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Whoa; Charlton Heston, his toothbrush weighed three pounds.

Second and Third Tier Greave update:

In no particular order but to present the detail as completely as possible.

https://i.imgur.com/m1SuWaQ.jpg


https://i.imgur.com/R0aiUsY.jpg


https://i.imgur.com/lyZoUKD.jpg


This represents about a day effort figuring out how to make the ornate facets of the upper tiers

https://i.imgur.com/N1YogPT.jpg


https://i.imgur.com/PWUBPiT.jpg


https://i.imgur.com/DTyVXqv.jpg


There's much more detail to come on these parts but enough for tonight.

Fantastic progress!

Awesome! Can't wait to see this beast armed

And Now For Something Completely Different:

This past day I've been working on the final basic structure of the greaves and I took a break; just playing around with the spires

https://i.imgur.com/RZvgTA4.jpg


but the upper left tiers are basically complete and ready for the detail

https://i.imgur.com/QmY9E8B.jpg


The process was relatively painless although there were a lot of precision cutting to do I watched old reruns of the Monty Python series while doing the work and the time went swiftly. I never tire of their skits.

https://i.imgur.com/4sdHCqy.jpg


With the upper leg in place it's much better proportioned than I had anticipated.

https://i.imgur.com/AvJXxB8.jpg


So here's one leg complete and ready for detail Front view...............

https://i.imgur.com/7M6bBul.jpg


And Back View.

It's going to take me a couple of days to bring the other leg up to this level of completeness.

Mr "151 posts" here just gave his first "Exalt" ... That is fething awesome BA!
As are the post title and reference.

Personally, I'd add even more detail. Like, little dags, bits of moulding, tiny little arcs and alcoves and flashing and fleur-de-lis and rondels and just... make it look like a cathedral. Maybe even find some monopose Marines or Admech or something and glue them on as bas reliefs or effigies- like, put in wall tombs of past techpriests and stuff. Things to show that this is a millennia-old object of veneration and religion, even more than it is a war machine.

What A Difference A Day Makes:

24 hours ago I was struggling to finish up the second greave

https://i.imgur.com/sgyKUx6.jpg


which is now completed basically....

https://i.imgur.com/HCSsvdz.jpg


And in the meantime I also figured out how to make the main weapon mounts so they can rotate and elevate/de-elevate er depress.

https://i.imgur.com/1YSqFXy.jpg


Ah; raise and lower..............

The basic structure is fairly simple but plain as a mud fence. So we'll need to employ some ornate kickshaws, but first we need to build the weapons.

Not going to lie, weapons is the part I am most interested to see. You take so much care to keep things plausible, I really am looking forward to seeing a gun that is the size of an Airbus.

Yes! Congrats to you for your excellent progress! It's always exciting seeing what you can come up with here.

Weapons Aw yis!

Doled Out In Dribs and Drabs:

Sorry to be doling these updates out in dribs and drabs but I want to show the internal structure of these yokes so those who follow can adapt the construction to their projects.

The yoke as you can see is a simple basic structure and I use the geometric forms to cut the angles precisely.

https://i.imgur.com/5hWQGBO.jpg


Whilst at present the structure looks somewhat crude. A bit of judicious sanding will bring everything into line for a lightweight strong structure that can handle the one kilo weight of each gun...........

https://i.imgur.com/Q7qL5Sq.jpg


And give me the range of twisting and elevation movement I require for this installation.

https://i.imgur.com/6b14ZZj.jpg


The scale of the Marine encourages me to think I can actually incorporate some catwalks onto these monster weapons à la ''Odin.''

Catwalks on the guns would be *amazing*!
Though youd also need some kind of access from the shoulder... could be interesting to see how you engineer a connection someone could feassibly climb down without falling to their death.

And a guy with the cup of coffe on that catwalk

Whoa I made a real mistake posting the picture of the gatling gun. Everyone thinks that I built it. That weapon was built for Odin Warbringer, the two meter tall Warlord scratchbuilt by BullfrogUK.







It is one of the arms I am considering making for my Imperator but I am only starting the build. I posted it because I liked the catwalks though I not too enamored with the ammo belt. Sorry for the confusion.

I knew I’d seen it somewhere before . It’s just such an amazing model that it would fit into your build style.

Also it’s BulldogUK, though BullfrogUK is hilarious .

Have you decided on your first loadout, yet?

If not, may I suggest a Volcano Cannon and a Turbo Battering Ram(Big O style, for extra points)?

 Theophony wrote:
I knew I’d seen it somewhere before . It’s just such an amazing model that it would fit into your build style.

Also it’s BulldogUK, though BullfrogUK is hilarious .

What is it when you see 'Bulldog' and read 'Bullfrog'? English Bulldog makes ever so much more sense.

No wonder I can't read instructions.

Anvildude wrote:
Have you decided on your first loadout, yet?

If not, may I suggest a Volcano Cannon and a Turbo Battering Ram(Big O style, for extra points)?

I'm a fan of the classic Plasma and Hellstorm cannon combo. Leave destroying other titans to the escorts, almost nothing is equivalent to an Emperor class, so it can focus on the important work of wiping out armies of lesser troops

The ludicrous bulbous plasma weapon was iconic on the plastic kit and would be super difficult to make. I vote that, but maybe restyled along the lines of the new Knight plasma weapon?

 JohnnyHell wrote:
The ludicrous bulbous plasma weapon was iconic on the plastic kit and would be super difficult to make. I vote that, but maybe restyled along the lines of the new Knight plasma weapon?

Blackadder made a stunning attempt with the head of the Emperor though, so I have complete faith that he could make an excellent plasma weapon, even with lots of curves!

I think making the weapon less bulbous and, er, phallic, probably would be a good design choice.

 Haighus wrote:

Anvildude wrote:
Have you decided on your first loadout, yet?

If not, may I suggest a Volcano Cannon and a Turbo Battering Ram(Big O style, for extra points)?

I'm a fan of the classic Plasma and Hellstorm cannon combo. Leave destroying other titans to the escorts, almost nothing is equivalent to an Emperor class, so it can focus on the important work of wiping out armies of lesser troops

Isn't that the loadout for an Imperator rather than a Warmonger though? Warmonger should have a vengeance laser and big missiles.

Tremendous work, as always, Blackadder! Also, I second the love of Monty Python skits - keep up the excellent progress!

 Haighus wrote:

 JohnnyHell wrote:
The ludicrous bulbous plasma weapon was iconic on the plastic kit and would be super difficult to make. I vote that, but maybe restyled along the lines of the new Knight plasma weapon?

Blackadder made a stunning attempt with the head of the Emperor though, so I have complete faith that he could make an excellent plasma weapon, even with lots of curves!

I think making the weapon less bulbous and, er, phallic, probably would be a good design choice.

Does the, "Ludicrous bulbous plasma weapon was iconic on the plastic kit" have a name or an image. I'm not well versed on alternate weapons so pictures would be a big help.

I'm assuming the one on this fella.

Plasma...Annihilator?

 Perfect Organism wrote:

 Haighus wrote:

Anvildude wrote:
Have you decided on your first loadout, yet?

If not, may I suggest a Volcano Cannon and a Turbo Battering Ram(Big O style, for extra points)?

I'm a fan of the classic Plasma and Hellstorm cannon combo. Leave destroying other titans to the escorts, almost nothing is equivalent to an Emperor class, so it can focus on the important work of wiping out armies of lesser troops

Isn't that the loadout for an Imperator rather than a Warmonger though? Warmonger should have a vengeance laser and big missiles.

Yes, traditionally. However, the very first image in the thread is an Imperator with that loadout, so I imagine the weapons choices are fairly fluid The names don't mean that much anyway- they are both Emperor-class Titans, with the same chassis. None of the other Titan classes are divided by loadout any more.

The_Blackadder wrote:

 Haighus wrote:

 JohnnyHell wrote:
The ludicrous bulbous plasma weapon was iconic on the plastic kit and would be super difficult to make. I vote that, but maybe restyled along the lines of the new Knight plasma weapon?

Blackadder made a stunning attempt with the head of the Emperor though, so I have complete faith that he could make an excellent plasma weapon, even with lots of curves!

I think making the weapon less bulbous and, er, phallic, probably would be a good design choice.

Does the, "Ludicrous bulbous plasma weapon was iconic on the plastic kit" have a name or an image. I'm not well versed on alternate weapons so pictures would be a big help.

whalemusic360 wrote:I'm assuming the one on this fella.

Mysterio wrote:Plasma...Annihilator?

Bingo! Some more info and the Warlord-size variant here: http://warhammer40k.wikia.com/wiki/Plasma_Annihilator

The Gun Mount Yoke:

Is coming up Roses. Not only is it the right size but when temporarily positioned on the Munitions arm it was the perfect height so it could be arranged without shimming.

https://i.imgur.com/0h1y3Kz.jpg


The yokes are pretty much done in their basic configuration

https://i.imgur.com/02zYFe9.jpg


So all that needs be done is produce two Emperor sized weapons to go with them


https://i.imgur.com/ofNLDst.jpg


I'm kind of leaning toward Plasma weapons first.

Hells Yes Brother! Well done well done

 The_Blackadder wrote:

 Haighus wrote:

 JohnnyHell wrote:
The ludicrous bulbous plasma weapon was iconic on the plastic kit and would be super difficult to make. I vote that, but maybe restyled along the lines of the new Knight plasma weapon?

Blackadder made a stunning attempt with the head of the Emperor though, so I have complete faith that he could make an excellent plasma weapon, even with lots of curves!

I think making the weapon less bulbous and, er, phallic, probably would be a good design choice.

Does the, "Ludicrous bulbous plasma weapon was iconic on the plastic kit" have a name or an image. I'm not well versed on alternate weapons so pictures would be a big help.

I am pretty sure its just a Plasma Annihilator that has a different design, maybe early 30k plasma before it got into 40k style we see today. Per wiki, they only ever have Hellstorm Cannon and Plasma Annihilator as their arms. Hull mounted weapons vary.
http://warhammer40k.wikia.com/wiki/Imperator-class_Titan