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Hey, you're back! I'm glad that you changed your mind!

Stunning attention to detail, as usual - lookin' classy!

Wouldn't like to be on the receiving end of one of those rocket pods...

Can I say-It was magical watching those sit in position and raise up and rotate. If you made that into an animation it would be so incredible. It looks great!

Insofar of the other situation. You have made me aware of something I didn't even know existed. That limitation does suck. I hope you continue to post here, but if not-I understand why, and I will know where I can track you down. Cheers!

I apologize I cannot continue posting here especially to my regular readers. It was Dakkadakka that I first posted on perhaps 8 years ago and I shall miss the rapport with my constituency; perhaps when the posting rules change here I will return to Dakka.

Until then my current work will continue to be seen on:

http://www.warseer.com/forums/showthread.php?377494-Blackadder-s-Lucius-Pattern-Reaver&p=7393995#post7393995

or:

http://www.librarium-online.com/forums/modelling/256914-blackadders-lucius-pattern-reaver.html

or:

http://www.lounge.belloflostsouls.net/showthread.php?34610-Blackadder-s-Lucius-Pattern-Reaver&p=479785#post479785

or you could just type "Blackadder's Reaver" on google:

for a dozen more sites............all of whom have no problem with me posting 2,3,4 times a day and are happy to have my custom.

Hopefully to see you there

Blackadder

I really miss posting on this forum despite of the issues I have the posting policies and I have come to the realization I am being unfair to my loyal readership in continuing this personal grievance so I have rationalized a compromise that should be satisfactory.

i'll return to presenting updates but I am not going to go through the hassle of the gymnastics involved in checking back to see if I can update without the 'auto append' interfering. I'll just post once a day and if a few updates are missing in between so be it.
So here's the next update on the Reaverand I apologize for my inconsiderate behavior to my readers.

I still maintain the one post a day rule is archaic and many less frequented forums do not have it or have done away with it.

Screw It:

I'm a firm believer in screwing so anytime I can I use screws instead of glue especially since all the Lucius parts have to line up properly each time the model is converted from Mars to Lucius or back.

I use 8-32 countersunk screws and tap the hole into the resin casting which is sufficiently strong to hold a thread. If for some reason down the line the thread strips out you can always go to the next size screw or fill and retap the stripped out hole.

http://i.imgur.com/HbUKFNx.jpg


Number 6 arm mount is already installed

http://i.imgur.com/nReibxp.jpg


and the screw is yet to be tightened on the #2 mount..........

http://i.imgur.com/pgkQl8n.jpg

WOOHOO, he's back

We love you Blackadder...

AAA all the way...

Thanks for the auto append interrupt..........

The next installment dated March 05/15:

First Assembly:

Well this is the first attempt at assembly; I actually just drilled the weapons mount holes just this morning so you are seeing this just as I am seeing it.

http://i.imgur.com/V2ss37o.jpg


In all the weapons mounts are doable, they swivel in their sockets and the rocket pod shafts nest relatively neatly in their wells (I need a bit of sanding here and there to increase the tolerances. everything fits too tight.

http://i.imgur.com/OghNRye.jpg



The Lucius armour fits much better than I expected; again my tolerances are too tight and the left side rocket pod won't slide out of its housing.

http://i.imgur.com/DOcLGlE.jpg


The Lucius carapace needs to be screwed down to the weapons arm mounts as the arms have a tendency to pop out of the carapace receptacles.

http://i.imgur.com/ochKrBL.jpg


But for a first go everything works amazingly well.

Very nice so far man.

Why post so many times? Why not just put all your progress photos in one post? I don't understand your argument.

 Warboss_Waaazag wrote:
Why post so many times? Why not just put all your progress photos in one post? I don't understand your argument.

I'll tell you why, suppose you are following a thread but are not receiving email notifications of an update; (I am not so self absorbed that I credit my threads as worthy of such dedication) and you click on the thread and you see that there is nothing new posted because the last post link will show you just the top of the last post. Will you scroll down to see if anything has been appended? Probably not.

Of course that is no big deal in most cases but sometimes I in a flurry of activity post three or four detailed updates in the same 24 hour period and I put a lot of work into my updates crafting them explicitly in many cases for each individual forum I post on. Is it fair to have these lumped together in one post. where is the room for an exchange of dialogue? I want all my posts read so the flow of the build makes sense as a tutorial not just a "Gee, see what I can do" tour de force. There is only so much that a person can absorb from a reply then the rest will be skipped after a cursory glimpse at the images. I think I have more to offer than that.

All my posts read as pages in a book; would you read a book with pages missing? Would you go back and see where the context went awry; again probably not; you would probably just toss the book as unreadable or not worth the time deciphering the content.

That amoung other reasons is why.


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Thanks for the reply......

Up Date:

I'm brimming with new ideas on how to proceed with this custom build and made a few cursory advances in fine detail.

http://i.imgur.com/NYlpAOf.jpg


It pays to take some time off from the project as it allows new concepts to come to the fore.

http://i.imgur.com/2KGHs67.jpg


I have a lot of respect for legitimate artist/engineers that work for FW, I think it would be hard to work on a schedule cranking these things out day in and out.

http://i.imgur.com/bJQZmcP.jpg


I'm rather pleased at the overall look of the Lucius Pattern Reaver.......

http://i.imgur.com/76lCg1e.jpg


It has just the degree of angularity I was looking for.


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See what I mean?????????????????

Great to see you back

I like the progress from last updates, and the head on the titan.....well as I tell my wife and kids "I like your face."

I really enjoy those rocket pods! Very nice piece of design! and the ovrall look of the titan looks great.... very solid and robust looking! Great to see you have returned!

Thanks for the replies.....

Counterweight:

Now that my models have the guns mounted it's time to add weight to the Void Generator housings since mine are light sheet styrene and the FW model's are solid Resin.

The FW Void Generators weigh eleven ounces with most of the weigh in the rear of the housings so I added 15 ounces of sheet lead to the center bay and about four ounces of dry sand to the lower rear bay. That should compensate for the arm/moment of the counterweight.

http://i.imgur.com/mblrWzb.jpg


The sand will be of use to fine tune the balance if necessary by the simple expedient of drilling a small hole and pouring out the excessive sand so the model is not rear heavy which is also a consideration to be accounted for.

http://i.imgur.com/dEVhJ1V.jpg

*posting to keep BA happy*

Nah, but seriously, awesome work, as usual! I really like the lines on your reaver's head.

Thanks,

The Sand Reckoner:

It was Archimedes that first made an attempt to number the grains of sand on all the beaches in the world and then went on to calculate the number of grains of sand to fill the know Universe (At that time) He developed a system for calculating large numbers.

I thought of this today whilst ballasting these Reavers.


http://i.imgur.com/LLYjVAQ.jpg


In a small way I have achieved a minor equivalence in satisfaction both models proceeding apace.

http://i.imgur.com/beCMhnU.jpg


Each are in different stages of completion but both are on a par.

Where one model has this or that bits done the other has different bits done which keeps me from getting too far ahead on either model.

I have each model numbered with either odd or even numbers so the parts won't get mixed up, a simple solution as the parts, close as they may be are not completely interchangeable.

http://i.imgur.com/cj1csvP.jpg


My goal tomorrow is to have both ready to be mounted on an assembled set of legs.

 The_Blackadder wrote:
I'll tell you why, suppose you are following a thread but are not receiving email notifications of an update; (I am not so self absorbed that I credit my threads as worthy of such dedication) and you click on the thread and you see that there is nothing new posted because the last post link will show you just the top of the last post. Will you scroll down to see if anything has been appended? Probably not.

Of course that is no big deal in most cases but sometimes I in a flurry of activity post three or four detailed updates in the same 24 hour period and I put a lot of work into my updates crafting them explicitly in many cases for each individual forum I post on. Is it fair to have these lumped together in one post. where is the room for an exchange of dialogue? I want all my posts read so the flow of the build makes sense as a tutorial not just a "Gee, see what I can do" tour de force. There is only so much that a person can absorb from a reply then the rest will be skipped after a cursory glimpse at the images. I think I have more to offer than that.

All my posts read as pages in a book; would you read a book with pages missing? Would you go back and see where the context went awry; again probably not; you would probably just toss the book as unreadable or not worth the time deciphering the content.

That amoung other reasons is why.

What I am interpreting from this is that you've grown used to a particular style of posting and are reluctant to change it simply because this website - and no other website that you regularly post on - has rules that run counter to your style, but that because you respect your loyal readership and have grown to like this community, you are trying to compromise. I suppose I can respect that.

Excellent work so far. Titan is coming along.

Done:

All the major components are done, whew!

http://i.imgur.com/i9pRHzr.jpg



The front view (Pardon the towel but the legs are just pinned together temporarily.)

http://i.imgur.com/TFmIdsM.jpg


view with Warlord legs.

More images to follow in an hour or so............

it can be less than an hour now

Done 2:

The side view shows the sheathed void generators and the rear lower vents completed (except for detail) and the weapon armour finally in place although it needs to be thickened; now that it is mounted on the body I can see where the clearances are needed.

http://i.imgur.com/yJSUJOv.jpg


And again compared to the Warlord legs.

http://i.imgur.com/F8QOVio.jpg


More images to come.............

Very well done, BA. Not just converting a large model, but making it removable.

Thanks for the reply; There are still some who are not aware of the fact that the styrene Lucius armour is completely exchangeable for the original Mars armour.

Face off:

While ostensibly on the same side this could very well be called a Face off between the Reaver and the apparently in for maintenance Warlord; actually Luteus' body component is getting a tuneup and anyway is much too tall for these closeup Reaver shots.

http://i.imgur.com/v4mpTLz.jpg


and this next image could be entitled ''Tidy Whiteys'' because that's what the rear armour puts me in mind of.

http://i.imgur.com/jvEZlBm.jpg


Anyway all together the upper body armour and the lower leg are seemingly proportionate, that was a big fear of mine during construction that the armour would not match in scale.

That's the major problem with working without a specific goal drawn out; you have no idea of what the outcome will look like.

Hats of to you sir ...that is amazing any plans on what colour scheme you are going to go for?

War Gryphons same as the Warhound Lucie:

http://i.imgur.com/wOVNKHk.jpg


Which incidentally reminds me, I haven't finished the display base for Lucie.
Thanks for the reply

tighty whiteys

now make a nurgle counterpart. Won't be tidy.....or white

Good choice I love that blue grey with the yellow, I'm really looking forward to seeing it painted up!

Detachable Details:

While I'm making the Void Generator exhaust louvers i figure I should show how I built up the Gatling gun.

I wanted to be able to rework the Gatling gun and I didn't have time to sand the barrels smooth and clean the casting properly plus it seems a royal PITA to get the barrel aligned properly considering the casting anomalies so I opted to use screws instead of glue to hold the parts together.

Seen in the image below are the barrels drilled and tapped for 8-32 screws with the 12 o'clock position barrel drilled and tapped towards the gun base so it can be attached to the body of the gun.

http://i.imgur.com/Oq3wdwv.jpg


Once I get the gun armour finished I will install a center aligning pin so the barrel assembly stays centered on the base.

http://i.imgur.com/Af7JRuU.jpg


The 12:00 barrel will be tack glued in place for ease of removal along with the barrel yoke making the whole assembly dis-mountable for Lucius/Mars conversion.

http://i.imgur.com/gzVAong.jpg


To the left of the gun is the rear louvers for the generators.

Love, love, love the side view of the titan's torso with head installe from your 3/29 post. Amazing.

I usually just lurk and ogle your work, but I'll comment more often to faciitate more posts :-)

Love your work!

Simply amazing attention to detail. Hats off!

Thanks for the replies......

Louvers:

I hate doing louvers just about more than any other part of scratchbuilding even more than rivets.

The problem is if not spaced properly or straight or the degree of opening is not homogeneous they look like crap.

So how to make the Void Generator exhaust louvers?

I hit upon the idea yesterday, checking out the moulded Mars resin castings..........

http://i.imgur.com/Oq3wdwv.jpg


...........I found similar strips in my stock of Evergreen styrene; nothing new there, but also I got some 1,0 X 1,0 MM strips for the slat spacing.

I glued the square stock to the strip stock leaving a half MM margin from the edge.

http://i.imgur.com/ApOEjmp.jpg


I marked the face side of the slat with pencil for even straight spacing.

http://i.imgur.com/g7ZC6Cb.jpg


Once I got the procedure down pat with the first louver as an experiment; the subsequent three remaining are going quite quickly.

more to follow..........

Really cant fathom how you arent going insane gluing all those tiny plasticard pieces... Looks cool though. Probably worth a little insanity.

 Tyr13 wrote:
Really cant fathom how you arent going insane gluing all those tiny plasticard pieces... Looks cool though. Probably worth a little insanity.

Insanity may well be a prerequisite.