Blackadder's Imperator Titan Build

[Blackadder]

Clutchin' At Straws:

I've got this huge space between the deck and the Main Arm Support Yoke that has to be filled with some awesome Titiany stuff. So right now I am experimenting with Cod Bitz to try to com up with a unique techy/churchy facade that covers three floors of the interior behind the head.



This is the first attempt and I'm not too pleased with the huge doors.



It seems to diminish the over all size of the figures compared to the Titan.



Stepping back the effect isn't as bad but I need a rational for the oversized doors and as I type this the Adeptus Mechanicus Tech Priest Dominus' are just the ticket and the Belisarius Cawl can use the double front doors


Ha! Problem is solved.

I planned to have the two outsized clergy overseeing the battle from the balcony vantage point all along and purely by accident I made the way they can access the balcony. Talk about serendipity.

Now my uploaded files don't load.

It is becoming increasingly difficult to abide by the posting of images rules. Can we not get back to the upload program of last year?

 

[zathros]

The picture uploading is fixed. As I stated earlier, this will pop up from time to time when more memory is needed. This isn't "GoDaddy". Our forum is hosted by the servers owned by the owners of this forum. It took them approx. 6 hours to straighten this out. They own a few 100o's of forums, we are lucky to get such quick service, and have the generous huge picture uploading that we have. Patience is a virtue. I will say no more on the matter.

 

[Blackadder]

Thanks,
I'm sure running this forum is not all beer and skittles. I couldn't begin to attempt dealing with the amount of time required to keep this forum running. I was just expressing a desire to comply with the rules of the forum with a minimum of frustration and bring the defect to the attention of the powers that be.

 

[zathros]

We're on top of it, but had to go out of the country to get reasonably priced and competent I.T. support, so there's a time lag. It wasn't down even a full 18 hrs though. You must have caught it in the middle.

I wish you'd let me change the title of the thread to "Blackadder is build the most incredible Warmonger Titan". This is not an attempt, it is the actual execution of the project!!

 

[Blackadder]

Ha, well I couldn't very well title it "Blackadder Builds the Most Fantastic Titan Ever Created" or some other such self-serving aggrandization, my innate self-consciousness would not allow it; besides when I started this project, as with all my endeavors, I hadn't an inkling nor would I have willingly taken bets on either the complexity or the success of the outcome thus far.

My aim at that time was significantly lower.

 

[zathros]

Well, that's changed, hasn't it. You've built something magnificent, and on a scale that boggles the mind. "Blackadder builds a Fantastic Titan" has a nice ring, and I could change it to that, if you allowed it. This is not an attempt, after all.

 

[Blackadder]

We'll see.............

Skinning:

So it's time to skin the yoke. A straightforward application of 0.040 inch/ 1 MM styrene to cover all the internal structure.

https://i.imgur.com/YEq238u.jpg

It takes a lot of styrene glue and a few gluing clamps but other than leaving an excess of styrene for slight variations in the surface, all the gluing takes is a bit of care and patience.

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

When dried sand off the excess with sanding blocks and files.

https://i.imgur.com/O5BaWsy.jpg

Worthy of note, I don't use green stuff, it makes for a sloppy looking interim stage so instead I just use Thin Cement and as I sand, the styrene dust settles in the cracks and the cement dissolves it so when dry the crack/blemish is repaired with the same material as the model.

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

 

[zathros]

It looks like a forging. I bet once it's painted, no one will be able to tell how you made that. Excellent engineering!!

 

[Blackadder]

There was a guy on Facebook that did work similar to mine who was also building a Titan; a FW Alpha style Warlord. His work was meticulous, far superior to mine, and as he built the sub assemblies he was casting them. Sadly he has quit the effort but while he was posting, it was a joy to behold the precision of a true master.

 

[zathros]

Yours will be finished, and I feel the same way you did watching him, watching you put this together from sheets and tubes. Masterful work.

 

[Blackadder]

I admire your optimism..........

I Don't Care:

I'm posting it anyway. I'm trying to rationalize the second level engineering where I plan to have the reactor and some sort of mumbo jumbo altar to solicit favor from the Machine God.

https://i.imgur.com/CA55iTn.jpg

The first level replete with appropriate iconic bells and whistles but the second level were the real work be done has a more utilitarian aspect.

https://i.imgur.com/bYt6RAX.jpg

Yeah I know I have to move the hinges and the door at present leads to a ruddy great step down but all that will be addressed.

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

What is of most significance is that purely by happenstance I managed to get the yoke in precisely the proper position to bisect the side panel perfectly.

https://i.imgur.com/CA55iTn.jpg

Too bad I can't manage to apply that precision in real life.

 

[zathros]

That looks like the interior of some kind of building. Maybe a Scientology center!

 

[Blackadder]

Yes the upper level will have a balcony and the lower level will have a raised porch plus an apropos step. There will be buttresses and eagle support corbels. I also need to raise the head about half an inch to accommodate the front double doors with a porch of it's own. These things are in the works but first I had to insure the yoke was properly positioned which wonder of wonders it was.

 

[zathros]

Are you an architect? I could not for the structures you mention into a coherent statement, but know what they are when I hear the. The fact that you are formulating this conceptually blows me away. Yes, that yoke is a Wonder of Wonders. Reminds me very much of the bulkheads I used to make.

 

[Blackadder]

Corbels and buttresses are architectural terms I learned when I studied Medieval Cathedrals I have no professional credentials regarding Architecture.

In shipbuilding they would be called 'Knees' and 'Hanging Knees'.

The "Wonder of Wonders"remark was not for the yoke structure itself but for the fact that with no planning in mind the yoke was in precisely the right position to sit perfectly centered on the side frames before I even thought how to make them or even considered the size or placement or did any measurements. Ha! I equate that with getting two consecutive 'holes in one' in golf.

 

[zathros]

I don't know, I think you have a very 3 dimensional mind (4th, if you include your timing). This model kind of proves it.

 

[Blackadder]

Imperial Eagle 2.0

Some major changes in the works in an attempt to improve on the overall appearance of the facade. There were a few things I was not satisfied with..............

https://i.imgur.com/Kz5zHCV.jpg

The Imperial Eagle being one so here we have the 2.0 version which I believe will look better.

https://i.imgur.com/dDwzPj4.jpg

Right now just in paper while I adjust the size and space out the flight feathers better......

Eventually the overall effect will be something like this.......

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

Which I believe will show up better and have a more practical value as an upper deck support corbel as well as being decorative.

More to come later but now I have to take my Lithium; Hahaaaaaa!

 

[zathros]

You invite us into your thought process. Thanks!

 

[Blackadder]

Belisarius Cawl

While I am rebuilding the various areas of the chest region I broke out the Belisarius Cawl to see how it will look on the command balcony.....

Assembly hint this model is very delicate and painting it will be a chore especially when completely assembled so I added what the manufacturer should have mainly a stem between the upper body and the lower. Just a piece of sprue about half an inch long carved down to fit in a hole drilled into the upper body.

The lower body has an irregular shaped hole that needs to be cut larger to receive the piece of sprue.

Right now I've only painted the skirt and cloak with flat red and grey primed the rest of the metallic parts which I believe I will finish in graphite and gold.

https://i.imgur.com/Uq1wtDK.jpg

After the model is painted the two assemblies can be glued together or as I intend just put together dry.

 

[Blackadder]

Imperial Eagle 2.01

Well I like it, Since I established how I was going to finish off the chest facade I've be quite busy with domestic projects but I finally finished the rough revamping of the Imperial Eagles stylized as they are to represent support corbels on either side of the chest.



The problem has vexed me for the past month and I am very fortunate to have not compromised and just glued everything in place only to have to scrap a good deal of work had it been glued together. (I think that is a sentence.) So now we can settle into adding the eagle assemblies to the structure while showing they do have a purposeful function; something they hadn't before.