Blackadders Warlord WIP

[Blackadder]

Moulded Skulls

Well the moulded skulls can out not too shoddy good enough for the relatively hidden area under the carapace at the rear of the cannons. I sanded the left one a bit much but once painted I think it will pass. The Skulpey clay did a good job and will work fine for the terrain that I plan for the Warhound. I just wanted to see how well it would work for casting.

http://i.imgur.com/gwMF5pd.jpg

[Blackadder]

Main Weapon Detail

I keep adding detail to these guns and the more I add the more empty space I find to clutter up so after these photos I'm applying a coat of primer and see where I stand.

http://i.imgur.com/IMaaEY3.jpg


http://i.imgur.com/MFyFotd.jpg


http://i.imgur.com/nDiHNbG.jpg



BTW I have added much more detail than the original so the camouflage does do something; it increases the illusion of detail.

[[MaGiC]]

can we get a clean up in isle three please.. somebody spilt a lot of nonsense and is poluting the thread..

back to you BA.. awesome work as always.. like I've said so many times.. can't wait to see this bad boy painted

[Blackadder]

I was wondering what that nonsense was, all question marks and such I though someone was using a Russian typewriter. Cyrillic script What?

[Blackadder]

The Relativity of Bland

Well paint doesn't seem to help much everything looks so so bland. It seems there should be more patches and panels, definitely more skulls and aquila perhaps a few banners and those badges with ribbons dangling from them 'What are they called the name escapes me.

Ah! 'Purity Seals' never mind..............

Anyway the secondary weapons are masked for priming and I'm pretty satisfied with them.

http://i.imgur.com/sZqUY2c.jpg

[Blackadder]

Yet another request of my source of styrene on another forum so I am going to be up front and reveal my larder.

Over the course of a few years I have accumulated quite an inventory of styrene strips and sheets mainly by investing about twenty bucks a month into increasing my reservoir of material.

I won't lie to you on the face of it it is a tremendous outlay of cash for an inventory of this size and Evergreen won't spring for a display carousel for a noncommercial site even though I regularly extol their product.

http://www.evergreenscalemodels.com/

In addition I have researched wholesale distributors of styrene sheets which is by far the biggest single outlay of cash for material. I found a local one in an Industrial park that supplies my requirements.

Now that I have all the styrene I need I routinely spend about 20 bucks a month to keep my supply sufficiently abundant.

http://i.imgur.com/EQ6hqeb.jpg


http://i.imgur.com/AncsaYm.jpg

[Blackadder]

A Mélange of Decor, Dispair, Decadence and Decay

Unfortunately using a flash washes out a good bit of detail especially the 0.010 inch/ 0.25 MM layered armour which hopefully washes will bring to the fore.

The new bitz is what I am debuting with this post and I am hoping that I have achieved the right degree of decoration, decadence and decay which permeates the desperate 40K future world much as western culture seems hellbent on the road to in the early 21st century.

In this first image I show the new side detail of the carapace which is a melange of DS's bitz work and my interpretation thereof which is somewhat less busy and I hope makes more sense from an (totally bogus) engineering standpoint

Most prominent are the numerous vents and exhaust fans that I deem necessary to cool the vast heat producing engines necessary to animate this behemoth:
http://i.imgur.com/yPDioBi.jpg


This image shows the top of the carapace showing the four adjunct shield relays and the two shoulder field regulator receivers one on either side of the carapace munitions exhaust fan:
http://i.imgur.com/JpvrJ8r.jpg


Top rear view showing the four rear shield relays and the four make up air inlets for cooling the carapace and sweeping stray radiation from the ammo magazines:
http://i.imgur.com/U3Fm1Ty.jpg


And an image sans flash to better show the new detail:
http://i.imgur.com/2X9UJET.jpg


Demonstrating that the Blackadder clearly needs to get a life or at the very least a better grip on reality...............

[Dark]

Hell with that build more awesome stuff!

That said I am happy to see that some color, even a base code, placed on this bad boy. It's looking very nice. A few posts earlier you said you might need to add more detail to the outside. Don't feel like you have to place a lot of stuff all over the hull. A nice balance of pipes, and detail (noise) is a good counterbalance for the flat surfaces (peace). So far I'm getting a good feel from it and don't see you needing either more detail on the outside or more flat surfaces. It's looking superb.

[Blackadder]

If you compare the current images to a few weeks ago you will see that there has been a major rebuild of the side carapace detail.

There are a few details to add of small consequence and can be added after priming plus I intend to take non flash images so the 0.25 mm sheet detail stands out in better relief. Right now I am finishing off the waist planetary gear plate and plan a photo update tomorrow.

[Tinweasel]

@ Blackadder - If you're none too picky about exact thickness measurements for sheets of plain styrene, the Garage Sale/Auto Repair Prices/Beware of Dog styrene signs that you can pick up at your average Meijer's or Wal-Mart (or even dollar stores, depending) are excellent - a 3' x 2' sheet of anywhere from roughly 0.5mm to 1mm thickness, say, for a just few dollars, for example. If you wanted to be finicky you could bring a micrometer or something and check various signs. It's no Evergreen or Plastruct w/ precise measurements and the plastic is generally more brittle in comparison to those two brands, obviously, but if you're just looking for wholesale large sheets to cut up for decorative stuff like panels and plates and things, I'd say you really couldn't go wrong price-wise.

Like so:

3 different thicknesses of cheap styrene signage here intermixed with Evergreen/Plastruct pieces where more precise specifications were needed - not that I'm comparing my quality of work to yours in any way, shape, or form.

[Blackadder]

Thanks Tinweasel for that information. While I have enough styrene to last me this year I'll check that out.

I thought I was doing well buying wholesale from a plastics distributor.

Are you sure the material is styrene and compatible with modeling plastic glue? I had not heard of yard sale signs being of that material; if so what a recycling waste to toss those when no longer required!

[Tinweasel]

@ Blackadder - In the above pic I linked, you're looking at parts of several styrene signs cut up to make the added armor for the Old School Rhino™ conversion - used both plastic welding glue and CA glue on 'em, no issues whatsoever.

[Blackadder]

What seat is this?

I found this in my son's bitz box and I was wondering if anyone can identify what kit it came from?





http://i.imgur.com/iMAJSGM.jpg


http://i.imgur.com/IzHXLN5.jpg

[Cuddles]

Looking brilliant as always blackadder.

Also congrats on the BoLS article. Really can't wait to see this finished. The grey primer really brings the detail to life.

[Blackadder]

Warlord and Thunderhawk Seats

First let me thank all that responded to my query as to the origin of the cockpit seat I posted.

It turns out that it is the ejector seat (empty) that is included with the FW Lightning and Thunderbolt.

http://i.imgur.com/GLtcLyd.jpg

Warlord and Thunderhawk Seats

Besides the twin seats I made for the Warlord previously I am going to make 6 slightly oversized versions of the Lightning and Thunderbolt ejector seats for my Thunderhawk. Oversized to accomidate the rather robust SM physique.

A lesson to all, don't let your ol'lady trash yer bitbox ya migjt jest need some o' that crap some day.

[Blackadder]

Windscreens Applied

I know it might not seem that big a deal to some but installing windscreens on the delicate frame was a time consuming and frustrating operation. I made the panes out of 1.0 mm (0.040 inch) thick clear styrene hand shaped and sanded to a precise fit.

Each panel was slightly different in shape and size than its mirror panel but none were more than 0.5 mm which made me extremely pleased.

I hope the camera catches these panels I left the dust on and backlit them so they are visible.

http://i.imgur.com/yFdhSqI.jpg



http://i.imgur.com/kParXOz.jpg



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