Blackadder WIP Warlord Titan

[The_Blackadder]

Okay so here's the deal, I photo-shopped the image and made a static front view that prints out a model exactly 24 inches tall (On my printer using my editor's print graph I hasten to add). I'm satisfied that this is viable height for a Warlord towering almost 2.5 times the height of a Warhound.

Now that I have the overall height I'll remove the armour and draw in the structural detail.

BTW that's 24 inches to the lower margin of the image because we mustn't forget the foot pads.



I calculate the center disk of the foot to be about 3.625 inches in diameter.

[The_Blackadder]

Actually I've had this project on back burner for quite some time but needed better measurements. I finally found some images of an Epic Warlord that gave me the scale I was looking for.

I'm trying a different approach and actually planning my work before hand. That in mind I am not the neatest mechanical drawer but it is as true to scale as I need for gov'ment work.


These images should print out 1:1 on 8.5 X 11 paper

This is the size I can up with for a 24 inch Warlord titan. The entire foot will cover a Baneblade tank front tread to exhaust stacks and sponson to sponson which I believe is quite awesome enough considering a Baneblade is as large as my entire house i.e. 30 X 40 feet.

[the damned artificer]

Good to see the project here as well mate The technical drawings look great, I think you're gonna get it right this time

[alim192]

yes i love following your logs

[TomG]

Ha, another crazy mind. Somebody needs some distraction from scratchbuild Thunderhawk right?
It reminds me my own Warlord on hold. I have here this epic metal Warlord, if you need some more photos + dimensions.

[The_Blackadder]

The Thunderhawk is still in play but I need a respite as I found my work becoming careless and rather than make mistakes that I will rue I put it aside until re-motivated.

I did manage to cut out most of the basic components of both feet and hope to have them glued together this weekend. I used 2.0 mm for the tread base and the rest is 1.0 mm styrene. This beastie is going to consume a lot of plastic but the fabrication will be a lot easier as all the material will be the same so no problem with glue compatibility which is a big plus.

I'll just add this on:

The octagons are the center of the foot pads and are 2.0 mm thick and about 5.0 x 4.5 inches the larger boxes to the right are the front and back toes and the smaller boxes at the extreme left are the side toes. Both sets of these toes will be movable with hinges. The truncated toe pieces to the far right may or mayn't be movable as I haven't planned that far as yet but the disc will tilt side to side and the top surface will house a semicircular gear shape which will allow the entire foot to tilt forward and aft. This should afford a full range of motion to the feet. The semicircle will have a countersunk screw for the axis and a pal nut on the other side to provide the tension to maintain the various poses.


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


http://i.imgur.com/F538F.jpg


http://i.imgur.com/EcG2q.jpg

Ambitious? yes;

Possible? most probably,

Crazy? almost certainly.

Ah but if it works Priceless!

[The_Blackadder]

Here comes the weekend and I'll be playing to an empty room. I did manage to cut out most of the basic components of both feet and hope to have them glued together this weekend. I used 2.0 mm for the tread base and the rest is 1.0 mm styrene. This beastie is going to consume a lot of plastic but the fabrication will be a lot easier as all the material will be the same so no problem with glue compatibility which is a big plus.

I'll just add this on:

The octagons are the center of the foot pads and are 2.0 mm thick and about 5.0 x 4.5 inches the larger boxes to the right are the front and back toes and the smaller boxes at the extreme left are the side toes. Both sets of these toes will be movable with hinges. The truncated toe pieces to the far right may or mayn't be movable as I haven't planned that far as yet but the disc will tilt side to side and the top surface will house a semicircular gear shape which will allow the entire foot to tilt forward and aft. This should afford a full range of motion to the feet. The semicircle will have a countersunk screw for the axis and a pal nut on the other side to provide the tension to maintain the various poses.


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


http://i.imgur.com/F538F.jpg


http://i.imgur.com/EcG2q.jpg

Ambitious? yes;

Possible? most probably,

Crazy? almost certainly.

Ah but if it works Priceless!

[Shinigami]

wow!

this wil be awesome! hope you get to fnish it and then put it on a table for an apoc game! take lots of pics!

[The_Blackadder]

I finished all the basic toes and suspended my printout above the feet and Damn me it looks right. The Greaves still have the side frames armour to be added and once the body is bulked up I think you would want a good solid base to stand on.


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


http://i.imgur.com/V3VcU.jpg

[Radium]

You're quite insane to attempt this with your level of detail :P. I'll be following this closely, as this is bound to be good!
I should also add that I really like you're going to build it at 24", feels a whole lot better than the man-sized things you usually see.

Good luck with this project mate!

[The_Blackadder]

Strange that I haven't posted the goal of this construction. The Dave Smith Warlord Dave's warlord is about 28 inches tall but I can only figure it to be 24 inches not counting the weapons so I hope Chrysagon de la Cruz As I have named it is in the ballpark sizewise.

Okay so here's the deal, I photo-shopped the image and made a static front view that prints out a model exactly 24 inches tall (On my printer using my editor's print graph I hasten to add). I'm satisfied that this is viable height for a Warlord towering almost 2.5 times the height of a Warhound.

This is the goal:


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

The most fantastic Warlord I have ever seen:

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


http://i.imgur.com/xN08B.jpg

Now that I have the overall height I'll remove the armour and draw in the structural detail.

BTW that's 24 inches to the lower margin of the image because we mustn't forget the foot pads.



I calculate the center disk of the foot to be about 3.625 inches in diameter.

[The_Blackadder]

The intent is to elevate the craft not to mock. A free exchange of techniques is ever present in my mind.

A bit further along on the disc mount mechanism placed but not glued are the rough cylinder trunnion mount blocks which are in essence pairs of pillow block bearings. Not glued because I don't know how much distance I need for the cylinder travel and still allow the disc plate a full range of tilt. mebbe I should do a drawing.

http://i.imgur.com/DZPp9.jpg


http://i.imgur.com/YJ5Zb.jpg


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

[the damned artificer]

Looks great man, I think it'll help a lot to get the sides on the shin armour as you said as it looks like he's got some pretty big feet atm but I'm sure when you get an actual pair of legs built they'll fit perfectly.

Are you planning on doing interior on the head ?? Anyway I expect the same awesome degree of detail as your warhound

[The_Blackadder]

Ah yes the head that will be the last body part I build and I hope to do interior detail as well but the problem with most of the Titans I see is that the head is too small. I'm figuring a 3-4 man cockpit crew with a command chair and two pilots. And a science officer or buxom computer spec.....

[SamWISEyyz]

This looks very promising! I like the planning you're putting in, super sensible for a project of this magnitude.

Feet are looking good form wise, I wouldn't be too afraid of getting them nice a bulky mind remembering a couple of miles of warmachine sits on top of them! And also practically speaking it may stand up better itself as a model. Just a thought tho, they just seem a tad flat right now, its mainly the ankle that concerns me but that could just be due to the fact that they are so big and wide themselves...

I agree, cockpits always seem too small for their crews to me too.

My only major gribe is your use of inches!! Millimetres are just so much easier (and industry standard worldwide) but its your project. Keep at it!

[The_Blackadder]

This looks very promising! I like the planning you're putting in, super sensible for a project of this magnitude.

Feet are looking good form wise, I wouldn't be too afraid of getting them nice a bulky mind remembering a couple of miles of warmachine sits on top of them! And also practically speaking it may stand up better itself as a model. Just a thought tho, they just seem a tad flat right now, its mainly the ankle that concerns me but that could just be due to the fact that they are so big and wide themselves...

I agree, cockpits always seem too small for their crews to me too.

My only major gripe is your use of inches!! Millimetres are just so much easier (and industry standard worldwide) but its your project. Keep at it!

I am the compleat modeler; I use both inches and millimeters as it suits me. My scale which combines both inches and millimeters has gradations of inches in 64ths of an inch but only to tenths of a centimeter which is much too coarse for my purposes. The rest of the world will benefit when they switch to the Imperial system.

[the damned artificer]

Yeah the head needs a certain size to feel realistic, I think the one I've done for my warlord is about right as it has room for the princeps' command throne and the two moderatii without making it too spacey as it is still a sort of cockpit which needs to be a bit claustrophobic imo

[SamWISEyyz]

Ok Ok, I just don't like silly fractions

[SDKFZ]

THANK YOU, MR BLACKADDER !

Now when my friends tell me i have to build a Warlord, i can say that your building one and ill only make a fool of myself going up against you.

Dont get me wrong, ill be following your every step on this epic build, Mate !

The feet look very good sofar. How will you do with pistons and things like that ?


/ SDKFZ

[khaosBlizzard]

its funny. that photo of the warlord you posted is how i first found Warseer a long time ago. i say the pic in google images and it brought me here

anyways, good luck with yours. You seem to be off to a solid start.