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Oh i saw the remoras, thats why i mentioned them lol. Theyre amazing. They arent to the same quality of the Titans (i can barely tell those are scratchbuilt outside the obvious unpainted look the material gives) but theyre still damn awesome nontheless.

I rather thought the Remoras were horrible. They were my first attempt at kit making. Followed by the XV9 Battle suit.

Let me put it this way: They resemble without a doubt what theyre suppose to be and its vastly better than i can do lol. Tau arent easy to kitbash/scratchbuild for because of the armor patterns. Ive tried making my own suit legs for my crisis suits, i just cant do it (shaky hands and i dont have any real tools other than a razor knife and dikes lol. Its a miracle i can paint as well as i do with these damn shaky hands).

What tools do you use outside the Drummel? I have that but i usually exclusively use it for magnet holes.

I use a number 11 exact blade, the dremel, a heat gun and a variety of files.....


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What is dikes?

I have no idea maybe add the rest once you build it, or use it as scenery for a lone super sniper posing for a photo of his latest kill

I just can't believe how well they have turned out

 mxwllmdr wrote:
I use a number 11 exact blade, the dremel, a heat gun and a variety of files.....


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What is dikes?

Diagonal cutters, sorry. I was in the Airforce for 6 years and got used to calling them dikes (even though supervision didnt like us calling them that lol)

Oh, I call them side cutters. Been know to use those too.....

Happy New Year, Dakka!!!!


Calf detail has begun:


Decided to put synchronous gearing in the toe mount:



Now the foot stands at odd angles without any glue:



Yes, I know that it won't hold the weight of the finished titan but it looks cool and helps in posing, I suppose.....


See ya next year, guys.....

Happy new year to you to mate

Now that is looking awesome no fething awesome, now with the posing toes you can angle it crushing well anything really

The calf detail is looking brilliant as well, great how you got the eagle to follow the guard like that, so how much is one of these going to cost me then ?




However does need rivets

Thanks LDD. Yes, rivets are forthcoming, however still prepping these parts for the mold.....

Now seeing chaos warlord titan ballet dancing across the board never firing, just stomping it's opponents to death.

 Theophony wrote:
Now seeing chaos warlord titan ballet dancing across the board never firing, just stomping it's opponents to death.

^That, defiantly that.....

Couple of questions are you using beads so far on the toes as rivets ?

Also I noticed a small indent on the toes on side was that meant to be part of the design ? If so what is it for ?

That indent is a small imperfection in the mold that I chose not to correct because green stuff is cheap and silicone is not and there is less a chance of screwing up the green stuff than the silicone.


I told my son that I was nervous about making a mold for the toe shield and he said shut up and just do it, pussy.




So there you have it. I have been Laboufed.

Making a mold for this now.






Still need to put some detail on the calf portion before I mold that but maybe tomorrow.....


Seeing the shield on the toe though makes me want to modify the toe and do a new mold. Maybe more on that later.



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The large rivets are self adhesive pearlized semispheres..


The small ones are small rod sanded down to a rounded flush shape.

I LMAO nothing like your kids telling you not to be a pussy

Looks great and seems to align well, what's made you want to do the toes different now then ?

I see your point as to the indent yes GS is much cheaper, I just thought it was there for a reason thats why I asked.

Good luck with the mould making mate

The molds are curing now. I hope they work.

looking forward to seeing the mold results! Fantastic work as always.

- Azalle

The Mad Max Warlord Project family of parts so far. Four feet high and resin. Here you see the castings of all four feet and the related masters and molds. Also shown is the calf portion of the lower leg master, nearly ready for silicone.

Next in line I have a mold brewing for the toe armor and pistons once done and cast I can begin to plan the calf armor pieces. Each leg requires three each but they are ambidextrous so I need make only two total. Since it will be a while until I can mold anymore pieces I will continue up this leg and create a hip and pelvis piece. Once these pieces are done I will have to make a few molds before I can continue.

In case you couldn't tell the two on the right are the chaos feet. Subtle difference, yes, but there nonetheless..... lol.....




Master, the molds worked fine although I should have used a higher strength material for the foot pad mold as the undercuts have All but done the mold in. Luckily, I was able to get all of them I need.

So, until I can afford more silicone you'll only be seeing white plastic here.

Ok, so I have made progress.


Finished the mold for the toe shield.



Obviously the mold is not great, but with a little w9ork:



I got eight through really good then the mold broke. But I had enough silicone left to remold the half that broke and redesigned it a tad so it might not break again. Gonna get some sleep and tomorrow will mock this up for a look see.....

Also working on some molds for some of the reject pieces for use in basing and terrain pieces.....

Got a mock up together. I like it so far.

Wow!
Great progress, and the casts look better than some Forgeworld stuff I have purchased in the past
Really nice!

Thanks, Klaus.

Fantastic Work! Can't wait to see your next post!

That's a pretty awesome set of feet you've made there.

Don't forget the miscasts (if any) would make for some really fantastic terrain.

 mxwllmdr wrote:


Also working on some molds for some of the reject pieces for use in basing and terrain pieces.....

You mean these miscast?

I was going to say sex on legs but we ain't quite there yet LOL

Soon. I promise.

Worked on side greaves today and the knee. Not ready to finalize the knee just yet.

Running low on some supplies and out completely of silicone. Decided, however, to add some detail to the foot and toe bottoms.....

Started working on the thigh portion of the leg. No, not take about chickens this time.....


Happy with the progress so far but it was a nightmare to get it the way I wanted it....

Not gonna keep all the FW detail but it's still not done yet....





All 24+ layers of it.....