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Washmachines.. diabolical creations of the Dark Mechanicus to harass men with their evil doing.. I don't like them, they don't like me, and they smell..

No updates yet? aww...

When i first saw the Knex i though 'Oh Boy...' but 10 seconds and 2 pages later, i have been shocked by how bloody good it is

Right, work is about to restart! plans for the hols were put on hold when my heating broke grrrrr. Anyways. Over the hols the pelvis starting rotating under the weight of the torso - a few sticks of glue and some bits and peices of re-inforcement I'm hoping the problems solve. It's due to the knex inside having not strength rotationally the way i put them together. It seems to take a lot of weight from above though. Another weakness seems to be where the legs join the feet, they bend forward slightly as most of the uper weight is forwards of them. Hopefully this won't be a major problem as it's not fixable without stripping the bottoms of the legs. Be warned if you make your own - make these two areas stronger! Any how, I'm hoping to get a good amount of the basic colours on tonight so may have somehtikng new to show by Monday - watch this space.

Would also like suggestions for a name for this chappy.

How about:
'pugnus imperator'
(fist of the emperor)

Looking forward to seeing the rest of this build very much

Wow! That looks fantastic! In the first pictures when you were using cardboard and sponge I was not able to realize just what it was you were planning to do so I was a bit leary - but this has turned out exceptionally! Glory to the Omnissiah!

Thanks for the leg enforcement tips.

Kasrkin Jack wrote:When i first saw the Knex i though 'Oh Boy...' but 10 seconds and 2 pages later, i have been shocked by how bloody good it is

Ahaha. Yeah I was going 'what?' as well. Stellar looking. I hope you do such a mighty canvas justice.

/didn't get quite as much done as I'd hoped, painting such a alrge area took more time than I'd hoped and still needs another coat. Anyway, first basic colours are done, you can't really see in the photo but the black areas have a slight metalic blue and red tinge and a bit of rusty red on them. The grey has been sponged on to give a mottled effect but does need another coat - it looks more like it's missed bits than being a subtle mottle at the moment. The thing by the right foot is a guardsmen for scale. I've measured and he's 24" tall. More to come soon.

...wow. At first glance from those early shots, I expect much, but that turned out rather nice! Good work!

Very nice; if you wouldn't tell nobody would know tyou managed to make it so cheaply. My only gripe are the weapons arms that look a tad small, but other then that it's an amazing project!

seriously, nicely done.

This is a very impressive Warlord titan covenant! I like your combination of cheap materials with an eye for details; the addition of all of that small stuff really separates this one from many attempts I've seen in the past. I'd love to see that thing on the table!!

Covenant84, you are the Omnissiah.

Accolade wrote:This is a very impressive Warlord titan covenant! I like your combination of cheap materials with an eye for details; the addition of all of that small stuff really separates this one from many attempts I've seen in the past. I'd love to see that thing on the table!!

QFT

It's so easy to get lost on insane details during your scratch build. The way you've quickly accomplished a very effective model is just astounding. I'll spend a couple more years planing my Warlord, and you're ready to go!

very impressive! Nice to see your titan finally got a lick of paint! Really gets me motivated to continue on mine, wich at the moment still needs additional armour plating (or cardboard plating, as some would call it) I really like the mottled effect on it.. Who needs expensive, wallet-obliterating models from Forge World when you can build them yourself, eh?

Thanks for the comments everyone, they're good encouragement to stick with it. I've got a 2nd coat of grey on him over the weekend, still trying to achieve a mottled effect but more subdued than on the above photo - in person it looks like a bad paintjob! Also I want to add some weathering which wouldn't look right without the grey being a bit more prominant. There's still a few areas needing more grey at the moment such as part of the back and the feet, then it's onto re-coating some deatils in black then I'll be cracking on with some metalics. Hoping to have got some metals coloured by the end of this week. Will update when there's a bit more to show.

FerrumIgnatus - do you have a blog of your's?

Can't wait to see the final product! I really respect the work you've put into it!

Awesome work. good to see a titan can be made without spending a massive amount on it.

Wow, that's actually really good! The guns are way too puny though, imo.

ph34r wrote:Wow, that's actually really good! The guns are way too puny though, imo.

That's not good. Its is absolutely awesome. This is the best looking scratch built titan i seen so far. only one problem though, everything looks cool including the main guns but they are just to small. But then again i could not scratch-built something for No offense meant.

Keep up the good work

The weapons being small seems to becoming a theme here. Personally I don't think they're too bad. They're not quiite in proportion with the epic model but any bigger and i think they'd be way overscaled compared to other 40K weapons (even though many of those aren't to scale with each other!). The gattling cannon does look small in the last picture especially, I'm wondering if it's partly down to the camera angle. Will try include some shots from other angles when a bit more paints on to see what you think then. not sure if it's fixable though. Maybe a carful paint job will make them stand out a bit more too.

I feel like I'm parroting everyone else, but this really does look amazing!

But not sure I agree with everyone else, the guns are probably about the same size as the FW guns for the Reaver, it's just the chassis is much bigger.

I live in Brum too, where abouts are you planning the debut showing of the model?

Squawk, Squawk, Squawk, Polly wants a cracker

Seriously though, looks great m8. Really wondered where you going from the start couple of photos

However i'm glad you knew Nice job.

covenant84 wrote:FerrumIgnatus - do you have a blog of your's?

Yup, you can see my pink behemoth here; http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/268478.page

Keep in mind, I haven't done much, since I've been working on and off on this project and getting a bit distracted by other things.. (like a small -probably 500 pts.- Rogue Trader themed Imp. Guard/Mercenary Space Marine army..)

@ BishopGore - I'll be heading to the city centre GW for the grand unvieling. Not sure when yet, if you see someone heading there with a hold-all just think Warlord! What part of brum you from?

covenant84 wrote:@ BishopGore - I'll be heading to the city centre GW for the grand unvieling. Not sure when yet, if you see someone heading there with a hold-all just think Warlord! What part of brum you from?

Currently just outside Northfield, so I usually frequent the City Centre GW when I find the time. Hopefully I shall be around to see the Warlord appearing, if you let me know I can make the trip up for sure

Will do. I'm in Bartley Green - not that far away!!!!! Small world lol.

Hey all. Just a small update. Have started to add a few extra colours. Have base on for some of the gold/brass bits, plus the base colours for the guns. Needs lenses, golden areas, other metalics and a few details picking out, transfers adding and then weathering plus the base. Getting there slowly. Dreading the interior though, I always find it a part that I'm least motivated to paint as it's not easily seen.

Have also got a picture from the side to show the gatling gun. It's a little underscale as said compared to the epic model, but is in scale with other 40K models.

Enjoy!

Excellent work!
Espescially considering the budget.

I found out yesterday that we have a friend in common, I'm helping Tom build his Gargant