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This is very impressive, the rivets and surfaces look so even and sound. This is certainly a journey of a thousand miles, and you've definately gone a couple extra. I've just started scratchbuilding, and what I'm doing is shenanigans compared to your titan. Great job, keep it going!

Heliodore wrote:This is very impressive, the rivets and surfaces look so even and sound. This is certainly a journey of a thousand miles, and you've definately gone a couple extra. I've just started scratchbuilding, and what I'm doing is shenanigans compared to your titan. Great job, keep it going!

Scratch building is indeed a gratifying pursuit and I wish that there were plasticard when I was a youth. We used to model WWII naval vessels out of shirt cardboard and celophane tape. A 600 foot battleship would be rendered at about a foot long and take weeks to build. With the impetuosity of youth we would think nothing of shooting them up with BB's (Do they still make BB guns anymore???) and setting fire to them while recreating various Pacific battles. What I wouldn't give to have those models back; but I digress, I have one rule now with scratch building well actually two the first being don't set your work on fire but second never build anything you can afford to buy as a kit. There is a lot of work in even a small model and why not let someone else do the hard part. I personally wouldn't do a model that costs less than $250 dollars, my time and effort is worth more than that.

Just my two cents for what it's woth which seem about right. LOL

Good luck on your scratch build and any help I can be don't hesitate to ask,

Blackadder

LOL, that is good advice, definately more than two cents worth. After a few tries at simple conversions I just decided to give plasticard construction a go. Just keeping it simple for now, but certainly shooting high for projects worthy of the time and effort.
I read your explanation on how you did your great looking rivets. I've read of similar methods, but I've heard that many times that rivets done like this tend to come off fairly easy during transport or after being stored in foam for a while, or just be rubbed the wrong way. Are there extra steps one should take to prevent one's rivets from falling off. I've been using small nails, which requires a lot of pin vice work, and I think I want to avoid this method in the future. Can't wait to see your finished titan, and the one after!
Heliodore

Rivets are definitely the fly in the ointment on plastic models. I've had relatively good luck by pressing the rivet firmly into a dot of Tamiya cement with the tip of a #11 exacto blade and holding it there until the glue adheres. Even thought I still lose a rivet now and again.

I used dress making straight pins almost exclusively for my tank models They are available in various head sizes (which vary with the length of the pin) in stateside millinery shops. I drill slightly undersized hole and insert a cut off pin head with about a 1/8" shank still attached. no glue necessary and they don't come out in normal use. The last alternative is to drill a slightly larger hole and insert a plastic rod dipped in glue and cut off the excess. After it's dry dress the head with a fingernail emery board (I use a steel one which I've had for ages). This method is the most labor intensive but best for 0.020" or less sized rivets and what I used on the plasma cannon.

Still bloody amazing man.
I am glad to see that I am not the only one to justify buying models based on the notion that it would take me far longer to make one myself than it takes to make the money at work! My wife doesn't quite understand the notion, her hobby being saving money.

just picked up this thread cause I was bored at work, but WOW was it worth it and boy am I glad I did. Honestly like you said whenever you see scratch built titans usually they just look horrible, but yours...I mean WOW honestly WOW. the true attention to detail the overall magnitude of it...WOW. I tip my hat to you sir.

this is so sweet. when she's walking and shooting and painted it'll be a day to rejoice!!

Ah, dress pins, that's a good tip, they are manufactured in such a way as to have a uniformity in the shape of their heads. Carpentry nails, like what I have been using, their heads differ slightly to each nail, since they ae more crudly made. I really should have known better. Thanks for the tips Blackadder.

C'est exellent!

The level of detail on this thing is stunning.

Can't wait to see the finished thing

I'm very impressed, Edmund.

Which weapon will you make as Lucy's second arm, out of interest?

Wehrkind wrote:Still bloody amazing man.
I am glad to see that I am not the only one to justify buying models based on the notion that it would take me far longer to make one myself than it takes to make the money at work! My wife doesn't quite understand the notion, her hobby being saving money.

Actually I said I wouldn't scratchbuild models I could afford to buy. I don't actually buy models except for derelicts I find on ebay. I restore these wrecks to their potential glory (mainly superheavy tanks). At the moment I have:

two FW Baneblades, a Lucius and Mars each,

three FW Shadowswords

A FW Stormblade,

An Armorcast Baneblade rebuilt to look like a FW Lucius

An Armorcast Shadowsword in original condition

and my scratch built Titan hunter.

They are quite a sight on a battleboard.

Empchild wrote:just picked up this thread cause I was bored at work, but WOW was it worth it and boy am I glad I did. Honestly like you said whenever you see scratch built titans usually they just look horrible, but yours...I mean WOW honestly WOW. the true attention to detail the overall magnitude of it...WOW. I tip my hat to you sir.

I hope I have never made a disparaging assessment of others scratch built efforts and if I have I deeply apologize. I do recall stating that the level of detail is measured by ones personal satisfaction or words to that effect.

Dysartes wrote:I'm very impressed, Edmund.

Which weapon will you make as Lucy's second arm, out of interest?

I intend to make a full varity of arms eventually but the next weapon is (as I am working out the basic shape right now) the dual lascannon. That should be relatively simple as the complexity of the detail is much less than the bolter.

I don't relish making another plasma cannon as I hate repetition especially on a scale this size but I must as the Hunter's cannon isn't adaptable to the Warhound.

I won't be making a fist, mace or chainsaw though because they just look silly IMHO,

Blackadder

By the way you take old wrecks of tanks and fix them up you sound kinda like the Mechanicus in how they take blown up stuff and just restore it for further punishment, lol. Cool idea in itself, taking derelicts others get rid of and recommissioning them. This next bit may also be kinda redundant, but your warhound is an absolute killer so far. Keep up the good work, and may the Omnissiah be with you/

Wehrkind wrote:Still bloody amazing man.
I am glad to see that I am not the only one to justify buying models based on the notion that it would take me far longer to make one myself than it takes to make the money at work! My wife doesn't quite understand the notion, her hobby being saving money.

Ms Blackadder is the same way. Poor women god love 'em they sure got the short end of the stick when it comes to interests. I mean could you be satisfied with floral arangements and china patterns?

I rather think not,

EB

s.j.mccartney wrote:this is so sweet. when she's walking and shooting and painted it'll be a day to rejoice!!

Man, you and me both. I'm champing at the bit to start the next project.

Valkyrie wrote:C'est exellent!

The level of detail on this thing is stunning.

Can't wait to see the finished thing

See above, thx

Lord Kaesar II wrote:By the way you take old wrecks of tanks and fix them up you sound kinda like the Mechanicus in how they take blown up stuff and just restore it for further punishment, lol. Cool idea in itself, taking derelicts others get rid of and recommissioning them. This next bit may also be kinda redundant, but your warhound is an absolute killer so far. Keep up the good work, and may the Omnissiah be with you/

It's sad when parents buy expensive models for their kids and don't help them build them. The level of ability to render a resin model satisfactorly is beyond most pre-teens; they just don't have the patience. Think what a teaching moment this would be instead of indulging the kid just to get him out of your hair.

Help me off this soapbox,

Blackadder

The_Blackadder wrote:I won't be making a fist, mace or chainsaw though because they just look silly IMHO,

Not to mention the fact that Warhounds don't carry close-combat weapons

Lemme see I gotta picture around here somewhere. Ah, here it is.

I believe Dysartes was referring to the datasheet/ FW rules for a warhound. However that pic looks pretty awesome. CCWs also suck on titans as the void shields don't work when you get close-up :(

Back OT: Brilliant work as usual. As to the rear of the VMB its just 2 smaller squares on the angled face, with a small gap between each square and the edges. These are for the hoses to attatch to the body.

Ps. Not sure if you got that, i would take a pic of mine but its at the club. If there are any reference pics you need, let me know and ill get them for you on Wednesday. (Although i don't have the turbo-laser or flamer thingy)

Hope that helps,

Vitruvian

Great progress mate and first class attention to detail!

Can't wait to see the finished product!

Cheers,

Dante

AS noted by Vitruvian, I'm referring to any version of the Warhound which has seen rules - either Epic or 40k - as I'm 95% sure none of them have carried close combat weapons.

What some people choose to model is, of course, up to them.

Having said that, the old Reaver chainfist looks cool on the appropriate chassis.

Dysartes wrote:AS noted by Vitruvian, I'm referring to any version of the Warhound which has seen rules - either Epic or 40k - as I'm 95% sure none of them have carried close combat weapons.

What some people choose to model is, of course, up to them.

Having said that, the old Reaver chainfist looks cool on the appropriate chassis.

So that's what that is and once you said it I remembered seeing it on an old AC Reaver. Thanks for the info. I get myself in too deep when I talk about the game. That's my son's department

Empennage the rear part of an aircraft.

jabbakahut wrote:Empennage the rear part of an aircraft.

Poetic license, sue me. In the future it will apply to titans as well.

Thanks for the pictures

The Blackadder

I'm not getting notifications of replies. I look forward to responses. It's been a busy couple of weeks and I haven't got much done on the lascannon but the bolter is ostensibly finished except for the rear and bottom detail. Lucy is so excited she accidentally stepped on one of her escorts. Fortunately the driver was unharmed.

EB

Wow, I swear that looks better than FWs. Cant wait to see more on the lasers.

Crushed sentinel ftw !
Man i can't wait to see this finished

The_Blackadder wrote:I'm not getting notifications of replies. I look forward to responses.

Alright, alright! Hehehe. On the other hand, it's good to know that our comments are helpful to you. You (and the Titan) deserve them!

The_Blackadder wrote:Lucy is so excited she accidentally stepped on one of her escorts. Fortunately the driver was unharmed.

Ah, der Imperialen Armee, 'tis a man's life! Seriously, Blackadder, I'm not too sure if there's anything else that I can say about this project other than WOW! It's waaayyy too deep for my understandings. Well, at least I think so anyway...

You should e-mail FW with some picture of "her" when she's done. The caption should be "HA!" or something else suitably similar.

Keep it up man!

Blackadder, what's the curled strip of plasticard going to be used for?

Dysartes wrote:Blackadder, what's the curled strip of plasticard going to be used for?

It's the curb that goes around the gimbal sphere for the lascannon. It's the same part as is on the Bolter. I just wanted to so how to glue it. I used the cap of an old Taminya cement bottle for a form.

EB

Lol at the crushed sentinel. I really like this, keep up the good job.

Normally scenic elements on a model are of a rival faction, it makes more sense that a titan would step on a sentinel than anything else, great concept.

At one time I had toyed with the idea of making bases for my Superheavies and the Titan. Sort of a mini diorama I even have the tank tread imprints made. I was going to have the tanks rolling over skeletons and corpses and likewise the titan stepping on the remains of battlefield casualties. But A) aside from skulls I can't find any realistic 28mm bones (Yes I can make them but I haven't the time right now.) and 2) they would have to be Imperial Guard as you don't always know what army you'll be fielded against.

At any rate the squashed Sentinel was just a joke. I care too much for my Apocalypse Sentinel squad. It was on the workbench for repairs as it had fallen off of it's base and broken a leg so I just bent Lucie's toes around it. Its not a permanent fixture.

EB