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what I genius of an idea... the hair bands... very cost effective and even reminds me in a strange way of the old cables you got back in the sixties and earlier on for electric connections...

That is good logic Max!

Holy gak, I can't believe in my time lurking i've missed this thread. Your Work is amazing!

Thanks, Fish. I have had a large hiatus due to work and family. I am only recently getting back into building and being able to post regularly.

Thanks, Dave and Vik. The idea of the cables on the model at all doesn't actually make sense to me, anyway. Such an exposed vulnerability is foolish to me. I thought it was always best served having the power couplings ran through the sponson for security and safeties sake. But for these I am being less original and more traditional....

Of course you're right, but common sense was never part of the game/ hobby...

 Viktor von Domm wrote:
Of course you're right, but common sense was never part of the game/ hobby...

unfortunately...

Ok, so I am planning a large update today. The Caestus Ram will be done and the two SoB Warhounds are getting finished soon as well.

VetGrunt needs to come over again because I will be doing weapons and we haven't talked about them yet either....

Ah. Caestus Assault Ram. C. A. R. I thought someone had commissioned you to do an actual automobile when I first saw the thread, and I couldn't figure it out as I read through the log.

Okay, so, loving the hell out of your Warhound design and I'm totally impressed by some of your innovative uses of materials such as the hair bands. The assembly line procedure is also very inspiring, though I can't see myself ever trying to mass produce titans like this. I'd balk at even trying to build a single one!

Thanks Boss. I hadn't planned any such thing as an assembly line it just kinda worked out that way....



For the last three years....




DAMN IT................

So, totally wanted to have more of an update than this but it would seem that mynold friend the Winter Flu has had other plans.....


Anyway, completed this guy:







Hope you like. There were some design elements I fudged and others I ommitted. Mostly very accurate and, IMHO, well done....

yes the photos are a little fuzzy. Sorry, will be better next time....

Yeah, it's nicely done.

Is that a washing up liquid cap for the thruster?

Wow! Dude! you've really REALLY stepped up your detail game! Fantastic work!
Feel better! I was down for over a week over Christmas with the flu.

ach...man flu... and this is what you can chuck out while having the flu?...mustering up some mercy for you is getting hard...

looks awesome...although... based on mostly guesswork....pics aren´t doing any justice^^

Yeah, pics are bad.


Not a washing up cap.... dial from a stick of deoderant coupled with the lid from a tube of testors plastic cement.....

Yes, Dave, I am trying hard to step up the detail. I figure I have been doing this a while that I may as well stop comprimising. I have decided that if I am gonna build it it needs to include as much as I can put in it. And I have a rather full tool box of thingsI've learned about making stuff. Still room for improvement though....


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BTW, not sure what a washing up cap is.....

That's British for Dish Soap

Oh, dish soap.....


Got it....

Ok, so I am over the flu and will have more work up to view soon. For now I wanted to show off the recent gifts i recieved from a friend of mine who has decided to part ways with the modeling hobby. While I regret his decision I am very happy to have recieved the following:



I am not sure what the pin nails are gonna be good for but I am sure I will find something to use them on.





The set of dental tools I am taking as a hint that I need to learn to sculpt more. And the paints, all Vallejo btw, are a hint that I should learn to paint.

The little black trapezoidial thingie is a 45 and 60 degree angle guide. It may come in handy as well.

I have wanted a mechanical compass for so long. This one is rather small but will be very useful.







The two models are rather exciting. The Eldar Tempest Super Heavy Grav Tank is an Armourcast Mike Biasi model. Original from 1989. and the other is a scratch build Nurgle Contagion engine. It needs some repairs but nothing major. Both will be very nicely displayed in my trophy case.....

When I get one, that is.





Of course, the plastics supplies are a drop in the bucket compared to what I keep in stock, but they are very much appreciated anyway. Expecially the rather thicker sheets than I normally buy.


Dave, thoughts on the paint?


Oh, and please ignore the mess on the floor of my garage..... Getting ready to move after all......







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Ok, so wanted to show more but took a little extra time getting this to look right.



Whaddaya think?

Also, you may have noticed the toe hydraulics are resin. Finally got tired of making them so I made a mold. May even be able to find other uses for the bit......


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Any ideas for banner pole end bits?

Ok, so it has been a very long time since I updated. I am hoping that Dave is having fun at work but this not being able to post crap is killing me....

Anyway, to the pics. I have finished two more Warhounds for a friend in Washington State. He intends them for a Sisters of Battle Army using the new rules allowing Apoc models in 40k. I have done some custom work on these to facilitate that. I have also included in these a lot more detail than I have in the past. These are the last commission titans I will do. Until I start the Warlord, anyway....

I have made a rather nice gaggle of bits molds while doing this. The hydraulics on the toes, the underside of the head and the dome with rivetted ring around it all have other uses other than on a warhound. I have thought of three different ways to use the piping on the throat and at least two things the dome could be used for. The hydraulics have more uses than I am currently able to count. Vehicles, hatches, other walkers, wing aeleron hydraulics. I even cut a few of them up and used them on the Inferno cannon..... The list goes on and on..... And the cannisters on the back of the pelvis were originally the ammo drums for my Dreadnaught Autocannons.....

Not shown here is a Fleur de Lis disc emblem fitted for the top of the carapace. I will add that photo later.....

Gander at these....





The above shots are overall. These things have a stance and meanness unlike any I have done before and I think it is because of the shorter overhang of the carapace over the head....











These are a set of 360 degree shots. I am going to out up more and better shots later. The detail is washed out in this lighting and not visible. I put a lot of detail into these and really want to show it off. Tomorrow......





The Vulcan megabolter cam out much better this time than the first one I built..... I am very happy with it....



The Inferno Cannon. Bradley Todds favorite. He owns and operates the Gamers Hideout..... The fuel drum on the bottom of the gun turned out to be too small. Well, smaller than I liked, so I made a mold of it and then cast another, turning both perpendicular to the main body of the gun, rather than horizontal to the main body, as on the FW Inferno Cannon. I rather like the two tank look. That is another bit I made a mold of for this model that actually has many other uses.....







Not a lot to say about these three shots. These are weapons that I have made lots of. Nothing really new here except, of course, the hidden magnets to attach the cabling..... The Plasma blast gun has the original dome with rivetted ring that I used to make the mold. I guess I could have just cast another set of these, huh?



The head and underside of the head. I got tired of having a blank throat on my warhounds.......

Still have blank foot bottoms...... I hate it that I still have blanks on the bottoms of the feet.... I really want treads and adeptus mechanicus emblems on the bottom of the feet......

May have to make one and make a mold of it so that I can do that on mine.....

Thats the update for the time being....


I am posting more tomorrow on the gaming tables of The Gamers Hideout, in ST Robert, MO. The terrain makes for better gauging of scale and the lighting is much better for the white plastic models. The Caestus Ram photographed much better at the shop than at home......





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Never did get any suggestions for banner pole end bits......

That is one sexy beast Max! Your improvement since the beginning is remarkable!

Damn, the detailing on these is great. Sure you're going to find a lot of uses for the bits you've cast.

Thanks, Dave. Your input matters a great deal. Monkeytroll, I already have.....

Still alive here.....





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Two stormeagle conversions and the ram.....


These were fun.....


Next: warlord.........



Next? Right..... Next year, maybe.....

Great work as always.

What are your missile made from?

They are pegs from a dollar store pegboard chinese checkers game......

I will bear that in mind as they work really well!

The missile racks do look nice! The Assault Ram is just gorgeous!

I really love when modelers just build models normally only available through forgeworld. The warhound and assault boat look great and the missile pods on the conversions are just beautiful. Might have to take a trip down to the dollar store myself.

That ram really is coming on nicely

 mxwllmdr wrote:


Next: warlord.........



Next? Right..... Next year, maybe.....

Hmmmm....... Is it next year already?

Good to see you hanging around these parts again, Max