Legio Astorum Forge World Warbringer Nemesis Titan - WIP #2 - Legs

Welcome Titanseers, I progress with the Warbringer Nemesis Titan build, from the bottom up, I have completed the eight toes and toe pistons re-paint, now prepared all the joining surfaces and started the construction proper. Here the thigh is being set to the lower leg, its pinned at the knee, the thigh piston to hip socket and knee gears into to the lower leg. The pose is a slight lifting of the foot so more dynamic than a simple stand.

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.

The shin armour is also glued, the surface is small and is supplemented with a brass rod pin.

A lot of weight and forces go through the hips. The hip socket has been prepared, bare resin exposed and roughened and the addition of two pins will strengthen and prevent twisting. The opposite hip was still attached and not able to be broken apart so its fairly strong, so I added two pins into it (seen above) in the socket to make sure, also the two pins in the hip flex coupling were marked with paint and then I knew where to start drilling (the black and grey spots above).

Now drilled, when glued and clamped the hip will be a strong solid piece. I then have to pin the legs to the other end of the flex-coupling, and pin twice to prevent rotation - this is where Reaver Honorum build failed after several car journeys. Now repaired with pins and stronger epoxy, its a solid Reaver.

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.

Here is the lower leg assembled, just the armour plates to glue and clamp in place once the thigh and hip socket part is attached and dried.

Some of the prepared armour plates and knees.

Here's a mock up of the standing pose, one leg is starting to lift, the heel of which has a plastic spacer so the weight of the titan is not on the toes but through the foot into the base (to come). This way the titan can be screwed to the base without stressing the toes joints and makes a more stable and solid build.

Cheers for dropping by, Princeps Seniores Siph

Lord TITANium - Warlord Titan #2 - Psi-Titan WIP

Hello one and all!

Up this week for your viewing is my next Warlord Titan, however I'm pushing the boat out and going all in for a PSI TITAN at 28mm scale. For this, I will be doing bespoke 3D printed parts for the Titan, including armour plates, weapons and psi-matrix crown, as FW/GW do not support 28mm Titans fully.

The build was ok, with the model pinned in all the places possible to help support the model. I have printed a portion of a 28mm printed Warmaster carapace for the Titan to be standing on. 

I've opted for a colourshift paint for the armour panels, using a matt black base, then a gloss, then several passes with the colourshift. The plates will also have silver trim, which I think will fit better than a gold scheme. 

So far the model has Apoc Missiles for the carapace, but I might also print some Gatling Blasters if the Titan is to be used 'more upclose' 

I've also printed a Heavy Volkite and a C-Beamer for the model, as well as a CC option.. more to follow soon.

 LH

Legio Astorum Forge World Warbringer Nemesis Titan w/ Belicosa Volcano Cannon - WIP #1

Hello Titanseers, another great Forge World Titan on the workbench. This was a rather nice find on eBay as a rescue Titan. The previous owner fortunately (for me) had got about 99% completed before disaster had struck and the titan came apart, probably from a fall or a joint failure. Losing hope they put it for sale I think and I picked up a bargain.

Now this is entirely speculation based on what I can see, a repair job in the sockets, greenstuff useage and obvious failure caused by ill-preparation of building the titan - no joints have been surface prepared or stripped of paint - if you do this the only thing the epoxy or glue is bonding to is the thin paint layer. Hence it looks like that caused failure, above you can see the layer of epoxy I peeled off with ease. I was able to twist apart most pieces.

The original Titan was painted like the Forge World promotional Titan (which can still be found in Warhammer World) in traitor Legio Fureans colours so I will be using a little of this preserving the flames on the toe armour but altering this to Legio Astorum colours. The rest of the Fureans scheme will be obliterated for the loyalist Legio Astorum blues and golds.

Cheers, Princeps Seniores Siph

Relictors Space Marine Chapter - Castraferrum Dreadnought #12

Thanks for dropping by. This week's addition, another Castraferrum Dreadnought is added to the Relictors 5th Company, this one is a Hellfire version, Twin-Lascannon and Missile Launcher.

This is now the twelfth of many Dreadnought reinforcements I bought from Goddenzilla at Kaiju Country blog. 6 more to go until they are all updated and join my extensive Battle Companies. Below you can see the Goddenzilla original scheme.

I've updated the base to match my others, and lightened the scheme overall. With the addition of the chaos vehicle accessory it harks back to my original and first dreadnought in 2008 (HERE) 

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

Necron Dynasty - Ophydian Destroyers w/ Plasmacyte

Hello All, thanks for dropping by. The latest addition to the Dynasty is a squad of Ophydian Destroyers.

Ophydian Destroyers echo elements of servile Canoptek Wraiths and reviled Flayed Ones in their murder-optimised bodies. Tunnelling through solid ferrocrete with frenzied violence and flickers of dimensional displacement, they burst into view to ambush, hack and rend their prey apart.

These are armed with Hyperphase Weapons and Ophydian Claws, the recent rules changes streamlined these to just Hyperphase Weapons rather than 3 profiles on the box.

The other rule they have is they can use Tunneling Horrors, basically if not in combat, they can move off the battlefield and reappear next turn 9in away from enemy.

The Plasmacyte gives the squad Devastating Wounds once per battle with no drawback they used to have.

Cheers, thanks for dropping by. Siph (7pts)

Legio Astorum Warhound Titan "Canis Sirius" No.6261 from Forge World - COMPLETED

Legio Astorum Warhound Scout Titan "Canis Sirius" Walks!

The re-paint and re-touch of Princeps Aaron's Sirius is now completed and transferred to the Emperor's Halo Maniple. 

The Legio Astorum proud livery on the Carapace and name on the shin.

A fancy Titan Owners Club crest on the reverse of the heraldic banner.

The other shin has some unique kill markings made from the gilded heads of the enemy Princeps Canis Sirius has defeated, this does not sit well with the Maniple Princeps Maximus as Legio Astorum are not accustomed to such barbaric actions.

The internals and Command Deck are all painted and accessible. The Princeps has purple coat to match my original Warhound's Canis Bellum and Canis Praetor.

Canis Sirius is magnetised for easy transport to Titan Owners Club events, at waist, neck, and weapon arms. The carapace and head cowling are also removable.

Two Squadrons of Warhound Scout Titans of Legio Astorum's "Emperor's Halo" Maniple

(and a Space Marine Terminator for scale!)

Thanks for stopping by, Cheers, Princeps Seniores Siph (25pts - repaint of Aaron's Warhound)

Legio Astorum Warhound Titan "Canis Sirius" - WIP #2 - Torso, Head and Plasma

The continued re-paint of "Sirius" has progressed well, only minor touch-ups and trim and repainting of some details has taken place. The base is now finished off and the excessive (for my taste and to match rest of Maniple) foliage was removed and rocks placed in their stead. The titan is now securely glued and screwed to the base.

As you can see the job of updating the Warhound now named "Canis Sirius" is now almost completed. I love this stage when the Titan starts all coming together how I like it, whether its a new build or a re-paint. It's nice to see the progress in a project.

The Plasma Blastgun magnetic coils were picked out again to match my previous plasma weaponry, with pulsing blues. An easy to achieve effect which looks effective on these large titans.

The proud Princeps Aaron on the Command Throne. I just retouched the crew and painted the 'Hound's nose blue, added some bronze detailing and picked out the Auspex/Headlamps.

The Carapace, Head and Torso added to the completed Legs, nearly done, an Inferno Cannon, Banner and Head Cowling to finish off.

The weapon arm caps were repainted blue to match the other four Mars Pattern Warhounds I already have. The Void Projectors were also repainted  from a glowing yellow back to my usual silvers and blue glow. The inside was already done by Aaron, thanks mate!

I repainted the underside of the Torso, now metallic and bronze (Scale75 Decayed Metal), and added warning chevrons to the underside of the crew elevator.

Both sides of the rear carapace have the AdMech sigil, some trim tidy up just spotted...

And the Exhaust vent heat exchangers, cooling some of the excess reactor heat. It shouldn't take too long at all to get this Warhound back on the frontline. Thanks to Aaron for the opportunity to add one of his 'Hounds to my own forces.

Cheers, Princeps Seniores Siph.