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Hey all,

This is a short (less than a week if all goes to plan) assembly blog of 5 different Titans. These have a few different themes which I will detail below.

1 Reaver, 2 Warhounds - Knights Haemophage - Part of the existing Traitor Blood Angel army. These are red and black with a gothic feel. Using Garden of Morr and similar terrain pieces for the bases.

1 Reaver - Alpha Legion - Along with a Praetor and a few other vehicles, this is traditional Alpha Legion style. Will be adding very large dragon wings to this as well to add to the theme.

1 Warhound - Nurgle - Greenish tan with nurgle green trim. The customer requests a base using a GW Battlescape terrain piece.



Boxes of Titans. Rhino for scale.



Some of the terrain bits I will be using for the Haemophage Titans. Gardens of Morr and some JR bits as well.



The three Haemophage bases ready to be cured. They are oven drying putty over 11" wooden discs. I have already cut the other 2 as well.

More updates tomorrow!

Wow, this is going to be one impressive thread. Can't wait to see it evolve more!

Bracing for awesome thread.

Awesome already....

Expensive , but awesome....

Subscribed. This is looking awesome.

Good God.

How to bake a Titan base.



Start with a cut base and roll on some oven bake clay.





Cut away the excess clay.



Sculpt in the details - in this case cobblestone as a basis for our terrain elements.



Bake on low heat. 215 degrees for 45 minutes.



Despite the low heat, proceed to warp the wood.



Luckily the putty separates easily with a putty spreader.



Cut some more discs. Cut extras.



Reattach the putty using painted on thin Elmers.

Delicious! Serves 3.



And for an added flavor, the beginnings of the Nurgle Titan base. Using a Battlescape terrain piece.

Until tomorrow!

The battlescape board looks like it will be... excellent

Yeah... This is going to be good.

Come on. Hurry up and post more already. Some of us are impatient.

Subsribed!
^What Snrub said!

Subbed, looking forward to more on this awesome topic

Bases 90% finished! Although it's hard to tell what's going on in the images.




Some big pins.




Thighs assembled.





Here are the legs ready for some feet.


Next update should be lots of big legs on bases.

things like these make me happy

Oh my, this looks like it will be fun! Great work on the bases so far, they are a masterpiece in their own right.

yeah,
This is awesome!

PAnic...

Thanks guys!

I should have plenty of time today to have a pic of the legs on bases tomorrow.

Subscribed! Keep it up!

Those bases are fantastic looking.

How many guys do you have working on this or is it just you? Because 5 titans in one week seems like quite the challenge for one man.

Awesomesauce!

This is going to be excellent.

 Snrub wrote:
Those bases are fantastic looking.

How many guys do you have working on this or is it just you? Because 5 titans in one week seems like quite the challenge for one man.

Just me. Always has been. Its not so bad. When you assemble models as much as I do you can do it blindfolded.

Legs are done and I will take a picture in the better light of morning.

Bases are superb, will you also be painting or just assembling? Interested as why you're using oven baked clay over other materials for the bases?

Bath time!







And legs attached to bases. Using 2-3" wood screws countersunk into the bottom to attach the titans. Once they are done epoxy will be used to permanently attach the legs. Although just the screws is feeling pretty solid with about 1" going directly into the feet.


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 Ruglud wrote:
Bases are superb, will you also be painting or just assembling? Interested as why you're using oven baked clay over other materials for the bases?

Thanks!

Yes I will be painting them right after they are done. I likely won't blog that as my painting isn't much to see until the very end. When I paint I work on lots of colors/elements at once so nothing is finished until it all comes together. Like building a house all at once but not putting the rooms together until the end. Terrible analogy but its the best I can come up with right now.

I like the oven bake clay because:

- Its carvable like traditional clay
- Its more durable than traditional clay
- Relatively inexpensive compared to using Green Stuff (About a $10 brick per base)
- When "firing" it sticks pretty well to whatever you put it on. If I didnt warp the bases it would have been enough adhesion to stay on the original bases. It took a good bit of effort to peel them off, but the stuff is also flexible so it didnt break.

However it only really works for initial work. Once you attach anything that will melt/burn in the oven you have to use something else.

This is gonna look so good when it all comes together. What do you plan on doing with them once you have finished them?

They are all commissions.

Two of the customers are friends so 4 of these will be on the table together at some point Im sure.

5... Titans... in a week?

Hoooooooooooly gak.

Damn, should have waited a few more days, I was hoping to scroll down and gradually watch these things grow. Instead, I'll have to check each day to see whats happening ha. Several times a day...

The bases look great and I'm excited to see them completed.

But why are you putting dragon wings on an Alpha Legion Titan? Their motif is the Hydra/serpent, not dragons.

 Darth Bob wrote:
The bases look great and I'm excited to see them completed.

But why are you putting dragon wings on an Alpha Legion Titan? Their motif is the Hydra/serpent, not dragons.

I have to echo this question. If its what the person wanted, then its what you have to do, (I think, right?) but if so why did they request that? Because they aren't really in line with Alpha Legion background