Finished - no not really...

A test fit of all the final parts

While the missus is out and about, and nothing but Royal wedding is on the tele, I decided to crack on with the Warhound Titan build and got it to the point where I need to paint things before I can glue further.

You can see from the feet which face foward how I have twisted the body to the right slightly, swaying off the left foot which is lifting

The main body assembly is complete in two parts which the dry fits I have done show everything lines up as it should. I have also attached all the exterior decoration I plan on adding using the resin accessory bits provided in the kit.

Broken down into the major component parts

Splitting it down the middle like this allows me to get into both the rear engine bay and central stations for painting, and gives me a simple facing to pin and join the two halves together ( i have already pre-drilled all the pinning points. The rear engine sections come in 3 chunky parts, but with awkward contact areas which made pinning a challenge. In the end I managed to get 3 pins into each bit from varying sides and angles (one into each bit through the main engine bay which has left a nub of rod I couldn't cut flush - but it blends with the engineer stuff so hopefully painted it wont be obvious) so hopefully it all holds - it seems solid as a rock but I will still be careful about who touches it and where it goes.

You can just see the movement I managed in the left foot - lifting slightly off the ground ready for the next step - not too flashy but it doesn't unbalance the final model either

I was really worrried about the final balance of the model but the weighting has leveled off with the twst I put into the pose. I do wish that I had twisted the feet outwards though, and that I had gotten the weapon arms pointed downwards more than I managed - that was a result of the glue taking a while to form a firm bond and having to find a pose to hold it in while I waited for that to happen - judging by eye how it lined up with the body, and how that would eventually sit with the rear part of the model - hard to do before it is built and you only have two hands to try to hold multiple pieces together while you dry fit.

I have kept the cockpit pieces, an inner bulk head door, the shin plates, head and top carapaces and the cables loose for now and will paint them prior to putting them onto the final model.

Everything ready for attachment to a base and then priming

I will be building a base for it tomorrow hopefully and will probably pin it to that before priming (picked up a new can of spray last night) and then I can hopefully start the job of painting it. I need to work this in around my Badab stuff so figure if I get a Tactical Squad done first, then I can paint the interior detail and glue the body together, do another Tactical squad and then some more Titan and so on and so forth until everything is done.

Going on previous history of working on bigger projects like this and the Badab stuff, this won't work like I planned and I will either concentrate on one project over another, or jump onto something different. When I started painting my Baneblade, it took me nearly 6 months of stop start effort.

Happy hobby all, and best of luck to the newly weds.

Cheers,

Pom