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I like the use of magnets to make the whole thing come apart... I never considered that. I've been working on a Star Wars model recently and considered use in a similar fashion. But it make more sense for your use. I will have to go back to the other pages to refresh myself with the other model with magnets. I want to use them on my Reaver, but after my experience with the Warhound I'm reluctant.

The pose you are going for is interesting. So only one foot will be in contact with the ground, or is it just that stance you are going for? I'm curious if a foot is going to be in mid-step, how you would brace the rest of the model.

Remember When The Blackadder Wrote:

 The_Blackadder wrote:
More thoughts on.......

Ambulatory Dynamics:

Okay I've pretty much decided on the stance which will be similar to the image below except the trailing foot (The right foot Blue arrow ) will have the toes in contact with the ground.

http://i.imgur.com/GEqVh14.jpg


The hips will be canted in towards the centerline ( Red arrows) and the ankles will be slightly twisted in ( Green arrow ) so the width of the gait will be quite narrow instead of the way most Warhounds are displayed.

Most of the weight of the model will be centered above the left foot which will be fully in contact with the ground ( Left Blue arrow )

The overall motion representation will be similar to the image below:



although the feet will be positioned in this manner:



From the side the stance will resemble this:



Excepting it will be a Chaos Warhound of course.

Well it was September of 2014

So it's better to entitle this:

A Half Decade Late:

Because 'Agis' has a blog that demonstrates the efficacy of this pose and the overall menacing aspect.

http://agis40k.blogspot.com/search?updated-min=2015-01-01T00:00:00-08:00&updated-max=2016-01-01T00:00:00-08:00&max-results=7

Witness this amended image from his 2015 entry:

http://i.imgur.com/Yeju1O9.jpg


A work he began in 2010.

Interesting look. And by that I mean that although technically more accurate, it looks a little hinky. I'm curious what it looks like from other angles, I didn't see anymore on the front page of the blog.


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Found them here, actually... I really like them, that Reaver is pretty sick looking.
http://agis40k.blogspot.com/search/label/Project%20Titan

Thanks for the reply belatedly I'll admit.........:blush:

Together Again:

After an eight month hiatus I'm ready to resume this build starting with the fully articulated feet and legs.

http://i.imgur.com/7kmJkny.jpg

Blackadder Poses a Chaos Warhound

Geezus; after 9 months finally an update!

After sitting in the box for the better part of a year I've final gotten around to posing my Chaos Warhound.



In this preliminary pose (Nothing is glued yet; all the pieces are pinned together) I am trying to get the feet positions and the stance correct.



http://i.imgur.com/jNPMmzz.jpg





I've mentioned this before but to my mind the ambulation of the FW Titans is totally in error (My own Warlord included). Thrusting one foot forward without bringing it inward to the centerline in front of the trailing foot is physically impossible in a walking gait. Lifting a foot off the ground without shifting the weight to the trailing foot would cause the entire titan to topple to the side of the lifted foot. Further more to move forward the body must actually shift the CG (center of gravity) forward over the lead foot causing the lifted foot to swing and catch the body from falling forward on it's mug; every step we take has all these elements and we do it all subconsciously our brains making the subtle corrections for such as variations of terrain, wind, and surface conditions. Walking is tough!



ForgeWorld has titans waddling as a toddler would walk with the inverted pendulum perambulation; the torso shifting side to side with each step as a baby learning to walk. A squad of Reavers crossing a battlefield in this manner would look laughable.



My intent is to bring a bit of dignity to these monsters and I start with this, the Warhound Titan.

Eagerly awaiting more. I'm a Blackadder Titan junkie.

They could have gigantic super-gyroscopes keeping them balanced... They'd look super strange walking then, though.

The Pose I Am Looking For:

This is pretty much the pose I am looking for granting nothing is glued together and the whole figure is suspended on a piece of wire coat hanger.

http://i.imgur.com/zPaWmIR.jpg


It seems to have just the right degree of menace....

http://i.imgur.com/vttWvKF.jpg


The side view shows just a tad too much forward leaning but that will be corrected once the toes are secured.

http://i.imgur.com/jz6sUrG.jpg


Note the Turbolaser right armament; that's a modified Mars turbolaser....

http://i.imgur.com/APL9dtO.jpg


The rear view shows the dynamics of the pose.

http://i.imgur.com/rvAsIGd.jpg


Everything you see here is held together with pins and magnets so once glued the forward tilt will be less extreme.

Totally on board with you and the posing. I always wince a little when I see any model, but particularly large robo-walkers walking without a shift in weight, and keeping their feet under the centre of gravity.

Just one thing about that pose you have there...

 The_Blackadder wrote:
... so once glued the forward tilt will be less extreme.

... ah yeah, good to see you on top of it.

I can live with that pose . It is very intimidating.

That post is amazing.

EDC

Thanks for the replies and the encouragement....

This Pose Is Working:

Trust me; after hours of tweaking the legs feet and toes I finally bit the bullet and super glued the toes and lower legs together for all time. And it appeares somewhat satisfactory.

http://i.imgur.com/k8E5tBR.jpg


Instead of shortening the balance rod I raised the cork surface about 3/8 ths inch to get the desired bend to the knee and ankle.

http://i.imgur.com/GVbMiEn.jpg


I have to admit there is a certain malevolence to the pose even in this stripped down stage. Yeah this is how a Chaos Warhound should look Heh! Heh! Heh!

I think the front foot really does the model justice. Most times I see a warhound its up on its tippy toes like a dancer. This be has its foot down and toes spayed out like its carrying weight(the weight of the Titan). It still has movement, but looks braced enough that it could fire its guns at any moment.

With a mass of 410 tonnes it's a safe bet that ''tippy toes'' is at best a very transitory position.

Horrors:

Oh the horror I have three Warhound kits and all three are missing the same vital pieces;

http://i.imgur.com/SnYm0TC.jpg


both the pistons behind the knee.

http://i.imgur.com/1TL4buq.jpg


None of the pistons are of sufficient diameter to fit the cylinder properly.

http://i.imgur.com/qdykNbx.jpg


There are two unaccounted for pistons but they are about a millimeter too small in diameter so I am making some from scratch, at least for this Warhound.

http://i.imgur.com/dKTfLsf.jpg


Once I see where the unaccounted for pistons go I may make an adjustment but for now I need finish assembling the left leg as once assembled there will be no way to install that part.

http://i.imgur.com/vDhpsnG.jpg


And here we have the missing piston installed; note the difference between this and the first image.......

http://i.imgur.com/SnYm0TC.jpg


I'm not crazy, my mother had me tested.... Ha!

Anyone with a finished Warhound; did you have the same problem; if so give me a reply.

Talk about first world problems .

Your scratch built pieces will end up better than the FW pieces anyway. It's a hassle, but you'll get them sorted. I'd still give FW a call/email, they should send the new pieces and a princep to install them.

Me worrying about the World won't change a thing; matters are in the most incompetent hands imaginable.

I have more important fish to fry.....

Dude Her's Royt To Me

Damnation she stands unaided without me even having to add junk to her trunk. so she can be played as a piece without gluing pads to her feet...

http://i.imgur.com/RqEXwR9.jpg


I may add a couple of ounces of lead to the void generators because she still leans forward a tad too much but Hell, she stands!!!

http://i.imgur.com/QZYRAx0.jpg


Now I can start detailing the paint and a whole slew of ideas to pretty her up...

http://i.imgur.com/V1Gnz3k.jpg


And I thought it couldn't be done; Ha!

http://i.imgur.com/KV1o2yd.jpg


Yeah she definitly needs some weight in the back....

http://i.imgur.com/HsjlIfp.jpg

Maybe that's why the chaos Titans had tails, counterbalance. She looks mean and that one marine is either stupid or entirely too brave to comprehend, basically the same thing .

Chaos Titans have tails?????? Somebody better inform Forgeworld


Head Rotation Part 1:

Because why be satisfied with just one position.....

I tried this on my scratch built Warhound and it was quite an involved piece of work; much too labor intense......
http://i.imgur.com/1Eey09v.jpg


So here a simple and elegant way to achieve the same effect.

First get the old melon baller out of the utensil drawer (Who balls melons anymore anyway?) You can also pick them up cheap at the dollar store but make sure they're magnetic, (good) stainless steel won't work.

http://i.imgur.com/iC8cfMD.jpg


Next cut the bowl (cup) from the baller and sand the rough cut and surface of the cup.

http://i.imgur.com/E5PSgF8.jpg


And that's about it.....

http://i.imgur.com/393BwIW.jpg


Next, the result of the effort......

BTW I forgot to mention you need to have installed rare earth magnets on both the head and neck to make this work......

Fething-Melon-Baller , Never knew i wanted to say that, but it felt good .

Good idea, was that larger scoop actually the same size? Did forgeworld take a shortcut on that part?

The scoop fit like it was made for it.

The Result:

So my little experiment has paid off and now my Warhound has a simple yet effective articulated head capable of positioning virtually anywhere within the confines of the neck area as befitting a model of this caliber..........

Looking down:

http://i.imgur.com/5gnyH5d.jpg


Midway position:

http://i.imgur.com/N6tc7ZS.jpg


Fully elevated position:

http://i.imgur.com/cyatRLx.jpg


Looking right (pardon the chopped image)

http://i.imgur.com/gfW2VaP.jpg


And looking left............

http://i.imgur.com/tJwHEgh.jpg


Just a little fun project to keep you from getting too bored whilst building one of these precast models.

"There are some days when I think I'm going to die from an overdose of satisfaction."
~Salvador Dali

Well I don't know what his satisfaction stems from, flaccid clocks or the world's most ridiculous mustache but I can understand the gist of his statement.

Today my Chaos Warhound stands 95% complete with all pertinent parts installed and ready for final painting. I regret I couldn't make the legs movable but the mass of this model prevented such niceties so I have to be satisfied with neck, waist and weapons being able to be posed but the legs are permanently glue into the pose you see here.

http://i.imgur.com/zWMivuU.jpg


I had hopes to open my paint booth this weekend but Winter still has it's icy grip on the the northeast US so no painting as of this date.

http://i.imgur.com/smafIPh.jpg


So instead a brief show of the dexterity of the neck joint, would that I could have the time to animate this but you'll get the idea.


http://i.imgur.com/as1pnlT.jpg


And in the final image the Space Marine is toast.

http://i.imgur.com/j2F3qkE.jpg


Martini time; Skoal.

He looks great, can't wait to see the painting finish.

Have you assembled any of the dreamforge leviathans produced by Marc mondragon?fully posable and only slightly smaller than the warhound with exchangeable weapons load outs....plus they are plastic. I'd love to get your impression on them.

I Don't Do Windows:

If you're anything like me you dread doing windows. They're always messy and smudged with glue and always popping out and looking like a genuine bollixed up abomination. I got incredibly lucky on my Warlord but that was just that; LUCK.

So here's something I discovered last night that may take the pain out of glazing...

It seems the two products shown below are extremely compatible; the Loctite Ultra fast drying glue makes the Staples Index Tabs just the right degree of tackyness to adhere to the resin and softens the edges to conform to the window frames.

http://i.imgur.com/FVuyiC1.jpg


The two pieces joined (Just above the knife in the image below) were my test pieces and I just put a drop of glue and pressed the two pieces together momentarily and they held plus the glue did not cloud or bubble. Capillary action is very good with these products as well.

http://i.imgur.com/SaJ6Jxp.jpg


So with this result....

http://i.imgur.com/HjfDMzZ.jpg


I'll leave you and attempt to install the other window with equal success I hope.

OOo nice tab usage. And possibly one of the best posed Warhounds I have seen.

I love your pose for the Warhound. It fits the idea behind the design of the titan perfectly!

So much so I want to try it myself!

I look forward to your blog.

 The_Blackadder wrote:
The first order of business and to address something I am dying to know is how well did my best guesstimate of the size and shape of the weapons compare to a FW original?

I can see there are a lot of "bumps' and "cracks" in the FW twinlink chaingun thing, are they suppose to be like that?? is this a chaos version or it is just that bad?? I have never assemble resin parts before, this is why i am asking.
cheers
Keith

The Saga Continues, or The Blackadder Has Too Much Time On His Hands.............

With my new Mini Ipad and some luck I am bringing to the table first hand images of my second FW Chaos Warhound. Since I've already established the pose and this one will somewhat mirror the previous pose shown above, I know how to set the feet for a reasonably accurate stance so my main concern is a proper base setting for display. In this one I shall be going for a barren lava bed with a melted Ryza turret and gun in the foreground ( In reality a failed casting of a Vanquisher turret and cannon I made years ago and which has been kicking around in the Russ bitz box ad nauseum) The terrain is some old 'Sculpey bakeable clay' I found in the garage and painted with a few passes from some old cans of Krylon spray primer spray; Flat Black, Gray Primer, Rust Primer, and EMD Carton spray paint that is used to blot out shipping labels.........

http://i.imgur.com/tTXhOBW.jpg