Wednesday, March 13, 2024

Legio Ignatum Warlord Titan WIP for AT

 

Legio Ignatum Warlord Titan WIP for Adeptus Titanicus
Greetings and welcome back.  I decided to take a break from Dark Angels and get some paint on this Adeptus Titanucs Warlord Titan that I've had assembled and sitting about for a bit. This is my fifth Warlord titan for the AT game, and possibly the last - at least I have no more sitting about. 😂

Legio Ignatum Warlord Titan WIP for Adeptus Titanicus
This one will join the Legio Ignatum as Gladius Noctis.  I started by laying down base colors with an airbrush.  Some times the masking tape pulls up some primer.  Grrr...

Legio Ignatum Warlord Titan WIP for Adeptus Titanicus

I'm trying something a little different with the heraldry on this titan.  It well bear some quartered yellow and black as personal heraldry.  But there will still be the usual hazards on the outside of each shin.  I'm toying with putting hazards on one of the yellow panels in the quartered design, but still thinking on that.

Legio Ignatum Warlord Titan WIP for Adeptus Titanicus
 It could look good on the gun shields, but not sure how it'll come out on the head.

Legio Ignatum Warlord Titan WIP for Adeptus Titanicus

The remaining armor on the sprue.  It's always easier to tackle all the panels this way - but beware.  It's easy to get confused when painting different colors on left/right sides, etc.  Errors have been made in the past.  The hazard stripes will go on next, then the brush painting begins. I like to give each coat 24hrs to dry fully before masking and laying down another color.  Overkill, perhaps, but It seems to address most of the issues with masking tape pulling up the paint underneath.  Some use lacquer clear coats to add protection, but I prefer to keep the layers of paint to a minimum.

So that's the project so far.  I love painting these AT kits and look forward to making more progress on this one.  This leaves a Warmaster Iconoclast for Legio Tempestus as the last of my big engines to build and paint.  After that, I only have the new(ish) Direwolves and the Legions Imperialis Warhounds to paint. Then maybe I get to the Knights one day...maybe.  I guess they feel more useful for games of Legions Imperialis so there's some incentive.

Check back for more progress soon. I'm planning to get back in the habit of two posts per week to keep things interesting here and inspire me to make better progress.  Ever since the holidays I've been off pace, it seems.

Cheers and Happy Gaming!

Thursday, March 7, 2024

Dark Angels Primaris Repulsor - TO DONE

 

Dark Angels 5th Company Primaris Repulsor
Well, at long last, I have decided to call the Repulsor project DONE.  It sure did take me a bit to slog through this project.  I enjoy the model, and love how it came out.  But for some reason I just could not stay consistently engaged with it.  Regardless, here's the big stamp o' DONE for this one...

Dark Angels 5th Company Primaris Repulsor Dark Angels 5th Company Primaris Repulsor

Painting the Repulsor is similar to painting a Landraider...with...more.  So many details, weapons, bling in general.  Just a lot.  At times I was having a lot of fun with it, and at times I was ready to be done. Plenty more picks of the model after the break if you choose to browse.

I starting priming my last Warlord titan for Adeptus Titanicus/Legions Imperialis.  This one is going to Legio Ignatum. I do enjoy painting tiny titans, so hopefully I'll re-ignite my painting spark.  I haven't forgotten about the terrain for Titanicus.  I'm just SO close to having all the titans painted. I can't accept excuses not to get these fellas done. Of course I'm kidding myself...There is still two dire wolves, two more warhounds (thanks Legions Imperialis), and a Warmaster Iconoclast.  Sooo...not really THAT close to done, I guess. 😂

Until next time,

Cheers and Happy Painting!

Monday, February 19, 2024

On the Workbench [February] - Deathwing!

 

Dark Angels Deathwing WIP

Greetings and welcome to another edition of the Workbench.  This month, I've been working on models from the new Deathwing Assault box and updating some older models with some of the new upgrade bits from that box...oh, and a new Terminator Chaplain.  All-in-all this is my Deathwing terminator core - and...other stuff.

Captain in Terminator Armor WIP

So one cool thing about the Deathwing Assault box is early access to bits for the new Terminator scale models that first appeared in the Leviathan launch box. Above is the push-fit captain in terminator armor form that box.

Dark Angels Deathwing Captain in Terminator Armor WIP

And here it is updated with a new head.  When my terminators go into battle they wear their damn helmets. ;) I know it's a small thing - but he has a nice cape and will read more like a member of Deathwing this way.

Leviathan Terminators WIP

Next up, I upgraded the Leviathan box terminator squad. Above is the original push-fit models form the box. Below, it the upgraded squad.

Dark Angels Deathwing  Terminators WIP

Now with a plasma cannon, chainfist, pointy hand, some various relics, and an upgraded sergeant.  The sergeant received a new sword arm, belt relic, and tilting shield.  Again, small things that hopefully sell the Deathwing motif better in the end. The plasma dude also got a head upgrade to have a fun targeting eye. The pointing arm made the one striding terminator more interesting and the chainfist just makes the squad more useful. Overall, I hope that when painted up these fellas blend in with the new Deathwing terminators - the main difference just being a lack of embossed chapter icons on the right shoulders.

Dark Angels Chaplain in Terminator Armor WIP

The new Chaplain in terminator armor got some small upgrades too, with an eye to adding more Dark Angels flair.  The chapter icon back banner is an obvious add, along with a Deathwing tilting shield and relic bit on the belt. The BIG upgrade was swapping the extra Deathwing knight shield for the original to make a new Deathwing relic shield.  Some slight modification to the shield, arm and skeleton relic allowed the whole thing to be assembled more or less like the original. I neglected to take a pic of the shield but you can see here that it IS a Deathwing Knight shield and not the original relic shield.

Dark Angels Deathwing  Terminators WIP

The Deathwing terminators were loads of fun to build.  I built them to be a full squad of ten with a "second in command" that could serve as a "counts as" sergeant if I field them as two squads of five.

Dark Angels Deathwing  Terminators WIP

 The first demi-squad is pretty straight forward with Sergeant, Missile launcher, and two chain fists.

Dark Angels Deathwing  Terminators WIP

The second demi-squad fields a sergeant w/chainfist to serve as the counts-as Sergent. he had the upgraded head and a Deathwing tilting shield w/sword as a Lieutenant might, indicating his elevated rank within the squad.  I felt this was better than giving him a sword, but then saying the sword was something else in a game where he was in the ten man squad. Easier to say the stand out model w/the chain fist is holding a "power weapon".  This will become very important during all the games I'm not playing... 😂

Dark Angels Deathwing  Knights WIP

I like the new Deathwing Knights a lot.  Very fun and flavorful; easy to build. I never liked the old models and feel they were diminutive even from when they were first launched. These fellas look the part, and stand even with their other terminator armored brethren.

Belial Grand Master of the Deathwing WIP

And last, but certainly not least, we come to Belial, Grand Master of the Deathwing. He got a decent upgrade having crossed the Rubicon Primaris and can stand tall amongst his brethren. Scale creep is real, but it IS a much better miniature than anything that has come before. I'm lookign forward to getting some paint on him.

Oh, and there is the Librarian in terminator armor from the Leviathan box set. I didn't make any modifications there.  We'll let the paintwork sell the Dark Angel/Deathwing membership. Taken in all, that's a lot of terminator bodies to fill out the Deathwing in my collection. Thanks to the new book, I have Sternguard Veterans and more Bladeguard to bulk out the first company as well. I'm going to need to paint the six Ravenwing outriders I have as well or risk the Ravenwing getting petulant over all these new bodies in the first company.

And that's more painting projects in the queue for years to come, no doubt.  I really like the updated models and look forward to working on them soon.  For now, I HAVE to finish this Primaris Repulsor and then thing about MonsterMarch, when I was expecting to try out a Leviathan Tyranid beast, probably the Screamer-Killer. It'll be nice to paint an actual monster for MonsterMarch, for once. 😅

I hope your projects are going well.

Cheers and Happy Gaming!






Sunday, February 4, 2024

Dark Angels Primaris Repulsor WIP

Dark Angels Primaris Repulsor WIP
Greetings and welcome back.  The Dark Angels Primaris Repulsor continues toward done...slowly.  I've managed the transfers and completed the base.  More highlights have been applied and some additional details.  Let's have a look!

Dark Angels Primaris Repulsor WIP

This Repulsor serves with the 5th Company and is honored to be the first vehicle in its squadron. I finally found something broad enough to use the 'Vengeance' scroll transfer on. 😂

Dark Angels Primaris Repulsor WIP

As the lead Repulsor, this machine is honored to transport Company leadership and elites. I imagine that is why it has the flashy doors. As a hobbyist, I honestly am just trying to use the cool transfers.

Dark Angels Primaris Repulsor WIP

It's important to know which transport one is boarding, so the 5th company makes this clear here.

Dark Angels Primaris Repulsor WIP

So, with the transfers in place and covered over with some Lahmian Medium, I looked to other details.

Dark Angels Primaris Repulsor WIPDark Angels Primaris Repulsor WIP

I decided to play about a bit with all of the view ports on this tank, partly as a means to add a spot color other than red/green/black/metal.  I hope ot have captured a reasonable window/lens effect here.

Dark Angels Primaris Repulsor WIP

I wanted the base complete so I could stop having the tank roll about on the desk.  It's an interesting mount in that you can connect/disconnect the vehicle easily and it's still fairly secure. I like how you can rotate the base to change the angle of the vehicle some.

I'm having a great time with this project, but boy am I taking my sweet time with it.  I can't really explain that except that it's tough feeling a sense of urgency when I know I won't be going with this piece any time soon. I really need to get on with buildings for AT so I will either pull this one in or leave for some time. I really don't like allowing myself room to give up on a project in progress - it gets too easy then to give up on all of them.

Regardless, I'll have progress on *something* to show for my next post.  I am full of hobby inspiration!

Cheers and Happy Gaming!






Friday, January 26, 2024

Storing Assembled Legions Imperialis Models

Legions Imperialis Storage

Greetings and welcome back.  I thought I'd share my experience with the Battle Foam trays for Legions Imperialis. At the time of this writing, Battle Foam does not offer a specific foam try set just for the Legions Imperialis box.  Undaunted by this, I forged ahead and ordered four trays anyway with the expectation of storing them...elsewhere. Now you have to scroll about to see all the options, as they have combined Aeronautica Imperialis and Adeptus Titanicus trays under the Legions Imperials search.

Legions Imperialis Storage

As it turned out, these trays fit well enough in the original box, and the four trays  that I picked up (two for the Legiones Astartes and two for the Solar Auxilia) would more than cover the models from the original set.  If only I had stopped there!  I simply needed more...and so here we are; maxed out, but still in the box, for now. The trays are ever so slightly longer than the box is wide so the fit is tight.  But the trays aren't so deformed by this that it affects their ability to store the models safely. And it isn't much trouble getting them in and out - in fact I expect it to get easier as the foam compresses over time and gets used to being in the slightly tighter space.

Legions Imperialis Storage Legions Imperialis Storage
I utilized good ol' eBay to double the infantry sprues from the original box. It took some time to arrive at auctions with a fair price - man has eBay become a scalper's haven! Remember when you could jump on there for cheap bits and models? Anyway, I digress.
 
Legions Imperialis Storage Legions Imperialis Storage

A further number of tanks were likewise acquired, either from the local game store or eBay. I very much like the amazing details found on these digitally shrunk models. It is just so different from the epic tanks of old.  The extra tank slots that I didn't fill now hold the overflow infantry and extra tank turrets. As you can see, there isn't a space to spare now. This will only become a problem as GW releases new models that compel me to override the voice in my head that constantly reminds me that I will very seldom, if ever, actually play this game. That voice is such a nag!

At the point that new trays are required, the whole mess will likely move into a new box.  There are folding boxes out there that fit these trays nicely and I picked up a 10 pack off Amazon that house my Aeronautica Imperialis collection currently.  These trays are the same size as those, and the same used for Adeptus Titanicus as well - so convenient!

I very much like Battle Foam trays.  It's not the cheapest option; but I can't fault the results and have been using them for all of my mini storage needs for years now. I personally don't have a need for the bags and cases offered to hold the foam, but it's there too if you need it. 

I hope there is some inspiration here for anyone looking to use Battle Foam trays for their collections.

Cheers and Happy Gaming!