Hey all. Been a while. I return yet again... this time working on a maniple.

Maniple contains in gryphanicus colors.
1 warlord
2 reavers
3 war hounds

First I am working on the warlord after my big move I made.

Progress so far is I got the legs and heads in order.

1 of the heads is a mashing of two heads because my limited edition head I got Los Vegas open this year had missing parts. So anyone want extra warlord head bits i actually have some..

On to the photos.


The assembly begins.. cleaned and ready for gluing


assembly continues. Ran 1/4" wood rods soaked in JB weld and super glue into the shin, and thigh/knee.


glued feet and ran rods in the hips as well. Super glue and rods. 3/4" thick rods. 2-3" long each.


standing with its heads

tactical head close up

head 1

head 2


finished legs


knight for scale.

Here and watching, looking interesting so far.

Groovy.

Sooo many giant robots!

EDC

Big robots from the Panda

Whoa. that's a lot of giant robot friends.

Camkierhi wrote:Here and watching, looking interesting so far.

Glad i can hold your interest, even if briefly....

evildrcheese wrote:Groovy.

Sooo many giant robots!

EDC

I got them some groovy hands too.

Theophony wrote:Big robots from the Panda

I got big everything, but time and money.

amazingturtles wrote:Whoa. that's a lot of giant robot friends.

Going to a Voltron approach soon...

Progress on the torso...

Each panel is warped to some degree and requires bending. For now, they are cleaned, sanded, and about to be washed.

Tomorrow I will bend them and clamp the bottom layer together.

Always find it curious that they can't make a straight panel. But they look so good, so much detail.

Camkierhi wrote:Always find it curious that they can't make a straight panel. But they look so good, so much detail.

It is the material issue. It has a low bending temp that is arrived at during shipping and when freshly removed from the mould. Other plastics are higher temps.


Anyways after fiddling and screwing, bending, panda love making, whispering sweet nothing's, and crying I got it to go together in a decent way in 2 hours. It has gaps that will be filled.

Progress shot.

Loving the progress so far.

...and secretly envious - wish I could afford one of these.

Panda love making What took up the other 2hours???

Good start getting the frame together.

Well it is a large model isn't it, so bulky.

schoon wrote:Loving the progress so far.

...and secretly envious - wish I could afford one of these.

Thank you. Happy to demonstrate poor money habits

Theophony wrote:Panda love making What took up the other 2hours???

Good start getting the frame together.

About 1hr of crying 30 minutes talking to the voices and 29.5 watching the glue dry.

Camkierhi wrote:Well it is a large model isn't it, so bulky.

It is 24" tall without weapons on top


Today's progress is I put in a really deadly magnet in the waste. Has a 20lb hold..

Wow, Panda is back with a bang. Looking great so far.

Wait, you bought TWO heads for your warlord?! Don't those things cost 50£?!

 EmberlordofFire8 wrote:
Wait, you bought TWO heads for your warlord?! Don't those things cost 50£?!

Ah the sweet irony of asking that when he bought a Titan manipul.

Isn't it spelled "maniple"?

 Kepora wrote:
Isn't it spelled "maniple"?

His are obviously French and will have an outrageous accent you see .

40kFSU wrote:Wow, Panda is back with a bang. Looking great so far.

Cheers. Nice to see you alive 40kFSU

EmberlordofFire8 wrote:Wait, you bought TWO heads for your warlord?! Don't those things cost 50£?!

MONEY is best spent towards happiness and not reason.

Theophony wrote:

 EmberlordofFire8 wrote:
Wait, you bought TWO heads for your warlord?! Don't those things cost 50£?!

Ah the sweet irony of asking that when he bought a Titan manipul.

When mars delivers, no expense is spared.

Kepora wrote:Isn't it spelled "maniple"?

Theophony wrote:

 Kepora wrote:
Isn't it spelled "maniple"?

His are obviously French and will have an outrageous accent you see .

Well first off.. I finished the magnets on the torso... and I am still laughing about it. They are so strong I can loft the warlord by the top.



Secondly trying to install shoulder joints now. It is bent drastic. Bender be proud.

That thing is massive. Ive never actually seen a Warlord with a hand for scale.


Could you do another pic with a banana, also for scale?

 EmberlordofFire8 wrote:
That thing is massive. Ive never actually seen a Warlord with a hand for scale.


Could you do another pic with a banana, also for scale?

I will banana scale it tomorrow.. reason being I just did a 7 part glue.

While I am at it I will take other scale requests.

So project update. Just dumped a ton of money on tools. I think at the end I will write up a list of things I used as a suggestion.

And well here is the progress... I gave it the clamps!



shoulder time

Nice bit of clamping, can't help but notice they are shiny and new, and the body is 2mm off square!!




JK these bigun's are a different ball game and require a few different tools. But these will stand you in good stead for the group and beyond.

Using real tools just amplifies the feel of how huge this beast is. Tool expense is also a bummer though, but I guess you'll be set for all home projects as well.

Warlord builds are always fun. Welcome to the club!

Adopt me! Lol.. I can cook breakfast at any time of day!

Camkierhi wrote:Nice bit of clamping, can't help but notice they are shiny and new, and the body is 2mm off square!!




JK these bigun's are a different ball game and require a few different tools. But these will stand you in good stead for the group and beyond.

I do enjoy being a prepared kind of guy. I actually had those clamps for years now .

But my heart sank hard about the off square joke. You got me good.

Theophony wrote:Using real tools just amplifies the feel of how huge this beast is. Tool expense is also a bummer though, but I guess you'll be set for all home projects as well.

If I want to live in a Swiss cheese house I am good to go. I do enjoy having the things.

whalemusic360 wrote:Warlord builds are always fun. Welcome to the club!

Thanks whale. It means a lot to me coming from you. I have seen your warlord and stuff. I watched closely before doing mine.

RedSarge wrote:Adopt me! Lol.. I can cook breakfast at any time of day!

If you like Idaho. By all means come by. We can do lunch.

Anyways progress.



I am dry fitting about 9 pieces right now. The upper shoulders went smoothly enough that I am not worried. Also they are really sturdy thanks to JB weld. I didn't bother pinning lower large blocks due to how thin that plastic is where they connect. Just tons of weld.

The top reactors are going to be a pretty extreme challenge. The Inside seems seem to have a gap. I think I need to heat the pieces to bend them into shape. Not entirely sure. The rear reactor parts fit flush. Those will be glued first.

The center hull super structure beams fit superbly. The lower power blocks on the side have a 1/16" gap that I will sand down their connection point to fit.

Debating on waiting on gluing the top reactors until I gap filled and sanded the torso.

At minimum future work is rear reactor vents, super structure beams, and the arms either upper or lower weapons.

Stay tuned panda out.

That banana has had it!

Shaping up nicely, JB weld is the thing on these it seems sure I heard couple others talking about it. Going to have to look it up, though I will never build a forgeworld model.

Why did I think you were making a chaos Titan of Slaanesh with this picture? .

Camkierhi wrote:That banana has had it!

Shaping up nicely, JB weld is the thing on these it seems sure I heard couple others talking about it. Going to have to look it up, though I will never build a forgeworld model.

It is a strong 2 part epoxy kind of deal. It sets in a few hours cures in 24. It is cheap and found in walmarts. About 5$ will cover a warlord titan (I was extremely wasteful with the material and need to acquire more. Not intentionally, not the best at judging volume.) It will also gap fill due to its viscosity. However it will pour out as it dries if given the chance, tho not by much. It's hold is rated at 4.5klbs which is about double my usual gorilla glue apoxy.

Theophony wrote:
Why did I think you were making a chaos Titan of Slaanesh with this picture? .

The fruits you would to see bare this image have a sense of appeal to you that is plainteen-ly comical and just in general bananas. Alas you make the thread rather humorful and fun so by all means keep it. Also some how you know what my next big project is...

 cormadepanda wrote:









Stay tuned panda out.

Thank you.

Nice progress, Panda.

EmberlordofFire8 wrote:
Thank you.

Most welcome fellow dude of fun requests.

Dr H wrote:Nice progress, Panda.

Dr thank you. I think I need a dr. This project is getting a bit much.

In an effort to keep the ball rolling and not lose hope in this project I am doing little work on it every day.

I added the point defense mounts, lower plate mounts and the rear rail guards. I also cleaned the void shields.



Cat walks



Also please start doodling names. We will have a poll later and the best name goes on the titan. I will also mail out a certificate of appreciation to you from Lord fabricator panda for the winning voted name.

sitting here, green with ivy...er...envy...

i would probably plan murder when i would have these bended pieces by FW...i think my patience would be under an ultimate test then...in the end it would be a possible outcome that even even tho i would have paid a hefty price the titan might acquire the option for flight...

lol flying titans >< ugh

I'm too scared to work with resin on that scale. (Absolutely has nothing to do with the money, nope nope)

You Sir, Panda, are a brave Panda o7

What Titan Legion are you rolling? Might help with the names.

Viktor von Domm wrote:sitting here, green with ivy...er...envy...

i would probably plan murder when i would have these bended pieces by FW...i think my patience would be under an ultimate test then...in the end it would be a possible outcome that even even tho i would have paid a hefty price the titan might acquire the option for flight...

Any kit you get from FW is going to be bent. It gets hot during shipping, and is soft out of the mold. While jetpacking the model is tempting I suggest saner hands meet the world.

It's actually been going fairly well. Happy to see you Vik!

whalemusic360 wrote:What Titan Legion are you rolling? Might help with the names.

Gryphonicus - a nearly wiped out group. Fluff more or less covered here.
http://warhammer40k.wikia.com/wiki/Legio_Gryphonicus

 Guildenstern wrote:
lol flying titans >< ugh

I'm too scared to work with resin on that scale. (Absolutely has nothing to do with the money, nope nope)

You Sir, Panda, are a brave Panda o7

Mistakes are certian, but all you got to do is keep trying. And dry fit 10 times because the first 9 were not the same and the model may enter a super state of phase shift altering dimensions breifly.

I'd reference something from one of their old battles, like Ullanor's Wrath or Shield of Khedive. The Warlord in particular should be a venerable machine that has been around for ages.

 whalemusic360 wrote:
I'd reference something from one of their old battles, like Ullanor's Wrath or Shield of Khedive. The Warlord, in particular, should be a venerable machine that has been around for ages.

these are wonderful ideas. It fits their fluff well.

Then on to progress.


I put magnets in the head of the Titan and did it correctly with respect to their fields.


I put the magents in with some of the new tools I have, namely fancy Foster drill bits. They are different than wood drill bits as their point is shorter. Thus they make simpler cylinders that dont go as deep.

Current working tool list....

I can go through each tool if the community likes, but this should be a simple guide.

Awesome stuff here mate - and thanks for the heads-up on the Forstner drill bits. I'll have to get some of those for myself.

 Azazelx wrote:
Awesome stuff here mate - and thanks for the heads-up on the Forstner drill bits. I'll have to get some of those for myself.

Cheers big ears! those bits save a lot of heart ache and troubles.

On to the progress.

I have added the side units, upper arm joints, and rear reactors, and done the gap filling.

Photos:

Pretty quick progress sir, looking fantastic. Such an amazing model.

 Camkierhi wrote:
Pretty quick progress sir, looking fantastic. Such an amazing model.

It is indeed a great model. Accompanied with all the head aches it can cause. I need to get all the Titans built by October. Hoping the rest go faster than this gentlemen. They should be finished painted by December.

Progress time!

I can finally say, short of armor pieces there is nothing left to glue for the center torso... oh and I need to create or patch the elbows as I inserted magnets for later magic.





And this is how i feel about this


I mean I have some sanding and minor gap filling to do, but I can now work on the arms and upper carapace weapons.

Looking good! I'd suggest "Aeterna" for the Warlord. "The Eternal One". It's the feminine version for interest. You could use "Aeternus" if you preferred a boy name.

Will the magnets be strong enough? The arms weigh quite a bit.

You know, until I started following your thread I didn't appreciate just how much one would have to spend on other stuff just to get this thing together. My hat is off to you.

One more thing, what ever happened to that army of FW flyers you were working on?

Wait, you already have a Warlord and got another? That you would build a 2nd one is blowing my mind.

My word that was fast. I need someone like you locally to build my own Forgeworld stuff. It's sadly easier for me to buy than for me to get around to properly cleaning up/straightening/assembling it. When are you moving to Melbourne?

JohnnyHell wrote:Looking good! I'd suggest "Aeterna" for the Warlord. "The Eternal One". It's the feminine version for interest. You could use "Aeternus" if you preferred a boy name.

I like these suggestions. Thank you for the contribution.

whalemusic360 wrote:Will the magnets be strong enough? The arms weigh quite a bit.

Yeah about that. I upped my game. It took 1lb of force release the arm, and with my upped game takes close to a 10lb tug to release. It is hearty but low in friction so I am added a vertical magnet and abandoning rotational arms. Should take around 15lbs of force to remove afterwards.

40kFSU wrote:You know, until I started following your thread I didn't appreciate just how much one would have to spend on other stuff just to get this thing together. My hat is off to you.

One more thing, what ever happened to that army of FW flyers you were working on?

They are 90% done in terms of paint job and all done otherwise.

whalemusic360 wrote:Wait, you already have a Warlord and got another? That you would build a 2nd one is blowing my mind.

I also have plans for a 3rd. Somebody stop me.

Azazelx wrote:My word that was fast. I need someone like you locally to build my own Forgeworld stuff. It's sadly easier for me to buy than for me to get around to properly cleaning up/straightening/assembling it. When are you moving to Melbourne?

I will Melbourne for a decent salary and some good games . Not sure you want to buy 1 panda for your hobby needs.

On to the progress.

THE HAND OF NOT TAKING YOUR GAK IS PRESENT



I simply love this hand. It was a good build a round 30 pieces



Next up another hand or a plasma annhilator? Or the top weapons?

MAUH HANDZZ!!!

Seriously, I kinda want to buy just a hand. Id just need to think of something to do with it. Commissar Yarrick conversion?

 EmberlordofFire8 wrote:
MAUH HANDZZ!!!

Seriously, I kinda want to buy just a hand. Id just need to think of something to do with it. Commissar Yarrick conversion?

Assemble it flipping someone off and then mount it on your paint desk right in front of you until everything gets painted. It could be a motivator .

Make the hand a brush holder.

EmberlordofFire8 wrote:MAUH HANDZZ!!!

Seriously, I kinda want to buy just a hand. Id just need to think of something to do with it. Commissar Yarrick conversion?

That would be the biggest yarik I history. You could make a handy rhino?

Theophony wrote:

 EmberlordofFire8 wrote:
MAUH HANDZZ!!!

Seriously, I kinda want to buy just a hand. Id just need to think of something to do with it. Commissar Yarrick conversion?

Assemble it flipping someone off and then mount it on your paint desk right in front of you until everything gets painted. It could be a motivator .

I like your style. Speaking of which how bad is it if I actually make the second hand giving the middle finger. The child in me wants too.

ApaceKittens wrote:Make the hand a brush holder.

It can already hold that. Paddles too. We played ping pong.

On to the progress.

Working on the plasma arms at the same time. Figure I would go faster already having the right tools out. I constantly have to educate myself on magnets as I do my work. Mostly using them to talk to my brothers in the stars.

Oh and whalemusic.. you can lift the entire torso upside down by the arms. Not recommended as that is the limit of the joints. But you can.



Thank you all for the comments. It really does keep the steam in me to get through these 6 titans.

Gonna need some pics of those flyers.

Good lord - how do you plan to transport the beasts? or do you? I wouldn't blame you if you just made people come to your house to play lol

 cormadepanda wrote:

Theophony wrote:

 EmberlordofFire8 wrote:
MAUH HANDZZ!!!

Seriously, I kinda want to buy just a hand. Id just need to think of something to do with it. Commissar Yarrick conversion?

Assemble it flipping someone off and then mount it on your paint desk right in front of you until everything gets painted. It could be a motivator .

I like your style. Speaking of which how bad is it if I actually make the second hand giving the middle finger. The child in me wants too.

The great thing about the dreamforge leviathans is you can change their poses and stuff after assembly until you glue the pistons into permanent place. I even painted him up without gluing him together to ensure I could play with him like an action figure. It'll rub paint off at the joints, but it's fun to change him around.

Plus the hot swap arms work just like the magnets....only without drilling.

Great stuff, good solid progress, those hands really help puit this thing into perspective.

 cormadepanda wrote:

EmberlordofFire8 wrote:MAUH HANDZZ!!!

Seriously, I kinda want to buy just a hand. Id just need to think of something to do with it. Commissar Yarrick conversion?

That would be the biggest yarik I history. You could make a handy rhino?

Theophony wrote:

 EmberlordofFire8 wrote:
MAUH HANDZZ!!!

Seriously, I kinda want to buy just a hand. Id just need to think of something to do with it. Commissar Yarrick conversion?

Assemble it flipping someone off and then mount it on your paint desk right in front of you until everything gets painted. It could be a motivator .

I like your style. Speaking of which how bad is it if I actually make the second hand giving the middle finger. The child in me wants too.

ApaceKittens wrote:Make the hand a brush holder.

It can already hold that. Paddles too. We played ping pong.

On to the progress.

Working on the plasma arms at the same time. Figure I would go faster already having the right tools out. I constantly have to educate myself on magnets as I do my work. Mostly using them to talk to my brothers in the stars.

Oh and whalemusic.. you can lift the entire torso upside down by the arms. Not recommended as that is the limit of the joints. But you can.



Thank you all for the comments. It really does keep the steam in me to get through these 6 titans.

Fething awesome build! I can't wait to see more from you. I love the Fist's

Interesting to see if come together. Good work.

PING PONG!! Thats just fething awesome!


P.s. I appreciate the responsible use of this £95 hand. For science!!

Good grief Panda, this is stupendous - what a beast (the titan not you...)

40kFSU wrote:Gonna need some pics of those flyers.

Will do.

Guildenstern wrote:Good lord - how do you plan to transport the beasts? or do you? I wouldn't blame you if you just made people come to your house to play lol

I got leashes. That is the plan.

Theophony wrote:

The great thing about the dreamforge leviathans is you can change their poses and stuff after assembly until you glue the pistons into permanent place. I even painted him up without gluing him together to ensure I could play with him like an action figure. It'll rub paint off at the joints, but it's fun to change him around.

Plus the hot swap arms work just like the magnets....only without drilling.

That is excellent feature. If only forge world got the memo.

Camkierhi wrote:Great stuff, good solid progress, those hands really help puit this thing into perspective.

The arms make it but I feel the armor is what really settles it in.

FabricatorGeneralMike wrote:

Fething awesome build! I can't wait to see more from you. I love the Fist's

More coming. Thanks for joining the madness.

Dr H wrote:Interesting to see if come together. Good work.

Thank you dr. Wonder what you would do if you got one of these.

ApaceKittens wrote:PING PONG!! Thats just fething awesome!


P.s. I appreciate the responsible use of this £95 hand. For science!!

Science knows no budget.

On to the progress

I got the plasma arms done. Just shy the shoulder weapons l and other hand. Should be starting a warhound this weekend, and sending out some pilots as a due request.

Photos for reasons.





As you can tell I need to repair/ fix the elbow joint, to cover the magnet. Not sure what to use. If any of you have ideas I am open to it. Green stuff sculpting ahoy!

How big is that magnet?

Shave down a bottle cap. The texture on the sides is enough to make it interesting. Or you could scratch up a small sensor array, and put a small metal plate in it or a small magnet, so it rotates independent of the arm.

Looking great

Would the hatches from the top of a space marine rhino fit? The round ones over the driver not the rectangle one .

I know forgeworld was also going to start sculpting doors for the legion rhinos, which would also be round.

Those plasma weapons are just sexy looking.

Great job with the build, looks awesome!

See if you can get the mechanicus cog as a plastic plaque thingo.

Camkierhi wrote:How big is that magnet?

Shave down a bottle cap. The texture on the sides is enough to make it interesting. Or you could scratch up a small sensor array, and put a small metal plate in it or a small magnet, so it rotates independent of the arm.

The arms actually doesn't really actively rotate, but the bottle cap is good idea. The magnet is .25" by .125"

Theophony wrote:Looking great

Would the hatches from the top of a space marine rhino fit? The round ones over the driver not the rectangle one .

I know forgeworld was also going to start sculpting doors for the legion rhinos, which would also be round.

Hmm the hatch should fit. Going to try.

vonjankmon wrote:Those plasma weapons are just sexy looking.

Great job with the build, looks awesome!

Thank you. After a while you get sick of looking at this thing.

ApaceKittens wrote:See if you can get the mechanicus cog as a plastic plaque thingo.

Hmm if I am going that detailed I will craft me some grayphon. Oh.my. thanks for the lovely idea!!


On to the progress. Blastostie cannons acquired.



Oh and the titan speaks to me.

This is the face it makes when I missed a mold line. Caption this if you like.

I think he's more angry that you seem to have castrated him

Grayphon?

I didn't see the hobby knife at first, I thought he was tinkling like bumblebee lubricating the agents in transformers.

I'm really interested in what the titan says to you.

 cormadepanda wrote:
...Thank you dr. Wonder what you would do if you got one of these...

Who can tell, but it would take quite a long time and be very unique.
Sadly, I don't have the space for things of this size (even tank-sized things are starting to be problematic). Either someone pays me to make theirs, or it'll be a while before I can have my own...although I have plans for a similar-scaled addition for my army, but all scratch-built (plans are hush hush for now)...

Great progress.

 Dr H wrote:

 cormadepanda wrote:
...Thank you dr. Wonder what you would do if you got one of these...

Who can tell, but it would take quite a long time and be very unique.
Sadly, I don't have the space for things of this size (even tank-sized things are starting to be problematic). Either someone pays me to make theirs, or it'll be a while before I can have my own...although I have plans for a similar-scaled addition for my army, but all scratch-built (plans are hush hush for now)...

Great progress.

I see a hot pink boa in its future if Dr. H gets ahold of one. , and it being modeled with two fingers up showing the second law gang sign .

Rolsheen wrote:I think he's more angry that you seem to have castrated him

These things have more nuts than brains

ApaceKittens wrote:Grayphon?

I shall show when it is time.

Theophony wrote:I didn't see the hobby knife at first, I thought he was tinkling like bumblebee lubricating the agents in transformers.

Well when you gotta go, do it like theo wants.

40kFSU wrote:I'm really interested in what the titan says to you.

Reminds me to take pictures of the airplanes for you.

Dr H wrote:

 cormadepanda wrote:
...Thank you dr. Wonder what you would do if you got one of these...

Who can tell, but it would take quite a long time and be very unique.
Sadly, I don't have the space for things of this size (even tank-sized things are starting to be problematic). Either someone pays me to make theirs, or it'll be a while before I can have my own...although I have plans for a similar-scaled addition for my army, but all scratch-built (plans are hush hush for now)...

Great progress.

Hmm pay you you say... beware who you mention such things around.

Theophony wrote:

 Dr H wrote:

 cormadepanda wrote:
...Thank you dr. Wonder what you would do if you got one of these...

Who can tell, but it would take quite a long time and be very unique.
Sadly, I don't have the space for things of this size (even tank-sized things are starting to be problematic). Either someone pays me to make theirs, or it'll be a while before I can have my own...although I have plans for a similar-scaled addition for my army, but all scratch-built (plans are hush hush for now)...

Great progress.

I see a hot pink boa in its future if Dr. H gets ahold of one. , and it being modeled with two fingers up showing the second law gang sign .

I would imagine it would have much more than that.

With the second hand attached and the only armor plate that needs to be glue on the warlord titan build is nigh complete. I just need to fix up the elbows, and add a little extra do dads.



Now some questions you all get to answer.

Do we do top flags like example:


A crotch flag or do we do both?

Sorry I haven't visited your all plogs they are important to me I am just drowning in resin

No top flags, they don't work at this scale imo.

One crotch flag, no top flags.

Nice double-fist setup though, utterly redundant, but we do like rock-'em sock-'em robots here.

Great build!! Too bad those turbo laser on the carapace are soooo utterly oversized.

It woud be nice also not to see them always in pair, but rather have a different weapon for every slot. It's also more fluffy that way =).

too bad the hands are built now, because he could have been a standard bearer. The right arm almost looks like it could hold one. Crotch banner yes , I'm not sure how you could attach the top banner without destroying something, plus does it really need to be taller? I mean it's not like there are thousands of these out there and yours might get lost in the crowd or something that you need banners to pick it out.

Crotch flag but no op banners. As Theo said its hardlly going to get lost in croud of other titans.

 cormadepanda wrote:

Rolsheen wrote:I think he's more angry that you seem to have castrated him

These things have more nuts than brains

ApaceKittens wrote:Grayphon?

I shall show when it is time.

Theophony wrote:I didn't see the hobby knife at first, I thought he was tinkling like bumblebee lubricating the agents in transformers.

Well when you gotta go, do it like theo wants.

40kFSU wrote:I'm really interested in what the titan says to you.

Reminds me to take pictures of the airplanes for you.

Dr H wrote:

 cormadepanda wrote:
...Thank you dr. Wonder what you would do if you got one of these...

Who can tell, but it would take quite a long time and be very unique.
Sadly, I don't have the space for things of this size (even tank-sized things are starting to be problematic). Either someone pays me to make theirs, or it'll be a while before I can have my own...although I have plans for a similar-scaled addition for my army, but all scratch-built (plans are hush hush for now)...

Great progress.

Hmm pay you you say... beware who you mention such things around.

Theophony wrote:

 Dr H wrote:

 cormadepanda wrote:
...Thank you dr. Wonder what you would do if you got one of these...

Who can tell, but it would take quite a long time and be very unique.
Sadly, I don't have the space for things of this size (even tank-sized things are starting to be problematic). Either someone pays me to make theirs, or it'll be a while before I can have my own...although I have plans for a similar-scaled addition for my army, but all scratch-built (plans are hush hush for now)...

Great progress.

I see a hot pink boa in its future if Dr. H gets ahold of one. , and it being modeled with two fingers up showing the second law gang sign .

I would imagine it would have much more than that.

With the second hand attached and the only armor plate that needs to be glue on the warlord titan build is nigh complete. I just need to fix up the elbows, and add a little extra do dads.



Now some questions you all get to answer.

Do we do top flags like example:


A crotch flag or do we do both?

Sorry I haven't visited your all plogs they are important to me I am just drowning in resin

I would say top flag just for at home and for taking pics to show random people on the internet, and crotch flag when taking it out to play with other peoples toys

But that's just me, and as I only have a warhound im doing atm warhounds never had top flags, so alas I can't do one ( altho I would love to do two wrecker balls for it....hummm.... ill brb)

I vote for dual carapace flags, maybe triangular? How about "Magnum Malum" for the name? Means "Giant Doom" in Latin.

Name wise I would go with 'Oncoming Wrath.'

Loving looking at the progress shots, some serious tools and magnets there. Well played. Some times going for the thing you really want and can afford is totally worth it. I shall live though you in this thread.

If you do top flags, maybe not on the same scale as on the epic miniature. Don't want it interfering with ceiling fans and the like.

Could do a couple of lines of smaller flags on the raised vent-stacks (?) between the guns.

But a crotch flag makes more sense as most people are going to be looking up at this chap from ground level. They won't see anything above the head.

<3*

But a crotch flag makes more sense as most people are going to be looking up at this chap from ground level. They won't see anything above the head.

<3*

But the mental image of a flag flicking a plane out of the sky is just awesome.

whalemusic360 wrote:No top flags, they don't work at this scale imo.

I tend to lean towards this as well. And It isn't like it needs more detaik.

DaemonJellybaby wrote:One crotch flag, no top flags.

Nice double-fist setup though, utterly redundant, but we do like rock-'em sock-'em robots here.

I watch pacific rim a lot.

Vintersorg wrote:Great build!! Too bad those turbo laser on the carapace are soooo utterly oversized.

It woud be nice also not to see them always in pair, but rather have a different weapon for every slot. It's also more fluffy that way =).

But I like big guns and I can not lie.

Theophony wrote: too bad the hands are built now, because he could have been a standard bearer. The right arm almost looks like it could hold one. Crotch banner yes , I'm not sure how you could attach the top banner without destroying something, plus does it really need to be taller? I mean it's not like there are thousands of these out there and yours might get lost in the crowd or something that you need banners to pick it out.

Don't judge me. My future plans!

ApaceKittens wrote:Crotch flag but no op banners. As Theo said its hardlly going to get lost in croud of other titans.

I agree

FabricatorGeneralMike wrote:
But that's just me, and as I only have a warhound im doing atm warhounds never had top flags, so alas I can't do one ( altho I would love to do two wrecker balls for it....hummm.... ill brb)

It appears the groin flag is unanimous

Nurgle's Chosen wrote:I vote for dual carapace flags, maybe triangular? How about "Magnum Malum" for the name? Means "Giant Doom" in Latin.

Nice name suggestion! 3 flags woah. That is a new idea.

Thousandeyes wrote:Name wise I would go with 'Oncoming Wrath.'

Loving looking at the progress shots, some serious tools and magnets there. Well played. Some times going for the thing you really want and can afford is totally worth it. I shall live though you in this thread.

I hope to make your time enjoyable.

Dr H wrote:If you do top flags, maybe not on the same scale as on the epic miniature. Don't want it interfering with ceiling fans and the like.

Could do a couple of lines of smaller flags on the raised vent-stacks (?) between the guns.

But a crotch flag makes more sense as most people are going to be looking up at this chap from ground level. They won't see anything above the head.

<3*

I was just about to buy some brooms.. just kidding. Maybe I don't think top glad are worth the time

ApaceKittens wrote:

But a crotch flag makes more sense as most people are going to be looking up at this chap from ground level. They won't see anything above the head.

<3*

But the mental image of a flag flicking a plane out of the sky is just awesome.

Sos this is thunderhawk oblivious death, we are going down. We have crashed into a flag of the emperor.


So some sad and good news.

Sad news first. Panda wounded his hand delaying all updates. Good news it's over a trip that would have delayed things anyway!

Good news. I am still slowly working on this, photos will happen eventually. Sorry for the show of support to you all my fellow dakka-ites. You all do some really truly awesome things here.

Hope your hand heals up quickly, have you discussed with the doctors the possibility of replacing your hand with one from the warlord kit?

That sounds like an awesome idea!

Get well soon bud, hope it is nothing too serious.

Why did you wound your hand over a trip?

Are we talking an injury in the line of duty to the Emperor?

Hope the hand heals well. Look forward to more.

Hello? Panda?

Theophony wrote:Hope your hand heals up quickly, have you discussed with the doctors the possibility of replacing your hand with one from the warlord kit?

Hand is healed. Theo that's dangerous it starts with a hand and then I go the whole way.

Camkierhi wrote:That sounds like an awesome idea!

Get well soon bud, hope it is nothing too serious.

Why did you wound your hand over a trip?

Are we talking an injury in the line of duty to the Emperor?

The emperor need his handy work. What can I say. The trip was good and hand works well again

Dr H wrote:Hope the hand heals well. Look forward to more.

That is dr. I don't suppose you patch hands do You?

ApaceKittens wrote:Hello? Panda?

Hello!!!!! Thanks for the revive.

I decided to widden the eyes on the hound because I will be painting them in. Also I don't really believe in interiors so I will be gluing the head shut. The warhound almost has all the parts cleaned and ready for assembly. Looks like I will be doing minimal amounts of pinning.

I will detail this build as much as the community likes. Let me know.

If your going to seal the cockpit and you have made the eyes larger, maybe create some mechanical eyeball/spotlights. Then it could be a prototype where the pilot is in one of those tanks and needs external sensors.

Edit: also I for one want to watch the build .

Second the request for the build, I get a lot from seeing these things.

So that the big guy done then? Will you paint them all in a oner?

Your back!!!

An entire maniple! Please carry this on.

Theophony wrote:If your going to seal the cockpit and you have made the eyes larger, maybe create some mechanical eyeball/spotlights. Then it could be a prototype where the pilot is in one of those tanks and needs external sensors.

Edit: also I for one want to watch the build .

Also like totally way to hard for me. these titans are on a time crunch and those eyes sounds like they would take me the better part of a day.

Camkierhi wrote:Second the request for the build, I get a lot from seeing these things.

So that the big guy done then? Will you paint them all in a oner?

Done? Eh close. I need to revisit his elbows when I get to it. Plan is to paint all 5 in a week in december.

ApaceKittens wrote:Your back!!!

I was never gone. Ignore my past self. I just been busy with the flesh wounds calling the chaos help line and in general yelling at cawl to go to bed and stop making changes. I mean he does good work but man that new toaster he put out replaced my entire assembly of servitors and now I need to find something for them too. Luckily I have large hey stacks of bodies to turn into fresh skitarii.

TheEldanariPrince wrote:An entire maniple! Please carry this on.

as you wish.


Small progress. Used soda bottle plastic to make eye lenses on the head. It's rough, but I am painting it and I want a warn look. Thus rough is what I want.

Aren'n you going to paint the interior?

cormadepanda wrote:

calling the chaos help line

how long did you have to wait on hold? :

 ApaceKittens wrote:

cormadepanda wrote:

calling the chaos help line

how long did you have to wait on hold? :

Feels like yesterday, but those stupid loyalists say it’s been 10,000 years

Why’d you have to use a soda bottle? My warhound came with clear plastic to use for the lens cover.

I finally found one of your threads again!

Sub-a-lub-a-dub-duuub!

EmberlordofFire8 wrote:Aren'n you going to paint the interior?

That is a firm no. Interiors are for people, not me. I am not a people.

ApaceKittens wrote:

cormadepanda wrote:

calling the chaos help line

how long did you have to wait on hold? :

It wasnt the waiting that was bad, it was the service. They really didn't care for my undivided answer.

Theophony wrote:

 ApaceKittens wrote:

cormadepanda wrote:

calling the chaos help line

how long did you have to wait on hold? :

Feels like yesterday, but those stupid loyalists say it’s been 10,000 years

Me and my 19 other brothers understand.

whalemusic360 wrote:Why’d you have to use a soda bottle? My warhound came with clear plastic to use for the lens cover.

Lost the plastic in the move from my place to my new place/current job.

kestril wrote:I finally found one of your threads again!

Sub-a-lub-a-dub-duuub!

Welcome back to the world of Dakka. Nice to see you alive again, and maybe even posting...

Right so that detailed build.... yeah I am doing it swear...


Alright above here is me showing you how i pose my feet. i use a combination of super glue and JB weld to work in the joints. I prefer my war machines to be walking casually through the enemies rank to marry poppins.

The joints are wet for about 10 minutes, and cured in 24 hours.

Then progress on the torso.. so warhound torsos are only about 5 parts to glue together. And I will inform you that as much as i requested for a thrid arm to assemble it with photos the dark gods only gave me many crickets.

So here is that end result. Again a mix of jbweld and super glue..



Note, the toes are still not glued at all, held in by friction. The head is not attached either. All the armor plates are glued down. Fight me dakka, I hate interiors. Nothing says suspension of disbelief like opening up your model in the middle of combat. Besides mine only ever contain chaos on the inside. Like so many demons in them. Anyways, the legs will be more detailed, as well as the hips. As with these models that are the most critical parts.

Never painted any of the interiors of my tanks...that I remember, but doors are glued shut now anyway. Interiors are for display, I have toys to play with, not displays .

Are these going to be traitor legion then?

cormadepanda wrote:That is a firm no. Interiors are for people, not me. I am not a people.

Explains a lot really...

Holy Feth Conrad, this is amazing. Can't wait to see some paint!

Theophony wrote:Never painted any of the interiors of my tanks...that I remember, but doors are glued shut now anyway. Interiors are for display, I have toys to play with, not displays .

I make the brooms vroom and pew pew noises.

whalemusic360 wrote:Are these going to be traitor legion then?

Gryphonicus - =) the gryphon 4 world destroyed by tryanids

ApaceKittens wrote:

cormadepanda wrote:That is a firm no. Interiors are for people, not me. I am not a people.

Explains a lot really...

I do my best to explain myself. You sound like a people.

Master Azalle wrote:Holy Feth Conrad, this is amazing. Can't wait to see some paint!

Paint will be here in November when.. wait for it... WINTER IS COMING

Small update. I don't watch game of thrones..

Somewhat bigger update. Gap filling is well under way on the torso. Just some sanding and we will be on our way.

Good to hear it is on the right side of things. Did you files off the Aquila just to change it up?

I am indeed a peoples.

Panda, the WIP is all well and good. But if I don't see some paint on these guys soon, I'm going to continue to sit here patiently watching the construction and waiting for paint.

 cormadepanda wrote:

EmberlordofFire8 wrote:Aren'n you going to paint the interior?

That is a firm no. Interiors are for people, not me. I am not a people.

HOW DARE YOU?! BUYING A FW TITAN AND NOT PAINTING THE INTERIOR IS LIKE BUYING A PACK OF TOILETTE PAPER, TEARING OFF THE PACKAGING, THROWING AWAY THE PERFECTLY EDIBLE PAPER AND USING THE PLASTIC WRAP AS A BLANKET! YOU JUST DONT DO THAT!!

I have physically touched these models.

Looking good.

Good progress, Panda.

Without the money or patience to make a Forge World model(s) of this scale I am quite content to watch you do it. Consider yourself subscribed to sir.

Oh, and just my two cents but how would 'Ferrum Vindictam' be as a name for one of the wee chaps? Latin for 'blade of revenge' and would fit with the lore of the Knights of Gryphonne.

whalemusic360 wrote:Good to hear it is on the right side of things. Did you files off the Aquila just to change it up?

I intend to smatter graphicus symbols in their place.

ApaceKittens wrote:I am indeed a peoples.

Check your name... Kitten people...

40kFSU wrote:Panda, the WIP is all well and good. But if I don't see some paint on these guys soon, I'm going to continue to sit here patiently watching the construction and waiting for paint.

Paint... also for people... well pandas too. It's going to happen. Eventually. Xmas at the latest.

EmberlordofFire8 wrote:

 cormadepanda wrote:

EmberlordofFire8 wrote:Aren'n you going to paint the interior?

That is a firm no. Interiors are for people, not me. I am not a people.

HOW DARE YOU?! BUYING A FW TITAN AND NOT PAINTING THE INTERIOR IS LIKE BUYING A PACK OF TOILETTE PAPER, TEARING OFF THE PACKAGING, THROWING AWAY THE PERFECTLY EDIBLE PAPER AND USING THE PLASTIC WRAP AS A BLANKET! YOU JUST DONT DO THAT!!

I tried to not do it. But I Did. And by try not, i wanted to figure out how.

Togusa wrote:I have physically touched these models.

Looking good.

Togusa, we meet again on the field of acceptance. This means one thing. We need to play sometime, and you need big ones yourself.

Dr H wrote:Good progress, Panda.

Thanks...not as good as you, or where i want to be.

Imperial Monkey wrote:Without the money or patience to make a Forge World model(s) of this scale I am quite content to watch you do it. Consider yourself subscribed to sir.

Oh, and just my two cents but how would 'Ferrum Vindictam' be as a name for one of the wee chaps? Latin for 'blade of revenge' and would fit with the lore of the Knights of Gryphonne.

That name is fancy, and acceptable. Welcome to the cringe show. Where I make the internet cringe with a blatant disregard for model safety, and beauty.

On to the progress....

Here is panda's 1-2 boom you glued yourself to everything and now understand the world better.

JBweld... like sniff this stuff, eat it, be it. And dont do a single thing I say you will die and need medical attention and we all know how many docs we keep running around in regiments. (Complete after thought)


next mix it to make it dark grey like the other spot on the paper. I use wood to stir and apply it, because i am brave.
I apply the amount i feel i need usually determined by the alignment of the stars and the rotational of a dropped apple. Toes/legs get more than the torso. Toes get it more freely than william wallace in the middle of a rebellion.


Next jam some super glue in there too with the JBweld. The glue dries faster and will allow the JB weld to cure more securely attached, giving you much less working time with the joint, and more stability to multitask. Or just throw that part on the ground. I dont care.
Then connect the pieces and with post haste wipe off the splurging jbweld. (I do this intentionally on toes, and myself)


Here another example!

Glue and jbweld

Smash that sucker in like its an Ork Choppa contest in the middle of pumpkin smashing in a field of be careful and take your time.

Now for some magnetization
I use big old magnets from rarelement or something like that website I cant remember and my browsing history is too thick to resolve. Google! Or ask the farseer. They always know what i do. They watch me. Its nice to not be so alone.

I just use pure JBweld and good old fashion time... in case you are wondering the exact diameter of the Warhound's hip connector is 1.25" I eyeballed that on the website/google photos. My magnet is .25"x1.25" and rated at N48 which has about a 25lb hold, and in emergencies will clear hard drives and stop pacemakers. Using my Forstner bit I simply drilled into the torso a bit (prone to ouchies here) and then glue the magnet it and everything still sits flush with room for a steel waster to add to the Warhound's lower hip.

Strength demo.


Next up is the legs, and showing you how I "plan" them out, and pin them.

Comments are welcome, critics too! Thank you all for your time in this Mek's dreams.

Wait YOU......plan? What is this Heresy?

I’ve never used jbweld, but also the largest resin model I have is one of the original Dreamforge leviathans, and he is still unassembled. Looking forward to the rest of the maniple assembling.

Playing sounds good, but I cannot afford these monsters. It's too bad the Bio-Titans look like ass, otherwise I'd get some and we could rumble.

Cool. Great work. Magnets ftw.

And totally with Theo... You plan!!

Build looks good so far. Looking firward to seeing more progress.

Theophony wrote:Wait YOU......plan? What is this Heresy?

I’ve never used jbweld, but also the largest resin model I have is one of the original Dreamforge leviathans, and he is still unassembled. Looking forward to the rest of the maniple assembling.

Is it the big Levi or the smaller one? Resin kits are somewhat painful to build.

Togusa wrote:Playing sounds good, but I cannot afford these monsters. It's too bad the Bio-Titans look like ass, otherwise I'd get some and we could rumble.

I like the assy biotitans for nids. They are a pain to build though even the bio titan ones.

Camkierhi wrote:Cool. Great work. Magnets ftw.

And totally with Theo... You plan!!

I iz a sneaky git with kunnin choppa.

Warboss_Waaazag wrote:Build looks good so far. Looking firward to seeing more progress.

Here it is.

Alright so first thing first...
Learn how to calculate the center of gravity in side awkwardly shaped objects. There is YouTube and wiki for this math and it is helpful. It also helps that we as humans have a inate understanding of cg.

Next is to plan your walking /standing pose.



So here you can see with the left leg I have the toes up meaning it needs to lean forward onto the right foot which is pressing down maintaining the weight of the locomotion of the model. Luckily the warhound is butt heavy and the modeler calculated the correct cg for the torso. You can hold it at the hip join and it doesnt lean forward. This just means you need to achieve a proper cg for the legs and the model will stand under its own power acceptably.

I plan the legs as shown above accommodating the feet I posed. Next I construct a leg.




I keep the other foot nearby to remind myself of the hips placement and the relative length of the second leg. As you can see I got the cg of the left leg right by the fact that it stands on the upwards toes on its own. I then construct the right leg accounting for cg as well and use popsicle sticks and wooden dowels and the hips as guides for straight, and separation distance.





Due to the war hounds small size I am going to run pins through the joints after the glue cures which could be tonight. All the gluing is jbweld and super glue. You get about 10 minutes of work time with the joints. However I allowed the legs to set into position before gluing them to the feet. I wiggled them around the ankles to get the upper positioning correct. My rule is have as few moving joints as possible.

The legs of these models are the most critical part to get correct failure to do so means it won't stand on its own and will require a base to be bolted to it. I don't want this at all. It appears though that I got the legs right and everything will stand.

I like the assy biotitans for nids. They are a pain to build though even the bio titan ones.

They look awful Panda. And their rules are awful. And they should feel bad. Sonic Lancing Revanants are the best looking of the FW Titans to me. But I like dainty things, so, yeah.

When will this project of yours be complete? LVO is coming fast.

Legs look great. They stand well. I'm just hoping that when the rest of the body is applied to them that the center of gravity on them doesn't muck anything up.

Nice pose on the legs. Look good where they are.

Togusa wrote:

I like the assy biotitans for nids. They are a pain to build though even the bio titan ones.

They look awful Panda. And their rules are awful. And they should feel bad. Sonic Lancing Revanants are the best looking of the FW Titans to me. But I like dainty things, so, yeah.

When will this project of yours be complete? LVO is coming fast.

You and I definitely have different tastes. This project is likely to get the back burner to finish painting my army.

Warboss_Waaazag wrote:Legs look great. They stand well. I'm just hoping that when the rest of the body is applied to them that the center of gravity on them doesn't muck anything up.

Fun thing about center of gravity is that if you stack them on top each other from two different objects and have no drift in the x or y direction of the grid you will maintain cg!

Hence get the legs right and the hip won't mess with it as it adds a center force and the torso just needs to be a center force as well and you are done.

Dr H wrote:Nice pose on the legs. Look good where they are.

Thanks Dr!


So I had a small set back. In testing the standing of the titan I accidently got a metal washer stuck in the torso. Then another magnet. Thus I closed off the plug in the warhound. Well a saw later and drill I glued a metal washer into the hips to be flush and thus will still have the two join. Maybe even easier to separate! But you know trying to make the best of a mistake. No photos as glue is drying

There is going to be an immediate stop work on the titans. The forge world is being invaded and must deploy the skitarii ranks.

The dominuses are assembling for planetary defenses.

This will now become painting.

The turkey is gone? I guess i can return to here...

Wip of the hqs i am working on. Got the blues and whites going as well as the metals. Plenty to do.



Cheers for thr visit. Keep dakka.

Please note the titans are on hold until my army for lvo is good to go.

Still admech, so semi-Titan related, right?

 whalemusic360 wrote:
Still admech, so semi-Titan related, right?

For me they are the survivors of gryphonicus and make the current titans in this thread

More work done on the HQs.

Trying to finalize my list to decide what I am painting.



Thanks for the visit.


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Work continues. Up next is mech symbols and some dirtying up to do. Of you guys know how to use weathering pigments to make mud and stuff do share.

Symbols, weapon glows, and basing/weathering pigments left.

Those look awesome!! I' like the color scheme. This admech army is impressive good sir.

Good progress on the little mechanical chaps.

Can't help you with the pigments, I've not used them.

Color scheme looks great!

Gimli_219 wrote:Those look awesome!! I' like the color scheme. This admech army is impressive good sir.

Cheers, I am sucker for the cliche red blue and white colors.

Dr H wrote:Good progress on the little mechanical chaps.

Can't help you with the pigments, I've not used them.

Its ok, I usually cant help myself... luckily i am fantastic at ruining things! pics to show.

Master Azalle wrote:Color scheme looks great!

Cheers! you know how to make a panda blush.

Progress must continue for fear of being a potato. Well.. ok... wrong fear, but you hey you get me. I want this to be done for LVO. so basing couldn't be done due to the lack of pebbles to use on my bases.... But for now they are mostly color'd


Some strange artsy shot i made on a whim..

These are the current leaders of the 17th Delta 32nd Maniple.
They are left to right: Mr Clamps (Mr C.); Gramps; Carl; and Mr. Handy...

This is my 40k Geek Squad.

And some shots of the 1 guy based...






Cheers for stopping by! and commenting. More to come.

Love how you have got them feeling cold. Gives an edge to the mech side of things.

 Camkierhi wrote:
Love how you have got them feeling cold. Gives an edge to the mech side of things.

Thanks cam. I need to redo the mud work because the varnish went strange on me, and a second coat didnt fix it. Oh well. Jusr another excuse for another attempt.

Beautiful

Good looking stuff Panda. The First Regiment of Volra would be proud.

ApaceKittens wrote:Beautiful

Awe thank you beautiful.

40kFSU wrote:Good looking stuff Panda. The First Regiment of Volra would be proud.

Oh man vlorians. For got all about them.

More progress. Redid the mud effect and started basing.




Cheers all. Stsy around

Here we are. Ready to be put on the table without too much shame.. like maybe 10 shame points.



Also if anyone photoshops these to look like the Beatles walking across that famous street, I will be forever impressed and you will win the internet.





Cheers for the visit, up next is the infiltrators.

Love the use of the Tempestus Scions power fist (at least I think that's what it is). What was wrong with the mud effect on it before? I rather liked it. It looked like some form of caustic mud that was bleaching the robes out!
They look fantastic though, the blue is very unusual but really gives them a cold vibe as Camkierhi mentioned. I'd be pretty pleased to see them opposite on the tabletop.

 Imperial Monkey wrote:
Love the use of the Tempestus Scions power fist (at least I think that's what it is). What was wrong with the mud effect on it before? I rather liked it. It looked like some form of caustic mud that was bleaching the robes out!
They look fantastic though, the blue is very unusual but really gives them a cold vibe as Camkierhi mentioned. I'd be pretty pleased to see them opposite on the tabletop.

That is the correct power fist bit! I loved the fist and simply had to find a way to use it.

The main issue with the mud effect is that it was caused by the varnish going wrong. I couldn't consistently repeat the process for an entire army. I need a method that yields something colorful, and repeatable. I did like the really pale white tan of the dried out look of it.

I am curious why people think the blue is unusual. I am wondering if i am color blind or something...

If I ever find myself across the pond again, I would be happy to play you.

Next up on the choppin block. Plasma.

What do you think about those painting handles?

 whalemusic360 wrote:
What do you think about those painting handles?

They hold bases from 25mm to 40mm, but are really nice and for the price a good buy.

Continuing onwards.

 cormadepanda wrote:

 Imperial Monkey wrote:
Love the use of the Tempestus Scions power fist (at least I think that's what it is). What was wrong with the mud effect on it before? I rather liked it. It looked like some form of caustic mud that was bleaching the robes out!
They look fantastic though, the blue is very unusual but really gives them a cold vibe as Camkierhi mentioned. I'd be pretty pleased to see them opposite on the tabletop.

That is the correct power fist bit! I loved the fist and simply had to find a way to use it.

The main issue with the mud effect is that it was caused by the varnish going wrong. I couldn't consistently repeat the process for an entire army. I need a method that yields something colorful, and repeatable. I did like the really pale white tan of the dried out look of it.

I am curious why people think the blue is unusual. I am wondering if i am color blind or something...

If I ever find myself across the pond again, I would be happy to play you.

Ha, yes! Nailed it!
Ah, the need for consistency makes a lot of sense. I liked it too, shame really. The blue is unusual because it is admech, who are almost always done in shades of red or orange.

Good progress, Panda.

I'm really liking the orange plasma glow. Keep up the good work!

Panda, if I buy a Warhound, will you build and paint it? I will either pay you, or buy appropriate level of models in exchange.

Dr H wrote:Good progress, Panda.

Thank you dr! Hopeto show you all more.

ApaceKittens wrote:I'm really liking the orange plasma glow. Keep up the good work!

I too am a fan of the orange. Thank you kitten. I also got a new kitten in the house to hangout with and knock my stuff over.

Togusa wrote:Panda, if I buy a Warhound, will you build and paint it? I will either pay you, or buy appropriate level of models in exchange.

I always take commision work. I would happily take on such a project. Pricing is subject to work load desired.



Anyways...

Hello dakka people who visit this thread. Good news i went to LVO. It was mega fun and i recommend more come to it. The ademch army did really well for me. I just wish i practiced more games so i knew what genesteeler cult and blood angels did.

I am going to be attending more GTs with this army and more. Photos will come tonight.

We left off on the war hound and should finish it tonight.

Also picked up some custodes, and space marine dreadnaughts, and 3 forge world knights. I will add the knights to this blog...maybe the other models as well.

No photos for now. Thanks for visiting.

Good to hear from you. Look forward to pics.

 Camkierhi wrote:
Good to hear from you. Look forward to pics.

Cheers cam. Here is where we stand fellow dakkamites

Warhound hull is completed...

Magnetizing the arms is something i am still trying to figure out how to complete. Also totally screw doing all the hydraulics on the warhound. So many...so many parts... egad.

This guy accidentally happened

He uh. is uh... hot stuff

Some admech WIPS....







Some LVO Match shots! Army did pretty damn well for me






How we got decide what we are doing next on this thread... there is about a dozen projects to choose from.
2 more warhounds, 2 more reavers, 2 more castellan knights...

We can break it up with some painting
*calculating painting backlog.exe crashed*

I can paint some titans or some Levithan or a dedredo... oh we can start custodes or necrons.

Dakka you choose...though i am not the best contributor any more... i try.

Something is always better than nothing. Good to see you still going.

Good table shots too.

I find that when I'm stuck for what to do next, roll a die. Then, when it inevitably chooses something you don't want to do roll it again until it chooses something that grips you.
It does help with the choice paralysis. Once you get going the creative juices should get flowing.

Yeah, sometimes I hold up because I can't decide what colors I want to use. Rolling a dice totally tells you what you don't want, and you can narrow it down. The table and blue Admech look great!

Dr H wrote:Something is always better than nothing. Good to see you still going.

Good table shots too.

I find that when I'm stuck for what to do next, roll a die. Then, when it inevitably chooses something you don't want to do roll it again until it chooses something that grips you.
It does help with the choice paralysis. Once you get going the creative juices should get flowing.

A wonderful idea. I rolled.. and well its red. And titans

kestral wrote:Yeah, sometimes I hold up because I can't decide what colors I want to use. Rolling a dice totally tells you what you don't want, and you can narrow it down. The table and blue Admech look great!

Thanks! Its the lvo tables but a event well worth attending.

Anyways here is my updates these days...

Looking fantastic bud, keep plugging away.

Wooh! You're back. Looking good.

Trust in the dice.

Good job.

I dig the knights, that 30K ascetic is so deliciously good. Will these match the scheme of the Titans?

Camkierhi wrote:Looking fantastic bud, keep plugging away.

Plugging away captian

ApaceKittens wrote:Wooh! You're back. Looking good.

I try to stick around good lookin

Dr H wrote:Trust in the dice.

Good job.

Dice dont trust me

Togusa wrote:I dig the knights, that 30K ascetic is so deliciously good. Will these match the scheme of the Titans?

They will indeed! Endless painting ahead in my days

Short 1 sheild generator and some basing material i am on my way to painting

And the project crazys continue. Welcome flesh terrors.

You batch painting them all together!

 Camkierhi wrote:
You batch painting them all together!

Isnt that how it is always done?

I can seeeeeeeeee you!

 Dr H wrote:
I can seeeeeeeeee you!

I take 1$ tips and know a few dance moves.


Hey, all I would update more, but i have mostly been building models... not a lot of painting. Had a supply drop come in of 13 leman russes and Torgusa gave me a baneblade to go with it. So those lovely ladies will be coming up. Which I will be crafting some custom parts for to match the russess I acquired.

In the near future here I am setting up a 3d printer lab in my home. It will be high-quality prints and not an FFF type like many people see. I should be able to prototype any part you like assuming you have a proper 3d model. Keep me in mind. Hit me with a PM or an email.

I also made some custom decals for the flesh tearers not photo'd. They seem to be good to go, and had to use that nice old fashioned a4 paper.

Anyways been working on the flesh tearers, would like to have them the finished painting by Monday. Basing will be when that material comes in. So i guess... colored by Monday. Based by Sunday again.

Also black is hard to give depth and still maintain blackness too... Here is my humble attempt at what maybe trash

Wow, that black is incredible. Also loving the Russ invasion.

 cormadepanda wrote:

 Dr H wrote:
I can seeeeeeeeee you!

I take 1$ tips and know a few dance moves.


Hey, all I would update more, but i have mostly been building models... not a lot of painting. Had a supply drop come in of 13 leman russes and Torgusa gave me a baneblade to go with it. So those lovely ladies will be coming up. Which I will be crafting some custom parts for to match the russess I acquired.

In the near future here I am setting up a 3d printer lab in my home. It will be high-quality prints and not an FFF type like many people see. I should be able to prototype any part you like assuming you have a proper 3d model. Keep me in mind. Hit me with a PM or an email.

I also made some custom decals for the flesh tearers not photo'd. They seem to be good to go, and had to use that nice old fashioned a4 paper.

Anyways been working on the flesh tearers, would like to have them the finished painting by Monday. Basing will be when that material comes in. So i guess... colored by Monday. Based by Sunday again.

Also black is hard to give depth and still maintain blackness too... Here is my humble attempt at what maybe trash

I'm glad you're enjoying the Baneblade Panda.

I may not want to see quite that much.

Good job on the red and black.
Nice looking tanks.

Where are those tanks from?

Sweet black on the cloaks, I think it looks great matey !

I want to see titans! SHOW ME TITANS!!

Dr H wrote:I may not want to see quite that much.

Good job on the red and black.
Nice looking tanks.

Thanks Dr. But between you and me you can see as much as you want too.. or not want too

Togusa wrote:Where are those tanks from?

They are from a gentleman who sells the ratgard pattern. He custom made them.

Big H wrote:Sweet black on the cloaks, I think it looks great matey !

Thanks big H. coming from you it means a lot to me.

EmberlordofFire8 wrote:I want to see titans! SHOW ME TITANS!!

My soul grows weary of working on the huge models.... Though I could return to them soon. Basically, I am stumped on the warhound weapon arms and have refused to return to the problem until I finish another army.

I been painting these guys.






I still need to do things like paint the leathers, power sword, and paint the bases up. Waiting on new vellejo products to arrive to try out. I am feeling like muddy bases again. I just like mud. Its dumb.

Chow for stopping by mates!

As long as the bases are red mud from all the blood the Flesh Tearers will drain out of their enemies I think it’ll fit

Good job. Keep at it.

Love the work on your Flesh Tearers! well done brother well done

Theophony wrote:As long as the bases are red mud from all the blood the Flesh Tearers will drain out of their enemies I think it’ll fit

Theo... your still.......alive?...... oh my....
Its welcome to see you around again. Yes i think it is a wonderful idea to have some blood in the mud. Maybe some limbs too.

Dr H wrote:Good job. Keep at it.

Thank you dr.

Master Azalle wrote:Love the work on your Flesh Tearers! well done brother well done

Thank you much master.

Thank you all for commenting and being a strong community. I have grim news though. The titans are no more. The real world came and sucked them away.

Perhaps one day i will acquire them again. But for now it is time to be humble and have just regular models.

I cry manly tears of sadness at the loss of the titans.

Stupid real world. It’s why we can’t have nice things .

Togusa wrote:I cry manly tears of sadness at the loss of the titans.

Or robot like tears? I think it is an acceptable loss. The family is more important than toys.

Theophony wrote:Stupid real world. It’s why we can’t have nice things .

The real world is made of broken nice things it appears.


Updates on some painting. Working on blacks and purity seals and the what not

 cormadepanda wrote:


Thank you all for commenting and being a strong community. I have grim news though. The titans are no more. The real world came and sucked them away.

Perhaps one day i will acquire them again. But for now it is time to be humble and have just regular models.

Wat?

I know that calm demeanor in the face of grave loss - it's covering up the suppressed murderous rage.

I'd wish a nasty accident on the culprit normally, but i get the feeling a young child may be involved in this case..

 SirDonlad wrote:

 cormadepanda wrote:


Thank you all for commenting and being a strong community. I have grim news though. The titans are no more. The real world came and sucked them away.

Perhaps one day i will acquire them again. But for now it is time to be humble and have just regular models.

Wat?

I know that calm demeanor in the face of grave loss - it's covering up the suppressed murderous rage.

I'd wish a nasty accident on the culprit normally, but i get the feeling a young child may be involved in this case..

The toys are fun and great to have. But they are toys at the end of the day. I had to liquidate them to support my family as we had some issues arrive unexpected as per usual.

Still loss hurts... however the flesh tearers should earn me some caranage. And i still have the knights for you all to enjoy. i guess i need to alter the title of this thread tho.

A great loss for the Omnissiah. Still, the Flesh Tearers look good and so do the blue ad-mech.

So what do I need to build a couple warhounds and a warlord? Will take me a bit of time, but on it.

Bloody shame bud. Life really sucks at times. You will get there though.

Hope everything is ok, yell if I can help.

Your painting is leagues ahead of where it was in your ol' Orc days! Fantastic work! Sucks you had to sell the Titans... I know you have always loved the large models.

TheEldanariPrince wrote:A great loss for the Omnissiah. Still, the Flesh Tearers look good and so do the blue ad-mech.

Thank you eldan.

Camkierhi wrote:So what do I need to build a couple warhounds and a warlord? Will take me a bit of time, but on it.

Bloody shame bud. Life really sucks at times. You will get there though.

Hope everything is ok, yell if I can help.

Cam you are wonderful. Build the models for yourself. I am watching the ork gargant.

Zid wrote:Your painting is leagues ahead of where it was in your ol' Orc days! Fantastic work! Sucks you had to sell the Titans... I know you have always loved the large models.

Yeah those orks make me cringe now thanks for stopping by zid. Its ok i still have big ones.


Anyways did some painting on the levithan.

Haha I love your old orcs though! Much more fun to play than your billions of Vendetta IG... I still have pictures from an old battle rep where my demons won that one Fatecrusher FTW!

 Zid wrote:
Haha I love your old orcs though! Much more fun to play than your billions of Vendetta IG... I still have pictures from an old battle rep where my demons won that one Fatecrusher FTW!

Tis my fate was crushed i have since redone both armies twice. Waiting for the codex to bring in the orks this thread. Their dread wall awaits table. They have tried many times and are sad with results.


Anyways... my workshop has been invades by a new enemy..

Nice rich red you have there.

Necron technology is so advanced even their models can stand on vertical surfaces...

We're here for you. Keep Calm and Paint On.

The invasion must be going well for the Necrons, Panda seems to be hiding from them....or has been enslaved by them and is chained somewhere in the Labyrinth with just a paintbrush and a bucket

Fiends! We need our Panda fix, let him go.

 Camkierhi wrote:
Fiends! We need our Panda fix, let him go.

Or at least give him a moist towelette

Dr H wrote:Nice rich red you have there.

Necron technology is so advanced even their models can stand on vertical surfaces...

You should see what they do when you are not looking. Its amazing.

Briancj wrote:We're here for you. Keep Calm and Paint On.

The paints broke too. Keeping calm as requested. *internal screams of 10,000 grots being sucked into the warp*

Theophony wrote:The invasion must be going well for the Necrons, Panda seems to be hiding from them....or has been enslaved by them and is chained somewhere in the Labyrinth with just a paintbrush and a bucket

They put me to bed for a while. I eventually decided *rouge panda protocols enabled* of my own free will *programming.... error kernel panic* that i should come back to dakka with more content

Camkierhi wrote:Fiends! We need our Panda fix, let him go.

Surprisingly this worked. Thank you for the save.

Theophony wrote:

 Camkierhi wrote:
Fiends! We need our Panda fix, let him go.

Or at least give him a moist towelette

Where we are going we do not need clean hands!

Update to the plog. Firstly I regret to inform you I will be traveling for 3 weeks. Its mandated by the current leader of the Imperium, and as a loyal toaster constructor, I obey. I will be traveling to the flats of Mars which I will observe the new construction of ping-pong servitors.

I will attempt to bring hobby with me to work on and post from my remote location.

Firstly the invasion continues growing as scout reports show below. It is expected this is only the spearhead of the death metal advance on the world.


Luckily the local Astra Militarium regiment is also bolstering its forces to lend aid. The unnamed female regiment hails from a harsh sandy world with such storms requiring the tanks to be elongated to handle the terrain as well as balance the weapons, rounded to weather the wind, and most of the weapon capabilities being enclosed or shielded from the elements directly. And due to the lack of naturally occurring terrain features for cover, they elongate their barrels of standard weapons on the primary turrets.



What we have here front to back is

2 demolisher tanks with tripple heavy flamer (sponsons and hull)
2 twin battle cannon tanks with tripple heavy bolters (sponsons and hull)
2 annhilator patterns with hull lascannon

Their barrels are super long lascannon and for some reason, I like this conversion. I intend to add some ropes of plastic string to make coils at the base of the barrels to make it more iconic to the lascannon commonly seen.

close up


In other news, I broke 2 airbrushes in 1 day. But this provided prompt excuses to buy new parts and a new airbrush. Accepting that the machine spirits of air sprayers were not with me, and no oils to lubricate myself and the machines and in general, a complete lack of prays or lit incense the atmosphere was not sexy enough to satisfy the machine spirits.

I humbly flipped the machine spirits off in a torrent of binary data that their ancestors crashed and burned about.

I wiped the desk clean and pulled out the super glue. And began building what I have shown and things I have not shown. Those things I have not shown shall be saved for a later date. I am converting the Armigers to be a little fancier than your average Armigers.

Thank you all for the support and comments. You are what makes dakka dakka worthwhile.

the towelettes and bucket weren’t for your hands , but glad you overrode the programming and escaped. Hopefully your 3 week trip works out well. What is it that you do again? I mean besides building cool models and being an all around painting guru.

Theophony wrote: the towelettes and bucket weren’t for your hands , but glad you overrode the programming and escaped. Hopefully your 3 week trip works out well. What is it that you do again? I mean besides building cool models and being an all around painting guru.

You would have to show me what they are for then. Because honestly i am ar a complete loss.

It should work out ok. An average detective could figure it out pretty quickly with my email. However i am a cyber security research specialist. Or more unofficially toaster care taker of terra.

I much enjoy painting and sweet models though.

Three weeks in glorious Foggy Bottom?

 Briancj wrote:
Three weeks in glorious Foggy Bottom?

I think the smell of a cows butt is out of my nose.

Returned home. And i managed to beef up the necrons again as well as even play a game with them against dark eldar. Then accidentally acquired a ton of necron destoyers.

Lessons learned from the necron game:
Monoliths are actually called sad-a-liths
Catacomb command barges are - bad-ass-mando-barges

Live long and have a good time.

I keep having to resist chatting with you about cyber security.

Yes, the Monoliths are, sadly, well past their salad days.

Just a matter of getting more Necrons working for you, Brian.

Good show, Panda.

Briancj wrote:I keep having to resist chatting with you about cyber security.

Yes, the Monoliths are, sadly, well past their salad days.

Salad has ecoli. Monoliths have living metal. Both are sad.

Dr H wrote:Just a matter of getting more Necrons working for you, Brian.

Good show, Panda.

I continue onwards with even more robots.

E.coli, the true reason all the Necrons were put into metal bodies .

More robots are always good, just ask Will Robinson.

 Theophony wrote:
E.coli, the true reason all the Necrons were put into metal bodies .

More robots are always good, just ask Will Robinson.

I dont know if any of you watched the netflix series, but it is actually pretty good. Ecoli is always why the robots are needed.

I worked on something not as robotic as intended... well things i color'd i figured the old woo built a model stuff gets old.

working on the hell blasters


made an attempt at a power sword


and of course... a first stage to some basing... I want to see how some colors/painting works out on it.


You are smart if you notice the commander was already based in it... I got a bit ahead of myself.

Power sword is looking good. It gives the idea that there is energy flowing without the typical lightning bolt around it.

I’m a dummy because I missed the commander wading through the mud . He needs to find a tactical rock to step up on so he can see the battlefield.

Good use of the old Razorback transfer though.

 Theophony wrote:
Power sword is looking good. It gives the idea that there is energy flowing without the typical lightning bolt around it.

I’m a dummy because I missed the commander wading through the mud . He needs to find a tactical rock to step up on so he can see the battlefield.

Good use of the old Razorback transfer though.

Thanks Theo. Tactical rocks are intelligent to have... perhaps for the chapter master... I do like my some easy transfers!

on to current things


made to mud bases, anyone here have a preference to which one is better?/like more. The marines are getting based in it.

And things i am working on...


chow for now. Thanks for stopping by.

Right base.....because it’s the right one , no it looks just a hair brighter than the left.

Good work on the marine-y type chap.

"There's some lovely filth over 'ere..."
Good mud, looks just like some we have around here.

I think the glossy finish of the right one works better. But maybe add a matt dry-brush of light brown at the end to show the peaks drying out... how dry depends on how light you go.

So at what height was the cow when this happened?

JK, looks really effective, prefer glossy moist mud myself.

Panda, you lazy. Post updates!

Theophony wrote:Right base.....because it’s the right one , no it looks just a hair brighter than the left.

thanks

Dr H wrote:Good work on the marine-y type chap.

"There's some lovely filth over 'ere..."
Good mud, looks just like some we have around here.

I think the glossy finish of the right one works better. But maybe add a matt dry-brush of light brown at the end to show the peaks drying out... how dry depends on how light you go.

also thanks!

Camkierhi wrote:So at what height was the cow when this happened?

JK, looks really effective, prefer glossy moist mud myself.

I can muster some glossy. About 6 inches

Togusa wrote:Panda, you lazy. Post updates!

I am super lazy. I would spew excuses. But instead look forward to the future more is coming. This is really just a heartbeat update for those who do say hi.

 cormadepanda wrote:

Theophony wrote:Right base.....because it’s the right one , no it looks just a hair brighter than the left.

thanks

Dr H wrote:Good work on the marine-y type chap.

"There's some lovely filth over 'ere..."
Good mud, looks just like some we have around here.

I think the glossy finish of the right one works better. But maybe add a matt dry-brush of light brown at the end to show the peaks drying out... how dry depends on how light you go.

also thanks!

Camkierhi wrote:So at what height was the cow when this happened?

JK, looks really effective, prefer glossy moist mud myself.

I can muster some glossy. About 6 inches

Togusa wrote:Panda, you lazy. Post updates!

I am super lazy. I would spew excuses. But instead look forward to the future more is coming. This is really just a heartbeat update for those who do say hi.

Don't worry, I have been way more lazy than you have. :(