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Blackadder's Attempt To Build a Lucius Patten Imperator

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Ahhh... Tamiya Extra Thin, oh how I love you. Let me count the ways...

 

I'm surprised it's giving you issues at all. I've used it on 0.18mm thick styrene (very sparingly) and it worked out just fine; compared to other solvent glues it's much less 'hot' and more forgiving to work with. Granted, I've never used it on anything this large in scale, so I suspect you need to be more liberal in applying it. The heavier plastic seems to be working just fine and doesn't seem out-of-place.

 

*Sigh* Seeing your work always makes me want to dive in and start a large titan scale build I have planned for the future. I'm forcing myself to wait until a more appropriate time, but there are so many ideas and inspiration in your work that I'm making a note of for when the time is right. Thanks as always for the insight and documentation.

 

 

 

The fact that plastic cement dissolves plastic is what give the joint its strength. In normal bonding that is a plus but when a thin strip of styrene is put under stress such as too tight a curve the dissolving process works faster than the drying process and the molecular bond of the strip breaks. The 0.040 inch square strip when bent around a curve as tight as the one I am attempting causes the strip to fail immediately no matter how little solvent applied. and I also have very stale Taminya that most of the volatiles have evaporated and the stress of the joint still fails. 

 

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Cloaca:

 

 

I'll have to do a bit of a catch up later today BUT HEY, B&C IS BACK! 

 

 

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

 


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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.

 


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

 


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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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Post from Sept 27, 2018:

 

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...
 
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My only consolation is; the rest of the weapons will be a piece of cake in comparison......
 
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The reactor core is almost complete, I need only add 13 more silver coils and the rest will be eyewash.....
 
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Last night I built the obverse side and am about ready to install the silver coils on it as well.
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Wow. That's extreme! 

 

If you're so sick of this weapon atm, why not leave it for a while and start the - expectedly easier - other weapons? :smile.:

 

You know nothing about OCD :wink:

 

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Plasma Blaster Reactor:
 
My Plasma Blaster Reactor if indeed that is what it is requires 16 coil ends that I had to figure out how to make ultimately settling on 3/16 
 
 
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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. 

 


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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..

 


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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.

 


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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.

 


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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!

 


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This project is absolutely phenomenal. As for the weapon, i agree it looks like it’s a little low, i think perhaps this could be combatted by lowering the elbow joint so it sits closer to the weapon? Edited by k0nahrik
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God-Emperor, that's a beautiful model. I wish you luck with its completion, and may the God-Emperor aid you in preventing the model's own weight from crushing it when you mount the torso and its affixed citadel onto its legs. (No insult intended to your construction skills, but they're so far beyond mine, I'm having trouble just comprehending how so large and detailed a model can be assembled.) Edited by Bjorn Firewalker
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First off, amazing work! The details are what makes this so jaw dropping and the plasma cannon is coming out great.

 

I still think the proportion looks right so far. Most 40k models have long arms and/or high waists. The upper arm on knight titans, for example, is nearly the length of the torso and the weapons sit at or below the waist.

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God-Emperor, that's a beautiful model. I wish you luck with its completion, and may the God-Emperor aid you in preventing the model's own weight from crushing it when you mount the torso and its affixed citadel onto its legs. (No insult intended to your construction skills, but they're so far beyond mine, I'm having trouble just comprehending how so large and detailed a model can be assembled.)

 

 

 

I have no qualms about the ability of the legs and feet to carry the burden. The legs each have a 3/4 inch broomstick to bear the load and the hips are PCV plumbing fittings that can easily bear 50 lbs (23 kilo). Likewise the pelvis has 1.0 inch PVC threaded pipe fittings that make up the internal structure the surrounding styrene is just a facade.

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What’s that monsters weight?

I would not be surprised if at some point you pass the 50lbs threshold.

Regarding proportions I fail to see any problem - who would seriously expect correct human anatomy on a freaking TITAN? No, don‘t worry there!

 

Oh, by the way... the crashing sound you heard a few seconds ago was my lower jaw shattering my table.

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What’s that monsters weight?

I would not be surprised if at some point you pass the 50lbs threshold.

Regarding proportions I fail to see any problem - who would seriously expect correct human anatomy on a freaking TITAN? No, don‘t worry there!

 

Oh, by the way... the crashing sound you heard a few seconds ago was my lower jaw shattering my table.

Right now it's in pieces so it's rather difficult to weigh but last time I weighed it it was 22 pounds.

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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)

 


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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.

 


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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.

 


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

 


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The rear view appears more robust,

 


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Next the Gatling Gun but first I'm going to treat myself to some eye candy and work on the interior.
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The God-Engine stands! Magnificent. Absolutely magnificent.

Well it's stood before and with completed legs.

 

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This was just a trial run to see how the mounted gun looks.

 

Thanks for the reply.

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Hellstorm Cannon:

 

Okay it's decided, I'm going to make a Hellstorm Cannon although not this massive where the Titan is seen looming behind an Alpine size mountain range. 

 


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The tiny white gangway and access door bespeak a ludicrous to the extreme  order of magnitude for this weapon let alone the Titan itself but there are details that attracted me to the project including the drum mount which goes along with what I have already built for the Gatling gun. I shall also make a couple of Volcano cannons (My favorite Titan Weapon) but that will be for another time.

 

If anyone knows of a end concept shot of a Hellstorm weapon I would appreciate the input.

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The God-Engine stands! Magnificent. Absolutely magnificent.

Well it's stood before and with completed legs.

 

https://i.imgur.com/Z2KUDk8.jpg

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This was just a trial run to see how the mounted gun looks.

 

Thanks for the reply.

I literally squealed like a Bieber fan girl. I'm at the office so thank you for undermining my credibility.

 

Amazing work!!!

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Ha!

 

Too Small:
 
Went to Home Depot today and bought some PVC tubing for the gin barrels. The problem is the diameters are too small compared to the Plasma Blaster so I need to go back tomorrow and by 2 more pieces of the mid-sized tubing. fortunately the stuff is dirt cheap
 
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Once I get the material I'm going to sheath it with styrene so stuff can be glued to it. 
 
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That's all for today, 
 
Cheers!
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Much Better:

 

A hasty trip to HoDeDoe this morning and my wallet a few bucks lighter bu I feel much better about the diameter of the Hellstorm cannon which incidentally does not fire projectiles so what with the six barrels??? Do they fire all at once? Do they really need to rotate? Can I get away with only 5 tubes?

 


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I can understand the Gatling gun rotating but an energy weapon uh uh?

 


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So advise me of my error

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