Albion de Heaven Posted October 21, 2008 Share Posted October 21, 2008 Hi all it's few days that i have a weird idea in my mind... TITAN! Titan what? well surfing the net I've seen many times scratch build thunderhawk, dreddy, titans and so on, finally i have found a wonderful template on TabletopWar (can i post this link? It's just generic link to the website, if not I'll edit sorry) and after a bit of thinking i decided to try it. Since I've never tried nothing similar except a couple of very simple imperial bunkers i decided to start making a paper mock up just do understand how it works... also because I've never worked with plasticard before ("and you are starting with a titan? u have to be crazy mate!!!" ... yes I'm crazy :D) So i had at home very thick paper and i printed template on it, i decided to keep this try as cheap as possible so i used all stuffs i had at home: Scissors Modelling knife Paper (of course) Toilet paper cardboard (the internal part) Sticky tape Glue Cotton bud stick Toothpick So here you can se the work as it's going on... i don't know how fast or slow it will be because I don't have a lot of time for it right now but I will try to make regular updates (at least for few days :unsure:) Day 1: Foot 1 with ankle joint. Pistons are made from cotton bud stick and toothpic, very simple and it can be shaped well when (if) i'll go to do plasticard model what legs gears are made of :angry: Completed lower leg with connection gear with middle part Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albion de Heaven Posted October 21, 2008 Author Share Posted October 21, 2008 Day 2 Leg Armour Completed leg 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cpt Ultio Posted October 21, 2008 Share Posted October 21, 2008 looking good, I'm planning on doing this in a few months time, then again with plasticard :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albion de Heaven Posted October 22, 2008 Author Share Posted October 22, 2008 Day 3 ok so we are going a bit further :) i made myself a small present for having completed the first leg and so i assmbled the Vulcan Megabolter After that i started with the main body standing section trying to understand how big it would become and how to fix to the legs, so i can get a good idea of how i should position the second leg as u see this part of body is quite small and has marks on sides for joints with legs and a small armor on the front Ok now i know that probably in the template makes the lower body a bit too narrow (or maybe it's my error :P) so i started making the second leg in the same postion of the first and i'll add some spacer on the connection joint caps taken from plastic water bottles and some cardboard made my last joint, the second leg is not full yfinished yet, i don't know if i'll finish since this is supposed to be a mock up C&C are very very wellcomed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilnar Posted October 22, 2008 Share Posted October 22, 2008 thats a good looking mock up::) one thing i would say, when you make the real one, use plastic tubing for the joints loo roll tubes didnt cut it for mine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnwulf Posted October 22, 2008 Share Posted October 22, 2008 I'll second ilnar's post. However, if you roll a WHOLE BUNCH of layers together around something, you can get some decent strength. Heck, this guy made a final version entirely from laser printer paper. Linky So, I know it's POSSIBLE, I just need to practice some more. I'll post a tutorial when I know a little better what is going on with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mal Posted October 22, 2008 Share Posted October 22, 2008 I think someone is using the same designs as me.... clicky nice work so far.... that pic is just the paper mockup im in the process of re-building it from plasticard.... if I ever get around to working on it again... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albion de Heaven Posted October 22, 2008 Author Share Posted October 22, 2008 thanks all for comments (and sorry for bad quality pics, they are from my mobile camera) @ilnar sorry i'm not sure about what do u mean with roll tubes, do u mean empty tubes? for final version i'm planning to use or pvc tubes with some layers of caps shaped like gears or something that would allow me to move them (like GW defiler legs) @Cygnwulf that link is really astonishing!!! i can't imagine how long did it take to him to make something like that.. but working all with printer paper gives me a question... what about painting it? water colors will ruin all the external layer... or not? @Mal yes indeed it's the same template :tu: this evening i'll try to make and connect the upper body and maybe head Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnwulf Posted October 23, 2008 Share Posted October 23, 2008 @ Albion - I've made several models from paper before, as long as you put several thin layers of primer on it before you start painting, it does just fine. That's the key, though, is light fast layers, and make sure you don't miss any spots. any that don't get covered might swell just a tiny bit if you hit them with some paint, but usually it's not an issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albion de Heaven Posted October 23, 2008 Author Share Posted October 23, 2008 Day 4 almost done... here u can see the parts that compose the main body, just miss the sholder/weapons holder the 'hound head. I used tape for cockpit so also this mock up can be opened this is the full body... don't u think it looks like a bomber? maybe instead of arms i can put a couple of air-to.ground missiles :( btw now it's almost finished: both weapons are alredy created and ready to be mounted, legs are assembled and so is ankle. If i have time this evening will glue all togather :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnwulf Posted October 23, 2008 Share Posted October 23, 2008 Just an FYI because I've built a titan using that particular template before, the underside of the shoulders needs a little bulking out to look right, there's no 'bottom' on them. I just put a half inch wide strip flat on the bottom of it, all the way around and I think it came out looking alot better when you're at an angle looking slightly up at it. EG, something like this. Template _ ' \ Modifed __ _\ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BulldogUK Posted October 23, 2008 Share Posted October 23, 2008 They are great plans. I built two of them a while ago and with a little extra work you can make them look really funky, Certainly worth the saving of around 500 quid if you opted for 2 of the FW ones instead! http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v429/BulldogUK/Warhoundsbased.jpg There are some build pics at the bottom of this page Card Warhounds that show some of the extra detail you can add if your that way inclined. The basic model was simply sprayed with black car primer then the card detail added, simply a lick of paint after that and ready for duty! have fun :lol: Btw, the reaver plans from lackof are brilliant too, they are what I based the Grey knight Titan on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sons of Horus Posted October 24, 2008 Share Posted October 24, 2008 aw man those are just sick!!!!! incredible stuff :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albion de Heaven Posted October 24, 2008 Author Share Posted October 24, 2008 @Cygnwulf yes i had noticed that and was thinking how to improve the look, your suggestion looks very good thanks agan :) @Bulldog your guys are very cool! i think that mine will never be that fine, but will try ;) Reaver template is very cool too but i think that after Warhound i'll spend some time to go on with my DA army and than come back to scratch build templates, i think i'll try thunderhawk transport (i love the idea to drop 1LR or 2rhino on the field :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albion de Heaven Posted October 24, 2008 Author Share Posted October 24, 2008 DAY 5 Ok, so it's done.. here there are the finished legs, in the 2nd and 3rd pic u can see my solution to improve legs and hips strength... plastic coffe spoons from office coffe machine ;) and so this is the small guy completed C&C welcomed as usual ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albion de Heaven Posted October 24, 2008 Author Share Posted October 24, 2008 next step now is 1) Find a shop that sells plasticard here in Torino (Italy) my first tries failed 2) Play a bit with it to understand how it works and how can be worked 3) Develop some ideas... i'm planning to have moving legs, rotating body and swappable weapons... god knows if i'll ever be able to do that all ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
verpine Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 So you just used thick paper to make the whole thing? How did you do the barrels for the vulcan mega bolters? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albion de Heaven Posted November 4, 2008 Author Share Posted November 4, 2008 So you just used thick paper to make the whole thing? How did you do the barrels for the vulcan mega bolters? yes it 200mg paper for body, cardboard from toilet paper piper for knees and mcdonald coke's straw for barrels :D btw in this mock up knees are very weak Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newtype Posted November 7, 2008 Share Posted November 7, 2008 Dam, that looks really good. Newtype Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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