Hey there all. I have been part of a gaming group that specialises in games from 500 to 40K+ points.

Numerous dudes have many Titans of all sizes, Thunderhawks, Asps, Capitol Imperialis blah blah.

We all have(for years!!) been wanting an "Imperator" or "Emporer class Battle Titan.

So we are finally going to make them! I will be posting pics per weekend on the major construction type phases, but will be updating during the week with the Detail that I can do at home(away from the W'shop).

So lets see how I upload images......

Basically had been brainstorming for months. We decided that the model had to be accurate to all of the Pics you see lurking on the net, otherwise the point would be lost....just a Big< angry Model on the Field. pffft.

So this is the Beastie we all know nad love. Apparently it sold on E-bay, but just game store rumours, so 'dunno.

We started getting all the bits together, and based our building style on this fellow.

Are you making it that big? I was under the impression that they work out at about 5 foot tall in apoc and so are un-usable really. The warlords that I have seen have been about 3 foot tall, which seems bigger than the one in that pic.

Good question mate. I have put a few items here for relevance, based on our best guess assumptions

All of the Titans go up in scale a fairly reasonably accurate amount. Also, based the scale on the Datasheet profile with a Warhound. Comes to about 1.3- 1.4 meters tall.

These are my three Titans, from Warhound to Warlord.

I have a Knight Paladin in progress, but he was an old project that just needs reworking.

Got to work on the basic fabrication of the feet this weekend. Started cutting with Dremel and Jigsaw, after templates were marked out, we cut.

Looking forward to seeing how this turns out! What are those buckets that you are using? Also, I don't know if you noticed, but on Mike Biasi's model that you have shown at the top of the thread, the "bucket" part of the legs are tilted inward a bit, instead of straight up and down like it looks on yours.... is this on purpose or an oversight?

Emperor

sA

Good to see someone scratchbuilding one of these, don't stop!

nice

He's useing bedroom trashcans for the legs. This thing is gonna be epic.

Very nice, but aint they meant to be same size of warlord, but slightly more bulky and with a giant castle on top?

Titan scale is an argument that will never end. I think its safe to assume no matter what size you build it at-someone will have a problem.

My only concern is that when people make them so big they tend to throw all the little details out the window. Good luck, I cull my inspiration for future projects from logs like these.

wow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! thats looks great cant wait to see it painted!!

Have fun painting that.

i'll be watching this thread good luck bro.

Thanks all for your kind words.

As for size, we have had about 20 years since Epic was around, and have decided on this size,

Just going to my album of WIP's from the weekend and will upload more.

@Gavin Quinn- not an oversite, just a workable practicality. getting the angle perfect was just too hard- always looked wonky. Also, the Epic sized Emporer Titans are more similar , like the pewter one you see lurking around,

Ok, so we had to be sure the internal structure of the feet was/is going to support the weight of the main body.

We took into account the way the back really hangs out, and the weight of the Guns will counter-balance it.

Either way, alot of weight.

Here are a few more WIP pics.

So, we basically finished the feet this weekend. Felt like a massive job, but the final results will make us happy.

Those skulls look fantastic (not to mention the rest of the project so far), what are they and where are they from?

these will be epic when they are finished, think a land raider or few could really take em out? (as they are referred to as 'titan hunters' in the fluff)

$2 junk shop, like 'crazy clarks'- they are money boxes originally.

With scratch building stuff, you can find amazing things in those sort of stores.

Have got into making some doors tonight, and sort of recessed fire points. I would like to have hinged doors in them, but am not too sure. Definately going to put some figs in though, just not sure if

it's going to be permanent or not.

Looking epic so far, especially loving the skullz!

Going to bed soon. Just thought I would post some pics for scale.

That, and I love my Reaver.

This looks awesome! And your making 3...O_O This is going to be epic on a scale of epicness that has never been seen before. Mind you there was that record breaking tank battle at Manchester GW....

Yea, this is looking awesome and the skulls should make some really good heads! What are you using or the fortresses? You could try using the new Bastions.

If you superdetail these, like it appears you are planning to, it will be really cool. So far it looks like you have a good start to the project.

One thing though, and it´s a tiny one, but it´s Emperor, not Emporer. This spelling error is getting really common, but it still hurts my brain when I see it.

I really hope you guys manage to keep motivated, and finish these monsters to the same level of detail.

wow

This is looking pretty good so far.

Awesome!

Quick question: What weapons have you decided to give it? I mean, it gets 6 or so in the carapace of the model and then the two arm weapons. and theres so many to choose from.....

Aside from that, I look forward to seeing this progress! Keep it up!

I cant wait to see this progress. Ever since I saw the epic model I have always wondered what a properly scaled 40k version would look like!

Weapons fit outs will probably be interchangable we are planning.

My Warlord is fitted out with 2 x Laser Blasters and 2 x Double Barreled Turbo Lasers, so I have the cheese factor bashed to death.

A healthy mix for fun probably.

Xanthos-One thing though, and it´s a tiny one, but it´s Emperor, not Emporer. This spelling error is getting really common, but it still hurts my brain when I see it.

True. my brain was fried after 3 days of fabrication when I initially posted the thread so apologies to all of your brains out there!

Great stuff. I'm looking forward to seeing the finished model, but I know that'll take a while.

Niiice!

akira5665 wrote:Weapons fit outs will probably be interchangable we are planning.

My Warlord is fitted out with 2 x Laser Blasters and 2 x Double Barreled Turbo Lasers, so I have the cheese factor bashed to death.

A healthy mix for fun probably.

Ok, was wondering since you could just be a pain and pack nothing but Destroyer weapons. Or better yet 6 Vulkan Heavy Bolters. Think of it: You dont move the titan so all the vulkan guns get 2x as many shots. So much dakka

Good luck, you'll need it.


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I think the 2x's the shots rule for Mega-bolters is only for the stormlord.

So it's been a coupla weeks...

The other two bodies are mostly done. Two of the other builders have all the gear at thier place(The work they have done is amazing!!)

I will post some WIP of mine, then all three together when we get the chance...

Attached the basic under assembly for the Gun mounts.

Essentially we want our finished products looking similar to this...

Here are a couple of Pics for size comparison.

Wow, that fully painted one is awesome.

Very ambitious of you all to make three of these and of the quality of that painted one.

It looks like its coming along nicely though.

Best of luck and keep up the good work!

This is awesome - I find the use of the little china bird house to be tremendously LOLsome.

But, dude - using that spray can as part of it? I think it looks cool and gives the right shape. But ... those things are dangerous; I'm sure you're not supposed to glue 'em or whatever. Don't they explode and kill your face or something if you are careless?

(Former GW staffer here - I've heard all the horror stories, including the one about a guy who used a FULL CAN of Purity Seal in the face of some poor hobo.)

akira5665 wrote:Essentially we want our finished products looking similar to this...

Where did you get that pic from? Is it a 40k scale Emperor, or a fniely detailed Epic one?

Great job for all Titans anyway uh!!!!

Looks like the standard epic model to me.

Nice Job!

Wow 3 Emperor titians watch out if they blow. 10D6 radius strength D hit there goes a chunk of your army

8D6, but the point still stands

1. The can of paint was only put there to counterbalance the top assembly(I hadn't glued it at that point).

2.Yeah, I have based the explosion danger of the Titans into my tactics. All 100 Marines drop pod into my opponents zones.

3. Getting to work today on hiding the interior of the weapon mounts.

I am glad your face is not in danger of being blown the feth off.

So got to work today on a bit of covering up stuff with Balsa..

Got into a frenzied geek mode and finished most of the Hellstorm...in 1 day lol

OMG it's huge... Keep on!!!

Looking good so far..... how do the shells get into the barrells though?

I think it's supposed to be an energy weapon.

This thing needs lights, esp. on the towers.

Don't want planes crashing into your titan.

Planes or do you mean tunderhawks

More like anything that flies.

Though is it worth getting shot at more, on the off chance that you avoid some dumbass pilot flying 50m off the ground?

Lights look AWESOME, I've seen a banenlade that had lights AND played MUSIC!!!!

Fluffwise:The red glow in the night scares the sh-t out of the enemy, while INDESTRUCTIBLE blares from the behemoth, making its reputation known...

Ah, well if we're talking lights as in glowing red eyes of infinite badass or hellish fire pulsing from the barrels of your guns, then I can dig it.

Had to base coat the guns. OCD Gamer.

Good ideas on the lights. Will have to go to Dick Smith's or something for an LED set or similar...

As for the Guns...they will have to be interchangeable, so no lights in those planned.

Wow, what a boatload of awesome!

I think the Vengeance cannon needs some kind of bracket or support towards the ends of the barrels, seems like a long stretch of tubes with no support piece holding them together.

Holy Feth that thing is Nucking Futs! Erm... But...Doesn't the Hellstorm Cannon need a primary barrel to fire from or is that still coming?

Will there be a giant ammo belt fed into it?

guns look a bit to plain for me. needs more little tech-y bits. size is good though.

THIS IS GONNA BE PURE %100 UNFILTERED AWESOME!!!!!!!

Good points on the Guns lads. I have never built anything this size before, so all C&C is helpful.

Hellstorm-Ammo belt feed- aaaargh- will have to do something I guess.

Vengeance Cannon- basically modelled on the Dread twin linked LC, but Uber bang bang- agreed withDeadly chicken.

But, these are just the basic shapes for fluff addition(Panels. lights etc) so whilst they seem simplistic ATM, there is a heap of additional components on the way for each gun.

The hellstorm is a big laser thing! There's no ammo!

Ummm... I think they are they other way round Dreadnote Old Bean...

Hellstorm = Uber Assault Cannon

Vengeance = Uber Las Cannon.

Methinks.

Dawn of war says differently. And yes, I know it's not the best source in the world, but it's the only source I know of that shows one firing.


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In fact, here's the original model:



No ammo feed on there either.

This looks awesome! And huge! That looks like it will be bigger than my brother! Wow!
And the fully painted one looks great as well. I wish I could make something like that!

Thx Dread I see theconfusion in the comms-yeah, the multi-barreled thing is anenergy weapon, so no ammo feed

That said, the vengeance cannon is still two defence lasers, so you were right about that.

This is the coolest thing since cool was invented !!!

I can't believe I've missed this thread before now !!!

AMAZING work !!!

I got to work putting doors in the feet, and embellishing the Guns- but PC blew up because of cool-overload. will get some WIP's soon...

if you could hook up light into your titian that would be bad ass. but your doing good even without them.

Still looking good.

Putting lights in, but have a dead PC atm, so uploading issues atm. Have put the countersunk doors in.

So finally have a replacement system. Have been really busy, so slack on the Titan.

As distance/transport is a factor, haven't caught up with the other two creators.

Here are some of my efforts up to date.

So , have decided how to seal the back of the Beastie, and am currently setting up the basic body of it.

I have to work out when to glue/paint certain sections, prior to construction. I need to make sure I have the windows set with stained glass substitute.

Things are getting extremely awesome. Keep it up

Thx Lego, appreciate it

Yeah, a labour of love ATM, that's for sure.

A full third of my living area is taken up with construction facilitiy stuff.

The most wicked thing I have ever seen. It does look a bit like Chaos, but then agian the Imperium worship a dead guy, so who cares? Once again, WICKED!

Nice use of that new shrine of the aquilla

Well, you've changed my opinion from "It's built out of crap" to "It looks pretty good". Nice job.

EPIC

@ Dreadnote- Lol- thx

@person person- thx dude!

@jabba- Shrine's were something I got as an idea from the Marneus Calgar Mini. Go Imperial!!

@Tim- AHHHH!! Not Chaos! The head is just a basic thing to make it more 'complete' to me. Better than looking @ a piece of dowell wood lol.

I really like the look of the classic Knight helm, so will be building one from scratch i'd say.

The Venge- Cannon is a Canon Toner printer cartridge I scored from the bin @ Work..

That gun cost me $3.50AU to make

cool stuff.

Its really looking good, cant wait to see it painted.

Wow this is awsome, cant believe i havent seen it before this !!! lol

On a side note, you should totally take six vortex support missiles for the carapace. You could make double your points in one destructive salvo, that would be awesome. Please do it!!!!

Amazing job, makes me want to build one

Where do you get the epic emperor titans from?

anytips for a guy who wants to build a titan?


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There's just one question....


Where the hell are you gonna find a game board big enough for 3 Imperators? lol
You're gonna have to drain an olympic-size swimming pool and cover it in flock or something!

Can't wait to see this finished dude - in honour of Titan Legions, will you be building a Mega-Gargant?

Lol- Thx for the kind words Ladz!


Yeah, getting table space might be an issue for 3 at once, very true!

Orky-Titans aren't really my thing, have been a staunch Loyalist for 23 years now lol.

For Teh Emperor!

Went out and bought Laser pointers and bags of Rivets today, have ALOT of repetetive work ahead of me today(day off! yay!).

@Chicken- my best advice in regards to building stuff like this- have very tolerant Flatmates, and be prepared to lose a few months of socializing to build the darned thing....

The thing has FULLY taken over the living/communal space lol

Quite impressive! I've never seen anything as epic as this.

You are making three of these, hmm... i heard somewhere that there are only 7 left in existance lol then again, what does the adeptus mechanicus care?

AWESOMENESS!!!
Yes you deserve it!

You can buy bags of rivets?

GIVE IT TO ME!!!... when its finished

@Nenya97 - Only 7 in existence and he's got one in his living room!

Pretty good chat-up line, that.

Ok- so with serious PC-camera link issues- I think I finally have the bastich licked.


Here is a few pics of the 'rivets' being placed on strategic locations....

And true to being slack, I have heaps of photo's at once.

Soon I'll have pics up every few days or so (I hope!!)

I am also working on a 4 x Vortex Missile 2 x Volcano Cannon Fit out.

Hopefully, all the weapons can swap out for a different Fit out for any occasion!!

This Titan can be moved at the waist, both main weapons can be turned in place, and the feet can be moved.

The Titan can be disassembled into its component parts easily and safely(So far lol)

Sick

I forgot about this build, and now remembering it, DAMN youve got alot done lol. Just be careful when painting those styro foam balls. spray paint melts that stuff in a jiffy. You might have to coat those with puddy first.


Just want to say, that is turning into a REALLY bad ass titan man. Kuddos to you

Yeah- found out about the poly about 2 years ago- I cover them in plaster before painting.

A-W-E-S-O-M-E!

Coming along very well. The tricky part is going to be detailing all the joints and wide open spaces so they look like they fit in with all that nice gothic architecture. The rivets are in the right direction and helping already. The more detail and the finer, the better.

The stained glass is great!

Vortex missiles look a bit big.

A good way to paint foam is to first spray it with hard coat, I've still got a couple cans of that, does GW still make that?

Luv them!

Now I am the last person to bad mouth skulls, as far as I'm concerned a good skull can 40k up any model.

But I think the halloween skull head is a bit to plain right now. Can you add a grill to the mouth or a helmet or something?

Hey KidK!

Mate, the skull is just there as a thing to make me feel better. I am planning on having a full Gothic style Knights helm. The skull will be going into Bits-bucket(Titan leftovers) after I have made the new head.

My Warlord had a skull quite similar- so I made a Helm and dumped the skull in the Bucket.

Quick question Kid- Are you out of China now? I noticed the US flag, so was just wondering.

Actually, the skull would make a great bit to base the head off of, giving you a nice anatomical framework. A few grilles and at least 50% coverage with plasticard and it'll look great!

Great work! Can't wait to see all the weapon loadouts.

Great work on this thing so far! Really diggin' the legs... The head really throws me off. It just... Has too much detail and sticks out a bit too much for me. You should see if you can work a helmet like shroud around it.

Other two ladz are very busy. Due to locality/distance we are doing alot of work independantly

Uhhhh, ummmmm ....The Middle One?

This looks soooooo cooool :O

Uhhhh, ummmmm ....The Middle One?

No dont be stupid it's obivously the top one.
I was starting to wonder how you were going to get 3 done.

I never would have guessed.

Lol Tim!

He has also bought heaps of skulls for the weapon towers on the roof.

$2 shops like Dollars and Cents/Crazy Clarkes are some of the best places to buy Titan accessories.

Dont want to ruin your fun but the legs are too short, it looks way too wide because of that.

I want one. I wish I had the time, and money, and patience, and meterials, and everything else needed.

Great work

its the one that doesnt have a smiley on his shinguard thingie ...

becouse chaod are so emo , the never smile

(._.)- Legs aren't too short, you didn't ruin my fun.

AFAIK, it is exactly to scale. Based on nearly 25 years of fluff/gaming/literature comparisons, it is a representation of the Epic Emporer Titan.

Feet make for Stompie, squishie goodness.

I was looking through the gallery and a picture from this thread came up. Your build is simply amazing. Is there any news?

When it gets done I'd be very tempted to play a kill-team game in the city on its back. If the kill team win then they disable the titan and it can't be used in an upcoming battle.

Yeesh. If you're going to Necro a thread that's been deceased for 3 months, at least let the thread's OP post first...

akira5665 wrote:(._.)- Legs aren't too short, you didn't ruin my fun.

AFAIK, it is exactly to scale. Based on nearly 25 years of fluff/gaming/literature comparisons, it is a representation of the Epic Emporer Titan.

Feet make for Stompie, squishie goodness.

sniff sniff you sir are a great human being!!!

Good sir I shall a shrine in your name to commemorate this occasion. Great work, keep it up!

Nice work. My only concern would be the amount of weight you are putting on that pvc crossbar between the hip joints. It looks like it is already bending. Perhaps you should replace it with something wooden and thicker. Like a piece of closet rod.

How tall is it? Do you think my 48" tall Warlord is a tad too big? Should I convert it into an Emperor?

Moar pics!

Moar!

Anyway great stuff, looking forward to seeing more.

Yeah they finally let me go from Red China, I miss the old place from time to time but as I sit watching uncensored intarnet on my new huge monitor the longing goes away.

Suddenly I feel that my Warlord becomes a little grot in comparison to these behemoth builds.. great work so far!

sniperjolly wrote:How tall is it? Do you think my 48" tall Warlord is a tad too big? Should I convert it into an Emperor?

Halve the size, then we'll talk

sniperjolly wrote:How tall is it? Do you think my 48" tall Warlord is a tad too big? Should I convert it into an Emperor?

48" for a warlord!!!!


Seeing as it should be no bigger than 24-26" i'd say yeah it's waaaay too big.

I know, it is now an oversized Imperitor instead of a double sized warlord, it already had the Imperitor-type feet and I hadent figured out the back, so it was relatively easy to up the size of the main weapons and add a castle.

It has, however set me back $170+ for all those bastions. I'm way too lazy to build the entire thing out of plasticard. They will be the lower, non-pointy secctions of the spires. The agis defence lines will line the platform, and I've just started work on the helstorm with some 3/4 inch, 11" long PVC pipes.

Been very slack with my interwebs lately- have had too much fun playing/painting, and being a lazy S.O.B in general....

Update on the Titan..down to a bit more on the hip assembly, and bling/details.

I am happy with the progress, will be ecstatic when the 'journey' is over..and I field it

Moar pics as They always seem to come in bunches..

The thighs, upper arms, and torso need thickening up. Otherwise, so far so good.

DDDDDDDEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEYYYYYYYUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM

holy carp

Lol, ty dudes

Good you fixed the open space and nakes facades on the back (with windows and streets). Details on the pyramids at the top of the houses, maybe some rivets or pans?

Need more paint to bring out the details. It looks a bit plain, I know it's a big model but you'll get there.

That is incredible.

AMAZING!

It's only Basecoated Atm, and test Dry brushing of roof Plate as far as I have gotten. Needs a lot of fiddly bits here and there, Hips, Arms, and Bling, Then the Painting Blog starts I hope. I am getting Morning Stars Titan College Banners embroidered onto cloth. All of the roofs of each tower is just the base. I am hoping to have a hot swappable weapon mount, but we'll have to wait and see. I am getting my hands on these strange Ww1 turrets, so Volcano Cannon, 3xBarreled Turbo laser, or Vortex Missile 'nose' etc- with an option for a few diff combos.

Wow, that looks fething sweet!! You should make an Adeptus Mechanicus army to sit on the top!

Agreed with other posters, looks good. Just needs some thickening. A piece to be jealous of for sure.

Awsome. Just awsome. But the hips do deffinatly need something on them.

Impressive! Well done so far. Looking forward to seeing this finished.

well the good thing is about the massive board needed, you could have killteam games going on ontop of the titan during the game!

now that i think about it, that would be awesome just a small task force dropped in to blow up the titan, you could lose control of guns or mobility depending on who controls objectives and stuff

while the main apoc game goes on below
this way a standard squad might actually do something rather that being shot at by a gun whose barrel is the size of a tank

sc0ttfree wrote:well the good thing is about the massive board needed, you could have killteam games going on ontop of the titan during the game! ...

Yeah !! That does make a fantastic game table !!!

I wonder if you could use it as your display board for your army when you enter tournaments

Seriously though, great work and amazing vision / follow-through to take on such an immense project !!!

Amazing! Once you've got more mass on the jointy bits (hips and arms as you've mentioned), it's going to be incredible. Can't wait to see this thing on the battlefield, either. That Apoc battle will deserve a well-shot and edited video, if you can arrange one. You would definitely get worldwide blogposting.

Yes, the hips are the major and final piece of 'superstructure' to be finalised. The Titan breaks down into smaller pieces, and where the foot meets the hip(the skinny bit) is where one of these joints is. I have to get some dowel and socket set up for pistons etc, and they have to be able to come apart easily...AAARGHH!!

Plus being somewhat lazy doesn't help

This is increadible

WOW

That is one crazy huge titan!

Can't describe how awesome the Hellstorm Cannon is.

Can't wait to see it with the hydraulics and pistons!
Seeing this makes me want to play a massive Apoc game in a reserved parking lot!

Had a good look in about 3 different Hware stores today, for hoses/pipes sockets for hips/elbows.

Suffice to say, no update pics.

Just a headache(Sunday Carparks) from snotty, loud kids, bored store attendants, and sore calves from all of the walking. Pffft....

what did you make the head from

I made it from a $2 Skull from a variety Junkshop, then made the Aquila from Balsa and Plastic etc.

Are you going to cover up the back of the lower legs? Because if it's supposed to be an entrance to the titan, it doesn't make much sense, as it leads to the empty area behind the leg.

Shrine/Altar area fof Back of feet. Main entry/exit point at front of foot.

Three fire points on each foot, with lights installed and space for 1 Hvy Weap model in each..

Rear areas of feet, ready for SO MUCH BLING IT AINT FUNNY.

Lanterns of Purity, Pulpit of Veneration, hatches, pipes etc.

Basic body structure ATM, then Max Bling. Getting Legio Astraman Banners done with embroidery on silk.

Now it's loking like another 6 months or so till finished.

i want one >.< . Seriously though, amazing work

Ty Sir

I amreally considering selling the Titan Wing when done, and had a few Battles

1 Emperor
1 Warlord
1 Reaver
1 Warhound(1 Arnourcast Warhound short of 'Wing' Status :( )
1 Knight Paladin.

We'll see how the addiction goes.................

if you do sell them i may buy them off of you as long as the price isn't ridiculous IE ebay with crappy looking warlords for $1000

I saw a dude with 6 Boxes(cardboard) Glued together and Basecoated. Shipping free...lol $400 US. Gak!!

So have just moved into new digs. It has alot of appealing features.

The only shame is I crushed a panel in the Emperor Titan during the move- Arrgh.

New setup is much more Modelling/Painting friendly.

A few pics..

Great to see this project back on track. Any info on where you got that head? Is it off a toy or something? It looks like the perfect titan head.

Meanwhile, during the Apocalypse Game, there's a game of "Kill Team" running using JUST THE TITAN'S CARAPACE.

That's how awesome this this is. Great job. Clearly, your definition of "Lazy" differs from most others.

--Brian

i envy you.... i'd love to have even half of what you have. needless to say amazing blog

Ty for the kind words all

KK- the head was a $2 'money Box' originally, I made the faceguard from Balsa and some urban War stuff.

Once I have padded out the hips/elbows, add a bit more Bling- then I have to paint it. Crikey :O

The only flaw I see is the lack of armor around the legs and thighs. Other than that,great job!

I have done some work on the Face Armour, and a little aquisition of Plasticard for the Hips/Elbows. More W.I.P shots tonight(I am at work atm)

I think I just went into shock after seeing that Titan....... AMAZING!

Pictures !!!

Getting some pictures up. Syncing phone as I type...


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So Fri night rolls around, and I go out drinking/socialising. Waste of valuable modelling time

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So started to think about how I would 'Decorate' the head. Rivets or Fleur De Lis?

Decided to go with both, although the larger Fleur De Lis and Wreath will find a home on some of the flatter sections.

So I decided to go with the second option.

I am going to work on the Hips and elbows today. Moar pics....

I have served the Dark Gods for 3 years now. I have seen the horrors of the Warp and lived to speak of them. For 3 years, I have known no fear.

Now after seeing this Titan...... I know fear

Keep up the awesome work man!

Thanks ShadowAngel

Long Live The Emperor

So, completed some of the cabling on legs/weapon. The most important aspect at this stage is keeping every part removable, for transport.

Also, the guns have to be interchangeable, so any cabling is linked to the gun arm itself.

I've got those connectors your using from that terrain set, I think I might steal your use of them. Looks good.

I used IV Drip cables for the hydraulic thingies...unused of course.

Once sealed- will be putting different liquids in, yellow, green,blue maybe.

Put it together to see progress over last few days. Feel better seeing it make it that little bit more..

Just so you know don't use water unless the tube is sealed completely it will evaporate and look bad later

Damned double post.

Looking AMAZING! Can't wait to see more!

Grats on the new place, btw

Thanks Sin-

SoR- No- Detergent, and or something really viscous like that. Tubes sealed really well.

Don't know what your damned double post was about after all Advent

It looks awesome and omg hoooomongous!
from a constructive critisisum your rivets are huge I would prefer to make them much smaller tho that does mean cutting strip/rod sytrene.
If you have a signwriter type shop in your area or a modelmaking studio ask if they have a laser cutter they should be able to make (2.5mm-3mm wide I would sugest) hex nuts for you they would probably charge an hourly rate for laser cutter time or you could email a request like this to a sign maker/modelmaking company i think £50 for half a day is average and you'd have to pay for the sheet of material but,,, tiny bolts with holes in the middle for plastic rod (1mm), I used to work in a modelmaking studio and did this for my converted battlewagon and its death roller and they look awesome.

Looking good keep up the work! How many more are left to build?

awesome... seriously i am at a loss for words

That thing...

IS HUEG LIEK XBAWKS

sexy ultramarines are sexy. Are you using ultramarines blue? I've been using enchanted blue for a while, but I've been told ultramarines blue looks better.

I used Enchanted Blue for my Legio Astraman colours.

Dark Angels Green for the other.

Moar pics up tonight, if my Phone/Computer behave....

Wow, not only are these amazing, they are frickin huge and super detailed. I am loving this thing.

Subscribed!

That thing is a beast!

But, the barrels aren't lined up?!

They rotate!

I don't always leave them lined up after I make 'Pew Pew' noises

Looking great... looking forward to seeing more of this beast!

looking great

Dude I'm lov'in this... The head is amazing!

So, after attaching the Cabling....I saw an option for more filling out materials.

And I have just ordered these Bad-Boys. Forgeworld Rocks!
Can't wait!

Yay!

Sweet, the head is coming along very nicely. I kind of like the large rivets.

How are the other 2 titans doing?

What did you use for the right arm?

Parts from a printer, if I recall.

Dreadnote is correct. The printer Cartrige is one from a Mega-Printer @ work.

The other two Lads are both having slow and steady progress. I will have to get some pics from them.
Thanks for the C&C Icehawk.

When people like Dreadnote and Jabba follow my thread- I feel warm and Gooey.

I make you feel gooey? Ewww!

Lol.

I had a serious accident with the Emporer about 20 mins ago. the Head fell off, and shattererd the rear portion,
a large fragment was chipped off the front torso amour..and some Cabling snapped.

It did force me to do the work on the head I had been putting off.

Word to the wise.. Bundaberg Rum+Minatures(even BIG ones) does not mix well.

Pics as I recover my sanity...

Had a shocker of a night last Friday. Titans head fell off post I had sticking out of Torso...rear of it shattered..

So. I had previously just lazily drilled a random hole in the rear-very unstable. This nightmare was me being forced to do more work on helm.

And lights. Every room in feet is going to have them - 6 (3 x 2 )

Lights in Head - 1

Lights in Rear Chapel - 1 (at least)

Lights in Rooftop citadel- 6 (at least)

14, at the minimum. Crikey.

Wow, just wow.

Pimp my titan.

HOLY...
Great work!!!

Thanks guys, I appreciate the goodwill!

Now that I am getting down to the detailing etc, I have to seriously reconsider how I slapped the towers together.... *sigh*

i want one

This is magnificent.

What Legio are you going to be painting it? or are you going to make a new one?

Wow, just Wow. I might have to make one afterall.

Now you guys are gonna make me have to build a Chaos version for the bling envy.....

Thanks for the very kind words, fellow Dakkites

Ok, so I absolutely LOATHED the original, Balsa-wood tower tops I made. Too small, too light and very fragile. I also couldn't get rid of the awful woodgrain the balsa seemed to show.

I had various ideas regarding plasti-card. seems bloody expensive. So I went for photograph mounting card. Works well.

Also, cutting perfect triangles with a craft knife sux to the MAX. Nearly cut my femoral artery at one stage yesterday. When I stopped sweating bullets, I worked at a different bench-alot safer.

So enough with the Gak. I got my Imperial Eagles in the mail on friday(nearly 1 month after ordering!!). So now it is FINALLY down to detail on the cabling, and bling.

NO MORE MAJOR CONSTRUCTION!!!!!!!

Sorry if I seem a little over excited. This has been going on for a looooooong time

As for Titan Colleges, I go with Legio Astraman, Morning Stars. You can see some pics of my other Titans earlier in thread...

Top gun fit out... I ummed and ahhhed about this since before the first foot was cut out from MDF.

At one stage, I was just going to try AA Mounts, a landing Pad and a Thunderhawk Gunship......one of the Empie variants out there. Then there was the 6 x Vortex Missiles, etc etc. I decided to make the tops of towers interchangeable, so any weapon mount possible combo.

I eventually have gone with..

6 x Volcano Cannons
1 x Hellstorm Cannon
1 x Vengeance Cannon.

Banners are in the process of being sewn now. A bit more bling, replace all of the cables from guns/hips arms- then paint!

I will start a seperate Blog in the Painting section. Anyhoo- onto pics.

A few thank yous.....

Jabbakahut- your work is inspirational- all your feedback was appreciated and applied accordingly

blackadder- One day, I may be as talented as you are. Your Titans made me realise they CAN be scratch built, and built well. How is Lucie??


Dreadnote- Thanks for your feedback, advice and tips, greatly appreciated it

To all the other Dakkites, whose feedback was always appreciated- that's why I love the site. Keep your good vibes going

And the guys in Ipswich, who without thier help, this could never have happened.

Frank and Malcolm- I'll see you on the Battlefield!!

And here are a few pics of the Beastie 90%built..

that is awesome

That is so insanely awesome!! Bet that's a bitch to transport?!

That is truly amazing, an awe inspiring piece of work

I'm not gonna lie, I wish I had your skills and patience.

This is turning out awesome, nice to see an imperial one in the heap of traitor imperators :p

May it serve the imperium well, deus mechanicus !

wow....

Holy good merciful crap you're actually going to pull this off!

Thanx guys

@ MajorTom11-

There is an Apocalypse Tourney coming up in Brisbane soon. 6000 points.

I am considering fielding this with 5 x Squads of Techpriests + 4 Servitors(In each foot), one of whom uses a Hvy weapon out of one of the three fire points. Too cheesy?

Basically means that if I do suffer a weapon destroyed result(they all have a 4+ invul save anyway lol((Primary)) after/during the 12 Void Shields and 8 Structure points), I have 10 chances of repairing it for next turn on a 2+.

Seems Gakky/Cheesy- but who enters a Tourney for entry fee going in 'soft'?

And I have the models. Either that, or 100+ Marines/troops(60 Marines, 40 scout Snipers, Commander blah blah).

I wish I could field Warlord with, but 500 points short. Dammit.

Also, I hope the extensive light show from it will distract some..

That's some lovely work, right there...

Any compliment from insaniak regarding Modelling is a compliment indeed! WOOT!

See his link, and you'll see what I mean..

How's the painting coming? Only a few hundred hours left to go, eh?

..... awesome on crack! seriously i'm considering commissioning one from you

As soon as these are done, it's ultramega battle report time.

i love this and wish i had seen it before now.
Personally i wouldn't shoot it because it looks so good i would want it to go

THAT IS AWESOME

no seriously, that is one the most awesome scratch build model i have ever seen ( i painted gundams/model kits before)

Wow. Cheetos to you good sir. I barely have the the ability to finish just one 2000 point army let alone scratch build something of that calibure.

Its looking great!

Wow this is really good!Could you be able to spare some measurements?Pm me them?And where did you get that skull/?was it mega blocks?What materals did you use also check out my titain descious blog(in signuter).

I think this was better handled by pm. This is a bit necro-y.

PHENOMENAL build mate - top job!!