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a94marbo wrote:

the damned artificer wrote:I must say, this is my favourite mars pattern reaver scratch build! The level of craftsmanship is amazing, and the execution of the round armour plates are so freekin' delicious
This is most definitely high class work, now I just have to find a way to convince you not to go nurgle on this beauty :p No but seriously, what is the plan for the paint job ?? I find the all mould green nurgle look a bit too much on such a large model, as it never looks convincing enough as the amount of green swallows up the rot and decay, so I'd go for a scheme like legio mortis or a similar dark one to underline that it's basically evil and then go all in on the blistered and battered paintwork and have ooze running out of joints and gaps and boyles, lots of rust, mould and corrosion and some dark bronze/ gold details with verdigris to capture the old look and underline it's allegiance to nurgle in a more modern scifi way instead of the cheasy 80's cartoonish green way I really think an awesometastic gorgeoulicious model like this needs that kind of special attention
Anyway consider me a huge fan of your work and subscribed

Thanks for for all kind words!
About the paintjob.
I have 2 options that I still havent decided yet.
1. Pre-heresy Death Guard white scheme with some flesh details and big Nurgle sculp on the main armour. Bronze/steel rims and lots of rust. Ordered a bunch of weathering powder from FW.
2. Metallics. Steel, steel steel, rust, rust and bronze rims and lots of flesh starting to grow on it. I have lots of zombies that can be added as daemonic possession and a bucket of spawn bits as well.

I already have the land raider death guard doors from FW that I will integrate in the groin shields.
The big Nurgle sculpt on the main armour will be this one:


Thoughts?

Just one


"EWW!"

but in a that will look amazing on the finished product kinda way!

Cant wait! I've always had a soft spot for nurgle - its just so gross its cool, nothings more chaotic than decay and disease.

I'd say either way it sounds cool, looking forward to seeing some progress
The symbol could be really cool too, hope it works out nice

This is plasticard,right? Amazing. Did you also use some resin casting?

Thanks all for input and feedback... Nice idea with the symbol. I am leaning on the pre-heresy white scheme.
No resin casting... just plasticard and lots of milliput. Thinking of getting the real FW weapons... starting to get tired of "plasticarding", wanna get to get details and sculpting soon....

that looks amazing.

Long time since last update. The main build is now complete.... almost... I need to order the last two weapons from FW and make the back mounting for the carapace mounted gun.
The front groin shileld fell off after the front picture, thats why it looks a bit funny on the rest of the pics.

Next step is to make all finer details, like rivets, symbols, nuts, fans and other mechanical details. After the that its "nurgle time", but I guess that will be at least 6 months before I reach that stage.

I tried to fix the legs, but I didnt manage to fix it completly. In order to re-position the completly I have to destroy the models upper legs and hip, and that is nothing I am prepared to do.

Front


Left side


Back


Right side


Close-up

are you buying the forge world chaos reaver titan fist?cause i think that would look nice on it.

looks awesome best scratch i have seen, does need bending at the knee though imo

Looking really good - maybe hear what others have to say as well about the stance, but here's something to consider: You've got one of the hottest looking scratchbuilds going, this is a handsome piece of work so far. As things progress you may re-visit the idea of adjusting the legs to really give it the 'oomph!' that it deserves. Just a thought.

The weapon in place there is really good, very much fits in with the design. I can't wait for the Nurgling to start!

jetjetex wrote:are you buying the forge world chaos reaver titan fist?cause i think that would look nice on it.

Thanks for the feedback all.
I was thinking if that, but the fist is not that good in the game. I need other titans/super heavies to attack with it, and in my gaming group I dont forsee any titans or other super heavies for some time. The guns that I will buy is the gatling blaster arm and the plasma blast gun for the carapace.

I might be able to bend the right knee back a bit. I would have to cut off the lower leg below the knee and reposition it without having to damage too much. My first idea was to rotate the leg around the hip joint in order to get the entire leg backwards.

You could try just tilting the knee shield/plate/thing back as far as it will go? that may give it an improved look without upsetting all the work you have done?

Calibanite Lion wrote:You could try just tilting the knee shield/plate/thing back as far as it will go? that may give it an improved look without upsetting all the work you have done?

Tilt the kneepad like this?

Have to say it looks a lot more balanced now than it did. I think I agree with tilting the knee pad backwards a bit (perhaps try rotating it in a graphics program before cutting it off the model first ) - it may well make the leg more dynamically posed.

Otherwise outstanding work as usual.

a94marbo wrote:

Calibanite Lion wrote:You could try just tilting the knee shield/plate/thing back as far as it will go? that may give it an improved look without upsetting all the work you have done?

Tilt the kneepad like this?

yeah thats what i was trying to say lol, as above though, try it on photo edit first

Well all shields are just pinned at the moment, so I am free to test just about anything right now. I will glue them when all parts are painted. Its gonna be hard to reach behind the shields with the brush if they are glued.

I will test your idea when I asseble the titan next time. Many thanks for your suggestions.

This is really cool, you really got commited to the project and made it look splendid!
hope to see more soon

Kindest regards Tobber1202

This is really awesome! Truly amazing! Though I must say that the leg-positioning is crucial, it might involve some risks but those are risks worth taking IMO.

Holy hell! How did you shape those curved plates? Awsome job.

Ditto Ambull's remarks, both on the hotness of the build (really ace work here, man) and on the legs being slightly off. Honestly, it's not the stepping foot that needs adjust but the supporting one (which holds the weight). If you rotated it back at the hip a bit (not enough to require repositioning the toes, even), you would have a good forward-striding pose. As-is the legs are a little too far forwards, making the weight-support seem artificial.

But even if you _didn't_ fix that, this would be amazing. You could just finish it and ignore the slightly odd pose, or even find a way to bulk out the base to draw the eye away from it or explain it (like a crushed building beneath the feet).

wolfshadow wrote:Holy hell! How did you shape those curved plates? Awsome job.

Thanks for the kind words

About the curved shapes. It involves 1mm plasticard sheets, boiling water, burn marks, bending and gluing multple plasticard sheets together in order to get the shapes.

I have used 3 layers of plasticard. First I cut out the basic shape, dip the piece in boiling water for a few seconds. Bending and holding under cold water in order to make the piece stay bent (here is where the burn marks comes). If the first piece dont have exactly the shape you want, you can fix it when you glue the second piece to the first one since when the glue sets it will force both pieces stay exactly the way you want it to be. I used super glue so timing is very important, you only have like 2 seconds to bend the two pieces the way you want it and hold then together before it sets. The third piece is only used to make the piece thicker.

Thats about it, some pieces goes to the trash bin, but after a while you learn. The biggest drawback is the fumes from the super glue when you glue large shapes togther since you need to cover the whole area of the piece, so a well ventilated room is prefered, preferbly with forced ventilation.

great stuff , good humour and good moddelling . good work

a94marbo wrote: so a well ventilated room is prefered, preferbly with forced ventilation.

Well ventilated? Didn't know your TV sofa was that well ventilated.

And I still think that putting the titan in a downward slope would solve the posture issue. Do it!

And Savnock, from what I've heard, (and seen), the base'll get plenty of attention as well.

This is awesome. It almost forces me to get some baneblades just to have them blasted to cinders by this monster.

berglin wrote:

a94marbo wrote: so a well ventilated room is prefered, preferbly with forced ventilation.

Well ventilated? Didn't know your TV sofa was that well ventilated.

As I said, its preferable, I dont think that I am the same person after my heavy glueing sessions in the TV sofa.

do you know what even beter than a narrative diolog? pictures of some progress! The idea sounds freakin awesome! then again anything involving a titan is freakin awesome!


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wow, ok, saw your work, looks fantastic! Is this mostly plasitc card?

Element206 wrote:do you know what even beter than a narrative diolog? pictures of some progress! The idea sounds freakin awesome! then again anything involving a titan is freakin awesome!


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wow, ok, saw your work, looks fantastic! Is this mostly plasitc card?

Thanks. Except for the weapon that is from FW, its 95% plasticard and 5% white milliput.

A quick update on the parts I have done up till now.
I started the mechanical details, rivets, rivets, rivets, rivets, rivets and some other detalis I have shaved of different bits from other kits. Some chaos symbols from the FW eched brass and basic nurgle symbols on the shoulder pads.

That looks absolutely amazing - love the detailing that is emerging now.

Nurgle demands Nurgliness!


but Nurgle damn it... Thats some Freaking awesome Plasticard Skills my freind...

once its painted you could pass it off as a FW titan!

Bloodhorror wrote:Nurgle demands Nurgliness!


but Nurgle damn it... Thats some Freaking awesome Plasticard Skills my freind...

once its painted you could pass it off as a FW titan!

The nurliness comes last, I need to construct all mechanical parts first. Glad you like it.