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Annihilator Plasma Weapon:

The one weapon I have fallen in love with since I first became aware of the 40K Universe was the dual plasma Annihilator. Which was the main weapon of the Stormblade and the Warhound. It was the first scratchbuilt large weapon I built besides the relatively simple Volcano cannon and various main battle cannons for my Baneblades.

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


That said I am going to try to build the fantastic over/under main battle annihilator for my Imperator as my first project. I believe this to be the most difficult of all the Emperor/Warlord weapons, the others being simple barrel shaped projectile and energy types. Oh, and I gotta make a claw.... if only for my own amusement (No snide commentary please.)

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


So here we have the central frame of the piece 14 inches (36,0 CM) long (subject to change) of a weapon I judge, at the present, will be between 18 and 20 inches long when finished.

I approve of plasma annihilator and claw (cause if your going to roll like a pimp then you need to strut like one ).

Will the 18-20” be the full length of the weapon or just the part forward of the yoke?

I'm ready to stand slack-jawed in awe.

 The_Blackadder wrote:
Annihilator Plasma Weapon:

The one weapon I have fallen in love with since I first became aware of the 40K Universe was the dual plasma Annihilator. Which was the main weapon of the Stormblade and the Warhound. It was the first scratchbuilt large weapon I built besides the relatively simple Volcano cannon and various main battle cannons for my Baneblades.

Did you mean the Plasma Blastgun?

My favorite Warhound weapon combo is the Vulcan Mega-Bolter and the Plasma Blastgun!

But the Plasma Blastgun pales in comparison to the fury that is the Plasma Annihilator!

Did you mean the Plasma Blastgun?

My favorite Warhound weapon combo is the Vulcan Mega-Bolter and the Plasma Blastgun!

But the Plasma Blastgun pales in comparison to the fury that is the Plasma Annihilator!

Really, they called it a Plasma Blastgun? Sounds kind of Orky; anyway just as there are all sorts of calibers for projectile weapons there are all energy levels for Plasma weapons I'm sure. I've even seen Space Marines with hand-held pistol-style Plasma weapons.

I seriously think you should rethink mounting this thing on it:

Granted, no-one would ever play against you, and your titan would probably melt, but it'd be glorious!

Side By Side:

While measuring up the Sunburst Annihilator I compared my two scratchbuilts for size and relative scale. Overall I am pleased that my Lucius Warlord isn't very overshadowed.

https://i.imgur.com/UQmR37M.jpg


Not so with my Scratch Lucius or Chaos Warhound. which decidedly toylike in comparison.

https://i.imgur.com/ZoeSi0h.jpg


This low angle view looks vaguely distorted and someday I'll take pictures with a more neutral background.

https://i.imgur.com/Z2KUDk8.jpg


And finally a group shot with my scratch built Thunderhawk overhead I'm missing only four of my other home made projects.

https://i.imgur.com/tpms5HH.jpg


A Lucius Reaver conversion kit and three Baneblade main battle tanks.

What a beautiful family. <3

They need Christmas hats and ugly sweaters, but a fine family photo indeed

Love how warhounds look so... small :p

May I have your assistance? This is about 20" long, closed, and can expand open (it's a squirt gun). Based on all of your excellent research, where do you feel this would 'fit', Titan-Scale-wise?



Thanks for your help!

--Brian

 Briancj wrote:
May I have your assistance? This is about 20" long, closed, and can expand open (it's a squirt gun). Based on all of your excellent research, where do you feel this would 'fit', Titan-Scale-wise?

Spoiler:

Thanks for your help!

--Brian

It looks like it could be a gatling gun for a Reaver or quite possibly for a Warlord although the the barrels appear too thin for a Warlord.

I would caution on using toys to complement your models because in the end that is what they look like.

The 'gun' appears to have five barrels; four surrounding the fifth which is not the arrangement of a Reaver Gatling gun.

20 inches long is too long for a Reaver weapon IMHO. About ten inches would be even too long but I would have to see how it appears.

BTW If you were motionless in space as opposed to relative to the earth and a planet the size of Earth slammed into you at 18.5 miles per second. Splat!

Oh, I've abused toys so often, I've gotten pretty good at it, but thank you for the check-in on that aspect, AND the information!

--Brian

Depending on the type of plastic, you could probably part it out pretty effectively.

The blue bit especially- the sight could be re-purposed into some sort of industrial stack, and the rest of it would fit alright as a mechanical core of some sort- pumping station, core drill, that sort of thing.

Sunburst Annihilator plasma cannon:

So it begins

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



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


Just to bring you up to date the above images are a repeat of a previous posting. But now we are fleshed out and contoured.

I just finished rough sanding today and I'm not even sure if the contours are symmetrical.

https://i.imgur.com/dehdx4d.jpg


An hour with a belt sander has brought me to this point.

This is gonna be cool. I'm just loving the use of the grids, especially on this one.

As for evenness- straight-edges are your friends.

Pretty Dry Stuff:

Yeah, I know this is pretty dry stuff, especially when I'm not even sure the D@mned thing will even work out or even if I got the scale right but getting there is half the fun as the saying goes.

https://i.imgur.com/12hPNTi.jpg


I know now the length of the coils are more than twice as long as I need per cannon so I may be able to make two of these


https://i.imgur.com/HJqt5Ye.jpg


And here I was thinking, "Thank God I only have to make one............."


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One Down Three To Go:

I've got four sides to do and each is at a different stage of completion

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


With the four channels done I move to the reinforcing strip

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


And finally to the curved base for the coils.............

https://i.imgur.com/c5hKboR.jpg


Can Imperators have two plasma coil weapons?

Outstanding work!

I don’t see why that can’t have two

Always thoroughly amazed by your skills.

Who’s going to tell them they cannot have two? Make three if it is telling you to .

Any ideas on how you'll get the coils detailed over the skinning?

Just a bunch of plastic strips glue on laterally?

 Jin wrote:
Any ideas on how you'll get the coils detailed over the skinning?

Just a bunch of plastic strips glue on laterally?

3 millimeter styrene ''lawn fertilizer'' warning flags. but I haven't installed any yet;



https://i.imgur.com/bzgXe2H.jpg



These coil thingies will use up a s*** load of 1/8 inch styrene rods, mebbe $100 dollars worth, Plus I'm recycling.

and

No they're not toxic.

Speaking of cost. If you are willing to share, how much $$$ and Time have you put into this custom build so far? What do you estimate it will end at?

 Dynas wrote:
Speaking of cost. If you are willing to share, how much $$$ and Time have you put into this custom build so far? What do you estimate it will end at?

I've spread the cost out over a year and a quarter at an average of about $30 dollars a month so under $500 dollars.

Warlords can double down on plasma, this beasty should be able to as well.

Double plasma sounds (and would look) amazing! Why not?

You Get Two:

Due to a bit of luck and some overzealousness I made this coil core literally twice as long as it needed to be so I now have the option of building two of these extremely futuristic weapons.

The problem is; Are they too slick looking for my lumbering Imperator?


https://i.imgur.com/99NN9FT.jpg


Also the gun mount I made may be too crude for the Sunburst Plasma Blaster....... Does anyone else think that name is more appropo for a 1960s bubblegum jawbreaker?

Anyway I've managed to wrap the first strand of coil material around the core and am letting it dry overnight before installing all the almost one hundred strands for these two Pan Galactic Gargle Blasters..whatever

Hell man, that looks fantastic, I think it will look great!

Not sure about 1960s bubble gum, but definitely fits an anime character name. Looking awesome as ever.

How do you get the coils to wrap around the structure? Heat gun, or just slow pressure and a big curve to work on?

 Perfect Organism wrote:
How do you get the coils to wrap around the structure? Heat gun, or just slow pressure and a big curve to work on?

The 1/8th inch rods bend easily around the curve. but to increase the speed of production I bend the rods by hand around a one inch dowel first to impart a permanent curve before gluing. I am trying to cut down on waste by doing a quarter of the circumference at a time instead of bridging the gaps.