Norseman
12-20-2013, 07:24 AM
I've been working off and on, on a Warlord/Emperor Titan for awhile now. I am copying most of this from Bartertown.
Well I have finally bit the bullet and decided that I am going to build a warlord titan.
I have looked around and done a lot of research on sizing and methods of building.
I had always loved this one but it was kind of daunting. It was too good. I was of the mind set that...That would take TOO long and I do not want to spend a year building and detailing, and spend $1000.
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4nzgPbHlNo4/SchJDK8Vz8I/AAAAAAAAEdw/b0yw-YN4088/s1600/Favorite003.jpg
There were others out there. But they were all really bad. Looked either too cheap or out of scale, or complete out to lunch like a certain studio's recent build.
A few weeks ago I was looking around ebay when I came across an ad for a warlord commission. The pics looked good. The detail level was good but not over the top. It looked like a project that would take about a month or two, and cost maybe $100.00. It was then when I decided that I could do make one that I would be happy with for a reasonable investment of time and money.
http://i332.photobucket.com/albums/m343/Norseman3058/Titan/titanfront.jpg?t=1322147361
My Warlord will be a little different.
This titan is one of the nicest titans I have found on the internet, and it is made completely of wood. I figured my titan will have wood legs and feet for a strong base.
http://i332.photobucket.com/albums/m343/Norseman3058/Titan/08-10-0502.jpg
I like the way its legs are more rectangular I want this effect not the round tubes many use.
However I do like the way you get easy disassembly and light weight on the body by using pvc tubing and unions for the hips, waist, torso frame and arm attachments.
So I will be doing a hybrid design. My feet and legs will be may out of wood. With detail glued on and armor plates made out of foam board (i may make the basic structure out of wood) and plastic card detail. Similar to this.
http://i332.photobucket.com/albums/m343/Norseman3058/Titan/31-08-05Titan4.jpg
The rest of the torso and arms will be made of light weight foam board and plastic card.
I have a few days of vacation coming up next week and I plan to make my start.
Any comments or helpful hints are appreciated.
I have some folded paper plans that I am going to be referencing for some measurements, but any help in this respect would definitely be helpful. Getting the thing to be actually scaled properly is difficult.
Well I have finally bit the bullet and decided that I am going to build a warlord titan.
I have looked around and done a lot of research on sizing and methods of building.
I had always loved this one but it was kind of daunting. It was too good. I was of the mind set that...That would take TOO long and I do not want to spend a year building and detailing, and spend $1000.
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4nzgPbHlNo4/SchJDK8Vz8I/AAAAAAAAEdw/b0yw-YN4088/s1600/Favorite003.jpg
There were others out there. But they were all really bad. Looked either too cheap or out of scale, or complete out to lunch like a certain studio's recent build.
A few weeks ago I was looking around ebay when I came across an ad for a warlord commission. The pics looked good. The detail level was good but not over the top. It looked like a project that would take about a month or two, and cost maybe $100.00. It was then when I decided that I could do make one that I would be happy with for a reasonable investment of time and money.
http://i332.photobucket.com/albums/m343/Norseman3058/Titan/titanfront.jpg?t=1322147361
My Warlord will be a little different.
This titan is one of the nicest titans I have found on the internet, and it is made completely of wood. I figured my titan will have wood legs and feet for a strong base.
http://i332.photobucket.com/albums/m343/Norseman3058/Titan/08-10-0502.jpg
I like the way its legs are more rectangular I want this effect not the round tubes many use.
However I do like the way you get easy disassembly and light weight on the body by using pvc tubing and unions for the hips, waist, torso frame and arm attachments.
So I will be doing a hybrid design. My feet and legs will be may out of wood. With detail glued on and armor plates made out of foam board (i may make the basic structure out of wood) and plastic card detail. Similar to this.
http://i332.photobucket.com/albums/m343/Norseman3058/Titan/31-08-05Titan4.jpg
The rest of the torso and arms will be made of light weight foam board and plastic card.
I have a few days of vacation coming up next week and I plan to make my start.
Any comments or helpful hints are appreciated.
I have some folded paper plans that I am going to be referencing for some measurements, but any help in this respect would definitely be helpful. Getting the thing to be actually scaled properly is difficult.