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Blackadder Poses a Chaos Warhound

 

 

 

After sitting in the box for the better part of a year I've final gotten around to posing my Chaos Warhound.

 

 

 

In this preliminary pose (Nothing is glued yet; all the pieces are pinned together) I am trying to get the feet positions and the stance correct.

 

 

 


 

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

 

 

 

I've mentioned this before but to my mind the ambulation of the FW Titans is totally in error (My own Warlord included). Thrusting one foot forward without bringing it inward to the centerline in front of the trailing foot is physically impossible in a walking gait. Lifting a foot off the ground without shifting the weight to the trailing foot would cause the entire titan to topple to the side of the lifted foot. Further more to move forward the body must actually shift the CG (center of gravity) forward over the lead foot causing the lifted foot to swing and catch the body from falling forward on it's mug; every step we take has all these elements and we do it all subconsciously our brains making the subtle corrections for such as variations of terrain, wind, and surface conditions. Walking is tough!

 

 

 

ForgeWorld has titans waddling as a toddler would walk with the inverted pendulum perambulation; the torso shifting side to side with each step as a baby learning to walk. A squad of Reavers crossing a battlefield in this manner would look laughable.

 

 

 

My intent is to bring a bit of dignity to these monsters and I start with this, the Warhound Titan.

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Thanks for the reply,

 

The Pose I Am Looking For:
 
This is pretty much the pose I am looking for granting nothing is glued together and the whole figure is suspended on a piece of wire coat hanger. 
 
http://i.imgur.com/zPaWmIRl.jpg
 
It seems to have just the right degree of menace....
 
http://i.imgur.com/vttWvKFl.jpg
 
The side view shows just a tad too much forward leaning but that will be corrected once the toes are secured.
 
http://i.imgur.com/jz6sUrGl.jpg
 
Note the Turbolaser right armament; that's a modified Mars turbolaser....
 
http://i.imgur.com/APL9dtOl.jpg
 
The rear view shows the dynamics of the pose.
 
http://i.imgur.com/rvAsIGdl.jpg
 
Everything you see here is held together with pins and magnets so once glued the forward tilt will be less extreme.
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Thanks for the reply and the encouragement......

 

This Pose Is Working:
 
Trust me; after hours of tweaking the legs feet and toes I finally bit the bullet and super glued the toes and lower legs together for all time. And it appears somewhat satisfactory.
 
http://i.imgur.com/k8E5tBRl.jpg
 
Instead of shortening the balance rod I raised the cork surface about 3/8 ths inch to get the desired bend to the knee and ankle. 
 
http://i.imgur.com/GVbMiEnl.jpg
 
I have to admit there is a certain malevolence to the pose even in this stripped down stage. Yeah this is how a Chaos Warhound should look Heh! Heh! Heh!
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As I recall the original metal epic war hounds had a similar gait. Great work.

 

I googled 'metal epic warhound'  and found what you referred to and I also found this which bears out my point. The image below shows a beautifully executed Warhound with a Pro paint job but  that leg suspended in mid air without even a nod to The Theory of Gravity looks ludicrous. Gravity is a harsh mistress and acts instantly for all intents and purposes so the Warhound poised thus  even for the briefest instance would topple sideways; try it yourself by lifting one leg off the ground without first balancing on the other leg centered beneath you but please don't send me any Dr. bills.

 

 

http://www.winterdyne.co.uk/maz/images/commissions/victor/warhound/warhound_wip25.jpg

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I'm hoping the model will stand on it's own for game play but to display it I feel it wise to use a rod to keep it from toppling. There are many fragile bitz on the model and it is quite heavy so a chance encounter with a floor might be devastating.

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Horrors:

 

Oh the horror I have three Warhound kits and all three are missing the same vital pieces;

 


http://i.imgur.com/SnYm0TCl.jpg

 

both the pistons behind the knee.

 


http://i.imgur.com/1TL4buql.jpg

 

None of the pistons are of sufficient diameter to fit the cylinder properly. 

 


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

 

There are two unaccounted for pistons but they are about a millimeter too small in diameter so I am making some from scratch, at least for this Warhound. 

 


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

 

Once I see where the unaccounted for pistons go I may make an adjustment but for now I need finish assembling the left leg as once assembled there will be no way to install that part. 

 


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

 

And here we have the missing piston installed; note the difference between this and the first image.......

 


http://i.imgur.com/SnYm0TCl.jpg

 

I'm not crazy, my mother had me tested.... Ha! :D

 

Anyone with a finished Warhound; did you have the same problem; if so give me a reply.

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Dude Her's Royt To Me

 

Damnation she stands unaided without me even having to add junk to her trunk. so she can be played as a piece without gluing pads to her feet...

 


http://i.imgur.com/RqEXwR9l.jpg

 

I may add a couple of ounces of lead to the void generators because she still leans forward a tad too much but Hell, she stands!!!

 


http://i.imgur.com/QZYRAx0l.jpg

 

Now I can start detailing the paint and a whole slew of ideas to pretty her up...

 


http://i.imgur.com/V1Gnz3kl.jpg

 

And I thought it couldn't be done; Ha!

 


http://i.imgur.com/KV1o2ydl.jpg

 

Yeah she definitly needs some weight in the back....

 


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

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Head Rotation Part 1:

 

Because why be satisfied with just one position.....

 

I tried this on my scratch built Warhound and it was quite an involved piece of work; much too labor intense......


http://i.imgur.com/1Eey09vl.jpg

 

So here a simple and elegant way to achieve the same effect.

 

First get the old melon baller out of the utensil drawer (Who balls melons anymore anyway?) You can also pick them up cheap at the dollar store but make sure they're magnetic, (good) stainless steel won't work.

 


http://i.imgur.com/iC8cfMDl.jpg

 

Next cut the bowl (cup) from the baller and sand the rough cut and surface of the cup.

 


http://i.imgur.com/E5PSgF8l.jpg

 

And that's about it..... 

 


http://i.imgur.com/393BwIWl.jpg

 

Next, the result of the effort......

 

BTW I forgot to mention you need to have installed rare earth magnets on both the head and neck to make this work......

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The Result:

 

So my little experiment has paid off and now my Warhound has a simple yet effective articulated head capable of positioning virtually anywhere within the confines of the neck area as befitting a model of this caliber..........

 

Looking down:

 


http://i.imgur.com/5gnyH5dl.jpg

 

Midway position:

 


http://i.imgur.com/N6tc7ZSl.jpg

 

Fully elevated position:

 


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

 

Looking right (pardon the chopped image)

 


http://i.imgur.com/gfW2VaPl.jpg

 

And looking left............

 


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

 

Just a little fun project to keep you from getting too bored whilst building one of these precast models.

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I had grown a bit of tired of warhounds, but this perfection of pose has refreshed me. It's pretty.

Interesting; it's Forge World's new Alpha Pattern including the Mars Reaver (which seems the prototype for the Alpha Pattern) that leaves me cold. It seems it's all the same model just in different sizes from 28MM to the Warlord size with all the various sized kaniggets in between; they just added a few different bitz and gewgaws thrown in to slightly distinguish one model from another. It strikes me that FW has adopted a lazy man's formula of design and is milking it for all it's worth..........

The Warhounds and Warlords had personality especially the Lucius Patterns however the loyalist Mars Warhound seemed too bland. IMHO biggrin.png

The exception to this was the Chaos Warhound which fairly screams Mars Pattern and I am waiting for the Chaos Warlord before I purchase one.

Thanks for the reply. msn-wink.gif

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That is such an innovative solution. Good thing melonballers come in perfectly warhound neck sized scoops!

 

The melon baller I have has two size bowls, about 0.875 inch and 1.125 inch. These seem to be pretty much standard and the larger one cups the neck gimbel perfectly. The smaller one I may use for the guns bu the weight/arm moment might be too much for it to handle.

Too late for my reaver, but just in time for my warlord. I think I need too find Ferris melon ballers...

 

 

 
Yeah ya gotta find cheap chrome plated ballers; stainless steel won't work.
 
You're going to need some powerful magnets to support a massive head such as that on a Warlord but I'm pretty certain that a Reaver would work employing this system.
 
Also I forgot to mention that the exterior of the cup has to be roughed up with sandpaper so it doesn't slide on the magnet surface.
 
Thanks for the replies.
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"There are some days when I think I'm going to die from an overdose of satisfaction."

~Salvador Dali 

 

Well I don't know what his satisfaction stems from, flaccid clocks or the world's most ridiculous mustache but I can understand the gist of his statement. 

 

Today my Chaos Warhound stands 95% complete with all pertinent parts installed and ready for final painting. I regret I couldn't make the legs movable but the mass of this model prevented such niceties so I have to be satisfied with neck, waist and weapons being able to be posed but the legs are permanently glue into the pose you see here. 

 


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

 

I had hopes to open my paint booth this weekend but Winter still has it's icy grip on the the northeast US so no painting as of this date.

 


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

 

So instead a brief show of the dexterity of the neck joint, would that I could have the time to animate this but you'll get the idea.

 

 


http://i.imgur.com/as1pnlTl.jpg

 

And in the final image the Space Marine is toast.

 


http://i.imgur.com/j2F3qkEl.jpg

 

Martini time; Skoal.

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I Don't Do Windows:

 

If you're anything like me you dread doing windows. They're always messy and smudged with glue and always popping out and looking like a genuine bollixed up abomination. I got incredibly lucky on my Warlord but that was just that; LUCK.

 

So here's something I discovered last night that may take the pain out of glazing...

 

It seems the two products shown below are extremely compatible; the Loctite Ultra fast drying glue makes the Staples Index Tabs just the right degree of tackyness to adhere to the resin and softens the edges to conform to the window frames.

 


http://i.imgur.com/FVuyiC1l.jpg

 

The two pieces joined (Just above the knife in the image below) were my test pieces and I just put a drop of glue and pressed the two pieces together momentarily and they held plus the glue did not cloud or bubble. Capillary action is very good with these products as well. 

 


http://i.imgur.com/SaJ6Jxpl.jpg

 

So with this result....

 


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

 

I'll leave you and attempt to install the other window with equal success I hope.

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