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 Theophony wrote:
Pics and links not working for me


Are they working Now?

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 The_Blackadder wrote:
 Theophony wrote:
Pics and links not working for me


Are they working Now?

They are indeed working now. Looking awesome as well . It might have been because I was at work, but that rarely affects dakkadakka.

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Its just as well this monstrosity wont be used for games. The only accurate method of emulating the main guns would be to drive a car over the gaming table!

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Holy Terra.

Tonight I am going to start on the superstructure platform which will support the Cathedral-like top hamper


Wait, what?!

   
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 EmberlordofFire8 wrote:
Tonight I am going to start on the superstructure platform which will support the Cathedral-like top hamper


Wait, what?!


Top hamper or Tophamper or Top-hamper all of which are correct. A term describing everything above a deck that causes a top-heavy condition; i.e. masts, sails rigging, superstructure, gun platforms, turrets, battlements, &etc.

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That will be HUGE! and dominate a table!

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Thanks for the reply.

Once again serendipity:

rears it's head. The "Hanging Butresses have structures that I suppose reinforce the arches and perhaps act as drains or down spouts. A large central one and two secondary on the wings. Inspecting my CoD bitz for inspiration I found the bas-relief tech priests on either side of the gothic arch windows made ideal. accents for these structures.

http://i.imgur.com/ZHOW76K.jpg


I used a razor saw to fine cut the figures from the window frames by first cutting off the square beam, then the footing course, finally the figures from the remainder. I discarded the the excess of the top and sanded the back side smooth. I then glued the figure to 3/8th inch square tubing (9.5 MM)

http://i.imgur.com/KBJU3Wk.jpg


I still haven't decided how long to make these so for now I'll just make all four and adjust the length at another time after I make the inverted square spires.

But as you can see, blind luck has favored The Blackadder.

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Interesting design... though it does make the rest of the butress look a bit... empty. Any ideas on how to fix that yet?
   
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Hanging Buttresses Update.....

Busy work, not much to say as everything should be self-evident except the image is upside down for clarity.


http://i.imgur.com/W6FVXjN.jpg



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 Tyr13 wrote:
Interesting design... though it does make the rest of the butress look a bit... empty. Any ideas on how to fix that yet?


Well other than a lot more greebles, nope.

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My work has changed the web browser settings so I can't see pretty pictures from imgur . I'll have to check when I get home.

Got home and pics look great . I know LEDs would look awesome on there, but another idea since you have such space to work with it might be small locomotive smoke makers, especially if there are censers on some of those reliefs. It could be the mechanicum using sacred ungents and oils to keep the god-machine happy.

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LOL, Theo your mind is an amazing place, never change.-camkierhi 9/19/13
I cant believe theo is right.. damn. -comradepanda 9/26/13
None of the strange ideas we had about you involved your sexual orientation..........-Monkeytroll 12/10/13

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Completed Basic Buttress:

With end piece inverted pyramids completed

http://i.imgur.com/1yit1WN.jpg


We are now ready to address the deck.

The deck will be a rectangle 17 X 24 inches (43 X 61 CM)

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Great work on the buttress thingies. Always love a good buttress... and I'm not even trying to be crude...

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Those inverted pyramids need spires/spikes/gothic wind-vane thingies on them.

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Make sure everything that goes on the deck is detachable. that way when this guy is standing up you can use him as a t.v. Dinner tray while watching movies. The_Blackadder sitting in a comfy chair watching some show on t.v. With the Titan standing next to him with the whole martini set laid out on the deck so you don't have to get up .

LOL, Theo your mind is an amazing place, never change.-camkierhi 9/19/13
I cant believe theo is right.. damn. -comradepanda 9/26/13
None of the strange ideas we had about you involved your sexual orientation..........-Monkeytroll 12/10/13

I'd put you on ignore for that comment, if I could...Alpharius 2/11/14 
   
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The Emperor Has Entered The Third Dimension:

With the realization that not much more could be done with a two dimensional chest I made allowances for a more robust facade.

http://i.imgur.com/oA6FQue.jpg


The Buttresses installed (albeit held in place with hemostats) with allowances for positioning I will be proceeding with the cutting in of the superstructure deck.

http://i.imgur.com/LA6cK9s.jpg


my mind's eye has main gun arms and supports engineering, command decks, and all important altars to the Ominissiah Machine God and suitable Tech Priests to carry out the requisite ritual.

Onward and upward the superstructure is nascent in my brain.







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 Theophony wrote:
Make sure everything that goes on the deck is detachable. that way when this guy is standing up you can use him as a t.v. Dinner tray while watching movies. The_Blackadder sitting in a comfy chair watching some show on t.v. With the Titan standing next to him with the whole martini set laid out on the deck so you don't have to get up .


Sacrilege until I chanced upon the concept of an Martini table.

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The Deck, Another Milestone:

17 inches by 24 (43 CM by 61 CM) a six dollar piece of styrene that will ultimately be covered up....

http://i.imgur.com/0k7SyMj.jpg


but necessary if I want to glue my superstructure to it.

(Warning: Frontal Nudity)
http://i.imgur.com/TTeqMjx.jpg


It all has to be of extremely light weight.

http://i.imgur.com/bxh3yFV.jpg



http://i.imgur.com/pOH8B1v.jpg

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Goddamn!

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Are you going to make the torso a we bit longer. It looks a bit short right now.

Edit. Never mind. I think it looks spot actually. Jobs a good un so far.
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Have you considered foamcore? Still light weight and cutable.

LOL, Theo your mind is an amazing place, never change.-camkierhi 9/19/13
I cant believe theo is right.. damn. -comradepanda 9/26/13
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 sennacherib wrote:
Are you going to make the torso a we bit longer. It looks a bit short right now.

Edit. Never mind. I think it looks spot actually. Jobs a good un so far.
.


Actually I added four inches to the model from the few drawings I have where the chin is almost on the deck below.

I want this to appear massive and bulky and I based my interpretation (subconsciously) to a 90/45/45° triangle, the same as my Warlord. That is most pleasing to my eye.

When you hold such a triangle to the front elevation of the model The angles are uncannily almost 100% precise on both these models. Remarkable in that I never planned it that way.


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 Theophony wrote:
Have you considered foamcore? Still light weight and cutable.


I am going to use a florescent light defuser panel:



$13 bucks at Home Depot.

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What kinda plastic is that stuff made of?

would be nice to get some cheaper plastic structural bits.

 Unit1126PLL wrote:
 Scott-S6 wrote:
And yet another thread is hijacked for Unit to ask for the same advice, receive the same answers and make the same excuses.

Oh my god I'm becoming martel.
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 Desubot wrote:
What kinda plastic is that stuff made of?

would be nice to get some cheaper plastic structural bits.


It appears to be a very brittle styrene. It dissolves readily with Tamiya Extra Thin Cement.

Once again serendipity rears it's ugly head.

This going to be a piece of cake gluing the grid to the upper and lower skin.


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 Unit1126PLL wrote:
 Scott-S6 wrote:
And yet another thread is hijacked for Unit to ask for the same advice, receive the same answers and make the same excuses.

Oh my god I'm becoming martel.
Send help!

 
   
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No worries of it shattering in transport somewhere? I've broken those things just by looking at them wrong, they are very brittle.
   
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Always fun to check on this thread - but the biggest hindrances are the somewhat comical nature of the Imperator's design. Mounting the "huge" arms and the fortress up top is going to be an exercise in materials science.
   
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Elbows wrote:Always fun to check on this thread - but the biggest hindrances are the somewhat comical nature of the Imperator's design. Mounting the "huge" arms and the fortress up top is going to be an exercise in materials science.


I've studied the gun mounts and they seem doable. I invested in one inch Panduit Sealtight conduit couplings for my warlord but space vs strength was a consideration there. Here the gun mounts are huge and in the open so mounting should be a cinch. Worst case scenario, 1/4 inch fender washers threaded rod and blind nuts.

whalemusic360 wrote:No worries of it shattering in transport somewhere? I've broken those things just by looking at them wrong, they are very brittle.


The grid will be sandwiched between two sheets of 0.040 inch sheet styrene which is very tough and not at all brittle. I'm comfortable that the grid will take the strain.

Desubot wrote:Oh boy. good to have that knowledge in the back pocket.


Yeah, I was incredibly surprised that it was styrene compatible.

The biggest problem I foresee is making the legs believable but I have come up with a plan to allow the legs to spraddle which is the classic Imperator pose but also be able to come together as in walking. If I can make that believable I'm home free.

My big complaint about all the Titans is the way the legs are portrayed. The Reaver is the most egregious where no pretense is attempted to make a believable design. A Reaver on the Battlefield will either make the crew seasick with the upper works weaving side to side twenty feet with each step as it waddles across the field or toppling over with the first step.

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Now It Can Be Told.

I finally managed to isolate a decent image from the video model I've been working from. As you can see I've followed the concept rather closely but installed a few of my own and others ideas. Such as a different 'head' and raising the head off the waist plate; in this case about 4 inches (10 CM)

I like the idea of the Imperial Eagle wing in the buttress but that may be a late add on. Right now I am working on the deck. Where the artist uses corbel to support the front edge I shall be using PVC 'cove' moulding. Enhanced with strip styrene trim; you'll get the idea once I start the process.......

http://i.imgur.com/0XAxJDy.jpg


Laters, I'm off to cut the second course.

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Now this raises an interesting point regarding Forgeworld discrimination. To date there are five resin Titans in the Imperium of Man; Mars and Lucius. Two in Chaos (also men technically) I myself am waiting for a Chaos Warlord before I plunk down my hard earned shekels. One rather fey Eldar Titan Warhound equivalent and a Ork Gargant also Warhound size and a rather blandly designed Necron Titan which is more properly a tank. Why is FW ignoring the proponents of other Galactic races whilst doting on the armies of the backwater Third Rock from the Sun? I claim Galactic racial bias, shame on you FW.

From a selfish standpoint I want an interesting 'Emperor' equivalent for one of the other interstellar races to model because where do I go from here after I finish this Titan. And it has to be ambulatory.

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Fantastic work.

And the natural enemy would be a mega gargant, from old epic 40k. I always fancied doing one, it is mainly storage that would stop me, because that thing would be close to 2' square on the table top. I fancy sculpting a proper Nid one as well. I think maybe you could do a Necron one, but do something crossed between the stargate ships and Tyrell Corp. building in Blade runner. Eldar have always looked daft, so I think the only other real race you could do would be Tau, but design would be the issue. You could do the Imperial Ordo stuff, in epic you had the Leviathon, that mole digger transport thing as well, and then the giant guns, I am afraid bud you have peaked too soon, this thing is too epic for them all.




 
   
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Holy Terra.

 The_Blackadder wrote:
Now this raises an interesting point regarding Forgeworld discrimination. To date there are five resin Titans in the Imperium of Man; Mars and Lucius. Two in Chaos (also men technically) I myself am waiting for a Chaos Warlord before I plunk down my hard earned shekels. One rather fey Eldar Titan Warhound equivalent and a Ork Gargant also Warhound size and a rather blandly designed Necron Titan which is more properly a tank. Why is FW ignoring the proponents of other Galactic races whilst doting on the armies of the backwater Third Rock from the Sun? I claim Galactic racial bias, shame on you FW.

From a selfish standpoint I want an interesting 'Emperor' equivalent for one of the other interstellar races to model because where do I go from here after I finish this Titan. And it has to be ambulatory.


What necron titan are you talking about? I didn't even know they had one...

There's also the large warlord sized eldar one and the Tyranids bio-titan.

   
 
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