I actually am waiting on three Taro Modelmaker solid in-fill shields for the three Lancers I have but for now I tired my hand at a little blue energy glow on the Lancer's shield, came out quite good! Just drybrushed from dark to light and large patch to smaller.
14 Oct 2024
Dreadtober 2024 - Cerastus Knight Progresses
I actually am waiting on three Taro Modelmaker solid in-fill shields for the three Lancers I have but for now I tired my hand at a little blue energy glow on the Lancer's shield, came out quite good! Just drybrushed from dark to light and large patch to smaller.
7 Oct 2024
Dreadtober 2024 - Cerastus Knight Lancer - Rites of Construction
The pose will be a braced stance with shield up and lance thrust forward. The above image shows the main pose. Onward to the Rites of Colour!Dreadtober is an annual event held over the month of October where hobbyists pledge to do a dreadnought-sized model from the to-do pile and get it finished, starting 1st Oct and completing 31st Oct (Halloween/All Hallows Eve) with lots of progress shots and encouragement along the way :) and I like to partake in Dreadtober, and have done for a few years, check out the link in the sidebar >>>>
4 Oct 2024
WeeMen at the London Grand Tournament Titan Walk
2 Oct 2024
Dreadtober 2024 Commences - WeeMen Participating for the 8th Year
Hello Dreadtober-teers! My favourite hobby event of the calendar year is back again for another instalment. This year is yet again being run by Marc (Old School Gaming) so a massive thanks to him for keeping the hobby event alive for another year! And thanks to the founder Greggles, and Joe B and Todd (Sincain40K) and Joel (Mordian7th) for their contributions through the years too.
Dreadtober is an annual event held over the month of October where hobbyists pledge to do a dreadnought-sized model from the to-do pile and get it finished, starting 1st Oct and hopefully completing 31st Oct (Halloween/All Hallows Eve) with lots of progress shots and encouragement along the way :) and I like to partake in Dreadtober, and have done for a few years, you can see the fruits of this labour in the picture below, a veteran of 8yrs with a sum of six Dreads, one Imperial Knight and a Necron Construct!
Work took me away in 2023 but in the preceeding months I completed a number of Dreadnoughts in honour of Dreadtober, so they could be schedule posted alongside the participants efforts, I may have been absent but was still there in spirit. These Redemptor's were featured along with another Imperial Knight and a Castraferrum Dreadnought too!
So that brings me to this year's pledge: Another Imperial Knight, but this time a little bigger, a Forge World resin Cerastus Knight Lancer! Long overdue - they make these in plastic and I have two more to make a Knight Banner of three, but for Dreadtober the long overdue resin one will be my test piece.
30 Sept 2024
Legio Astorum Forge World Warbringer Nemesis Titan - WIP #5 - Torso
From the rear, the gubbins can be seen, the generators for the carapace main gun Belicosa Volcano Cannon with the green cables as power to the main gun. The other cog motifs you can see are for the arm weapons. They look great all together.
Here is a better view of the main weapon power modules. I magnetized the cables so the main gun can be removed for storage. The power modules are also magnetised so the whole main gun and power modules can be swapped with the Mori-Quake Cannon and Magazine Hoppers.
- Waist x2 (Rod 10mm dia x 20mm)
- Main gun elevation x12, (Four Disc 20mm dia x5mm; six 6mm dia x 2mm)
- Groin Banner x2 (2mm x 2 mm rod)
- Weapon Banner x4 (2mm x 2mm)
- Weapon Power Gens x20 (6mm x 2mm disc)
- Arms x4 (20mm x5mm disc; 8mm dia x 20mm rod)
- Power cables to Arm weapon x8 (2mm x 2mm)
- AA Mounts (rotation and elevation) x 12 (6mm x 2mm disc)
23 Sept 2024
Legio Astorum Forge World Warbringer Nemesis Titan - WIP #4 - Base
I used slate chips from the garden and modelling sand (blend of fine sand and coarse sand). The ruins were placed around the feet in a suitable manner and glued to the base with superglue. They will be reinforced with PVA glue when the sand is added around them. I used the coarse stones around the ruins and finer sand elsewhere.
16 Sept 2024
Legio Astorum Forge World Warbringer Nemesis Titan - WIP #3 - Banners
Whilst I was doing banners I thought I'd progress with the titan groin banner, these were printed off by Drake Seta (Battle Bunnies Blog) and adapted from the Reaver banner, name blanked out and a few markings blanked out to be different from the other banners. The finials were from the plastic skulls set and the chain is steel so they stick to the magnets on the groin of the titan. The banner was finished off with some washes at the bottom to show wear and tear. The paper was wrapped around a rivet pin and glued with watered down PVA which also stiffens the paper and keeps the fold.
9 Sept 2024
Legio Astorum Forge World Warbringer Nemesis Titan - WIP #2 - Legs
The elastic bands keep the seal whilst the two part epoxy dries, I am using JB Plastic Weld again, its superb. The pin to the knee gears can be seen above. The slot is where the knee armour gets placed.
I preserved the flames from one thigh armour plate, but painted blue - this echoes the flames on the toe piston armour and one of my vassal Imperial Knights. I like to preserve and adapt the previous history of my rescue Titans.