Legio Ignatum Warlord Titan WIP for AT - Part 2

 

Hello and welcome back.  The AT Warlord continues its slow progress to DONE.  I have to admit I really expected to have the armor on by now, but it is just not to be.  I've been dawdling my way through all the gold trim...and there is a lot of trim on a Warlord titan. Witness the trim!

I stalled at the toes and moved on to the body. I'm doing the toes tonight though, they just have to get done.

I enjoy these shields.  I'm looking forward to choosing transfers.

Not much on this sprue.  I would have cut it down, but that just makes more pieces to keep track of.

I like how the gun shields are coming out.  This will be another fun canvas for some transfers. 

So much gold trim!  But it's almost done. I haven't touched the guns nor the head, but they should go quickly. Then I'll seal and shade all the armor plates and get the model assembled.  With that done it'll be time to get to the details and high lights.  Oh, and some point I have to build and paint the bases.  Lost to do still, I guess.

Tune in next time when I scream..."SO MUCH TRIM!!"  But for now...

Cheers and Happy Gaming!

On the Workbench [March] - More Legions Imperialis

 

 

Greetings and welcome back.  Today I'm sharing my build of the second release of Legions Imperialis miniatures for the Adeptus Astartes and Solar Auxilia. Looking at the picture now, I realize I'm missing the two Valdor tanks that came with the Malcador Infernus tanks.  But they are built too, and stored safely away with the initial release in Battle Foam trays.  I'm waiting on new trays which will store this lot.  Everything has to move out of the original release box now to a larger box to fit all the trays. More on that in another post perhaps.

Not much to say about this build.  The models continue to display an amazing amount of detail for their scale.  The kits are odd in some cases though.  I mean, you get enough of each model for a detachment technically, but the weapon mix means you'll probably want a second set of the support elements in order to field a proper detachment with the right weapons to be efficient. For example, you get four Deredeo dreadnoughts, but two have plasma and two autocannons.  Probably wouldn't field those in one detachment normally.  Same with marine tarantulas where you get two las and two missile units.  Probably want to field four of each and not a mixed detachment.

But that's a small thing really.  It's just odd how some sets come ready to play while others seem to nudge you towards additional purchases to play them effectively. I was a little surprised to see giant cyclops make an appearance...what are they, like 3x larger than their 40k counterparts?  Nostalgic though for a DKoK collector, even if they seem "retcon'd" to the Horus Heresy...maybe I missed them in the lore there somewhere..

Everything assembled well for the most part.  It's pretty cool how little fuss there is with such small models.  They've done a great job here in my opinion.  There's the occasional bit to niggle over, but honestly they are great kits overall. I'm caught making 'pew pew' noises now just thinking about the tiny tanks!

I'll throw in a quick update on the Legio Ignatum Warlord for Adeptus Titanicus.  I've started into the trim a little at a time.  There's sooo much tiny trim. 😓 But I'll be through it soon, then some clean up and a clear coat before shading.

Honestly, bingeing Netflix is starting to become a problem.  Half the time I end up sitting and watching the shows instead of painting and making progress.  Plus, one of my cats has decided to camp on my lap many nights which makes painting a challenge too.  I mean, it's cat hair everywhere...He doesn't seem to mind when I'm building things - though I spend a decent amount of time pulling bits of shaved sprue out of his fur so he isn't eating it when he washes. The struggle is real.  🐈

Well, short(ish) post for today.  More painted titan next week. I'm right at the point where it goes from looking like very little progress to suddenly almost done. I'll probably have the model assembled and looking like a table ready titan very soon.

Best wishes for the weekend.

Cheers and Happy Gaming!

Legio Ignatum Warlord Titan WIP for AT

 

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. 😂

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...

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.

 It could look good on the gun shields, but not sure how it'll come out on the head.

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!

Dark Angels Primaris Repulsor - TO DONE

 

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...

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!

On the Workbench [February] - Deathwing!

 

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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... 😂

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.

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!