Warhammer 40k

[JBSchroeds]

Warlord Project: A minor update
Keeping to the mantra of "big things are made up of small things" I've started tackling the Lucius conversion. I'm going to start at the bottom and work my way up, developing the design language as I go and honing my modeling technique. So by the time I get to the top I should have all the kinks ironed out. And that'll be a necessity because the top part of the torso is positively gigantic. And it will have to mate into the existing parts which, by itself, is no easy task.

Here's my latest addition, the ankle pistons:

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The next thing will be the shin armor, which is a big piece with multiple mating surfaces to contend with. It's also one of the more prominent designs on the old epic model I'll be using for inspiration so getting it right (as an up-scaled part that doesn't look absurd at the larger scale) isn't going to be easy.

 

[whougonnacall]

Bump for sevetar and his special powers of sass

 

[JBSchroeds]

WH40k Funko Pops...surely this is the work of chaos.

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[SamSchmidt]

Hey if they brought roboute back are they gonna bring back any of the other primes I wonder?

 

[JBSchroeds]

Hey if they brought roboute back are they gonna bring back any of the other primes I wonder?

I would say that it's very likely. On the chaos side we got both daemon Magnus and Mortarion and should expect both Angron and Fulgrim (the recent double box of daemons was Khorne vs Slaanesh so these may be coming sooner rather than later). For the loyalist side there are two big candidates who would both fit the current narrative well and their chapters have their own codexes so they have substantial built-in player bases: the Lion and the Wolf.

 

[Gandzooka]

WH40k Funko Pops...surely this is the work of chaos.

 

[zapataxiv]

I would say that it's very likely. On the chaos side we got both daemon Magnus and Mortarion and should expect both Angron and Fulgrim (the recent double box of daemons was Khorne vs Slaanesh so these may be coming sooner rather than later). For the loyalist side there are two big candidates who would both fit the current narrative well and their chapters have their own codexes so they have substantial built-in player bases: the Lion and the Wolf.

What about the salamander and the raven they are both also ambiguous in there endings and the salamander made an appearance already during the Armageddon campaign

 

[JBSchroeds]

What about the salamander and the raven they are both also ambiguous in there endings and the salamander made an appearance already during the Armageddon campaign

I'd preorder Vulkan if they did him, but what makes those two less likely candidates for getting models in the near future is this: GW is a business that wants to make money. Johnson and Wolfboy would be much better sellers than Vulkan or Corax.

 

[zapataxiv]

I'd preorder Vulkan if they did him, but what makes those two less likely candidates for getting models in the near future is this: GW is a business that wants to make money. Johnson and Wolfboy would be much better sellers than Vulkan or Corax.

You’re right but those three are possibly my least favorite Primarchs. I am pretty sure they are going to do a redemption thing for the fallen and it will have lion be revived.

It would be dope if they found the khan in the dark Eldar webway.

 

[Magooglie]

Hey if they brought roboute back are they gonna bring back any of the other primes I wonder?

They'll bring back everyone and Sanguinius too. They're hiring so many sculptors right now.

 

[SamSchmidt]

They'll bring back everyone and Sanguinius too. They're hiring so many sculptors right now.

What. How the fuck are they gonna bring back sanguinius? He was straight dematerialized. What is he Dr. Manhattan now? The other ones I can see. But horus and sanguinius I'm pretty sure are gone for good.

 

[Magooglie]

What. How the fuck are they gonna bring back sanguinius? He was straight dematerialized. What is he Dr. Manhattan now? The other ones I can see. But horus and sanguinius I'm pretty sure are gone for good.

His body is in a tomb.

 

[SamSchmidt]

His body is in a tomb.

I thought horus like made his head explode or something. I'll have to reread the fluff on the battle of Terra.
Edit: ok I think they changed his death scene. I guess

 

[Magooglie]

I thought horus like made his head explode or something. I'll have to reread the fluff on the battle of Terra.
Edit: ok I think they changed his death scene. I guess

GW will change whatever they want, whenever they want.

 

[JBSchroeds]

Warlord Project: Completed (?) leg model
I've been hitting the modeller pretty hard the last couple days and have basically finished the leg armor. I'm mostly pleased with the results but I'll have to give it another look in a week or so and see if anything jumps out as really needing to be changed. Here's some renders:

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[Halge]

Warlord Project: Completed (?) leg model
I've been hitting the modeller pretty hard the last couple days and have basically finished the leg armor. I'm mostly pleased with the results but I'll have to give it another look in a week or so and see if anything jumps out as really needing to be changed. Here's some renders:

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Jesus. Looks nice.

What's this project going to cost you, if you just count the price of the filament and other material costs (if applicable)?

I did some quick googling, and as far as I can tell even the PETG filament is quite cheap, around 35 USD per kilogram.

I don't know how much your Titan will end up weighing, but is sounds like you'll beat Forge World prices by a margin...

 

[JBSchroeds]

Jesus. Looks nice.

What's this project going to cost you, if you just count the price of the filament and other material costs (if applicable)?

I did some quick googling, and as far as I can tell even the PETG filament is quite cheap, around 35 USD per kilogram.

I don't know how much your Titan will end up weighing, but is sounds like you'll beat Forge World prices by a margin...

I'm using PLA which is a bit less expensive (and prints faster with less material) than PETG. PLA can be had for $16-20 per kg spool with PETG in the $20-26 range. I've gone through four spools so far so I'm about $64 deep (plus hours and hours and hours of printing, thankfully that doesn't need to be tended once it gets started). I would estimate I'll need one more spool to finish the weapons, and then three more between the upper body structure and armor plating. So that's around $128-160 for materials. My printer is one of the more expensive FDM printers on the market but it has a really large print volume and all metal construction for excellent accuracy. And I've used it for tons of stuff over the last two years so it's practically paid for itself already by this point.

So in total I'll be paying like ~8% of the cost of the FW model. It just takes a long ass time to print. But assembly and cleanup probably won't be any more difficult than the resin.

 

[Halge]

I'm using PLA which is a bit less expensive (and prints faster with less material) than PETG. PLA can be had for $16-20 per kg spool with PETG in the $20-26 range. I've gone through four spools so far so I'm about $64 deep (plus hours and hours and hours of printing, thankfully that doesn't need to be tended once it gets started). I would estimate I'll need one more spool to finish the weapons, and then three more between the upper body structure and armor plating. So that's around $128-160 for materials. My printer is one of the more expensive FDM printers on the market but it has a really large print volume and all metal construction for excellent accuracy. And I've used it for tons of stuff over the last two years so it's practically paid for itself already by this point.

So in total I'll be paying like ~8% of the cost of the FW model. It just takes a long ass time to print. But assembly and cleanup probably won't be any more difficult than the resin.

So if you use up 8 spools, do you know if that means the finished titan will end up actually weighing 8 kg, or is there material loss along the way?
Like, failed prints you'll have to discard, or I dunno, evaporation during the melting process, or whatever.

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Don't really know why I care about this, I just do. Guess it might be triggering memories from back when I used to cast miniatures, and I'd be buying tin, lead or various alloys from all kinds of sources. You'd end up with a lot of slag, or dross, or whatever it's called, from the cheaper metals.

 

[JBSchroeds]

So if you use up 8 spools, do you know if that means the finished titan will end up actually weighing 8 kg, or is there material loss along the way?
Like, failed prints you'll have to discard, or I dunno, evaporation during the melting process, or whatever.

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Don't really know why I care about this, I just do. Guess it might be triggering memories from back when I used to cast miniatures, and I'd be buying tin, lead or various alloys from all kinds of sources. You'd end up with a lot of slag, or dross, or whatever it's called, from the cheaper metals.

There's definitely losses.
-Each time you start a print the nozzle purges a small amount to make sure it is ready to print.
-Many parts also need supports. Support material is a sacrificial piece that is used when a part has steep overhangs because the material can't be extruded in open air (it'll either sag, fall down uselessly, or ball up on the end of the nozzle making a mess). After the print finishes the supports are pulled off and discarded.
-Failed parts are also possible if there is an issue with the spool (a thin spot, or if the material has absorbed a lot of humidity it can get very brittle and break mid print) or if the part doesn't adhere to the bed correctly (almost never a problem with PLA when using a heated+prepped bed).
-Lastly if you don't have enough left on the spool to print a full part you're stuck tossing the remaining in a bag and hopping you can use it for a small part later on.

With all these things combined I'd say you loose ~10% of each spool. Luckily parts aren't printed as solid blocks, instead they have a hollow infill pattern. I'm using 25% infill so for whatever given volume of the part it's actually only using about 30% that much plastic (the outlines and ceiling/floor form a solid skin in addition to the infill). Which means a 1kg spool will give you something in the neighborhood of 2400 cm^3 worth of parts.

 

[Halge]

Luckily parts aren't printed as solid blocks, instead they have a hollow infill pattern. I'm using 25% infill so for whatever given volume of the part it's actually only using about 30% that much plastic (the outlines and ceiling/floor form a solid skin in addition to the infill). Which means a 1kg spool will give you something in the neighborhood of 2400 cm^3 worth of parts.

Huh.

Had no idea 3d printers had that function, but it makes a lot of sense.