CaptainCommunsism wrote:okay, so. I'm planning to, in the next few months, make a warlord titan. Just need a few things cleared up:
How tall should warlord titans be? I took a look at the one in the rulebook comparing the warhound with the warlord, and it looked like it was about 2.5* as tall. If that's the case, then should it be approximately 36" tall? also, what materials would be best? (both pricewise and non-breakage wise?) I was intending to use plexiglass for the framework, PVC and other pipes for guns, as well as leg frames and joints, and a lovely assortment of generic bits for fun stuff. As for details, prolly green stuff is in order, I was thinking. suggestions appreciated. One last thing: if someone could make an educated guess, approximately how much would this thing make?
CaptainCommunsism wrote:Oopsie, i missed a word; what I meant was approximately how much would the materials etc. cost? not intending at all to sell it, unless for some reason i'm out of space for something like it... thanks for the advice, I never thought about plasticard... I think i'll still go with the plexiglass for the main body, however, and using the plasticard for leg coverings. GS is just for detailed fun daemonic stuff; i don't have access to plastic molds like the guy with four warhounds does... which are too awesome for me to handle. thanks for the suggestion once more.
like with almost every project everything depends on the amount of workand money you want so spend on it.
with huge projects like this, sometimes e.g. to increase the level of detail just a bit, already costs 50 euros or more, just because its' size.
additional to that idepends on the technique used and how many oringinal bitz you're planing to use.
foam.- or papaerboard is propably the cheapest way to build. these techniques are used for the superstructure in most titanprojects i have seen so far. than plasticcard (which i would not recommend for such a huge model), followed by wood, which is much heavier, of course, but with the right equipment relatively easy to handle. than comes plexiglas. with which i have completely no experience at all.
but for adding detail on it, you'll also need some bitz and smaller parts. e.g. from other plastikkits, which brings us directly to the last and propably most expensive way how the superstructure can be build. => kitbashing. this is what i did. but to be honest i have to say, that at such huge projects i think it is almost impossible to use only parts from other kits. - i mean in some cases you'll have to use other technique as well. i think it is best to mix kitbashing with plasticcard, only. because kitbashing is the most detailed way to build a titan, followed by using plasticcard. => further kitbashed titans are normaly looking much more real and also do have good relation to the sclae used. but it is much harder to achieve to get them as stable as e.g. wood-titans.
=> you're planing needs to consider also weight.-, structure.- and stabilityissues.
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costs:
my titan for example has already easily comsumed bitz for more than 500€. i got an offer to sell it for 1500€ without paintjob. => of course this is not enough for even making me think about it, but in the end it's good to know that there's a certain market for thinks like that ....
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if i would have to biuld another titan e.. as comission, i would use much easier techniques. hmm well i think i would use
- wood for superstructure. (cheap and stable)
- mechanical parts like toes, hinges and joints and from the DIY store.
- weaponmounts from reallifetank-models
- and for the armor and cladding i would use
COD-parts for ~ 100€
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i think this titan would cause costs less than 200€ and could already offer a good level of detail -if you manage to get the
COD-parts involved in a good way- and also a good level of detail from a technical pov, if you found some fitting parts in the DIY-store to represent pistons, hinges and joints.
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=> good luck ! ...
