Blackadder Proposes a Warmonger Titan of the Emperor Class

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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.

[url]https://i.imgur.com/EWLsQftl.jpg[/url]


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.

[url]https://i.imgur.com/K31AUOk.jpg[/url]


[url]https://i.imgur.com/U3NwU5K.jpg[/url]


So finally we have the size of the complete weapon realized at least in the rough.

[url]https://i.imgur.com/AzHRLlZ.jpg[/url]


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

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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.

[url]https://i.imgur.com/XLL36Aw.jpg[/url]


[url]https://i.imgur.com/990xV1i.jpg[/url]


[url]https://i.imgur.com/vchVYlh.jpg[/url]


[url]https://i.imgur.com/KNciCjg.jpg[/url]


[url]https://i.imgur.com/htf5EPr.jpg[/url]


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

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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.

[url]https://i.imgur.com/IBhq3II.jpg[/url]


It seems to work okay.

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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...

[url]https://i.imgur.com/67h9Z7P.jpg[/url]


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

[url]https://i.imgur.com/6wvPzCp.jpg[/url]


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

[url]https://i.imgur.com/ZY6Yr3Z.jpg[/url]


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

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Plasma Blaster Reactor:


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

[url]https://i.imgur.com/SEj3WO1.jpg[/url]


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

[url]https://i.imgur.com/Ru9zoyb.jpg[/url]

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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.

[url]https://i.imgur.com/huG26nX.jpg[/url]


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......

[url]https://i.imgur.com/kW0FlHB.jpg[/url]


So anyway I've decided to make this weapon modular

[url]https://i.imgur.com/MkkbQDj.jpg[/url]


Here we see the four basic components

[url]https://i.imgur.com/4Wla4Tu.jpg[/url]


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

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

[url]https://i.imgur.com/zsvdW0Y.jpg[/url]


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

[url]https://i.imgur.com/Y42m4MJ.jpg[/url]


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

[url]https://i.imgur.com/V62R0AE.jpg[/url]


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

[url]https://i.imgur.com/jKUslSu.jpg[/url]


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.

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It strikes me that I have not had a reply on this forum for months. Perhaps there is no interest in this tedious construction anymore?
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

[url]https://i.imgur.com/Nq1rhzh.jpg[/url]


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.

[url]https://i.imgur.com/9T3DiYN.jpg[/url]


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

[url]https://i.imgur.com/y5GN5al.jpg[/url]


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

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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:

[url]https://i.imgur.com/jlKKwDk.jpg[/url]


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

[url]https://i.imgur.com/rRZYHZE.jpg[/url]


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.
[url]https://i.imgur.com/3ySlQsY.jpg[/url]


Even standing alone the mount leaves me unimpressed.

[url]https://i.imgur.com/DEzWyTH.jpg[/url]


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.........

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So many of my old 40K Forum haunts have faded away this year. Others such as this one have seemed to have lost interest in scratch build projects.......

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.

[url]https://i.imgur.com/VIZTmxK.jpg[/url]


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..

[url]https://i.imgur.com/yyTlbXu.jpg[/url]


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.

[url]https://i.imgur.com/CZK70Lx.jpg[/url]


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.

[url]https://i.imgur.com/DGEu413.jpg[/url]


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!

[url]https://i.imgur.com/rRRwc6o.jpg[/url]

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House of Cards:

It's about time to start fastening things together. Relying on friction won't cut it anymore as what is imaged here weighs about 30 lbs (14 Kilo)

[url]https://i.imgur.com/NFOQRbS.jpg[/url]


With the 8 lbs of Plasma Blaster this thing is too unwieldy to to leave on the display stand in it's complete form and I took a chance on photoing it even in it's incomplete state. I'm no slouch when it comes to weight lifting but it took some heft to deadlift it off the stand in one piece.

[url]https://i.imgur.com/5NqcDWT.jpg[/url]


I saw no point in assembling the lower legs as at the current weight the hip and knee joints need pins to index the various poses.

[url]https://i.imgur.com/2Z7DIC8.jpg[/url]

The gun mount has all the flexibility required and once the armour is added on the figure will cease to look so gangly

[url]https://i.imgur.com/Qn6Mwlf.jpg[/url]


The rear view appears more robust,

[url]https://i.imgur.com/P0WEYb4.jpg[/url]


Next the Gatling Gun but first I'm going to treat myself to some eye candy and work on the interior.