14th Grand Company

So after finishing my Leman Russ before the deadline for ToEMPs and not wanting to start the next project before the next challenge was issued I decided to dig back out my diy Titan I started about 6 months ago.

Although the plan I’m working off of showed building each toe segment and main foot section separately then gluing them together, I wanted a bit more stability and made the central toe connected straight back to the rear toe via a long I-beam. I then added the other two toes and the pads to the end of each toe. The picture below shows the foot on the left as right side up and the right one upside down.

I then created little caps for each toe end using a matching rectangle to the toe pad, attached to two right-angle brackets.

Once these were attached I wanted to think a head and create support into the foot to connect to the lower leg. I did this with some more the my trusty I-beams glued to the plate the will eventually be the middle of the foot and glued reinforcement beams around it. This created a very sturdy point I can work off of when building the lower leg.

Since taking these pictures I created an end plate for each toe and bulked up one of the feet so it’s not just a single, thin plate.

I’ve already set this aside again to work on the next TOEMP challenge but the titan will eventually stand!

So here are the promised pictures of my WIP Chaos Warhound Titan. The plans were from the bwc-archive Yahoo Group. I’ve been using various thicknesses of plastic card, foam board and plastic strips. I’ve done some sketching on the model with a Sharpie to get an idea of markings and adjustments to the model.

Front View of the Titan

So far it is really sturdy (and heavy…) so I’m not too worried about it getting knocked around in a game (unlike a paper version).

Titan's Left Side

The back took some work as the paper templates had nothing on the back side. I liked the look of the pipes on the Forge World model and imitated that. Also the vents were built one fin at a time because I couldn’t find anything that fit correctly.

Titan's Back Side

The engine top is from the Manufactorium set cut down to fit inside. This idea was from a project being done on dakka dakka. The wire grid is wielded metal fencing.

top with grid in place

The top is simply set into place so I can easily access the engine when I start painting.

see it still comes off!

Under the shoulders I created a simple mounting for the arms. This is just a PVC pipe joiner with a magnet glued at the end and capped. The arms will them have the matching magnet in a pipe fitting that goes around this stub.

Its arm pit showing the stub (with magnet)

Although the guns would be a fun next step I think it would be best to start building up the feet and legs so this thing can at least stand. I’m still unsure what I’m going to do for the head, I want to do some deamon looking head, but unsure how I would build that (my sculpting isn’t so great). Any ideas would be welcomed!

So I haven’t had much updates as of late, but that is not to say I haven’t been working hard on my 14th Grand Company. I’ve spent a great deal of this last two weeks building what may be a great center piece for my army: a titan! If found plans for a warhound titan on the bwc-archive yahoo group and so far have the main hull built with both shoulders. I’ve mostly used plastic sheets and strips with a few odd bitz from GW. Pictures will be coming soon!