Legio Astorum Warhound Titan "Canis Irae" No.4562 from Forge World - WIP

Welcome Titanseers and all, thanks for dropping by. After completing Canis Secondus another titan second hand sale caught my eye and as Warhound No. 4562 wasn't registered on Titan Owners Club, I was pleased to 'bring it into the family'.  Firstly I reconstructed the legs after trimming down the base from a large round to my characteristic smaller interlocking circles. I believe a base makes a strong and stable addition, making the legs and base a strong triangle to prevent splaying, or tipping over at Titan Walk events. 

I repainted the shin guards and added the Titan's names to the scrollwork, "Canis Irae", or low gothic "Hound of Fury", befits a scout titan.

The previous owner had some cool airbrush work, so in my usual style I like to preserve something of the previous ownership to honour the Machine Spirit - so I re-did the trim and added the Legio Astorum star maps over the airbrush work, Legio Astorum use star maps to record the titan's history and previous campaigns.

Here you can see the addition I made to the base, with chain-link fence and a dragon's tooth tank trap under the toes. The Titan will be attached to the base via a large screw up through the base in the centre of the rubble and the base of the fence. The toes will be glued to the rubble and the screws laced with JB Weld for a strong bond. The leg joins were all drilled and pinned as I don't know what glue the previous owner had used, and I re-attached all the toes with JB Weld and pins. I also pinned the feet into the lower leg to prevent any breaks in the ball socket.

Here you can see the leg being glued to the hips, held in place with clamps whilst the JB Weld sets.

So far, I have completed the base and legs, and Drake-Seta at Battle Bunnies Blog supplied and designed another Banner for my Hounds. Thanks mate! Loving the progress so far, a unique Warhound amongst my own six... now seven, which poses me with a problem - keep all seven or sell one to stay at 2x Squadron of 3? Nice problem to have...

Cheers, Princeps Seniores Siph