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...some sad sap dancing with the one eyed lady...

You lost me there.

jabbakahut wrote:

...some sad sap dancing with the one eyed lady...

You lost me there.

Submariner slang for "looking out the periscope"

And here, within the reaver's head, you can see the all-in-one kitchen and Jacuzzi
This thing is completely brilliant.

(Fill in praise here)



Good job that's looking better than a forge world titan.
All hail the God Machine.

Goliath wrote:And here, within the reaver's head, you can see the all-in-one kitchen and Jacuzzi
This thing is completely brilliant.

Funny you should mention that. My updates have slowed down because I have been working on installing a kitchen sink... in my house, not in the reaver. Jacuzzi in the head... now there is an idea.

I could totally pimp this thing out. Disco ball, strobe lights, Champagne room... oh yeah. Must resist temptation of slanesh...

I could totally pimp this thing out. Disco ball, strobe lights, Champagne room... oh yeah. Must resist temptation of slanesh...

LOL - you call it a Reaver, but I think that you know very well it is simply a "lowered" Warlord!

ptlangley wrote:

Goliath wrote:And here, within the reaver's head, you can see the all-in-one kitchen and Jacuzzi
This thing is completely brilliant.

Funny you should mention that. My updates have slowed down because I have been working on installing a kitchen sink... in my house, not in the reaver. Jacuzzi in the head... now there is an idea.

I could totally pimp this thing out. Disco ball, strobe lights, Champagne room... oh yeah. Must resist temptation of slanesh...

Don't forget the flame themed paint job, excessive chrome trim, 16,000 watt stereo system, and latte machine by the gunner's station.

I know a person that had a music playing baneblade... just imagine...





THE i-TITAN

Wow! We've been playing games and here I didn't realize you were a modelling Genius!!!

Is this thing in your garage? We definitely need to have a game day there in the near future so you can show this baby off

Well I was thinking it was going to be a productive week but I have been wrapped up in relatively mundane household projects and detailing is a little more intensive than I expected. Anyway here is the latest progress.

I have been working on the greaves:


So getting the basic form of the greaves was easy, but they are going to need a lot more work. I had to make them flexible until I figure out exactly how they will be attached (blue tack for now). Anyway once I resolve the attachment issue I will really need to stiffen them up. I will probably use a combination of green stuff filler and reinforcing spars on the back side. Also I am thinking about embellishments to dress them up a bit... skulls and swords I am sure. Obviously I will need some Knee pads and to bulk up the hip area a bit.

And on the other side I am working on interior detail:

Well I got a periscope, and the beginnings of a console, working doors to the outer observation deck and command platform. Nothing is fixed yet . I think I will add a damage status screen to the port side and maybe the comms console to the starboard side as well as a couple of wall consoles. Anyway that should pretty much fill this up. I am hoping I can get it together and get the roof on soon. What I have realized is that with 4+ more spaces to detail this could take a while. Anyway if anyone has comments/ideas I am interested.

Periscope for the win of wins!

Damn this is a nice model you're building here, it is so cool that the joints work !!!
I'm being very inspired by your fantastic work.

Have you considered maybe somekind of waist-skirt to beef up the hips? If you could work them in such that they do not impede any other part of the model, they would both serve the aesthetic purpose of "beefing up" the hip area, and would serve the functional purpose of protecting the vulnerable hip and waist joints.

I'm envisioning something similar to the knee pads you want to make over the outside of the hips, coupled with the 40-K ubiquitous cod piece.

Saldiven wrote:Have you considered maybe somekind of waist-skirt to beef up the hips? If you could work them in such that they do not impede any other part of the model, they would both serve the aesthetic purpose of "beefing up" the hip area, and would serve the functional purpose of protecting the vulnerable hip and waist joints.

I'm envisioning something similar to the knee pads you want to make over the outside of the hips, coupled with the 40-K ubiquitous cod piece.

Yeah, there will be knee armor of some sort and I have some pieces to "beef" up the waist but I haven't quite determined the best way to fit it all together. I don't want it to look like it is just thrown on there. I will probably fill in the gap between the Reactor and the hips. Then I will put some separate shields around the hip joints. I will see if I can sketch up some concepts.

OMG THAT IS SWEETEER THAN SWEET< SIRRRR!!!! I REMOVE MY HAT 4 YOU

I love reading modeling blogs like this, they're so intensive in nature I always feel like I actually accomplished something after I catch up to what the current progress is. Amazing work.

same

Your mastery of plasticard is quite impressive, and the fact that you're doing the interior is just plain nuts. Can't wait to see how this one plays out.

Glad you guys like it, I have thoroughly enjoyed working on it so far. I am a little concerned I will not be able to keep the momentum going... so far so good.

I am seriously impressed by your dedication. You have some skills with sketch-up too, great program eh? I use it for landscape design, and I plan to make some schematics for a 3-4 ft. Wraithlord using it in the future.

So your using styrene yeah, I have been looking into styrene because I have little or no experience with it. it seems quite hard to find at good prices. I was thinking of using PVC for my frame as well as for the basic armor. I have a lot of experience with PVC so I may stick with that plan.

For your general details you might want to consider using low-gauge aviary wire coated with industrial strength hot-glue adhesive. For a large project I was considering getting one of the big glue-guns that you see in some warehouses. The wire mesh along with the hot-glue makes an extremely tough yet responsive "skin". If I wanted I could probably make some bouncy balls . Do not apply the hot-glue directly to the styrene (or to the balls ) as it would obviously melt your masterpiece into a pile of gunk.

I think I understand the general idea of the ankles from the beginning of the blog, but I am sure I don't fully "grasp" the concept. Some WIP pics on that would have been very useful. I will have to take some time to read through the entire thread to see if I missed anything. The little "hydraulic" pistons are built with rubber washers as a piston "head"? Like a cork gun?

wow...thats amazing. hope you don't mind but i've put a link to this thread on my social sites...everyone has to see the pure skill.

WOW!!, just wow.

If you were still wanting to use quad AA guns, you could always use the quad autocannon from the soon to be released aigis defence line for planetstrike.

Orlanth wrote:You would be very lucky to source those bits.

Yeah I would never find the bits but I did finally find better pics

http://www.galactic-intrigue.com/epicollector/Pages/2-Catalog/Catalog-Overview-Frames.html

So the dragon and eagle heads are more lame than I had imagined, close combat head 1 (minus the weapon) and the custodian seem not too bad. Anyway, anyone looking for inspiration for scratchbuilds should check this page out. Lots of good images of old titan (epic) models.

I love looking at these scratch-built models. Real inspiring. Keep up the great work!

Hi

See this thread for some more Titan heads - I uploaded from an old White Dwarf:

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/225578.page

I can't decide which is the best, maybe the custodian head

Keep going... I want to play against this in person when it is done

I love the "shins", and especially the interior detailing!

IDEA FOR HEAD


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Minus the antennas, more tubes and piping going into body

...that would look awesome.