Blackadder Attempts to build an Emperor Titan

    Hellstorm Energy Weapon


    Today it started coming together but the post office delayed leaving the barrel inserts so I can't finish the barrel ends.



    They leave hundreds of bucks worth of online orders on the front poach in all kinds of foul weather but 12 bucks worth of toilet paper spools is too precious to leave off unattended; ludicrous!


    https://i.imgur.com/MpSq7ci.jpg


    Yeah I said Toilet Paper Spools; Styrene plastic and spring loaded; I need five of them plus eight for the leg to foot pad stabilizers.


    https://i.imgur.com/H8ag4aS.jpg


    What else would you use them for goodness sake????

    "It is easier to deceive people than it is to convince them that they have been deceived."

    Time To Take Stock.....


    After a week hiatus I revived with new inspirations on how to proceed. The Lower sixth of the cannon assembly vexed me until I realized where my problem lay. It is pretty much what is found wrong with a majority of scratchbuilds; they are too square and straight sided. The lower rail needed some slight curvature to the sides and base.


    https://i.imgur.com/q3M6lG9.jpg


    Fortunately the material I am using has a taper for ease of extraction from the mould.


    https://i.imgur.com/biPfc7S.jpg


    Playing on that feature I came up with the correct angles to duplicate the artist's rendering.


    https://i.imgur.com/10kf0vn.jpg


    This will be more apparent in subsequent images.

    "It is easier to deceive people than it is to convince them that they have been deceived."

    I think I'll Have To Add Another Barrel:


    Not much going on with the model these days. I've got 3/4 of a year working on these two guns and am nowhere near finished. For example today I spent reducing the bore of the five o'clock position barrel which gratifyingly finally looks right (to me).


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


    I did a quick setup of the hull to take these pictures and have something posted before Christmas.


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


    I made the barrels extra long so I could adjust the length with a minimum of refabricating


    https://i.imgur.com/kko672F.jpg


    it seems I must adjust them by a ninth


    https://i.imgur.com/oHB0eGA.jpg


    To match the picture and the Sunfury Annihilator Turbo Laser.


    Have a Happy Holiday.

    "It is easier to deceive people than it is to convince them that they have been deceived."

    A Cog Disc


    The more I build this thing the more I think these are actually revolving barrels. But they are energy weapons so what is the point???


    Anyway my production schedule has been compromised by the Holiday Festivities I made time today to make the Cogged backing chamber for the barrels


    https://i.imgur.com/10kf0vn.jpg


    You can see by the image below that it looks like the backing plate and the barrels rotate as a single piece


    https://i.imgur.com/C5XZ2u6.jpg


    Anyway the component is straight forward and simple to replicate thanks to the Waffle material; the Fluorescent Light Diffuser Panel.


    https://i.imgur.com/fpkT8hb.jpg

    "It is easier to deceive people than it is to convince them that they have been deceived."

    Zitat von Blackadderz


    The more I build this thing the more I think these are actually revolving barrels. But they are energy weapons so what is the point???


    I agree with you, but according to the information I was able to find, the barrels don't rotate. But since the titan was probably originally just a drawing from some warhammer-loving kid and not the product of a well planned engineering process, I think you should do it the way you think it makes sense. You've already put more tought into it...!


    By the way: Shouldn't the title of the topic now be renamed into "...Emperor Titan" or did I missunderstand something? ;) (according to thisand thatsite the Warmonger Titan has some of doomstrike missiles!?)

    Zitat von calistarius


    I agree with you, but according to the information I was able to find, the barrels don't rotate. But since the titan was probably originally just a drawing from some warhammer-loving kid and not the product of a well planned engineering process, I think you should do it the way you think it makes sense. You've already put more tought into it...!


    By the way: Shouldn't the title of the topic now be renamed into "...Emperor Titan"



    Tell me how to change it and I will :(

    "It is easier to deceive people than it is to convince them that they have been deceived."

    Eight into Five just don't go evenly;


    Cogs that is. Yeah I know but that's what the image calls for. It was either eight or nine and there wasn't space for nine cogs. I could have done six but the spacing would have been too great. No matter how you slice it the revolving chamber just doesn't work. But you know I just don't care anymore. I'm tired of playing with these guns :D


    https://i.imgur.com/M7Jc32J.jpg


    Last night was the first time in three weeks I actually had time to work on this thing since New Years.


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


    I've decided that the 5 barrels remain stationary and the cylinder revolves. Don't ask me how or why but dimmit that's the way it's gotta be.


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


    Now I've gotta adjust the barrel length and the support carriage.


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


    And get this show back on the road.


    https://i.imgur.com/dOnd5s2.jpg

    "It is easier to deceive people than it is to convince them that they have been deceived."

    Egad! I've forgotten how this thing goes together!


    It's been six or so months since this Emperor Titan took a header (fortunately without sustaining much damage) and it was, at the time, inexpedient to reassemble the completed components. So this past week I've been trying to figure out HOW I BUILT THE D@MNED THING! All the body components interlock together without glue to facilitate assembly and disassembly (So I can add the interior detail when I get to it) but there are 20 to 30 major components and the sequence of how they are assembled has been trial and error. HA!


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


    Anyway here is what it looked like before it toppled and we can go from there.

    "It is easier to deceive people than it is to convince them that they have been deceived."

    Oooohhhh F*ck... What a Beast. No wonder that its Titans that control the battlefield (but I do remember a shorty tale of a company of Landraiders bringing one down through concentrated Lascanon fire - maybe in an old Space Marine (Epic) instruction booklet?)

    A Crash Test Dummy:


    Is building this Titan.


    I wish I could blame this on the cat or something but instead I am making inroads into stupidity.


    I was going to show the interior with the positioning plugs I have been working on for the past few days but instead here we see a pile of rubble which was the inner levels of the interior.


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


    Fortunately its not all as bad as it seems in spite of falling the same 5 feet again in much the same trajectory as the previous fall a couple of days ago although the computer chair did not intervene to soften the mishap this time so a few items actually did break this time.


    As I type the glue is drying and most of the damage is repaired (I'm getting good at it by now)


    Anyway, with hope, I'll be able to photograph the aligning plugs later today.

    "It is easier to deceive people than it is to convince them that they have been deceived."

    Quarter Galleries:


    For lack of a better term; this is the area I'll be working on


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


    The images are pretty much self explanatory; I'll be framing out the "Quarter Galleries" with cut Florescent light panel waffle diffusers purchased at Home Depot.
    https://i.imgur.com/rr4ohCP.jpg


    The panels are made of very hard and brittle styrene plastic but are plenty durable for framing and is cheap compared to hobby shop styrene. About 4 feet long and about 2 feet wide metric users can do the math....;)


    https://i.imgur.com/FrpJg0s.jpg

    "It is easier to deceive people than it is to convince them that they have been deceived."

    The Ground Floor:


    Actually about one hundred fifty feet above the ground but what the hey. The superstructure of this Titan is what makes it unique and I've been putting it off long enough trying to come up with something earthshaking. Try as I might I just cannot top Joazzz2's incredible architecture so I'll just copy that so first the gatehouse battlements sometimes called the barbican.


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

    "It is easier to deceive people than it is to convince them that they have been deceived."

    Never Be Afraid:


    To take the plunge. If the wine is sour, don't throw it out; make vinegar.


    Something just didn't look right about these two barbicans but until they were sheathed I couldn't quite figure it out.


    https://i.imgur.com/f9QGDXh.jpg


    Ultimately I realized they were too tall.


    https://i.imgur.com/267X9Ne.jpg


    A couple of minutes with a razor saw and utility knife demonstrated I was right and through careful surgery I managed to save the upper section for the second stage of the construct.

    "It is easier to deceive people than it is to convince them that they have been deceived."