Danny Cyanide Does an Imperator Titan

[Danny Cyanide]

So some of you may know that I had to drop out of the ETL due to a family illness that has taken away most of my hobby time over the last 2 months. A couple of weeks before this happened I had purchased a couple of 3d printers, and had been having a blast with it.

The actual personal time investment for 3d printing has been very low, as the machine basicly runs on its own without much intervention, so I've been able to use it while taking care of my family without it taking up huge blocks of time like painting does.

Since I don't like to do anything small, my first project to figure out how the machine worked was an Armorcast style Reaver Titan:





My wife became ill shortly after this was finished and it has taken us a couple of months to adjust to life changes, but things are starting to feel a little more normal, and I've decided to start a new project.

The Reaver just wasn't quite big enough, so I found a set of files for an Adeptus Titanicus scale Emperor Titan, and have scaled it up to 28mm scale.
















The red parts in the first image is what has been printed so far. I'll be logging my progress here in this thread as the project comes together!

The final height of the "miniature" will be 36 inches, so it will be about 14 inches taller than a Forge World Warlord Titan.

Edited September 12, 2019 by Danny Cyanide

[noigrim]

High quality prints

[Gederas]

Wow, that is.... Yeah. I'm honestly speechless.

 

That thing is going to be immense!

 

How long do you think it'll take for you to print?

 

Painting will probably be far quicker :lol:

[Danny Cyanide]

It's going to take a while for sure, as I'm printing very slow and with very thin layers to try to minimize print lines.

 

I expect it to take at least a couple of months, maybe 3.

[Danny Cyanide]

Just finished cleaning up the remaining parts that I've printed so far, as of today the entire Cathedral is complete, and the first foot has been printed!

 

 

 

The Reaver is 12" tall for scale reference.

 

That's everything that I've printed so far over the last 3 weeks, so updates going forward will be slower, but I'm hoping to keep my printers running as continuously as possible.

Edited August 30, 2019 by Danny Cyanide

[Bjorn Firewalker]

Is the Reaver meant to be a Chaos Titan? Its upper arms look slimy, fleshy, the products of mutation.

[Danny Cyanide]

No I'll be painting it as a loyalty, But I'm not the modeler, so I was stuck with what they had done. I'll be painting those parts metallic, and call it Mechanicum artistic flair.

[Danny Cyanide]

A little more progress, I've finished the first leg bastion and first shoulder pad/Cathedral platform.

 

The shoulder pad took 147 hours to print, and the leg bastion took 94 hours. The second bastion and shoulder just started printing tonight.

 

 

 

[Mordas]

wow great start, as someone else with a 3d printer I can appreciate how much time it takes to print on this scale!

 

Where did you get the design from though?

[Danny Cyanide]

Thanks Mordas! Total print time so far not counting the 2 pieces that are currently printing has been 810 hours.

 

The files were found on Thingiverse, search Emperor Titan and you will find them. The model was designed to be scaled for Adeptus Titanicus, so I've been printing it at 390% scale, luckily, one of my printers is very large (400 mm x 400 mm), so I haven't had to cut many of the parts up unless I'm trying to get a better print orientation. The shoulder, foot and leg bastion were each printed in one piece.

[lionofjudah]

Ummmm...34 day’s to get to this point

[Danny Cyanide]

By Spooks I'm guessing spools? If so I'm about 7 in so far, 4 for the Cathedral, 0.75 for the foot, 1.25 ish for the bastion and leg pieces that are done so far and the shoulder took 986 grams of a 1 kg spool.

 

The torso will take about 4 kg when I get to it.

Edited September 8, 2019 by Danny Cyanide

[TechType]

This is wonderfully insane. Please do keep it up!

 

How tall will it be once it's all done?

[Danny Cyanide]

It'll be right around 36 inches tall, about 14 inches taller than a Forge World Warlord!

[Markus_]

This is just absolute madness.
Is that the Ender-3 you're using for printing?

[Danny Cyanide]

Thanks Markus, madness makes life so much more enjoyable! Yes, I'm printing this guy in 2 Ender 3 pros and an Anycubic Chiron

[Danny Cyanide]

I've updated the progress tracker image in the first post to show what is printed.  I'm away for work, but my wife has been babysitting 2 of my 3 printers while I'm away, and I brought the third with me.  

 

At home, the second shoulder pad is finished printing, along with the second leg bastion:

 

 

 

I will obviously have to do some clean up on those pieces when I get home, but they are printed, so I've marked them red in the tracking image.

 

I printed the waist and upper legs here at work and just started the head yesterday afternoon.  

 

Edited September 12, 2019 by Danny Cyanide

[Jackalwolf]

This is incredible. Also the printer doesn't seem that expensive. Which materials you're using and what's their total cost?

[Danny Cyanide]

I'm printing in PLA which I get for $16 CAD per kg. I'm about 8.5 kg in so far, so about $136 CAD.

[Danny Cyanide]

Alas, poor Yorick! I knew him, Horatio, a fellow of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy.

 

Here is most of my Emperor Titan head in resin with interior! I'm really happy with how this is turning out! There are some gaps that I'll have to fill where the printed sections join, and there is a gap between the top of the head that I'll probably just fill in with a couple pieces of plasticard.

 

 

 

 

The original file had the head as one solid piece, so the interior represents my first foray into 3d modeling, although I mostly just added in completed pieces that other have modeled. It's really soared an interest in me and I'm going to start playing around with 3d modeling more.

Edited September 17, 2019 by Danny Cyanide

[Sherrypie]

All right, this project is pretty rad. How heavy do you think the end result is going to be? Will it be used as a battlefield on its own for commando raids and other smaller games when finished?

[DuskRaider]

This is absolutely bonkers man... just... insane. I can't believe how clean your 3D printed parts come out either, or are you cleaning them up prior to photography?

[Danny Cyanide]

I'm honestly not sure what the future has in store for this beast. To be honest, I'm not much of a gamer, more of a painter/collector, so my main motivation to build this was just that I've always wanted one! Lol. I figure it'll weigh 10-15 kg when finished.

 

The only post processing that any of my prints have recieved so far is support removal. The head was printed in resin though, so it's perfectly smooth, but the other parts do show layer lines. One of the benefits to printing something this big is that comparatively, it makes the layer lines very small so they don't show nearly as much!

[Danny Cyanide]

Well, I managed to get the Torso and head done this week, so I'm able to put together a quick dry fit for you ask to see!

 

 

It's getting close. The lower body is mostly finished printing, just one foot and the thigh armour panels are missing, and both of those started printing this morning!

[Grotsmasha]