Blackadders WIP Warlord Titan

[The_Blackadder]

I don't know if I posted this particular image before but it is the one that I am getting a good portion of my information from.

http://i.imgur.com/sBVA7.jpg

You can see by the compound curves that it is complex item to replicate. Mr. Smith himself carved the plug out of wood and cast a mould and then cast the final cowl which I understand had flaws in it anyway. Since I am only making one I saw no need for all those extra steps and just when to cutting the finished product. Once it is the proper size I'll show it in place.

 

[The_Blackadder]

Well the forehead is proceeding nicely and it wasn't as tough a job as I had imagined but it still is too massive and heavy looking but once I remove about another 3 mm all around it should be of a proper scale. The pictures indicate that it could be more rounded.

In all not too shoddy for a first attempt.............

Also I may have to raise the head higher on the neck to bring it closer to the hood overhang.
http://i.imgur.com/F2HJ7.jpg

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[The_Blackadder]

Well it's taken two days of sanding and scraping and the piece has gone from about 4.0 ounces to 0.85 ounces and is about 0.250 inches/6 mm thick now that the interior has been hollowed. At 28 mm scale, 28 mm being equal to six feet/1.83 meters thats close to 16 inches 0.039 meters of what-have-you armour. In battleship steel armour the equivalent of the belt armour on the Iowa Class Battleship.

I dare not pare down the sallat any more until I see how it relates to the rest of the helmet armour and I do need to raise the head on the neck a minimum of 0.5 inches/12 mm.

http://i.imgur.com/a4CJW.jpg

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

http://i.imgur.com/ko5BV.jpg

 

[The_Blackadder]

I was accused of building this some time ago as opposed to it being a current build so just to set the record straight I set the display date on my camera..........

http://i.imgur.com/Jm1A1.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/X2BCZ.jpg

Can we say 40th millennium?

 

[Malochai]

I don't see why it makes any difference when you made it ... The fact that you made it is, in itself, amazing!

 

[The_Blackadder]

It doesn't and the individual who made the assertion was just joking but I like to make sport of remarks in the playful method of the bounder Lord Edmund. F...'em if they can't take a joke.........

 

[The_Blackadder]

There for want of a better name a lot of work going into the armour 'bra' to get the proportions and the angles correct. I initially attached a piece of foolscap to the nose cowl but found the paper creased differently than the plastic so I had to resort to another method.

Ultimately I cut and measured the piece by trial and error and have it down I believe. Only when it is attached will I know but the surface armour will be easier to attach with the 'bra' not attached so I hope all this work will not be for naught.

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

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[The_Blackadder]

Temporarily mounted Size appears okay...............


http://i.imgur.com/Ks30L.jpg

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Sorry previews don't appear to be working

 

[Cthulhu]

More than okay! I suppose the detailing will make it appear a little bulkier, and then it will be perfect.

 

[The_Blackadder]

I know everyone is tired of me adjusting the head but it's not quite right you know.............. I mean the titan head. First at the instigation of by favorite critic M. Jabba I shaved about 3 MM off the helmet dome and it looks better. Then I cut about 3 MM off the bra armour (Well wadda you call it?) all around and that is falling into line as well.
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http://i.imgur.com/DABbq.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/FQ4fY.jpg

Its still not quite right but I'm closing in on it............

More to follow.........

 

[Lynks]

I wish I could be as dedicated to something as you are to your creations Blackadder.

It's shaping up nicely. Unfortunately not being that well versed on the titans of the 40k universe I can only provide you with kind words and not constructive critisism :tongue:

 

[The_Blackadder]

Okay got the house back together after the 'Sandy' disaster; spent the past week repairing wiring, installing a new waterheater, tearing out the downstairs bath/WC, wallboard, spackling. plumbing, replacing electrical wiring, and oh yes replacing the upholstery on the dining table set of chairs.......... Yeah the Blackadder has dozens of valuable skills that keep him in a lower income group but I still managed to find time to make some headway(groan) on the head. Taking M. Hutts critique to heart I shaved yet another 3-6 MM off the head in various places all to the betterment of the look of the dome (IMHO) but I have run out of material in some spots so I daren't remove any more. The next time you see this I'll have made some inroads into the rear of the cowl and all that good looking cryptic plumbing on the side of the head.

http://i.imgur.com/0Jo70.jpg

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[The_Blackadder]

I call this image, "Alas poor Yorick."

http://i.imgur.com/I4E2l.jpg

I started on the head interior today just for a change of pace.

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

http://i.imgur.com/bm4dZ.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/3EKkK.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/U0Olu.jpg

Everything is pretty much falling into place just as I imagined it so to quote Mozart in "Amadeus" , "It's all up here in my noodle the rest is scribbling."........er well scribing and cutting and gluing; well you know what I mean.......

 

[The_Blackadder]

I don't know whats going on under that dome but there sure is a lot of large diameter conduit running to it. Meanwhile I need to make a s--tpot load of LCD screens for the cockpit, command deck and engineering

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

 

[The_Blackadder]

Okay found my little dudes so we can get a comparison for scale. The guy in the officers cap seems a bit on the dwarfish size what with the extra long arm

http://i.imgur.com/DB4ib.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/shrU9.jpg

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

but the pilot seats as of now only in their crude state are coming along pretty good.

http://i.imgur.com/fb0iu.jpg

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

I have some bilateral amputees that I am auditioning for the role of Princep and I need some sort of a vessel to ensconce him in but there seems plenty of room in the cockpit for half a dozen crewmen if I want.

I need to find another sentinel pilot.

 

[xFallenx]

Seeing updates for this day in & day out makes me happy. I've never seen anything like it. Keep up the good work!!

 

[The_Blackadder]

More pipes and conduits to nowhere where will it end????????? I'm getting kind of a Giger-esque feeling about this helmet detail. That is one twisted dude..........

http://i.imgur.com/Doi42.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/3Soqy.jpg

I don't know where I'm going from this point so I just left the raw ends of the piping

I case you're wondering............

 

[The_Blackadder]

Whoa it's Friday already and anyone with a life is getting ready for the weekend but I thought I'd take a chance that someone would be interested in the current progress. I roughed in the rear of the helmet yesterday extending it far beyond what will actually be needed but it's easier to shorten it than lengthen it. I have in mind the escape pod concept of the cockpit anyway so there might be jato exhausts in the offing. Better than just unceremoniously dumping the head on the ground in the middle of a pitched battle.

http://i.imgur.com/3AxGm.jpg

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[The_Blackadder]

Okay no excuses left tomorrow I'm gonna have to mount the head on the neck and the neck in the hull and I hope I can come up with a solution to how to allow the head to turn on the neck with that verdammen fürs luggen' cowl extension.

http://i.imgur.com/sA3Ix.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/hy8af.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/FK7Q4.jpg

Glad theres no one around on the weekend to witness these problems...............

 

[Monkey's_Uncle]

Sadly, I am here to witness it...
She's looking stunning Mr B.
I'm sure you'll come up with something...

P.S. She IS a She isn't She?

 

[The_Blackadder]

The Warhound is definitely a 'She' (they're just so cute and cuddly) but I'm not so sure about a Warlord. being the definitive 'God Machine' it seems gender neutral but the 'lord' in warlord is masculine so I'm leaning toward not addressing it with a pronoun at all.

 

[Shareya]

I have always wonderd, how much do you think it will in the end cost you to build uhm "her" ? x)

 

[The_Blackadder]

Maybe 200 bucks or so but spread out over a year thats less than a buck a day.

While I am revamping the neck mount its time to address an issue I have found unsatisfactory in my rendering of the lip area. In the DS model and here is where he gets kudos in artistic ability.

http://i.imgur.com/sBVA7.jpg

The lip area beneath the vent cowl is slightly drooping which give it a badass appearance.

http://i.imgur.com/F2HJ7.jpg

On my model that is not apparent being rather flat in line with the base line of the keel piece.

http://i.imgur.com/B2DK1.jpg

So I am modifying it to give it a more Hapsburgian visage.

 

[The_Blackadder]

I spite of my best efforts to pose everything as it should be the helmet slipped forward 6.0mm whilst I was taking the picture.

Be that as it may the head is looking pretty good in this the final position of course I shall have to keep looking at the pictures to confirm I am not being delusional.

http://i.imgur.com/Sq4KB.jpg

The legs being able to support the upper body weight that most everyone was concerned with appears not to be an issue but the axle screws do need tightening as the knees are squatted back on their stops.

http://i.imgur.com/lHm3R.jpg

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

Once everything is completely built I'll replace the temporary screws with locking screws and washers.

And now its Miller time....... er correction; Martini time.

 

[The_Blackadder]

It will have the horns or downwards extensions in the "cheeks mantel" but there are fit problems with the spaced armour at this time where it interferes with the helmet dome and has to be modified:

http://i.imgur.com/FQ4fY.jpg

Its still not quite right but I'm closing in on it............