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Your back!!!

An entire maniple! Please carry this on.

Theophony wrote:If your going to seal the cockpit and you have made the eyes larger, maybe create some mechanical eyeball/spotlights. Then it could be a prototype where the pilot is in one of those tanks and needs external sensors.

Edit: also I for one want to watch the build .

Also like totally way to hard for me. these titans are on a time crunch and those eyes sounds like they would take me the better part of a day.

Camkierhi wrote:Second the request for the build, I get a lot from seeing these things.

So that the big guy done then? Will you paint them all in a oner?

Done? Eh close. I need to revisit his elbows when I get to it. Plan is to paint all 5 in a week in december.

ApaceKittens wrote:Your back!!!

I was never gone. Ignore my past self. I just been busy with the flesh wounds calling the chaos help line and in general yelling at cawl to go to bed and stop making changes. I mean he does good work but man that new toaster he put out replaced my entire assembly of servitors and now I need to find something for them too. Luckily I have large hey stacks of bodies to turn into fresh skitarii.

TheEldanariPrince wrote:An entire maniple! Please carry this on.

as you wish.


Small progress. Used soda bottle plastic to make eye lenses on the head. It's rough, but I am painting it and I want a warn look. Thus rough is what I want.

Aren'n you going to paint the interior?

cormadepanda wrote:

calling the chaos help line

how long did you have to wait on hold? :

 ApaceKittens wrote:

cormadepanda wrote:

calling the chaos help line

how long did you have to wait on hold? :

Feels like yesterday, but those stupid loyalists say it’s been 10,000 years

Why’d you have to use a soda bottle? My warhound came with clear plastic to use for the lens cover.

I finally found one of your threads again!

Sub-a-lub-a-dub-duuub!

EmberlordofFire8 wrote:Aren'n you going to paint the interior?

That is a firm no. Interiors are for people, not me. I am not a people.

ApaceKittens wrote:

cormadepanda wrote:

calling the chaos help line

how long did you have to wait on hold? :

It wasnt the waiting that was bad, it was the service. They really didn't care for my undivided answer.

Theophony wrote:

 ApaceKittens wrote:

cormadepanda wrote:

calling the chaos help line

how long did you have to wait on hold? :

Feels like yesterday, but those stupid loyalists say it’s been 10,000 years

Me and my 19 other brothers understand.

whalemusic360 wrote:Why’d you have to use a soda bottle? My warhound came with clear plastic to use for the lens cover.

Lost the plastic in the move from my place to my new place/current job.

kestril wrote:I finally found one of your threads again!

Sub-a-lub-a-dub-duuub!

Welcome back to the world of Dakka. Nice to see you alive again, and maybe even posting...

Right so that detailed build.... yeah I am doing it swear...


Alright above here is me showing you how i pose my feet. i use a combination of super glue and JB weld to work in the joints. I prefer my war machines to be walking casually through the enemies rank to marry poppins.

The joints are wet for about 10 minutes, and cured in 24 hours.

Then progress on the torso.. so warhound torsos are only about 5 parts to glue together. And I will inform you that as much as i requested for a thrid arm to assemble it with photos the dark gods only gave me many crickets.

So here is that end result. Again a mix of jbweld and super glue..



Note, the toes are still not glued at all, held in by friction. The head is not attached either. All the armor plates are glued down. Fight me dakka, I hate interiors. Nothing says suspension of disbelief like opening up your model in the middle of combat. Besides mine only ever contain chaos on the inside. Like so many demons in them. Anyways, the legs will be more detailed, as well as the hips. As with these models that are the most critical parts.

Never painted any of the interiors of my tanks...that I remember, but doors are glued shut now anyway. Interiors are for display, I have toys to play with, not displays .

Are these going to be traitor legion then?

cormadepanda wrote:That is a firm no. Interiors are for people, not me. I am not a people.

Explains a lot really...

Holy Feth Conrad, this is amazing. Can't wait to see some paint!

Theophony wrote:Never painted any of the interiors of my tanks...that I remember, but doors are glued shut now anyway. Interiors are for display, I have toys to play with, not displays .

I make the brooms vroom and pew pew noises.

whalemusic360 wrote:Are these going to be traitor legion then?

Gryphonicus - =) the gryphon 4 world destroyed by tryanids

ApaceKittens wrote:

cormadepanda wrote:That is a firm no. Interiors are for people, not me. I am not a people.

Explains a lot really...

I do my best to explain myself. You sound like a people.

Master Azalle wrote:Holy Feth Conrad, this is amazing. Can't wait to see some paint!

Paint will be here in November when.. wait for it... WINTER IS COMING

Small update. I don't watch game of thrones..

Somewhat bigger update. Gap filling is well under way on the torso. Just some sanding and we will be on our way.

Good to hear it is on the right side of things. Did you files off the Aquila just to change it up?

I am indeed a peoples.

Panda, the WIP is all well and good. But if I don't see some paint on these guys soon, I'm going to continue to sit here patiently watching the construction and waiting for paint.

 cormadepanda wrote:

EmberlordofFire8 wrote:Aren'n you going to paint the interior?

That is a firm no. Interiors are for people, not me. I am not a people.

HOW DARE YOU?! BUYING A FW TITAN AND NOT PAINTING THE INTERIOR IS LIKE BUYING A PACK OF TOILETTE PAPER, TEARING OFF THE PACKAGING, THROWING AWAY THE PERFECTLY EDIBLE PAPER AND USING THE PLASTIC WRAP AS A BLANKET! YOU JUST DONT DO THAT!!

I have physically touched these models.

Looking good.

Good progress, Panda.

Without the money or patience to make a Forge World model(s) of this scale I am quite content to watch you do it. Consider yourself subscribed to sir.

Oh, and just my two cents but how would 'Ferrum Vindictam' be as a name for one of the wee chaps? Latin for 'blade of revenge' and would fit with the lore of the Knights of Gryphonne.

whalemusic360 wrote:Good to hear it is on the right side of things. Did you files off the Aquila just to change it up?

I intend to smatter graphicus symbols in their place.

ApaceKittens wrote:I am indeed a peoples.

Check your name... Kitten people...

40kFSU wrote:Panda, the WIP is all well and good. But if I don't see some paint on these guys soon, I'm going to continue to sit here patiently watching the construction and waiting for paint.

Paint... also for people... well pandas too. It's going to happen. Eventually. Xmas at the latest.

EmberlordofFire8 wrote:

 cormadepanda wrote:

EmberlordofFire8 wrote:Aren'n you going to paint the interior?

That is a firm no. Interiors are for people, not me. I am not a people.

HOW DARE YOU?! BUYING A FW TITAN AND NOT PAINTING THE INTERIOR IS LIKE BUYING A PACK OF TOILETTE PAPER, TEARING OFF THE PACKAGING, THROWING AWAY THE PERFECTLY EDIBLE PAPER AND USING THE PLASTIC WRAP AS A BLANKET! YOU JUST DONT DO THAT!!

I tried to not do it. But I Did. And by try not, i wanted to figure out how.

Togusa wrote:I have physically touched these models.

Looking good.

Togusa, we meet again on the field of acceptance. This means one thing. We need to play sometime, and you need big ones yourself.

Dr H wrote:Good progress, Panda.

Thanks...not as good as you, or where i want to be.

Imperial Monkey wrote:Without the money or patience to make a Forge World model(s) of this scale I am quite content to watch you do it. Consider yourself subscribed to sir.

Oh, and just my two cents but how would 'Ferrum Vindictam' be as a name for one of the wee chaps? Latin for 'blade of revenge' and would fit with the lore of the Knights of Gryphonne.

That name is fancy, and acceptable. Welcome to the cringe show. Where I make the internet cringe with a blatant disregard for model safety, and beauty.

On to the progress....

Here is panda's 1-2 boom you glued yourself to everything and now understand the world better.

JBweld... like sniff this stuff, eat it, be it. And dont do a single thing I say you will die and need medical attention and we all know how many docs we keep running around in regiments. (Complete after thought)


next mix it to make it dark grey like the other spot on the paper. I use wood to stir and apply it, because i am brave.
I apply the amount i feel i need usually determined by the alignment of the stars and the rotational of a dropped apple. Toes/legs get more than the torso. Toes get it more freely than william wallace in the middle of a rebellion.


Next jam some super glue in there too with the JBweld. The glue dries faster and will allow the JB weld to cure more securely attached, giving you much less working time with the joint, and more stability to multitask. Or just throw that part on the ground. I dont care.
Then connect the pieces and with post haste wipe off the splurging jbweld. (I do this intentionally on toes, and myself)


Here another example!

Glue and jbweld

Smash that sucker in like its an Ork Choppa contest in the middle of pumpkin smashing in a field of be careful and take your time.

Now for some magnetization
I use big old magnets from rarelement or something like that website I cant remember and my browsing history is too thick to resolve. Google! Or ask the farseer. They always know what i do. They watch me. Its nice to not be so alone.

I just use pure JBweld and good old fashion time... in case you are wondering the exact diameter of the Warhound's hip connector is 1.25" I eyeballed that on the website/google photos. My magnet is .25"x1.25" and rated at N48 which has about a 25lb hold, and in emergencies will clear hard drives and stop pacemakers. Using my Forstner bit I simply drilled into the torso a bit (prone to ouchies here) and then glue the magnet it and everything still sits flush with room for a steel waster to add to the Warhound's lower hip.

Strength demo.


Next up is the legs, and showing you how I "plan" them out, and pin them.

Comments are welcome, critics too! Thank you all for your time in this Mek's dreams.

Wait YOU......plan? What is this Heresy?

I’ve never used jbweld, but also the largest resin model I have is one of the original Dreamforge leviathans, and he is still unassembled. Looking forward to the rest of the maniple assembling.

Playing sounds good, but I cannot afford these monsters. It's too bad the Bio-Titans look like ass, otherwise I'd get some and we could rumble.

Cool. Great work. Magnets ftw.

And totally with Theo... You plan!!

Build looks good so far. Looking firward to seeing more progress.

Theophony wrote:Wait YOU......plan? What is this Heresy?

I’ve never used jbweld, but also the largest resin model I have is one of the original Dreamforge leviathans, and he is still unassembled. Looking forward to the rest of the maniple assembling.

Is it the big Levi or the smaller one? Resin kits are somewhat painful to build.

Togusa wrote:Playing sounds good, but I cannot afford these monsters. It's too bad the Bio-Titans look like ass, otherwise I'd get some and we could rumble.

I like the assy biotitans for nids. They are a pain to build though even the bio titan ones.

Camkierhi wrote:Cool. Great work. Magnets ftw.

And totally with Theo... You plan!!

I iz a sneaky git with kunnin choppa.

Warboss_Waaazag wrote:Build looks good so far. Looking firward to seeing more progress.

Here it is.

Alright so first thing first...
Learn how to calculate the center of gravity in side awkwardly shaped objects. There is YouTube and wiki for this math and it is helpful. It also helps that we as humans have a inate understanding of cg.

Next is to plan your walking /standing pose.



So here you can see with the left leg I have the toes up meaning it needs to lean forward onto the right foot which is pressing down maintaining the weight of the locomotion of the model. Luckily the warhound is butt heavy and the modeler calculated the correct cg for the torso. You can hold it at the hip join and it doesnt lean forward. This just means you need to achieve a proper cg for the legs and the model will stand under its own power acceptably.

I plan the legs as shown above accommodating the feet I posed. Next I construct a leg.




I keep the other foot nearby to remind myself of the hips placement and the relative length of the second leg. As you can see I got the cg of the left leg right by the fact that it stands on the upwards toes on its own. I then construct the right leg accounting for cg as well and use popsicle sticks and wooden dowels and the hips as guides for straight, and separation distance.





Due to the war hounds small size I am going to run pins through the joints after the glue cures which could be tonight. All the gluing is jbweld and super glue. You get about 10 minutes of work time with the joints. However I allowed the legs to set into position before gluing them to the feet. I wiggled them around the ankles to get the upper positioning correct. My rule is have as few moving joints as possible.

The legs of these models are the most critical part to get correct failure to do so means it won't stand on its own and will require a base to be bolted to it. I don't want this at all. It appears though that I got the legs right and everything will stand.

I like the assy biotitans for nids. They are a pain to build though even the bio titan ones.

They look awful Panda. And their rules are awful. And they should feel bad. Sonic Lancing Revanants are the best looking of the FW Titans to me. But I like dainty things, so, yeah.

When will this project of yours be complete? LVO is coming fast.

Legs look great. They stand well. I'm just hoping that when the rest of the body is applied to them that the center of gravity on them doesn't muck anything up.

Nice pose on the legs. Look good where they are.