Warlord Titan Cockpit Ready WIP 9

I'm pretty sure this interior will never be seen, but knowing that it is painted makes me feel good. With a model as expensive as this, I think it is important to paint every detail, no matter how small. This is a build to be cherished.

The figures will be painted cleanly so they contrast with the heavily worn interior. For now this is good enough to glue together.

Warlord Titan Cockpit WIP 8

The enamel is still drying, so I can't tidy up pin lining and streaking yet, but I like how the interior is turning out. Granted, very little of this will be visible when the head has been added to the model, but I will know the cockpit is painted, and that is something.

I'm looking forward to knocking the gloss coat back to matte and adding some weathering powders. Once that is done I can glue the head together and paint the figures later. It does feel pretty weird taking a break from building the thing in order to start painting sections.

Warlord Titan Piddly Bits WIP 7

I have been struggling to reshape the armor plates so they fit on the legs. After a few futile hours, I changed course and decided to add the railings and infantry defense weaponry. Even these pieces needed the hot air gun to reshape them. With these prices on, I only have the armor pieces and head to do before I start the massive mould line removal process.

Anyone want to come over and scrape mould lines. I've got lots to share! :)

Warlord Titan Weapons/Arms WIP 6

The absurdity of this model is clear. In order to pin the arms, I've had to use three foot long bolt cutters, and seriously large brass rods. The good news is that I am narrowing in on the most exciting part of the build.

mould lines!

That's right, once I have the armor plates attached, I'm going to start removing the visible lines. This way I can ignore mould lines that occur under the armor sections.

Warlord Titan She Walks WIP 5

With all the prep work done, the pin holes we drilled, the glue was mixed, and the titan took it's first steps. Taking cues from Dave Taylor's  titan build, I took special care in leveling the pelvis.

Now we wait. In 24 hours I'll know if the Titan can stand without a base. I really hope it can, but the striding pose might be too much for that.

Warlord Titan Truing The Box WIP 4

The core of Warlord titian is box made out of irregularly shaped pieces, which are undoubtedly bent out of shape. Since I couldn't eyeball the fixes given all the curved shapes, I needed another way to true the thing.

Enter the humble rubber band.

What you see in these photos is not glued together, but rubber banded together. The idea was to use enough rubber bands to keep the torso in as close to the right position as possible and then use a heat gun to soften areas for adjustment. Lucky for me, it worked.

If you are going to build one of these, you need to have a heat gun. This would have been impossible to put together with out one.

One more thing I disagree with. The instructions have the torso built from the bottom up. I found it easier to start with the huge pieces that were less warped, and work down towards the floor.

Warlord Titan Legs WIP 3

Instead of pinning the legs, I decided to drill holes into the titan in order to fill with JB Weld. I think these deep channels of JB Weld will hold the titan together well.

With the legs ready for posing, I decided to leverage the pelvis magnet and a lamp arm to use as a sort of chassis lift. I'm hoping this will hold the titan in place while I get the posing and eventual gluing right. It is a strange solution, but it appears to be working.

Warlord Titan Pelvis Magnets WIP 2

Progress is incredibly slow on these beasts, but I have a solution to the pelvis/torso joint. I think my embedded magnet in the pelvis coupled with 4 magnets in the torso will be enough to hold this guy together. At least I hope that is the case. So after coming up with the solution, I rewarded myself with a few hours of resin washing.

This is going to be a slow build!

Warlord Titan WIP 1

The process of building a warlord Titan has begun. This beast came in a huge box from FW, and has many days of part washing ahead, but today I decided to dry fit the torso area, and plan the magnet placements. I think I can use two huge magnets to hold the torso onto the groin piece, but I won't know for sure until I dremeled out cavities for them.

I'm really looking forward to painting this! This guy will be at NOVA this year.