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i decided earlier today to try my hand at scratch building a titan. naturally i started with the smallest, a warhound.
i have already built part of one leg, and plan to continue once i have PVC piping tomorrow...

Groovin' so far, although the foam in the cracks looks a little weird. I'm not sure how you would solve this, but there must be a way.

i'm gonna fill it with milliput and then sand it down. at least thats the plan

quick update

finished building both legs. started to build the torso.

C&C welcome as per usual
and also opinions on scale please? scale pic is first

WaaaaghLord, great work so far

looking forward to seeing more progress

one thing, i think you have the lower leg parts on back to front
have a look at the 2nd page of photos for the mars patern warhound on the forge world site
you will find some really good detail on how the legs go together

http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/matitan1.htm

keep up the good work

snafu

yeah, i've kinda fixed that now. thanks for the head-up brotherSnarfu...although i basically had to detach and rebuild the legs xD
yeah, so the lower torso is on the legs now, pictures later.

also, i had an idea to hide the gaps in the legs. since its going to be a Chaos warhound, i plan to have lots of chaos symbols placed erratically on the mini made from card. thus hiding the gaps

WaaaaghLord wrote:i'm gonna fill it with milliput and then sand it down. at least thats the plan

Naw use some ready made spackle. Its less expensive and easier to use for filling.

whats spackle? i always thought it was like filler?

WaaaaghLord wrote:whats spackle? i always thought it was like filler?

it is. i looked.

more pics

C&C welcome

So far, so good!

Looking forward to the weapons...

rofl. me too. its gonna have the Vulcan Megabolter, and Plasma Blastgun thingy

looking great so far

i still think you have the lower legs a bit off, the two botom sections of each leg need to be rotated 180

if it would be any help i could post a photo of my own scratch built warhound for your reference

but keep up the great work, looking forward to seeing more progress

Snafu

yeah, go for it. my understanding was from pics and the like was that the legs went forward then back, a bit like chicken legs...

right, updates hopefully late tonight/tomorrow, as im getting more foamboard and the like today

next up, the shoulders, followed by weapons and detailing

right, vulcan megabolter almost done, plasma blastgun on its way....
nexts up, detailing, so pustules and buboes abounds

Lookin' spot on. Bit of pic blurriness, but I get the idea.

i know...i dont have very good lighting here. i was embarrased at the blurriness since im supposed to be a photography student

sweet were you get the templates

http://www.4shared.com/file/48576842/a5a82507/Titans.html

theyre in the RAR file on that site. they need modification depending on the thickness of the materials used, as theyre designed for paper

The legs do seem off. rip out those bottle tops and get some 1" bulsa (or broom handle!) and cut these to fit in the circled quarters (wood glue or pva should hold)

Nice job, keep up the good work. What are you making the Blastgun out of?

@ f74:
im already on it

@ trevy the great:
mostly foamboard and the top of a shampoo bottle thats roughly the right shape. and then some green resin my friend casts.

also, after playing an apocalypse game today with my orks (we won btw), i am not sure wheter to use this as a part of my looted imperial tank company, which i use regularly allied with my orks. how many people do you think would have a probelm with this if i use it at grot or even ork ballistic skill?

just because i want to call it the Waaagh!Hound, really xD

Again great work so far

sorry for not posting a photo yet, had problems with my camera
but the page from the plans that f74 posted should keep you right

also, sorry to be a pain but i also notice you have the hips on back to front
that armour plate should be at the front

keep up the good work, cant wait to see more

snafu

no, actually, i have a separate armour plate for the front section, i probably shoulda said that tbh, sorry xD

right, painting has started. bad moons style
and i have put orky looking barrels on the VMB, and decided to switch to the Inferno Kannon for the second weapon. theres just something about it thats more orky

this looks great .Whenever i try building big things with plasticard it always goes horribly wrong! the other day i built a mini titan (it uses the rules for the brass scorpion) and it looks great, soon i will start a forum where people can post their convershuns, with a theme each time, so watch this space! but this looks even better! do you still have the templates? that would rock my socks

theres still a link to the site with the templates further up this thread i think

ok then i'll try 2 build 1 meself!

hold on, what programme do you need to open it?

Winrar for the .rar files.

Get it off microsoft's website.

Also Adobe reader works for actually viewing it.

good luck then bottbott

taking a break from this for a few days to paint some Eldar stuff, but will get back to it hopefully at weekend