Blackadder's Attempt To Build a Lucius Patten Imperator

[Blackadder]

On 1/22/2024 at 3:38 AM, lhg033 said:

Simply amazing!

 

I am slightly sad to hear you say you'll be priming it soon as that means the building side is coming to an end.

 

No need to be sad. There is plenty more detail/building that needs to be done.

 

The internal magazines, the cloister gardens, in fact all of the upper galleries have to be sheathed and detailed.

 

And don't forget the two main weapons still need their decorative shielding.

 

I'm surprised no one has mentioned the two "doors to nowhere ..." situated above the reactor cooling cores.

 

These will  line up with the maintenance bridges when the titan is in the repair gantry.

 

Yeah, I've got a lot to do still.

 

I just need to put some paint on the finished parts to maintain my enthusiasm and  sanity. 

[Blackadder]

Finally!!!

I lost all my passwords and access to all my forums which is considerably attenuated since the beginning of this year.

This morning I finally got into B&C and am able to post.

So here are the current images with paint primer

 

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How many spray cans will you need?  A couple of dozen is my guess!

 

 

I primed both lower leg shields with red primer and hardly used any of the can.

 

Both feet and the backs of the knee shield likewise.

The paint reveals building indiscretions which I'll chalk up to battle damage.  Not at all that unusual for a machine that's millennia old. 

Edited May 5 by Blackadder

[Rusted Boltgun]

Glad you found your way back! 

Hope the painting has had the desired effect of spurring you on - this is going to be incredible when it is all painted up.

Edited May 5 by Rusted Boltgun

[Blackadder]

8 minutes ago, Rusted Boltgun said:

Glad you found your way back! 

Hope the painting has had the desired effect of spurring you on - this is going to be incredible when it is all painted up.

Yeah, it doesn't look like much now with just the primer paint basecoat but the detail painting should make it pop

[Firedrake Cordova]

It has begun!  

 

Sorry to hear about your passwords - that must have been incredibly frustrating!  (I find password managers are incredibly helpful)

[Mostwanted]

So glad to see progress on this. I was wondering what was happening as it wasn't updated in a while. Good that you got back onto your account and still working on it. Looking forward to seeing how it progresses with paint.

[Blackadder]

Hmm, I don't think I deserve it but there seems like I've been missed over the past few months.

Thanks to all for keeping this tread alive. 

Aside from the mishaps with my user name and password.

I had not the energy to post the current work when it really didn't show all the fine detail I was doing.

Tiny bit and pieces and cutting back areas in conflict with other pieces.

Earlier this week I bit the bullet and applied paint to the lower works; legs, feet, knee armour Etc.

What the hey; I also applied gold paint to the upper works...

[Blackadder]

Hmm, I don't think I deserve it but there seems like I've been missed over the past few months.

Thanks to all for keeping this tread alive. 

Aside from the mishaps with my user name and password.

I had not the energy to post the current work when it really didn't show all the fine detail I was doing.

Tiny bit and pieces and cutting back areas in conflict with other pieces.

Earlier this week I bit the bullet and applied paint to the lower works; legs, feet, knee armour Etc.

What the hey; I also applied gold paint to the upper works...

[Firedrake Cordova]

That looks great - I think the paint probably brings the detailing out a fair bit?

Edited May 9 by Firedrake Cordova

[Naryn]

That looks insansely good with the gold. All that hard work detailing really paid off!

[Blackadder]

Doldrums:

Occasionally I get in the doldrums and wonder if this thing will ever be completed. 

But then something like today happens where I seemingly can do no wrong.

I started out to see where I could go as far as making windows for the bastions.

I did a google search for stained glass windows and ended up with these. 

A bit of resizing with my antique photo editing  program 

And Walla (sic) stained glass windows reinforced with clear packing tape and we're in business.

Martini time!

 

[Firedrake Cordova]

They look great

[lhg033]

They really do look awesome

 

[Brother Carpenter]

Yes updates!!!!

And how glorious they are.

 

Keep it up.

And Yes you were sorely missed (at least in my monthly dose of hobby crack).

 

Really liking the stained windows!

Will the ossuaries eventuelly become bone as in the remains of previous crewmembers?

[Blackadder]

On 5/13/2024 at 6:09 AM, Brother Carpenter said:

Yes updates!!!!

And how glorious they are.

 

Keep it up.

And Yes you were sorely missed (at least in my monthly dose of hobby crack).

 

Really liking the stained windows!

Will the ossuaries eventually become bone as in the remains of previous crewmembers?

 

Yes , I plan to dry brush the Ossuaries with Bone White and Nuln Oil Shade.

 

My big project now is to spray paint all the myriad pieces with flat black paint. Followed by hand rubbing the black with graphite and aluminum powder the same as I did with my Warlord. see below...

 

Then apply dark blue shading powder and wash to the blackened areas.

 

Edited May 14 by Blackadder

[Blackadder]

Geez, it's been two months since I last posted.

I look at this thing and wonder when I'll be able to find the time to work in it again

But yesterday I bit the bullet and began masking the citadel four corner bastions

I'm rather disappointed in the leg armour

It looks cartoonish. Perhaps when I add the washes

Right now it looks like a giant version of the alpha knights

Anyway here's some images to look while I get my act together

Edited August 28 by Firedrake Cordova
Reset text colour to make it legible :)

[Firedrake Cordova]

The panel detail in the last photo is very nice  

Edited August 28 by Firedrake Cordova

[ZeroWolf]

This is looking fantastic mate.

[Dr_Ruminahui]

I'm not surprised that you are finding the large plates a bit "cartoony" - I often find that models, particularly those with large surfaces and details, often look like cheap plastic toys when the basic components are painted but without detailing, which I think is the effect you are describing.

 

Once you get any finer detailing work done and any washes/stains/weathering, I'm sure they will look just like you want them - its just now that they are in that in between state where they look like a 1980s gundam cartoon or toy that they seem a bit disappointing.  So push on through and I imagine without too much more work they'll be fantastic.

 

Really liking the gold spires - they really have that gilded church vibe.

Edited August 28 by Dr_Ruminahui

[Blackadder]

Well it's 3 months since I posted and I managed to paint the whole titan with black primer.

 

Masked off all of the super structure that would be painted gold and hand rubbed with Aluminum powder all the internal structures that will be visible when the titan is finally assembled.

 

The image below is the corner bastions and the rear of the structure.

 

The front of the structure with the two metre cannon still has the blue masking tape on it and is ready for the gold paint.

 

That should be painted later today as I write.

 

[LameBeard]

This is glorious. Don’t be down-hearted about it looking “cartoony”, I’m sure the weathering and washing will sort it out just as @Dr_Ruminahui said. However, I did see an Instagram gobbet the other day about how fast food brands use primary colours to look “cheap and cheerful” and luxury brands use more complex colours, maybe tints or shades, like a forest green, or tertiary colours like like a burgundy, to give a richer feel. So think about could you get away with an “off-red” that is deeper and more luxurious, more befitting of the God-emperor of whom it is an avatar, or will the washes achieve that anyway?

[Firedrake Cordova]

Even just priming it sounds like a lot of work! I shudder to think of how many cans/bottles of paint got used ...

[Marshal Mittens]

Been following this project for some time, amazing to see how its coming along. Going to be absolutely amazing when you are finished with it!

[Blackadder]

Yeah, Painting the whole structure with Flat Black Primer was quite a chore. Not being ambidexterous I wore out my right index finger in the hours it took to completely cover the surface areas. Twice in fact as there were areas that needed a second coat.

 

This is not counting the areas that needed to be masked off that didn't require the Flat Black but required Flat Grey or Gold or Gloss Red. 

 

There are about 100 subassembies that needed to be painted seperately also.

 

 

Edited November 28 by Blackadder

[Pearson73]

Those stained glass windows look brilliant. Cool to see the project reach the paint stage!