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4 Warhounds WIP

Well I've decided I need some warhounds to escort my Warlord around the battle field, so after scanning the good old WWW i found some plans.
I decided to start with the main hull because it will be the central "hinge" to the titan. It will need to be strong to hold the arms/wings and it should be hollow to house the batteries I'm going to need to run the lights. I decided on plexiglass for the main body since I have TONS of the stuff lying around after the warlord build, and its strong enough to support the weight.
First step is to cut out four sets of the main hull.
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Then cut them to the right length.
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Next sand the edges to be glued.
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Next glue a top, a strip, and a wall together, and let dry.
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Glue 2 of the above assemblies together.
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Another photo.
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Next come the arm/wings, I didn't take a first step photo here so here's a WIP.
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Take the top, a side wall, and a back wall and glue them together.
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Repeat for the other side.
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While those dried I started on the caps for the main hull.
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The back end will be removable so I can swap the batteries
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Thats as far as I've gotten. I'll be working on it more during the Thanksgiving break. I hope to have the 4 of them at least shaped out (no details or paint) by the 8th of December, but its beginning to like that may not happen.

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Re: 4 Warhounds WIP

Well its time for an update!

First up is the wings with their sides and backs installed
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All four of them together
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Front added, small front angled piece, and support attached
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Another angle
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The first wing attached
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Another angle
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One more angle
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I should get a some more work done tommorrow.

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Re: 4 Warhounds WIP

I wish I could keep up the frequency but finals are week after next so I've been studying a lot lately.

I do have some updates though. I didn't get a chance to take any pictures of the progress I made during thanks giving but I'll describe it to the best of my memory.
First I attached the other wing to the first titan
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I also cut the other wings for the other 3 bodies.


Next I cut the shoulder and top pieces out of gator board (basically thicker foamcore). I then covered the gator board with plasticard to make it neat and uniform.
Then I started detailing.
First up was a skull from the new ruins kit:
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Some small pieces from the sentinel kit:
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A wall piece from the manufactorum:
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A couple of doors from the russ:
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And you end up with this:
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I also started punching a few rivets for the detailing stages:
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I'm going to cast the shoulders and top pieces in resin so the other 3 can be finished quickly.

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Cool progress man, how many will be finished for the game next week?

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No, it looks like I'll have 1/2 of it done. I've still got to do repair work on the warlord before he's battle ready. He's been sitting in my game room gathering dust for the last 5 years.

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I added some small details such as a strip to the front of the shoulders.
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Then I skinned one of the exhaust pieces. In case you're wondering, something will go in that hole but I'm keeping it a surprise until I get to the electronics stage.
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Finally I added some of the old rhino dozer blades to give it a little more detail.
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Another angle:
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I'll be adding some more details tonight and hopefully casting the shoulder/engine pieces as well.

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Creative use of the rhino dozer pieces. Looking forward to seeing how this progresses.

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Here's some new updated shots.
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I just put the parts in the silicon so hopefully I'll post again in a few days with 4 copies.
http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v314/Foda_Bett/Titans/warlord/

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First I build a master mold by gluing the originals to a box I then poured mold material into the box and vacuumed the whole thing in a vaccume chamber:
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This cured for 24 hours I then removed the originals from the new molds and poured resin in. This was then put into a pressure pot:
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One of the rear should molds:
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The engine and top shoulder pieces:
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All the molds:
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All the rear shoulder casts:
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The top shoulder pieces and engine casts:
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The top and rear shoulder pieces stuck together:
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The workstation from hell:
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Visions for the back, between the shoulder furnaces and below the engine:
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This may be the last update for a week or so as I've got finals next week.

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Sooo... how much does a "cloning" setup like that cost? I ask because I'm wondering if it would be cost effective to clone a ton of gaunts.
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