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I found this Warlord on a French forum which is nicely detailed and has a separate body from the weapons carapace which is an interesting interpretation.

Oh yeah! I still think that 2 feet is a wee bit short though, the reaver is 16 inches so...

The_Blackadder wrote:I'm sorry but the Reaver Titan will alway remind me of images from my childhood; that of the Surinam toad that carries her eggs in pockets in her back the male pressing them into the pockets as soon as they are laid. That image has always haunted me with revulsion and every time I see that rocket pod on the Reaver it reminds me of that abomination of nature. Ugh!

Avatrass wrote:

I hate it so much....

This sums up my reaction rather well...

chaos0xomega wrote:

The_Blackadder wrote:I'm sorry but the Reaver Titan will alway remind me of images from my childhood; that of the Surinam toad that carries her eggs in pockets in her back the male pressing them into the pockets as soon as they are laid. That image has always haunted me with revulsion and every time I see that rocket pod on the Reaver it reminds me of that abomination of nature. Ugh!

Avatrass wrote:

I hate it so much....

This sums up my reaction rather well...

Third that! I know how you feel!

Capitansolstice wrote:Oh yeah! I still think that 2 feet is a wee bit short though, the reaver is 16 inches so...

Two feet seems just about right as the Reaver is 5.5 inches taller than the Warhound i.e. a third again taller so the Warlord is approximately 8 inches taller than the Reaver likewise a third again taller. Still towering but not too overwhelmingly so on a battleboard. By that logic it would make an Emperor Titan 36 inches tall. so if a Warhound is fifty feet tall the Reaver is 75 to 80 feet tall, the Warlord 120 feet tall and the Emperor is 180 feet tall.

Ok. Sounds great!

I agree with those measurements, seems like you've got the scale in order. Can't wait to see some more of the build.

So, have you started building yet? I'd be intrested to see how yours will stack up against mine...

The dimensions I've wound up using is 24 inches tall, 18 inches wide, 7inch diameter on the feet.

Okay so the height is established at 24 inches but are the elevated turbo laser gun muzzles counted in that measurement or not? I'm inclined to think not as that lends too arbitrary a measurement. Also the stance is subject to question as when standing still with knee joints locked the height would differ from a walking measurement. Since I hope to make this beastie pose-able (Damn BA can't you ever do anything the easy way!) I'm going for 24 inches in the static configuration.

I would say 24 inches standing, to the top of the "hull carapace", then add the shoulder weapon mounts to that.

I got very carried away making mine

Ended up being between 30" and 33" iirc. Never mind

Okay so here's the deal, I photo-shopped the image and made a static front view that prints out a model exactly 24 inches tall (On my printer using my editor's print graph I hasten to add). I'm satisfied that this is viable height for a Warlord towering almost 2.5 times the height of a Warhound.

Now that I have the overall height I'll remove the armour and draw in the structural detail.

BTW that's 24 inches to the lower margin of the image because we mustn't forget the foot pads.


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bibblles wrote:So, have you started building yet? I'd be intrested to see how yours will stack up against mine...

The dimensions I've wound up using is 24 inches tall, 18 inches wide, 7inch diameter on the feet.

I calculate the center disk of the foot to be about 3.625 inches in diameter.

First; as with everything in 40k you measure to the length of the hull, gun barrels do not count.

Second; I'm talking the foot pads on the bottom of the leg...

and you may find this useful.

While looking for more detailed images of the Warlord Titan I came across this Origami Warhound on an Argentinian forum.

Fantastic and made of paper to boot:

http://www.modelosdepapel.com.ar/foro//index.php?showtopic=2249&st=75

They must have better paper in Argentina I guess.

Holy crap

"Please sir, no smoking near the titan..."

Le womph!

Maj.Winters wrote:"Please sir, no smoking near the titan..."

Le womph!

or in the U.S.

Wommff!

And the word of the day is, "onomatopoeia."

If the center disc of the foot is three inches, how big are the toes, then? I am considering building one of these, as well, but have no idea about dimensions.....




Edited because my phone typing skills suck.....

Wow, link to paper Titan thread doesn't work though. I printed out your 24" reference, I really wish I could build this along with you, but I will just have to steal your notes as you go, so the more you provide, the better. And I always like reading your thought process as you build and experiment.

The
http://www.modelosdepapel.com.ar/foro//index.php?showtopic=2249&st=75

link works fine for me. What browser are you using?

The disk is actually 3.625" tapering to 3.5". I calculate the thickness at 0.625". I have yet to draw the toes.

Funny you ask, I've been experimenting with browsers. I was getting sick of firefox acting all laggy on my Mac, so I've been trying out Safari. But I miss the add blocking of Firefox.


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And I don't know what it means, but "hijo de mil , este modelo esta espectacular amigo impresionante"

Ok, wow, just read throught this again. I was right this thread caught my eye several months ago but was inactive. Glad to see it active again.

Also, Very much progress, loving it, Black. Cannot wait to see the end product. If anyone can do this to the utmost level of detail it will be you...

It is my aim to one day build a Warlord - so I'll need some good instructions - subscribed!

Me too, Monkey, let's take notes......

Turn this into a Tutorial WIP!!

That way we can all feed of your hard work that the carrion birds we are.

jabbakahut wrote:Funny you ask, I've been experimenting with browsers. I was getting sick of firefox acting all laggy on my Mac, so I've been trying out Safari. But I miss the add blocking of Firefox.


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And I don't know what it means, but "hijo de mil , este modelo esta espectacular amigo impresionante"

Translation: "Son of a thousand (fathers? perhaps ), this model is impressive spectacular friend"

Speaking of laggy I installed "Bit Defender" anti-virus on my new PC which has done disturbing things to my browsing; but of course you don't need anti-virus because no one would waste any time writing a virus for a MAC.

I don't ever write viruses but if I did I would only write them for MAC users.

Browse carefully my friend.

TMIMITW


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tme0003 wrote:Turn this into a Tutorial WIP!!

That way we can all feed of your hard work that the carrion birds we are.

I thought this was a WIP?

I use UBUNTU!!! with firefox, it has no viruses!

Haha ubuntu! I use chrome beta, with a metric crap ton of extensions.

Plus i have Kaspersky which i rate as the best antivirus.


Had any progress on the build Mr Blackadder, sir?

I'm trying a different approach and actually planning my work before hand. That in mind I am not the neatest mechanical drawer but it is as true to scale as I need for gov'ment work.


These images should print out 1:1 on 8.5 X 11 paper



This is the size I can up with for a 28 inch Warlord titan. The entire foot will cover a Baneblade tank front tread to exhaust stacks and sponson to sponson which I believe is quite awesome enough considering a Baneblade is as large as my entire house i.e. 30 X 40 feet

Very nice foot b

Your sense of scale and proportion are a talent that eludes me, Black....

I have to work so very hard to get things like that right and it seems to come so naturally to you....




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Also, I had not realized that you and Jabba were bumping my Reaver thread so highly. THank you so very much. Coming from you two I consider that very high praise, indeed.....