Blackadder's Imperator Titan Build

Weekend Update:
I had hoped to be further along in the rear mechanisms by now but I ran into a bit of a snag when I realized the the rear section of the weapon expanded further than the surface armour surrounding the mount disk. Since my gun is wider overall than the Warlord weapon I have decided to not expand this section unless I see the overall appeal of the Plasma Blaster is compromised.
https://i.imgur.com/opWDHf4.jpg

Another modification is the rear mount must also be removable and be able to slip onto the mount disk assembly which should pose no problem but was something I had not anticipated.
https://i.imgur.com/xFNOLgE.jpg

Now that that is recognized I can proceed with the actual manufacture of the rear sections.

Thanks for the glowing accolades;

One Week Later:

It's been a busy week but I managed to fit in a bit of building. The biggest accomplishment is a second Arms Mount section for the other armament items.

https://i.imgur.com/9yj9h3H.jpg


It is a source of irritation to me that each of these disc mount appendages seem dedicated to a particular weapon so hopefully I can circumvent this need for redundancy by making a generic disc and adding a discrete weapons module pack for each weapon I produce. The Discs are really time consuming to make.

https://i.imgur.com/6MMTHmi.jpg


https://i.imgur.com/axub5XT.jpg


So above we have the Plasma Blaster modular assembly that slips together as two pieces and subsequently in the image below the sections installed on the Plasma blaster body......

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



https://i.imgur.com/G4yHwBI.jpg


Next the Meta Snail module...........

You have anticipated my next post; is it any wonder you are the Senior Administrator!!!!


Cochlear Implant:
I'm frequently asked how I develop a construction from just images on a computer screen. and I suppose this is a prime demonstration candidate. the Cochlear shaped reactor core at the back end of the Plasma Blaster. Since I already had the disc mount assembly it was a simple matter of transporting the dimensions off the disc to the rectangular grid material and eyeballing the divisions on the screen I used my compass to define where the concentric components would be arranged.
https://i.imgur.com/EWLsQftl.jpg

Using the mount block module I made a U shaped construction of the apparent size of the basic structure and alternately layered 0.040 inch sheet styrene with the same sized grid material until I had a sufficient thickness with two left pieces over for the final rough detail.
https://i.imgur.com/K31AUOk.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/U3NwU5K.jpg

So finally we have the size of the complete weapon realized at least in the rough.
https://i.imgur.com/AzHRLlZ.jpg

and now I can take on the actual upper mount arm............

That's About the Size of It:
I finally can appreciate the size of this construct and I am revisiting my anxiety over the scale Vis-à-vis the actual Titan.
https://i.imgur.com/XLL36Aw.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/990xV1i.jpg

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

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

https://i.imgur.com/htf5EPr.jpg

It seems about right................

Just a Quick One Today:
Working on the reactor coil (whatever) It's a complex piece of machinery with a lot of delicate parts. The Plastic cement eats through the curved 0.040 inch square stock instantly so I had to use 0.5 inch tubing for the ends of the slots.
https://i.imgur.com/IBhq3II.jpg

It seems to work okay.

When Will There Be An End?

I am so sick of this weapon. It's like pushing a snowball uphill. The bigger it gets the harder it is to push it further...

https://i.imgur.com/67h9Z7P.jpg


My only consolation is; the rest of the weapons will be a piece of cake in comparison......

https://i.imgur.com/6wvPzCp.jpg


The reactor core is almost complete, I need only add 13 more silver coils and the rest will be eyewash.....

https://i.imgur.com/ZY6Yr3Z.jpg


Last night I built the obverse side and am about ready to install the silver coils on it as well.

Plasma Blaster Reactor:


Or whatever it is will serve as the counterweight for this monster of a gun.

https://i.imgur.com/SEj3WO1.jpg


Once I finish the basic detail I'll be putting about ten ounces of weight in the rear compartment.

https://i.imgur.com/Ru9zoyb.jpg

Consider Me Crazy:

If someone had told me that it would take me all Summer and then some to make this Annihilator Plasma Blaster I would have considered him crazy.

https://i.imgur.com/huG26nX.jpg


After all I build a Warlord Titan in less than two years and it took about two weeks to make the main Volcano Cannons for that Titan......

https://i.imgur.com/kW0FlHB.jpg


So anyway I've decided to make this weapon modular

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


Here we see the four basic components

https://i.imgur.com/4Wla4Tu.jpg


First the mounting disc slides into the main gun housing.......

Then the internal adaptor module for the rear of the Plasma blaster

https://i.imgur.com/zsvdW0Y.jpg


So I can add different parts to convert from one weapon to another easily......

https://i.imgur.com/Y42m4MJ.jpg


The Reactor section then slips onto the internal module.......

https://i.imgur.com/V62R0AE.jpg


This long shot of the business end of this weapon give an appreciation of the scale 30 meters ( 98feet ) length.

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


And we're back to the assembled weapon... I've got to have my Tech Priests ready next time to have them show of their wares.

Cloaca:

At the charging end of the Plasma Blaster is this cylindrical structure that is somewhat convex and fortunately I had a piece of recyclable styrene of adequate size that had a flattened dome shape.

It was a simple matter to divide it into twelfths but somewhat more difficult to space out the segments

https://i.imgur.com/Nq1rhzh.jpg


I want to keep the structure as hollow as possible so I can add balancing weight so once I get the end cap detailed I'll make the rest of the cylinder.

https://i.imgur.com/9T3DiYN.jpg


Everything on this blaster is super detailed so replicating it even as a reasonable facsimile is tedious.

https://i.imgur.com/y5GN5al.jpg


I hope I'll have less trouble with the Volcano Cannons.

To make matters worse my computer crashed last week and I had to reboot window 10

A View From A Height:

It's no secret I'm just a copier; none of this stuff is original with me. I prefer to think of myself as viewing from a height; picking and choosing that which I think would go best on my models and adapting the modifications to make them work with the rest of the components. Such is the case with the gun mounts on the Arms yoke I copied from Joazzz2 outstanding 3D masterpiece Emperor Titan. seen below:

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


I thought the yoke was a unique way to demonstrate how the upper castle works would need to be shouldered (groan) by the massive gun mount spar

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


The problem is that the ForgeWorld Warlord has a much better gun mount then the fork shaped Emperor Titan mount and my problem is adapting the ForgeWorld mount to the Joazzz2 yoke.

Here below we see the Forked mount on the SunFury Annihilator Plasma Blaster and I think you will agree it looks pretty crude compared to the rest of the weapon, clothespins not withstanding.
https://i.imgur.com/3ySlQsY.jpg


Even standing alone the mount leaves me unimpressed.

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


Above are the pieces I have thus far made to bring the mount apparatus up to the caliber (groan again) of the FW Plasma Blaster.

We'll see how well this turns out in the coming days.........

Reverse Engineering:

Sometimes it pays to be pigheaded such as my obsessive insistence to retain the beautiful shoulder yoke so ably represented in Mr Joazzz2's 3D masterpieces of elegant Emperor Titans.
The other example of my OCD is to attempt to meld that yoke with the equally elegant mounting drums of the Forge World Alpha Warlord.

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


Both designs are mutually exclusive as the Forge World shoulders are deeply ensconced under the shoulder carapace and the trunnion mount of Mr Joazzz2's is bulky and somewhat crude compared to the rest of his revolutionary design..

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


I am hoping to achieve a middle ground compromise but this first image is a trifle unnerving. The arm seems to be hanging too low and the lower edge of the weapon seems to be at the level of the hip axis.

https://i.imgur.com/CZK70Lx.jpg


Referring to the FW Warlord model and Mr Joazzz's rendering this is also the case but with the body incomplete enough to support the weight of one main weapon I cannot tell for sure.

https://i.imgur.com/DGEu413.jpg


This last image I could not resist posting because it show my inner sanctum replete with plasticard stock which demonstrates the depth of my compulsions. Ha!

https://i.imgur.com/rRRwc6o.jpg