fiesta0618
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Well I\'ll tell you, that\'s the best I\'ve ever seen a Lackof Titan look. I think you should have little trouble with mine.
a TITANIC undertaking
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goalie4hire
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I\'m sure I\'ll have a great time working on yours. I just can\'t wait to see your\'s finished, so I\'ll know what I\'m in for.
Thanks for the kind words. I hope I can create a Titan that others would like to have.
Thanks for the kind words. I hope I can create a Titan that others would like to have.
goalie4hire
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Beenworking on mine non-stop... I\'ll have to post new photos
Queenoftheunifrogs
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this is looking fantastic
goalie4hire
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I\'m removing my pictures... I don\'t want to be using your forum to show my titan. I hope I haven\'t offended.
fiesta0618
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I\'M ALIVE!!!!!!
Man, I took one hell of a hiatus, didn\'t I? I apologize to you all for that. You know how life happens sometimes. Anyway, after about three weeks with no building I made myself a promise to get you guys an update TODAY. I\'m proud to say I\'ve done just that--on two fronts!
First, I\'ve done the whole rivets-gone-mad thing on the inside of the shoulders, as on the shins. For curiosity\'s sake, I counted as I went...199 rivets on each shoulder. Tally \'em up yourself if you don\'t believe me...I dare you. lol
Second, and in my opinion MUCH more interesting, I\'ve completed the exhaust assembly. Remember those fans I cast? Right here. Along with a healthy dose of technical-looking widgets.
And to cap it all off! (pun intended)
By the way, I realized that I forgot to mention in the plans that this wire mesh is a small-grid wire form, meant to be used as a shell underneath paper mache and clay and the like. Like so many items in this project, it just happened to catch my eye in the art store...anyway. Here\'s the assembly in place atop the Titan\'s back.
It won\'t be glued in place for a while, though. I\'m getting to a point in the project where a lot of things have to come together simultaneously, and I may find myself modifying the chassis to accommodate. I\'d hate to damage this thing trying to rip it off and reposition, it\'s rather fragile. Anyway, I think my next order of business is to handle the rear of the body. There\'s not that much going on besides the huge vents, but I\'m getting tired of having the torso look so naked. Onward I go! And thanks for bearing with me.
--Fiesta
PS--I\'ve had a couple inquiries about the written plans, so I\'m going to go ahead and draw up the leg designs sometime in the next week (or two; Easter might suspend operations).
Man, I took one hell of a hiatus, didn\'t I? I apologize to you all for that. You know how life happens sometimes. Anyway, after about three weeks with no building I made myself a promise to get you guys an update TODAY. I\'m proud to say I\'ve done just that--on two fronts!
First, I\'ve done the whole rivets-gone-mad thing on the inside of the shoulders, as on the shins. For curiosity\'s sake, I counted as I went...199 rivets on each shoulder. Tally \'em up yourself if you don\'t believe me...I dare you. lol
Second, and in my opinion MUCH more interesting, I\'ve completed the exhaust assembly. Remember those fans I cast? Right here. Along with a healthy dose of technical-looking widgets.
And to cap it all off! (pun intended)
By the way, I realized that I forgot to mention in the plans that this wire mesh is a small-grid wire form, meant to be used as a shell underneath paper mache and clay and the like. Like so many items in this project, it just happened to catch my eye in the art store...anyway. Here\'s the assembly in place atop the Titan\'s back.
It won\'t be glued in place for a while, though. I\'m getting to a point in the project where a lot of things have to come together simultaneously, and I may find myself modifying the chassis to accommodate. I\'d hate to damage this thing trying to rip it off and reposition, it\'s rather fragile. Anyway, I think my next order of business is to handle the rear of the body. There\'s not that much going on besides the huge vents, but I\'m getting tired of having the torso look so naked. Onward I go! And thanks for bearing with me.
--Fiesta
PS--I\'ve had a couple inquiries about the written plans, so I\'m going to go ahead and draw up the leg designs sometime in the next week (or two; Easter might suspend operations).
goalie4hire
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The Reaver was made out of card stock, and is pretty strong, as long as you treat it like paper, and not plastic. The only weakness is the joints between the arms, and the body, and the waist. I made those joints to be able to rotate, and being all paper, there is not much there to make it strong. It could be painted, and I assume a good painter could make it look at least tabletop ready.
fiesta0618
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A quick question for you all:
Should I add rivets to the raised trim on the inside edges of the armor plates? I don\'t want to overdo things, but from time to time I look at it and think there\'s something missing. Any suggestions?
Also, to hestan: I plan to make one of each weapon type, and maybe an additional Turbo Laser; they look the most deadly in the new edition.
--Fiesta
Should I add rivets to the raised trim on the inside edges of the armor plates? I don\'t want to overdo things, but from time to time I look at it and think there\'s something missing. Any suggestions?
Also, to hestan: I plan to make one of each weapon type, and maybe an additional Turbo Laser; they look the most deadly in the new edition.
--Fiesta
goalie4hire
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I say if you think there is something missing, then there is usually something missing and needed.
Over-do it! You only live once.
It\'ll make painting all those rivits that much more fun, and time consuming.
As always, eager to see what you post next.
Over-do it! You only live once.
It\'ll make painting all those rivits that much more fun, and time consuming.
As always, eager to see what you post next.
fiesta0618
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a *tiny* update
Happy Easter folks, and thanks once again for your patronage and support. I\'m not yet done with the aforementioned rear vents and such, but I do have a small tidbit: I\'ve satisfied my itch regarding interior armor trim. Some light rivets, nothing fancy--here \'tis.
And in place:
I expect to have the vent stuff done tomorrow or the next day, and the next set of plans by next week.
@ hestan: Sorry, I probably won\'t make a combat weapon. This is indeed an artistic endeavor, but at the end of the day this model is meant to function on the tabletop, and Warhounds are strictly gun carriages. If GD ever allows scratchbuilds and I decide to enter this, then perhaps, but not as things stand right now.
@ droogie: I had to laugh when I read your post. I hadn\'t yet decided whether I\'d going to do cockpit details at all and was planning to poll the audience soon about whether it\'d be worthwhile, but I guess I know how you\'ll vote! lol My only hesitation on that score is that for all the machines I\'ve modeled, I\'ve never attempted a wholesale sculpt of a human figure. However, you gotta learn sometime, right? So I\'m on the fence at the moment. I need to finish the torso first, anyway, so I\'ll have a while to mull it over.
--Fiesta
Happy Easter folks, and thanks once again for your patronage and support. I\'m not yet done with the aforementioned rear vents and such, but I do have a small tidbit: I\'ve satisfied my itch regarding interior armor trim. Some light rivets, nothing fancy--here \'tis.
And in place:
I expect to have the vent stuff done tomorrow or the next day, and the next set of plans by next week.
@ hestan: Sorry, I probably won\'t make a combat weapon. This is indeed an artistic endeavor, but at the end of the day this model is meant to function on the tabletop, and Warhounds are strictly gun carriages. If GD ever allows scratchbuilds and I decide to enter this, then perhaps, but not as things stand right now.
@ droogie: I had to laugh when I read your post. I hadn\'t yet decided whether I\'d going to do cockpit details at all and was planning to poll the audience soon about whether it\'d be worthwhile, but I guess I know how you\'ll vote! lol My only hesitation on that score is that for all the machines I\'ve modeled, I\'ve never attempted a wholesale sculpt of a human figure. However, you gotta learn sometime, right? So I\'m on the fence at the moment. I need to finish the torso first, anyway, so I\'ll have a while to mull it over.
--Fiesta
goalie4hire
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I do like the look of the extra rivets, I am glad you decided to add them. I think it adds just the right amount of detail to the plating.
I would also vote yes on making a cockpit, if you were to ask the few of us watching this forum.
I can\'t wait to see the next set of plans.
I would also vote yes on making a cockpit, if you were to ask the few of us watching this forum.
I can\'t wait to see the next set of plans.
Of course you could always make two heads. One with no cockpit, so you could start gaming with this brute, and one with the cockpit that you could work on at your leisure. But then of course you would have to rework the main body so you could have the inside detailed as well 
:bouncy:lollol
As for the sculpting, just cut up some IG for the base and work your way from there.
(Yes, this is a second vote for a detailed cockpit.)
:bouncy:lollolAs for the sculpting, just cut up some IG for the base and work your way from there.
(Yes, this is a second vote for a detailed cockpit.)
JesterzUSMC
Recovering Megalomaniac
Another cockpit vote:
