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These things are looking incredibly professional. Seriously, its like you bought them from forge world...excellent work!

Element206 wrote:Seriously, its like you bought them from forge world...excellent work!

I'd say it's even better than that!

Foda_Bett wrote:Hatemonger - I'll be honest I've never even opened the bottle of Tenax. We currently have 20 bottles of Pro-Weld that we use. Pro-Weld is the same type of glue but if it ain't broke...

Oh I understand, but I'm on the opposite side: I've used Tenax forever and don't want to switch, but it's getting harder to find.

BTW, I found this article about Tamiya primer. There's also a hobby store nearby that's going out of business, so if you know what stock # your favorite is, I could see if they have any.

It's a bit of crazyness in our garage/workshop. Most people think it's a meth lab where others think it's paradise. I'm leaning towards the latter

Those are not mutually exclusive, you know.

Keep up the awesome!

- H8

you finally updated this? very impressed I can't wait to see them finished. I'd buy one if it wasn't going to land you in a ton of trouble haha.

after this whole chapter house thing you should PM me. if they win you should be good.

Nice use of the grommets - where did you find the hose?

one of the best wips ive ever seen
dude you have the tools and the talent.

You sir, are a legend


may the God-Emperor protect you from chaos, and let him protect us if you ever fall to the taint

Real beautiful Work of art man, good to see youre updating again.

Been looking through this thread and all i can say is Awesome
(i'm so jealous )
nice work
hope to see them painted some day

I sincerely suspect that Foda is a rogue FW/GW magi, dissatisfied with the system, eventually formed his own forge and declared war on his previous forge brothers! Hehehehe

The leg detail is great! Getting really close!

Often the fires of war burn hot seprating the marine from the common man, this is no common man but a articifer!

Regards,
Carl

i cant wait to see them all painted up

This is the most epic build I have ever seen...Brilliant work!

Dan

Its better than forgeworld seriously fantastic work !!!!

I find you guilty on all counts of being awesome.

I can't believe you built that with on your own still... very inspiring...

NEEDS MORE WONKY BITS. CRAFTS FOR THE MODELING GOD!

Oh, no updates yet? :( bummer..

Neroku - Thanks!
Ixias - Thanks! I'm afraid I'm going to rely on that age old programmer response "They'll be done when they're done"
joshoftheforest - Thanks!
Cave_Dweller - Thanks!
Ramos Asura - Thanks! The little springy bits are some cheap bracelets I picked up at a dollar store.
fatrhertime13 - Thanks!
medabee - LOL! Thanks!
Element206 - Thanks!
Cosmic - Thanks!
Hatemonger - Thanks, and thanks for the offer I've got a case of the primer now so I think that will hold through this project.
wash-away - Thanks! But I don't think I'll PM you, these are not for sale.
Zeke 169 - Thanks!
shingouki - Thanks!
Zomjie - Thanks!
mindfield - Thanks! It's less of being upset at their designs and more of being unhappy with the QC (or lack their of) that forgeworld has, and total lack of money.
Leafdancer - Thanks! It'll be a long while before you're going to be seeing paint
RiTides - Thanks!
Ghiest1 - Thanks!
D.Smith - Thanks!
Paranoia_Agent - Thanks!
MajorTom11 - Thanks!
crazypsyko666 - Thanks!

mindfield - I've honestly thought y'all would be a little bored of a few updates here and there saying "Got the first set of legs sanded" "Got the second set sanded."




Yep that's all we've accomplished we've got the 4 sets of legs sanded, next step is to double check them all and then prime them.

Not boring at all! I personally love hearing about all the little steps, makes me feel like I'm a part of this super epic project!

And epic is the only way to describe this I want to keep encouraging you so we see the finished product eventually. Dont get to see 4 warhounds lined up very often, nevermind scratchbuilt lol

Dan

Sorry bout the implied impatience there Foda. The story is quite the same with my own titan project, it's alot of baby steps here and there. It's the quality of work that matters at the end of the story anyhow Good luck with the build, it's still going nicely, alot of people count on it to be awesome when theyre all standing and ready for priming

To bad these won't make the April mega game, they would be perfect for it.

joshoftheforest wrote:Not boring at all! I personally love hearing about all the little steps, makes me feel like I'm a part of this super epic project!

I second that. Just because it's boring or simple to you doesn't mean there's no info to share. I mean, what exactly are you sanding on those? Were the mold lines off? Were there lots of bubbles you had to fill? Does that mean something to you for how you might do the molds differently, etc, etc?

And, if nothing else, it lets us know that you're still working on it, which makes lots of people happy.

- H8

joshoftheforest - Thanks! And here ya go

D.Smith - Thanks!

mindfield - No offense taken. I get the same way with some of the p-logs i follow on here. Sometimes you just wish life would leave people alone so they could do their hobby It's too bad that the titan won't actually be standing in their primer coat and awaiting sanding. Due to the way the joints work they'll be totally disassembled. It would be really cool to see them in all white.

erw135 - Thanks! Fear not though, I hear Brian is working hard trying to get his warhound done so y'all will be facing his reaver and the hound.

Hatemonger - Thanks! The first set of sanding (which we finished last post) was so the paint would stick to the resin surface. The next coat of sanding will be where required over the primer. The primer coat for the bodies required a great bit of sanding while the coat of primer I just put down looks like it will not require as much sanding.

Two nights ago I put down the first coat of primer on the legs. After the things learned on the bodies we were able to put down a smoother primer coat than before. Basically we thinned the primer a little more, switched to a single action airbrush, and cranked the pressure up to 30 psi. This allowed nice even coats which will not (for the most part) require touch up sanding and re spraying.



After letting this sit I realized it was time to start thinking about a good red to start painting these guys. I'd done some research into Tamiya paint and they have a VERY limited red selection, so I started looking into my backup brand Gunze. I'd used the Mr Color line when painting some gundams in the past and really liked how forgiving it was. I looked at a list of their colors on Sprue Brothers and ordered one of each red they carried (with the exception of Metallic and fluorescent) . This would allow me to spray a small test piece in each color to figure out which one would work best. The one thing I don't want to do is mix colors on a project of this scale so I will be using something straight from the bottle.

Right now I'm leaning towards 327, Insignia Red FS11136.

That was all two nights ago. Last night on the other hand I was able to put down the remaining primer on the leg pieces and they're still looking just as beautiful as ever.




Next up is the toes and the crotch of this set and then onto the next 3 sets!

Amazing work mate, a truly professional commitment to the quality and finish of these models.

Always a pleasure to see an update from you.

Could you maybe just primer a piece of plasticard of something and do a few test paint stripes to show us the different colors? It may help some of us who have yet to get into airbrushing figure out where we want to head!

I have had an airbrush for about 20 years, but haven't had an air compressor for about 19 years! I am hoping to get one this month, so I am super interested in air brushing techniques!

I have been following this build for a long time, but I don't remember if I have posted here before! If I haven't, this is probably the most impressive build I have ever seen! Can't wait to see it painted! (I know you hear that alot)

Keep up the great work!

Yup amazing

Amazing work that you're doing on these. I just have to ask if if you have considered making kits for these on commission... once you've finished making the four of them? Just thought I'd ask since you have the molds and everything.

So which one of those is for me ?