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Subject To Change:

On the third or fourth go around for this area I've decided to scrap the interior courtyard and replace the central area with the Volcano cannon housing.

https://i.imgur.com/FlY0Nex.jpg


The two central compartments will now be connected by a nave and an apse at the other end.

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


Some of the upper deck will have to be amended to accommodate these new additions

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


Fun and Games.....

Makes more sense looking at the mockup. I hope the rebuilding won't be too bad!

From above the legs do, indeed, look short.

Have you considered getting some 'ground level' pictures to see if they still look short from that angle? It's quite likely things will look very different from the perspective of an infantryman...

An awesome project, that I constantly find myself checking up upon

Thanks for the replies;

Christmas Holiday

A bit of doldrums over the Christmas Holiday so yesterday I sheathed the surface of the towers on either side of the cannon enclosure and fabricated the square spires topping them. I hate making spires,the work is slow and tedious and the Emperor Titan has dozens of them in various sizes.

https://i.imgur.com/uHWTStO.jpg  


These are rather robust but the four corner compartments have eight spires each and the Keep roof has four as well and the nave roof  have four as well. 

https://i.imgur.com/E5XFlCN.jpg


Just hunkering down and getting the job done is what it'll take.

But first the roof of the Volcano cannon enclosure. That'll be the fun part of this week's project.

Re: the legs, I always felt that this titan was rather squat looking anyway. I wouldn't modify based on the view from the back if the front is good.

It's been some time since hearing from Mr Hut; welcome back.

Regarding the leg issue; I'll wait until all the work is done detailing the complete Titan before I change the length of the thigh section.

 The_Blackadder wrote:
It's been some time since hearing from Mr Hut; welcome back.

Regarding the leg issue; I'll wait until all the work is done detailing the complete Titan before I change the length of the thigh section.

Honestly I only ever come back here to see if you have any updates and to make myself feel bad about not being able to work on my own projects.

Something New:

I'm trying something new on the Volcano Cannon housing. 

We'll see if I can bring it off....

This first image after much trial shows the peaked housing of the cannon and the truncated upper works of the roof.

https://i.imgur.com/v2z98c7.jpg  


Next the sides....
https://i.imgur.com/Sox0OaW.jpg  


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


Finally the installation of the reinforcing strips that will allow the curved roof corner joints some stability.

https://i.imgur.com/EjXax4I.jpg

A Rainy Day:
I'm beginning to think I could effect a cure for a rainy day. This roof has exceeded my expectations and now I am wishing I took more pains with the preliminaries.

https://i.imgur.com/EA58kHV.jpg  

Aside from some excess amounts of glue that partially dissolved the surface (which I can rationalise as; "battle damage") the curved roof panels will be sufficient for my purposes.
https://i.imgur.com/UzTljqY.jpg  


Here is seen how the panels are held in place whilst the glue is drying.
https://i.imgur.com/jRKdUwf.jpg  

This building will be the first that receives the finishing details. 

Central Dome:

The Central Dome will occupy the middle of the superstructure in this model  seen here in a top view image

https://i.imgur.com/0GHdunT.jpg  


And in the rough placement on the upper deck:

https://i.imgur.com/KDpqBJS.jpg  


Now I need to find the Aquila template from my old Warlord work????

Those curves are a thing of beauty blackadder. Worth a martini or two I reckon!

Here come the eagles....

No not the 'Lords of the Ring' eagles but the 40K Imperial eagles.

It took me the better part of this week to make 4 of these plus a paper and plastic template for future use.

https://i.imgur.com/Frac3Yr.jpg


https://i.imgur.com/1TwZD4w.jpg


It hardly looks like a week's production but it's most gratifying to get these done.

https://i.imgur.com/rL798Pc.jpg


Now it remains to glue the pieces to a sheet of 0.010 styrene (seen below with the bodies already glued in place.

And trim to size for the Dome structure previously shown.

This is why laser cutters are going to be the next big home appliance/tool after everyone gets their 3D printers.

Consistently epic work Mr B

Two Weeks in the Making:

At this rate it's going to take decades to finish this thing. Hardly the project for someone who's reluctant to purchase green bananas.

But Hey; the fun is in the building and I did have fun creating these eagles.... Not! It was an arduous task principally because I hate repetition.

So here's the result and I'm pretty pleased with it.

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


All four sides have the same Aquila but each is an individual and I had to chose which one looked best on each side

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


but for all my angst they all look pretty much the same.

https://i.imgur.com/TJVj8Jb.jpg


The bird's eye view(groan) shows them off the best.

Martini time,

Skoal.

That’s amazing commitment and well worth it! I suppose there is no rushing genius, so we’re happy to wait!

Two Weeks in the Making:

At this rate it's going to take decades to finish this thing. Hardly the project for someone who's reluctant to purchase green bananas.

But Hey; the fun is in the building and I did have fun creating these eagles.... Not! It was an arduous task principally because I hate repetition.

So here's the result and I'm pretty pleased with it.

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


All four sides have the same Aquila but each is an individual and I had to chose which one looked best on each side

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


but for all my angst they all look pretty much the same.

https://i.imgur.com/TJVj8Jb.jpg


The bird's eye view(groan) shows them off the best.

Martini time,

Skoal.

Honestly, it'd be kinda crazy cool if you went full High Gothic Craftsman on this- make every single part individual to itself, as opposed to trying to make industrially repeated parts. Like, "I need 4 aquilla eagles, I'll make 4 different eagle/aquilla sculptures that fit on each side"- like, fully realized bass relief individual stuff.

Whoa, amazing stuff all around.

Eohippus:

A horse is a horse of course, of course....

Yesterday my better half said this looked like a dinosaur.

Today she said it looked like an Eohippus.... Huh! What do women know.

I think it looks like a stylized Aquila and I like it.


https://i.imgur.com/ca4jaQZ.jpg


And birds descended from Dinosaurs so I'm on the right track anyway.

You wouldn't believe how much work went into this decoration:

https://i.imgur.com/x2PKJsi.jpg


Of course I also had to deal with a foot of snow in three separate storms this past week which is a lot for my area anyway.

So I tacked the work temporarily to the center edifice and it looks pretty good.

https://i.imgur.com/Dm2bIaj.jpg


I'm going with it.

That's a very cool detail!

Everything Is Roses:

Even the mistakes are working out; almost as if they were planned.

The 100.00 caliber (2,54 meter) quake cannon emplacement is coming along and should allow for a 45° elevation when completed. The two stylized Aquila fit the trunnion covers exactly and allow for the side sheathing. I fortunately did not cut of the outer edge.

https://i.imgur.com/gAvY7Ef.jpg


The forward façade has the look of a helmeted face which was purely unintentional.

https://i.imgur.com/rClPAc8.jpg


And the aerial view works as well.

That's looking so good! The details really help to bring a sense of scale that previously we required miniatures next to it for!

Last night's work.....

https://i.imgur.com/MtJHUJ8.jpg


and an overall view:

https://i.imgur.com/VFXK1NR.jpg


Note the miniature

Is That a 200CM Cannon in Your Pocket?


Or are you just glad there is an update?

Anyway before I can go any further with the detail on the center module I need to rough out the cannon mount.

https://i.imgur.com/Gt63PLy.jpg


An old vacuum cleaner extension tube provides the basic barrel and I'll just trim it out with a sleeve to augment the details.

https://i.imgur.com/ca4jaQZ.jpg


A couple of more views to round out the post.

https://i.imgur.com/jOj7WV2.jpg


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


Next step, the minarets.

Remember to make your barrel walls thick! Nobody likes a thin barrel, and they don't look good on anything except Ork stuff.

Anvildude wrote:
Remember to make your barrel walls thick! Nobody likes a thin barrel, and they don't look good on anything except Ork stuff.

"An old vacuum cleaner extension tube provides the basic barrel and I'll just trim it out with a sleeve to augment the details".

https://i.imgur.com/ca4jaQZ.jpg


After 15 years of building these things do you think I would really make such a tyro mistake.

Looking good, every time I pop in to check this thread out I'm impressed!

Regarding the main battery, it was basically a Quake Cannon back in the Titan Legions day. It fired a 'dreadnought-sized shell,' which suggests that the psykers stationed in the sensorium probably sit on the magazine...