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Warhound Titan - Forge World, Lucius Pattern Wolf Class

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#1 ·
Yes! I have joined the elite few who are privileged / unhinged enough to spend nigh-on £300 on a Warhound Titan from Forge World. It actually arrived a couple of weeks ago, but due to decorating, gardening, Red Alert 3 and other concerns my initial progress has been fairly slow.

My initial impressions were mainly shock and despair, at the sheer amount of components to wash, trim, dry fit, prime, paint, glue paint and so on.

There was also terror - the main body section (to which the head and shoulders attach) had a part broken off at the front next to the crew hatch, and the crew elevator had part of the lip on it break off as well. These were just about repairable, but I rang Forge World and they have dispatched replacements. Better safe than sorry where the fragility of resin is concerned!

In the meantime I have washed a lot of the components (once I sorted them out it didn't seem quite so daunting), and started the long process of trimming and dry fitting, but as anyone who has been through this will tell you, dry fitting isn't half as satisfying as when you start gluing it together.

I am currently up to the "pistons" stage of assembling the legs, which involves cutting the many many (38 to be precise) pistons to the size required by the leg pose and fitting them in place.

I a couple of photos here, though they are only quick snaps from my phone camera so aren't exactly works of art, and I have actually reposed the legs (to even up the groin section) since I took them, and attached the pistons at the ankles, but they give you the general idea until I can get more pics onto the net.

The feet:



Legs from the front:



and the side:



as I said, these are some really rough snaps; better to follow when I can find the time.

To conclude the inital posting, here are some of my "lessons learnt":

  • Check everything. Immediately, as soon as you open the box. And don't just check it's there, check it is in good condition.

  • Resin is fragile! Some of these parts are huge chuncks of it so are generally okay, but the thinner bits WILL break if stressed. I've managed to knock off 2 of the ball joints the hip pistons are supposed to be anchored to, so I'm proceeding with extreme caution now.

  • Dry fit, dry fit and dry fit again. Then dry fit.

  • If in doubt, don't cut. Measure again. don't cut, file or snip anything until you are positive.

  • Getting the groin section level was a pain in the behind. My advice is to get the groin section secured at the height and orientation you want, then attach the legs. I also used a spirit level (Perfectionist? Moi? Never).

  • Superglue Activator is fantastic stuff, a great timesaver and excellent for projects like this. Just make sure you are very careful where you put your fingers :-D

  • Pistons - I had some real issues getting some of these to fit properly. In retrospect, I think putting some greenstuff into the hollow end of the piston, then sticking the smaller one into that - I believe it will be a lot better than using superglue. I still have another batch of them to do though, so I'll let you all know if I change my mind about that! My main advice on them is to measure and dry fit until absolutely certain.

As I have said, there is more to come once I've made some more progress!

Oh and a question to all reading this - can anyone do English-Latin translation? I need to name this beast and I want it to be in Latin!
 
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#3 ·
That's a rather sad looking pumpkin you have there. Wait, you mean that isn't the focus of the project?


What kind of name do you want? One word? Full sentence?

I don't think there is a translation for, "Burninator!"

"Cremare" means burn to ashes (root for the word cremate).
"Probus" means honourable.

"Sicarius" means murdereer, Go GW for using that already.
"Validus" means power.

That the sort of thing you are looking for?
 
#4 ·
Oh and a question to all reading this - can anyone do English-Latin translation? I need to name this beast and I want it to be in Latin!
I cant find one at work, but I do have one saved at home, Ill forward it to yourself later.
I can tell you that Legio Praetor means past legion or a variation.

Looking smart so far. I cant wait to see more.

Dan
 
#5 ·
If it had an Inferno cannon I may have called it Trogdor :p

Currently my thoughts towards names are:

Wolf of Wrath (which I *think* is 'Lupus Irae' or something very close).
Wolf of Vegenance ('Lupus Ultio'?)
Wolf of Fury ('Lupus Furia'?)
Wolf of Ultramar ('Lupus Ultra'? - Legio Praetor has close ties with the Ultramarines afterall)

or

'Righteous Wrath' (something-Irae?)
'Avenger' ('Punitor'?)
'Hunter' ('Venator')

I have looked up a few words but I'm afraid I haven't the slightest idea about the grammar... or even if I am using the right forms of the words!

As he is a Wolf-class I quite like the Lupus part. Dan, that would be great, cheers :)

As far as I was aware the "Praetor" part was to liken them to Roman Praetorian Guard, who were the elite soldier-bodyguards who protected the Emperors and their Generals.
 
#16 ·
If it had an Inferno cannon I may have called it Trogdor :p
I think if I ever get a Titan (and I plan on it, sometime next year), I'll be naming it Trogdor, and promoting Lt. Burnination to be a Titan Commander. Either that, or I'll just model him holding a leash with it attached or something.

Good luck! Hope this thing turns out very well!
 
#6 ·
If you have seen life of Brian, you'll know how complex conjugation can get. I'm afraid I only have passing knowledge.

"'Romanes eunt domus?'"
"It says 'Romans go Home.'"
"No it doesn't. What's the word for Romans?"
"Romanes?"
"How many romans?"
"Plural, plural, "romani"'
"Romani. Eunt=to go. Conjugate the verb to go."
et cetera et cetera.
 
#8 ·
Hmm it seems to be a bit less than perfect that one mate - it's translated Wolf of Fury to "Lupus of Rabies"! :p

Thankfully my mum reminded me one of my cousins knows latin so I have sent her a pesteration with my proposed names on :-D

Lupus Ultio and Lupus Irae are both faves at the moment though so it will probably end up being one of those :)
 
#11 ·
More pics, I haven't made anymore progress but these were taken after the reposing of the legs and addition of the ankle pistons:




(note the Grey Knights Dreadnought for scale purposes!)





Head:


Head Interior:

(note the Grey Knights Dreadnought for scale purposes again - these guys are tiny!)

No real progress I know, so for that I apologise. Might get some more done at the weekend though, fingers crossed...
 
#13 ·
Awesome! Did your head interior come seperate or stuck together? Id have loved mine to have been seperate, painting it all stuck together in that big fleshy mess was a nightmare!
The Moderati both come out, and the Princeps and his whole command throne come out too. The Emperor reward his subjects with easier painting :p

You might aswell stick the thigh armour on to, it wont cover any details up and will save time painting.

Dan
I may do after I get a base coat on, I just want to make sure I get all the nooks & crannies covered :)
 
#17 ·
thats coming along really well, if I got a titan i'd probably spend years building and painting it. ( i'm really slow:soldier:) can't wait to see it completed, I remember the first time I saw a titan in real life, towering over all those little marines, it was totally awesome. Good luck to you!:dance:
 
#18 ·
My most generous forecasting sees it being completed within a year... let's just say I'm not going to be using it next week. I really want to take my time over it and make sure I do as good a job as I can.

That said, I managed to do nothing whatsoever with it this weekend... never mind.
 
#19 ·
My most generous forecasting sees it being completed within a year... let's just say I'm not going to be using it next week. I really want to take my time over it and make sure I do as good a job as I can.

That said, I managed to do nothing whatsoever with it this weekend... never mind.
Ive spent about 4 months on mine so far. I must say I have spent alot of my spare time working on it.
Id expect you to finish it in 6 months. A rule of thumb, do not start anything else before competing your titan. Tweaker and Cyric are prime examples of this, both got titans, both started them and moved onto other things and both still have unfinished models!

Dan
 
#21 ·
Minor update - I've finished attaching all the pistons to the legs and more or less finished cleaning up the upper body. I've started basecoating, so very soon it will be time to commence painting.

I'll have to decide my colour scheme first though, I'm likely going with gray and blue but I need to decide how to apply it. Anyone who has a Warhound Titan painter application, feel free to share it!
 
#23 ·
It's a pitfall I'm hoping to avoid. I shouldn't have too much of a problem concentrating on the Titan, because I spend little enough time painting as it is... I have one of those armies where I have about 2% of it actually painted.

With the Titan however, I need to paint before assembly, so that should provide me with plenty of motivation to get the work done on it. I definitely need to decided on the colour scheme though, the legs and interior I can just sort of 'go with', but once I get to painting the armour plates I need to have a definite idea to avoid 'blank canvas syndrome' as you put it!

It will be great to see some more progress from Cyric and yourself though, it's been too long coming (not that I will be any better mind, and I don't even have ToP as an excuse).
 
#25 ·
It's nice to be sure but I'm set on one that fits in with my Ultramarines and Ultramar Imperial Guard, and the Ignatium one has a little too much bronze in it for my liking.

I'll try to get photoshop up some sample schemes if I can find the time between sticking together Grey Knights and playing StarCraft.
 
#26 ·
Excellent thread and very useful images. Chriscarter. As you can see by the link below, I am one of the uninlightened who opted to construct his warhound from scratch. Your photos are the best I have seen thus far and I am glad to say the my models legs are proportionately on a par with your pictures.

http://www.librarium-online.com/for...ckadders-lucius-pattern-warhound-titan-2.html

I'm looking forward to the continuation of this article.

More to follow,

EB
 
#27 ·
I have just become a titan owner myself. I was cutting the front lawn and the UPS truck pulled up. Lucky I had just finished or half the grass would be an inch shorter. I just finished painting up the gw board a couple weeks ago and have been busy putting together my ultramarines. Can't decide on 2nd or 3rd company... seems like everyone is doing second.

I am doing the same idea for apocalypse and found your blog here while looking around for the Legio Praetor colors. I might do something like the colors on the titan head used as an objective in the apocalypse book. Any ideas for a color scheme yet or symbols for the banner?
 
#28 ·
Hi all, I'm afraid construction has been a little bit stymied on my Titan due to lots of stuff in my personal life getting in the way (don't get me started).
It's basically sitting basecoated waiting for that intimidating first lick of paint to go on.

My colour scheme is going to be a mix of dull grays and blues, I have bought foundation paints and colours so I just need to get my arse in gear and start work on it really.

Apolgies to everyone who keeps checking for updates, all I can promise is that as soon as I have something to show, I'll make sure I show it.

Brian - I have been collecting 2nd Company for some 15 years so I can't comment on the trendiness of them, but all I would say is, if you go 3rd (and there is certainly no reason not to) make sure you can buy a consistent supply of metallic red paint somewhere, as GW don't do one, and it really makes the trim look nicer when you do them in metallics.
 
#29 ·
1st off left me appologize if I emplied you were following a trend. I only know that at my store there are five ultra marines, one which is the store army, and all are second company. I have already painted imperial fist and templar for space marines. I got a hold of a few tyranid hunters last year and painted them up for a store painting comp. I really liked painting the blue (more so than the yellow or black) and I had always wanted to paint up a company.

Metallic red is a great idea. I have been using Vallejo for the last 5 years and the new washes and foundations since they came out, but you're right... no metallic reds. Any suggestions for a paint. I could try mixing silver and red but keeping it consistant might be an issue.
 
#30 ·
Don't worry about it I didn't think of it that way :)

I have actually thought a bit about how to get the other metallics as my 2nd Company is more than complete and I've started branching out into the others, mainly the reserve companies so far.

Are you definitely set on the idea of 2nd or 3rd? You might have an easier time finding a metallic for one of the other Battle Companies - 4th would be metallic green, 5th metallic black. The 5th would probably be easiest as you could just look for the darkest metallic you could find, but I'm sure there must be a metallic green out there somewhere.

I considered mixing metallics with normal paints but I was worried it wouldn't turn out very well.
 
#32 ·
They used to, (hence me having to repaint a lot of yellow as gold) but the more recent illustrations show metallics for all companies except the First. I'd love to cite my source, but can't remember at the moment.
 
#33 ·
I'm pretty sure that with shoulder rims, the Second Company was designated yellow. This has changed to gold in recent times and can be seen on the majority of Ultramarines armies and those done by GW. As far as I know, the other companies all keep their normal 'flat' colours.

This is shown in Codex Space Marines, as well as How to Paint Space Marines, where the second company is shown as yellow/gold.

As for mixing mettallic and normal paint, not so good - better to paint the metal and then heavily heavily glaze it to give the right look...
 
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