MonsterMarch6 - Brushes Down!

 

I wish it was an April Fools joke, but it is truly time to put the brushes down and declare MonsterMarch6 at an end.  This year I was not able to complete my pledge for the first time.  My sense of self is disappointed, but I am otherwise excited to have two more titans for my collection close to done, regardless.

In the final few days, I got to work on the base for the warlord titan, Martis Renes. To complement the existing collection, I went with a simple Mars terrain base with the titan straddling an ancient dry river bed.  An eroded mesa sits at the edge of the river to add some scale and interest to the base.

The orange river is GW Martian Ironearth technical paint which dried with a nice crackling effect like dried mud.  Before applying the Ironearth, I painted on a coat of gloss varnish to assist with the crackling effect.

After everything on the base was good and dry, I laid down the base colors with an airbrush according to the recipe found on the appropriate tab above.  Next came the washes/shading.  When that had dried, I glued on the nameplate which was already painted.  Lat, I painted the base rim black and glued down the titan.

I was able to complete the trim, details, and shading on the volcano cannon arms. I'm really liking the new(ish) Tempestus transfers on the shoulders.

A first look at the rear, since I've only ever shown the titan from the front.

The gun shields will get some additional transfers before I'm done, to indicate significant kills and other heraldry. I'm still noodling on what I want here.

The Warbringer's base had already been built so it just needed painting. While I was focused on the Warlord in the final days, I still painted up the Warbringer's base for efficiency as I had the colors in the airbrush anyway.

I'll com back and cleanup then detail the building before I seal both bases and apply the Mars dust weathering powders.

No additional work got done on the Warbringer weapons; trim, details, and shading pending. Nice profile though, eh? The Omnissiah alone knows why these beasts don't fall flat on their backs when that cannon fires...

Only loyal allies see the rear of these proud engines.  The enemy sees only armor and guns before then end comes.

Here too, there will be additional transfers to dress things up and add kill markings, etc.

And that's where my MonsterMarch6 journey ended at 11:45pm 03/31/2022.  I have two table ready titans that will soon be in the DONE column.  I expect to spend another week or two finishing these engines before I likely move on to some new Grim Dark Terrain pieces I picked up to add variety to my future games.  More on that later.

More congratulations to all of the MonsterMarch6 challengers.  There's some very cool projects out there. Be sure to check out Path of and Outcast if you want to check them out. Special thanks to Swordmaster for hosting again this year and providing a space to share our work.

 I'm already looking forward to next year's challenge.

Cheers and Happy Gaming!