One_happy_hippy Posted August 19, 2015 Share Posted August 19, 2015 I say first but at the rate of progress it may well be the last! So I got back in to the hobby at the end of last year after an 18 year hiatus and painted the DA component of the Dark Vengeance box which I was given by a mate. Since then I painted a few more DW, a Dreadnought and Azrael and then after seeing a couple of other friends Titans (specifically one friends two Reaver Maniples) at an Apoc game, I saw a Warhound on a trading site and decided I needed it. Alcohol may have been involved. Now seeing as up until this point the biggest thing I had built and painted was a Dreadnought this was going to be an eye opener... I took a few photos up to where I am up to now, which is the base is built, the Legs are built and I have painted most of the interior. Its now time to build the body and start painting the exterior. The colour scheme (exterior) will be Legio Astorum / Warp Runners as the fluff kinda fits with working alongside DA the best (Thanks to info from this forum). The interior colour scheme is a homage to WW2 RAF Bomber command, so I have painted the interior in cockpit green, and the crew uniforms are RAF Blue. There will also be an external nod to No. 8 (Pathfinder force) Group who did reconnaissance and target marking ahead of the bomber groups, so viii markings and No.8 Group Motto on Shin guards etc. Anyway a few photos of progress and I'll add more as I get painting more. Please feel free to comment or give advice. As it arrived - the previous owner had removed the largest of the resin gates. http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n161/one_happy_hippy/Ford/BB7BA361-AB7B-4686-B959-18A7B9B710B2.jpg The number of parts particularly the pistons was somewhat daunting and I wondered if I had bitten off more than I could chew... I wont post loads of pics of the build as I'm sure most of you have seen them before. First Part was sourcing a Base - I found an online company that does Wooden bases for trophies mail order for about £10 shipped. Perfect. I tried both an 8" and 10" and though the 8" would be better for gaming the 10" was more suited for the crazy plans I had for the base / posing of the Warhound. http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n161/one_happy_hippy/Ford/51CD5AB4-C58B-4DBD-AE80-4CC45FCA477F.jpg For the Base I wanted to continue the them I had for the bases for my DA Army of city ruins: http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n161/one_happy_hippy/Ford/74BE1332-FCC9-4B67-B51D-F8F787C4B6C3.jpg At this point I probably should have stopped and made life easy for myself, but the crazy visions of a Warhound walking through ruins won out and I ordered several Flames of War Battlefield in a box terrain pieces...After much test fitting, wailing and gnashing of teeth I came of with an arrangement that kind of fitted the base Photo prior to giving up and trimming). http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n161/one_happy_hippy/Ford/C3222322-2F89-4497-A556-740C49C8777D.jpg Then the fun (read really annoying) bit came: working out how the feet / legs would fit together on this unholy monstrosity I had created...Much masking tape, blutac and swearing was involved but finally. http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n161/one_happy_hippy/Ford/75F3464F-1013-4383-995D-937D6D44AF47.jpg This was only the rough draft to test if the concept would work. Deciding 'what the hell' i mounted the terrain pieces to the base. Using JB Weld two part Epoxy and screws. It wasn't going to go anywhere on my watch: http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n161/one_happy_hippy/Ford/1407EDB0-A3AA-4554-ADE0-5ECF33004AA1.jpg http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n161/one_happy_hippy/Ford/6C6D5364-A242-40CD-8342-E1B007FCC84A.jpg I then retested the feet positions and trimmed the terrain as necessary: http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n161/one_happy_hippy/Ford/17B56A1E-5C49-481E-977E-5C5D42E4153C.jpg http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n161/one_happy_hippy/Ford/CE05429F-6BAB-46ED-A6ED-2AA45B6BFFD7.jpg I then added some texture to the base prior to building up the rubble etc to support the left foot. http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n161/one_happy_hippy/Ford/014AE1DF-2047-433F-A963-7F0DBD639879.jpg The left foot need to be raised and I wanted it to be crushing an Eldar titan Head I acquired of a friend (whose Revenant decimated some DW) so I built up the rubble to support it. http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n161/one_happy_hippy/Ford/768AA87A-DFC0-4038-8C18-B4499F53DF9C.jpg You can also see the locating pin I put in to mate with the toe to position the Warhounds foot, and the wires from the decapitated Eldar titan head. http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n161/one_happy_hippy/Ford/39ADBB05-B12F-4357-B9D7-A709F9FA0ACD.jpg I I deliberately did not glue the Eldar Titan head down and it does not actually support any weight so it can be painted and slipped in to place once the base etc is complete. http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n161/one_happy_hippy/Ford/015B2A2C-A4ED-47E3-8FC2-75BC0AAB8082.jpg http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n161/one_happy_hippy/Ford/0CCB200C-D353-498E-BE5B-D7605EA2F5EE.jpg Anyway enough of crushing Xeno scum under foot; next job was to ensure the Warhound was secure on the base but allow it to be removable for transport etc. To this end I drilled a 6.5mm dia hole from the base of the lower leg and then through the right foot in to the terrain at an angle aligned with the lower leg. I then Epoxy'd a length of 6mm rod (actually a 6mm bolt with head removed). http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n161/one_happy_hippy/Ford/971392C8-6D31-4406-8E02-1D33FE73528B.jpg I covered the join with a piece of rubble so the bolt is barely visible under the foot. The legs are now self standing (actually there were without the pin / bolt). http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n161/one_happy_hippy/Ford/0B581C1F-8A91-434F-80FD-B265CE8C5398.jpg I have missed out a stage slightly which is the part where I decided to magnetise it and got a bit carried away... I have learnt a lot about magnetising. Some good some bad: 1) check, double check, triple check and then quadruple check the polarity of the magnets and which way they need to face and then mark the faces.2) once you have done the above, glue them in the correct way around. 3) plastic tweezers make everything easier. 4) if you are trying to stick two magnets in holes adjacent to each other and they keep trying to stick to each other then and even bigger magnet on the other side of the piece will over come this and hold it in place. 5) when doing the above if you haven't done 1) then the magnet you are attempting to hold in place becomes a small superglue covered projectile. 6) superglue activator is a godsend. 7) it's easy to get carried away magnetising bits... Yes I magnetised the servitor hatches... I then got distracted by painting the Eldar Titan Head, I used a colour scheme similar to but not completely mimicking my arch nemesis' titans. http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n161/one_happy_hippy/Ford/69EFFCDC-40EA-4BE8-B582-1BA20879BDAC.jpgThere is something satisfying about a Eldar head on a spike... http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n161/one_happy_hippy/Ford/676D01B7-47C5-45ED-AF40-B46DC7EBB2FB.jpg Having got this far I turned my attention to the body, I decided I would hate myself forever if I didn't do a reasonable job of the interior so I decided to paint it prior to assembly. Everything was test fitted first then masked and primed with car primer before receiving a coat of Humbrol 90 spray and then washed with thinned down Humbrol 78 paint to give it that classic Airfix model / WW2 bomber airframe look. I then painted the interior. I have spent far too long on it really but them I'm still learning how to paint again (excuses excuses). I'll post a couple more photos on the interior when I take some in the next post but this is the general scheme: http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n161/one_happy_hippy/Ford/AD3F61C4-A67F-44F4-A96F-6265239C01D1.jpg http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n161/one_happy_hippy/Ford/8DDA41CA-1442-46CC-8296-045617AA255A.jpgI tried to keep the colours of the controls fairly uniform and primary as I didn't want it to end up looking garish. Anyway this is where I am up to currently so comments on progress so far and advice for the future appreciated. I'll try and remember to take some more photos as the painting of the exterior starts. Cheers for reading if you got this far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leviathus Posted August 19, 2015 Share Posted August 19, 2015 Epic!! :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
One_happy_hippy Posted August 19, 2015 Author Share Posted August 19, 2015 Epic!! The Titan or the Length of the post... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leviathus Posted August 19, 2015 Share Posted August 19, 2015 The Titan, but the journey in completing this thing is also very cool to read! :D You detail your progress very well and share your findings and thoughts on this whole affair, so to me that pretty epic too ^^ So, keep it up! :tu: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jolemai Posted August 19, 2015 Share Posted August 19, 2015 Must have missed the update regarding the base scenery. Other than that, it's all oddly familiar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
One_happy_hippy Posted August 19, 2015 Author Share Posted August 19, 2015 Must have missed the update regarding the base scenery. Other than that, it's all oddly familiar I thought I would lump it all together in one place than piecemeal in the group. I'll still be spamming it hard though :P More so now I have ordered the FW Realm of Battle Industrial Sector! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
One_happy_hippy Posted August 19, 2015 Author Share Posted August 19, 2015 Just a few more of the interior (I promise): http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n161/one_happy_hippy/Mobile%20Uploads/2015-08/7A9E21AA-922C-4C66-9E13-AB4CABE2D093.jpg http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n161/one_happy_hippy/Ford/D12CDA90-F4EA-442D-B3D1-1E99AB4A5465.jpg http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n161/one_happy_hippy/Ford/FA9E2EEB-6096-4735-83EE-C9E560F15F93.jpg http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n161/one_happy_hippy/Ford/208CE0F1-A61A-48B0-B810-E04194C84F11.jpg http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n161/one_happy_hippy/Ford/838B193B-49EB-41A6-B932-2001DB6CA6EA.jpg http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n161/one_happy_hippy/Ford/57DA7C05-4C90-4068-B529-61EAD79BF026.jpg Just the Princeps to paint now however that can wait until a bit more building and exterior painting has been completed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaeron Posted August 19, 2015 Share Posted August 19, 2015 Amazing! Can't wait to see this develop. Love the fact this is the 'first Warhound'...! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andvarr A Posted August 19, 2015 Share Posted August 19, 2015 Following this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SickSix Posted August 20, 2015 Share Posted August 20, 2015 Wow, the base alone is totally awesome! Great job so far! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jolemai Posted August 20, 2015 Share Posted August 20, 2015 Amazing! Can't wait to see this develop. Love the fact this is the 'first Warhound'...! There's a chap in our group who has two Ventarii Maniples (group shot) and it makes us all want multiple Titans (another chap has two Revenants and a Phantom). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
One_happy_hippy Posted August 24, 2015 Author Share Posted August 24, 2015 Regarding mounting of the Tian to the base. I have assembled the feet and legs so they are free standing without requiring support to stand up. However to ensure that the titan stays put I have added support. The right foot / leg - I drilled a 6.5mm hole up from the base of the leg along its length. I then extrapolated this angle and drilled a hole through the foot from the inside of the foot joint through in to the base. The bolt is epoxy'd in to the base and the foot glued to the leg and the entire assembly slides on to the bolt. The bolt should be long enough to support the weight of the titan and as it is inclined prevent rotation. http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n161/one_happy_hippy/Ford/AE750010-1952-4BC9-A574-2786AC24ED7F.jpg http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n161/one_happy_hippy/Ford/D8151E55-D6C4-431E-8C01-F8C3CBC7B813.jpg http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n161/one_happy_hippy/Ford/7B8BF8F8-6C7E-4988-828F-93105FBD9F66.jpg http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n161/one_happy_hippy/Ford/F563E84C-3B6D-490F-8CFD-4D779F5183BA.jpg The left leg / foot - This is in a stepping motion and again glued in a self standing position, albeit a bit wobbly when balanced on rubble / eldar titan head. Less to support it and more to locate it in the correct position is a simple pin through he rubble and in to the middle toe. Again slightly inclined to prevent rotation it is enough the the leg self stands. However the majority of the weight bearing is designed to be through the right leg assembly as above. http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n161/one_happy_hippy/Ford/38F41EB2-49DF-499C-8C77-E9820FA20112.jpg http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n161/one_happy_hippy/Ford/EEC2F254-02F8-4094-9C16-7A30B8DAA5F7.jpg http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n161/one_happy_hippy/Ford/375705B5-837C-487A-BAB6-ED2B94738376.jpg Hope this makes sense / is helpful. [Edited for typo's as my keyboard apparently isn't really working today] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GhostLegion Posted August 24, 2015 Share Posted August 24, 2015 Loving the amount of time/thought youve put into this beastie so far. Keep up the work...more than certain it will show through and be well worth the effort by the time you're done! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
One_happy_hippy Posted August 25, 2015 Author Share Posted August 25, 2015 Finally bite the bullet and assembled the body. Advice from a mate with four Warhounds was not to attempt it without clamps. He was right. I used some 100mm soft jaw clamps, however A 150mm plus one to pull the from and rear of the body together would have been ideal. I used JB Weld epoxy for the main body sections with superglue on the weapon arms to hold them as they were challenging to hold with tape while the epoxy set. http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n161/one_happy_hippy/Ford/D5A95237-5FDF-4636-9970-89A3A07C7C4F.jpg http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n161/one_happy_hippy/Ford/A815DD02-0B8E-44F0-ADAD-F7F54E115368.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Macloren Posted August 25, 2015 Share Posted August 25, 2015 This is looking very promising so far. I love the interior. I think ultimately I would love a pair of warhounds, but I very much doubt I'd ever be arsed to paint one let alone two! ;-) Looking forward to seeing how this turns out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mactire Posted August 25, 2015 Share Posted August 25, 2015 Really love the interior detail keep posting more pics. This is fantastic work, one day it will be me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
One_happy_hippy Posted August 28, 2015 Author Share Posted August 28, 2015 So this week I was slightly distracted by the arrival of a FW Realm of Battle Industrial Sector however there has been progress. Got the waist / groin glue to the legs. I checked the position of the ball joints on the thighs and glued them using epoxy resin clamped overnight. I then set the angle and position if the waist/groin section. The position of the waist/groin needed some pressure to hold it central without it being pulled off line by the offset of the legs. Again I wanted to use epoxy on this joint for maximum strength but clamping them was not an option due to the slight angle. I therefore put a load of epoxy in the ball socket of the joint and used a thin rim of superglue around the edge if the socket and superglue activator to quickly set it once it was in the correct position to hold the joints while the epoxy sets. http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n161/one_happy_hippy/Ford/3BBF24FA-37E6-48B2-903B-DFE1E4249886_1.jpg http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n161/one_happy_hippy/Ford/F87737D1-73FB-4BCD-B26C-F27094E63882.jpg http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n161/one_happy_hippy/Ford/CF0682B4-A7B0-4DBE-B1CC-EE860BE1CC9E.jpg http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n161/one_happy_hippy/Ford/65132F99-FBD6-444B-9580-4C7B127E264A_1.jpg http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n161/one_happy_hippy/Ford/E9946D9B-4E3F-4610-BE98-44C941A6440E.jpg I also did a little bit of green stuffing of a few of the gaps on the body but obviously a lot more will be done prior to exterior priming. http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n161/one_happy_hippy/Ford/8E63542E-90E7-4DBD-87BA-2BAC4DD881BB.jpg http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n161/one_happy_hippy/Ford/8604E73B-0DDF-4A52-B0D8-69E62D284361.jpg http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n161/one_happy_hippy/Ford/44A19DC0-7A2D-4140-8829-3AA16E6E3D17_1.jpg Going to be spending some time doing some more green stuffing and sanding and making sure the out side is sorted so I can get a coat of car primer on it. Then it'll be paint time. Which is marginally terrifying... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andvarr A Posted August 28, 2015 Share Posted August 28, 2015 Wow...thats just.....Wow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
One_happy_hippy Posted September 6, 2015 Author Share Posted September 6, 2015 So I've finally started painting the exterior, albeit only the legs so far... Base coat of grey car primer, I have a line with a thick washer hanging from the roof at prime spraying height which I can hang the legs on using the waist magnet. http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n161/one_happy_hippy/Realm%20of%20Battle/2C4AE0D1-D2A3-4BE5-A2D5-24EB59718CE6.jpg I then masked of the majority of the legs with masking tape and cling film and gave the toes and upper leg armour with a coat of Macragge Blue: http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n161/one_happy_hippy/Realm%20of%20Battle/BC276D78-276A-4185-841D-BDF4790169B8.jpg I then masked the blue bits with Maskol, adding small paper pull tabs to allow easy removal. http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n161/one_happy_hippy/Realm%20of%20Battle/D04AED5D-DA68-4EE3-AAA8-D8F057B18CE2.jpg http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n161/one_happy_hippy/Realm%20of%20Battle/BBA7FB2E-BE77-4024-AE2D-BDC54F2FD582.jpg I've just put a base coat of Army painter Matt black over the whole of the rest of the legs, to be followed tomorrow with a coat of Army Painter Leadbealcher. I decided to go for a black under coat to a) darken up the Leadbealcher and b) add shade to any nooks and crannies. Hopefully the Maskol will do its job! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olis Posted September 6, 2015 Share Posted September 6, 2015 This is the first I've heard of this Maskol. What is it exactly? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
One_happy_hippy Posted September 7, 2015 Author Share Posted September 7, 2015 Humbrol Maskol is a liquid rubber masking solution that you paint on as a liquid and it dries to a rubber to mask areas you do to want to paint. Once you have finished painting you can peel off the Maskol from the protected area. Or at least that is the theory... I'll let you know how well it works later... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andvarr A Posted September 7, 2015 Share Posted September 7, 2015 Looking impressive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olis Posted September 7, 2015 Share Posted September 7, 2015 Humbrol Maskol is a liquid rubber masking solution that you paint on as a liquid and it dries to a rubber to mask areas you do to want to paint. Once you have finished painting you can peel off the Maskol from the protected area. Or at least that is the theory... I'll let you know how well it works later... Good luck to you brother. :tu: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MordentHex Posted September 7, 2015 Share Posted September 7, 2015 The first few pictures i was like "OMG HE ISN"T PINNING IT!!! ITS GOING TO BE AWESOME FOR A WEEK AND THEN DIE!!!" Then i saw you pinning it like a boss. Good stuff man! Build that mean machine!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
One_happy_hippy Posted September 7, 2015 Author Share Posted September 7, 2015 Maskol: my thoughts. I would give Maskol a 7-8/10. I would give my application of said Maskol a 6-7/10 I have learnt the following. 1) the thick you can apply the Maskol the better. 2) the more paper pull tabs you can seal in the better. 3) if you have intricate details in you masked area, ensure you have a pull tab that pulls towards then to pull the Maskol out of the detail, otherwise you have to use a cocktail stick. 4) pulling the Maskol off is messy, the paint flake of the mask as you remove it. It gets everywhere. 5) ensure that you haven't missed a bit with your spaying before you remove your Maskol otherwise you will have to reapply it to touch up the spray. 6) repeat stage 5 and triple check. http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n161/one_happy_hippy/Realm%20of%20Battle/DD6DF221-6593-49D8-AA9B-7A42D563D234.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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