Blackadders Warlord WIP

[Blackadder]

I know everyone is tired of me adjusting the head but it's not quite right you know.............. I mean the titan head. First at the instigation of by favorite critic M. Jabba I shaved about 3 MM off the helmet dome and it looks better. Then I cut about 3MM off the bra armour (Well wadda you call it?) all around and that is falling into line as well.

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http://i.imgur.com/DABbq.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/DABbql.jpg

 

 

http://i.imgur.com/FQ4fY.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/FQ4fYl.jpg

 

Its still not quite right but I'm closing in on it............

 

More to follow.........

[AlexCrute]

Perfection called for you, mumbled something about you making it look bad, and hung up.

[MordentHex]

That is Awesome! Looks damned good!

[Blackadder]

Okay got the house back together after the 'Sandy' disaster; spent the past week repairing wiring, installing a new waterheater, tearing out the downstairs bath/WC, wallboard, spackling. plumbing, replacing electrical wiring, and oh yes replacing the upholstery on the dining table set of chairs.......... Yeah the Blackadder has dozens of valuable skills that keep him in a lower income group but I still managed to find time to make some headway(groan) on the head. Taking M. Hutts critique to heart I shaved yet another 3-6 MM off the head in various places all to the betterment of the look of the dome (IMHO) but I have run out of material in some spots so I daren't remove any more. The next time you see this I'll have made some inroads into the rear of the cowl and all that good looking cryptic plumbing on the side of the head.

 

http://i.imgur.com/0Jo70.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/0Jo70l.jpg

 

 

http://i.imgur.com/1d93h.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/1d93hl.jpg

 

 

http://i.imgur.com/l629W.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/l629Wl.jpg

 

 

http://i.imgur.com/HZVXR.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/HZVXRl.jpg

[Blackadder]

I call this image, "Alas poor Yorick."

 

http://i.imgur.com/I4E2l.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/I4E2ll.jpg

 

I started on the head interior today just for a change of pace.

 

http://i.imgur.com/GPySs.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/GPySsl.jpg

 

 

http://i.imgur.com/bm4dZ.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/bm4dZl.jpg

 

 

http://i.imgur.com/3EKkK.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/3EKkKl.jpg

 

 

http://i.imgur.com/U0Olu.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/U0Olul.jpg

 

Everything is pretty much falling into place just as I imagined it so to quote Mozart in "Amadeus" , "It's all up here in my noodle the rest is scribbling."........er well scribing and cutting and gluing; well you know what I mean.......

[Blackadder]

I don't know whats going on under that dome but there sure is a lot of large diameter conduit running to it. Meanwhile I need to make a s--tpot load of LCD screens for the cockpit, command deck and engineering

 

http://i.imgur.com/aKXcY.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/aKXcYl.jpg

[Studio Silvernale]

I think you need to have a SNES Super Advantage controller on the console like in Ghostbusters II. =D

[Blackadder]

A video game controller??????????????

 

 

 

Okay found my little dudes so we can get a comparison for scale. The guy in the officers cap seems a bit on the dwarfish size what with the extra long arm

 

http://i.imgur.com/DB4ib.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/DB4ibl.jpg

 

http://i.imgur.com/shrU9.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/shrU9l.jpg

 

http://i.imgur.com/icYeX.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/icYeXl.jpg

 

but the pilot seats as of now only in their crude state are coming along pretty good.

 

http://i.imgur.com/fb0iu.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/fb0iul.jpg

 

 

http://i.imgur.com/qVamq.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/qVamql.jpg

 

I have some bilateral amputees that I am auditioning for the role of Princep and I need some sort of a vessel to ensconce him in but there seems plenty of room in the cockpit for half a dozen crewmen if I want.

 

I need to find another sentinel pilot.

[Blackadder]

More pipes and conduits to nowhere where will it end????????? I'm getting kind of a Giger-esque feeling about this helmet detail. That is one twisted dude..........

 

http://i.imgur.com/Doi42.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/Doi42l.jpg

 

http://i.imgur.com/3Soqy.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/3Soqyl.jpg

 

I don't know where I'm going from this point so I just left the raw ends of the piping

 

I case you're wondering............

[Death Spectre]

I have some bilateral amputees that I am auditioning for the role of Princep and I need some sort of a vessel to ensconce him in but there seems plenty of room in the cockpit for half a dozen crewmen if I want.

 

In Dan Abnett's novel "Titanicus" the Princeps of Warlord class titans are all in amniotic tanks. They make it clear that not all titan legions use the same interface technology, and I think that in one of the graphic novels published ages ago the Princeps just sat in a throne with lots of cables.

Given your reference to a vessel, I assume you're also leaning towards some sort of tank arrangement? Will you do a casting in clear resin? Would you aim to illuminate the tank? I hope you say yes! ;)

[Lord_Mephistopheles]

I call this image, "Alas poor Yorick."

 

http://i.imgur.com/I4E2l.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/I4E2ll.jpg

 

Blackers - it may just be the shadow or the angle or something, but the dome forehead in this cowl shot looks a bit uneven / lopsided...

 

Given the amount of work you've put in to this, I assume you've got some method for checking the symmetry to be sure it's correct, but it still looks out to my eye from that picture. My apologies if I'm wrong.

[Blackadder]

Not to worry the dome is symmetrical to less than half a millimeter; the problem with the image is that I am holding it with the dome balanced on top of the unattached windscreen. Note the centerline is askew.

[Blackadder]

Whoa it's Friday already and anyone with a life is getting ready for the weekend but I thought I'd take a chance that someone would be interested in the current progress. I roughed in the rear of the helmet yesterday extending it far beyond what will actually be needed but it's easier to shorten it than lengthen it. I have in mind the escape pod concept of the cockpit anyway so there might be jato exhausts in the offing. Better than just unceremoniously dumping the head on the ground in the middle of a pitched battle.

 

http://i.imgur.com/3AxGm.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/3AxGml.jpg

 

http://i.imgur.com/gBMtD.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/gBMtDl.jpg

 

http://i.imgur.com/Q6IPz.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/Q6IPzl.jpg

 

http://i.imgur.com/tSUbE.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/tSUbEl.jpg

[Blackadder]

Okay no excuses left tomorrow I'm gonna have to mount the head on the neck and the neck in the hull and I hope I can come up with a solution to how to allow the head to turn on the neck with that verdammen fürs luggen' cowl extension.

 

http://i.imgur.com/sA3Ix.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/sA3Ixl.jpg

 

 

http://i.imgur.com/hy8af.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/hy8afl.jpg

 

http://i.imgur.com/FK7Q4.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/FK7Q4l.jpg

 

Glad theres no one around on the weekend to witness these problems...............

[Blackadder]

While I am revamping the neck mount its time to address an issue I have found unsatisfactory in my rendering of the lip area. In the DS model and here is where he gets kudos in artistic ability.

 

http://i.imgur.com/sBVA7.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/sBVA7l.jpg

 

The lip area beneath the vent cowl is slightly drooping which give it a badass appearance.

 

http://i.imgur.com/F2HJ7.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/F2HJ7l.jpg

 

On my model that is not apparent being rather flat in line with the base line of the keel piece.

 

http://i.imgur.com/B2DK1.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/B2DK1l.jpg

 

So I am modifying it to give it a more Hapsburgian visage.

[Blackadder]

I spite of my best efforts to pose everything as it should be the helmet slipped forward 6.0mm whilst I was taking the picture.

 

Be that as it may the head is looking pretty good in this the final position of course I shall have to keep looking at the pictures to confirm I am not being delusional.

 

http://i.imgur.com/Sq4KB.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/Sq4KBl.jpg

 

The legs being able to support the upper body weight that most everyone was concerned with appears not to be an issue but the axle screws do need tightening as the knees are squatted back on their stops.

 

http://i.imgur.com/lHm3R.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/lHm3Rl.jpg

 

http://i.imgur.com/CeQyw.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/CeQywl.jpg

 

Once everything is completely built I'll replace the temporary screws with locking screws and washers.

 

And now its Miller time....... er correction; Martini time.

[Olis]

Now that the head has gone on, the Titan is looking pretty damned impressive (not that it didn't before...) :)

[Blackadder]

It will have the horns or downwards extensions in the "cheeks mantel" but there are fit problems with the spaced armour at this time where it interferes with the helmet dome and has to be modified:

 

http://i.imgur.com/FQ4fY.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/FQ4fYl.jpg

 

Its still not quite right but I'm closing in on it............

[MordentHex]

Or just make it a skull face, like some of the old Epic ones. :rolleyes:

[Blackadder]

Everything is coming together as if it were planned which it wasn't (at least consciously). There is sufficient room on either side of the plug in neck for fillets to cover the neck movements in these the three following images it demonstrates the 20°+ of neck lateral travel.

 

http://i.imgur.com/gddD6.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/gddD6l.jpg

 

http://i.imgur.com/NctoX.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/NctoXl.jpg

 

http://i.imgur.com/fuJ4a.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/fuJ4al.jpg

 

In the two following images the fillets allow for sliding blast doors in the neck vestibule and still allow for the head to tilt down.......... Egad!

 

http://i.imgur.com/fuJ4a.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/fuJ4al.jpg

 

http://i.imgur.com/p5Uf4.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/p5Uf4l.jpg

 

The fillets will also allow for the various geegaws and cryptic detail associated with the complexity of the flight station/cockpit.

[Studio Silvernale]

I suppose this will have a fully painted interior too? =D

[Blackadder]

Yes fully painted in point of fact I probably will start painting the interior next week.............. Gah! Christmas.

 

The Blackadder is not certifiably insane (my mother had me tested) but I do know a work of art when I see one (I may not know art but I know what I like).

 

Mr Smith's Warlord is worth emulating in it's entirety and in spite of the pitiful documentation I felt I wanted with some degree of latitude a facsimile so I decided to attempt a reprise.

 

I do not want anything other than that what is represented in the few tantalizing images gleaned from literally hours of searching the 'net.

 

So that said here is the cockpit as it is this date albeit sans the incredible amount of detail still to come.

 

http://i.imgur.com/XpE1a.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/XpE1al.jpg

 

And of course it is fully pose-able; my small contribution to what I consider an already perfect work of art.

[Blackadder]

Don't you hate it when good things happen to bad people?............I mean in the real world things are not supposed to go this well. The Heisenberg uncertainty principle states that Schroedinger's cat should be dead at least 50% of the time; Right?

 

It's gonna be that the Mayas were correct and 12/ 21/12 is gonna be the end of the world (Hell I knew that on November 6th 12 midnight...........)

 

So what is the Blackadder on about you say......... How do I know the world will implode???????????????

 

Well I just finished today's run on my little project and stupidity has taken a holiday everything is coming up roses. I can't seem to make a mistake.

 

Witness the following images:

 

The head from the bottom looking left:

 

http://i.imgur.com/Hmy1Z.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/Hmy1Zl.jpg

 

The head from the bottom looking right:

 

http://i.imgur.com/Jkuan.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/Jkuanl.jpg

 

The head from the side looking forward:

 

http://i.imgur.com/OBMiO.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/OBMiOl.jpg

 

The head from the side looking down:

 

http://i.imgur.com/IL4UB.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/IL4UBl.jpg

 

The interior of the head mechanism:

 

http://i.imgur.com/bbehx.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/bbehxl.jpg

 

So that's how I know the day of the LORD is upon us....

 

Thanks for all the fish..............

[Olis]

Very glad things have gone well for this part of the construction. Not so glad it's convinced you we're doomed, though. :lol:

[Blackadder]

Ha, we're still here! Silly Mayans.................

 

Sorry, I shouldn't have fooled around.

 

Everyone is fixating on 'straw' as in 'broke the camels back' a metaphor.

 

But back to the fillet/ribbon............

 

In the image below the arrow #1 is pointing to an area that I wanted closed at all times regardless of the position of the head.

 

http://i.imgur.com/G3sW0.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/G3sW0l.jpg

 

http://i.imgur.com/SeeVw.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/SeeVwl.jpg

 

I first considered a roundel of plastic but there was no place for it and the hinge axle.

 

A flap of plastic would not seal properly so I combined the two and came up with this curved ribbon anchored at each side of the neck.

 

#1 is represented in the same area in the image below:

 

http://i.imgur.com/oLLy1.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/oLLy1l.jpg

 

#2 is the fillet ribbon which I looped 35 mm from the hinge axle.

 

#3 refers to two pins that apply pressure to the ribbon which slides on the pins keeping the gap closed as the head turns side to side.