Adeptus Titanicus Reaver Titans WIP - Part 3

 

A short update on the Titans today.  Weapon painting is underway.  All of the weapons have been base coated and shaded.  Some highlighting will follow. I did actually make a highlight pass on the gold trim of the Legio Ignatum Reaver titan. Some silver highlights will follow to brighten it up a bit more on the sharpest bits.

Now with white rockets!  Progress is slow but continuous...painting in all the bronze bits of the weapons took some time.

And on to the Legio Tempestus Reaver...

So overall, these two are coming out well.  I'm having some motivation problems getting all the details done. BUT THEY WILL GET DONE! :)  Never back down, never give up. Just keep on keepin' on.

I think I'll do the bases over the weekend and get the beasts glued down finally.  That usually kick starts me into wanting to complete the projects.  These big boys always look more fun when they have something to properly stomp on!

Cheers and Happy Gaming!

Adeptus Titanicus Reaver Titans WIP - Part 2

 

Hello and welcome back.  I'm having serious difficulties staying on a blog posting schedule this summer!  Regardless, progress is being made on my Titanicus Reaver Titan project. The Tempestus titan has all the trim done and has been finally assembled.  In addition, all the transfers have been applied to both titans.

Honorem Veritatis stands proud with full Legio heraldry. Her titan class (Reaver Battle Titan) is called out on the left knee, while the Collegia Titanica is honored on the right.  Legio Ignatum icons adorn the inside of her right shin, the upper carapace and both shoulders.

Black skulls on the weapons signify engine kills of note. 

Pugno Martis bears the heraldry of Legio Tempestus which was once a member of the Triad Ferrum Morgulus on Mars.  The titans of my collection bear their iconography as it might have looked prior to the Horus Heresy.  During the Heresy, the bulk of the Legio off-world among the crusade fleets turned traitor and sided with Horus. Since the Adeptus Titanicus game takes place during the Heresy, my Tempestus Legio plays the part of traitor during games even if they bear loyalist heraldry. One might imagine battles taking place early in the Heresy before these proud titans debased themselves with the heraldry of the arch traitor Horus Lupercal

The checkers on the shins have been made using a custom template which I cut from tracing paper and use to then draw and cut out appropriate shapes from a sheet of decal paper printed in all checkers - another custom print job using Testors decal paper and an HP inkjet printer.  Despite using Testors decal fixer to seal the ink, I still end up with the ink coming off a bit during application, but it mostly works.  I'll clean some of the damage up with a fine detail brush, but may leave some as authentic damage.  Even with the hassles of the whole process, it's totally better than what I'd accomplish with a brush alone, esp. due to the curved surfaces and small areas.

So there I have two game ready titans - mostly.  They aren't secured to their bases yet.  I'm detailing the weapons currently; then I'll move on to highlights, etc.  At some point I'll then jump to the bases and complete those so the titans can ultimately be secured to them. August is passing quickly and I've had plenty of distractions; but I continue to push for completing these two by the end of the month.  Then it'll be time for a short filler project before I jump into DreadTober 2023!    

Cheers and Happy Gaming!
 

Adeptus Titanicus Reaver Titans WIP - Part 1

 

Greetings and welcome back!  I have been making good progress on my reaver titans for Legio Ignatum and Legio Tempestus.  I have not made such good progress on making time to post, however.  But it's summer with a lot of work family logistics going on, so it is what it is. It's been a while since I've posted about painting the Forge World Legio Tempestus camouflage, so there is a bit of a refresher here on that.  Legio Ignatum is much more straight forward with only simple masking for the hazard stripes.  I guess I'll start there.

 

This titan is the furthest along.  It's fully assembled and I've started on some of the details, such as the lenses in the head. I went subtle on the hazards here since the rest of the Legion in my collection have more. This adds variety for having a minimal amount.  I did something similar with one of the four Warhound titans in the collection.  One of the fun parts of painting duplicate models is trying out different schemes...you don't have to just settle for one! Also the lore lends itself to variety and individuality in the heraldry among the titans of a Legio.

 So that's where the Ignatum Reaver titan stands. Armor colors were airbrushed on over a black primer coat.  The all details are brush painted. Some shading of the armor panels has been done as well. There will be another shade pass over the trim. 

Next, I am showing the armor progression from initial base coat to final trim on the Tempestus armor panels. There are three coats of paint and two passes with masking tape to make the shapes.  The lightest color goes on first, then the mid-color, and finally the darkest color last.  When all the masking tape is removed, the appearance is one of the lighter color shapes over a darker base.

You can see where I masked off things i wanted to be black or white later.  I messed up with the wight panels.  I should have masked the black stripes before painting the white.  Instead I masked AFTER painting the white to ad the black on top.  Silly and inefficient since the base coat was black already.

Here is how the rest of the titan is coming along.  I've also finished the trim on the Tempestus reaver.

Next, I'll be dry brushing the body and cleaning up in preparation for gluing on the armor panel and head.

And that's my tiny titan project so far.  Coming along well and I am enjoying having both titans on the desk for variety.  It makes both take longer to paint, but I have no deadline. I'm just puttering along with the hobby and enjoying the projects as I continue to build out my painted Warhammer collection. At least I have managed a few games with the Titans! It's super fun having these fellas painted up and stomping about.

Next week these two will be close to done, if not completed.  The fussy bits are behind me so progress can pick up.  There is a ton of detail on these models and they are always a joy to assemble and paint.

What are you working on these days?  Feel free to share in the comments.

Cheers and Happy Gaming!