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that titan is looking amazing, I wish I had the vision to kitbash like that.

keep it up.

Thanks Sleazy appreciate the kind words.

Tipios, Ive wanted an 'off the sprue' look for the Dread from the very start. Like the kit was made this way so Ive tried to fully incorporate any additions some of which have worked others havent and have been scrapped. I need to order another Dread power fist to have it matching but I will have it sorted soon.

Lol @ Kraut, It has been a labour of love for almost a year now.

Biohazard wrote:Lol @ Kraut, It has been a labour of love for almost a year now.

Ha, I hear you! Same with my two Dreads: They were sitting unpainted next to my laptop for a really long time. But soon...yes, soon...

I really need to start painting soon but its usually easier for me to grab a few mins to cut up some plastic than it is to sit down and paint. Im a very very slow painter lol,

Have a look at this and let me know what you all think?
Too much??

Coming along nicely, mate. Two little nitpicks:

1.) I am trying hard no to start on realism or anything, because that way madness lies. However: What would that Autocannon "realistically" be shooting at from that angle? It looks like it could only have a go at targets the same size of the Titan or even bigger. And the weapon seems a little puny for that... So what I'm trying to say is: You might want to go for a more "underslung" look with the Autocannon, if that makes any sense.

2.) While I think that the chainsaw/spike hand works out nicely, the arm itself seems a little short. However, it may actually look somewhat different when you add the lower body.

Apart from that, stupendous Great start on the head too! It's really beginning to look like this was made from a Titan kit and not from a Stormraven, A Landraider, fourteen Defilers,...

I like the way the head is going. You may have to get the thing standing so you can work out arms, and gun placements.

Krautscientist, Im going for a similar look to the old Epic titans and even the newer FW ones. The upper arm is really short as the weapons are designed for breaching buildings or pinching Reaver's bums. To be honest Id forgotten the Reaper was on there when I took the pic. If I was to use them on it I would explain them away as AA emplacements
I will have to get it standing soon. Just to make sure the legs can hold it all. I dont have too much fear but have to check. Ill have to build up the hips to a stage where I can get them Gstuffed. I have ordered a few magnets for the torso/hip join, Ive never used magnets before so this will be interesting. Im working on the head a little more just now.


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Rough head. The one Id really like to do would be very difficult without creating custom plasticard bits, so Im seeing what kind of structure I can knock up with existing parts. Its not quite the same style but I think I can work with it.

Fantastic!

You should put twin-linked heavy flamers or multi-meltas or something in the "mouth"....

Once again, the true genius of it is the combination of parts in a way totally unintened by the creators I think the head could work, even though it's much different from the one you listed as your favourite. However, you need to do something to make it look suitably evil: At the moment, it's looking a bit like a sad robot puppy

Don't get me wrong though: You're definitely getting there!

P.S. Come to think about it, maybe use some Chaos dozer blades to add some teeth?

Although not the head you were going for, there's no mistaking it for anything else other than a titan head. Just needs chaosyfying, and I agree that teeth would help this along

Thanks guys, I totally agree on the sad puppy look I will work on that, bit the Defiler plates have just been stuck on if I decide to go this way Ill cut them up a bit to make the a less recognisable.






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Hows this for teeth?



Or?

The first set of teeth look better

Damn, you beat me to it

Here's a little idea on the lower jaw, though. Let me start off by saying that it's probably no good whatsoever, since I realise my brain lacks the necessary working memory to pull off kitbashing on this scale

That said, I took a long, hard look at those goofy Gorilla claws that come with the Defiler kit and made this:



It's just tacked together quick and dirty, so it's all crooked and horrible, but you could use a part of the claws as a lower jaw, with the flamer in the mouth. Had to use a leftover Predator part, but maybe it gets the idea across. Here's another view:



I don't know if the scale works out, though. Oh, and those teeth are looking cool already!

Krautscientis, I really liked that idea but its just a little too big for the Feral, maybe if I ever work on a Ravager Class

While messing around with those bits I came up with this and thought it was too funny not to share

Ha, you'll have to call him Spot or something

Looking at it, before you glue anything together, maybe you could try using the teeth/spikes you have now with a "shorter" face. For example, if you take the hatch that you used in this pic (it's between the Havoc Launchers):



and use it as some kind of "faceplate", then add the teeth over it. You could maybe end up with something closer to your original, more human idea for a head.
Do I make any sense? It's kinda hard for me to discuss engineering details in English

Anyway, not saying I dislike the dog head (well, except for that last picture), but it would probably be cool to try out several options before committing to one, right?

Oh and by the way, this thing is developing at an astonishing rate, atm

That piece is on the bottom of the current head but its cool nothing is glued. Im not to sure what youre meaning though. Do you have any pieces similar you can maybe show? The dog head was just a laugh and Im not really liking how canine its looking. It looks far to poncy and Imperial for a warmachine of the Blood God.

As for the progress its a holiday weekend here in Scotland and Ive had nothing else to do (for once)

I was going to vote for the second set of teeth, but I think the first works pretty well, too.

KrautScientist wrote:Ha, you'll have to call him Spot or something

@Bio: Do you have enough bits for 3 heads? You could call him Cerberus... Now, that would be a Warhound Titan from Hell.

Phew, like I said, I may be discoveringt the limits of my knowledge of English right now Still, let me try again. With added pictures. Here's what you could try:

1.) Take of the longer, canine snout.

2.) Use that Rhino (or is it from a Landraider) hatch:



or something similar and attach it below the eyes. It should look a little like a stylised mouth.

3.) Add the teeth/spikes over that to suggest...well teeth in the mouth. Here's a mockup of that too, although it doesn't look too awesome because I used the spikes without cutting anything away:



All in all, maybe it would look a bit like a bigger Berzerker helmet. Less canine, more human. Here's a mockup, although it's really rough around the edges:



I hope this clears things up a bit!

Ahhhh! I see what you mean now mate! I'll have a look at that I'm a bit. I'm taking a break at the moment and watching Game of Thrones. Like your thinking Brother.

Biohazard wrote:

Roh Row Raggy!

LOL I second Kraut's seggestion if it can work out. Especially if you are still thinking along the line of that "Corvus" head, that allows embarked troops to be transported.

The whole thing is looking awesome though!

How many kits have you put into this bad boy? It really is stunning what you have been able to do with standard GW kits. I can't wait to see the fully finished project. Got to love those labors love.

Lordrogaldorn, I put a list up a couple of pages back to give you an idea of the bits that have gone into this so far. Thanks for checking my stuff out.

I'll have a look at the head Kraut suggested soon.


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Krautscientist I think your idea may work but i only have LR hatches, a Rhino hatch might be a better fit.
Fixed up the hip joint a little more. This baby is solid!


Messed around with another head design, not sure Im liking it. Need to find a better piece for the 'snout'




The stripped torso standing. (the hips are all just blu-tacked at this point.)

I like how the snout looks! I did this quick Paint sketch of how a "boarding ramp/hatch" could work.

It's very rough....

Cheers mate that does look quite interesting.
Another mock up of a head, this is causing me more trouble than i thought it would

The stripped torso standing. (the hips are all just blu-tacked at this point.)

That looks epic!!!!

Don't like the latest head. I prefer the one that looks like a dog

Wow, where to start?

1.) The mockup of the torso and legs together is looking fantastic already. This will be sooo awesome once it's finished!

2.) Don't worry about the head giving you...uh...a headache -- in my opinion, it can be a factor that can either make or break a conversion, so it's alright to give it some thought and try lots of stuff. To be honest, I personally wouldn't have gotten beyond building the feet, so cheer up!

3.) Really like the idea of including some pilots, perhaps with some kind of removable cockpit/facemask thing (like the mask on my current Dread, only much bigger and much more complicated )

4.) The boarding ramp idea is really cool!

5.) I think you're REALLY on to something with using those Defiler "Fingers" as some kind of jaw or tusks. Maybe you should try some different parts for the eyes: While the current ones read as eyes alright, they're a little small for my taste. Maybe take a look at the headlights that come with the Chaos vehicle sprue? Could be they look a little goofy though. Argh, I don't know...

Biohazard wrote:Cheers mate that does look quite interesting.
Another mock up of a head, this is causing me more trouble than i thought it would

This. One. Is. Awesome.

That looks...epic!!

It's my favourite so far! please do that!!
Is it just me who thinks it looks a bit Reaver Titan-y?

@progreen10: That Reaver faceplate is sooo cool!

@ Biohazard: I originally wanted to suggest using the Stonehorn face...thing for some kind of feral facemask, and then I discovered it in one of the pictures above, sitting on the weapon all cute and tiny and much too small...oh well

Here's another suggestion, though, it's completely different and maybe a little crazy and not very good: What about getting one of those huge skulls from one of the WFB terrain kits? You know, the ones they use as foundations for all kinds of buildings? There are also some in the Arcane Fulcrums kits, I guess. Or among the terrain pieces that come with Dreadfleet.

Anyway, take one of those skulls - they shouldn't be too hard to come by, everyone on the web seems to hate them with a passion - and use it as some kind of faceplate for the Titan. You could add all kinds of bitz to make it look more technical, like headlight bitz in the eye sockets to suggest the sensors for example, extra cabling, a flamethrower inside its mouth etc.

I have to admit that I've got no idea about whether the scale would work, though...

Anyway, like I said: That would be a totally different approach and maybe a little bit out of the left field...

Thanks folks. Seems to be mixed responses to the latest head if I was using it I would try and get a much more skull like look to it. That would mean cutting all the plates. I have an idea in my head but I only have a few armour plates to use so don't want to waste any.

Krautscientist, once again youre I'm my head lol. I've been looking at those skulls for a while but have no idea on the actual scale of them so don't know if they would work. The current head is similar in size to a dreadnought I think. Will check when I get home. Also the Chaos searchlights I couldn't get to work at all. The current ones are Tau I think? I've also used the Landraider searchlights on Fido.