Profound Posted October 26, 2007 Share Posted October 26, 2007 wow you two are you going to make one hell of a titan how's the beard coming? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dominus Ex Machina Posted October 26, 2007 Author Share Posted October 26, 2007 how's the beard coming? To be brutally honest, it reached EPIC proportions and I gave up on the idea. It served as good motivation in the begining but no longer. I'm painting the interior of the head right now, lots of colorful screens n' stuff ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warboss100 Posted October 27, 2007 Share Posted October 27, 2007 could we get any screenshots? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raziellycas Posted October 29, 2007 Share Posted October 29, 2007 As far as the GD stuff goes, my thoughts would be that, first and foremost, it's a PAINTING competition. Highly converted models just do better. Take that as you will.And for teams, I think the part about it 'must all be your own work' is mostly to prevent people from buying one of Scibor's models and trying to claim it as their own. but that's all my intrepretations. GW staff would probably be the people to ask about it. Remember in the 2006 the adeptus custodes squad that win a demon here in italy? well one of the "gold" custodes was a scibor's ones.... But without the painting on it a miniature also if ultra well sculpted cannot win a demon... remember it.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jezza40k Posted December 15, 2007 Share Posted December 15, 2007 We demand Updates!!!!!!! :) And Be Quick About It I Wanna See The Titan Well At Least Druel Over It A Little..... Cheers, jez... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dominus Ex Machina Posted December 16, 2007 Author Share Posted December 16, 2007 jezza40k, you can expect something soon, it's been too long but both I and freak forge are now back on working with this beatuy. We have both been busy with real life issues and commission work lately but we're trying to cope with it :mellow: I still have commission work to do so progress is slow on my behalf but I will soon have a little something to show you all :woot: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dominus Ex Machina Posted December 19, 2007 Author Share Posted December 19, 2007 So, although obviously not done yet, I give you the engine/reactor room: http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h153/SupremeGrandMaster/Mars%20Pattern%20Warhound%20Titan/IMGP4730.jpg http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h153/SupremeGrandMaster/Mars%20Pattern%20Warhound%20Titan/IMGP4732.jpg http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h153/SupremeGrandMaster/Mars%20Pattern%20Warhound%20Titan/IMGP4727.jpg I hope to be able to finish this piece soon, and then tackle the interior of the head so I can finaly attach those moderatii crewmen I painted a while ago (as they are happily wandering about on my work desk freely as it is). Freak Forge has told me that he is also back on track so maybe, with the machine gods blessing, we will have a sculpting update soon too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starks333 Posted December 19, 2007 Share Posted December 19, 2007 slowly comin together <_< looking good! Starks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dominus Ex Machina Posted December 19, 2007 Author Share Posted December 19, 2007 slowly comin together :P heh, painfully slowly actually <_< But I plan on making heaps of progress next month, we'll see what happens! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Bohemund Posted December 19, 2007 Share Posted December 19, 2007 Ah finally the long expected update. Good to see you are still working on this beauty. Really looking forward to the new year now that I know it will start with some awesome stuff from you :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thocan Posted December 20, 2007 Share Posted December 20, 2007 Good to see this is still going. I was admittedly worried that this fizzled out for some reason. Can't wait for the next updates. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dominus Ex Machina Posted January 11, 2008 Author Share Posted January 11, 2008 First of all it is time for a big announcement! To begin with we were two people working on the Titan, Freak Forge and myself. However as time has gone by one more person has joined the show. The person in question is Mark Tait, painter extraordinaire and multiple golden demon winner. Mark is helping me a great deal with the painting part of this little puppy by lending me his experts advice and proffessional opinion regarding my brush-slinging actions. I can safely say that the interior of the Titan would have looked a lot different (and a lot worse) without Mark! So, with that important announcement made, on to the update. Still no major update but here are some paint in progress pictures of the interior: http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h153/SupremeGrandMaster/Mars%20Pattern%20Warhound%20Titan/IMGP4906.jpg http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h153/SupremeGrandMaster/Mars%20Pattern%20Warhound%20Titan/IMGP4909.jpg http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h153/SupremeGrandMaster/Mars%20Pattern%20Warhound%20Titan/IMGP4913.jpg http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h153/SupremeGrandMaster/Mars%20Pattern%20Warhound%20Titan/IMGP4912.jpg http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h153/SupremeGrandMaster/Mars%20Pattern%20Warhound%20Titan/IMGP4915.jpg http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h153/SupremeGrandMaster/Mars%20Pattern%20Warhound%20Titan/IMGP4917.jpg http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h153/SupremeGrandMaster/Mars%20Pattern%20Warhound%20Titan/IMGP4921.jpg I would very much appreciate any suggestions on what to do with the two big screens in front of the moderatii crew-men in the head. Also I want to point out that I am not finished with the lights, there will be source lighting and such, and I will most likely darken the blue screens a little bit too as Freak Forge pointed out that they look a bit too happy compared with the rest of the sinister interior. Lastly, I am still busy with commission work (I am painting a Cadian army), but I am working on it, hopefully I will soon be done with it so I can give my full attention to the Titan. Freak Forge may have a little something for you to be amazed at next week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desert Eagle Posted January 11, 2008 Share Posted January 11, 2008 Been following this thread, and it's a very exciting project. I'm sure this will be a killer. I agree about the blue, they pop out quite much right now and making them darker would probobly do the trick. I think you should just make another glowing screen (maybe with some sort of targeter, you know the bullseye version) infront of those moderatii, why not in a deep grimson red to contrast the green? Also love that computer screen, especially the text showing, a very nice touch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadow_Mentor Posted January 12, 2008 Share Posted January 12, 2008 Wow... nice Titan, I cant wait until we can all see the finished project. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dominus Ex Machina Posted January 12, 2008 Author Share Posted January 12, 2008 Wow... nice Titan, I cant wait until we can all see the finished project. ;) Hahaha, I hear you ;) I won't lie though, it will most likely be a while... I'm entering military service the 28th of January (quite soon in other words) so won't have a whole lot of updates for you after that. But I will drop by with an update once in a while :ph34r: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Chaplain Posted January 12, 2008 Share Posted January 12, 2008 omg so good to finally see an update in this thread! as for suggestions on the display panels-- I say go for a radar scan (like in those old submarine movies) with dozens of red "enemy" blips on them. Looking forward to more progress, keep up the awesome work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warsmith Posted January 12, 2008 Share Posted January 12, 2008 Looking good so far! What colour is the green of the outer shell of the titan. Its a fantastic colour! Cheers Dan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ensiferum Posted January 12, 2008 Share Posted January 12, 2008 omg so good to finally see an update in this thread! as for suggestions on the display panels-- I say go for a radar scan (like in those old submarine movies) with dozens of red "enemy" blips on them. Looking forward to more progress, keep up the awesome work Couldn't have said it better myself, I love the idea of having a radar scan with red blips. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Midas Posted January 13, 2008 Share Posted January 13, 2008 This is a great show of teamwork in creating a most beautiful model. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Chaplain Posted January 13, 2008 Share Posted January 13, 2008 Couldn't have said it better myself, I love the idea of having a radar scan with red blips great minds think alike, what can I say :D. I had another thought regarding that though, I think the display orbs should be an amber color, so the red will really "pop", but thats just my 2 imperial credits Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dominus Ex Machina Posted January 13, 2008 Author Share Posted January 13, 2008 Cheers guys! I am happy that you are liking what we're doing! If you have any suggestions feel free to make them though! I like your ideas regarding the screens, I will try to try them out! What colour is the green of the outer shell of the titan. Its a fantastic colour! Prepare for long, quite thorough, explanation: I actually first came upon this colour when I was painting my Death Korps, it is the colour I use for all their tools and such. I thought it was an easy, and fun, colour to work with so that's why I tried it out on the Titan in the first place. It is Vallejo Model Colour nr 70830 "German field grey WWII" mixed with black for the base coat (I can't really give you any ratios, because I mixed these paints up such a long time ago, I have them pre mixed in old paint pots). Then I highlight with pure Vallejo 'German Field Grey WWII' leaving only the darker colour where little or no light would reach on the Titan. Highlights are then made with a mix of field grey and Vallejo model colour nr 70886 "Green Grey". One thing though, in all of these layers I have mixed in Vallejo Matte Varnish with the paint, yes that's right, varnish not medium. The reason I use matte varnish is a) Because I like the matte finish, but more importantly b ) it will protect the paints from the next steps. The colour you will end up with right now is rather lifeless, so to break it up a bit I bring out the oil paints, which are thinner based. And this is why the matte varnish is of help in the previous steps. The thinner would have melted the Vallejo water based paints if they would not have been protected by the matte varnish. First I do a quite thin wash with "raw umber" (I think the names for oil paints are the same no matter who the maker is) which is a dark brown colour. Next I mix up a lot of different colours to get a blackish mix, I can not say that there is any planning involved here, I just throw in a lot of colours in roughly the same quantity, purple, browns, yellow, you name it (I don't know why or how I first came up with this... but it works for me so that is why I keep doing it ^_^). Eventually you will end up with a blackish colour. The reason I do this and not just use straight out black is because I find this one is not so intense as the really dark black one I have, I also like to keep it just a little bit to the brown side of black. I paint this mix in shaded areas, and around edges and such for some definition (if you look at the head for example, around the "nose" you can clearly see this colour. It is not nicely blended on because I like the rougher look of it, a little "greasy" almost. After this, seal with matte varnish again so you can correct any mistakes, I have found that water based paints do not stick to the oil paints, but varnish does, and the water based paints stick to the varnish :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raziellycas Posted January 14, 2008 Share Posted January 14, 2008 Finally some news :D I love your greenish oily metal used for the interiors, the only thing that isn't completely on my taste is the monitors, I prefer them all in green radar color but is just for me, the paintwork still remain amazing! PS: I've started the "gift" probably I will be able to send it before the next month Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dominus Ex Machina Posted January 15, 2008 Author Share Posted January 15, 2008 I showed the latest pieces of the interior to Mark and he instantly said that the lights didn't look right, they were to bright and in a different style than the rest of the interior, he even mentioned that they were so out of style that it looked like someone else painted them! So to make them more in line with the dull dark interior I gave them a light glaze with first some darker blue/green on the respective screens and lastly a light glaze with chaos black. They now have a very much less 'in your face' glow to them, it is now a darker, more solemn shine. http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h153/SupremeGrandMaster/Mars%20Pattern%20Warhound%20Titan/IMGP4949.jpg http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h153/SupremeGrandMaster/Mars%20Pattern%20Warhound%20Titan/IMGP4951.jpg I haven't heard Marks opinion on these new lights yet, feel free to comment them! Should they be a bit lighter or darker perhaps? All suggestions are welcomed! Also I added this to the interior of the head, some touch ups to do still but you'll get the idea "watch your head": http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h153/SupremeGrandMaster/Mars%20Pattern%20Warhound%20Titan/IMGP4923.jpg http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h153/SupremeGrandMaster/Mars%20Pattern%20Warhound%20Titan/IMGP4922.jpg I did also paint the upper edge above the door, it will be there for the curious, but doesn't show in the pictures. These warning stripes will be barely visible once the princeps and the side panels are put in place but I think it's a cool little extra detail that no one will hardly notice when done. As you can also see, I have not yet tackled the two main screens, I'm still experimenting! And also, the two servitors in the Titan seem pretty much like they are handling the weapons so maybe I’ll put the targeting screens with them instead, yes/no? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
champion_wasabi Posted January 16, 2008 Share Posted January 16, 2008 As you can also see, I have not yet tackled the two main screens, I'm still experimenting! And also, the two servitors in the Titan seem pretty much like they are handling the weapons so maybe I’ll put the targeting screens with them instead, yes/no? I've watched this thread with eager delight from the start and it's going to be one beautiful titan once it's done. Though I haven't added any sort of comments on it due to the fact that I have't felt that I could contribute anything worthwhile. At least until now. ;) From what I can remember from the old Titan graphic novels that came out in '99 the two moderati were responsible for monitoring and maintaining weapons, as well as keeping track of Auspex readings. If I remember the details for this as well, the moderati in charge of weapons was on the right side facing out and the auspex was obviously the one on the left side facing out. Hope that can help you decide on what to put on the two screens. Cheers. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guilliman Posted January 17, 2008 Share Posted January 17, 2008 As you can also see, I have not yet tackled the two main screens, I'm still experimenting! And also, the two servitors in the Titan seem pretty much like they are handling the weapons so maybe I’ll put the targeting screens with them instead, yes/no? I've watched this thread with eager delight from the start and it's going to be one beautiful titan once it's done. Though I haven't added any sort of comments on it due to the fact that I have't felt that I could contribute anything worthwhile. At least until now. :P From what I can remember from the old Titan graphic novels that came out in '99 the two moderati were responsible for monitoring and maintaining weapons, as well as keeping track of Auspex readings. If I remember the details for this as well, the moderati in charge of weapons was on the right side facing out and the auspex was obviously the one on the left side facing out. Hope that can help you decide on what to put on the two screens. Cheers. ;) I'm pretty sure I've read the same thing somewhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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