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Thank's FI. There may be something in that rocket thing... I've stopped using hunter killer missiles becuase they ALWAYS do miss for me. hmmmmmm *thinks hard

The gatling blaster is a little on the small side. It doesn't look too bad though (and to be fair so is the laser blaster thing when compared to it's epic counterpart.) I'm going to try to bulk it out with some ammo hoppers or armour plating or something. I've left it for the moment until I get the other sections built to see how it looks in comparison to the whole finished model rather than what I had done at the time I built it.

Thanks for the C&C, hope you like it as it progreses further

I like it

This is really good but... i would still like a life sized warboss...

@ Jamunition - patience my friend, patience..... lol

day whatever update (17?)

Deciced to go with the balcony idea. Have built the basic shoulder structure. Requires a bit more detailing and the damaged wall will be blended in a bit better when I start adding battle damage as a whole.


And another picture just because I sat on my sofa and liked the angle of it on the table. Doesn't look quite as intimidating in the photo though, maybe a bit of mood lighting will help when he's finished. Any suggestions for names also welcome!

I really love this, and that you made it with very cheap stuff

Also what do you mean patience?!?!? will there be one??? WILL THERE???

Battle Damage? On a Warlord? HERESY! -and this outing comes from a Iron Warriors player...go figure- Deus ex Machina, the God Machine is immune against enemy fire! it has 6 void shields, for abaddons abandoned trousers sake!

Kidding aside, battle damage is just fine. Just prooves that the Warlord ain't a sassie when it comes down to business.

Little idea for the balcony: How about a Sniper team? I hate GW for not having added any close-in defences on the warlord. -seriously, anything inside 24" can't be targeted by the Warlord, how stupid is that?-

@ FerrumIgnatus - Totally agree! I'm very tempted to add a twin linked autocannon to the centre top section as an AA gun - with the 24" rule plus the hieght it'd be out of range to fire at groud troops anyway so no problem there. And if it's used in apoc. I can't see anyone objecting to an extra autocannon when they've got a titan to contend with! Would snipers be in range? They'd be about 28" high before you take into account how far away from the base the enemy may be.....

I'm tempted to add a multilaser to the head and maybe a storm bolter too just because I have them lying around

Meh, if someone begins to complain over the gun-toting hedgehog, just ignore them. How about buying a couple of wooden beads, cut them in half and stick a multilaser/autocannon to it and put them on the sides of the shoulders? -i.e-right under the Apocalypse rocket launcher-

for the aa-gun, go and see if you can get cheap Aegis defence line boxed sets off ebay. They have a twin-linked -if not quad-linked- autocannon turret that would fit nicely. As for other spots to place close-in defences, the pelvis would be a great spot for some storm bolters pointing downwards, but I believe adding a gun to the head would be a tad chaosy...

You've gotta have a grot next to it... its essential...

Day 18

£7 spent on a battlefield accessories pack.
Total spend £16.50

First off right shoulder. Rocket launcher added - I've modelled it mostly closed due to difficulty getting hold of suitable sized missile bits. I think it gives enough of an impression to tell what it is though. The shutters will of course be painted with scorch marks. The hold is open with some stored munitions in there too - will show a photo when it's painted (fingers crossed a job for next week!!!!). The black bit on top will have some sort of scanner array if I ever find my marine spares.


Rear deatiling so far - it's not super clear but left side as traditional 'ladder to nowhere', center section has mechanicus plate from cities of death, right side has small hatches and a hoist so far. Legs have also had a few extra details added plus the right leg has an access ladder to a hatch at the top of the leg.


And a full frontal so far.....

For some reason looking at that last picture, I see it and expect it to start moon-walking across the rug, shooting as it goes

A great job on the model as a whole and the detailing you have so far.

SilverMK2 wrote:For some reason looking at that last picture, I see it and expect it to start moon-walking across the rug, shooting as it goes

And blasting trough its warhorns "HOOO" whilst trying to grab its Crown Jewels with the Gatling blaster...

I like the second rocket launcher, allthough I have to ask WHY two hellstrike rockets are mounted on the top of the carapace, are those waiting to be lowered into the launchers or are they "Additional" 'urty dakka like you can do on customized Ork Stompa's? The overall look is starting to look darn awesome, and those CoD tiles and assecories are a nice addition.

Kepp up the excellent work, mate!

day 20 - sorry no photo. Detailing is done as far as I could be bothered, this thing is starting to wear thin on my patience now (hope the good folks on mars aren't reading this blasphemy!). Anyway just to let you know that a can of black spray later he's now unercoated awaiting base colours when I get a spare couple of hours. I've also had to add a slightly bigger base as it was on the brink of toppling forward on anything but a flat surface. Thanks to a mysical helper for the help adding rivit holes to the corners of armour plates.

I'm seriously loving this project. Its very entertaining, ive spent the last 15min just looking at the legs trying to figure out the bits and pieces used, great work on the legs by the way.

Just wondering if the warlord is on a slight lean... looking at the full frontals it seems to be leaning to the right and back a little. is this intended?

... i just tried to picture the warlord doing the whole matrix dodge bullet thing lol it didnt work out well


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Um another question... your avatar has a little american flag next to it and yet your mentioning pounds as the currency, im a little confused lol

Jake Bake A Cake wrote:

Just wondering if the warlord is on a slight lean... looking at the full frontals it seems to be leaning to the right and back a little. is this intended?

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Um another question... your avatar has a little american flag next to it and yet your mentioning pounds as the currency, im a little confused lol

Yes it does lean forwards a bit, doesn't look too bad though. Flag - hmmmm yes it seems to have changed this week. Must be work comuters doing crazy things. I'm in the UK and love my pounds

well i was a little wrong with the direction of the lean lol but it doesnt really distract from the model itself.

when you show it to someone and say i spent less then 10 pound on this thing no one will dare question a slight lean

Pre-colours

Wow, very nice! An impressive piece of work, given the materials used. Now get some paint on that sucker!

I don't even dare to ask how many cans of black spray you've used on "Little One". looking forward to see more progress...

Wow! That is really some amazing work there. I just clicked on this thread for the first time now, my late visitation is probably credited to the uninteresting title of the thread

But I am very glad I decided to check this out. This is easily one of the best scratchbuilt Warlords I have seen, especially for the tiny budget that has gone into it. From the other warlords I've seen, most people either pull off the scratchbuild very well, or fail trying. You definately fit into the former category because that is a stunning titan you created.

I was sceptical when I first saw the knex legs, but as I went through all the posts in the thread, I really liked what I saw and now I see how great they worked as an armature.

Like on most large, flat-surfaced models, the detailing is a difficult part to pull off well, but I think you have done a great job on it.

Can't wait to see it painted!

Lucas

Covenant, any updates on your Warlord?

Sorry, it's still stood on my table waiting for some colour. Have been very busy recently and not had time to touch it. And who'd have thought plumbing a washing machine in would be soooo time consuming, first the spanner doesn't firt, then the lead won't reach, then the pipes don't fit through the cabinets to the pipes, then the plug won't fit through the hole int he counter.... Power saw's coming out tonight! And hopefully I'll get around to paiting in a couple of weeks time over the Christmas break! Watch this space!

This is awesome!
Take that Forgeworld!

This is amazing! Best budget scratchbuild ever. I'm very impressed indeed. What's the dark grey material you used to cover most of the armour plates?

Wow honestly at first I hate to say I didn't have much faith in the progect, but you honestly did an amazing job so I tip my hat to you.

The dark grey material is actually black plastic-card. The cameras playing havoc with the colours. It's quite thin so it was easy to cut with a pair of scissors.

Thanks for the info covenant. Where do you get it from?

most decent model shops should have it, not that they're easy to find these days - they tend to be in out of the way places. The only one i can get to in Birmingham is in the city centre and they have limited items :(

I feel bad giving a back handed comment like; it looks good for what it is. It's clearly done cheap, quick and dirty. But man does it look good considering all of that. I hope you take that as a compliment.

Thanks Jabba - I get what you mean!