[Blackadder]

Last night's work.....

http://imgur.com/MtJHUJ8

and an overall view:

http://imgur.com/VFXK1NR

Note the miniature

 

[Blackadder]

Is That a 200CM Cannon in Your Pocket?


Or are you just glad there is an update?

Anyway before I can go any further with the detail on the center module I need to rough out the cannon mount.

http://imgur.com/Gt63PLy

An old vacuum cleaner extension tube provides the basic barrel and I'll just trim it out with a sleeve to augment the details.

http://imgur.com/ca4jaQZ

A couple of more views to round out the post.

http://imgur.com/jOj7WV2

http://imgur.com/pMahGQJ

Next step, the minarets.

 

[Old Man78]

Everything sounds bigger in metric!!!!!

 

[Blackadder]

It's Beginning To Look a Tad Cluttered:

http://imgur.com/dHZK7X5

I may have to widen the superstructure platform.

http://imgur.com/xWTf2Fe

This is not as drastic as it sounds because I've already widened the rear of the platform and extended it further aft.

http://imgur.com/UOhAlBJ

An inch wider would probably make all the difference

http://imgur.com/dHZK7X5

The central Tower needs to be further back.

http://imgur.com/kQx5O4l

The two flanking towers which give the structure a portcullis-like appearance hide the Aquila

 

[Blackadder]

These bas reliefs are approximately 2-3 millimeters thick and are a fair representation of the Adeptus Mechanicus Icon.

Gone are the days when I use to spend hours sculpting bas reliefs to decorate my projects.

Witness the effort I put into the pelvic block of my Warlord Titan:

http://imgur.com/xAcTi

http://imgur.com/6ow9pMw

I was searching through my archives for ideas on how to decorate the various chambers of this current project.

Believe it or not here's an Easter egg I put on the soles of the Warlord's feet:

More Skull-duggery

The logo that is most detailed............

http://imgur.com/dJ51h5D

The mirror is less further along:

http://imgur.com/JGdrw5W

The thickness is at this moment 1,5 MM/0.060 inch Needs to be less:

http://imgur.com/Va0sU3A

Close up reveals some fine cleanup is necessary:
http://i.imgur.com/MB7KmBS.jpg

I've got to get cracking on this Emperor model

 

[KjellThorngaard]

wow. incredible. insane. unbelievable. I havent been on heresy in more than a year and then.. This..

 

[Blackadder]

I have a question and I need some advice.

I'm resurrecting my old Titan Hunter Thread because I need to learn how to do the Plasma Blaster blue glow on the plasma coils

http://imgur.com/1PdH0Ne

I have the much larger Coils on the Emperor Titan's weapon and I want to do a bang up job.

http://imgur.com/PeQF4BB

What colours and What washes do I need to do a real Pro Job?

And yes; as soon as the weather wams up I'll begin painting certain areas of this monster

 

[Blackadder]

Back to Business:

Short post today.

I finished the corner spires a day ago and glued them in place.

http://imgur.com/Msw2i3N

I cannot say what their purpose could be They are too narrow tp climb inside to the top and they are purely decorative in my estimation.

http://imgur.com/K33H1mx

Not that the Imperium is above 'decorating' purely for it's own sake.

 

[Old Man78]

Just when I thought your attention to detail couldn't go further, you put an icon on the sole of the feet, absolutely brilliant and completely fitting. It is an absolute shame we have no longer have some sort of reputation system, this work needs to be lauded beyond words!!!

 

[Old Man78]

For glow effects have a search in the modelling and painting sub form, page 3 the is a guy called millest with a project log called "house hermetika" imperial knights, he did a great glow effect using ink over silver to get a purple glowing effect. There are several old threads lurking around in the hobby section if I recall.
Most people do plasma in the blue and white. You can do a base coat of white, wash with a dark blue at the base of the coils and work up to a light blue at the outer edges or paint the coils dark blue and build up layers of lighter blue up to pure white at the outer coils.
Air brushing obviously gets the best effect, Miniac, warhammer TV, Darren Latham miniature painting, sword n Steele, midwinter minis, titan miniatures, all on YouTube do great tutorials on plasma glow effect with and without airbrushing. Hope that is of some service to you old boy, and as always loving that work of yours!

 

[Blackadder]

Just when I thought your attention to detail couldn't go further, you put an icon on the sole of the feet........

For the record; The skull Icons are on the soles of the Warlord's feet nor the Emperor Titan's.

But hey, Who knows.

 

[Blackadder]

For glow effects have a search in the modelling and painting sub form, page 3 the is a guy called millest with a project log called "house hermetika" imperial knights, he did a great glow effect using ink over silver to get a purple glowing effect. There are several old threads lurking around in the hobby section if I recall.
Most people do plasma in the blue and white. You can do a base coat of white, wash with a dark blue at the base of the coils and work up to a light blue at the outer edges or paint the coils dark blue and build up layers of lighter blue up to pure white at the outer coils.
Air brushing obviously gets the best effect, Miniac, warhammer TV, Darren Latham miniature painting, sword n Steele, midwinter minis, titan miniatures, all on YouTube do great tutorials on plasma glow effect with and without airbrushing. Hope that is of some service to you old boy, and as always loving that work of yours!

I've got some interesting Ideas but I've already (subject to change) got the look I am going for......

This is the effect I'm going for.


Now I've just got to learn how to replicate it.

 

[Old Man78]

Will you be air brushing or painting by hand?

 

[Blackadder]

Will you be air brushing or painting by hand?

I'm going to practice with hand brushing small figures just to get the hues right.

From there I will be using my airbrush especially for the large pieces such as the Titan Hunter and the Emperor's Plasma Cannon.

 

[Blackadder]

Thanks for all the replies;

I was in a playful mood yesterday and decided to spend my time making an Adeptus Mechanicus Icon for the front of the Quake Cannon housing.

After a couple of failed attempts I suddenly remembered how I used to produce them, i.e.

Mount the cut out circle and the center skull (Cast from Green Stuff) bas-relief on a sheet of styrene.

Then glue on the cogs with the appropriate sized strips of styrene. using the next size larger strip. In this case I used 0.030 X 0.100 and 0.030 X0.125 Evergreen Strip Styrene.

I then added the skull metal prosthetic to the right side of the skull and finished off with 0.025 rod for the cables and 0.100 rod for the eyepiece.

http://imgur.com/i5jk442

http://imgur.com/OMEhwdX

This is the smallest Icon I've made so far.

I hope when it's painted it doesn't look as crappy as it does right now.

 

[Blackadder]

Anyway I think I nailed it

http://imgur.com/oQfZJbV

albeit I do have to widen the front of the deck

http://imgur.com/kZbaNIT

as it does look a tad crowded especially with the four towers on either side of the main Quake cannon.

http://imgur.com/9SsJpw0

I have varied the flanking "portcullis" towers a bit because the taller thin towers look better behind the wider but shorter front towers

http://imgur.com/4INuJV5

which hide the turret artwork too much.

http://imgur.com/QRdptl8

 

[Blackadder]

A Change of Pace:

It's time to readdress the Raison d'etre of this project. The second main weapon arm will be a Gatling style multiple barrel weapon.

http://imgur.com/1Ykg86a

I'll have to redesign the gun mounts on both the arm weapons as they hang too low and may interfere with the hips

http://imgur.com/3tDuxzH

It's going to be a bit refreshing to design something other than the castle superstructure for a change. I actually spent some time these past few days painting a Baneblade variant tank Plasma cannon....

Heresy!

 

[Old Man78]

Have you any work in progress pictures of the baneblade plasma cannon

 

[Blackadder]

Sorry to hear you need to redesign, but that gatling is definitely looking good...

Not a problem Vejut. Making it look right in my minds eye is what make this project interesting. If everything went together perfectly what a bore that would be.

My third try at this Quake Cannon seems to have hit the mark....

http://imgur.com/DdaahdR

The muzzle brake adds a nice touch (If that is what I think it is. Those holes must be for something besides esthetics.

http://imgur.com/UMLnlTd

Any ideas what they could be? Ordnance is not my specialty.

 

[Blackadder]

Have you any work in progress pictures of the baneblade plasma cannon

I haven't yet seen these images so I don't know how they've turned out...

http://imgur.com/q4UHwD1

Seriously this will be my first viewing

http://imgur.com/pP7AUnP

Ha; well it is my first attempt at Cherenkov radiation.