Ok so I’ve built my knights (you can read about that here) and now I’ve turned my attention to the real meat of the Grand Master box set – the two Warlord titans. I’m looking to build these in sub assemblies and leave as much of the armour off of the model as possible to make painting easier, so this is not a full walk through of the build. Also, I will be magnetising (I’ve done it before with my Bananamen here and it was easy and makes life so much simpler) but I don’t have the magnets with me right now.
The legs.
The first part of the model to complete is the legs. These went together fairly easily. However, do pay particular attention to two things:
- Make sure the holes in the feet are lined up with the tracks on the lower legs. If you don’t, there are a set of pistons covered in armour (which is why they’re not on the model) won’t line up. Carnage.
- Spend some time getting the pose of the legs right. The first one I did, I’m really happy with, the second one not so much.
The body.
Ok, this was pretty straightforward in terms of the build itself. But…having built some of the Shadespire stuff recently and being really pleased with the fit of the pieces, I was surprised to find that a few of the body pieces join together in ways that really show the seam. Like this:
And this:
It’s not a complete car crash, it just needs filling and sanding, but some of the areas are quite difficult to access. I really want these to look the business so it’s happening.
The weapons.
Same story really, went together nicely but with some ugly looking seams. There are some armour plates moulded onto these which I’ll have to work out how to paint subsequently I’m magnetising these bits and the magnet holes are really easy (5mm by 1mm strength n42 is what you need).
So that’s how the titan (minus the armour plates) goes together. Having had a good look at the armour plates, they are very fussy and I really want the freehand top be a major element of this project. So, I’m going to take the scalpel and liquid green stuff to a few of the plates to give myself a bigger area to paint on.
Comments always welcome.