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2016/05/02 16:02:40
Subject: The sound of two (power) hands clapping: In which Buttery tries to build a reaver titan.
I bow to your understanding of the Mechanicum, so now there's pressure!
I'm going to update the OP with her story, now the contest is over. You'll see why I didn't place.
Spoiler:
Titan name: Caput Inter Nubila
In more recent years renamed to the Caput Inter Nubila ("Head in the clouds"), this Titan was originally named Vindex Manus. Retired after centuries of punishing warfare, and then restored through several centuries more, by a dedicated band of Tech Priests, the Nubila is part of an Explorator team. They work diligently to reclaim both long-forsaken Imperial worlds, and the immeasurably valuable bounty of long-lost technology they may hold. The presence of a Titan is often all that's required to remind any inhabitants that they are indeed, loyal Imperial citizens. For those with an unfortunate or persistent lapse in memory, it is usually a very short reminder.
How does a Titan earn a second name? Upon finding themselves brought forward less frequently for frontline battle, and spending their years exploring these forgotten worlds, the Nubila’s Princeps and closely bonded machine spirit began to slowly change over time. An otherwise entirely reliable servant of the Emperor, much to the chagrin of her crew and dedicated techpriests, the Nubila has through these years, developed a curious habit of entering long periods of total meditation when left alone. During these times she refuses to respond to any and all issued commands.
The Nubila continues to perplex and mildly frustrate her crew, but as she is yet to perform any less than ferociously in battle itself, they have deemed ironing out her eccentricities more problematic than allowing them to develop. Bewildering them further however, are the occasional alerts from the sensor arrays during those periods of rest, which indicate her more than casual interest in tracking local wildlife.
The Explorators, determined that there must be a discernible meaning behind these readings, have tasked their novice engineseers with logging her discoveries. Unwittingly creating the Imperium's first and only field guide of Terran species long thought extinct.
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All materials are fair as long as paint sticks to it...
<edit> ...as well as what glues you intend to use work on it.
I keep looking at the bits for that titan model and I keep wanting to reach for screws, forget glue, I have no trust in bonding to resin.
I want to get a long shaft drill bit and make a skeleton of rod for that monster... just to be sure.
I have this really bad OCD thing with models of only wanting to put them together once... no pieces falling off allowed.
The metal Vindicator after a hot day in the car sent me down this dark path.
Though resin in a hot car will ruin anyone's day (got a titan sized car fridge anywhere?).
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A revolution is an idea which has found its bayonets.
Napoleon Bonaparte
2016/05/09 16:08:25
Subject: The sound of two (power) hands clapping: In which Buttery tries to build a reaver titan.
I'm thinking about setting some glass cabochons against it, and running small tape LEDs under the felt I'm basing it all with.
Get some twinkly stuff going on.
Buttery Commissar wrote: I'm thinking about setting some glass cabochons against it, and running small tape LEDs under the felt I'm basing it all with.
Get some twinkly stuff going on.
Ooooh!
A small pond with "fairy lights" twinkling in the water?
I suddenly have a vision like the "lady of the lake" holding aloft Excalibur.
A revolution is an idea which has found its bayonets.
Napoleon Bonaparte
2016/05/09 18:49:32
Subject: The sound of two (power) hands clapping: In which Buttery tries to build a reaver titan.
Talizvar wrote: Ooooh!
A small pond with "fairy lights" twinkling in the water?
I suddenly have a vision like the "lady of the lake" holding aloft Excalibur.
Just remember - Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government. Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony.
Talizvar wrote: Ooooh!
A small pond with "fairy lights" twinkling in the water?
I suddenly have a vision like the "lady of the lake" holding aloft Excalibur.
Just remember - Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government. Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony.
OMFG LOL I WISH I COULD EXALT THIS MORE THAN ONCE!!!
Back on topic, do you think you've got enough animals now Buttery?
My armies (re-counted and updated on 11/7/24, including modeled wargear options):
Dark Angels: ~16000 Astra Militarum: ~1200 | Imperial Knights: ~2300 | Leagues of Votann: ~1300 | Tyranids: ~3400 | Stormcast Eternals: ~5000 | Kruleboyz: ~3500 | Lumineth Realm-Lords: ~700
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The Grotsnik Corp Bump Feelerer 9,000. It only looks like several bricks crudely gaffer taped to a cricket bat.
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2016/05/10 06:02:57
Subject: The sound of two (power) hands clapping: In which Buttery tries to build a reaver titan.
I keep looking at the bits for that titan model and I keep wanting to reach for screws, forget glue, I have no trust in bonding to resin.
I want to get a long shaft drill bit and make a skeleton of rod for that monster... just to be sure.
This is a really good idea.
War Kitten- Nothing evens the odds like a reaper chainsword to the naughty bits
Sgt. Vanden- And now I'm a whale with panties. Can't see how this day can get any better.
Zed wrote: *All statements reflect my opinion at this moment. if some sort of pretty new model gets released (or if I change my mind at random) I reserve the right to jump on any bandwagon at will.
2016/05/16 16:54:27
Subject: The sound of two (power) hands clapping: In which Buttery tries to build a reaver titan.
Back on the horse. (in the cockpit)?
Got the base to finish sanding and gluing. It's a weighty and ugly looking thing right now, but it'll make perfect sense once built up and primed.
Were you going to do a water feature on the base? I know you are planning a nature theme, but forget if you mentioned that.
If you were planning on doing a lake, you might want to get some paint in before you glue that base together. You could do some neat layered effects by painting little dashes of color for minnows swimming under the surface, but above the lake bed.
I don't think I'll be doing a water feature, with the Titan being so big, I'm wary of making things that could "blow" the scale. A lake looking like a puddle for example. I'll see how it goes with spacing.