Incidentally, thank you for the idea for a wooden chopping block for a base. I've been thinking about getting a Warhound for a while (should have saved up by about 2012 or so ) and I was completely stumped on what to use as a base.
It was an idea originally born out of desperation, needed a big flying stand for a campaign weekend and after searching all the DIY stores/craft stores in my area I finally spotted a chopping board when I went to buy lunch. Moral of the story: Eat first, shop later.
That is looking really great. Can't wait to see it finished/painted.
It's funny but I had the same idea with my Revenant Titan (stepping on a Rhino).
Great minds think alike? (Fools seldom differ?)
Wanted to do it with a Landraider to start with, but just not enough articulation in the leg to get the foot high enough.
Well again work and chasing women has slowed me down also hit another one of those points where I wasn't quite sure how to continue. It's a big model on a big base and up until now not much had been glued so I could work on it easier. But now with the basics of the legs done I wasn't sure if it was time to glue it all down (Making it harder to paint) or leave it dry pinned (Making it harder/impossible to put the upper body in place as the legs wouldn't take the weight)
In the end I went with the idea of fixing all the leg joints (Which will also let me attach the rest of the hydraulic rams)and leaving them dry pinned to the base and the hips.
Again it required some more over the top pinning.
Wasn't sure about pinning the right foot down, going to try with just a pin through the toe, if it doesn't feel stable as I go on I may try something more drastic.
This all left me with a pair of stable legs, the only problem now was where they connected with the hips I'd used round pins in round holes (square drill bit was on back order.
) this meant the whole hip section had a tendency to just pivot and end up hang upside down, not much good if I wanted to put the body on.
Then the idea of putting a second, smaller, pin in on of the joints came to me. It didn't have to take any weight just stop the pivoting.
The whole thing locked together pretty well and after balancing a few things on top to test it out I finally went for it: (Drum roll)
Starting to look a bit more like a Titan now.
^Internal shot, the body is still only dry pinned and need to finish painting the dividing wall before I glue it.
^Better shot of the foot than last time.
^And side profile.
^Start of the battle damage/decay work.
^What is the collective noun for Chaos Spawn anyway?