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So I've been chipping away at this guy for a little over a month or so and am getting to some of the finer details now. This being my first scratch build I have had to learn along the way and am looking for a few tips, specifically with some of the detail work. I notice quite a few people manage to add the little bolts/rivet type dot onto their builds and was wondering what some of the common techniques are to do this. My best guess was tiny dots of glue that just dry on the surface, maybe dabbing with the tip of a toothpick or something. Also I've hit a bit of a show stopper with the turbo lasers, specifically the ends of the barrels where they have that four-pronged collar that stages down to a slightly smaller barrel, the best idea I've had so far is to but thin PVC reducer and cut the prongs into it myself because I couldn't find anything like it in the specialty fasteners sections of Lowes or Home Depot.

That's it for the questions, here are the progressive WIP pictures I've taken along the way and the Foreworld turbo laser for comparison.

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Nice work!

Badass. That's great so far for scratch build.

nice work so far. I think you should really consider going with the paper post-it chaos face you originally had on the model though . I love the accurate dimensions of the model and the nice symmetry. I will await more updates...also love the detail work on the legs with the pneumatics!

The attention to detail with the legs is great. By looking at it you can tell how it operates..

Before it's done you'll need to buy a chaos vehicle conversion kit.

So I know it has been quite some time since I have done an update but here it is. Unfortunately the time span is not commiserate with the amount of work done, sadly the hassle of real life has slowed the progress of my inner Chaos. However the future looks bright for this little guy and I'm aiming for Christmas as the completion date. Without further delay here are the updates.




I made a negative mold for this shin guard detail using GS and a skull from an infantry bit and glued it to a stick of spru and stamped it all over the place, then stuffed some GS into the negative and the next morning had this. Skulls for the skull throne.


This was one of my first attempts at actually 'sculpting' with GS. Just made little sausages and slowly pushed them around into the Chaos arrows. I took more the style from the 4th Edition Daemon Prince, I liked the ones that were curved and took on their own proportions (not to mention it made it easier for someone with spotty sculpting skills).


Here I added some nuts to make the knee joints look like they would rotate. The largest portion of the leg detailing has been filling in gaps between plates, trim, pipes, etc... I still need to add rivets but can't come up with a good-looking, consistent way to do it. Tips would be appreciated.


Here I stole the detail from the FW Mars pattern Chaos Warhound, an Eye of Horus detail that ends in some arrows.


I used a couple of the shin molds to fill the majority of the back left shoulder, I was running out of ideas for details and I felt like this would give it some diagonal symetry. This still need to be gap filled then "smoothed" out to look like a Daemonic possession.


And the general overshot. If I can keep up the motivation I feel like it will roll along. However I still need to come up with some ideas for the top detailing. Again I have thought about using the FW as a base and making a full 8-point Chaos star that spreads the entire top of it, or making more arrows from the shoulder trim that point up to the flat top, or a smaller star on one side and something else. Again input and ideas would be appreciated.

Scratch built Titans don't always turn out so well, but your looks amazing. The GS work with all the skulls/faces is superb.

That skull-shin is very impressive. This is gonna look great.

Just out of curiosity, What did you build the titan out of?

PS (I'm building one now)

Surfboard66 wrote:Just out of curiosity, What did you build the titan out of?

PS (I'm building one now)

Sorry it took me a bit to reply.

I made mine from .030"/0.8mm Plastruct (sheet styrene) and .020"/0.5mm Plastruct for alot of the smaller overlay detail as it was a little thinner and easier to work with. No frame or skeleton used, the styrene is strong and light enough to support itself. Most of the pistons/pipes/barrels are from assorted thickness brass and aluminum tubing.

Gap filled the carapace, added some power cells, spikes and will sculpt some more arrows on the trim soon.


Added some chaos tangles, gap filled trim and will shave it down once it dries, added what will be brass strips and banding with rivets. I'll need to find a stage down tip for the turbo lasers too.




Plugged some holes on the snout and will trim it, added eye lenses and flat GS to cut into trim with rivets for the eyes.


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Added chain and rivets to the legs.


Sculpted arrows and "growth wounds" at the bases of the spikes.


Also made a World Eaters icon for the other shoulder and stuck rivets on all the trim.

Now onto the face! More to come tomorrow.

I moved the finished build to an army blog here. I figured it was more appropriate.