APOCALYPSE has provided the rules for a Warlord Titan, so I can no longer resist the urge to build one.

There are different conflicting source materials to work from so I decided to shoot for something like what is picutred in the APOCALYPSE rulebook.

I'm using ArmorBimbo Crusader Plans for my starting point, it's basically after all a Warlord Knockoff

Basic Body Core


The body core is just thin cardboard like you would get from a cereal box.

I got an idea for an alternative thigh joins


A quick unfold and some new cuts planned


A snip here and there, and a hole added for a core rod


New hip with ball joints (No Ping Pongs were hurt making this)


Core Body assempled with a pencil running through the middle to hold it together and to allow rotation


Leg pieces


Leg assembled


Legs next to core with shoulders attached


The sholder armor is based on a JSV Warhound Titan Plans.
They had the shape I wanted, and I really had no idea what size I wanted, so I used them as a staring point.

Rear Engine pieces again courtesy of the Warhound Titan



Front armor base plates


Not from any set of plans, I just measured them to fit and tried to get the look from the Warlord picture


It already stands about 16+ inches, without feet, a waist, or shoulder weapons.
I expect the feet and waist to add at least another 4 inches in height.

I'm not in a big rush to put it together just yet, as I want to do a bit of posing with the legs.
At the very least I'll have the left foot crushing something, but I don't know what.

Another interesting project I was wondering though... why do you use cardboard instead of a firmer substance like plasticard?

Thank you for taking an interest, and good question!!

a few reasons actually.

1.) I don't really know what I'm doing
I'm doing this on the fly, all orky like.
Measure once, cut till it fits.

2.) This is a core layer
I intend on adding a 'skin' layer of plasticard that will have all the details and add extra reinforcement.

3.) Cardstock is just good stuff
It's cheap
It's plentifull
It's easy to work with
Did I mention it was cheap ?

4.) I only have access to 1mm plasticard
If I had an ample supply of thicker plasticard I may have been tempted to use it. 1mm plasticard just isn't ideal for such large structures, without lots of internal reinforcement, which would have been alot more labor.

Soo tired, I can barely see straight.

Got the basic structure of the feet finished and then spent half an hour staring at the apocalypse rule book trying to figure out what weapon choices I need to build and tried to figure out how I'm going to make his head.

Going to try to get the waist put together tommorow morning after I get some sleep. I'm thinking something square with two cylinders on the side will work.

Once I get that swared away I wasn't to take a pic of the whole thing test fit together next to some 40k models to get a better sense of the scale.

Basic Head - It's vaguely human shaped, but I don't know if it's big enough for the cockpit I want.


Leg with foot core - Just shown for an idea for size


I'm planning on adding 5 toes, an ankle, and lots of armor

Another pic of the foot core next to one of my Kans

I had to go look up some pics of a epic warlord titan just now to refresh my memory and try and see what you are attempting with the leg, but now that I have I think it is going to look cool when it is finished. I assume that you have basically made the 'core' leg there and are going to wrap the big warlord armour plates around it after that? The head looks to be a promising shape. Always interesting to read (even if other people are being very quiet just watching this thread), but keep it coming cos I am enjoying it!

You are correct about my plans for the leg. I'm going to make a plate that warps around the front of the leg and overlaps the foot.

Right now I'm working on the size of the 5 toes and the 3 cathederal aperatures I want to add that the leg armor needs to wrap around.

Just got my new scanner, so things are looking good.

It's a low polygon count Titan! That really does look cool. The torso is comming along great for just winging it. Keep it up. I'm looking forward to seeing this one done.

Thank you for the kind words.

It's a low polygon count Titan!

That's one of it's biggest draws to me.

Years ago I had the Armorcast Reaver and Warhound but sold them off because they were just to soft and curvy for my taste. When they released the Forgeworld Warhound and the Epic Emperor Titan with much more flat surfaces they really began to appeal to me.

I definitely intend on finishing this project. Aside from it just looking cool, I have an actual use for it on the battle field. A gaming buddy of mine has the Armorcast Gargant and Epicast Stompa and the ambition to field a "Green Tide" Apocalypse Detachment against me. I need something to combat the Orky Menace !!!

I'm trying to keep copies of all the custom templates I'm using as I go along, so there is also a very real possibility of me making a second Warlord Titan once this one is completed

That is just staggering in it's scale. What are you using inside the legs to support the whole thing? PVC?
I gotta say, I am really impressed so far. That is going to be a really cool model when it is done.

That is excellent work indeed! As I see the number of people doing this sort of thing, it certainly gets me interested in doing it myself!

Look forward to updates, really excellent work.

The whole thing, so far, is just thin but sturdy cardboard, kinda like cereal box cardboard but a bit thicker and stronger, clear tape, and Super Tacky Craft Glue.

Almost all of it is renforced internally with little cardboard boxes I made on the fly to fit in the gaps.



The whole thing is remarkabley sturdy, and alot lighter than resin.

The feet are almost 4" across now, and that's without the toes attached, so stability hasn't been a problem. I fear it may get a little front heavy after I add a vulcan megabolter and volcano cannon, but I'm optomistic that this will be solved by weighting whatever item the left foot will be crushing.

Okay, color me slightly annoyed.

I showed a 40K buddy my WIP and he told me I was doing it all wrong. After I told him he should take a long walk on a short pier I dug out the APOCALYPSE rule book and showed him the pic. He insisted that wasn't what a Warlord Titan looked like, and I decided to google it.

This is what I found


The Modern Epic Model and the Apocalyspe artowrk are different.

GRRRRRrrrrRRRrrr.........

I like the Epic model better.....
Except the feet....

I sense a bastard hybrid is in the works.

Just sketched out the the thigh armor

(DELETED OLD IMAGE - NEW VERSION INCLUDED LATER IN THREAD)

In the process of re-working the lower leg to include an ankle like the Apoc version. I should have templates for that by tonight.

Work in Progress Templates for the lower leg



The piece in the upper right needs to be trimmed down, but I'm going to use this once and cut it down on the model and then rescan it to duolicate it for the other leg. This way is just easier than tryihng to figure out the geometry

The Titans are different because one is the Mars Pattern and the Other is the Luscius(sp?) pattern. Basically one's more rounded, while the other is angular.

Yeah, I grasped that there were multiple verisions, but it's not just the difference between round and hard surfaces. The armor configerations, the heads, and the feet are quite different.

Different enough I had to do some radicall redesign

Speaking of redesign...

New Leg - now with an ankle !!



Here's a concept sketch for the new chest armor design I'm going with

First Piece of the facial armor.

Bastard hybrids should always be your goal.

Excelsior!

Redid the Thigh Armor plates to have the angular shape of the Epic Model.



I extended mine slightly higher on purpose to protect the hip joint better.

Finished revising the Leg templates to include room for ankle piece.

I've isolated the armor plates I need to construct and got alot of practice with my digital editing skills



I also got sidetracked designing a futristic train for scenery, but I haven't built it yet

adamsouza wrote:I also got sidetracked designing a futristic train for scenery, but I haven't built it yet

Finish the titan first It looks really interesting so far, I am very interested in seeing the final product!

Yeah, my M.A.D.D. (Modelling Attention Deficit Disorder) kicked into full effect as I figured a good way to get hand drawn plans scanned and turned into nice looking digital plans.

I built two new ankles and a new lower leg, and I have to pieces of thigh armor waiting to be built.

Which was amazing because I also changed the legs on on of my Kans, built a new Kan body type, got most of the way through designing a STC Train and about a quarter of the way through designing a Mutant Death Van for SHOCKFORCE, because I started to get involved in WARENGINE again.

I'll probably take a break tonight becuase I need to get up got a 6:30 hospital visit for the birth of my son.

My wife will be in the hospital for the next 3 nights after that, so I figure on getting alot of modelling done

Congratulations! But now I cant help but wonder... is this really a titan for gaming, or is it in fact the start of power armour for your son?

If I knew how to turn titans into power armor, I would be working on an Imperator Titan for myself

adamsouza,
I love your titan, and thanks for the comments and critisism of mine ( I actualy mean that). Anyway, If you would like some measurements off of mine, I can do it. The basic stucture is only a few LARGE pieces of plasticard. I know that you like the look Mk. 3 Warlord, but what do you think of the slightly older Mk 2? It has plenty of flat surface area too, and looks to be even easier to build. I have included a pic of a scratch built one.

Thanks for the kind words Cuda!!

I would really appreciate the measurements off of your Warlord Titan. At the very least it will give me an idea of what size I should be dealing with. The torso and shoulders of your titan looked really great and it would be a great help.

I also dig the MKII, but I'm pretty much set on the MKIII, as you call it, appearance.

Thanks for the pic though, I'll be keeping it for inspiration.

Update on my titan


HEAD - I have a pretty good Idea on how I'm going to do the head armor, but I just haven't had the time to lay it out on paper. I have it pretty much all figured out in my mind.

LEGS - New Lower Legs are built, Upper legs are now armored, just need to put them together.

FEET - Need to work out the sive and appearance of the toes. I might just try the Warhound toes and work from there.

TORSO - removed the angular armor I was working on. Going to replace it with masisive front armor plates and bigger shoulders with weapon mounts

ARMS - Haven't started them yet. I know I want a Vulcan MegaBolter and Volcano Cannon, but I don't know what I want on the shoulder mounts yet.
They Warlord Tian can not fire the shoulder weapoins at targets closer than 24", and that alone prevents me from going silly with a trio of vulcan megabolters.
I need to find a ruling of wether you measure from the weapon or from the base of the model.



The second leg is bent at the knee. This will give it the appearance of motion. It's a little detail but it makes a big difference.

The MKII is pretty cool looking, but it's stance isn't dynamic at all. All the old Armorcast titans were that way. It's one of the reasons the new Warhound looks soo much better.
The FW Warhound always looks like it's in motion and the Armrocast one looks like it's lining up for a mug shot

My newest creation !!!

Awww.... His.. ah.. Well gongratz for you! Great work overall, keep it up. ( Yes i mean baby .)

Congratulations!!

Congrats! What paintjob are you thinking of for him?

He's a little pink right now for my taste, so I wash thiniking something in a medium flesh with elf flesh highlights

Thank You Everyone !!

Congrats man!

I think you could use him as a Super Heavy C'tan. Just wrap some dark cloth around him and scratch build a "tomb ship" walker, and you are good to go!

The Warlord Titan in the pics above is by a Gamer in Brisbane. His 'handle' on Dakka is 'Padre'. PM him, as he can really help with Titan stuff.

Our Clubs website(Where there are more Titans) is in my sig.

Figured out the main cheast armor plate.
Instead of making it some fiddly bit that folds over itself etc.. I'm going directly for foamcore for it's bulk.



I've got a good technique for tempaltes now.
I draft them out on graph paper.
Scan them.
Then I trace over the lines digitally.
Then I lighten the photo untill nothing but the lines I draw in remain.
Then I edit in text.

This is allowing me to turn out printable templates in a matter of minutes, which is a huge plus.

When I am done with this project I intend on bundling all the templates with instructions together into a nice PDF file to share.

This layer will be done in plasticard, and goes directly over the foamcore amor piece.

Wow Adamsouza-very generous of you! I applaud that you will share your knowledge and experience in Scratch-Building a Warlord. And belated congrats on the new addition to the family!

Drooling 4 the PDF....................

Why thank you.

I belong to
http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/bwc-archive/

Making and sharing models is the purpose of the group.

It's great to build a cool model and show it off.
It's even better to see people across the globe build something you designed

Carapace Top For Warlord

I slapped the new armor plates on it




NOTE TO SELF: Redesign shoulder supports from 3 boxes down to 1. 8cm deep x 20cm long x 5cm tall.


The shoulder supports were left over from an earlier design and I had already glued the armor plates on before it occured to me to redesign them.

More bulk near the shoulder is probably a good thing. Try the 3 boxes out?

Great progress!

I am keeping the 3 boxes on this one becuase I already glued it in place. The one new box will be as big as all 3 of those put together. There is really no good reason to have 3 seperate boxes with this build. I just don't want to rip it to shreds to replace them.

Added some abdomen armor as well. Will post pics of that tommorrow.

These are the plans for the angular abdominal armor




and a much less creepy pic of my kid.


I wonder if my wife would let me dress up him up as a Ratling Sniper for Halloween......

* Revised the Carapace armor.
* Replaced Template found ealier in this thread
* Created Template for WT Face
* Built and attached new WT Face
* Took Pics of it all

Should get the pics up sometme Tuesday after I deal with my daughters Gymnastics class and the movers, who are brining in my new King Sized Bedroom set !!

The Titan is really shaping up

Good to hear the news on all fronts, adamsouza . The work so far is great.

Still drooling.....

Getting Ahead......

Start with the basic head and add the face armor from the template ealier in the thread and you end up with


Add the nifty new face armor, from the template I haven't finished or posted yet and you get



Working on the template as we speak. Had to make a few adjustments to it when I was trying to attach it. The template I have at the moment does not reflect those changes

The template I used for the face

Neck armor template to go with the new carapace armor.

Put the nose and face templates along with a drawing of what it should look like assembled all on one page.

I can see you and the lad making the 4 Warhounds Allying

Ever thought of a Gargant, let alone a Mega Gargant? i tryed, but with my painting to do, i really dont
see me working on that too soon.

Thanks for the Help with the Killer Kans!

I've been following the thread about the warhounds myself. Drool..............

It's really just a time consideration. I can sclupt and cast in resin and white metal, but it adds alot of time to the project that I just don't have.

Although if he likes my plans enough, when their finished, that he wants to build them, I'd definitely have to weasel my way into owning one

Yay. Vader masked Warlord Titan.

Come on, Vader has two distinct eye sockets and the overlapping helmet sections, as well as the fron grill being triangular.

If anything, my design looks like a Cyclon from the new BSG

Which was unintentional, but hillarious becuase I was reading the BSG RPG while I was making it.

Looking good, and I can definitely see the cylon resemblance now that you mention it. Are you leaving the vision slit sealed, or might you open it up and put in some interior detail too?

Your warlord is looking really cool.
Have you thought about adding some lights to the head?
Normally I don't like the new "apocalypse redisgned" warlord but this hybrid between it and the metal epic one is turning out really cool.

I hadn't really considered adding electronics to it when I started, but now that you mention it, I might do something simple like opening up the slit, adding a 'window' and a redlight inside the head

Someone else, cough, cough, Foda_Bett, has put the idea in my head about a motorized vulcan mega bolter....

I have a dozen small electric motors left over from my DeffKopta project I'm working on...so it's only a matter of time.

The one obsticle I'm trying to avoid before hitting it is how to support the additional weight.

I had originally just palnned on making a really lightwieght titan, so I didn't really reinforce the legs all too much. They are reinforced against collapse/crushing, but to support additional weight I really should have created and endoskeleton.

I'm in the proccess of adding plasticard skin/armor plating to the legs. With luck, the additional layers of plasticard and glue will reinforce the knee joints. The knees seem to be the structural weakpoint int he design.

Normally I don't like the new "apocalypse redisgned" warlord but this hybrid between it and the metal epic one is turning out really cool.

Thanks.

I've stopped using the Apocalypse art as a reference at this point. Too many round shapes and cathederals looks cool, but they aren't functional and they bothered me more and more as I went along.

Giant Armor Plates, or steps and doorways into the leg? Hmmm........

on my warlord I put grab handles (like on tanks) so you could get up onto the ankle and the into a hatch.
Of course if you were the princeps you could just use the elevator

Have you thought about filling the legs with something?
I know when building vinyl models it is recommended that you fill the legs with plaster of paris to add weight and stability.
Perhaps you could double check the seals on the legs and then pour in some plaster?
You could even run all the wires into the legs so the main weight (the batteries) is in the legs/feet.

Lights can be found cheaply and light weight.
I have a strobing light on my warlord that started out life as one of those "safety lights" that runners wear at night, it had a nice cylon like effect so on it went.

The motors I use for my weapons are also very light weight, i'm sure if you have motors that you were going to use for deffkopta's they should be light weight.

I appreciate the feedback and suggestions. Please keep any ideas you thing woudl be helpfull coming.

The week point on the leg is due to the reverse knee configuration. The bit between pieces 10 & 11 in this pic.


It's sturdy enough for now, but I just worry that if I make the top to heavy it will just break the bons and snap off there. A wire armature probably would have alleviated that if I thought to include one.

Right now I'm not going to sweat it tooo much. Breaking it apart to reinforce it isn't an appealing concept to me, so I'm going to try it as is. If it's breaks under the weight, I'll just reinforce it before assembling it.

The lower legs are pretty hollow, so if I need to weight it later on it would be a simple matter to drill behind the knee and fill it with sand.

I have a strobing light on my warlord that started out life as one of those "safety lights" that runners wear at night, it had a nice cylon like effect so on it went.

I was thinking about just a continous red light, but if I come across something ala Knight Rider, like you did, then I'll have to change my plans. Currently the plan was using the little battery operated candles, like they use for Jack O Lanterns. I saw some cheap at the local Dollar Store.

The motors I use for my weapons are also very light weight, i'm sure if you have motors that you were going to use for deffkopta's they should be light weight

Muhahahaha

I didn't exlpain it well earlier. I bought a dozen or so little remote control with wire race cars at the dollar store for my DeffKoptas, but not for the actual motor. The race cars had little fake engine blocks on their hoods, that I'm cutting off and using on my DeffKoptas.
It left me with a dozen Remote control cars without carapaces.

I've so far managed to resist the urge to motorize anything smaller than a War Marchine.

Planning on having a Stompa with working buzz saws, and Motorized Vulcan Mega Bolters, but that was about it at the moment.

The Baby has been eating up my modelling time the last week or so, and I haven't been able to work on miniatures for more than 5 minutes without being interrupted.

The Machine Spirit compelled me to affect repairs upon it's half finished form.

* Added a new Waist piece. It adds another 2cm in height and allows more clearance for the legs to move. I've been meaning to add this piece for a while and just got around to it. Was thinking about going for something more intricate, then decided simple was better in this case.

* Added caps to knee and hip. Turns out that the caps from vending machine bubbles were exactly the right size for the job.

* Gap Fiilling and armor plating here and there. Hard to see becuase the glue dries clear and the platicard is white.

* Took some pics. I know that what everyone really wants. Well Pics and then templates

Titan Spotted !!! Enemies of the Emperor despair !!


It's getting closer


Head on!!


It's about to step on me !!


And then the tape temporily holding it together let go and the Titan fell apart and rained down on me !!!

very nice work, i have been looking at those plans myself.

My reaver is starting to feel inadequate

He's really starting to look like a titan. Seeing single pieces doesn't give that titan feel that you get when it's put together. Great work so far.

Yeah, I have to admit that it's a damn site prettier when it's put together.

* I've got some amor plating for the head I'm working on, to make it look more like the Epic model. I'll post pics and templates as soon as I'm done trimming and reshaping them.

* I've been focussing on detailing an reinforcing the legs, but I think I'k just going to jump to the shoulders and get thier framework on there, so I have an idea about what size I need to work with for the arms.

* A horrifying thought occured to me. I have no idea what colors I'm going to paint this when I'm done.

That is one amazing piece of work you have there I am actually constructing a titan myself I dont have any picture to Put yet but its made completley out of metal from my backyard.


Theres gonna be a problem with moving it I can tell but it stands well enough and resisted a 4 foot fall

You should paint it based on wahtever army you like the most

Let me echo the oooohss and aaaahs. That is looking amazing. The single pieces didn't do it justice. Keep up the great work.

ender502

Wow! it is really comming allong well man.

I'd still love to see you make a Gargant, or is someone else here making one

off topic, i'm almost done with a looted wagon, was going to build it off of a Rhino, but i ended up making the whole thing from Scratch, Plasi-Card.
Now to ad the bits.

Cheers
Erik

Please can you send me a list of what I will need and how to make it?

Deathwish wrote:Please can you send me a list of what I will need and how to make it?

STUFF!!

You will need lots of STUFF.

Paper, Pens, Glue, Cardstock or plasticard, foamcore is nice, some scissors to cut the stuff.

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You have no idea how many PMs I've received that were the same as that message already.

Look, I've been very helpfull to anyone who wants to build a titan.
However, if you can't be bothered to actually read the thread, I can't be bothered to write you detailed instructions.

Heck, I can't be bothered to write you out detailed instructions even if you read the thread

All of the custom templates I made ARE IN THE THREAD.
There are pictures of all the pieces IN THE THREAD
I've already stated like 20 times in PMs and IN THE THREAD that I intend on bundling all the templates neccassary to repruduce the project, ONCE I'M FINISHED

Those legs look awesome. The slight digitigrade going into big columnar lower legs is really, really cool. I haven't seen that before anywhere (alternate STC templates!).

Only thing I'm not so sure about is the length of the head- but it will no doubt be balanced out once you add detail. Maybe the long face could even be a plus.

Nice work!

Thanks !!

I really need to try and find the time to finish this beast.

Great Titan, Its coming on well. I Have only made the Warhound up to now as i have seen the Templates for this titan and was a bit apprehensive about it.
but your work has insired me to give it a go.
Was thinking of making it for my Chaos army. Keeping the Clawed toes and Church on top (love the idea of ritual sacrifices giving lifeblood to the titan)
What weapons will you be making? the Chain Sword is a great model to make.
I'm Mocking it up in card first just a s a preclusion.

f74, if you make that a Chaos titian, it might actually be a place to use the otherwise not so practical GW gothic scenery bitz pack. Lots and lots of candles on random ledges would be good. You could also model them out of GS, if you're long on time and short on cash.

"Princeps, the target is now flat..."

congradulations on the baby! Our genetics must live on!

looks great. Card stock is a great choice for this project, I'd say, especially without a prototype stage. All that plasticard is expensive.

Had that Idea, but Pegasus do a very nice (and cheap) Gothic Church. Might do a mix and match thing.
Going to put on the Gatling Blaster on arm mount with a shoulder mounted Volcano cannon and Laser Blaster for those Lovely Destroyer blast templates.

Want a Titan CCW so will make a Chain Sword (but i do like the Power Claw)

this is 1 cool project an im thinkin of avin a go myself so could i print the templates straight out or would i have to resize dem
thx

The templates I provided in this thread are all ready to print as is.

Just so everyone knows I didn't fall off the face of the Earth.

Had a kid, then my babysitter became quite ill, had to reaarange my life and work schecdule, then my FLGS closed, and I started playing D&D 4E.

The Titan is still sitting arms reach from my computer. I just need to find some time and inspiration to finish it.

*waves magic wand to send adamsouza inspiration*

ZAPP!!!

There you go. You gotta do what you can to help the man finish his awesome build. Go forth!

right thx tats made my life easier lol

If this is an Imperial (not Chaos) titan, you might want to rethink the clawed hands, since that's not the Imperial style. Think big power fist.

well i think if ur on about the cad drawing it is for a chaos titan

F74 is making a CHaos Titan.

I'm working on an Imperial titan with no close combat weapons.

no i mean the cad drawing is for a chaos titan i new you were makin a IN an it kwl

Woah. Really cool build you've got going. Will be awesome to see it finished. The only negative critique I can give you is about the head, which I think looks kind of fugly in its current incarnation. Other than that, there's really nothing I can moan about.
Now stop listening to my incessant ramblings and finish it!

could you by any chance tell me were you got the template for this titan.

Euuughhh umblical cord :þ
anyway,
looks neat, might have to get one myself.

oh yeah, cool titan too.

Is it just me or does that head look awefully big?

Hi I'm new to this site but I just wanted to congratulate you on your kid and of course the titan that can only be described in one way. In the words of unreal "GODLIKE"

p.s. now I'm going to have to build a warloard because you've inspired me

p.p.s. Just out of interest did you rescale any of the templates from the leviathan crusader ( namely the ones you don't mention if you have changd e.g. the torso templates and the majority of the leg templates)

Hey, congrats on the baby! Hope he's doing okay

Really, really cool Titan. If you're stuck for inspiration, you should have a look at one of Dan Abnett's books for the black Library, Titanicus. It's quite pricey, (About £19 over here. Not sure how much that is in Dollars thought,) but it looks a real good read, and it should inspire you no end. I'll keep coming back to this topic, it looks like a really interesting one.

wow, good work, i just wish people would reply to mine

rowan341 wrote: Hi I'm new to this site but I just wanted to congratulate you on your kid and of course the titan that can only be described in one way. In the words of unreal "GODLIKE"

p.s. now I'm going to have to build a warloard because you've inspired me

p.p.s. Just out of interest did you rescale any of the templates from the leviathan crusader ( namely the ones you don't mention if you have changd e.g. the torso templates and the majority of the leg templates)

Thank you.

Any of the templates that I modified are shared in this thread.

My local FLGS closed and I haven't had much desire to work on my 40K stuff, but I'll try and find the time to finish my titan before years end, if only stop it's half builf for from mocking me

SonsOfLoki wrote:wow, good work, i just wish people would reply to mine

You have a titan thread as well ?

yes

adamsouza wrote:

SonsOfLoki wrote:wow, good work, i just wish people would reply to mine

You have a titan thread as well ?

SonsOfLoki wrote:yes

I think he was requesting a link

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/216899.page

all he would have to do would click on my arvitar and click on my threads and look for my titan "Banelord WIP" thread

People are lazy.

wells its defiantly big.

please oh god do not use that crap that is the Gatling blaster.

oh look it has 8 shots yeah but they all have to go to the same unit.

This guy did an absolutely spectacular warlord titan, if you're looking for some more inspiration. The WIP thread is up on warseer somewhere. Some of the over-all design ideas I may have done differently myself, but what really got me was all the micro-level details: catwalks, flashing lights, servitors running about their work.

Your project looks like it's coming along real well though. Stay at it! I'll be sure to watch out for updates to this thread

hello again I'm just enquiring if you have done anything more on the titan

Took a long break from 40K since the LFGS store closed, but talked to a few of my friends and we'll be playing 40K again soon..

At the moment I'm torn between finishing the titan as is, or doing some major overhauls.

Sorry to hear about your local store always a shame when that happens . Just out of interest how tall is it aproximately and have you got any construction tips e.g. equipment/tool,materials

I would suggest using something cheap and abundant like foamcore, or even carboard if your desperate, as the base building material and adding layers of detailed skin over it.

That way your not wasting valuable materials on the base, which you'll probably be making changes to on the fly.

Also, the biggest let down I've seen on scratch built titans is people who don't layer in any detail. I've seen more than a few Warhounds that follow the plans exactly, glue on a few chapeter symbols and paint and call it a day.

Thank you for your help and for answering my questions you are an asset to this community I am currently using 2mm card for the one I am trying to make in my spare time (thank you for the templates) and am thinking about using foamcore for the chest plate then plasticard for detailing. I am having a bit of trouble with joining some of the templates together for the legs so I am thinking of using thin strips of card or paper on the inside for a bit or structural support.

Edit... outdated comment.

Your titan is amazing. I mean amazing. in fact it is so amazing that i have started making my own (by the way im only 13). I have gone for a fast easy to make titan. It is not like any other warlord. it is sort of my own style. I have made it so it is light and portable by a.useing cardboard b.making parts detachable.

Do you have any tips for me?

p.s. your titans awsome
p.s.s. you titans amazing
p.s.s.s. i will have some pictures soon

Thanks Has!

Please keep us updated with the progress of your titan.

I'm currently waiting for 40K in the mail. I imagine once it gets here I will bit by the GW bug again. Untill then I have WOW addiction to keep me occupied...

I wiil add some pics soon

I realy admire you Adam I know for certain that I wouldn't have been able to design working templates

Im loving it and i think you should make both titan cc and magnet them.

jamunition wrote:Im loving it and i think you should make both titan cc and magnet them.

This is would not be a very good move as you could just get a warhound to carry that. The titans best use is from ranged attacks. It also has void sheilds witch would be useless in CC.

Utterly crazed megalomaniacal genius, I am impressed

I got my STOMPA assembled like 10 pieces of it and immediately dug out my Warlord Titan, well at least what pieces of it I could find.

Having taken a big break, I'm looking at it from a fresh perspective. I've had inspirational breakthroughs.

I'll put up some new pics this weekend.

Both of the original heads were fugly. Now I've basically smashed them together to make a new head. It's larger than I orignally planned, but it's big enough to seat a crew and the required tech, as well as beefy enough to look like it can take a hit.

Considering the Warlord is armless and weaponless, I'm going to roll with this new head untill the rest of the titan is finished. After I'm done, with everything esle I may revisit it.

I bulked up the abdominal armor. Nothing too fancy. I added an additional layer of foamcore and rounded the corners, like the Epic Model..

I think the next thing I will work on is the shoulders. Everything I've done soo far is about to scale with what I figured, but the torso looks undersized without the shoulders. I know it isn't, but it's bugging me.

Alot of the stuff I'll be doing over the next few days, I'll be sure to take plenty of pics of and provide measurements as I go, but I'm holding off on turning out any more templates for a while. To be quite honest it takes longer to produce the templates than it does to model anything, and I'm eager to finish this project.

I'll be putting my inner circle membership to good use and be picking up Stompas is bulk tihs month for a friend and I desperately want my Warlord finished to crush his puny Stompas.

New Head





Reinforced Armor Plates

Some cool visualizing stuff, as well as good skill with cardstock. What sort of program do you use to design the stuff as shown on page 3? Also, someone else may have metioned this in the mid pages, but technically as there isn't much more than concepts, it doesn't really seem logical to call 1 sort of warlord right and 1 sort of warlord wrong, but that's just my take.

You know, all these titans springing up inspire me.....

I've started sketching plans for a knight titan (the sane scale I think for 40K) and will start a blog myself when I have something to share.

D

Druidic wrote:You know, all these titans springing up inspire me.....

I've started sketching plans for a knight titan (the sane scale I think for 40K) and will start a blog myself when I have something to share.

D

That's excellent !! Please post a link here once your underway. I would like to keep apprised of your progress.

Some cool visualizing stuff, as well as good skill with cardstock.

Thanks !

What sort of program do you use to design the stuff as shown on page 3?

GIMP.

It's a free graphic editing program.

I make all the pieces by hand, scan them, and then photoedit the scans to make them suitable for printing.

Also, someone else may have metioned this in the mid pages, but technically as there isn't much more than concepts, it doesn't really seem logical to call 1 sort of warlord right and 1 sort of warlord wrong, but that's just my take.

I dunno what you are refferencing here. You lost me.

I did start using the image from APOCALYPSE as my inspiration, and then changed my mind, and decided to use the newer EPIC model.

Wow.. that looks cool. Can't wait to see it all done.
When you are done, do you think you would be able to use it in a tourament??? Would they let you?

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/235832.page

Blog of my own efforts.

VERY early days, but then again you've been working on this one for quite a while!

There is no official model for the Warlord Titan, so if they allow Warlord Titans they are going to have to allow scratch built models

Hello !
Amazing works !
I found this on Bell Of Lost Souls : Warlord Titan
If this can help you !
i keep an eye on your thread !

I keep BOLS as my homepage. I saw that about a week ago and it's what motivated me to dig out my Warlord and finish it.

An excellent beginning and I applaude the choice of material. These projects do not have to be expensive with the wealth of disposable plastic going into landfills and recycling dumps. (Did you know if you recycle your plastic bottles and leave the caps on they don't get recycled!!! I didn't know that.)

Keep up the good work; this is a thread I am greatly interested in as a Warlord will probably be my next project.

Blackadder

that titan looks like the one made by a person who calls himself Greenranger on youtube.

hey I just thought of something. I wonder if its possible to sculpt a warlord out of pinkfoam or that high density blue insulation foam. I mean I've seen a tyranid titan made from that stuff but not an imperium one.

oh and adam hows the kid?

and have you managed to get any more done on the titan?

The Modern Epic Model and the Apocalyspe artowrk are different.

Okay, so I know I'm a bit late, big whoop, wannafightaboutit?

Anyway, just to inspire you to do future projects...

The titan "types" are actually just size and armament classifications. Like SM Power Armour coming in different Marks, two titans of the "Imperator" class for example could still be different bodystyles. So your Apocalypse Titan is still fine, as long as it fits within the scaled size-bracket.

Hopefully this inspires you to create a few more cardboard titans based off the class specs with your own twists on body styles.

Congratulations!

...and good job on the baby too

My titan is bigger then yours

Tut, tut. compensating for something loki?

I'd really like to see this one finished, it's nice to see older style titans

This is a great thread - I'm glad I found it.

Fantastic work, it's always great to see someone building something as amibitious as this, and have it turn out this well (so far!).

I look forward to seeing more progress!

-Alex in Alaska

madgrotbob wrote:Tut, tut. compensating for something loki?

I'd really like to see this one finished, it's nice to see older style titans

BIGGER I SAY!!!!

SonsOfLoki wrote:BIGGER I SAY!!!!

That's what she said!

Holy crap...nicely done, if i tried something like this then bad things would happen

Cute baby, and screw your friend, i haven't read all of the post (no time) but I think what you've got is epic.

Really cool work, might start oneof my own

AirborneAnto if your going to start a project like this make sure you have the time. I started one a while back using the templates but I haven't had the time to make much progress.

also I need to work out an easy method of joining 2mm thich card.

I've been distracted, but the real reason I have not been working on this much is I'm missing one of the legs.

My son hid it on me !!

Recently got a new printer, so my concept to template turn around time should be faster than it was before.

Also, I've been making LED lit terrain lately, so I have a feeling I may find some way to incorporate LEDs into the Titan for no real reason now

Your son is a heretic!

Kids eh I bet you'll do a realy good job as a parent.

Sorry I have a few more questions

is most of it foam core?

how the heck do you get the card to join in each set of templates?

how long does it take you to do 1 piece roughly?

I'f your going to use LEDs I'd have to say the eyes are the best choice

Looking forward to seeing this finished. I am working on a warhound right now as my first foray into scratch-building. Assuming that it turns out decently, I plan on making at least one titan of each class.

You are doing a fantastic job so far. Keep it up!

I'd like to work on my own warlord titan, but most guides don't have actual measurements. Can you please add the measurements? Thank you. Otherwise good job on the titan! Awesome baby as well.

Wow I will keep my eye on this thread.

adamsouza wrote:Okay, color me slightly annoyed.

I showed a 40K buddy my WIP and he told me I was doing it all wrong. After I told him he should take a long walk on a short pier I dug out the APOCALYPSE rule book and showed him the pic. He insisted that wasn't what a Warlord Titan looked like, and I decided to google it.

This is what I found


The Modern Epic Model and the Apocalyspe artowrk are different.

GRRRRRrrrrRRRrrr.........

I like the Epic model better.....
Except the feet....

I sense a bastard hybrid is in the works.

if your freind thinks hes got the design perfect why not challenge him to making one?

how has life been treating you and you family adam. I hope its all going well

Tell your friend i said he's an A**

Anyways i like it. Looking forward to the complete Model

very cool keep up the good work

There's a design difference between the Epic model and the Apocalypse picture: it's the difference between the two patterns of Warhound. The Epic is Lucius Pattern, from the Lucasian Forgeworld, and the more rounded and ornate Apocalypse one is Mars Patterns, from the Martian Forgeworld.

sorry to bump a thread

hadn't thought of that Nurglitch thanks for suggesting it as it had slipped my mind. I hope Adam is still on this from time to time but I am not sure if he has ground to a halt on this due to RL.

Your newest creation is already assembled! I like those wires stuck to him/her. I think your newest creation belongs with the iron hands

Oh nice

hi im 12 my mum said shell help me make it but can you put all the templates on 1 page so i can print it and can please label it so i no whats what email it to me: at: oakhan@hotmail.co.uk and make sure its a warhound titan pleez thanks

Looks great so far, can't wait to see it done.

All I have to say is Wow.

Looking amazing. You are very very talented.

Any updates on your template package? ;-D

Red Warrior needs pictures, badly!

got a horrible feeling that he is now dormant and that this project has come to a standstill if not an end I hope that we will see progress at some point but I don't know if it will ever happen.

A little late but...

adamsouza wrote:

That left arm is rubbish, you should take it off and start new!

adamsouza wrote:

What are you going to name it!?

Aww!