Forum adverts like this one are shown to any user who is not logged in. Join us by filling out a tiny 3 field form and you will get your own, free, dakka user account which gives a good range of benefits to you: No adverts like this in the forums anymore. Times and dates in your local timezone. Full tracking of what you have read so you can skip to your first unread post, easily see what has changed since you last logged in, and easily see what is new at a glance. Email notifications for threads you want to watch closely. Being a part of the oldest wargaming community on the net. If you are already a member then feel free to login now.

Starting on the baneblade. You can find the templates here http://www.zealot.com/forum/showthread.php?t=170912

It has been a while since I had decided to build the Baneblade. The original designed that I picked, was Flarebaffle,s and then came along Eli Patoroch,s design. As usual, My build thread will be a bit different from the usual builds. There will be many parts that will be heavily laminated. The thickness of some parts and formers, will be about the thickness of chipboard. The strength will be able o withstand heavy use for table top gaming. In the beginning, I was planning on an interior for the Baneblade, but I opted out of that portion. There are too many interior levels and almost none of it would be able to be visible. I may make some interior detail for the turret but that will be for later to see how it will come out and if it is viable. Enjoy the thread now for the start of the show. Enjoy and see you all next posting.

Awesome. I did something similar for a semi-truck battle wagon that I'm working on. I used plasticard. How are you laminating the cutouts? Also, how easy it getting the rolled paper, for the transmission to have clean edges? I've alsays thought that would be a pain.

 The Good Green wrote:
Awesome. I did something similar for a semi-truck battle wagon that I'm working on. I used plasticard. How are you laminating the cutouts? Also, how easy it getting the rolled paper, for the transmission to have clean edges? I've alsays thought that would be a pain.

The templates are laminated with cardstock. Carstock is the same as the card used to make business cards. I also use on occasions the cardboard from cereal boxes. The cardboard from gift boxes work well also. The cylinders are made by using cross tip screwdrivers or other round objects and wrapping regular strips of bond paper around it to the approximate thickness. I may have to make a sequence on how I built the engine and transmission in a step by step. I built the powerplant and forgot to make a tutorial on how it was made. For me, it was rather easy, but then, it may be hard for others. Thanks for looking in and making your comment and request.

By the way, if you check out that website, the membership is free, but make sure that you make an introduction and read the rules. hat link given has a very big buffet on many of the imperial guard vehicles, to include many not made by forgeworld and GW. Enjoy and see you all next posting.

I assume that some of you are probably asking how I made the powerplant? I built it too fast and did not take photos of the build. I will probably make a short tutorial on it. The engine compartment was made using the one that is depicted on the GW Baneblade.

The rear of the engine compartment is made by heavily laminating the pieces and tying to imitate the GW references.

One of the most tedious, is the making of the rivets. I was originally going to use pin heads but gave up on that idea, too many holes to drill. The glue drops worked better and faster.

The side track sponsons were made a bit different as you can make out in the photos. the parts were broken up laminated and built up.

The panels and those pesky rivets do take a while to accomplish. The chassis is starting to look good nd the next tedious, will be the road wheels. Enjoy and see you all next posting.

I already like where this is going.

Vader says it best

Desubot wrote:I already like where this is going.

adamsouza wrote:Vader says it best

Thanks for looking in and for your words of encouragement.

Here is the next installment of photos, this time it is the front idler gear box contraption.

keep it up good sir!

 timthehierodule wrote:
keep it up good sir!

Thank you for looking in and for your comment. I plan to do many more, Lord willing and the creek does not rise. Glad that you are enjoying the build and see you around the forum.

This session will be on the powerplant hatches. They will open and close and you can see the engine compartment. I place one of my imperial guards next to it, to show the size comparison. It is almost the same size as the GW version. Enjoy and see you next posting.

I am jumping around a bit in the parts building session and this is due to waiting for parts to set. So it looks like it is out of sequence but it will work out in the long run.

The plans have a fuel cell option, the old style and the updated version. I opted for the new version but the old style is much easier to do. The hatches are finished and they look alright. I would have added a bunch of wiring and fuel lines to the engine compartment but again, I decided to keep the compartment simple. Enjoy and see you all next posting.

Looking good man, and thanks for the tip on that website.

Looking good so far. I'm always astounded to see what some talented individuals can do with simple cardstock.

The progress looks great.

The hinge solution was so simple it's the kind genius that makes me embarrassed I never thought of it myself.
.

The Good Green wrote:Looking good man, and thanks for the tip on that website.

Enjoy and they are all transferable to styrene if you do not wish to make them out of paper. For the wheels, you may have to make them out of pvc tubing.

Owain wrote:Looking good so far. I'm always astounded to see what some talented individuals can do with simple cardstock.

The plans are basic, but it is the embellishments are what make it stick out.

adamsouza wrote:The progress looks great.

The hinge solution was so simple it's the kind genius that makes me embarrassed I never thought of it myself.
.

Those hinge ideas come from my making them from copper/brass in my ship building models.


I am a little miffed, I had over 18 photos for editing on the track links and the idler wheels, somehow I erased them. I guess that I will have to re do them later when I start on the other side of the track skirt. Here is the photo update on the fuel cell bracket. As mentioned earlier, the single fuel cell is easier but the updated version does make the tank stand out.

As you can make out, there are a lot of fiddly small stuff to add to the details. One track is finished but the build sequence for it was somehow deleted by me by accident. I still have the other track unit to construct so I will do the build sequence for it then. In the meantime, enjoy and see you all next posting.

Here is the making of the road wheels. The front and rear wheels are larger and are built a bit different but that will come later, since they were also deleted with the track build. I will show later on when I get to the other side of the track build.

Wow, you really don't want to pay for a baneblade huh? Seriously though, that is impressive work there!

 Jihadnik wrote:
Wow, you really don't want to pay for a baneblade huh? Seriously though, that is impressive work there!

For the price of a bane blade, I can spend the savings on a battalion of imperial guards, Chaos army, special characters, bitz and stuff. The Baneblade is as far up as I will go. The titans take up too much room and hard to transport around. Remember, that the first baneblades were scratch built using Tony Cotrells templates in the Old White Dwarf magazines. The resin models came later and now we have the plastic one from GW. Anyhow, just wait around until the Chinese start to make them and they will drop the prize down. They just have not found this niche yet.

Well, it has been over a week since I posted. I lost my server signal and went to another provider. Now I am back with more updates on the build and I have over 100 more photos to edit and up load. Here is the next batch and see you all soon with more and more

Ye Gods, keep it up, thats an insane amount of work in it!

That's Fracking bananas! Very nice work so far, keep it up

I really like your rivet method, and I will be stealing it! The fine detail work you're doing is truly remarkable... Hinging the track guards?!?! Holy crap, that's nuts.

Ratius wrote:Ye Gods, keep it up, thats an insane amount of work in it!

Thanks, and the details continue, more to come.

KingCracker wrote:That's Fracking bananas! Very nice work so far, keep it up

Thanks for the comment. The baneblade is done, but there are a lot of photos to edit and upload.

JWMarines wrote:I really like your rivet method, and I will be stealing it! The fine detail work you're doing is truly remarkable... Hinging the track guards?!?! Holy crap, that's nuts.

This is one of the reasons I do my build thread, if just one person has learned something from it, then it was worth the posting. For the rivets, The Baneblade is a rivet overkill monster. You need to go over the glue drops at least three times. By the time you get to the end of the rivets, the glue has already set at the begining and you can start over from the start right away. Enjoy.

So here is, another update on the Baneblade. This time, it is on the idler/drive wheels. The next posting will be on the track links. Until then, enjoy and see you all next posting.

Continuing with the build and the track links session. The only thing I forgot to photo, was the individual carving of the track pads and the placement of each.

Wow Silver, what an amazing build. Those track links are superb, easily my favourite part of this model...

 Ruglud wrote:
Wow Silver, what an amazing build. Those track links are superb, easily my favourite part of this model...

Thanks for looking in and for your comment. The tracks are usually done using a jig to keep them straight and stopping them from curving "going banana". In my case, I forgo the jig and eyeballed it. For me it works, for others, they may have to do a jig to help them out.

I started to do some weathering of the hull and adding some insignias. The next two postings wil be on the side sponsons and the making of the heavy bolters.

Bring it to a GW store when it's done, and check to see if they even notice the difference!
I didn't at the first glance. Good job!

 thenoobbomb wrote:
Bring it to a GW store when it's done, and check to see if they even notice the difference!
I didn't at the first glance. Good job!

I have showed my models at some tourneys and have had some very interesting comments like "no way that's paper"

Here are the photo sequence for the other side of the sponson. Enjoy and see you all soon with more updates