Dreadtober 2025 - Week 3 - Armiger Warglaives COMPLETE

Hello Dreadtober-teers!

For those not in the know, Dreadtober is an annual event held over the month of October where hobbyists pledge to do a dreadnought-sized model from the to-do pile and get it finished, starting 1st Oct and hopefully completing 31st Oct (Halloween/All Hallows Eve) with lots of progress shots and encouragement along the way :) and I like to partake in Dreadtober, and have done for a few years, a veteran of now 9yrs with a sum of six Dreads, two Imperial Knights and a Necron Construct but now two more Armigers added to the tally!

The pair of Armiger Warglaives are now completed and I am making a Banner of Knight Armigers to take to the Titan Walk at the end of October, so a few days before Dreadtober finishes.

Here is the previous pair completed before Dreadtober, much the same as the initial three I have, but I swapped the arms around for the latest pair and used the Helverin armour without the crenellations or skull thigh motifs for some variation.

The new Armiger Warglaives to add to the pack, in AT28mm you can field a swarm of 9 of these mechanical beasties! No.7of9 has a dead Necron at the feet, as a 'Borg' tribute.

7 of 9 completed for this year's Titan Owners Club Main Walk event this weekend!

Next week I'll post a round-up of the Dreadtober over the years featuring all the pledges completed!

Cheers, Siph (20pts for 4 new Armigers)

Imperial Knights - Vassal Knights of Legio Astorum - Cerastus Knight Lancer #4

Here is the fourth and final of the Knight Lancers for my Cerastus Knight Lance of Legio Astorum. Vassal Knights are those bonded to a Forge World, not like a Household of Knights which may come from a world's noble class. These are seen on Forge World Lucius, where Legio Astorum hail from, as stalwart defenders of the Forge complexes. Rapid reaction forces and escorts to the valuable God Engines of the Legio.

This is Sir Alarbus riding Cerastus Knight Lancer 'Astra Fury', the more dynamic of the poses so far, the raised left leg is supported with a brass pin from the base to evenly distribute the weight.

I added some foil gauze to the foot cavity to add depth and detail. You can see the black pin drilled into the foot and base for stability and the rocks for weight to prevent the miniature tipping forward easily and help stop the base from warping shape over time.

The shock lance is magnetised at the elbow for ease of transport to Titan Owners Club events or battles at a mates house.

The Ion Gauntlet Shield sports the star map icons often found on Legio Astorum God Engines.

The completed Lance.

And that is Knight 25 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 Baron: Sir Idae riding Cerastus Lancer "Stellae Glory"

Knight Scion: Sir Sordhen riding Cerastus Lancer 'Ever-Stalwart'

Knight Scion: Sir Lewis riding Cerastus Lancer "Black Sun"

Knight Scion: Sir Alarbus riding Cerastus Lancer "Astra Fury"
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 - Vassal Knights of Legio Astorum - Cerastus Knight Lancer #3

Here is the third of the Knight Lancers for my Cerastus Knight Lance of Legio Astorum. Vassal Knights are those bonded to a Forge World, not like a Household of Knights which may come from a world's noble class. These are seen on Forge World Lucius, where Legio Astorum hail from, as stalwart defenders of the Forge complexes. Rapid reaction forces and escorts to the valuable God Engines of the Legio.

This is the Baron Knight which leads the Lance. Sir Idae of Cerastus Knight "Stellae Glory". Hence the more static pose, directing his Lance of Knights and closing for the kill if needed in the thick of it. His banner sports two Warlord Titan class kill markings - so not afraid of getting into the action! The Baron rank is denoted by the two white stripes on the carapace, he also sports a heraldic shield on the shoulder pauldron.

The other difference with this Knight is the quartered knee armour compared to the one piece on the other Knight Lancers.

The rear - a lovely colour on the reverse banner, Krieg Khaki, needs 3 thin (great)coats... 

The Ion Gauntlet Shield sports the star map icons often found on Legio Astorum God Engines.

Here is the first three Questoris Knight Lancers, just one left to go until I'll call the Lance complete. Baron Sir Idae riding Cerastus Lancer "Stellae Glory" leading from the front!

And that is Knight 24 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 Baron: Sir Idae riding Cerastus Lancer "Stellae Glory"

Knight Scion: Sir Sordhen riding Cerastus Lancer 'Ever-Stalwart'

Knight Scion: Sir Lewis riding Cerastus 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'

Have a Plastic and Resin filled Void Safe New Year!

Cheers, Siph (20pts)

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)

Dreadtober 2024 - Pledge Complete - Imperial Knights - Cerastus Knight Lancer

Hello Dreadtober-teers and Readers all, thanks for dropping by. I have completed my #Dreadtober2024 pledge in the form of a Vassal Knight of Legio Astorum, a Cerastus Knight Lancer, resin kit from Forgeworld. This will be the first of three (others plastic kit from GW) to make up a Banner of Knights when we do Titan Walks at Titan Owners Club, using AT28mm rules.

The Lancer is astride a tactical rock like all good Knight Senschal's should be. I think the more static pose of one of the plastic Knights will make the Senschal of this Banner, but for now - this is the solo Knight. Sir Sordhen riding Cerastus Knight Lancer "Ever-Stalwart".

I did a rather understated muted blue glow of the Shock Lance and Ion Shield, but I think they look quite good so I am quite happy with the effect I achieved through dry brushing.

The en-guard pose, shield up and lance at ready I am quite please with.

The remenants of an enemy Knight Questoris lay at the Lancer's feet. House Malinax is missing a Knight...

Tacticool Rock for the Win!

Here you can see the guard pose I wanted to achieve, the Knight Helmet doesn't give the best field of view for the sensor optics, I'm sure there are more optics somewhere!

A close up of the Ion Shield

And magnetised for safer transport to Titan Owners Club events!

And that is Knight 21 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 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'

Dreadtober is an annual event held over the month of October where hobbyists pledge to do a dreadnought-sized model from the to-do pile and get it finished, starting 1st Oct and completing 31st Oct (Halloween/All Hallows Eve) with lots of progress shots and encouragement along the way :) and I like to partake in Dreadtober, and have done for a few years, check out the link in the sidebar >>>>

Cheers, and great work to all the Dreadtober-teers this year, thanks for the inspiration and the Dreads! And not forgetting it was run by Marc (Old School Gaming) so a massive thanks to him for keeping the hobby event alive for another year! And thanks to the founder Greggles, and Joe B and Todd (Sincain40K) and Joel (Mordian7th) for their contributions through the years too. See you next year Dreadtober-teers and next week for a recap of now Seven years Dreadtober!

Cheers, Siph (20pts)

Imperial Knights - Vassal Knights of Legio Astorum - Armiger Warglaive #3

Hello All, thanks for dropping by. Hot on the heels of last week's Imperial Knight Paladin, the bonus Armiger I bought with it was also completed in my Vassal Knights of Legio Astorum scheme. Meet Armiger Squire - Knave Erasmus riding Warglaive 'Cowards Bane'.

A mighty Thermal Spear, Melta Gun and an Armiger Chain Cleaver these nimble Knight Squires accompany the larger Knights, scouting for enemies and are quite effective in close combat too.

The Chain-Cleaver, a smaller derivative of the Reaper Chainsword of the Questoris Knights, but mighty compared to an Astartes Chainsword!

I added the accent colours of brass mirroring the Questoris schemes.

The Thermal Spear is a mighty Multi-Melta type weapon, easily melting armoured vehicles and heavy troops to molten slag. I added heat staining to both the Thermal Spear and Melta Gun barrels.

And now I have three Armiger Warglaives mirroring the three Armiger Helverins I also have. That makes 21 Knights in all so far... and I still have that box of Renegade to start and another Questoris Knight to complete...

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 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 (5pts)

Imperial Knights - Vassal Knights of Legio Astorum - Questoris Paladin #3

Hello Readers and welcome. I have another Imperial Knight this week for my Vassal Knights of Legio Astorum, to accompany my Titans in battle. This week it is a Questoris Knight Paladin.

This is scheduled whilst I am away so unable to participate in Dreadtober, where last year I did a Imperial Knight Preceptor! Check out the progress of this year's participants at the link in sidebar.

The head is one I haven't used yet on my extensive Imperial Knights army so far, I quite like it and the yellows were a base of Trooper White from DRPA, followed by Citadel Casandora Yellow which settled in the recesses, with two thin coats ;) of Forge World Sigsmund Yellow Clear, the best Astorum yellow out there! 

This was a cheap eBay purchase, I liked the pose, a different take on the usual monopose legs all knights have, and a decent half-price when you include a bonus Armiger Warglaive, quite the bargain.

I added Legio Astorum decals from Forge World, sadly OOP (why FW, why? A sheet now costs in excess of £100 from scalpers)... 

The reverse Pauldrons denote their allegiance to the Imperium. I added brass in the usual spots and around the reactor core, green power cables etc. These cues link all my Knights.

And topped the Paladin off with carapace Missile Pod or Icarus Array, magnetised.

That's now 20 Knights and Armigers... and I still have that box of Renegade to start and another Questoris Knight to complete...

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 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 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)