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Found this, had to share:

http://z11.invisionfree.com/Work_In_Progress/index.php?showtopic=16343

That is solid stuff and shows a lot of the construction.

Win.

It is awesome, but the old schooler in me always feels sad when I see the Battletech Warlord vs. the 40K Warlord...

Still, nice stuff there, and here!

The_Blackadder wrote:Stillmore of this outstanding titan.

I hope I didn't overstep the bounds,

Blackadder

hey matey - thanks for sorting the photos out - heres a good-un of him.... n cheers for the remarks - no bounds overstepped bud











if you like them give them some votes - they have no scores!! - cheers peoples - DB (Not D Smith!!) - hahahahahaha

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blinkin-eck! the photos didnt work again... can someone give me the 101 on how to get them up & working? they are in my place (DB) but how do i get them to work here? cheers!!

em_en_oh_pee wrote:What would help is someone with an actual FW Warhound that we can measure up and then use the comparison for a rough guide.

Blackadder wrote: FW gives the height of a Warhound at 10.5 inches which I can only assume that is with the legs in full extention in a normal standing or walking pose. My own scratch built model meets that measurement when standing full erect but compressing the cylinders takes a bit over an inch from the overall height.

I have no Apoc book but the relative size picture I do have shows me a Warlord at least 2.5 times the height of a Warhound at the very least. Actual size is immaterial and you can build it whatever size suits you but components should be agreed upon in size initially and based on one standard model. the you can scale your actual component by using a multiplier.

From an engineering standpoint, I would caution you as to not include full extension in that 10.5 height as it precludes, mechanically anyway, the actual operation of the hydraulics. From looking at DARPA Exoskeleton projects and from years of heavy physical activity in the military I know that any system of Bipedal locomotion shortens the overall height of the individual (or Mech, as it were). After my four Warhound projects I have taken to assuming that the 10.5-11" height is at or near a median point in the operational range of the hydraulics. Does any of that even make sense? Or am I off base. I have compared my scratch builds to actual FW resin models and this way of thinking on it hold relativly true, despite the fact that I have oversized my legs slightly on all of them for aesthetics.

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