WIP - Warmaster Titan for Adeptus Titanicus - part 6 (A New Hope)

 

Greetings!  More progress on the Warmaster to share today.  With transfers finally applied, I feel reinvigorated and motivated to complete the project. It's been a bit of a challenge to focus on this beast coming back from vacation with my head full of 28mm Horus heresy projects.  No worries, however, because progress was made. Above, the glorious declaration of a Warmaster of the Adeptus Titanicus can be seen center stage on the carapace, just below the missile launcher.

I chose a few straight forward transfers for the various shields.  Above, the shield on the left (the titan's right) declares this a Warmaster of the Legio Ignatum.  The shield on the right pays proper honors to the Legio itself.  And the three hanging shields pay homage to the Adeptus Titanicus, without which these mighty engines would not walk the galaxy.

The titan's left shoulder declares allegiance to the Emperor of Mankind (eagle), the Deus Mechanicus (cog), and the Adeptus Titanicus, in that order.  The right shoulder rightfully declares this engine as a loyal member of Legio Ignatum, aka the Fire Wasps.  The lower shoulder armor recognizes the machine spirit of the weapons. 

The leg armor makes it clear to all which Legio is stomping you into the dust. After all, these engines tower high over the battlefield where the shoulders and other bits of heraldry are lost through the smoke and fog of war.

Aside from heraldry, I also started to put some work into the body.  Here, I have identified some armor-like panels on the back of the plasma reactor as well as some windowed cloisters next to the heat exchangers and just below the rear shoulder armor.  The rear access door is pretty homely here, so expect something to happen there soon.  I'd love to see hazard stripes in chevrons to match the rear shoulder armor, but a simple tidy red might do. 😁

Of course, I would have made even more progress were it not for spending one night building a new tactical Support Squad for the First Legion. I love painting miniatures; but there one thing I love even more - building miniatures! 😂 I've been trying to get all the MkIII and MkIV marines from the prior two Horus Heresy boxed sets finally built before tackling the new MkVI marines.  Only 30 more MkIV marines to go! For MkIV marines, I'm using the Dark Angels bodies, heads, and shoulder pads from Forge World. I have adopted transverse crests for my sergeants, so I decided to stick with the basic MkIV helmet and crest here.  It's just easier than attaching a crest to the Forge World helmets.  I did that once already for a heavy weapons squad with mediocre results, in my opinion. but enough of that for now.

More progress next week on the Warmaster.  Maybe a new base to show off?  Probably a new squad of Dark Angels for seasoning. We'll soon see...

Cheers and Happy Gaming!