Blackadder Posted March 7, 2012 Share Posted March 7, 2012 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. http://i.imgur.com/xiYya.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olis Posted March 8, 2012 Share Posted March 8, 2012 Ooh, hey, this should be good. I will be watching this. :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexCrute Posted March 8, 2012 Share Posted March 8, 2012 Olisredan, the whole world will be watching this... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackadder Posted March 10, 2012 Author Share Posted March 10, 2012 The whole world! Egad! 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/IPWTEl.jpg http://i.imgur.com/IPWTE.jpg http://i.imgur.com/F538Fl.jpg http://i.imgur.com/F538F.jpg http://i.imgur.com/EcG2ql.jpg http://i.imgur.com/EcG2q.jpg Ambitious? yes; Possible? most probably, Crazy? almost certainly. Ah but if it works Priceless! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olis Posted March 10, 2012 Share Posted March 10, 2012 That foot is huuuge. Me gusta. :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the damned artificer Posted March 10, 2012 Share Posted March 10, 2012 Now my dear Blackadder, this was about time you restarted this project ;D But why don't I seem to have stumbled across it on warseer as well ?? :) The plan sounds (and looks) solid, I'll definitely be following this thread closely :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackadder Posted March 10, 2012 Author Share Posted March 10, 2012 I haven't gotten around to all the forums as yet. 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. http://i.imgur.com/UtEjfl.jpg http://i.imgur.com/HiW8ul.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arizonajirt Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 looks great so far. this will be nothing sort of epic. ill follow this like the rest of your projects. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cain Tiberius Kondrad Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 I am sure this will look awesome too... But are you still working on the Thunderhawk? CTK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackadder Posted March 13, 2012 Author Share Posted March 13, 2012 I know I'm gonna reap a lot of flack for ignoring the T'hawk but I'm on a roll with this project and will ride it for all it's worth. This new enthusiasm is refreshing as working on the T'hawk was becoming tedious but already I'm looking at it with fresh ideas The toes of Chrysagon coming along nicely an if I have to make the body a few inches taller so be it. http://i.imgur.com/6o0pkl.jpg http://i.imgur.com/6o0pk.jpg http://i.imgur.com/qVyZGl.jpg http://i.imgur.com/qVyZG.jpg http://i.imgur.com/0mXpPl.jpg http://i.imgur.com/0mXpP.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cain Tiberius Kondrad Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 Oh I'm not going to give you crap over it. I know how you feel when a project takes a long time, or makes slow progress. It can get very tedious. I just hope you will feel ready to finish it someday bud. :ph34r: CTK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olis Posted March 14, 2012 Share Posted March 14, 2012 I know I'm gonna reap a lot of flack for ignoring the T'hawk but I'm on a roll with this project and will ride it for all it's worth. This new enthusiasm is refreshing as working on the T'hawk was becoming tedious but already I'm looking at it with fresh ideas Let's face it, if you needed a break from the thunderhawk, then so be it. It's your project and none of us should feel so self-entitled to seriously hold that against you. You do what you want to, brother. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChromeZephyr Posted March 14, 2012 Share Posted March 14, 2012 Ye hairy gods, this is going to be unbelievable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackadder Posted March 18, 2012 Author Share Posted March 18, 2012 I haven't a clue how much this thing will weigh but I intend to use steel hardware for the joints and reinforced box beam legs. The joints will lock in position with torx screws to disguise the screw head so it won't be flexible like Lucie Todays effort: http://i.imgur.com/fElqWl.jpg http://i.imgur.com/fElqW.jpg http://i.imgur.com/QmXZll.jpg http://i.imgur.com/QmXZl.jpg ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackadder Posted March 18, 2012 Author Share Posted March 18, 2012 Plodding along as is my wont I successfully attached the step pyramid style ends of the toes this morning which for the life of me serve no earthly purpose other than aesthetic appeal. (If you like toes.... Jabba ) Mine differ from DS's in that they are slightly wider but the overall design is the same. Accompanying the feet are some figures to convey scale donated by my son. http://i.imgur.com/fJVPu.jpg http://i.imgur.com/fJVPul.jpg http://i.imgur.com/r5yJw.jpg http://i.imgur.com/r5yJwl.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coryphaus 101 Posted March 19, 2012 Share Posted March 19, 2012 Oh woah! This is awesome! I wish you luck with this truly momentous project. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olis Posted March 19, 2012 Share Posted March 19, 2012 Just the feet so far and they look great. A few skulls and aquilas wouldn't go amiss, mind. :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackadder Posted March 21, 2012 Author Share Posted March 21, 2012 I've been working on the disc tilting cylinders. These will allow the disc to tilt side to side while secured to a longitudinal pivot axle yet to be fabricated. http://i.imgur.com/DZPp9.jpg http://i.imgur.com/DZPp9l.jpg http://i.imgur.com/YJ5Zb.jpg http://i.imgur.com/YJ5Zbl.jpg http://i.imgur.com/IeSOI.jpg http://i.imgur.com/IeSOIl.jpg http://i.imgur.com/NopdI.jpg http://i.imgur.com/NopdIl.jpg http://i.imgur.com/orHOg.jpg http://i.imgur.com/orHOgl.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackadder Posted March 22, 2012 Author Share Posted March 22, 2012 I appreciate the responses and the subscriptions but just so you know 'The Blackadder' is very prone to mistakes. I spent half a day building the pistons receiving the cylinders on the discs and after forming them and starting to install them found that they were totally unnecessary! Since they are totally hidden inside the ankle discs whats the point of even installing them? added work more parts to fail; who needs that so eliminated. But all is not lost, they may be useful in another area and if nothing else they keep me humble. http://i.imgur.com/awVs5.jpg http://i.imgur.com/awVs5l.jpg They are shown in the left foreground. http://i.imgur.com/G6u3t.jpg http://i.imgur.com/G6u3tl.jpg So who would know they are even missing :*) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackadder Posted March 24, 2012 Author Share Posted March 24, 2012 It's extremely gratifying to envision something in your mind's eye and then to duplicate it in some medium. In this case extremely malleable styrene but I can see how real engineers get their rocks off. Granted the days of Isambard Kingdom Brunel and John Scott Russell are pretty much over where an engineer designs and executes an entire construct but I'm sure even today such gratification must still exist. Case in point, this highly speculative tilting table mechanism for the foot attachment. I believe I have come up with a viable solution to allow the foot to tilt side to side, be light and strong and also look complex enough to grace a 40K denizen. http://i.imgur.com/k07P5.jpg http://i.imgur.com/k07P5l.jpg Were I to build this for a real vehicle I would enclose the axle within the disc housing so the table doesn't shift side to side as much but then the mechanism would be totally hidden. so this way I have an excuse for the diagonal toes linear actuator system that give enhanced stability during the stepping process and decreases the upper body swaying which is the cause of so much seasickness in some Warhound crew members. http://i.imgur.com/adYW2.jpg http://i.imgur.com/adYW2l.jpg That's my story and I stick with it :P http://i.imgur.com/X81v7.jpg http://i.imgur.com/X81v7l.jpg When I see how much of this system will actually be visible I may fancy it up a bit using some of mxwllmdr's lightened girder and buttress techniques. The beauty of this construct is it can be disassembled for maintenance, painting and repair. http://i.imgur.com/jScLR.jpg http://i.imgur.com/jScLRl.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sar mikael Posted March 24, 2012 Share Posted March 24, 2012 wow! this is amazing just like the thunderhawk. you, good sir are a god with plasticard. i salute you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maverike_prime Posted March 24, 2012 Share Posted March 24, 2012 Wow... really impressive work BlackAdder. I do have one question: why did you choose to base your warlord off the Epic model? Not challaning your choice, I'm just curious why this: http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a316/maverike_prime/Warhammer/m1252004_99110307002_EpicWarlordMain_873x627.jpg over this: http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a316/maverike_prime/Warhammer/reference.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vaaish Posted March 24, 2012 Share Posted March 24, 2012 If I had to guess, the upper one is Lucius pattern which matches his warhound and the lower one is likely to be the mars pattern version. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AKA_Tattoo Posted March 25, 2012 Share Posted March 25, 2012 I love the legs on the Mars (lower pic) pattern, but the rest of the Lucius is more appealing to me. Is it heretical to think about mixing patterns? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackadder Posted March 25, 2012 Author Share Posted March 25, 2012 Were I to make a Chaos Warlord I would probably go with a Mars pattern the design of which lends itself to the more 'organic' look of Chaos although I do not care for the toes which look weak to me. If FW were to make a Warlord they might use the Epic Lucius version for the model as I don't recall seeing a Mars pattern in Epic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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