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BTW, have you given any thoughts to the paintscheme? Chatting with Mark, it seems he intended for Leviathans to be the Iron Core version of WW1 fighter aircraft, complete with custom paint schemes, roundels, and 'noseart'

Perkustin wrote:That thing is a beast! Taller than a warhound surely?

I think its about an inch shorter actually. About half way down this page theres a pic of one next to a Warhound.

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/180/364590.page


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Ralin Givens wrote:Would it have been possible to give him a bit wider stance (seems like he would tip over fairly fast)

Legs are totally pose-able. Can be given about any stance you would want. This one ended up a bit closer than I intended, but the legs are also staggered a bit, looks like its taking a step. Once the arms are added it will be a moving pose.

Its more stable than it looks, it stands all on it own.


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chaos0xomega wrote:BTW, have you given any thoughts to the paintscheme? Chatting with Mark, it seems he intended for Leviathans to be the Iron Core version of WW1 fighter aircraft, complete with custom paint schemes, roundels, and 'noseart'

Ive been tossing around a couple. Base light grey with darker grey sponged on, like a German mottled scheme. Maybe a washed and worn bare metal on the mechanical parts and a deep red on the armor. Not entirely sure though...may get other ideas, still a bit of assembly to go before paint, gives time to cook up other ideas.

Ive got all kinds of decals sitting around from WWII aircraft & tanks, as well as GW stuff. Ill be able to add some fun bits with that as well.

Given the size f it I might have to pick up the 15mm variant which should be about half the size as a Dreadknight......

The 15mm version is indefinitely canceled. He can't find a caster that will charge him less than 95USD per copy to produce it, which isn't economically feasible.

Here it is with 2 mauler claws...




Mauler claw and vulkan cannon




vulkan side shot




Mauler claws side



thats a big gun...




heres the basic paint scheme




Just the 2 base colors so far. Needs touch-up, shading, detail, etc.

Love the gun Can you just slap it on and off when you feel like it?

yamgrenade wrote:Love the gun Can you just slap it on and off when you feel like it?

Yes, the weapon arms are swappable. Its a nice feature as you can buy the base leviathan and the weapon options, then select which ones you want to use in the game at hand. Theres also a sword for the left arm, but I havent built it.

Also should note...I left off some bits. I left off the upper leg and shin armor. In the fluff Dreamforge puts out customization is quite common, so this is no big deal.

I also left off the exhaust stacks that go on the back. Dreamforge is supposedly going to release a optional cooling system for the Leviathans, and I may go with it, as Im not super keen on the exhaust stacks.

Hopefully Ill have pictures of the completely finished beast sometime next weekend.

Loving the look of the twin claws, bet it would be extra wicked on a mortis. Thanks for the pics, making it harder to resist.

Theophony wrote:Loving the look of the twin claws, bet it would be extra wicked on a mortis. Thanks for the pics, making it harder to resist.

No prob, that was the idea...get the word and pics out on this awesome kit.

Shame about the 15mm version I'm hoping for more models in this style but unfortunately I've got to wait till they're more practical for my budget.

Looks great so far, so hard to keep resisting one of these!

Looks nice. It is really coming along nicely.

Ok folks, update time.

Heres a couple new pictures, base 2 colors (red & boltgun metal) and shading (polyshade) on the boltgun metal.






Im mostly satisfied so far, however the polyshade has made some of the seams where parts meet on the legs really stand out. Although its more noticeable in the pics than in person, I may go back and fill them.

However, I am starting to pack up to move, so there wont be anything done for quite a while. It will probably be 6-8 weeks before I get any more work done on it.

Excellent work, color definitely helps show how much detail their is.

I just ordered my crusader this weekend and got the postal confirmation it's on the way. I think I'll be going with more of the German grey color for most of the plate armor, with the flag on one of the shoulders.

Thanks. When I get back to work on it Im going to highlight or detail the red somehow. I really like the color, so I need to find a way to bring out the details a bit more that doesnt lighten or darken the base color.

I also want to get some good decals/transfers to art it up a bit. Id paint some by hand, but my freehand is usually pretty terrible.

Just found this blog, awesome to see one so far along! The metal parts look really good, and the red is a nice start

Very nice indeed - I'm in!

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Looking forward to watching this one progress...