Blackadder Attempts to build an Emperor Titan

  • One Step Forward Two Steps Back;


    I finally bit the bullet and opted to expand the width of the forward deck.


    The image below shows the full forward deck before my attempt at modifying the width....


    https://i.imgur.com/cY1gj6A.jpg


    Removing the corner turrets and lopping off a single row of waffle panel on each side I increased the with by 2.25 squares on each side as shown in the two images below.....


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


    This all brings in line the discrepancies and also give me close to the proper number of "Chicklet" crenellations that are shown in the origin Emperor Titan prototype. You can count them if you like. :D


    https://i.imgur.com/ca4jaQZ.jpg


    ]https://i.imgur.com/LMyUnMT.jpg


    This will broaden the front of the deck and allow for four more "Chicklet'' crenellations on the ends.


    Now all needs be done is add some space fillers and replace the deck panels and I'll be back in business with a lot more room to add detail to the two side structures and the central Quake Cannon fixed mount structure.

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

  • Many thanks for the replies. It is most gratifying to have found this forum and receive the well thought out replies.


    I do indeed have images of this particular Titan that incidentally were posted on Deviant Art designed by Joazzz2.


    https://i.imgur.com/vyO2wat.jpg


    https://i.imgur.com/Builf5F.jpg


    https://i.imgur.com/8dBfPeo.jpg


    If I do the spires it will bring the model to a total height of 1,524 meters tall. (5 feet).


    As for finishing the model that will be at the least 1 to 2 more years; probably more.

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

  • Blood Sweat and Tears:


    It's a pain when areas you thought were complete need to be modified. But I would never be happy with the deck being too small to accommodate the structures situated on the platform.



    As you can see I had to add three dentations to each end of the deck platform.



    This has the added bonus of overhanging the main weapons arms......


    and making the overall effect more massive.



    Ya can't have an Emperor Titan too massive I always say.


    Perhaps that why I am always sitting alone at parties?

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

  • Shazam!


    The crenellations have been increased by 6 giving a grand total of 34 across the front giving the busy look of the castle superstructure but not cramping the components as it did before.


    https://i.imgur.com/8PMWtli.jpg


    There is now room to position personnel along the battlements....


    https://i.imgur.com/u54RQWq.jpg


    The corner turrets are temporarily affixed to the deck so I can begin the side crenellations.


    https://i.imgur.com/Fbg99dx.jpg


    Eventually these bulwarks will be applied to all sides of the deck.

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

  • that's really good work and it looks like you're on the fast lane;)


    Hope, you can finish it this year:up: how long did it take to this point?

  • that's really good work and it looks like you're on the fast lane;)


    Hope, you can finish it this year:up: how long did it take to this point?

    I'll quote the very first entry of this thread:


    Blackadder Attempts to build an Emperor Titan:


    "Well a good many of you know by announcing this I have a fair idea of how I am going to proceed with this build but we also know we're gonna be in it for the long haul. Now that FW has released a Warlord (I'll buy the Chaos version when they release it because Chaos and the sculpted organic hulls and carapaces go well together in my opinion) but the Warlord Mars and Alpha not so much; also IMHO. Anyway it's always been in my mind to build a transport companion for my Warlord perhaps a foot taller with ruddy great greaves and threshold steps and Imperium Aquila doors to release a few hordes of grunts. I figure my Emperor Titan to be on the order of a meter tall." (Ha ha! More like 1,7 meters it seems now)


    Posted 10 Marz 2017. So a little over four years.


    As for completing it this year it's highly doubtful.


    Maybe around the end of 2022 will see it completed.


    Patience comrade; the fun is in the building ;)

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

  • Falling Together… Somewhat


    After major renovations to the front and side bulwarks plus adding the concave panel below the decking gives a much more finished appearance to the overall project.


    One of the criticisms I have with huge structures of this type is that the decks appear too flimsy.


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


    This concave reinforcement provides sufficient bulk to the edges of the platform.


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


    Once dried I can begin applying the crenellations to the sides and the deck battlements.

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

  • Sometimes You Bit the Bear and Get away With It :D


    The side crenellations have got to fit within close tolerances. I had only a few millimeters of leeway in seven inches to get these nine dentations to fit evenly without more major adjustments.


    Naturally I procrastinated attempting to build these bulwarks until today (and last evening) but low they came out better than I expected with a tolerance of micromillimeters (otherwise known as 64ths of an inch)


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


    (I dearly love the Imperial system. I can't wait until the rest of the World adopts it.)


    So here we have the crenellations in place and ready for gluing...


    https://i.imgur.com/ER0kZwG.jpg


    But before I do that I need to complete the main arm cutouts in the deck which I presume are for servicing and retracting the shoulder armament.



    https://i.imgur.com/c47iTCw.jpg


    Gaad! Did I stumble into the purpose of these cutouts or What?


    Purely by accident I assure you. Serendipity rears its ugly head once again.

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

  • In the end you will be able to reconstitute the STC for that Godmaschine;


    "Hail the honorable Magos Blackadderz :adore:,

    if there is one person that can establish the imperial system as global standart on terra it is him."


    As the basilika and it supporting platform take shape, the more i want to play skirmish games on it.

    As always your work and persistence are an inspiration for me as a hobbyist.

    Keep it up!

  • The Wine Was Sour:


    So I threw it out.


    I went for broke widening the superstructure deck by about 4 inches which necessitated revamping the ends of the deck.


    After struggling with the modification ad nauseum working upside down I managed to modify the left hand side of the deck to allow for the cove moulding on the underside of the crenellations but it was beyond my patience to try to juxtapose the coordinates for the other side. ( I always wanted to use the word "juxtapose" in a sentence. :)



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


    Anyhow I tore the entire superstructure apart and turned the deck upside down and still it was quite difficult to break out the underside of the deck but a lot easier than working upside down.


    Here is what I had to replicate:


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


    mirroring the completed underside.


    And the entire underside for reference:


    https://i.imgur.com/HoaC76Y.jpg


    Easy peasy (Not)

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

  • I absolutly know what you mean:/ But always remember: you told me to stay patience:D:D


    anyway: it's still impressiv and your progress pushed me to build my own reaver. I'm still doing the head and I guess it will last for half a year to finish the Model.


    So: the reward for patience is... even more patience


    keep going, you have one big Fan at last:up:

  • keep going, you have one big Fan at last

    More than one ... but fans like me are absolutly impressed, but have a lack of understanding all of the terms and phrases of technical constructions like this, so we have to keep quiet ... or to stupidly repeat "Wow <3" ;)

  • A Fine Madness?


    Someone stop him before he goes all the way back to the beginning!!!


    This morning I finished off installing the cooling vanes/buttresses (?) around the base of the waist.


    https://i.imgur.com/HoaC76Y.jpg


    https://i.imgur.com/Xiv2bFO.jpg


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


    I've put this off long enough. I couldn't decide how the should be arranged around the forward corners but these seem to work okay.


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


    I cast a troubled glance at the femur/thigh component and thought what the hey; while I've got the thing completely disassembled I might as well lengthen the upper legs as well. I've put it off long enough.


    With my trusty razor saw and a couple of hacks I severed the knee joint; "In a thrice the deed was done!" Ha,Ha! Hee Hee!


    https://i.imgur.com/Oqmqf6E.jpg


    I decided to increase the thigh length by a bit over 7 CM (2.6 inches) shown here compared to the other leg (still to be done)


    Once reassembled we'll if that is sufficient.

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

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  • One of my biggest complaints about the Forge World Warlord is I thought the legs were too short. I even resolved were I ever to purchase one I would lengthen to legs.




    https://i.imgur.com/o3XkR4q.jpg





    With a lot of effort I managed to increase the length of the legs by about 7,0 centimeters (2.75 inches). It required a lot more work than I had bargained for. If I had to do it over again I probably wouldn't have done it.




    (whom I kidding; I'm not obsessive compulsive for the fun of it.)




    Anyway here's a couple of views of the stretch job...




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





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





    and I also got the legs to work so they can be posed as seen below.




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


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

  • Eureka!


    First time together with the complete top hamper, the basic edifices that is.


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


    Also the first time with the new leg extensions and the full weight if the basic model brought to bear on the legs.


    https://i.imgur.com/PUe9D72.jpg


    The model is extremely top heavy and while precariously stable walking around the model would topple it I'm sure; so for the time being I propped it up against the back of a chair.


    https://i.imgur.com/7M5NaSJ.jpg


    I need to add stabilizers to the interior of the greave housings.


    https://i.imgur.com/9t6DdfX.


    (Note the 51 inches (1.2954 meter) on the six foot scale... a far cry from my initial projection of a tad over a meter.)


    The top view and the foreground level camera angle shot brings home the majesty of this monster.


    https://i.imgur.com/mT6H9Ky.jpg



    The two figures added for scale are virtually lost in the immensity of the construction.


    https://i.imgur.com/JB3LsYx.jpg


    Optimistically I am going to start detailing the basic components and getting the main weapons mounted on the shoulders.

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