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I really like the attention to detail you put in to all your model work.
And I enjoy seeing the steps that people take in their builds, so keep doing what you're doing (and here's a handy post so that you can add another update without having to wait a day ).

Being unfamiliar with the model, I can't really comment on anything further though. But looking good.

Thanks, thats all it takes. I appreciate it................

Now I hope my update is worthy of your reply..........

Greaves:

Because the bulk of the Lucius Carapace is so much greater than the Mars I opted to make the greaves more massive.

http://i.imgur.com/YdUyWpK.jpg


In the preliminary mock up the size may be a tad too big but the overall shape although bland at this stage seems okay. Of course the greaves will have to be lifted a bit to clear the toes.

http://i.imgur.com/8s31hxr.jpg


The side view certainly lacks pizazz; I may have th angle the rear lower corner but for a first cut its not too bad...................

http://i.imgur.com/KlMwJZa.jpg

No auto append today

Thanks, it's such a pleasure not to have to but heads with the establishment. I like to use Dakka for a sounding board to try out new posts where I can just copy and paste to other forums.

A couple of days ago i had a flurry of inspirations updating hourly and was frustrated to have post after post tacked onto the first.

Poor Blackadder, the travails with which you must contend..................

Basic Greaves 2:

Having established a basic shape and height, there will have to be cutouts to accommodate the toes, I glue a temporary hook to engage the inner armour.

http://i.imgur.com/mVYiUay.jpg


From this side view there will be cut outs as well that would flex as the titan steps whether that option is viable remains to be seen.

http://i.imgur.com/4jlgmeW.jpg


The rear view shows that a lot of internal structure has to be made to hide the Mars greave making these components rather more complicated than I originally envisioned.

http://i.imgur.com/3uuvo4p.jpg


On the plus side I would have had to make an internal structure anyway and this way eclipsing the inner greave will allow the Lucius greave to just clip on.

http://i.imgur.com/acmMe2g.jpg


So now all that remains is to fabricate three more basic greaves.

Off on a Tangent:

I started making the external greaves and suddenly I decided I wanted more.

Rather than have the Lucius greaves clumsily hiding the Mars greaves I want a solid Lucius structure so all the bells and whistle show though (That is to say all the piston and cylinders and their covers).

To accomplish this I have to duplicate the Mars openings so here is the start of that process; and yes I did glue the Mars greave in place to do this but only with tiny tacks of Cyano-acetate glue.

http://i.imgur.com/Sa4RRRw.jpg


http://i.imgur.com/PJAQmnb.jpg


The insanity continues....................

It is good insanity.

Ah yes, this is the way to go................

Now there is something for the greave to attach to. I'll leave the Mars greave in place while I cut out the openings for the cylinders and cylinder strut armour

Once all is in place and glued I can remove the Mars Greave and the Lucius component will stand alone.

Then I have to figure how to make them interchangeable.

Right Front view:
http://i.imgur.com/r5CeV2r.jpg


Left front view:
http://i.imgur.com/QGI4oai.jpg


Rear view:
http://i.imgur.com/VoFdnPi.jpg

I can barely make a metal panel out of plasticard and here you are making a bleedin' Titan! Keeping an eye on this one for sure

Without a Clue:

What I am attempting here is unprecedented in my personal building experience.

I am trying to build a greave from the inside out and have it match the external surface of the outer greave skin.
http://i.imgur.com/BEQgwqI.jpg


http://i.imgur.com/FtSMslU.jpg


Since I have the outer greave shape established it seemed a simple matter of paring down both inner and outer components concurrently until both mate in a contiguous manner ideally with the cutouts just outside the wells.

http://i.imgur.com/GYNIBlw.jpg


http://i.imgur.com/fNQydAs.jpg


I'm hoping the other three will go smoother for the experience I gain from this first one.


Automatically Appended Next Post:
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No update 'til tomorrow although I do have one ready.......

Precision engineering at its best

I'm sorry to have had to resort to extortion but I take exception to the one post a day rule especially on my own thread..............

One down three to go.

It took quite some time to get this right not the least of the problem was an error in the FW IPC manual. Parts 11 and 13 greaves halves belong with the right leg and toes 'FL' 'RL' and of course the two 'SIDE' toes belong with parts 10 and 12 greaves:
http://i.imgur.com/1WaG7G2.png


What do you expect for 1100 bucks; accurate instructions?

Don't take my word for it but if you build one check it out.

Once I got that figured out the rest was easy.

http://i.imgur.com/I9uMoJk.jpg


http://i.imgur.com/5IFASrU.jpg


http://i.imgur.com/im0r4Dw.jpg


http://i.imgur.com/qU8vWjE.jpg


http://i.imgur.com/LBDfTva.jpg

We demand more than one post a day , any good mechanicus personnel should report to their peers at least three times a day . And 1100.00 to GW, just be glad you got the right instruction manual to their kit instead of one to a used car.

When ever I get the opportunity I will be adding a bump post to beat those damned Auto Appends for you Mr B. Your thread fully deserves such attention even if there is nothing more to say than "Great work"

Thanks, that will help a lot............



Of the four greaves required for the two titans I now have the two left greaves ready for the internal detail.

This will make it easier in the long run to swap them out with the Mars greaves:

http://i.imgur.com/PkjdxC8.jpg


http://i.imgur.com/1MnyM4h.jpg


The mirror cutouts need only be transferred to the Right greaves which should be less troublesome to build the interior shank structures now that I know how to make them.

I just hope the mirrored legs actually are true mirrored legs and you don't run into wonky measurements GW and FW both do silly things like that.

Each greave is dedicated to the respective interior structure but interesting enough they are basically interchangeable......

Greave Construction:

Now that I have a plan as to what the basic greave will look like it's a simple (yet tedious) process of duplicating the work

http://i.imgur.com/atXb38D.jpg


As I build these they become more refined so the second set are virtually without construction blemishes.

http://i.imgur.com/oAp9JNt.jpg


Not a big problem as most of the indiscretions will be covered with detail anyway.

Dont know how I missed this, but now I've found it I look forward to seeing more.
Fantastic work as always by the way .

Thanks,

Greave Cutouts Roughed In:

Wow this was a fast week here it is Saturday already and since there are virtually no readers of the weekend I don't want to waste a lot of time updating but I worked on these greaves quite a bit last night finishing up the rough cutouts for the pistons and cylinders and since I probably will have the openings dressed out by Monday I think this update is necessary.

http://i.imgur.com/m93YKIM.jpg


This one image slightly out of focus shows left to right R1 and L1 for the number one titan and R2 and L2 for the number two titan not that it matters which titan get which set of greaves but the greaves themselves are dedicated to the internal armour and Mars greaves which themselves are neither perfect matches nor mirror images of their counterparts on the other titan.

I made a error selecting L1 as the prototype as it was the most perfect of the 4 units of course there was no way of knowing that initially but the three other units required much more fudging to obtain a comparable fit. Surprisingly the greaves are almost interchangeable between titans but its best to assign each now than risk misalignment later.

The three units other than L1 show the extended plasticard not trimmed at all other than to allow the fit of the external greave sections. With luck over the next day or so I will have the excess removed on all and the internal structure of the greave made on at least the prototype L1.

Some threads demand to be read even on weekends!

Awesome work, and a building master class as well.

You keep updating, we keep following!

Left Basic Greave Finished:

Well that went better than anticipated. While watching a movie I managed to complete the basic structure of the L2 greave. Now all that needs be done is add the final detail.

In the four images below we see the cutouts for the steering pistons which will be covered with hinged plates to allow for flexing of the foot assembly.

http://i.imgur.com/VSuhFkU.jpg


The structure is surprisingly symmetrical in spite of the FW anomalies and all I need do is match the greaves as best I can.

http://i.imgur.com/1bObkjn.jpg


The rear view shows the thickening structure that flesh out the greave:

http://i.imgur.com/7WeM9As.jpg


So many scratchbuilt models are excellent except for leaving out the thickening detail so the model has a flimsy appearance.

Finally the Left side view :

http://i.imgur.com/MGryOIj.jpg

I just wanted to say that I thoroughly enjoy your posts and PBlogs. I generally don't have anything to add, so I don't normally post. Keep up the awesome work. It's inspiration for the rest of us.

I'm in the process of weeding out the less interested forums using as a criteria the number of times the thread is visited more than the number of replies, and how quickly my thread disappears off the first page of the scratch-building/painting forum.

I don't usually count replies as I am rather delinquent in visiting/replying other threads myself although I am making an effort to explore more now that I have branched out into painting and finish work.

I have no problem with Dakka² other than the one post a day rule...............

One post a day only matters if we fail in our posting of oooooohhhhhhhhhhhs and aaaaahhhhhhhhs, which I have sorrowfully delinquent in doing. I must say I'm really watching the nids for more posts though .

Sorry 'bout sidelining the 'nids but I am on such a roll on this Reaver project I hate to interrupt the flow of brain droppings........

The Method to My Madness:

Now perhaps the method to my madness is becoming apparent. The idea to make the Mars/Lucius greaves interchangeable necessitated the removal of one to install the other. So utilizing the Mars greaves as a template I duplicated the shape and structure of the Mars greave inside the Lucius greave. After the glue dried overnight I was able to extricate the Mars greaves leaving the shell of the inner structure (right foreground L1.)

http://i.imgur.com/Kqyv5Uw.jpg


Ascertaining that the Mars greave was indeed removable I reinstalled the greave and applied the exterior structure and glued in place.

switching my prototype from L1 to L2 right rear (to maintain the homogeneity of variance and not compound errors) I finished up the basic greave on L2 and used that form to duplicate mirror greaves R1 and R2 center rear and left rear of the photo.

Now it remains to duplicate the mirror of the right greaves on the remaining L1 original prototype so any deviations are ostensibly the same on all four structures.

http://i.imgur.com/PDEFwdo.jpg

Nice work BA.
I'm very interested in seeing how the whole swappable outer shell works on the finished model.

Yeah me too!

Ha, no hand wringing smiley?

Well if we must sideline one of your projects, at least it's for another of your project . Besides the Titan needs better armor to try and keep the bugs out

Partial Assembly:

Okay here we see the lower assembly; the whole d*mned mess rather precariously balanced together I hope to have the posing pins installed later today so how it will look with the hull installed for the first time will then be revealed to both you and me.

http://i.imgur.com/NY2bv4V.jpg


In the typical Blackadder dyslexic fashion of putting the cart before the horse after the barn door is shut I relied on my gut sense rather than a concept art rendering and neglected to size proportion the hull to the proposed greaves. I am hoping the greaves are either spot on proportion-wise or a tad smaller than the ideal so I can bulk them up with an external suit of armour.

(The above statement is made because I invariably will be asked for drawings and templates to replicate this work (If successful) as I still am for both Lucie and Luteus to which I ruefully have to reply, "I'm sorry, there are no plans...........")

This way I can refer back to this post so I can't be accused of pumping smoke.....

There are no plans.

http://i.imgur.com/DdSMZYH.jpg


The back view is most gratifying I particularly like the triangular protuberances with are unique to the Reaver and sets it apart from the two previous scratch-builts.

The triangles flank the rear actuator piston assembly and so serve a purpose besides covering the rather primitive construction work beneath.

Good job. Look like they fit the "look" well.

Thanks, and thanks for the 'appending' interrupter.......

Reaver Standing on It's Own:

I have to admit that for the first time I'm impressed by the Reaver.

It was never a fav of mine but seeing it all in one piece it does have a certain appeal Lucius armour not withstanding.

As I had hoped the greaves are a tad undersized giving me leeway to add some interesting surface armour.

http://i.imgur.com/bXr2Nmd.jpg


The side view shows the greaves have to be angled back a bit at the top but the overall effect is powerful even with the top hamper not being fleshed out.

http://i.imgur.com/anhsoQR.jpg


I call this pose, "Eeewhew! I stepped in gum............"

http://i.imgur.com/qhSGK2W.jpg


Just a little putty to keep the trailing foot on.


The Mary Poppins view...........

http://i.imgur.com/ciSmacG.jpg


Bird's eye view............

http://i.imgur.com/MupJs7x.jpg