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Very nice! I like how it turns to orange and not just lighter red.

I love the shading on it! It seems to be oozing an ominous glow ... Khorne shalt be pleased!

Looking nice. I like the fading to orange thing, it will really make it pop on the tabletop - well, above the tabletop is probably more correct with this beast. .

Good GRAVY that's good gravy... good model too

Awesome painting.

You should keep track of its kills, once you hit 15, add another pile of skulls!

or for every super heavy, one crew member's body!!!

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that is a cool idea

Amazing job. The resources you used to build it are a great step away from the traditional "All Plasticard" method. May even inspire me to start building a titan now that you've given us all the idea of using a wodden frame from a construction kit.

My only issue is the legs. They look really goofy backwards, but it's a bit late now for that

Otherwise, again, stunning model. Absolutely stunning.

Don't forget to add armor plating on the tail.
Other than that great job.

Thanks again for the comments everyone...

@Person Person - again thank you for the awesome ideas. I recently bought the WHFB Battle for Skull Pass box set to start a Nigh Goblins army, and I think the skull pile counters they have would be perfect for tracking in game kills. In terms of titan kill markings, not sure yet...I finished the eviscerated loyalist marines to hang off the horns, but not sure where I could add anyone else.

@ metallifan - Thank you, the intention was to try and make a unique titan design and I've been pretty happy with the results. I do highly recommend the wooden toy frame as it's pretty sturdy and reduces weight/bulk nicely. The backward facing legs is probably the most "unique" part of the model and seems to have people evenly divided, hopefully it looks more uniform after it's all painted.

@ FlamingGuant - You've actually hit a key problem I've been having. I built the tail wrong and the armor plating wraps around from the wrong side, so it's mostly the underside of the tail that's exposed. I've entertained the thought of having chains coming down the entire length, but it just looks funny. Scale wise the tail looks okay against the body, but any suggestions on how to improve it is welcome (I'll try and have pictures to illustrate the point shortly).

The painting looks excellent, like it has just stepped out of a volcano to battle the forces of man.

That is one hell of a beast, I tip my hat to you!

Beautiful!

BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

SKULLS FOR THE SKULL THRONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

(I don't like unfinished sentences)

(oh and i have the same amount of ! as you hahahah)

Sorry for the lack of updates everyone...on top of being busy with work, I got a little burnt out with this beast. Basing, priming and basecoating took quite a bit out of me, but I've returned to actually painting. Having glued the torso and legs together has made it a little difficult to get a good painting angle, but hopefully I can get through it relatively quickly. Also the large flat armor panels are proving difficult to get a smooth highlight, but hopefully the mistakes will be covered with the weathering and text I plan on adding later.

So here's how it stands so far:





P.S. - This is the first post I've used the Dakka gallery function. I'm hoping to transfer the old photos over so hopefully the blog will look better and load a little faster.

Looks splendid! I can't see any horrible flaws in the painting so far, so no worries . I like the vibrant red, this beast will mighty impressive when finished.

," I'm thirsty, lets start building!!!!"

Pretty sure thats Khornes train of thought right now.

Wow, if you look at that photo in the dakka gallery, you can zoom in and actually see all the layers of paint in that fade, looks good.

Really Nice work!
Can't wait for the finisher.

The painting is coming along slowly but surely. Was able to get the Defiler claw pieces painted, as well as some yellow/black hazard colors onto the cabling.





And just for fun, here a some pics of my Bezerkers unit from an Undivided Word Bearers army...these guys probably got me motivated to attempt the Banelord.

Rocking very hard. Awesome work.

This is the first time I have visited this thread, and I am utterly blown away by the model. This is truly awesome. What I think impresses me the most is the way you have used all these familiar pieces in a radical way, cutting them up and seeing something different in them.

This is truly excellent, and very worthy of Two Thumbs Fresh from the old adverts. What were they advertising again? Not Titans, I am sure.

and where is the horribly mutilted bodies underneath the titans feet?

i seriously love this titan, its coolest chaos titan ive seen. and i have seen alot of chaos titans.

im not sold by the scythe weilding cadaver sitting on top though. seems kinda nurgley.

love the crucified space marine though

overall amazing model. lotsa gore for the gore god!

Thanks everyone , I appreciate the kind words.

@ghostly - I honestly didn't plan the base out as much as I should have. The original plan was to have a Rhino crushed underfoot, but poor planning while building the legs left me with no choice but to do a simple base. In regards to the scythe wielder, that along with the backward legs seem to be the two items dividing a lot of readers. I'm planning on painting it as a stone statue, so hopefully it'll be subtle enough and not make the whole thing ridiculous.

@Darknight - Thanks again, most of the bitz use can be attributed to the fact that I've been in this hobby way too long and have way too many half-built and leftover projects lying around (which was one of the reasons I started this project). I honestly only started with a general idea for the Banelord, and spent alot of time trying to figure out how to fit pieces together.

Here are some more photo updates:



Finished the missile launchers, so glued them down. Also painted most of the upper carapace, just the black and brass left to detail. The cannon is just test-fitted.



Detail of the missile launcher. The middle deck will be painted more of an olive drab.



Just for fun...I love these photos from an imaginary infantry POV. Still got all that detail to paint...

/Bow

(deeply)

Fantastic work. Congratulations mate!

Cilithan

How are you gonna paint the FW Chaos star?

@person person - The stonework around the star will be done in greys, the star itself in brass, and the skull in a bone white, with the horns possibly dark brown to black.

truly an epic and ambitious painting project. I do not envy you.

looking fantastic though, i kinda envy you....

Just wicked!

Amazing!!! Keep it up!!!

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