Blackadder's Attempt To Build a Lucius Patten Imperator

[CommodusXIII]

Maybe the Hellstorm Cannon rotates to give the barrels/emitters/etc. time to cool down or recharge between shots.  And I don't see why you couldn't change the number of barrels - I think Imperators were much less standardized than other Titans.  Being so huge and taking so long to build, I wouldn't be surprised if (like large naval vessels) each has its fair share of unique quirks and design tweaks by the time they walk out of the gantry for the first time.

[Blackadder]

Maybe the Hellstorm Cannon rotates to give the barrels/emitters/etc. time to cool down or recharge between shots.  And I don't see why you couldn't change the number of barrels - I think Imperators were much less standardized than other Titans.  Being so huge and taking so long to build, I wouldn't be surprised if (like large naval vessels) each has its fair share of unique quirks and design tweaks by the time they walk out of the gantry for the first time.

 

That's a good point. Battleship design over the past 100 years has not stagnated with only a few models in each generation produced as technology improved. How much more so titan vehicles produced over millennia. 

[Nostromo]

From my point of view, multi-barrel energy weapons are one of the ... more confusing design dcisions of GW.

The cooling argument might make sense... but there is still the emitter at the back that has no time for cooling. So what is the part that needs to cool or recharge? To make sense, that would require a dedicated emitter for each barrel. In this case, i see no point why it would need to rotate.

And... why barrels at all? For plasma, that makes some sense. For lasers, maybe... but then it is no barrel in the usual sense.

 

My point is... for that kind of design and a definition of what it represents, thinking about sense produces only headache.

 

Why would you want to reduce the number to 5? To reduce the diameter of the central part? Thats just a matter of taste. Since sense is something we can kiss goodbye in this case anyway, you can just say a 5 barrel version is justified by the the arctic climate on the world it was used on. Or an older version (with lower cadence due to cooling) or a newer version (because of better materials or additional cooling measures... something to add on the surface?).

 

You want to change it? Do it. Chances are extremely good that we can come up with reasons much better reasons than GW usually gives.

[Augustus b'Raass]

Amen to what Nostromo said!

[k0nahrik]

Perhaps it’s the same principle of ‘one barrel gets hotter much faster than six’ thereby allowing the weapon to be fired for longer without the barrels being reduced to molten slag? I dont think it’s too far fetched a concept. That being said the idea of all six firing at once is very cool.

[Jackalwolf]

I think 5 barrels is the perfect number due to the ionised pressure the back flush of such a God engine weapon would generate, probably pushing the capacitor impedance to it's very limits of tolerability but ultimately delivering the best output to heat ratio amongst the classic configurations of 4, 5 and 6 barrels most commonly present in production models between M22 and M26.

 

-From the treaties of Magos S. Officus

Edited November 11, 2018 by Grieux

[Graymane]

I believe the barrels don't necessarily rotate. From the description, the barrels can be fired individually or together. So it may be more similar to a Napoleonic war era volly gun, as used by Patrick Harper in Sharpe.

 

Cheers,

 

Gm

[Blackadder]

Sleeves:

 

I tried to find a cement compatible with both styrene and PVC to no avail so I opted to sheath the PVC tubing with 0.020 inch (0,5MM) sheet styrene so to make adhering detail easier later on. 

 

https://i.imgur.com/mOfBr6J.jpg

 

With a bit of care it's rather easy to do this and although each barrel has six sections the seams will be nigh on invisible once sanded and painted.

 

What this world needs is a universal plastic cement and I don't mean Cyanoacetate glue. 

Edited November 13, 2018 by Blackadder

[Jukkiz]

Hmm, wasn´t there volcano cannon in Dawn of war: dark crusade?

[Augustus b'Raass]

Wait, if there's no glue that both glues PVC and styrene, how did you glue the styrene sleeves to the PVC? 

[CommodusXIII]

Gluing sleeves is relatively easy due to the surface area and snug fit. Gluing surface details, which can snag and be torn loose, onto PVC is a bit more problematic.

[Eldrick Shadowblade]

PLasTicArD TarGeT AcquIReD!!! FIRE!!!!!!!

 

Awesome Work! Very Inspiring!

[Blackadder]

Cultivating Ennui:

 

Once again in spite of the amount of work involved the results are far from breathtaking and I wonder while making up these interim updates that the results are boring to my readers.  

 

https://i.imgur.com/Vw4X6OW.jpg

 

Suffice it to say I am pleased how this is coming out

 

https://i.imgur.com/B1XklYw.jpg

 

Even in it's rough state with only one barrel mounted the Hellstorm Cannon gives the impression of raw power

 

https://i.imgur.com/joc4Pzl.jpg

 

And will be a worthy companion to the Plasma Blaster 

Edited November 15, 2018 by Blackadder

[Jukkiz]

Oh, you´re doing the two barrels as one times three around the central tube? Like in Knight warden gatling build?

[Naryn]

I quite like the tapered end to the barrel there. Interim updtes are still interesting because they give more insight into the process of construction. Keep up the good work!

[Canadian_F_H]

PLasTicArD TarGeT AcquIReD!!! FIRE!!!!!!!

 

Awesome Work! Very Inspiring!

 

I now assume you went into a hobbytown (or whatever) and just dragged to the counter the entire display unit with all the plastic rods, tubings, I beams, struts etc...

[Blackadder]

 

PLasTicArD TarGeT AcquIReD!!! FIRE!!!!!!!

 

Awesome Work! Very Inspiring!

 

I now assume you went into a hobbytown (or whatever) and just dragged to the counter the entire display unit with all the plastic rods, tubings, I beams, struts etc...

 

Ha! coincidentally you may ask but this very week I asked of there was a way I could get a display rack to store my Evergreen Stockpile. My friend behind the counter said he would look into it considering the scale of my work. :D

 

 

[Blackadder]

Hellstorm Energy Weapon

 

Today it started coming together but the post office delayed leaving the barrel inserts so I can't finish the barrel ends. 

 

 

They leave hundreds of bucks worth of online orders on the front poach in all kinds of foul weather but 12 bucks worth of toilet paper spools is too precious to leave off unattended; ludicrous!

 

https://i.imgur.com/MpSq7ci.jpg

 

Yeah I said Toilet Paper Spools; Styrene plastic and spring loaded; I need five of them plus eight for the leg to foot pad stabilizers.

 

https://i.imgur.com/H8ag4aS.jpg

 

 What else would you use them for goodness sake????

[Quixus]

This is even crazier than your Thunderhawk. Looking great so far, good luck.

 

It needs more choom though. (I have no idea if there are titan sized martian death rays).

[Jukkiz]

Don´t this kind cannon start basically at elbow straight?

Just wondering old art pics and connection point.

[Blackadder]

Time To Take Stock.....

 

After a week hiatus I revived with new inspirations on how to proceed. The Lower sixth of the cannon assembly vexed me until I realized where my problem lay. It is pretty much what is found wrong with a majority of scratchbuilds; they are too square and straight sided. The lower rail needed some slight curvature to the sides and base.

 

https://i.imgur.com/q3M6lG9.jpg

 

Fortunately the material I am using has a taper for ease of extraction from the mould.

 

https://i.imgur.com/biPfc7S.jpg

 

Playing on that feature I came up with the correct angles to duplicate the artist's rendering.

 

https://i.imgur.com/10kf0vn.jpg

 

This will be more apparent in subsequent images. 

[Studio Silvernale]

Are you going to build a Warbringer Nemesis titan?

[AlexCrute]

I'm gonna say it.

 

This is the best project on the WIP forum. And on the BnC. And on the rest of the internet. Ever.

 

There I said it.

[Blackadder]

I'm gonna say it.

 

This is the best project on the WIP forum. And on the BnC. And on the rest of the internet. Ever.

 

There I said it.

 

Thanks for the thought but there are some really intricate projects out there that dwarf my own poor effort. "My aw shucks moment"

 

Are you going to build a Warbringer Nemesis titan?

I do have a Reaver project that I shelved a few years back. I basically entailed creating a quick change conversion of a FW Mars Pattern Reaver into a Lucius Pattern of my own concept design. 

 

https://i.imgur.com/i9pRHzr.jpg

 

 

http://www.bolterandchainsword.com/topic/278478-blackadders-lucius-pattern-reaver-conversion-kit/page-12

 

Drop by and leave a post; It may be the impetus I need to resurrect this project......

Edited December 2, 2018 by Blackadder

[Augustus b'Raass]

Drop by and leave a post; It may be the impetus I need to resurrect this project......

I’ll use this comment of yours against moderati screaming ‘threadomancy’!:tu:

 

EDIT: Turns out, I can't. The topic has been archived. So you need to contact a Moderati to un-archive and re-activate it. Then I will follow it and provide you with the digital kicks in the butt to finish the Lucius Reaver. Because that thing needs to be finished. As it is a thing of beauty. 

Edited December 2, 2018 by Augustus b'Raass