and ferro is just a fancy way of saying iron.

The Atlas-Class Ferrojack will be a counts-as Armored Sentinel and it was inspired by combing Acolytes and a Goliath truck. Weird I know, but let me explain.

In this picture is the Goliath truck mining laser, cab and exhaust. This was the Goliath spark of inspiration.

In this picture is the Acolyte spark of inspiration. I wanted to mimic the silhouette of the left most Acolyte and give visual cues using the heavy mining equipment that would create something unique and feel at home in my project. What would that look like?

Behold the Atlas-Class Ferrojack! I am very happy with how it turned out. The cab mimic's the Goliath cab and it has the silhouette of a 1st/2nd gen hybrid. It has a mining laser, heavy rock saw and heavy rock cutter, which will count as a multi-laser/lascannon and a chainsaw. Here are some more pics.

It has the ladder, railing and handle from the truck kit. I am hoping this will visually tie it in with project, especially when next to a Goliath and especially especially when they are both painted in the same scheme. I removed all of the spikes in addition to adding the railing in an attempt to make it feel more imperial and feel like an actual construction vehicle. 

Please go read the fluff post, I think it kind of ties everything up in a neat little package.

I will leave you with a couple more pics. I magnetized the saw arm and the laser arm using 5mm x 2mm 3/16"x1/16" N52 Strong Rare Earth magnets. I didn't magnetize the cutter arm as the magnet was too big for joint and I didn't come up with a solution at the time. I learned a lot about modelling with magnets with this project and probably would do things a little differently if I were to ever build another one.

I also did some more painting. Trying to decide if I want to do a post on the progress. Hmm ...