Adeptus Titanicus Reaver Battle Titans - TO DONE

 

I took it right up to the line, but the Reaver battle titans got completed by the end of the Hobby Season 2022/23.  I'm excited with the outcome.  Both titans came out well on their own while continuing to fit in seamlessly with the rest of the battle group.  Having the painting recipes really helps.  I'm spending years in most cases building out these collections and it would be easy to forget the correct colors, shades, processes, and what-not.  Seriously - write down your paint recipes!

These engines put a fine cap on the season for me.  Such fun to paint and I get great pleasure from seeing them completed and mixed in with the rest of their brethren.  I'll see about posting up some updated family pictures at some point.  But I think I'll wait until the last two major titans are complete - a Legio Ignatum Warlord, and a Legio Tempestus Warmaster Iconoclast.

Stay tuned for the launch of the 2023/24 season where I will reveal more promised projects and hobby optimism. Oh...and is that DreadTober around the corner? Hmmm....

Cheers and Happy Gaming!

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!

 

 

 

On the Workbeanch [July] - Tiny Planes and Titans

 

 

Absent, but not idle...welcome back! I seem to have completely missed a week of posts with no excuse for vacations, etc.  Regardless, that does not mean I've haven't been at the hobby.  With the clear switch over to Legions Imperialis coming, I thought I'd acquire these last Imperial Navy aircraft and get them built for my collection.  Looks like good timing since they are gone from the Forge World store (at least from the US site). I had picked up a random Marauder Pathfinder off eBay a few months back, then decided to work harder to secure a second, and then a pair of the Marauder Colossus bombers.  

In the pic above they look like identical planes, but should you click through to the full size pic, I'm confident you'll see the differences.   The Colossus bombers have smooth resin backs (front and rear planes in the pic). I can't imagine ever playing with all of these in a game, but I needed to fill out the appropriate Marauder Bomber tray from Battle Foam. 😁 Empty slots in a storage tray just eat at my soul...

So that little plane distraction led to assembling the various extra Forge World weapons I've been slowly acquiring as they have been released.  One never knows how long these kits will remain available, so I tend to pick up the stuff I am interested in ASAP...even when there isn't really the need....it's a sickness, I know. In this pic, we have a Warlord graviton weapon, and then conversion beam weapons for the Reaver, Warhound, and Warlord titans as well.  I buy weapons in pairs so that I can equally equip the two legions I collect: Legio Ignatum and Legio Tempestus.  I can't expect my friends to collect the game, but Titanicus is small enough that I can easily support two forces and invite friends to play. And I love painting them, so there is that.

That brings me to my current painting project - which isn't a workbench post item normally, but I did have to build and magnetize a couple weapon options.  This Reaver titan will become Honorum Veritatis in service to Legio Ignatum.  The rights of Color have already begun, so expect to see more of that later in the week.

This Reaver titan will become Pugno Martis in service to the Legio Tempestus.  With its toothy head, it will be the first of my Legio Tempestus Titans to show symptoms of turning sides for the Warmaster and Dark Mechanicum. I had fun with the base here, using some Forgeworld Titanicus scenery pieces to make a little piece of defensive breastwork being stomped under foot.

These two titans will even out my dueling forces with two fire support and one close combat Reaver titan each. I enjoy magnetizing weapon options and so have worked things out so I can replace the fist with the chain blade as desired. The armor for both titans is still on the sprue and so not very interesting to add to this post.  The armor will reappear in the painting posts though, no worries.

So that's what I have on the workbench for July.  It looks like August will be about painting Reaver titans.  I'm not sure about picking up Legions Imperialis yet.  I bought into Titanicus and Aeronautica hoping, I must admit, that GW would bring it all together.  Apparently they have which sounds super cool.  But Legions Imperialis will mean A LOT more tiny models to paint and I'm not sure yet how inspired I'll be for that.  I've managed to get friends into playing tiny airplane and titan games because of the small model count and relatively quick games (OK, not really w/Titanicus).  I'm betting games of Legio Imperialis will be back to requiring a half day or more to pull off (with the requisite beer and chatter of course!)

I have to say that deep down inside I DO have some inspiration for displaying my tiny titans and planes along side a tiny First Legion force...

Cheers and Happy Gaming!

Adeptus Titanicus Warlord and Warbringer Titans - TO DONE

 

Greetings!  #MonsterMApril1 is finally complete. 😂  Ok, it was #MonsterMarch6, and now it's April so maybe you can see what I did there.  This was the first time I did not complete my project out of six challenges, so I'm not too beat up about it.  Here's the promised light box photos of the completed titans, starting with the Warbringer Nemesis titan, Liberatus Mortis.

I'm very happy with the results.  All weapons are magnetized, so at some point I need to paint up the Volcano cannon option for the main gun. Now on to the Warlord titan Martis Renes.

Lots of weapons options for these big boys are waiting to get painted as well.  Everything is magnetized for easy swap outs during games.  Its a bit of extra work, but worth it for the WYSIWYG flexibility.

Thanks so much if you stuck through all the many posts on this project. If you enjoyed the journey then you are in luck.  The mighty Warmaster titan is next, and already on the painting table.  So expect more on that as I begin the painting portion of the project now that the primer is dry.  I'm going to start with a quick look at what I magnetized and how/why. If this isn't your cup of tea, you might want to check back with us in June...

If it helps, the Warmaster titan is an amazing kit for Adeptus Titanicus and sets a new bar for scale and detail. So hopefully the work I share here will be inspirational in its own right, if you are into titanic stompy war machines. Is anyone else annoyed that blogger has an emoticon for poop, but not titantic stompy war machines? Right?! 😁

Cheers and Happy Gaming!