The following took place between 5 PM and 6 PM on the 203rd year of the Great Crusade on the moon of Davin.

Deep rotten voice: Build me a titan worthy of my garden
Horus: What? How? Who are you?
Deep rotten voice: I am the creator of you... well not quite... uhmm, the creator of your new improved self
Horus: Huh?
Deep rotten voice: Never mind... Build me a titan worthy of my garden
Horus: You said that already... How am I supposted to do that? And who the f... are you?
Deep rotten voice: I am the creator of you...
Horus: Shut up!
After that Horus collpses and falls into a nice cosy coma until the Sons of Horus finds him and... well you know the rest.


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The following took place between 8 AM and 9 AM 5569763.M31

Deep rotten voice: Is my titan ready yet?
Horus: Darn, I hoped you had forgotten all about that
Deep rotten voice: WHAT!?
Horus: Ehh, nothing... its not quite ready yet, we are striving for perfection. Everything needs to be perfect you see
Deep rotten voice: perfect? NOOO!!... Have you been talking to Slaanesh?!? It shall be worthy of my garden, I dont what anything perfect!
Horus: Ohh,,.. You have to be more specific in your request next time. Now we have to redo major systems and critical parts, sigh
Deep rotten voice: Ohh.... sorry about that. When can it be ready?
Horus: Well I dont know. I have to talk to the project manager, he has to call for a design meeting with all the sub-project managers and they have to speak to their system responsible and so on... Redo all project plans, sync all delivery plans between the sub-projects, plan new system reviews, have a new kick-off on all sub-levels in the projects. You see, I cant possible answer that right now.
Deep rotten voice: Ohh, I had no idea that this would be so complicated. Come back to me whan all that is ready.
Horus: Ok.

Tech-priest of the Dark Mechanicum: Yes?
Horus: You have a major problem
Tech-priest of the Dark Mechanicum: I do?
Horus: Yes
Tech-priest of the Dark Mechanicum: Really?
Horus: Yes
Tech-priest of the Dark Mechanicum: How did that happen?
Horus: Its a long story
Tech-priest of the Dark Mechanicum: and?
Horus: Build me a Titan
Tech-priest of the Dark Mechanicum: What?
Horus: Build me a T I T A N
Tech-priest of the Dark Mechanicum: yes I heard that but how am I suppost to do that?
Horus: I dont know, you are the techie, not me. We need to show progress tomorrow
Tech-priest of the Dark Mechanicum: WHAT!?! I just graduated from school, I dont know anything about building a titan
Horus: Pretty please... I give you some beer
Tech-priest of the Dark Mechanicum: Well alright... I call some friends together from the dorm
Horus: Great, you are a life saver
Tech-priest of the Dark Mechanicum: Cool, can I get to be boss or something?
Horus: Sure, I make you head responsible
Tech-priest of the Dark Mechanicum: Groovy

So.. are you going to build a Nurgle Titan, perhaps going to show some progress tomorrow?


Also I can't imagine that being the way that Horus spoke, i'm just saying is all.

Your going to build a Titan with some friends at school?

Hilarious! :-D

And everyone knows that Horus is the guy in black with the troubled breathing that says stuff like "I find your lack of faith disturbing" and "Thou shalt not pass." Not at all like your version. It's true! I saw it on TV.

I'm eagerly expecting the next update!

I don't understand

Groovy. lol

Letr see some pics!

How is this painting or modeling??

I think that unless some actual modelling content appears shortly, I'll move this over to the Background section...

The following took place between 1 PM and 2 PM 5248821.M31

Horus: Report the progress
Tech-priest of the Dark Mechanicum: Well... We started up with a brainstorm meeting and we all agreed that we should go for something new. We
began to plan all activities and started up a fully agile development. System work, test plans, engineering documenters and specifications. We
then invited a representatives from Legio Mortis to review all the work.
Horus: Yes, and?
Tech-priest of the Dark Mechanicum: Well, the legio did not approve of new creative thinking so they terminated the project
Horus: Terminated? Perhaps I can find new ways to motivate them
Tech-priest of the Dark Mechanicum: Yea , literary. They executed all that was present at the review meeting and then wiped the planet clean
from life to ensure that none of these ideas ever re-appeared.
Horus: So we are back to zero? I want that titan, not excuses
Tech-priest of the Dark Mechanicum: Not entirely...
Horus: So?
Tech-priest of the Dark Mechanicum: The Death Guard managed to capture a Forge World last week and we started up the production of a Reaver
Titan
Horus: Impressive... But we can’t present a Loyalist Titan to the God of Decay...
Tech-priest of the Dark Mechanicum: Well, we will only use the basic construction and then add all the details we want after
Horus: So, what do we have to show right now?
Tech-priest of the Dark Mechanicum: A foot, well at least parts for the foot. Lets mock them up for you so you can see how it will look like
when assembled, it needs some more gap filling before assembly

Horus: Impressive. Most impressive. Now make haste continue the assembly or I will make you part of the titan
Tech-priest of the Dark Mechanicum: What? Why threats? You where nice last time we spoke
Horus: I am altering the deal. Pray I don't alter it any further

This is getting creepy.

The following took place between 9 PM and 10 PM 5248822.M31

Tech-priest of the Dark Mechanicum: Already back, welcome
Horus: You may dispense with the pleasantries techie, I am here to put you back on schedule
Tech-priest of the Dark Mechanicum: Ohh, After your last moral improving speech, we simply stepped up the phase in the assembly work. The foot
is now complete
Horus: All gaps filled?
Tech-priest of the Dark Mechanicum: Well, the assembly is complete, the gap filling is still left to do. Now when the foot is assembled we can
focus on the gaps that show. Hope this is to the Legio Mortis liking, I am pretty shaked up after that planet wiping thingy they did...
Horus: The ability to destroy a planet is insignificant next to the power of the God of Decay, if we don’t pull this off

So, you have a foot and a split-personality disorder.

It's a good start

Moving to Blogs.

I like this! Make more and faster - for the dark lord commands it and is expecting a progress report by friday!

The following took place between 2 AM and 3 AM 5248867.M31

Tech-priest of the Dark Mechanicum: Well sir, we have really done some progress now
Horus: Well I see, its stands sort of. What the hell is that black ribbon on the hips?
Tech-priest of the Dark Mechanicum: Its tape sir
Horus: Tape?
Tech-priest of the Dark Mechanicum: Its Heretic tape
Horus: ohh, good
Tech-priest of the Dark Mechanicum: There are still much to do, the side and back armour for the toes, knee pads, hip armour. Lots of trimming and sanding, gap filling and so on.
Horus: When can we some more building?
Tech-priest of the Dark Mechanicum: Well, its will be some time, lots of things to do before we can continue. Lucky because the appointed commander accidently left the plans inside of the toes, and its now welded shut.
Horus: Commander, tear this toe apart until you find those plans!

Great work! Good for some chuckles as well!

Do you have a scale shot with an ork or a marine to view have large it is? So far it's looking good but I can't wait to see more details.

Chuckle chuckle

yes - keep on building we are watching

Gotta get me some of that sweetass heretic tape!

The following took place between 12 AM and 01 PM 5248875.M31

Tech-priest of the Dark Mechanicum: What is thy bidding, my master
Horus: Prgress report,please
Tech-priest of the Dark Mechanicum: Well we finished most of the gapfilling job and proceded with the knee pads and toe shield. We also added the rims.
Horus: Heel?
Tech-priest of the Dark Mechanicum: No knee
Horus: I see you have done the heel aswell
Tech-priest of the Dark Mechanicum: Yea, we lack the back toe shield otherwise the foot is more or less complete
Horus: Shields, good its unwise to lower your defenses. The rims look quite rought
Tech-priest of the Dark Mechanicum: Sir, the titan has no wheels
Horus: No I mean the rims on the shields
Tech-priest of the Dark Mechanicum: Well, we have a lot of gap filling to do there aswell
Horus: Very well, carry on

Ok, quick update, no corny fluff/background this time.

Legs are finished, hip is started. No details yet, I will add all details when the titan is build, incl weapons.

besides being really weird, this post is proving to be really impressive.... The legs are looking really awesome.

Stokleplinger wrote:besides being really weird, this post is proving to be really impressive.... The legs are looking really awesome.

Weird you say, I would say out of controll : ) Its getting harder and harder to find new darth vader qoutes to insert... : )
I am quite happy with the result so far. I have put a lot of time to fill all gaps and get all surfaces smooth. Kind of weird to put so much time in getting all surfaces smooth when I know what will happen to it when I insert it to the Warp and starting to nurglyfying it : )

Its looking good.

Could do with some scale pictures though.

Also, love the side story, you clearly have the same humour as me

The following took place between 8 AM and 9 PM 5248899.M31

Tech-priest of the Dark Mechanicum: Sir, we have really done some progress up to this inspection
Horus: Mmm...
Tech-priest of the Dark Mechanicum: Legs are finished, the hip is finished, all shields on the lower part are attached...
Horus: Mmmm...
Tech-priest of the Dark Mechanicum: "Mmmm..." is that all you can say?
Horus: Sorry I´m a bit pre-occupied. We are planning the finial assult on the believers of the false Emperor, and I have a bad feeling about this...



Pssstt... the pic is very zoomable...

Looks great, especially with that painting in the background.

This is a very nice build so far, and your plasticard skils are great. Can't wait for updates

Also nice to see another scandinavian titan, even though it's a heretic one

I concur! Best plasticard skills I've seen in a while! Can't wait to see it when you add the Nurgly bits!

This really is exceptionally well done so far. Loads of details in such a huge model. Very nice.

Thanks for the feedback all, glad you like it. Small update, no fluff this time : )

Torso have been assembled, lots of gap filling and sanding to do now. Head is started, you can see it in the botton left corner. Its the upper part of the head, need to do a lower part and neck before I attach it.
In this picture all the shields is removed. They are loose until I have painted them.

Awesome as always! keep on sculpting

Incredible! And the Fluff is a fun read.

This is really a big effort, and i agree... weird format. good luck in all things.

Marbo, you are insane. Thanks for posting here! That thing is looking awesome, the pistons and tubing (under the hips) is incredible. Keep it up!

You got mad plasticard skillz, yo!

Most impressive.

Nearly as detailed as FW for a fraction of the cost!

Thanks for the feedback once again. I did some thinking last night and after searching the intewebs quite a lot today I had no luck cracking this nut. So I turn to the Dakka people for help.

1. What does a void shield look like? I plan to magnetize 4 on the hull, in order to keep track of them during battle.

2. Any ideas on structure point markers? It would be nice to have six of those aswell.

For some reason I can't actually get the image anywhere other than the first picture here (the blue and gold titan shoulders with silver round cogs on top)... Those void shield generators look kind of cool.

Structure points could perhaps be campaign studs on the cockpit or something?

SilverMK2 wrote:For some reason I can't actually get the image anywhere other than the first picture here (the blue and gold titan shoulders with silver round cogs on top)... Those void shield generators look kind of cool.

Structure points could perhaps be campaign studs on the cockpit or something?

Good catch, I saw that picture when I was searching but I was probably to tired to realize that it was what I where looking for. Any ideas what he/she used as the shileds? They do not look like a scratch built.
Good idea with the studs. Thanks. Anyone else have anymore ideas? Always nice to have a couple of ideas to choose from : )

I am in awe sir!

That is amazing... I may have to sell my soul or trade a toe to gain the ability to make one of those myself!

Keep up the great work!

HungryTaz wrote:I am in awe sir!

That is amazing... I may have to sell my soul or trade a toe to gain the ability to make one of those myself!

Keep up the great work!

or just join BWC archives as they have detailed blue prints on there

TyraelVladinhurst wrote:

HungryTaz wrote:I am in awe sir!

That is amazing... I may have to sell my soul or trade a toe to gain the ability to make one of those myself!

Keep up the great work!

or just join BWC archives as they have detailed blue prints on there

The feets and torso are from that template, the rest; leg shielding, knee shields, waist shields, hip, waist, shoulders and all remainig work, like carapace, arms, most of the head, etc... will be scratch built. There is no need to invent all parts yourself, its hard enought as it is : )

Edit: Here it is:

A basic design. No details in the template.

I lol'd at the 'heretic tape' part

Soo, no fluff this time either.... I am getting lazy on that part....

Head and shoulders ready... No detalils yet, I am doing the main construction first, then smaller details and last the "nurglification"
I ordered a cheap-ass laser blaster from e-bay... hope the proportions match...
The moment I have dreaded for has arrived... its time for the main carapace..... will be a tricky one....
The base has arrived aswell as you can see.






I have some sanding to do on the exhaust ports when the GS is cured. The back-toe shields need some repositioning.

Very nice. It may be the lack of guns at this stage, but it almost looks as though the legs are on backwards (the 2nd picture especially) - looks like it should be walking the other way

However, excellent work - very clean excecution of construction once again.

The build looks awesome. But the position makes it look off balance. Almost like it's falling backwards. Maybe a more pronounced bend in the knee or a lsight forward rotation in the hips area would help this.

Pappa Nurgle would be proud!

Yea, I had a feeling that the legs was a bit off, but I didnt say anything about it since I wanted your opinion : ).. Thanks. I will leave the legs as is, until the arms are ready, too be able to see the final result before I re-position the legs.

/subscribe (!)
this is truly amazing!
i have to agree with the above posters, the legs look kinda funny, but i'll just wait untill its done ^^
may i ask how you managed to bend the plastic card (on the leg armour ) ?

I made a rectagular tube that I glued circular profiles onto. Then I simply bent the plasticard around the circular shapes and glued it into place.

From now on I will only take pictures on the front and back : ) That is until the legs is in the correct position....

This build is going very well, I am extremely impressed by the consistent excellent quality of parts being made for each area. Overall the form is very strong and very striking.
I agree about the pose: something with this amount of detail and form needs to have a really strong pose as well, but just like you said: I advise holding off handling that until the arms/weapons are in place as they will inform how the finished piece will look.

I see this project as being on of the best titans around. I'm really into this thread.

subbed.

Awesome work, can't wait till its done! Also, love the fluff in there. Keep it up!

A small update. Well not that small. This piece have been the most time consuming piece for the entire build so far. Its the only thing I have worked with since the last update.
I realized that there are some touching up to do, when I see the piece this enlarged.
The lens cover is seen under the carapace, I needed something to support it for the photo.

Awesome, great job with the forming of the carapace... neat stuff!

I must say, this is my favourite mars pattern reaver scratch build! The level of craftsmanship is amazing, and the execution of the round armour plates are so freekin' delicious
This is most definitely high class work, now I just have to find a way to convince you not to go nurgle on this beauty :p No but seriously, what is the plan for the paint job ?? I find the all mould green nurgle look a bit too much on such a large model, as it never looks convincing enough as the amount of green swallows up the rot and decay, so I'd go for a scheme like legio mortis or a similar dark one to underline that it's basically evil and then go all in on the blistered and battered paintwork and have ooze running out of joints and gaps and boyles, lots of rust, mould and corrosion and some dark bronze/ gold details with verdigris to capture the old look and underline it's allegiance to nurgle in a more modern scifi way instead of the cheasy 80's cartoonish green way I really think an awesometastic gorgeoulicious model like this needs that kind of special attention
Anyway consider me a huge fan of your work and subscribed

the damned artificer wrote:I must say, this is my favourite mars pattern reaver scratch build! The level of craftsmanship is amazing, and the execution of the round armour plates are so freekin' delicious
This is most definitely high class work, now I just have to find a way to convince you not to go nurgle on this beauty :p No but seriously, what is the plan for the paint job ?? I find the all mould green nurgle look a bit too much on such a large model, as it never looks convincing enough as the amount of green swallows up the rot and decay, so I'd go for a scheme like legio mortis or a similar dark one to underline that it's basically evil and then go all in on the blistered and battered paintwork and have ooze running out of joints and gaps and boyles, lots of rust, mould and corrosion and some dark bronze/ gold details with verdigris to capture the old look and underline it's allegiance to nurgle in a more modern scifi way instead of the cheasy 80's cartoonish green way I really think an awesometastic gorgeoulicious model like this needs that kind of special attention
Anyway consider me a huge fan of your work and subscribed

Thanks for for all kind words!
About the paintjob.
I have 2 options that I still havent decided yet.
1. Pre-heresy Death Guard white scheme with some flesh details and big Nurgle sculp on the main armour. Bronze/steel rims and lots of rust. Ordered a bunch of weathering powder from FW.
2. Metallics. Steel, steel steel, rust, rust and bronze rims and lots of flesh starting to grow on it. I have lots of zombies that can be added as daemonic possession and a bucket of spawn bits as well.

I already have the land raider death guard doors from FW that I will integrate in the groin shields.
The big Nurgle sculpt on the main armour will be this one:


Thoughts?

Looks pretty cool to me. Perhaps turn it into almost a portal to the warp, with daemons and such trying to force themselves through?

Also, the death guard colours sound better. Metalic titans don't really do it for me on titans

Option 1 sounds good to me for main color but the possession sounds cool too.

So option 3: Pre-heresy Death Guard white scheme with lots of flesh starting to grow on it. Using the zombies and a bucket of spawn bits as well for daemonic possession.

Also SilverMK2's idea for the main icon sounds great.

a94marbo wrote:

the damned artificer wrote:I must say, this is my favourite mars pattern reaver scratch build! The level of craftsmanship is amazing, and the execution of the round armour plates are so freekin' delicious
This is most definitely high class work, now I just have to find a way to convince you not to go nurgle on this beauty :p No but seriously, what is the plan for the paint job ?? I find the all mould green nurgle look a bit too much on such a large model, as it never looks convincing enough as the amount of green swallows up the rot and decay, so I'd go for a scheme like legio mortis or a similar dark one to underline that it's basically evil and then go all in on the blistered and battered paintwork and have ooze running out of joints and gaps and boyles, lots of rust, mould and corrosion and some dark bronze/ gold details with verdigris to capture the old look and underline it's allegiance to nurgle in a more modern scifi way instead of the cheasy 80's cartoonish green way I really think an awesometastic gorgeoulicious model like this needs that kind of special attention
Anyway consider me a huge fan of your work and subscribed

Thanks for for all kind words!
About the paintjob.
I have 2 options that I still havent decided yet.
1. Pre-heresy Death Guard white scheme with some flesh details and big Nurgle sculp on the main armour. Bronze/steel rims and lots of rust. Ordered a bunch of weathering powder from FW.
2. Metallics. Steel, steel steel, rust, rust and bronze rims and lots of flesh starting to grow on it. I have lots of zombies that can be added as daemonic possession and a bucket of spawn bits as well.

I already have the land raider death guard doors from FW that I will integrate in the groin shields.
The big Nurgle sculpt on the main armour will be this one:


Thoughts?

Just one


"EWW!"

but in a that will look amazing on the finished product kinda way!

Cant wait! I've always had a soft spot for nurgle - its just so gross its cool, nothings more chaotic than decay and disease.

I'd say either way it sounds cool, looking forward to seeing some progress
The symbol could be really cool too, hope it works out nice

This is plasticard,right? Amazing. Did you also use some resin casting?

Thanks all for input and feedback... Nice idea with the symbol. I am leaning on the pre-heresy white scheme.
No resin casting... just plasticard and lots of milliput. Thinking of getting the real FW weapons... starting to get tired of "plasticarding", wanna get to get details and sculpting soon....

that looks amazing.

Long time since last update. The main build is now complete.... almost... I need to order the last two weapons from FW and make the back mounting for the carapace mounted gun.
The front groin shileld fell off after the front picture, thats why it looks a bit funny on the rest of the pics.

Next step is to make all finer details, like rivets, symbols, nuts, fans and other mechanical details. After the that its "nurgle time", but I guess that will be at least 6 months before I reach that stage.

I tried to fix the legs, but I didnt manage to fix it completly. In order to re-position the completly I have to destroy the models upper legs and hip, and that is nothing I am prepared to do.

Front


Left side


Back


Right side


Close-up

are you buying the forge world chaos reaver titan fist?cause i think that would look nice on it.

looks awesome best scratch i have seen, does need bending at the knee though imo

Looking really good - maybe hear what others have to say as well about the stance, but here's something to consider: You've got one of the hottest looking scratchbuilds going, this is a handsome piece of work so far. As things progress you may re-visit the idea of adjusting the legs to really give it the 'oomph!' that it deserves. Just a thought.

The weapon in place there is really good, very much fits in with the design. I can't wait for the Nurgling to start!

jetjetex wrote:are you buying the forge world chaos reaver titan fist?cause i think that would look nice on it.

Thanks for the feedback all.
I was thinking if that, but the fist is not that good in the game. I need other titans/super heavies to attack with it, and in my gaming group I dont forsee any titans or other super heavies for some time. The guns that I will buy is the gatling blaster arm and the plasma blast gun for the carapace.

I might be able to bend the right knee back a bit. I would have to cut off the lower leg below the knee and reposition it without having to damage too much. My first idea was to rotate the leg around the hip joint in order to get the entire leg backwards.

You could try just tilting the knee shield/plate/thing back as far as it will go? that may give it an improved look without upsetting all the work you have done?

Calibanite Lion wrote:You could try just tilting the knee shield/plate/thing back as far as it will go? that may give it an improved look without upsetting all the work you have done?

Tilt the kneepad like this?

Have to say it looks a lot more balanced now than it did. I think I agree with tilting the knee pad backwards a bit (perhaps try rotating it in a graphics program before cutting it off the model first ) - it may well make the leg more dynamically posed.

Otherwise outstanding work as usual.

a94marbo wrote:

Calibanite Lion wrote:You could try just tilting the knee shield/plate/thing back as far as it will go? that may give it an improved look without upsetting all the work you have done?

Tilt the kneepad like this?

yeah thats what i was trying to say lol, as above though, try it on photo edit first

Well all shields are just pinned at the moment, so I am free to test just about anything right now. I will glue them when all parts are painted. Its gonna be hard to reach behind the shields with the brush if they are glued.

I will test your idea when I asseble the titan next time. Many thanks for your suggestions.

This is really cool, you really got commited to the project and made it look splendid!
hope to see more soon

Kindest regards Tobber1202

This is really awesome! Truly amazing! Though I must say that the leg-positioning is crucial, it might involve some risks but those are risks worth taking IMO.

Holy hell! How did you shape those curved plates? Awsome job.

Ditto Ambull's remarks, both on the hotness of the build (really ace work here, man) and on the legs being slightly off. Honestly, it's not the stepping foot that needs adjust but the supporting one (which holds the weight). If you rotated it back at the hip a bit (not enough to require repositioning the toes, even), you would have a good forward-striding pose. As-is the legs are a little too far forwards, making the weight-support seem artificial.

But even if you _didn't_ fix that, this would be amazing. You could just finish it and ignore the slightly odd pose, or even find a way to bulk out the base to draw the eye away from it or explain it (like a crushed building beneath the feet).

wolfshadow wrote:Holy hell! How did you shape those curved plates? Awsome job.

Thanks for the kind words

About the curved shapes. It involves 1mm plasticard sheets, boiling water, burn marks, bending and gluing multple plasticard sheets together in order to get the shapes.

I have used 3 layers of plasticard. First I cut out the basic shape, dip the piece in boiling water for a few seconds. Bending and holding under cold water in order to make the piece stay bent (here is where the burn marks comes). If the first piece dont have exactly the shape you want, you can fix it when you glue the second piece to the first one since when the glue sets it will force both pieces stay exactly the way you want it to be. I used super glue so timing is very important, you only have like 2 seconds to bend the two pieces the way you want it and hold then together before it sets. The third piece is only used to make the piece thicker.

Thats about it, some pieces goes to the trash bin, but after a while you learn. The biggest drawback is the fumes from the super glue when you glue large shapes togther since you need to cover the whole area of the piece, so a well ventilated room is prefered, preferbly with forced ventilation.

great stuff , good humour and good moddelling . good work

a94marbo wrote: so a well ventilated room is prefered, preferbly with forced ventilation.

Well ventilated? Didn't know your TV sofa was that well ventilated.

And I still think that putting the titan in a downward slope would solve the posture issue. Do it!

And Savnock, from what I've heard, (and seen), the base'll get plenty of attention as well.

This is awesome. It almost forces me to get some baneblades just to have them blasted to cinders by this monster.

berglin wrote:

a94marbo wrote: so a well ventilated room is prefered, preferbly with forced ventilation.

Well ventilated? Didn't know your TV sofa was that well ventilated.

As I said, its preferable, I dont think that I am the same person after my heavy glueing sessions in the TV sofa.

do you know what even beter than a narrative diolog? pictures of some progress! The idea sounds freakin awesome! then again anything involving a titan is freakin awesome!


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wow, ok, saw your work, looks fantastic! Is this mostly plasitc card?

Element206 wrote:do you know what even beter than a narrative diolog? pictures of some progress! The idea sounds freakin awesome! then again anything involving a titan is freakin awesome!


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wow, ok, saw your work, looks fantastic! Is this mostly plasitc card?

Thanks. Except for the weapon that is from FW, its 95% plasticard and 5% white milliput.

A quick update on the parts I have done up till now.
I started the mechanical details, rivets, rivets, rivets, rivets, rivets and some other detalis I have shaved of different bits from other kits. Some chaos symbols from the FW eched brass and basic nurgle symbols on the shoulder pads.

That looks absolutely amazing - love the detailing that is emerging now.

Nurgle demands Nurgliness!


but Nurgle damn it... Thats some Freaking awesome Plasticard Skills my freind...

once its painted you could pass it off as a FW titan!

Bloodhorror wrote:Nurgle demands Nurgliness!


but Nurgle damn it... Thats some Freaking awesome Plasticard Skills my freind...

once its painted you could pass it off as a FW titan!

The nurliness comes last, I need to construct all mechanical parts first. Glad you like it.

all the extra details are looking good, its really starting to pop now. looking forward to seeing it fully assembled!

Seriously - I think FW takes a back seat to this - awesome stuff, this build is cooking!

Ambull wrote:Seriously - I think FW takes a back seat to this - awesome stuff, this build is cooking!

That is very kind of you to say, but the current state is far from the detail level the FW Reaver has. But I am not quite ready yet thouh... : )

Any suggestions or ideas are very welcome... I have spent months with this project now and its very probable that I have become abit narrow-minded to explore new ideas.

Amazing progress so far, are you planning to put some skulls and chains on it? some open rends and breaks, then organics would help for Nurgle

mindfield wrote:Amazing progress so far, are you planning to put some skulls and chains on it? some open rends and breaks, then organics would help for Nurgle

Thanks. The overall plan is this:

Main build - Clean surfaces, basic construction - DONE
Mechanical details - rivets, bolts, plates, engine, pipes, chains, symbols etc... - ONGOING
Wethering - Cracks, scratches, holes, rust texture - Not started
Nurglefication - Flesh, decay, bodies - Not started
Base - Details on base, war scene. The plan is to have interaction between the titan and the base. - Not started

This thread delivers on many levels!

Love the posting style, makes for a fun plog to read!

That torso is looking so exquisite.

I had an idea for some markers on the titan... how about nurglings? just magnetize and you're done.

Also, for the void shields, I think it could look cool to have some festering nurgle vats or something to that effect behind the knees, and a few other places, I'm sure. Sort of a magic void shield. I also found this pic, another from google:

Showing another (unpainted) solution for the shield generators. The lexicanum mentions a similarity to ork KFFs. You could use that to try and mine inspiration from another angle.

The Good Green wrote:That torso is looking so exquisite.

I had an idea for some markers on the titan... how about nurglings? just magnetize and you're done.

Also, for the void shields, I think it could look cool to have some festering nurgle vats or something to that effect behind the knees, and a few other places, I'm sure. Sort of a magic void shield. I also found this pic, another from google:
Showing another (unpainted) solution for the shield generators. The lexicanum mentions a similarity to ork KFFs. You could use that to try and mine inspiration from another angle.

Nurglings as SP markers would be a nice touch. I would really like to know what it is that he/she used as void shields in the picture. Void shields is a headache right now. I dont have any good solution for them atm. KFF is a bit orky but an antenna-like thingy that is a bit smaller and compact is option that I will explore. Thanks a lot.

The Good Green wrote:That torso is looking so exquisite.

I had an idea for some markers on the titan... how about nurglings? just magnetize and you're done.

Also, for the void shields, I think it could look cool to have some festering nurgle vats or something to that effect behind the knees, and a few other places, I'm sure. Sort of a magic void shield. I also found this pic, another from google:

Showing another (unpainted) solution for the shield generators. The lexicanum mentions a similarity to ork KFFs. You could use that to try and mine inspiration from another angle.

If your meaning these shield markers they are plastic resealable bottle tops with the outer protective caps still on.

You should, like, totally, change your avatar into this:


If only the avatar max resolution wouldn't mangle it...
Keep it up!

I just had to assemble all parts now when the mechanical details is about halfway done and all weapons are magnetized.

Some rivets left to do, the toe shields needs some re-alignment. Then its time for serious chaos details, right now its almost a loyalist titan.

I probabaly also have to bore out the weapons (not only the barrels), these resin weapons weighs over half a kilo each, my plasticard construction (even if its re-inforced) almost buckles....

Literally stunning. I can't wait to see what kind of pustulating nastiness Grandfather Nurgle bestows on that monstrosity!


The head is my favorite part so far. Oh, nice painting in the background too.

Nearly buckled. Yes, but it looks frickin' amazing.

With these new photos I don't think the stance that had been discussed is really an issue, we just had to see more pics of it. Looks great, I like the pics taken from the down-low point of view.

When the Nurgling starts we're all going to freak out and start cheering.

That's quite the payload, ouch to whatever eats that volley.

I think you're doing an excellent job on this. I'm really liking it.
I know it's too late to do anything with the legs now but, every time I see a side view, I can't help but singing.

"You put your right leg in. You put your right leg out. You put your right leg in and..."

Good work, though.

Eric

Serious firepower, would'nt want to be the the target of it.

MagickalMemories wrote:I know it's too late to do anything with the legs now but, every time I see a side view, I can't help but singing.

"You put your right leg in. You put your right leg out. You put your right leg in and..."
Eric

lol Well its not too late to change it, it will take a couple days to do it. I need to really think hard before I start such a change becuase it might damage the stability/robustness of the model.

Regarding the weapons I think that its one of the deadliest combos you can chose for the reavers. It lacks multiple shoot like the vulcan cannon (Hvy 15), but these blasts combine destroyer hits and multiple markers, so I hope that it will work.

Looks awesome! is the plans to make it more nurgley? one or two badges here and there looks odd.

Main build - Clean surfaces, basic construction - DONE
Mechanical details - rivets, bolts, plates, engine, pipes, chains, symbols etc... - ONGOING
Wethering - Cracks, scratches, holes, rust texture - Not started
Nurglefication - Flesh, decay, bodies - Not started
Base - Details on base, war scene. The plan is to have interaction between the titan and the base. - Not started

so much win!

Fair play

Looking amazing, can't wait to see it corrupted.

Insane man, that looks absolutely insane!

Wow that is an amazing piece of work. Can't wait to see it painted!

This thing keeps blowing my mind, I almost feel sad to hunt it down and lay it to rest. But as mechanicum that is our duty to calm the wrath of the omnissiah.

Seriousely though, I can't wait to see further progress on this one, and am quite excited to see what you'll do to nurgle it up

the damned artificer wrote:This thing keeps blowing my mind, I almost feel sad to hunt it down and lay it to rest. But as mechanicum that is our duty to calm the wrath of the omnissiah.

Seriousely though, I can't wait to see further progress on this one, and am quite excited to see what you'll do to nurgle it up

Thanks man
Its quite a mind boggeling project to scrath build a reaver but its very rewarding work and the feedback I get only makes me wanna continue.
I have not done that much since last update, but one shoulder pad and one kneepad now have symbols sculpted on them. I will post them after I get home from work.

Pft, knock off early and get them uploaded

If you drill the barrels out, how much weight do you think that would remove from the miniature as a whole?

ghosty wrote:If you drill the barrels out, how much weight do you think that would remove from the miniature as a whole?

Drilling the barrels only will not reduce that much weight. The back of the weapons(or maybe you call it the gunstocks) holds at least 70% of the weight of the weapon, since they are solid resin. I would estimate that the weapons as whole weighs about 500-600 grams each. So if I make the gunstocks holow that would reduce the total weight of the model by up to 500-600 grams. Thats quite alot for a hollow model built with 1-3mm plasticard.

The 2 side weapons weighs almost the same as the rest of the model.

I checked this thread out just after you posted the first pic, making sure I subscribe this time. Amazing work. Looking forward to seeing what the horrors of the Warp will do to it.

WOW.

That is all.

Some Nurgle symbols as promised.
Not too sure about the kneepad, feels a bit rushed. I may have to come back to that one and change/redo it.
Shoulderpad to the left and kneepad to the right.

Love the shoulder pad.

I think the knee pad just needs a bit more definition around the eye/nose sockets. At the moment they just look like the edges are rolled down - perhaps some stronger definition of the edges would help?

0.o Awesome!!! That shoulderpad is absolutely spot-on. The knee-pad isn't bad, but the idea and execution isn't quite as good as the work on the shoulder pad.

Carry on like this and you'l be among the scratch building greats!!

The shoulder pad looks awesome, you should go the extra noch and ad some extra fine detail like cracks or maybe a hole or two in the forehead of the to skull as it seems kinda plain.
The knee pad is actually really cool IMO, don't know exactly what it is, but I guess the symmetry of the design reminds me of the bio-hazard logo, and the idea that nurgle iconography in the 41st millennium could be deranged from that specific logo is very appealing to me.

I can imagine how troubled you are by the whole weight issue, as I can only imagine bad things to come from all that free hanging weight, so I think it's a wise choise to hollow it out a bit

Keep it up, what you've done so far is marvellous !

the damned artificer wrote:
The knee pad is actually really cool IMO, don't know exactly what it is, but I guess the symmetry of the design reminds me of the bio-hazard logo, and the idea that nurgle iconography in the 41st millennium could be deranged from that specific logo is very appealing to me.

Its supposed to be 3 fused skulls in a triangular shape just like other death guards symbols... you see it now? I hope so..... : ) At this zoom its really obvius that I need to clean it up. A lot of GS leftovers.

The teeh-lines all look more like two pairs of four than one line of eight (especially the bottom skull in the above pic, but it's all three). The result is the teeth-lines look more like troll or ogre toes than teeth (I actually thought it was 3 pairs of feet attached by something unidentifiable until you said it was skulls).

The stylised eye-socket skull extrusion thingies don't look right at all. I'm not exactly sure what would fix them, but I think they need to be more prominent and I think I'd try merging them together.

Finally, I believe it would help a great deal if you gave it some depth/relief.

Anyway, what I really wanted to say was: your project is just about the coolest thing I have ever seen, and the best executed. You're crazy talented

This is all great work. I look forward to seeing this finished.

Great work with the GS skulls! Keep up the great work.

The concept's great, but it would look better if mre of he forehead was showing on the skulls. atm the eyes look a bit too close imo.

I think the triple-skull symbol is a great concept, really great execution on the eyes. If you were to work the nose-holes a bit make them look less similar to the eye sockets I think it'd differentiate the eyes more, for those who aren't getting it right away.

Tri-Skull rocks, awesome juxtaposition. Keep Nurgling!

Wow! This is really coming along. Very nicely done mate, you really outdid yourself!

It has been some time I updated this blog, and I would like to share what I have been up to....
I now feel that all symbols are ready, and I believe it is time for weathering... scratches, holes, cables showing...etc etc...



The picture is a bit over exposed, so some white details is not showing... some additions perhaps now when I look at it zuper zoomed...

Wow..that is awesome!
It's like a Nurgle hot tub!

Amazing! The detail on that is stunning. This is going to be the best nurgle titan ever...

wicked awesome work...great to see a new post. Keep up the good work - look forward to more.

so where does the story leave us?

Awesome work. Having a greater daemon taking a bath on the reaver's back os a really cool idea!

Pustulently awsome work.

... Gasp!

Nice...

Very Nice....

MMMMM diseased! I like

Just skimmed the pictures.

How much would one of these beasties be to commission you? Imperial of course.

This is spectacular man...

WOW. That is epicness on an epic (well, 28mm) scale

Excellent work as always.

First of all, thanks all for the positive feedback!

Zeke 169 wrote:wicked awesome work...great to see a new post. Keep up the good work - look forward to more.

so where does the story leave us?

I am ashamed to say that the story is is falling behind. The construction gets the highest prio right now : )

shortsonfire79 wrote:Just skimmed the pictures.

How much would one of these beasties be to commission you? Imperial of course.

This is spectacular man...

I dont think anyone would be interested in me commissioning something like this. I have used about 400 hours up till now and I am perhaps half way now. Even even a extremly low hourly rate of $5, it will end up in like $4000.

a94marbo wrote:It has been some time I updated this blog, and I would like to share what I have been up to....
I now feel that all symbols are ready, and I believe it is time for weathering... scratches, holes, cables showing...etc etc...



The picture is a bit over exposed, so some white details is not showing... some additions perhaps now when I look at it zuper zoomed...

This is so goddamn awesome !! I LOVE IT !!!

I really had my doubts earlier when you wrote it was to be a nurgle titan, but what I've seen you do to nurglify it is amazing and this is definitely the coolest nurgle miniature I've ever seen !

Soooo, how about some pictures of it with the modified carapace this is currently the project online that gets me most excited

Fantastic, thumbs up to the nurgle hot tub!!!

Looks great, your sculpting is really good. How far are you from paint now?

Calibanite Lion wrote:Looks great, your sculpting is really good. How far are you from paint now?

Well, there is much work left to do before painting

Main build - Clean surfaces, basic construction - DONE
Mechanical details - rivets, bolts, plates, engine, pipes, chains, symbols etc... - DONE
Wethering - Cracks, scratches, holes, rust texture - Ongoing
Nurglefication - Flesh, decay, bodies - Not started
Base - Details on base, war scene. The plan is to have interaction between the titan and the base. - Not started
Painting - Not started

I would guess its about 200-300 hours left. The nuglefication has alot of small details that needs to be sculpted.

Thats alot, i hope you have enough steam in the tank lol, failing that lots of beers in the fridge

I love you.
Grandfather Nurgle loves you too.

Sanctjud wrote:I love you.
Grandfather Nurgle loves you too.

I think the nurglings are putting together some kind of rotting fruit bowl.

*Small tear of pus in his eye*

SilverMK2 wrote:

Sanctjud wrote:I love you.
Grandfather Nurgle loves you too.

I think the nurglings are putting together some kind of rotting fruit bowl.

*Small tear of pus in his eye*

Ah nurgle, the love is spreading like a roting plague. It's beautiful. :')

Looks awesome so far, good luck!

The back armour sculpt is amazing!

If you're referring to the one with the hot tub, I'm pretty sure that's the 'top' facing. The big hole is where the top mounted plasma cannon goes.

There are no such plates on the back. At least not from what I remember from seeing it last week.

Finished the battle damage. Holes and scratches. Next up is the nurglification...

So far, it's a triumph of Nurgleyness. Just needs some slime.

Looking so great dude !!!

I love that you didn't go idiotically crazy on the battle damage and I urge you to go subtle with the nurglification (even though your work so far gives me no real reason to fear anything, but better safe than sorry) as it will look much better if you don't go too crazy and the detail wont drown in the masses then

Again, I'm in awe of your skills

Extremely nice work - seriously good

WIN WIN WIN WIN WIN

Perfect amount of battle damage. Just enough to make it look worn and a good target for enemy troops without going OTT.

Still can't get over how perfect it looks!

MMM its a big sexy beast. I'm not really getting a sense of scale - can you stick a tank next to it or something for the next photo?

Truly amazing work that you have done!! WOW!!! I have a freind who actually bought the real FW one and i most say while its really awesome i think yours is nothing short of Amazing!!! I wish I had your skill with plasticard and greenstuff.


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Truly love the the great unclean one in the pool on the top!!

Seriously.... that headplate.... I'll be stealing that titan from you when you're done

WOW....

Thanks once again for the feedback. You are all too kind.
I was thinking to go crazy with the nurglefication, but I maybe start with a more subtle approch that has been suggested : )

Beautiful!

looking forward to two things:
1) Paint

2) More story

Outstanding work. Looks very convincing already, although I personally would love to see a bit of Nurglification. Either way, though, it's a wonderful showpiece.

This is beautiful work. Skill and dedication, really inspiring. Can't wait to see more!

Myself being deeply devoted to Father Nurgle I can only say you leave me in awe.
The superb quality of the details are astonishing! It would make Father ooze in delight!

It's been a while since I've checked your thread out and I am staggered at the amount of work you have done and how absolutely amazing the quality of your work is. Well... actually no, that's not completely true. I'm not as amazed by your skill anymore because by now I kind of expect you to be this good But that being said, WOW! This is nothing short of the incarnation of of Nugle in physical space. Ever impressed and looking forward to seeing what comes next!

I read your post about bending the Plasticard. could you provide me any additional details . I'm trying the same thing with a warhound. Be intrested in knowing what was the starting pattern and how you layered it to get such a uniformed shape.

and thou it's already been said.. awesome. Big Fan.

Looks truely amazing with the battle damage on there.

Will have to add making one of these to my long list of projects - though I am sure it will look nothing like as good as yours

Solar_lion wrote:I read your post about bending the Plasticard. could you provide me any additional details . I'm trying the same thing with a warhound. Be intrested in knowing what was the starting pattern and how you layered it to get such a uniformed shape.

and thou it's already been said.. awesome. Big Fan.

Thanks.

The trick is to make something you can glue it to while you bend it. The layering is easy once you have the first layer in the correct shape. I used a template as foundation, but have modified it more and more. I am very far from the templete now. This is an example for the leg plating.

I been taking a brek from the project for awhile, but recently started again. The sculpting of nurgle stuff is coming to an end and I have started to think about painting scheme. I wanted a pre-haresy death guard white/green scheme and I decided to try it out on my Hell Talon. I did a classic salt weathing, codex grey then devlan mud, then salt, spray bleched bone, spray sepia wash, spray bleched bone, then spray skull white. After theat I brushed all the salt away and then I ended up with a very weathered white. So for so good. But I am not too sure about the green. White and metal match together quite well, but the green does not make it to pop. Any ideas? I wanna stick to the pre-heresy death guard scheme.





I am sorry for the poor quality of the pictures, the lighting was terrible in the room.

What I can see looks great, really kindof old school spaceship color. Really want to see a detailed shot now. If it was me doing this I would do some freehand insignia / numbering in a warmer colour - brick orange or red I think. But it looks like its great already - just understated

Here are some better photos. Please comment the waethering and any ideas to make the green pop more. I also need a contrast color, maybe for the pipes and tubes.





Current status on the titan:

Main build - Clean surfaces, basic construction - DONE
Mechanical details - rivets, bolts, plates, engine, pipes, chains, symbols etc... - DONE
Wethering - Cracks, scratches, holes, rust texture - DONE
Nurglefication - Flesh, decay, bodies - Almost done
Base - Details on base, war scene. The plan is to have interaction between the titan and the base. - Not started
Painting - Not started

It looks good but maybe try a different green, that one looks so flat? maybe add some yellow into it for highlighting?. Glad to see the titan list with a few more green status', almost time for paint . Cant wait to see what you come up with for the base. Keep up the impressive work

Great start.

I think the green is too dull and uniform. I think it needs to be lightened with some patches/areas of lighter green. I also think that the white could use some additional 'shading' from the airbrush.

It looks good. I have a white and green scheme for my CSM and agree with berglin that you might need some areas of lighter green to break up the otherwise dark green trim.

This is my WIP landraider:


While not up to your standards of painting, the lighter green works better on larger areas of white than the dark green that I use for the infantry:

Contrast colour: orange rust, always work for nurgle.

I'd keep the green and maybe do a thin line of dark brown or black to separate the white and green and keep them from blending in with each other. And then make some contrast in form of rust instead. you could also define the green with a rusty outline as though the rust emerges from the recess as this would separate the colours as well, like this:

Two minutes in photoshop, hope it helps to underline what I mean

Nice idea. I will try and disolve some FW rust powder in alcohol and paint the edges in order to achive what you did. Thanks. Stay tuned.

I'll be looking forward to seing what it looks like

Update!
I used the FW rust powders around the edges, comments?

Could maybe do with being darker (perhaps a sooty black?) at the very base of the trim before it goes to the rust red. It looks a bit too washed out and diffuse at the moment when compared to the un-rusted side.

It looks great, if you have a lighter more orange tone of weathering powder you could do some even smaller lines to make the rust un the deepest recess look more fresh/wet/still rusting. Although I don't think you necessarily need to
The green would benefit a lot from some edge highligting/ extreme highlighting for slightly more definition.

SilverMK2 wrote:Could maybe do with being darker (perhaps a sooty black?) at the very base of the trim before it goes to the rust red. It looks a bit too washed out and diffuse at the moment when compared to the un-rusted side.

Hmm.. that line gotta be very thin. Of course you are right, the contrast will be much better. I will definetly try that, thanks. This is after all my practice-run before the titan : )


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the damned artificer wrote:It looks great, if you have a lighter more orange tone of weathering powder you could do some even smaller lines to make the rust un the deepest recess look more fresh/wet/still rusting. Although I don't think you necessarily need to
The green would benefit a lot from some edge highligting/ extreme highlighting for slightly more definition.

Thanks, I agree. I am not quite ready with the green. Its only 3 stages of highlighting yet. I will add scorpid green, bleached bone and skull white. About the orange rust, "aged rust" is the only one I have... I am thinking of doing a thin black line in the recesses and adding gloss varnish at the end. That should improve the contast and add a wet effect.

just took a look at the pic in your gallery, and when zoomed up it looks extra great. So the above comment is not a must, only a suggestion if you don't find your already quite good model defined enough

Amazing work, and it's just a disgustingly beautiful work of art
Subscribed!

Well its time for an update.... the base is almost done. I need to clean up after the sand-glueing and clean some mold lines on the catachans and the Russ. I got the Russ on ebay, it had about 2mm of paint on it... took foreever to get off. But I got it for £5.... : ) All shields are removed for painting... thats why the legs look abit naked....

Looking cool

What is the little (well, little compared to the titan anyway ) gubbin in the 3rd picture on the right next to the toe?

SilverMK2 wrote:Looking cool

What is the little (well, little compared to the titan anyway ) gubbin in the 3rd picture on the right next to the toe?

Its a Trukk engine : )

Ah yes, I see it now

Oh my, You sir are a pro modeler! There no words I can chose to express how impressed I am with your titan.

Wow!

Soo, my test paint model is ready...
I will be using the same scheme for my titan.





The guy to the left is a conversion of marbo I made while waiting for the paint to dry on the test model. I will force my friend start spending points on non-gun line, non Russ-manticore-basiilsk-spam warfare and start using some "fun" models......

Main build - Clean surfaces, basic construction - DONE
Mechanical details - rivets, bolts, plates, engine, pipes, chains, symbols etc... - DONE
Wethering - Cracks, scratches, holes, rust texture - DONE
Nurglefication - Flesh, decay, bodies - DONE
Base - Details on base, war scene. The plan is to have interaction between the titan and the base. - DONE
Painting - Started

Looks very good. Would say more but there is a cat sitting on my keyboard.

*klonk*
*klonk*
*klonk*

Sorry, but my jaw seems hits the table over and over again...

*klonk*

Looks great. The red is a lot better than the purple and as usual when things come together they look a lot better than when there is just weathering on the model.

I like the soot on the exhausts. Real nice. Looks dirty.

And the Marbo dude really helps in getting the scale of that flyer. It's huge.

berglin wrote:The red is a lot better than the purple and as usual when things come together they look a lot better than when there is just weathering on the model.
I like the soot on the exhausts. Real nice. Looks dirty.

Yea, the red was a real improvement, the soot was quite easy to make with FW weathering powders.

Will start to basecoat the titan tonight....

Fantastic - cant wait. Its going to be tremendous and awe-inspiring

Lookin' good! Did you modify the purple on the pipes/hoses somehow? Looks redder in that top-shot. Perhaps treated with the same weathering powders? If it's not just the photograph or lighting or something, if you wouldn't mind a closer pic of that I'd appreciate it.

Say, are those bombs magnetized?

found this blog by random. WOW. Subscribed

Dude... this project... it's so... oh, whoops, just drooled on myself.
This is quite an amazing project you got here! I wish there was a way to transfer data from your brain to mine so I can make stuff this good!
Tech-Priest: Perhaps I can assist...
Can't wait to see the titan all painted up!

Savnock wrote:Lookin' good! Did you modify the purple on the pipes/hoses somehow? Looks redder in that top-shot. Perhaps treated with the same weathering powders? If it's not just the photograph or lighting or something, if you wouldn't mind a closer pic of that I'd appreciate it.

Say, are those bombs magnetized?

I repainted the hoses/tubes in red. After some feedback I re-considered my choise of purple, I now I am glad I did. The red is much better.
Yep the bombs are magnetized.

And thanks ALL for you feedback.

The titan have currently 1 basecoat of 50/40/10 mix of codex grey/Scorched earth/chaos black, salt, Bleched bone and a complete wash with sepia.

Next up is bleached bone and skull white high lights. After the skull white its time to remove all the salt.


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Basecoat and salt weathering done. Some more salt to remove..... its a big model : ). a bit more salt to remove compared to the Hell Talon.

Does not look very good yet, bot as soon a details being picked out, such as rims, rivets etc, it will look better...

Didn't realize that Titans needed to watch their diet (considering the literature in the background) but that's probably from eating all that salt?

Looks like your of to a smashing start, I don't understand how you find time for it considering that your just packing your stuff and moving but then again I never understood where you foudn all the time.

Have to say it is looking good even now

what is salt weathering? Awesome work, eagerly looking forward to seeing this completed!

Razgryz wrote:what is salt weathering? Awesome work, eagerly looking forward to seeing this completed!

You paint the base colour then wet the surface of a model and add crystals of salt. Allow it to dry and the salt should stick to the surface. Then you paint over the surface and salt. By then brushing or washing off the salt you are left with the original base colour coming through in uneven/patchy spots, as it would if the top layer of paint chipped or flaked off.

a94marbo wrote:

Ack! Didn't notice you were swedish!

Var i sverige bor du? Det vore förbaskat häftigt att se titanen i verkliget!

been a while since i caught your thread , like how you achieved a good white weathering effect, and the tubby nurgle looks ,great.

Thanks all for the nice feedback...

Jag bor i söder om Göteborg.

It looks even more gorgeous wit the paintjob startet, can't wait to see progress !!

Promising start!

I've been watching your progress for a while, very nice job!

SilverMK2 wrote:

Razgryz wrote:what is salt weathering? Awesome work, eagerly looking forward to seeing this completed!

You paint the base colour then wet the surface of a model and add crystals of salt. Allow it to dry and the salt should stick to the surface. Then you paint over the surface and salt. By then brushing or washing off the salt you are left with the original base colour coming through in uneven/patchy spots, as it would if the top layer of paint chipped or flaked off.

A modification that the guys from Forgeworld use is to spray the model with hairspray and attach the salt while the hairspray is still damp. Once dry, spray your new colour over the top and let that dry too. Afterwards, with a damp brush you can start wiping away the grains of salt. You can also start to remove or thin pieces of the paintwork around the sand too as the water will start to disolve the hairspray and removes the paint attached to the spray.

This is how they produce the worn dozer blades and the winter whitewash.

Aaaaaaanyway. The Titan is looking great so far. I'm trying to work out if some more chipping around the knees might look a little more effective though. How much weathering is there around the back of the knees?

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SilverMK2 wrote:

Razgryz wrote:what is salt weathering? Awesome work, eagerly looking forward to seeing this completed!

You paint the base colour then wet the surface of a model and add crystals of salt. Allow it to dry and the salt should stick to the surface. Then you paint over the surface and salt. By then brushing or washing off the salt you are left with the original base colour coming through in uneven/patchy spots, as it would if the top layer of paint chipped or flaked off.

A modification that the guys from Forgeworld use is to spray the model with hairspray and attach the salt while the hairspray is still damp. Once dry, spray your new colour over the top and let that dry too. Afterwards, with a damp brush you can start wiping away the grains of salt. You can also start to remove or thin pieces of the paintwork around the sand too as the water will start to disolve the hairspray and removes the paint attached to the spray.

This is how they produce the worn dozer blades and the winter whitewash.

Aaaaaaanyway. The Titan is looking great so far. I'm trying to work out if some more chipping around the knees might look a little more effective though. How much weathering is there around the back of the knees?

Thanks for the feedback.
The titan have kneepads, which are not mounted in that picture. The pads are quite weathered. I am currently working on all the rims on the leg-part in order to be able to glue everything into place.
I think I will have something to show in the weekend.

Very incredible Titan there mate!

Very nice, this wold be a good enemy on the table for my own titan

So, after a long, long paus (been moving and rebuilding my new home) I have started the project again. Painting is going soo slowly... its a large model......

The legs about 40% painting done.

Very nice

You didn't build your new house out of plasticard did you?

haha... that would have been something. The amount of superglue that would have required..... Would have killed the few cells I have left from this build.....

Glad you're back! Its a fascinating project.

I really like the way that the rust helps separate out the plates in the original GD scheme. have you tried that on a smaller (infantry) scale?

Also, have you ever tried to do salt weathering on an infantry scale?

I'm just starting on a repaint of a salvaged DG force, and am considering various schemes. your take on the Heresy-era scheme has convinced me to go white and focus on weathering for character. Thanks for the inspiration!

Savnock wrote:I really like the way that the rust helps separate out the plates in the original GD scheme. have you tried that on a smaller (infantry) scale?

Also, have you ever tried to do salt weathering on an infantry scale?

Thanks for the feddback.
I would have to say no on both questions.
My first take on this scheme was on my test model....

Glad you are back in action! I am also in the process of building a house and know how time consuming it can be

Very promising start on the paint scheme, that titan is going to be very impressive on the battlefield!

Cain

I had some progress the last hours...
I will leave the legs for now. Some details and highlighting left to do. The amount of weathering powders on this puppy is insane. Just touching it will make your hand dirty.
The lighting conditions are far from ideal, but this is what I managed to restore from the picture with just indoor lighting.

Awesome. Powders FTW!

Epic ! the paint job is amazing.

Wicked awesome, the nurglified paint job is coming along smashingly!

It looks fantastic! Just how i like my Nurgle, dirty rusty but not too mutated absolutely everywhere!

Im still in awe of how you built this

Thanks all for all the nice feedback.
I have started up the torso part now with some basecoating of the metall parts. Nothing much to shown atm.
I will update after the weekend with the progress.

the damned artificer wrote:This is a very nice build so far, and your plasticard skils are great. Can't wait for updates

Also nice to see another scandinavian titan, even though it's a heretic one

Scandinavian titans for the win!

I can't believe how detailed it is, and when I first saw it I thought you had gotten it from FW!!

EDIT: I'm in england as of now, but I'm from Denmark, in case anyone was wondering...

I've had this thread subbed for a while, psyched to see an update, and I've been goaded by a couple people to build one of these. It won't start for a while, but this coming winter there will likely be a stirring in the Warp...

Excellent work as always, looking forward to seeing more.

*edited for horrific typo spelling errors*

Rust for the rust god!

Have you considered sealing it to get the powders to stay in place? It doesnt prevent any further work, and in some cases it makes the progress easier as you dont have to bother about disturbing the lower layers as you continue to work.

berglin wrote:Have you considered sealing it to get the powders to stay in place? It doesnt prevent any further work, and in some cases it makes the progress easier as you dont have to bother about disturbing the lower layers as you continue to work.

Good idea, I will consider that when I return to the legs for highligts and details.

From what I've heard you get best results if you use a gloss varnish. Don't know why. I've never tried since I only have matt but it works pretty good too.

a94marbo wrote:I will update after the weekend with the progress.

Hmm that was a long weekend.....

This project has actually turned 1 year since my last update...

Basic details and weathering done... the bathing GuO on the top is not started yet. Looking at the pictures now I realize that I have to clean up the weathering abit... lucky me its powders... a damp hanky will fix it...

Love it!

Awesome as usual.

Was surprised to see this pop up in my subscribed threads. I can't say "amazing" or "awesome" because those words are grossly inadequate and completely overused. So I'll say "well done" and hope that conveys the idea that I'm blown away by the amazing awesomeness of your skills and current project.

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a94marbo wrote:I will update after the weekend with the progress.

Hmm that was a long weekend.....

I wish my weekends lasted that long

Very exciting update! I think this is turning out to be my favorite painted titan of all time, the weathering is looking great and will probably serve as inspiration for my own army!

Looks cool - looks like you are almost on the home straight now.

Thanks all for the warm feedback.

SilverMK2 wrote:Looks cool - looks like you are almost on the home straight now.

Not quite.... lots of small details are left to do. There is lots of corpes sticking out from the hull and all mechnical details still left to do. And the base consists of 3 catachans, 1 Leman Russ and 2 FW terrain pieces.... ; ) I think I have at least 3 months left of work before it is finished... A project this long really makes you love and hate the modell many times over and over.....

Glad to finally see some more progress on this beast.

Salk bloodaxe makes a good point about the over use of the word awesome - so I'm saying this is better than awesome! Much better. It is Uber-super-mega-awesome

Outstanding work mate, truly professional level attention to detail and craftsmanship. Are you sure you don't actually work for FW?

If you don't mind my asking, I am curious as to how you made those rivets? I am looking for something on one of my WIPs and can't figure out a good consistent way to do them. Also the tubing you used on the face spot on, was that self-crafted or a convenient item that worked just right?

Again phenomenal work! Inspirational enough to get me to finish my project!

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If you don't mind my asking, I am curious as to how you made those rivets?

+ = Lots of rivets

tme0003 wrote:Also the tubing you used on the face spot on, was that self-crafted or a convenient item that worked just right?

It was something I found at a HW-store, around 3 feet for about $5.... I just knew that I would use some day... It a very think guitarr wire, have no idea what it is intended for.

Thanks for the feedback. Feels good that the many hours I put in to the project is worth it in the end

I needed something to protect the titan from CC, since I have no fist on it....

Dude, you're sick. Or it is. Either way, keep it up!

Thats literally bile inducing, so perfect.

Soo its finished. At least for now. Some minor details left... but I am really sick of this project right now. I might return to this beast in the future to add the last layers of paint. On the other hand it feels great to have made a scratch build of this size and I am quite pleased with the result. Throw in some votes if you feel up to it.


















and as dessert, a chaos ruin I made for fun....

LOVE IT! A Terrifying Threat indeed!

Awesome.

Beautiful, in the nastiest way possible.

Excellent indeed.

Fantastic. Very inspiring. im in the process of knocking together a plastic Warhound proxy and this is giving me loads of ideas.

Finally finished... so what's next? Imperator titan?

It's looking awesome and I must say that while the pictures are great they really don't do it justice. Trust me people it's even better in real life.

Beautiful! I mean awesome godmachine!

Savis wrote:Finally finished... so what's next? Imperator titan?

It's looking awesome and I must say that while the pictures are great they really don't do it justice. Trust me people it's even better in real life.

Thanks all, for your feedback. When doing this king of project you need some supports : )

Regarding next project, I think a Imperator is much too small... I was thinking of a................ Savage Gunship....

I just had the ultimate nerdgasm. Damn you man for making me feel so unclean! Do it! Build the Savage!

Biohazard wrote:I just had the ultimate nerdgasm. Damn you man for making me feel so unclean! Do it! Build the Savage!

lol.. I wonder what my wife would say if I brought 50 kg of plasticard home and started to build something like that.... Would be a nice center pice in the living room....

Add some cup holders to the top and call it a coffee table

A 3.75 meter long coffe table....?

You are a savage. I just got so inspired when i saw what you built. I am so going to build one. FEAR the next time i roll out my deathgaurd for a apoc. game.

Noone said it was gonna be a small coffe table. With the right configuration it can also be used as the perfect Apoc table!

Great work, as usual. And has been said earlier, the pictures don't give it justice. The sheer scale of it is insane. It absolutely dwarfs any other gaming piece on the board. Both by its size and its absolute awesomeness.

a94marbo wrote:A 3.75 meter long coffe table....?

Couldn't you just build it around your car instead?

Savis wrote:

a94marbo wrote:A 3.75 meter long coffe table....?

Couldn't you just build it around your car instead?

That would have been fun.. -hey all! look at my converted C1. its a Savage ship! drive faster! my ship is red. WAAAAHHHG!

Do it!

I'm nealy gettig sick from looking at your models! And since were talking about Nurgle, thats a big compliment Great job!

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I wouldn't mind seeing it... Couldn't you come with it to Gw Stockholm?

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I wouldn't mind seeing it... Couldn't you come with it to Gw Stockholm?

Drive 360 km to Stockholm?... nah...


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MrMerlin wrote:I'm nealy gettig sick from looking at your models! And since were talking about Nurgle, thats a big compliment Great job!

That is a compliment... Thanks

Unbelievable stuff here, it looks almost exactly the same as the forgeworld one. And you know a model is big when you can fit a Leman Russ on its base.

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I wouldn't mind seeing it... Couldn't you come with it to Gw Stockholm?

Drive 360 km to Stockholm?... nah...

Oh. That's too bad... In any case, it looks awesome.

wow!

Seriously. Savage Gunship as an apocalypse table. Make sure there's enough flat spaces for a titan to stand on

Can I just point out a flaw???

I hate to say this...but the guns can't be fired in atmosphere :/


But it would still be an amazing build

You could always use it as an enormous bit of terrain...or something similar

A savage gunship is a bit big.... ; )
I have started a Killcrusha instaead... but first I have to finish off some semi-finished models.

Came out looking excellent! Great work.

Super-Hyper-Mega-Uber-Cool


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YOU Sir, are insane...I LOVE IT!

I'm only sad to see the Titan completed. However, looking forward with great anticipation for your next big project.

Dude this thing is wicked. Do me a favor and look at my Reaver titan thread. I am workin gon a loyalist for my friend but he twin is oging to be Nurgle for My army and I think that you will be a great help for when I get to chaosing it up over here.