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IMO the legs are too thin/long/both - looks like a crow.

(And so do the feet, actually - try making them thicker maybe?)

I think it'll balance out a lot more when it has armour and guns on it. Don't forget, its a scout titan, its meant to be agile!!

Keep up your awesome progress. I love it!

ojk9 wrote:IMO the legs are too thin/long/both - looks like a crow.

(And so do the feet, actually - try making them thicker maybe?)

So much for the British penchant for reserved, staid understatement. While I appreciate your candor we'll just have to wait and see if my seat of the pants perceptions are too far off target. As for the feet, as I stated before and were verified by Jabba's work mat dimensions they're very close to perfect. Once the hydraulics, geegaws, and treads are installed they should look thicker.

Whew, I was reading your reply and at first I thought you said, "It looks like a cow!" A 'crow' I can live with.

Blackadder

It's all a matter of perspective, here's a shot of a Warhound where the body looks way too small for the legs and this is a production model

bet it will look even more impresive when you get it completily painted

Great work - I like the look of it.

Keep going, keep going!

awesome man!! keep it up

Another awesome scratchbuilt warhound.

BTW, does anyone know what guns that warlord was equipped with? And is there a picture I could look for that shows what all the titan weapons look like?

for the arms, the warlord has a plasma destructor, volcano cannon, quake cannon, laser blaster, melta cannon, gatling blaster, and close combat weapon.
for the shoulders it has the apocalypse missile launcher, a vortex missile, the duble-barrelled turbo blaster, plasma blastgun, inferno gun, and vulcan megabolter.
however, note that it's not all of them, but just 2 for each area. sorry, but i have no pictures on hand, but there's no definitive answer on the weapons: it's up to you

There is this website called Forge World which may be helpful.

iT LOOKS LIKE IT'LL COME TOGETHER QUITE NICELY, NICE JOB.

Damned warp spawn of a caps lock.

I would just like to say that your Warhound is epic.

you know I was just thinking about camouflage on these things, and I remember someone asking why try to hide something this big ?

Well check this out :-

http://www.shipcamouflage.com/warship_camouflage.htm

It must be worthwhile or they wouldn't do it.

Personally I think camo / muted titans just look cool. Have two Epic scale Warhounds painted very dark Grey, they look menacing even at that scale.

StubbyGB wrote:you know I was just thinking about camouflage on these things, and I remember someone asking why try to hide something this big ?

Well check this out :-

http://www.shipcamouflage.com/warship_camouflage.htm

It must be worthwhile or they wouldn't do it.

Personally I think camo / muted titans just look cool. Have two Epic scale Warhounds painted very dark Grey, they look menacing even at that scale.

Ya know, I had that conversation with my son because we both were aware of the North Atlantic fleets using camouflage in WWII. The reason for that was to disguise the true size of the ship for fooling reconnaissance; Some ships had a false bow wave ( can't remember which ones). Due to the choppy and cloudy nature of the N. Atlantic, such tactics could be marginally effective before the advent of decent radar. The Bismark and the Price Eugen were frequently confused during the hunt for the Bismark due to the similarity of the camouflage and how it served to break up the profile in stormy weather but probably no one didn't know they were there. In the days before radar directed gunfire anything to confuse the gunnery observer was useful. According to some Naval websites I've been on the camoflage usually had the reverse effect and sometimes enhance the ship instead of obscuring it

Quote:

"The dark grey stern and bow was (sic) to shorten the ships length and thus its size, but later tests and studies on ship camouflage conducted by Kapitänleutnant Dechend in 1942 showed, that dark areas of ships accented these parts of the ship rather than concealing them when viewed from a distance. After these studies bows and sterns were painted light grey or white-grey to shorten the ships length. This worked fine (e.g. Tirpitz, Scharnhorst, etc.)."

In the main it was to break up the silhouette not to hide altogether. After the advent of radar very few fleets resorted to camouflage.

One would expect that 38k from now the radar should be at least as effective as it is today so camouflage would be only so much decoration much as painting your tank red ala Blood Angels.

JOAO,

Blackadder

I'm really quite insane you know; based on the underside of the head images provided by Jabba I found out why the muzzle of the beast did not look quite right to me. There are subtle angles not apparent in the images I found on the net and from FW but were revealed in those provided by Jabba. Anyhow I totally sanded off the front of the nose and started over and right now the newly replaced sheathing is drying. then I need to replace the headlight bezels and the grill strips and we're back to where I was a few days ago but hopefully with a better facade more in keeping with a Wolf class Warhound.

Now if I can only find a straight jacket that allows freedom of motion for my hands I'll be back in business.

Conveying messages via the guard in this ward at Bedlam,

Blackadder

"They called me mad, and I called them mad, and damn them, they outvoted me."

Quote: playwright Nathaniel Lee

I managed to put a little detail on the head today after the major rebuild of the muzzle yesterday. Once I am satisfied with the overall appearance the fine detail should go a lot faster. Right now I am sourcing the fans that go into the grill on the back between the carapaces. I've seen them before but I don't remember where. Any input would be appreciated.

Whoops, forgot the last picture.

The fan housing on the back.

I would do the fans one of two ways, go to a hobby store and looks for a vehicle which has wheel rims that will work. If you get some Fast & Furious looking model, it should have something that will work. Otherwise take any rim-fill it with green stuff and cut the blades into it. I thought there might be something on the baneblade sprues, but a quick look doesn't show anything.

Brilliant scratch build of a Warhound, way better than my simple one...

There is a part from Cities of Death with a nice fan on, I've made a cast of it and used on my knight. (see the team anarchy thread in my signature...)

Azmo

Nice!

Azmodai wrote:Brilliant scratch build of a Warhound, way better than my simple one...

There is a part from Cities of Death with a nice fan on, I've made a cast of it and used on my knight. (see the team anarchy thread in my signature...)

Azmo

I don't see the bits you're talking about.

jabbakahut wrote:

Azmodai wrote:Brilliant scratch build of a Warhound, way better than my simple one...

There is a part from Cities of Death with a nice fan on, I've made a cast of it and used on my knight. (see the team anarchy thread in my signature...)

Azmo

I don't see the bits you're talking about.

EDIT: I think I see what you're talking about, the fan on his bum? I like that idea of molding that, good idea.

Yeah, the one on his bum

Azmo

Fans can be found on the COD Manufactorum sprues. I also believe the vindicator's top plate might be a suitable candidate:

CommissarKhaine wrote:Fans can be found on the COD Manufactorum sprues. I also believe the vindicator's top plate might be a suitable candidate:

Even better fans!!!
Hmmm, think I'll buy those... For some future project, like a better Thunderbolt

Azmo

In a bit of a hurry today but I took some pictures over the weekend of the progress thusfar.

More to come later this evening,

Blackadder

The legs wont look so scrawny once the leg armour is on, trust me.

This looks great for a scratch build. Nice attention to detail.

Will be hard to tell that one and a FW one apart when painted...

Azmo

Thanks for the words of encouragement. I started this project attempting to build a Warhound facsimile for my son out of foam filled board but the more I got into it the more I wanted to have a realistic copy of the original. I have departed from the original design in a few areas especially the shield generator housings in the back which looked a bit small and blocky on the original. Mine are larger and I think more in keeping with the overall sleekness of the rest of the model; the carapace at least.

I'm not too worried about the legs any more; I believe they are within a millimeter of accuracy in diameter and length. my major concern is the hip ball joints which are 3mm too small in diameter although it's hard to see the difference. I've left the waist for last in detailing as I still am looking for a ball 2.57cm in diameter.

Below are the images of the model to date:

once again thanks for the replies and input,

E. Blackadder

Insane, I would put money on not being able to pick this one out of a FW line up, the underside detail is incredible.

Now That is the kind of detail I like. This is s brilliant job. Keep at this, it might be the best warhound scratchbuild I've seen yet.