Saturday, May 18, 2024

Papercraft Warhound build

Besides the JVS version, I'm also building a scaled up version of a Titanicus scale Warhound Titan. I think the original version was by Jim Bowen. Scaled up 464%. 65lb Cardstock. 


Day 1: Head piece.




Day 2, "sheet 2". Torso sections 1 & 4.




Day 3, got the feeling I scaled up too large, so spent the day resizing and printing the head. Getting that Goldilocks and the Three Bears feeling. Using the JSV pattern as a guide. "Papa" is sized up 464%, and seems too big. "Baby" is sized up 348%, and seems too small. "Mama" seems just right, sized up 407%.




Day 4. After resizing and starting again, back on track with "sheet 3" - Torso pieces 2, 3, 5 & some smaller parts.




Day 5, sheet 4. Hip joints, waist ring, shoulder Mounts, left leg parts.



Day 5 part 2. Main hull assembled.



Day 6, sheet 5. Hip, right leg parts, lower shin parts.



Day 7. Getting the legs assembled. When I built the 1/2 size version, I had the lower legs straight up from the feet, and the model was nose heavy.  Having the lower legs at an angle should help shift the center of gravity back



Day 8. Toes. Due to their size, two sheets.



Feet completed. Getting the feeling this Titan should have been called "Raptor", not Warhound.



Day 9. Legs assembled.




Day 10. Chassis finished, armor pieces ready.






Day 11. Almost done. Next, the weapons. Thinking about attaching them by magnets to allow changing to suit WYSIWYG.



Day 12. Plasma Blastgun done.



Day 13. Finished. Ready for table duty.









JSV papercraft Warhound Build

 This will chronicle my build of a papercraft WH40K Warhound Titan. This will use the pattern released by JSV (jsvironfurnace@yahoo.com). Rather than bottom up, starting with the feet; I've chosen to build top down, starting with the head. After cutting out the first piece, I realize the pattern does not include overlap tabs common in papercraft models (quickly I manually added them on all subsequent pieces). I'm using 65 lb Cardstock. 

Day 1: Head completed.

 (Each square on the craft board is 1 cm.)



Day 2: Main hull completed. 



Day 3: Right rear hull section done.



Day 4: Left rear hull section.



Day 5, sheet 5. Shoulder Armor Weapon Mounts.




Day 5 part 2. Hull sections finished and assembled. Next, legs and feet.



Day 6. Vulcan Megablaster. Warhound's wargear is 2 weapons from 8 options, so going to magnetize them. 



Day 7. Plasma Blastgun. Will do the rest of the weapons after I finish the Warhound. 



Day 8. Waist and Hips.



Day 9. 1 foot completed.



Day 10. 2nd foot done.



Day 11. Left leg done.




Day 12. Finished. Painting and detailing will be subject of another post. Getting "Ghost Hound" vibes. :)