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Wow I've only just found this thread, that is some amazing work. The casting is pristine. Did it take you long to make your vac chamber/pressure caster? Me and my girlfriend had a go at makinga vac chamber but only used 3mm acrylic for the lid and the hoover we used for suction ripped the centre right out the centre of it in less than a second!

That's funny I gravitated to the same red as you, even before I had read your post
And I just have to say, as strange as it sounds, every time I see those feet, they make me smile

I know this might be a stupid question but what color are you planning on painting these beauties?

Sheep - Thanks!

RSJake - I have an extra shin plate and a head plate I'll be test painting in the 2 reds I'm leaning towards (The insignia red and the character red, with the weird top). You can find a bunch of good airbrush tutorials on youtube as well as in books. Right now I'm just using them to lay down paint, I haven't used them to do any shading or weathering. I'll be experimenting with both of these things throughout the course of this project though.

mindfield - Thanks!

JoeyHeadwounds - You might want to try reading the thread.

MajorTom11 - LOL!

WarMill - Thanks! Our first pressure pot didn't have a lid so we built one out of 2 1.5inch thick sheets of plexiglass (so we could see if the materials bubbled over). After putting power to it and testing it we started talking about different projects and basically not paying attention. We heard a VERY loud crack and looked down. There was a crack forming through both sheets. Needless to say we quickly disconnected the air and went out and purchased another pressure pot with lid. The vacuum chamber was the only part that required any sort of construction and it's just a few blocks of wood on the end of some pipe fittings. How big are the items you're trying to vacuform? I ask because I have a small vacuform setup and I'd be willing to trade some for some laser cut pieces

joshoftheforest - Thanks! It's a nice "not toy like" red. The feet were probably the neatest thing in the build as far as we're concerned. They've got so much detail and came out very nice!

medabee - I'm going to be going for Legio Metalica color scheme

I'm not going have as much hazard striping but there will be some on each of them. I'll be doing Gold edging as well.

Two nights ago I managed to get the toes and crotch painted. I didn't take any pictures of these as my back has not been happy with me spraying for roughly 6 hours a day for 3 days in a row. Between painting these parts and the 2 lots of Grey Knights in my other plog I'm over doing it a bit. I'm also starting a new job on the 25th so that will cut down on the amount of painting I can do. I'm planning on at least having the legs primer finished before then.

3 inches of plexiglass and it cracked? Ouch. Its always fun discovering the real tolerances for materials, I had the joy of discovering just how much force even a 0.5mm cutter generates on a piece of chemiwood in my cnc on a tester for our turret sprue. Seeing the result of 3 evenings of cutting explode into tiny shrapnel is not the most pleasurable experience.
We wont be doing any major casting for a while but if you pm us with the sort of thing you're looking for maybe we could come to an arrangement

Yay for updates. As always, loving your work Foda.

By the Gods just give me a minuet so I can find my jaw on the floor.

WarMill - If you think that's weird we've managed to break 2 cast iron meat grinders just by attaching them to my table saw! We were trying to do that old GW trick of sticking sprue in a meat grinder to make rubble but we never even got to turn it!

Brother Bartius - Thanks!

fox-light713 - Thanks!
Well set 1 is finally complete! I thought I had finished it earlier but I missed the hip pieces


Set 2 has been started and I'll be doing some more of it tonight!

Foda_Bett wrote:If you think that's weird we've managed to break 2 cast iron meat grinders just by attaching them to my table saw! We were trying to do that old GW trick of sticking sprue in a meat grinder to make rubble but we never even got to turn it!

I hope you at least stepped down the RPM's.

We did it the old fashioned way: drink lots of beer and belittle the new guys into doing it.

- H8

Man these are looking better every time I peek at this thread! You have put some serious detail into these, I've seen so many titan projects where there is just huge expanses of blank space and it is really a joy to see the tiny little details all over these beauties!

It's making me yearn for my own super-heavy, but seeing as I don't yet posess even a fully painted 1500pts force, I don't think it's going to happen for a while

Btw, is your brand of paint seriously called 'Mr Colour', that made me chuckle for a good few minutes

WOW JUST WOW

i've got to say, that is some pretty amazing stuff man. Keep up the updates.

Looking really good.
Can't wait to see some paint & assemblage!

Hatemonger - Actually we broke the "hinge" part that connects to the table area. We weren't even able to get a single turn because it breaks before we can finish tightening it.

Leigen_Zero - Thanks! It's really called "Mr Colour", it's thinned with "Mr Thinner" and their gap filler is called "Mr Dissolved Putty".

prototype_X - Thanks!

caledoneus - Thanks!

Zeke 169 - Thanks!

Legs set 2 is finished priming!

(OOPS that's set 1 pictured again... you can see set 2 under it )
Set 3 will start tonight!

Wonderful!! So exciting!!

epicness has reached critical mass.

OMG! Those Titans are awesome! I am also local to the DFW area, so if you take those bad boys out to a local shop, I would love a heads-up so I can admire them in person.

joshoftheforest - Thanks!

Orinoco - Thanks!

Foolheart - When they finally get ready I'll let y'all know. Right now I work at the Hobby Town USA in Plano all day Saturday, so you're welcome to come on by and say hello! Tomorrow I've got a 20k game against a few friends of mine so check the batreps section for a report later.


Well you read the title right, set 3 is finally primed!


We found some more filters for the air vent as well so hopefully set 4 won't have such a long wait!

Amazing, simply amazing.

Now are you planning on painting every piece individually? Or Painting the entire piece assembled?
Still looking great

I tried the meat grinder trick, even went to some old antique places to see if I could find something that would work. Ended up going through two coffee grinders before I finally just bought a 100 blender. That thing turns sprues into rubble in seconds.

Titans still looking awesome by the way.

This is absolutely incredible - I have no idea how much patience you must have, I get peeved if my fine detail brush splits, I'd probably kill someone if I took a project like this on!

I can't wait to see more, serious respect

As always, I never get tired of admiring a great mechanicus work You said youre using them already at an apoc game? Batreps? yes please

Goodluck on the Apoc game Foda, hopefully you got the Hounds ready for that in time

Xmortis - Thanks!
joshoftheforest - Thanks! They'll be painted individually so when the pose is changed it won't uncover and uncolored bit.
jabbakahut - Thanks! Do you happen to have a name for the blender? I just did a search for "100 blender" and I couldn't find any decent looking models.
kitch102 - Thanks! I've come close to killing a few people during this but its fairly relaxing.
mindfield - Thanks! I had an apoc game but the warhounds were not involved. I forgot that my friend was a WAAC gamer and I quit before my second turn.


Well set 4 is half primed!


I'm getting really close to repriming the bodies!

Amazing!

So, seriously, which one is mine?

Nice to see a well thought out and detailed titan project. Keep up the excellent work!

Incredible casting technique. Admittedly, I have to be quick today, so, to my shame, can't read through the entire thread for any possible insights on it, but your work is really impressive. Can't wait to see the end result.

It will be awesome to see these assembled and ready for battle!

So when d'you start casting the live ammunition for this beast anyway?

MajorTom11 - Thanks!
Screwattack - Thanks!
Marcin Ciszewicz - Thanks!
logg_frogg - Thanks!
kitch102 - LOL! I like how you think

In a display of much fumes and the end of my last bottle of Tamiya Lacquer Thinner set 4 is primed!


Next up is a double check of all the sets and then touch ups if needed!
This will all probably have to wait till Friday though as my new job has me going to bed earlier and arriving home later. I get around 4 hours each night before I've got to go to bed! Tonight that was taken up with some deals in the swap shop and spraying the last legs here. Tomorrow... well probably more grey knight experimentation! Check my other thread for that info.