Legio Astorum - Forge World Reaver Titan No. 009 - Legs and Base Complete

Hello Titanseers, thanks for dropping by. Reaver 009 "Astor Tyrannis" is coming along nicely. Approximately at the halfway point I reckon, weapons done and now Legs and Base completed.

From rear, you can see the latest victim of its Power Claw, a decapitated head of an Aeldari Revenant Titan.

Scars on the head score and burn the wraithbone construction and Ulthwe sigils.

I crafted a emergency neck release booster assembly where the ball joint is normally

Underside of the Reaver pelvis shows downward looking cameras to guide the feet placement and detect any assaulting melta-bomb armed troops.

The base was 6mm MDF and a slice of 3mm Hardboard (Fiberboard) as the reconstructed legs sit a little elevated on one side.

Glue PVA and sand mix plus a few slate chips form the surface. Under the foot, the board was scored and glue applied to feet and base and secured with a screw from the underside into the foot and ankle.

The banner was printed with exception of the name, I added that with a Micron Pen. The brass rod I use to pin titans forms the bar, and the chain is ferrous metal so attaches to the underside of the titan with magnets, simple. Progress continues, (scheduled posts - irl it would have been completed and taken to the Titan Owners Club UK Main Walk in Milton Keynes last weekend).

Cheers, Princeps Siph

Adeptus Custodes - Vexilus Praetor with Praesidium Shield #2

Hi all, thanks for dropping in. Following on from the Guardians a few weeks ago, another of the eBay purchased lot, a Vexilus Praetor with a Praesidium Shield. Another exquisite paint job, pleased I found this lot. 

Love the detailing, gem work and plumes. Really nicely detailed Custodes.

I re-painted the bases to match my own forces.

More great additions to the now extensive Custodes force, probably quite a few points too!

Cheers, Siph

Legio Astorum - Forge World Reaver Titan No. 009 - The Leg Work Starts

Hello Titanseers, thanks for dropping by. Well, after Reaver "Incaeduus Prime" was finished, I picked up Reaver 009 "Astor Tyrannis" again. 

Here was the stencil work done for the leg greaves, firstly painted blue, then masked off and sprayed white and black towards the bottom, then sprayed red and the flame tips yellow. Then vinyl and masking removed and a little clean up required.

Here the flames have been tidied up with the blue covering any overspray. Next the trim will be applied and a recess Night Lords Blue in the blue parts.

Nice and fairly simple to achieve with the vinyl stencil and a rattlecan... who needs airbrushes eh? ;) The trim will be done and washed Reikland Fleshshade, then a recess wash around the edges with Agrax Earthshade and on the blue parts with Night Lords Blue as usual with the blue panels.

Started with one of the legs, painting red on Astorum Engines is weird, but this will be where the flames are so red based lower greaves as seen below.

One leg done

Progress on the weapons progresses, the Rites of Construction continue...

Cheers, Siph

Legio Astorum - Warhound Titan - New Custom Armament - Melta Lance

Hello All, thanks for dropping by. Now GW only produces four weapon varieties for Forge World Warhound Titans: Turbolaser Destructor; Vulcan Mega Bolter; Plasma Blastgun and Inferno Gun. But at AT scale they have several other variants. So with the help of someone using 3D print design I asked if a Melta Lance can be done, its different from Lord TITANium's shrunken down version of the Reaver Melta Cannon so something new was required.

For reference. Image used without permission for example purposes.

I really do wish GW would update their 28mm scale Titan weapon ranges! The Reaver still only has one carapace option, Warlord 2 carapace options, and even with Head and Weapon options already now OOP - the designs for AT are done so its not from scratch, the vision is there already, and I know a whole Club of Titan enthusiasts who would buy the lot!

So here it is on the Warhound Canis Secondus

Paired with a Plasma Blastgun that's a whole lot of firepower... less range than the Plasma, same two shots but no blast means less hits if on target but can use close up without hitting own Engine and can target locations, and base is higher strength than Maximal Fire with close up Armour Rolls using D10 so you can get really good damage even against larger Engines. I will probably pair with a Ursus Claw for close in fear factor! Run a pair of Warhounds with both Claw (for bonus strength) and Melta and that will give the enemy something to fear.

Size comparison to the Turbo Laser Destructor, it uses the back end of the laser, front barrels of the Melta sized appropriately and custom heat shields and armour plates not as detailed or ornate as the GW design but giving a cool Melta Lance not to dissimilar to the AT version. I have also got some mini-Melta versions coming too, so four Warhounds with Melta fun...

Cheers, Siph (5pts)

Adeptus Custodes - Custodes Guardians with Sentinel Blades and Praesidium Shields #2

Hi, thanks for dropping by. This week I have a new purchase, Custodian Guardians with Sentinel Blades and Praesidium Shields. These were an eBay purchase, excellently painted and a bargain. I just re-did the bases to match my existing forces.

These add five more Guardians to my existing three with Sentinel Blades. Giving some staying power with the invulnerable shield save bonus.

Beautiful paint job, the same as mine but finer and better executed! Love the gemstone work and the power effects on the blades. The helmet plumes are also exquisite.

Cheers, Siph

Legio Astorum - Forge World Reaver Titan No. 3516 - Incaeduus Prime Walks!

Hello Titanseers and All, thanks for dropping by. I have completed the Reaver 3516 project re-paint. Incaeduus Prime Walks for Legio Astorum! Great posing by previous owner Andy B, and a repaint completed into Legio Astorum colours.

A Chainfist (3D print as FW one is long OOP)

Love the lifting foot, still a rock solid pose, the lifting foot has a screw to share the load so its not all in the toe joint.

Fearsome Melta Cannon and a Vulcan Mega Bolter to strip the shields and do some awesome damage before finishing off with the Chainfist, Incaeduus Prime is going to be a brawler!

Fully magnetised for ease of transport to Titan Owners Club Walk events.

Arm is magnetised at armpit and weapon so can be swapped out with either Reaver Power Fist or more ranged weapons.

The striped carapace in place of the striped kneepad the FW artwork has.

Scratches and kill markings adorn the Chainfist

The kneepad is a departure from the FW artwork, honouring the previous Legio. Hence, the carapace stripes.

Eye sensors preserved behind plexiglass

A great dynamic pose for closing the enemy and smiting them!

And the Corsair Maniple grows, one more to make a full Corsair Maniple, pictured here with (L to R), Honorum, Incaeduus Prime and Aquila Occulus.

Cheers, Princeps Siph (60pts)

Legio Astorum - Forge World Reaver Titan No. 3516 - Legs and Base

Hello Titanseers, thanks for dropping by. Work on Reaver 3516 'Incaeduus Prime' continues and good progress has been made with main torso completed, the legs are already constructed and pinned and the armour firmly in place so its been quite an effort to paint in-situ. Seen above one leg done, the right leg yet to lose it's Defensor colours.

The base has been cut from 6mm MDF, sealed with MDF sealant and PVA glued sand mixture. Recesses underneath will house the screw head and washers. The base has had tracing around the feet marked out and scored ready to accept the glue when the titan is added. The underside has furniture teflon coasters added to allow smooth movement with ease on the Titan Owners Club battle mat at Walks and aids picking it up. Bases are completely optional but I use them for stability and strength, forming a triangle of leg-leg-base making legs rigid and stronger than if left without.

I used a pillow whilst re-painting the legs so I didn't have to hold the substantial weight for long periods.

The knees will be added when painting the armour has been completed. I have preserved some of the former Legio heraldry, Legio Defensor, I do this with all my second-hand transferred titans - now reacquisition for Legio Astorum. This is a departure from the Imperial Armour scheme for Incaeduus Prime, where the kneecap is striped yellow and blue but I will paint the stripes on half the rear carapace instead.

And here is the completed legs structure attached to the base. The feet are glued and screwed to the base for a super strong hold. An excellent pose by the former owner Andy B. And now immortalised in the Defensor/Astorum kneecap.

Next post will be the final reveal. And the next project is the other Reaver 009 to complete the Corsair Maniple.

Cheers, Princeps Siph

Chaos Daemons - Nurgle Great Unclean One - Done!

Hello one and all! Up this week is for review is a 3d printed, Great Unclean One! with an additional Relictor!

This model was printed on my P1S, as 2 parts, body and base - and then painted up ready to bring the Nurgle's Rot to the opposition!

The GUO was based sprayed with Grey as a base, then black, then a slight highlight spray from above in grey again for highlights. To give a different appearance to my other GUO, the model was painted in Ork Flesh contrast paint, several thick coats have added definition to the model. Details were then picked out. 

I really like how the 2 yellow boil's and the mouth look like a face, and that the daemon is actually inside its Torso - this works as well due to the lack of any character around the face,

... and of course the dying Relictor.

 LH (10pts)