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Hey all. Been a while. I return yet again... this time working on a maniple.

Maniple contains in gryphanicus colors.
1 warlord
2 reavers
3 war hounds

First I am working on the warlord after my big move I made.

Progress so far is I got the legs and heads in order.

1 of the heads is a mashing of two heads because my limited edition head I got Los Vegas open this year had missing parts. So anyone want extra warlord head bits i actually have some..

On to the photos.


The assembly begins.. cleaned and ready for gluing


assembly continues. Ran 1/4" wood rods soaked in JB weld and super glue into the shin, and thigh/knee.


glued feet and ran rods in the hips as well. Super glue and rods. 3/4" thick rods. 2-3" long each.


standing with its heads

tactical head close up

head 1

head 2


finished legs


knight for scale.

Here and watching, looking interesting so far.

Groovy.

Sooo many giant robots!

EDC

Big robots from the Panda

Whoa. that's a lot of giant robot friends.

Camkierhi wrote:Here and watching, looking interesting so far.

Glad i can hold your interest, even if briefly....

evildrcheese wrote:Groovy.

Sooo many giant robots!

EDC

I got them some groovy hands too.

Theophony wrote:Big robots from the Panda

I got big everything, but time and money.

amazingturtles wrote:Whoa. that's a lot of giant robot friends.

Going to a Voltron approach soon...

Progress on the torso...

Each panel is warped to some degree and requires bending. For now, they are cleaned, sanded, and about to be washed.

Tomorrow I will bend them and clamp the bottom layer together.

Always find it curious that they can't make a straight panel. But they look so good, so much detail.

Camkierhi wrote:Always find it curious that they can't make a straight panel. But they look so good, so much detail.

It is the material issue. It has a low bending temp that is arrived at during shipping and when freshly removed from the mould. Other plastics are higher temps.


Anyways after fiddling and screwing, bending, panda love making, whispering sweet nothing's, and crying I got it to go together in a decent way in 2 hours. It has gaps that will be filled.

Progress shot.

Loving the progress so far.

...and secretly envious - wish I could afford one of these.

Panda love making What took up the other 2hours???

Good start getting the frame together.

Well it is a large model isn't it, so bulky.

schoon wrote:Loving the progress so far.

...and secretly envious - wish I could afford one of these.

Thank you. Happy to demonstrate poor money habits

Theophony wrote:Panda love making What took up the other 2hours???

Good start getting the frame together.

About 1hr of crying 30 minutes talking to the voices and 29.5 watching the glue dry.

Camkierhi wrote:Well it is a large model isn't it, so bulky.

It is 24" tall without weapons on top


Today's progress is I put in a really deadly magnet in the waste. Has a 20lb hold..

Wow, Panda is back with a bang. Looking great so far.

Wait, you bought TWO heads for your warlord?! Don't those things cost 50£?!

 EmberlordofFire8 wrote:
Wait, you bought TWO heads for your warlord?! Don't those things cost 50£?!

Ah the sweet irony of asking that when he bought a Titan manipul.

Isn't it spelled "maniple"?

 Kepora wrote:
Isn't it spelled "maniple"?

His are obviously French and will have an outrageous accent you see .

40kFSU wrote:Wow, Panda is back with a bang. Looking great so far.

Cheers. Nice to see you alive 40kFSU

EmberlordofFire8 wrote:Wait, you bought TWO heads for your warlord?! Don't those things cost 50£?!

MONEY is best spent towards happiness and not reason.

Theophony wrote:

 EmberlordofFire8 wrote:
Wait, you bought TWO heads for your warlord?! Don't those things cost 50£?!

Ah the sweet irony of asking that when he bought a Titan manipul.

When mars delivers, no expense is spared.

Kepora wrote:Isn't it spelled "maniple"?

Theophony wrote:

 Kepora wrote:
Isn't it spelled "maniple"?

His are obviously French and will have an outrageous accent you see .

Well first off.. I finished the magnets on the torso... and I am still laughing about it. They are so strong I can loft the warlord by the top.



Secondly trying to install shoulder joints now. It is bent drastic. Bender be proud.

That thing is massive. Ive never actually seen a Warlord with a hand for scale.


Could you do another pic with a banana, also for scale?

 EmberlordofFire8 wrote:
That thing is massive. Ive never actually seen a Warlord with a hand for scale.


Could you do another pic with a banana, also for scale?

I will banana scale it tomorrow.. reason being I just did a 7 part glue.

While I am at it I will take other scale requests.

So project update. Just dumped a ton of money on tools. I think at the end I will write up a list of things I used as a suggestion.

And well here is the progress... I gave it the clamps!



shoulder time

Nice bit of clamping, can't help but notice they are shiny and new, and the body is 2mm off square!!




JK these bigun's are a different ball game and require a few different tools. But these will stand you in good stead for the group and beyond.

Using real tools just amplifies the feel of how huge this beast is. Tool expense is also a bummer though, but I guess you'll be set for all home projects as well.

Warlord builds are always fun. Welcome to the club!

Adopt me! Lol.. I can cook breakfast at any time of day!

Camkierhi wrote:Nice bit of clamping, can't help but notice they are shiny and new, and the body is 2mm off square!!




JK these bigun's are a different ball game and require a few different tools. But these will stand you in good stead for the group and beyond.

I do enjoy being a prepared kind of guy. I actually had those clamps for years now .

But my heart sank hard about the off square joke. You got me good.

Theophony wrote:Using real tools just amplifies the feel of how huge this beast is. Tool expense is also a bummer though, but I guess you'll be set for all home projects as well.

If I want to live in a Swiss cheese house I am good to go. I do enjoy having the things.

whalemusic360 wrote:Warlord builds are always fun. Welcome to the club!

Thanks whale. It means a lot to me coming from you. I have seen your warlord and stuff. I watched closely before doing mine.

RedSarge wrote:Adopt me! Lol.. I can cook breakfast at any time of day!

If you like Idaho. By all means come by. We can do lunch.

Anyways progress.



I am dry fitting about 9 pieces right now. The upper shoulders went smoothly enough that I am not worried. Also they are really sturdy thanks to JB weld. I didn't bother pinning lower large blocks due to how thin that plastic is where they connect. Just tons of weld.

The top reactors are going to be a pretty extreme challenge. The Inside seems seem to have a gap. I think I need to heat the pieces to bend them into shape. Not entirely sure. The rear reactor parts fit flush. Those will be glued first.

The center hull super structure beams fit superbly. The lower power blocks on the side have a 1/16" gap that I will sand down their connection point to fit.

Debating on waiting on gluing the top reactors until I gap filled and sanded the torso.

At minimum future work is rear reactor vents, super structure beams, and the arms either upper or lower weapons.

Stay tuned panda out.

That banana has had it!

Shaping up nicely, JB weld is the thing on these it seems sure I heard couple others talking about it. Going to have to look it up, though I will never build a forgeworld model.

Why did I think you were making a chaos Titan of Slaanesh with this picture? .

Camkierhi wrote:That banana has had it!

Shaping up nicely, JB weld is the thing on these it seems sure I heard couple others talking about it. Going to have to look it up, though I will never build a forgeworld model.

It is a strong 2 part epoxy kind of deal. It sets in a few hours cures in 24. It is cheap and found in walmarts. About 5$ will cover a warlord titan (I was extremely wasteful with the material and need to acquire more. Not intentionally, not the best at judging volume.) It will also gap fill due to its viscosity. However it will pour out as it dries if given the chance, tho not by much. It's hold is rated at 4.5klbs which is about double my usual gorilla glue apoxy.

Theophony wrote:
Why did I think you were making a chaos Titan of Slaanesh with this picture? .

The fruits you would to see bare this image have a sense of appeal to you that is plainteen-ly comical and just in general bananas. Alas you make the thread rather humorful and fun so by all means keep it. Also some how you know what my next big project is...

 cormadepanda wrote:









Stay tuned panda out.

Thank you.

Nice progress, Panda.