Relictors Space Marine Chapter - Castraferrum Dreadnought #5

Hello Readers, thanks for dropping by. I am scheduling these posts again as I return overseas. This is the fifth of many Dreadnought reinforcements I bought from Goddenzilla at Kaiju Country blog. A basic Multi-Melta and Power Fist variety, this one attached to my 4th Company.

This is the second Dreadnought to sport the new Fallout Hobbies decals for Relictors Chapter 'side skull'.

The lower greave on the leg has a green band denoting 4th Company, green being the traditional Company colour of 4th Co. Space Marines as laid down in Insignium Astartes. I have a further 13 Dreadnoughts from Goddenzilla to slowly re-paint or touch up the scheme to match my own forces!

Cheers, Siph (5pts)

Legio Astorum - Warlord Titan #4 - Work in Progress - Armour Panels

Welcome back Titanseers, I continue by delicate re-paint of "Raptor Astra", a fine job was done by Princeps Alan G who owned the titan before me but I wanted to make the titan my own and repaint the blues and golds to match my own Titans but preserve the superb job he had done. This was achieved by leaving some of the weathering exposed, re-applying new weathering, reducing the general wear and tear to suit my taste and re-colour a few panels in my own style.

Here you can see I preserved the white chevron plate however all the trim was re-done with my own Vallejo Brass (Gold) and completely re-painted the upper armour plate with new central decal and constellations.  

The central pauldron armour was re-painted with Kantor Blue and new weathering applied to blend in with the adjoining yellow rear panels. The lower shoulder pad was also repainted preserving the decals with some delicate brush work inbetween the sunbeams! The large cog was also half painted black to match my other Titans.

The 'headlights' were painted red to match my other Titans and a few decals were removed to suit my less busy style.

Here is a shot of the titan during re-attachment of the side panels, using gravity to keep in place. The main difference you may see compared to the opening shot is the re-paint of the large front pauldron glacis, now Kantor Blue to match my other titans (washed out by a flash). You can also see the repainted torso 'cheeks', with yellow stripes, Warlord Dominus Victoria has this design with white and blue, Ex-Noctia has red and blue too.

Finally for this post, you can see the addition of the blue and gold intact vent covers, to match my other Warlords on the void generator vanes. The fantastic metallics of the upper surfaces done by Alan G will remain. The Rites of Colour continue for "Raptor Astra" Warlord Titan No.258.

A useful link to the whole Titan Construction process can be found HERE.

Cheers, Princeps Siph.

Legio Astorum - Warlord Titan #4 - Work in Progress - Spare Arioch Power Claw

Hello Titanseers, welcome to more progress on the fourth Warlord... it came with a spare arm so I thought I'd paint it! This is a Warlord Titan Arioch Power Claw, and I have two more with Warlord "Ex-Noctia" No.10, but this one has the actual power claw attachments rather than the power fist variety. No in game difference, purely aesthetics - the Power Claw looks generally more vicious and heretical...

The Arioch Power Claw comes with a Vulcan Mega Bolter Array which sits on the back of the hand. This adds either a pip of strength or a Vulcan Mega Bolter depending on in game rule set. At 28mm Titan Walks we have been granting the Vulcan Mega Bolter rules even though we are playing AT28mm rules where it usually has just a pip of strength to CC attacks - but in a massive battle of 30-100 Titans, a dual fist Warlord barely makes it across the floor/board to use them, at least with it shooting as well, in the closing stages it can strip shields and have an in game effect even if it doesn't make it into combat!

I added some white stripes to one panel to match several of my Titan maniple armour designs.

The power cables were a pain to paint but came out okay.

I opted for yellow knuckles again to break up the mass of blues.

Here it is pictured with the less stabby Power-Fist variety from Warlord "Ex-Noctia", perhaps now I really do need to paint a left-hand Power Claw since both of these are the same side. I do have one still in the unfinished Legio Atarus colours Ex-Noctia came in.

Here Warlord "Ex-Noctia" is modelling the newest battlefield accessory...

A useful link to the whole Titan Construction process can be found HERE.

Thanks for dropping by. The Rites of Colour for Warlord No.258 "Raptor Astra" continues.

Cheers, Princeps Seniores Siph (10pts extra weapon)

Legio Astorum - Warlord Titan #4 - Work in Progress - Titan Base

Welcome back Titanseers, thanks for dropping by. I have continued progress with "Raptor Astra" Warlord Titan, in company with my other Warlords I use 6mm MDF to base them, bases are a personal choice of course but I think they bring more strength and stability to this massive model, strength as the base acts as a third side of a triangle strengthening the legs and stability as the pose is not reliant on the toes for balance, the feet are glued and screwed firmly to the base.

I start off by tracing around the model with a couple of plates, cut the shape out and sand the edges smooth. Once the position is finalised I trace around the feet so I know where not to glue the sand and gravel. I place debris and 

Once the debris is mapped out and rocks glued down, the PVA is put down and sand added. I then once dry use a sharp blade to score the footprints for better epoxy resin glue adhesion for the feet themselves.

Here is the completed and painted base, complete with a Malinax Knight arm ripped off the chassis! Down with the traitors! The Rites of Colour continue for "Raptor Astra" Warlord no.258

A useful link to the whole Titan Construction process can be found HERE.

Cheers, Princeps Siph.

Relictors Space Marine Chapter - Castraferrum Dreadnought #4

Hello Readers, Happy New Year! and thanks for dropping by. I am scheduling these posts again as I return overseas. This is the fourth of many Dreadnought reinforcements I bought from Goddenzilla at Kaiju Country blog. A basic Multi-Melta and Power Fist variety, attached to my 5th Company.

I tried out the new Relictors "Side Skull" decals again from Fallout Hobbies, liking these - it will be a slow burn to retro fit all the Battle Companies so far! But newer additions such as this get the suitable icons.

A worthy addition to any Space Marine force, that's 14 Dreadnoughts with 5th Company now... a little excessive haha, but only with 5 Dreadnoughts in 4th Company so more of these Goddenzilla reinforcements will go to 4th Company as it grows.

Cheers, Siph (5pts)