Mechanicum - Castellax Battle-Automata w/ Darkfire Cannons

Hello readers, thanks for dropping by. I purchased a fair quantity of Malinax Mechanicum from a mate and have been re-purposing them back to the Emperor's light in Mars colours. The three Castellax Battle-Automata here are armed with the fearsome Darkfire cannon.

The first one I preserved the shoulder art and the torso beige colours from the previous scheme and re-painted the rest Mars red and added decals. The green accent colour is common along the rest of my existing force, painted back in 2016. 

The next has some nice triangle accents so I added the same to my previous Castellax which were too uniform red. That way these would also fit in better.

The third Castellax I painted both pauldrons red to match my existing force more closely and added some triangle art to the leg greave to personalise the machine and blend better as a group, little touches of individualism from the tech thralls or Datasmiths which operate these Automata.

Below is the group shot of all eight Castellax so far, I may add some more new plastic Castellax.

Next up I have some more Scyllax Guardian-Automata, Ursarax Shock Troops, another Thallax Siege-Automata, some Myrmidon Destructors, a few Thallax, a Vulturax Stratos-Automaton and a huge Ordinatus Ulator with a Belicosa Volcano Cannon!

Have a great Christmas and hopefully some more hobby goodness!

Cheers, Siph (15pts)

Legio Crucius - Warhound Titan - Mors Umbugus DONE!

Hello one and all,

This weeks offering is a completed Warhound Titan - Mors Umbugus of Legio Crucius. The Titan's name is Latin for 'Death Claws' appropriate as this Titan is armed with 2 home 3D-printed Ursus Claws.

The titan has already Marched to war, and the Claws, with others in the squadron are very dangerous!

The titan has been painted with the normal, metallic black/pearl white scheme, and then has had LED's added to the head. Overall happy with the look of the Titan!

There will be decals to be added eventually once I have more decal paper to print them at home.

Cheers, LH (50pts)

Imperial Knights - Vassal Knights of Legio Astorum - Cerastus Knight Lancer #2

Hello Readers, thanks for dropping by. The second Cerastus Knight Lancer for my Vassal Knights of Legio Astorum, to accompany the first offering I did for Dreadtober 2024. My aim is to have a Lance of four Cerastus Knight Lancers to run at the next Titan Owners Club Beachhead 2025 Walk, nothing puts fear into a Warlord Princeps like facing a banner of Lancers coming at his otherwise impenetrable God Engine! But also, they die to well palced Belicosa Volcano shots!

This Knight Lancer sports a Taro Modelmaker Ion Gauntlet Shield instead of the stock wire frame shield. I have a few of these to do the rest of the Lance.

A Guardsman's view, a towering fast war walker Engine!

I plan to vary the decal patterns on all four Cerastus Lancers, the Pauldron shows the personal heraldry and the shin greave also mirrors this patter, taken from the Cerastus Knight decal sheets.

Another jousting Lance pose

The Lance is magnetised at the arm so the Knight can easily be transported to events without snapping or bending the model.

The legs were posed as wide stride across the base as I could without having to turn the base end on.

Here is Sir Lewis riding Knight Lancer "Black Sun" along with Sir Sordhen riding "Ever-Stalwart"

And that is Knight 23 done:
Knight Seneschal: High King Lucius Darius riding Dominus Castellan 'Adamant Wrath'
Knight Baron: Baron Tybalt riding Questoris Warden 'Triumphal'
Knight Scion: Countess Joscelin riding Dominus Valiant 'Iron God'
Knight Scion: Sir Sordhen riding Cerastus Lancer 'Ever-Stalwart'

Knight Scion: Sir Lewis riding Knight Lancer "Black Sun"
Knight Scion: Sir Geraint riding Cerastus Castigator 'Heretics Bane'
Knight Scion: Alpha Augreus Vladimus riding Mechanicum Cerastus Atrapos 'Ryh-83'
Knight Scion: Sir Selwyn riding Questoris Crusdaer 'Honour Intractable'
Knight Scion: Sir Greigor riding Questoris Paladin 'Oathkeeper'
Knight Scion: Sir Olwyn riding Questoris Paladin 'Honoured Vigilance'
Knight Scion: Sir Karyx riding Questoris Paladin 'Unyielding Astra'
Knight Scion: Sir Taurus riding Questoris Gallant 'Carnivore'
Knight Scion: Lady Natanya riding Questoris Errant 'Gloria Fury'
Knight Scion: Sir Maximilian riding Questoris Errant 'Pride of Lucius'
Armiger Squire: Knave Izrael riding Warglaive 'Bane of Iron'
Armiger Squire: Knave Balthazar riding Warglaive 'Unalloyed Victus'
Armiger Squire: Knave Erasmus riding Warglaive 'Cowards Bane'
Armiger Squire: Knave Luxious riding Helverin 'Fury of Thaemar'
Armiger Squire: Lady Irmaa riding Helverin 'War Strider'
Armiger Squire: Lady Melandra riding Helverin 'Blue Jackal'
Freeblade: Gerantius riding Questoris Errant 'The Forgotten Knight'
Freeblade: Sir Hekhtur the Chainbreaker riding Questoris Preceptor 'Canis Rex'
Custodes Indentured Knight: Sir Hestor riding Questoris Errant 'Imperius Rex'

Cheers, Siph (20pts)

Imperial Knights - Questoris Knight Crusader of House Mortan

Welcome Readers, my latest offering off the painting table, a House Mortan Questoris Imperial Knight Crusader. A striking scheme and a change from doing my usual Blue/Gold Knights and Titans! A Black Knight.

House Mortan is an Imperial Knight house of the Questor Imperialis that is strongly aligned with the Imperium of Man. The antecedents of House Mortan settled the inhospitable Knight World of Kimdaria, the Black Planet, during the early stages of the Age of Strife.

By the time the antecedents of House Mortan had arrived upon Kimdaria, the mysterious nebula known as the Black Pall that surrounded the planet had grown unexpectedly dense. Fell creatures, already accustomed to the world's dim light, roamed the ink-black landscapes, and it was only through the skill and dedication of the colonists' Knights that the beasts were driven back and the first settlements established. Kimdaria was only rediscovered in the late 35th Millennium by the Imperium. Due to the millennia of constant patrols to keep the Death World's forests clear of predatory behemoths, the Knights of House Mortan have come to place great value upon close combat. The House motto is, "In war, show no mercy."

This was an eBay rescue, covered in dust and not completed. I recognised the livery and took task to repaint the armour and add all the details, drill the barrels and weather the endo-skeleton and heat stain metals etc. Luckily I had a set of House Mortan decals from the FW Imperial Knights sheet so I could do this Knight justice.

Here is the added details for the endo-skeleton, a splash of colour on otherwise plain metal frame. I really enjoy bringing Knights back from the abyss, or bringing them to life. Nice projects.

The armament is a rare one for House Mortan as they favour close-combat, as the home world darkness means closing with the enemy or fell beasts. So, I see this Knight Crusader as a support Knight, putting fire into the enemy ahead of the Household closing!

Here was the unfinished, dull and very dusty eBay sale. But now completely re-painted and back on sale on eBay in all the new fine livery and decals.

And House Mortan as featured in the Imperial Knights Codex

Cheers, Siph (10pts - as re-painted Armour)

Warlord Psi-Titan - Polaris-Albedelach of the Ordo Sinister - Done!

Hello one and all,

This offering to the hivemind is something a little different, a completed Forgeworld Warlord Titan, however the Emperor has blessed this Titan, and has upgraded it to a Psi-Titan! For this, I have 3D printed the Psi parts, and different armour plates to make this Titan stand out. I have also added LED's to add to the overall look of the Psi-Titan.

The Psi-Titan is also stood a 3D printed Warmaster Titan carapace, which was painted in a Mortis scheme.

The plates have been painted with colour-shift paint from GreenStuffWorld, these shift from Purple to Green. The endoskeleton of the Titan was based with Leadbelcher spray, and then a coat of a 'smoke' wash to add depth. The brass was painted up from a base gold, with washes and highlights to produce the Brass colour.

At Titan Owners Club Main Walk 2024

The Titan is armed with carapace Apocalypse missile Launchers, and then options for either a Conversion-Beamer or a Close Combat weapon - both 3D printed as Forge World lack offerings. The 'Pizza cutter; weapon also has a Vulcan Mega bolter as per the fist rules adapted for Titan Owners Club events (otherwise CC Titans die before doing anything constructive - which is not fun for Princeps!)

Really happy with the finish, the Titan will eventually get a a groin honours banner, as well as a couple of kill markers added from the last ToC Walk.

Thanks for stopping by! LH (75pts plus 10pts for extra weapon)

Mechanicum - Vorax Battle-Automata - Squad #2

Hi all, thanks for dropping by. I had the opportunity to purchase some Malinax aligned Mechanicum units from my mate when he was downsizing to make room for more Titans, so I set about changing their allegiance to loyalist Mars aligned Mechanicum. These will sit nicely next to my previous Vorax Battle-Automata purchased from Mordian7th in 2015 (HERE). I also had made and painted a set of these for blogger buddy Zzzzz too, Legio Astorum Vassal aligned (HERE).

I re-painted the power blades to match the first set. Re-painted the thorax and shins and waist segment to show Mars alignment and added some green to match my other Mechanicum robots.

I added green cables and some Ad-Mech crenulation decoration to match the first squad (also now have green cables - not blue as first arrived).

These are great hunter-killer predatory robots, power blades, Rotor Cannons and Lightning Guns

One has a Irad Cleanser on top

Love these gribblies

Cheers, Siph (15pts)

Relictors Space Marine Chapter - Castraferrum Venerable Dreadnought #13

Thanks for dropping by. This week's addition, another Castraferrum Dreadnought is added to the Relictors Battle Companies, this one is a metal old-school Venerable Dreadnought armed with Assault Cannon and Dreadnought CCW with Storm Bolter.

This is now the 13th of many Dreadnought reinforcements I bought from Goddenzilla at Kaiju Country blog. Still 6 more to go as I have been given an additional Venerable Dreadnought Goddenzilla 'found' in the cupboard. Eventually as they are all updated, they will join my extensive Battle Companies. Below you can see the Goddenzilla original scheme.

Goddenzilla slightly converted this one with the addition of a Terminator Head

All the grey panels were repainted and the golds with Retributor Gold, washed with Reikland Fleshshade. 

As this is a highly decorated and honoured Venerable, it will remain with 1st Company.

I also re-did the base to match my existing forces

Thanks for dropping by, cheers, Siph (5pts)