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I am so amazingly excited right now!! Thank you so so much for these frequent updates!!

Good God man. Just wasted the first hour of my workday going through this thing. Out. . Standing. Keep it up!

Geez i feel like you should get better stats for how much time you put into these...

Firstly Wow this is amazing!
I found dakka this evening at about 20:00 because i tried to find some tipps for a Warlord right now its 5:35 in the morning (i`m from Germany) and I finished reading this Thread.
AWESOME!!!

One question how much money and time did you over all spend for this project?

Plz don`t coment if i made any writing mistakes english isn`t my motherlanguage.

regards from Germany

joshoftheforest - Thanks!

TheMumm - Thanks!

Defiler37 - Thanks!

DerKoebs - Thanks! I'm sure I've said it somewhere in this log before but lots of money has gone into this.

Set 1 has been reexamined and the few flaws that were there were sanded down and it has been put aside for paint.

We also did some light sanding on any overly smooth areas which might have given us trouble when painting.

I hope to catch a view of them when they are complete in Plano.

Why do I love Dakka? Because they've got everything from guests who have no idea what is going on, to first-time painters, to fluff-junkies, to people SCRATCH-BUILDING TITANS!

I've been floating through this thread for a while now, and I finally can't contain it anymore. The scale of this project literally blows my mind. Or it did until you actually started making bits. Then the detail and professional look of those bits blew my mind again. The work being done in this P&M both depresses me and inspires me in the same instant. Keep up the amazing/astounding/limitless-other-a-ing words work, and *high-five* for having the balls to do this.

Foda_Bett wrote:
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.

I Just used it today.
Oster BRLY07 600-Watt Fusion Blender
But it looks like they might not make it anymore, makes me happier to have mine now.

some very exceptional skills you have.

In fact, here is an example of what it does to marine trees.

Hey Foda, have you posted your latest Apoc game yet? SOrry I missed following this thread for a while

Will these be lit -LED??

foda-bett wrote:

Well every good gattling gun needs to spin, and titan sized ones are no exception.

Another view:



Your thread inspired me to make my own smaller version of this Gatling-gun . TL Assault-cannon for a razorback. Thanks for detailed posts & pics -it helped a lot!

Glad to see that there is some more progress going on here. This is my ALL TIME FAVORITE thread!

Very, very impressive! I know you do get that a lot. Even though there are some design choices, that I would have made quite differently, the quality and professionalism leaves nothing to wish for.

Pied_Piper11 - Thanks!

-Cypher- Thanks!

jabbakahut - Thanks for the link! I'm watching a few on ebay and either this paycheck or the next I'm going to bite the bullet. Spending $70 on a blender and not being able to "enjoy" it the way its ment is probably going to make this the oddest tool I've ever purchased. And thanks for the pictures of the aftermath. Did you put them straight in there or did you trim the sprues first?

Smitty0305 - Thanks!

mindfield - That's ok. I didn't really put up a batrep as I wasn't feeling like it after finding out my opponent was a real WAAC type and had so many proxies I got lost before the first turn.
Here's some pics
http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v314/Foda_Bett/40k/Games/Kenny%20F%204-20-11/?start=all

smurfmaster - You might want to go back a few pages and see the videos. Cool assault cannon BTW! I'm glad we could help!

TTG BUNKER - Thanks!

Baiyuan - Thanks! By all means please feel free to build a titan with different design choices. We'd love to see differing views on GW's dogmatic (no pun intended in this case) views on their space robots.


Well today in a flurry of work I managed to get a ton of painting done on my Grey Knights (see my other painting log) and got the last 3 sets of legs sanded!


Next up I've got to start experimenting with other ways to thin my last few bottles of Tamiya primer, and find some more, as it seems they're still having trouble getting the stuff into the country.

@Foda_Bett
No problem. I actually used it to make a smoothie for the first time last week! Works good for that too.

I do trim all the sprues into their longest lengths then cut them in half. It's easy to play around and see what will happen, this blender can handle whatever you want to put in it.

You mix in a bit of rock and the results are perfect.

Thats too bad on the apoc game Foda, so many proxies would indeed defeat the purpose of having built the great effort on those awesome models of yours, only to arrive facing shoeboxes, so to speak Goodluck on your next apoc game then Foda. Your warhounds are still looking awesome as ever. Good job

Sweet!! What's the next step?

How in creation did I miss this amazing thread? There is nothing but greatness all throughout here. Thank you for sharing these skills, tactics, construction shot etc. Awesome.

Anything in the last 15 days of note, not trying to bug just curious.

Nice warhounds!

jabbakahut - Thanks! This coming paycheck will be definately be going towards one of those blenders.

mindfield - Thanks! I told my opponent that when they're finished I'll call them warlords if I ever play him again.

joshoftheforest - Thanks! Next will be priming the head cover, and the drivers.

Ambull - Thanks!

medabee - The titans were on hold until I could find some more primer. I had to get it shipped from Hong Kong. 12 bottles of primer and 3 bottles of thinner + shipping cost me $150! When I start using the red paint I've chosen I really don't want to see that bill.

HAZZER - Thanks!

Since we got more primer in last night expect to see some work done this weekend!

Wow, I’ve just finished reading through the WHOLE thread yes the WHOLE thread,(I know I'm that sad! Lol!).
@ boba_fett- what resin did you use?
For a beginner what would you recommend for casting?(I'm fancying starting to use resin too!)
Are 2 part moulds better?
How do you do your moulds?
If you use a vacuum chamber how better are the results in casting wise?
Is It worth casting most or all of the parts?
Fancy sharing measurements?
Where did you get the forge world crew from?
Was it eBay?
HAZZER.

HAZZER wrote:Wow, I’ve just finished reading through the WHOLE thread yes the WHOLE thread,(I know I'm that sad! Lol!).
@ boba_fett-
1.what resin did you use?
2.For a beginner what would you recommend for casting?(I'm fancying starting to use resin too!)
3.Are 2 part moulds better?
4.How do you do your moulds?
5.If you use a vacuum chamber how better are the results in casting wise?
6.Is It worth casting most or all of the parts?
7.Fancy sharing measurements?
8.Where did you get the forge world crew from?
9.Was it eBay?
HAZZER.

1.

Foda_Bett wrote:Toreador - I just found the website again (I usually call in my orders).
http://www.jgreer.com/index.htm
I usually get the AeroMarine Casting Resin, and QM 128 Pourable, one gallon kit (10:1 Silicone)
If you order from him tell him Dave Christensen from The Colony sent you We've been doing business for a few years now and John's a swell guy.

2.

Foda_Bett wrote:
sennacherib - I started using resin with a Alumulite casting kit. It runs $75 USD and it comes with some resin, silicon, and a demo VHS. After that I picked up some info from a local guy who does some resin casting. There are some great websites out there that do resin casting, just do a google search on "resin casting" and you'll find some great ones.

3.

Foda_Bett wrote:
adam - You're very right, and all of my molds so far have been 1 part (1 side is flat) which makes them less labor intensive but doesn't make them that much cheaper.
I show off my molds and people go "Well why don't you just cast up a space marine army." Its not that simple I try to stick to single part molds because they last ALOT longer than 2 parts, and often times the resin ends up being more expensive than GWs high prices.

4.Try page 6, where I walk through casting the legs.

5.The pressure removes bubbles, the vacuum allows the mold to get closer to the master and thus increase detail.

6.Only parts you don't want to rebuild

7.

Foda_Bett wrote:The plans can be found here
http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/bwc-archive/

8.

Foda_Bett wrote:
Phoenix - Yeah there a plans for lights all over. For the cockpit we've gotta finish the pilots first before moving on, as they can take up a bunch of room. I picked up a sentinel driver as well as the forgeworld standing titan crew to see if they can be put together anyway.

9.Nope just Forgeworld and GW

Foda_Bett wrote:

HAZZER wrote:Wow, I’ve just finished reading through the WHOLE thread yes the WHOLE thread,(I know I'm that sad! Lol!).
@ boba_fett-
1.what resin did you use?
2.For a beginner what would you recommend for casting?(I'm fancying starting to use resin too!)
3.Are 2 part moulds better?
4.How do you do your moulds?
5.If you use a vacuum chamber how better are the results in casting wise?
6.Is It worth casting most or all of the parts?
7.Fancy sharing measurements?
8.Where did you get the forge world crew from?
9.Was it eBay?
HAZZER.

1.

Foda_Bett wrote:Toreador - I just found the website again (I usually call in my orders).
http://www.jgreer.com/index.htm
I usually get the AeroMarine Casting Resin, and QM 128 Pourable, one gallon kit (10:1 Silicone)
If you order from him tell him Dave Christensen from The Colony sent you We've been doing business for a few years now and John's a swell guy.

2.

Foda_Bett wrote:
sennacherib - I started using resin with a Alumulite casting kit. It runs $75 USD and it comes with some resin, silicon, and a demo VHS. After that I picked up some info from a local guy who does some resin casting. There are some great websites out there that do resin casting, just do a google search on "resin casting" and you'll find some great ones.

3.

Foda_Bett wrote:
adam - You're very right, and all of my molds so far have been 1 part (1 side is flat) which makes them less labor intensive but doesn't make them that much cheaper.
I show off my molds and people go "Well why don't you just cast up a space marine army." Its not that simple I try to stick to single part molds because they last ALOT longer than 2 parts, and often times the resin ends up being more expensive than GWs high prices.

4.Try page 6, where I walk through casting the legs.

5.The pressure removes bubbles, the vacuum allows the mold to get closer to the master and thus increase detail.

6.Only parts you don't want to rebuild

7.

Foda_Bett wrote:The plans can be found here
http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/bwc-archive/

8.

Foda_Bett wrote:
Phoenix - Yeah there a plans for lights all over. For the cockpit we've gotta finish the pilots first before moving on, as they can take up a bunch of room. I picked up a sentinel driver as well as the forgeworld standing titan crew to see if they can be put together anyway.

9.Nope just Forgeworld and GW

Thanks for the help!
How much would I need to spend on a vacume chamber?
What other tools did you use?
How do you get the part that has been casted out?

Tamiya primer is ok, but overpriced for what you get.

Great, cost effective ($4-6 a can!) is Krylon indoor/outdoor spray primer. Great stuff.

Liking your progress on these though.

wolfshadow - Thanks for the compliment. However, I'm not about to use some detail obscuring cheap spray can primer on 2 years worth of work. There is no way to regain the detail I'm going to lose when I rattle can a primer and the airbrush over it.

Well after a good night's spraying the cockpit bits and the head piece are all primed!

Awesome stuff. I think the cockpits are the bits I'm most looking forward to being fully assembled.