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I Don't Care:

I'm posting it anyway. I'm trying to rationalize the second level engineering where I plan to have the reactor and some sort of mumbo jumbo altar to solicit favor from the Machine God.

https://i.imgur.com/CA55iTn.jpg


The first level replete with appropriate iconic bells and whistles but the second level were the real work be done has a more utilitarian aspect.

https://i.imgur.com/bYt6RAX.jpg


Yeah I know I have to move the hinges and the door at present leads to a ruddy great step down but all that will be addressed.

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


What is of most significance is that purely by happenstance I managed to get the yoke in precisely the proper position to bisect the side panel perfectly.

https://i.imgur.com/CA55iTn.jpg


Too bad I can't manage to apply that precision in real life.

Wonderful work, nice when things just slot in nice.

As to the "step down", why not a step, save messing with the door, could make it an aquila just to be fancy.

This is an epic build, makes me feel inadequate though.

It's shaping up quite nicely, BA!

Yes the upper level will have a balcony and the lower level will have a raised porch plus an apropos step. There will be buttresses and eagle support corbels. I also need to raise the head about half an inch to accommodate the front double doors with a porch of it's own. These things are in the works but first I had to insure the yoke was properly positioned which wonder of wonders it was.

Imperial Eagle 2.0

Some major changes in the works in an attempt to improve on the overall appearance of the facade. There were a few things I was not satisfied with..............

https://i.imgur.com/Kz5zHCV.jpg


The Imperial Eagle being one so here we have the 2.0 version which I believe will look better.

https://i.imgur.com/dDwzPj4.jpg


Right now just in paper while I adjust the size and space out the flight feathers better......

Eventually the overall effect will be something like this.......

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


Which I believe will show up better and have a more practical value as an upper deck support corbel as well as being decorative.

More to come later but now I have to take my Lithium; Hahaaaaaa!

Hm... not totally sure about the bottom curve on that wing - the Imperium doesnt really so curves all that often... Maybe straighten those lines a bit? Could make it look a bit more structural, too.

Those eagles might be hiding but those are the type of details that make people look at your builds for so long. You just keep seeing new things everytime. Great work as always

KingCracker wrote:Those eagles might be hiding but those are the type of details that make people look at your builds for so long. You just keep seeing new things everytime. Great work as always

In other words the more clutter the better.

Tyr13 wrote:Hm... not totally sure about the bottom curve on that wing - the Imperium doesnt really so curves all that often... Maybe straighten those lines a bit? Could make it look a bit more structural, too.

If you google images "40K Imperial Eagle" you find a plethora (I finally worked that word into a sentence) of variations on what constitutes a Warhammer Imperial Eagle. I simply worked in one more. Mind you it isn't actually my design, the 3D progenitor used it as well. I just made it justifiable as a structural design. Many corbels have that recumbent curve. it actually increases strength architecturally.

But 'thank you' for the critique; it helps to keep me humble.

You're work as always, is inspiring.

 jabbakahut wrote:
You're work as always, is inspiring.

Wow it's been about three years since you posted. Welcome back.


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Belisarius Cawl

While I am rebuilding the various areas of the chest region I broke out the Belisarius Cawl to see how it will look on the command balcony.....

Assembly hint this model is very delicate and painting it will be a chore especially when completely assembled so I added what the manufacturer should have mainly a stem between the upper body and the lower. Just a piece of sprue about half an inch long carved down to fit in a hole drilled into the upper body.

The lower body has an irregular shaped hole that needs to be cut larger to receive the piece of sprue.

Right now I've only painted the skirt and cloak with flat red and grey primed the rest of the metallic parts which I believe I will finish in graphite and gold.

https://i.imgur.com/Uq1wtDK.jpg


After the model is painted the two assemblies can be glued together or as I intend just put together dry.

 The_Blackadder wrote:

Tyr13 wrote:Hm... not totally sure about the bottom curve on that wing - the Imperium doesnt really so curves all that often... Maybe straighten those lines a bit? Could make it look a bit more structural, too.

If you google images "40K Imperial Eagle" you find a plethora (I finally worked that word into a sentence) of variations on what constitutes a Warhammer Imperial Eagle. I simply worked in one more. Mind you it isn't actually my design, the 3D progenitor used it as well. I just made it justifiable as a structural design. Many corbels have that recumbent curve. it actually increases strength architecturally.

But 'thank you' for the critique; it helps to keep me humble.

Sorry, tend to be overly critical at times. Well. at all times, really... <.<
Show me an achievement in engineering and Ill point out the paintjob is off, and that weld line is messy. ;P

That said, your models are simply astonishing. I cant wait to see you starting on the legs and interior.

I took no offense at your critique. I welcome input either 'for' or 'against'. I'm not so old as to not be open to advice. I even act on it on occasion...... grumble grumble grumble.

 The_Blackadder wrote:
I took no offense at your critique. I welcome input either 'for' or 'against'. I'm not so old as to not be open to advice. I even act on it on occasion...... grumble grumble grumble.

Git off my workbench you whippersnapper

Never fails to impress. Wow!

Imperial Eagle 2.01

Well I like it, Since I established how I was going to finish off the chest facade I've be quite busy with domestic projects but I finally finished the rough revamping of the Imperial Eagles stylized as they are to represent support corbels on either side of the chest.

https://i.imgur.com/jvQDwM0.jpg


The problem has vexed me for the past month and I am very fortunate to have not compromised and just glued everything in place only to have to scrap a good deal of work had it been glued together. (I think that is a sentence.) So now we can settle into adding the eagle assemblies to the structure while showing they do have a purposeful function; something they hadn't before.

Tidy work as always.

Yeah, the thing with radiant designs, like the wings on these eagles, is that they can and are often extended to the edges of the surface that they are added to.

So I see it as natural that the support structure was there first and the eagle's wings are just filling in the available space and extending to the edges.

Eagle Corbel

The first of two eagle corbels is almost done so before I close it up I'd like to display the internal detail so you can see how it is made. Just pretend the waffle grid is all that is there and the skin and surface details are still to be installed.....

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


The three quarter end on view shows the approximate thickness of the finished corbel approximately a scale metric meter in thickness.

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


I used the freehand drawing of the eagle on styrene for a template to shape the internal waffle grid and cut the grid with handsaw and belt sander.

https://i.imgur.com/5ydqYB4.jpg


I glued the eagle to a 0.020 (0,50 MM) thick styrene sheet and cut it to fit the corbel frame glued and sanded the edges, added a reinforcing strip to the edge of the wing and glued on an accent stringer, filed off the excess reinforcing strip and glued the Gothic window gable to the end and Walla; it's ready to be installed on the model.

https://i.imgur.com/g9jU0xZ.jpg


Whew, I can't believe it actually worked. Now that it is actually done I can show on the next one (I need two of these) the actual work. No point of showing the process if it actually failed to reach fruition.

Yeah, that's how I work.

Good job.

I’m glad you put a solid sheet on the back before the eagle, otherwise there would be cyber bats taking up residence in the waffle grid . Bats of any type are bad for business, I could see some WWII bats setting up shop and then exploding into flames causing really bad damage to the eagle.

 Theophony wrote:
Good job.

I’m glad you put a solid sheet on the back before the eagle, otherwise there would be cyber bats taking up residence in the waffle grid . Bats of any type are bad for business, I could see some WWII bats setting up shop and then exploding into flames causing really bad damage to the eagle.

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Good Things Happen:

Don't you hate it when good things happen to bad people. While Blackadder isn't exactly bad he's ill deserving of the luck granted him by the Omnissiah. This is coming out as if it were planned

https://i.imgur.com/a6m035J.jpg


Too many coincidences to be not under the guiding hand/claw/tentacle of the Machine God. The length verses scale of the Aquila, the size of the constructions on either side of the head. Even the placement of the weapons yoke vis-à-vis the upper deck have the aspect of pre-planning that I assure you is only the purest luck.

https://i.imgur.com/KA63RcE.jpg

Likewise the corner reinforcement hanging buttresses constructions are of a size and shape that lend themselves to incredibly purposeful design planning that again is mere happenstance. What I thought was an eclipse of never to be seen detail turns out to be within the 40K penchant for over accessorizing.

https://i.imgur.com/jusGg1j.jpg


Even the tiny gabled window seen here in the shadows seems to fit ideally as the Master planned Whom I shall take this time to credit the 3D designer of the Emperor Titan I am currently using as a guide. One Mister Joazzz whose images I have posted elsewhere in this thread. I hereby credit him for the inspiration of this project.

https://i.imgur.com/2Pn6sOp.jpg


It also gives me a direction of how to proceed with the underside of the superstructure platform. I now plan to capture the airyness of the between the Wars Warships of the hangar catapult bridge structure so often incorporated in their design. https://i.pinimg.com/736x/5d/54/b6/5d54b67ed6c496fd49d2447f5a822c88--aircraft-carrier-wwii.jpg

Lookin' good!

Hope more bouts of good fortune are encountered further into the build!

Thanks for the reply,

Fury Of Activity

In a fury of activity I accomplished the second one of these corbels in record time surprising even myself. I need fit only a few pieces of plastic where they glued crooked

https://i.imgur.com/67uAPQ6.jpg


I will now begin some surgery to the chest plates to open up the area and give a more airy and interesting appearance to the underside of the deck.

https://i.imgur.com/ODrRmw7.jpg


If these images look strange it is because I inverted them. The bas relief eagle shows up better for some reason inverted.

Sorry, I’ve been at work and the stupid filters there block me from seeing your masterpiece in progress.

The eagle looks great. No idea why it looks better inverted.

As for the “?”
One of the crazy weapons ideas they came up with in wwii was to strap fire bombs on bats. The bats would go and roost under the eaves of buildings and then the timered bombs would go off and ignite the buildings. I believe we Americans used them in Japan during the war but it was not used in Europe......because.....i’ll not go there. I saw the way you had the eagle/aquila set up on the backing without having skinned it yet and thought that it would be terrible if the bats got in there. Sorry, got distracted in my own head and it sounded good. Just ignore me and continue the work of the god-machine.

Details like the Aquila on there are what will set your build apart from the others.

Thanks for the replies.....

Back On Track:

I have finally seen where I went wrong

https://i.imgur.com/Yx2BTJr.jpg


It took the removal of the triangular chest panels to show me where the error lay


https://i.imgur.com/3XGAaeG.jpg


With the arms yoke exposed I realized I had broken the rule I cited early on in this construction where I stated that the main problem with most of these walking buildings is they looked too much like walking buildings.

https://i.imgur.com/cfR4l91.jpg


So after I show the full effect of the front elevation of the torso I'll begin again on the side pieces under the yoke. The work don there previously will be incorporated elsewhere.

https://i.imgur.com/334lIW7


The side doors will have to go.

Is that a wheel of cheese on top?

No it's a new roll of doubleback tape.

Impressive as always! Looking incredibly sharp right now!

Well that is disappointing.

 whalemusic360 wrote:
Well that is disappointing.

Sanding Blocks:

An indispensible item for making these models are my home made sanding blocks.

https://i.imgur.com/F2lZQyQ.jpg


I got this idea from an old Radio Control model aircraft builder who always designed and built his own balsa and fabric models. The blocks as he demonstrated worked wonders shaping the soft balsa. He made the blocks himself using aircraft rug tape to affix the sandpaper to the blocks. When I graduated to scratchbuilt wooden model ship building I continued the practice of making these blocks refining the size so I could get two blocks out of a single sheet of sandpaper. Since I no longer build wooden ship models I have no need for the finer grit paper so I'm recovering my old 180 and 220 grit blocks with coarse 60 and 80 grits. I use 3M aluminum oxide paper as it is sharper than sand paper. first wrapping the block with the double back tape and then applying the paper to the block.

Give it a try if you are seriously into model building. It's better than any commercial sanding block in my opinion.

Impressive work!

How much does your sweety weight?
I think it must be really heavy