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I'm in the process of designing/building my own Warlord, and this idea had been floating in my brain for some time. The thing I am dreading most about this build is construction of the legs, so I decided to take a shortcu-...I MEAN...I decided to take an ALTERNATIVE root and put my titan on a large wheel (Think Securitrons from Fallout: New Vegas). Well...less a wheel and more of a steamroller like apparatus. You see, I've a large aluminum popcorn container, and it would be a waste to discard it. I would really appreciate opinions and thoughts on this. Thanks!

My gut instinct is that this would look better on a giant Ork contraption, but if done well, I think it could work...

If you want a wheeled titan you can always make a Capitol Imperialis
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4nzgPbHlNo4/SHWTSUhMbmI/AAAAAAAAB-0/bXCK-e13_PA/s320/Cap-Imp-001.jpg

Like Misguidance i think that it would look better on an ork vehicle, but if you are an avid converter then go for it!

If you do it like Demolisher from the Transformers movie franchise, it would be AWESOME.

Shady Pigeon wrote:If you do it like Demolisher from the Transformers movie franchise, it would be AWESOME.

He was actually the inspiration!

The bin is about 15in long and 9in wide, so I planned on doing a sort of steamroller apparatus. It would be covered in "cleats" (i.e. spikes that don't look too Chaos-y). I would probably smack on a special rule (I'm a stickler about fluff and rules) that units cannot be within 5 inches of the roller, or suffer a [insert statistics here] hit.

What about the old Epic Chaos Lord of Battles, that was a kind of small titan on wheels - big ass cart type wheels too!

Sounds awesome

I think it fits gargants a bit better than Warlords, however deep in the mists of time there was a Knight variant that used a giant single track unit for locomotion. Ah-ha... found it.

Tracks, thats all i'm going to say

I'm thinking a cross between this:



And this:



... which could be cool

Nice idea, but I don't think I'd be able to suspend my disbelief. I'll throw my vote behind tracks or a quadrupedal design though.

What you suggest is Techno-Heresy. The agents of the Machine God would never allow such a heretical modification to one of His most coveted STC designs.

chaos0xomega wrote:What you suggest is Techno-Heresy. The agents of the Machine God would never allow such a heretical modification to one of His most coveted STC designs.

Consider it exploration of experimental procedures.

Green wrote:

chaos0xomega wrote:What you suggest is Techno-Heresy. The agents of the Machine God would never allow such a heretical modification to one of His most coveted STC designs.

Consider it exploration of experimental procedures.

Heretic.

Green wrote:

chaos0xomega wrote:What you suggest is Techno-Heresy. The agents of the Machine God would never allow such a heretical modification to one of His most coveted STC designs.

Consider it exploration of experimental procedures.

the fabricator general himself sanctioned this modifacation

FM Ninja 048 wrote:

Green wrote:

chaos0xomega wrote:What you suggest is Techno-Heresy. The agents of the Machine God would never allow such a heretical modification to one of His most coveted STC designs.

Consider it exploration of experimental procedures.

the fabricator general himself sanctioned this modifacation

I don't think that would ever happen, but whatever.

BTW, your avatar is made of epic win.

it gets better if you click on the doomfart link

While there are many STC Variants based on the individual Forgeworld's typical Situation

Design variants that have more than 2 legs typically are reserved for Chaos type designs SEE: Defiler or Soulgrinder

In my humble opinion, and take this with a big grain of salt, Titans are supposed to scream Imperial Might. Wheels or tracks is a bit of a stretch but still feasable, depending on the terrain of the planet on which the titan is deployed. However, Multiple legs are typically frowned upon because it takes the form of the enemy. Remember that the space marines used to ride jetbikes, and now the only Space Marine of note who rides one is Sammael, Master of the Ravenwing. The reasoning behind it is that the Imperium tries very hard to keep agents of the imperium firmly entrenched in the belief, that the Xeno, the Mutant, and the Heretic are the Enemy.

I personally dont think it would work, But I would love to see if you could pull it off, and I strongly encourage you to try to prove me wrong. You never know what you can come up with

I'm now thinking that a wheeled or tracked god machine is really an ordinatus rather than a titan?

Well, its certainly not a Titan. Titans are meant to be effigies of the Machine God, hence the name "God Machines". The fact of the matter is a monowheel design breaks from this and is no longer a proper representation of Him. Meaning that the design is heretical, not only because it is a modification of an unholy modification of an STC design, but because it is not a proper representation of the Machine God.

It's your model personaly I would be worried about surface area the amount of surface area a car has on a tyre isn't actualy that large and with a warlord you've got a lot of weight placed on a small enough area to begin with remembering that every once in a while it has to stand on one foot while it moves the other one about. although this design might be more stable than walking how is it going to turn with a huge flat steamroller as its only motive force? Your model your choice and there are stranger things maybe it is a long lost stc that your forgeworld found recently and decided to try out?? there are enough tech marines out there with track or wheel systems why should their god be any different. surely the machine god is ever changing ever developing (ummm hang on this is the far flung universe of darkness and decay technology hasn't moved on in 10,000 years)

mullet_steve wrote:It's your model personaly I would be worried about surface area the amount of surface area a car has on a tyre isn't actualy that large and with a warlord you've got a lot of weight placed on a small enough area to begin with remembering that every once in a while it has to stand on one foot while it moves the other one about. although this design might be more stable than walking how is it going to turn with a huge flat steamroller as its only motive force? Your model your choice and there are stranger things maybe it is a long lost stc that your forgeworld found recently and decided to try out?? there are enough tech marines out there with track or wheel systems why should their god be any different. surely the machine god is ever changing ever developing (ummm hang on this is the far flung universe of darkness and decay technology hasn't moved on in 10,000 years)

In regards to stability, the plan (i use the term loosely) was to have a large support rod extending from the base, through the cylinder and chassis. In regards to turning, think of the roller split into two sections, essentially two very thick cleated wheels that rub up against each other. Using this "two roller" design, the titan would be able to turn.

And I love your justification of how the Machine God can be an ever changing/evolving being.

chaos0xomega wrote:Well, its certainly not a Titan. Titans are meant to be effigies of the Machine God, hence the name "God Machines". The fact of the matter is a monowheel design breaks from this and is no longer a proper representation of Him. Meaning that the design is heretical, not only because it is a modification of an unholy modification of an STC design, but because it is not a proper representation of the Machine God.

Yes, I have gathered that your opinion is a rather fluffy "no", thank you. Also, refer to previous explanation of the Machine God's ever changing form.

If it would make you truly happy, fine, it's from the Dark Mechanicus. There. I hope your sense of strict canonical adherence is satiated.

Id imagine if you blend it with cabling/supports into the body well you could pull it off but im having a hard time visualising how to make it look effective personally


Dan