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This is a thing of beauty...
How the heck do you get all the pieces so neat and how in the emperor's name are you going to paint it?

This is phenomenal...

When you finish, will you use your emperor titan in a big apocalypse battle?

 Syro_ wrote:
When you finish, will you use your emperor titan in a big apocalypse battle?

Naah! I'll just have him fall down on the opposing player(s) and take 'em out that way.

 The_Blackadder wrote:

 Syro_ wrote:
When you finish, will you use your emperor titan in a big apocalypse battle?

Naah! I'll just have him fall down on the opposing player(s) and take 'em out that way.

That will certainly be efficient

Falling Together… Somewhat

After major renovations to the front and side bulwarks plus adding the concave panel below the decking gives a much more finished appearance to the overall project.

One of the criticisms I have with huge structures of this type is that the decks appear too flimsy.

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


This concave reinforcement provides sufficient bulk to the edges of the platform.

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


Once dried I can begin applying the crenellations to the sides and the deck battlements.

Getting caught up on your build threads here at Dakka after seeing some of your creations here and there over the years in various states of completion, and watching them come together is awesome! Great work BA, and your attention to detail and dedication are truly inspiring. Will certainly be watching this spot!


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Oh, one question I forgot to ask, ironically in an auto-appended post: what is it you hate so much about auto-append? Just curious. I haven’t seen it anywhere other than Dakka either, so I’m not really familiar with people’s feelings about it

I think he like the rest of us hate when they make a post and no one comments, then we post again to show even more production, but it doesn't bump the post up the line, so your new work just gets lost downstream. It really sucks when people are being prolific and your thread quickly goes to page two on the P&Mblogs.

 Theophony wrote:
I think he like the rest of us hate when they make a post and no one comments, then we post again to show even more production, but it doesn't bump the post up the line, so your new work just gets lost downstream. It really sucks when people are being prolific and your thread quickly goes to page two on the P&Mblogs.

Ahh, that makes sense! I didn’t realize auto-append disabled “bumping“ the thread. Yeah, I definitely see why that would be especially annoying on this forum. Thanks for the explanation theophony!

Right you are Theophony that's precisely the reason.

Sometimes You Bite the Bear and Get away With It

The side crenellations have got to fit within close tolerances. I had only a few millimeters of leeway in seven inches to get these nine dentations to fit evenly without more major adjustments. 

Naturally I procrastinated attempting to build these bulwarks until today (and last evening) but low they came out better than I expected with a tolerance of micromillimeters (otherwise known as 64ths of an inch)

http://i.imgur.com/uvtEDab.jpg


(I dearly love the Imperial system. I can't wait until the rest of the World adopts it.)

So here we have the crenellations in place and ready for gluing...

https://i.imgur.com/ER0kZwG.jpg


But before I do that I need to complete the main arm cutouts in the deck which I presume are for servicing and retracting the shoulder armament.


https://i.imgur.com/c47iTCw.jpg


Gaad! Did I stumble into the purpose of these cutouts or What?

Purely by accident I assure you. Serendipity rears its ugly head once again.

I think GW owns a time machine and has watched your build and gone back in time to amend their original models and images. It's the only way to explain it

The Wine Was Sour:

So I threw it out.

I went for broke widening the superstructure deck by about 4 inches which necessitated revamping the ends of the deck.

After struggling with the modification ad nauseum working upside down I managed to modify the left hand side of the deck to allow for the cove moulding on the underside of the crenellations but it was beyond my patience to try to juxtapose the coordinates for the other side. ( I always wanted to use the word "juxtapose" in a sentence.


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


Anyhow I tore the entire superstructure apart and turned the deck upside down and still it was quite difficult to break out the underside of the deck but a lot easier than working upside down.

Here is what I had to replicate:

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


mirroring the completed underside.

And the entire underside for reference:

https://i.imgur.com/HoaC76Y.jpg


Easy peasy (Not)

That looks very frustrating. Hoping it works out...

I've said this before, and I'll probably say it again in the future.

You are mad, mad I say!... in the best possible way.

 Vulcan wrote:
I've said this before, and I'll probably say it again in the future.

You are mad, mad I say!... in the best possible way.

It's a very fine line between madness and genius.. I think only time will tell!

Seriously I love this build. I often flick through to look at how it's coming along but usually forget to comment. I hope by the end of it there will be the option for pilgrimages to this glorious shrine!

 Olthannon wrote:

 Vulcan wrote:
I've said this before, and I'll probably say it again in the future.

You are mad, mad I say!... in the best possible way.

It's a very fine line between madness and genius.. I think only time will tell!

Seriously I love this build. I often flick through to look at how it's coming along but usually forget to comment. I hope by the end of it there will be the option for pilgrimages to this glorious shrine!

That may actually be a reality. My son is exploring the idea of opening a hobby shop. My models may finally have a home for public display.

 The_Blackadder wrote:

 Olthannon wrote:

 Vulcan wrote:
I've said this before, and I'll probably say it again in the future.

You are mad, mad I say!... in the best possible way.

It's a very fine line between madness and genius.. I think only time will tell!

Seriously I love this build. I often flick through to look at how it's coming along but usually forget to comment. I hope by the end of it there will be the option for pilgrimages to this glorious shrine!

That may actually be a reality. My son is exploring the idea of opening a hobby shop. My models may finally have a home for public display.

Aren't you somewhere like Maine? I don't know why I think that, I was just vacationing there looking for a new job.

A Fine Madness?

Someone stop him before he goes all the way back to the beginning!!!

This morning I finished off installing the cooling vanes/buttresses (?) around the base of the waist.

https://i.imgur.com/HoaC76Y.jpg


https://i.imgur.com/Xiv2bFO.jpg


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


I've put this off long enough. I couldn't decide how the should be arranged around the forward corners but these seem to work okay.

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


I cast a troubled glance at the femur/thigh component and thought what the hey; while I've got the thing completely disassembled I might as well lengthen the upper legs as well. I've put it off long enough.

With my trusty razor saw and a couple of hacks I severed the knee joint; "In a thrice the deed was done!" Ha,Ha! Hee Hee!

https://i.imgur.com/Oqmqf6E.jpg


I decided to increase the thigh length by a bit over 7 CM (2.6 inches) shown here compared to the other leg (still to be done)

Once reassembled we'll if that is sufficient.

You're a madman, I'd be terrified of going back to something as early as the leg to lengthen it!

One of my biggest complaints about the Forge World Warlord is I thought the legs were too short. I even resolved were I ever to purchase one I would lengthen the legs.

https://i.imgur.com/o3XkR4q.jpg



With a lot of effort I managed to increase the length of the legs by about 7,0 centimeters (2.75 inches). It required a lot more work than I had bargained for. If I had to do it over again I probably wouldn't have done it.

(whom I kidding; I'm not obsessive compulsive for the fun of it.)

Anyway here's a couple of views of the stretch job...

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



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



and I also got the legs to work so they can be posed as seen below.

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

It's fantastic to see you've made the legs longer; the FW Mars-pattern Warlord has such ridiculously short legs...

I really like that picture with it stretched up!

Side benefit from the longer legs is that there is now space to hang a gigantic banner below the crotch

Eureka!

First time together with the complete top hamper, the basic edifices that is.

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


Also the first time with the new leg extensions and the full weight if the basic model brought to bear on the legs.

https://i.imgur.com/PUe9D72.jpg


The model is extremely top heavy and while precariously stable walking around the model would topple it I'm sure; so for the time being I propped it up against the back of a chair.

https://i.imgur.com/7M5NaSJ.jpg


I need to add stabilizers to the interior of the greave housings.

https://i.imgur.com/9t6DdfX.


(Note the 51 inches (1.2954 meter) on the six foot scale... a far cry from my initial projection of a tad over a meter.)

The top view and the foreground level camera angle shot brings home the majesty of this monster.

https://i.imgur.com/mT6H9Ky.jpg



The two figures added for scale are virtually lost in the immensity of the construction.

https://i.imgur.com/JB3LsYx.jpg


optimistically I am going to start detailing the basic components and getting the main weapons mounted on the shoulders.

I think if the FW Warlord were any taller it would need to be wider and have bigger feat. As is its already pretty top heavy and tippy.

This is phenomenal!!! If GW and their new IP rules have an issue with your work they can gtfo!

I can’t believe how cool this looks, the leg extensions certainly help with the proportions, and the height is just ridiculous! Phenomenal work as every blackadder.

Is there a more common, more puny titan available for scale ?
The legs change was a good idea: payed off

RHodeidra wrote:
Is there a more common, more puny titan available for scale ?
The legs change was a good idea: payed off

Here it is next to my first Titan scratchbuild. A Lucius Pattern Warhound I dubbed Lucie.

https://i.imgur.com/CgF2HAe.jpg


Lucie is slightly more robust than the standard FW issue Warhound Titan (which I finally acquired a few years back but haven't had time to assemble)

https://i.imgur.com/MFffM6B.jpg


Lucie stands about 10.5 inches tall and is fully posable and I love showing her off. My first born.

https://i.imgur.com/5T3ZmST.jpg


Here's the link to my Warhound building thread.....

https://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/226296.page

Enjoy.

Thanks for the link. I followed your warlord titan build and this one, but I didn't know about Lucie.

 Syro_ wrote:
Thanks for the link. I followed your warlord titan build and this one, but I didn't know about Lucie.

Go to my profile page to see links to all my scratch build threads.

https://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/user/profile/6825.page

Let me know what you think.