Legio Astorum - Reaver Titan No. 009 - New Acquisition

Hello Titanseers, May the Fourth be with you ;)

Thanks for dropping by. I came across for sale, after a recommendation from a buddy, an ancient relic Titan, Brother Engine of "Honorum" Reaver No.10, and Lord TITANium's Reaver No.11, this new acquisition is Reaver Titan No. 009! So, I thought I'd put in a bid and it was enroute a journey north so I was able to pick it up in person and give it a once over and talk to the seller, lovely chap - once I told the story of Reaver 10 and 11, I think he was glad to part with it to me and knew it was going to have a good life battling in Titan Owners Club Titan Walks! A fresh lease of hobby life! Seen above disassembled for re-posing, re-arming and repainting. Magnets in the shoulders to enable swapping out between Close Combat weapons (Fist or Chainfist) and ranged weapons. 

Image from Games Workshop

I will be painting this in the scheme of a Brother Engine of "Honorum" from the Siege of Vraks Part Two book from Forge World, the Astorum Battlegroup of Reavers and Warhounds included "Honorum" and "Astor Tyrannis", this will mean flame stencil work like the previous Reaver "Aquila Occulus" and some chequered shoulder plates. It will be interesting how this matches against blogger buddy Zzzzzz at DevosIV Blog is going to have his same "Astor Tyrannis" scheme too, commissioned by my mate Eyecon74 (over at IG).

I basecoated the blue field and edged Night Lords blue in recess as I always do for blue panels. I started the chequered work using a plain sheet of vinyl stencil cut into 1cm squares. 

Then sprayed Demonic Yellow from Army Painter

Then removed the vinyl patchwork, and need to tidy up the overspray and seepage

Here is the first coat of gold trim applied and chequers tidied up on the lower shoulder plate. A coat of Skulker Yellow from DRPA paints was applied to the yellow and a glaze of Sigsmund Yellow Clear to give my distinctive Astorum Yellow. One more glaze is required and another Gold trim edge coat.

And another coat of gold to smooth it and Reikland Fleshshade wash. Then some detailing on the metal work and the shoulders are done.

A lot of work, but I hope to have this and another Reaver Engine come together, one built and requiring repaint from it's Defensor scheme to another Brother Engine of "Honorum", in the scheme of "Acaeduus Prime" also of Vraks fame, and this one - work in conjunction towards a Corsair Maniple I can use at Titan Walks! Reaver Titans are my favourite class of Battle Engine - it's about time I had a few more ;)

Cheers, Siph

Deathwatch - Characters - WIP

Hello All!

Just a quick WIP of some Deathwatch Characters that I'm working on after the completion of the Jump Pack Captain.

These 3 have had the Deathwatch Shoulder Pauldron added to make them as part of the Watch force, with similar schemes as per my normal recipe. Hopefully can get more of these done in the coming weeks.

Ultramarine Captain of the deathwatch

Deathwatch Captain

Space Wolves Captain

Cheers, LH

WIP - Walking Cathedral

Hello one and all!

This week has been spent mostly with the printers, with me working on getting a couple of prints complete. I wanted to show a couple of pics of one of the bigger kits! Long OOP by any official sources.

This one is the 'Walking Cathedral' aka the Imperator Titan, that I am doing for a fellow ToC member. It's slowly coming together, and potentially I am thinking I might need to do a second one for me!

These are done on my Elegoo Saturn 3 Ultra, using Elegoo resin, and chitubox.

Thanks for stopping by! LH

WIP - Deathwatch Captain with Jump Pack

Hello all,

This weeks offering is a couple of WIP pics of my Deathwatch Captain, with Jump pack. This model has been magnetised to allow hot swap of all the weapons on the sprue, and head options. Moreover, there is a 3D printed smoke stack, rather than the silly flimsy flying bases.

The model has had the same scheme as per my Deathwatch, with the jump pack having additional flashes of red to the vents. There is also an addition of a Primaris Relictor Helmet to the base.. what happened to the marine in question is a mystery.

Thanks for stopping by. LH

WIP Friday - Deathwatch

 Hi All,

A quick WIP post, I'm currently working on a Deathwatach Lieutenant, as well as built together a second one that I've printed myself. The Lieutenant has had the power weapon switched with a spare Necron weapon, akin to those used on other Deathwatch members.

 

The printed Lieutenant is armed with blades and a combi-weapon.

 Thanks for swinging by! LH 

WIP - Deathwatch Assault Marines and Jump Captain

Hello!

Quick post, just some little WIP shots of some of my assault Deathwatch, and Jump Pack Captain. These guys have self printed smoke stacks, I'm not using the silly flimsy clear flying stands - these are slightly higher, but not too much to be called 'gamey' :)

Normal Deathwatch scheme, hopefully can get these done in the next week!

Cheers! LH

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 - 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 - Weapon Arms

Hello Titanseers and all, welcome and thanks for dropping by. I have been busy updating the excellent paint scheme on my fourth Warlord to better match my own Maniple colours as well as preserve the excellent job Alan G did on his Titan. I hopefully have accomplished that with the update to the blues which have been repainted to match my Astorum Blue (Kantor Blue) and the golds have been warmed up with a stipple of Vallejo Brass (my gold) and a wash of Reikland Fleshshade.

The above image shows from top to bottom: Updated new Belicosa, Warlord 104's Belicosa, Updated Sunfury Plasma Annihilator and my original Sunfury.

The original new scheme, I have just repainted a quarter to match the existing ones on Dominus Victoria and removed a few of the decals as there is a little too many for my taste. Plus the blue overpainting to darken the blue.

More work was applied to the Sunfury, with a quarter scheme to match my own, and an extensive repaint of the details on the metals and the main noticeable change of the Plasma Magnetic Coils to match my blue power coils and the power cables now green, a common theme across my Titans and Knights.

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

And finally, as this was a small update, I thought I would share the edited photo of Reaver Aquila Oculus, made by my mate Lee Marshall, (the Forge of Mars on YT). Thanks Mate!

The Rites of Colour continues, cheers. Princeps Siph

Legio Crucius - WIP Warhound #3 - including 3D printed weapons

Hello one and all,

This week I've started working on my 3rd (of 4) Warhounds, potentially with the long term plan to run 2 squadrons of 3 Warhounds at Titan Owner Club Walks.

The main part of the build is complete, with the skeleton of the titan done, pinned and secured together. I've opted for a static pose. The pelvis/torso has had magnets added. I've added pins to all the leg joins to support the Titan, as well as the head - as I've had one or two issues with the first two resulting in the head falling off due to transit.

The weapons for the Hound is exciting! I've printed options for the Titan, with the Volkite Eradicator and Ursus Claw for some serious close firepower. I will have the same load out for Warhound 4. These have been printed using my Anycubic Phantom, the Claw as several parts with the additions of supports for the print. I am really happy with how these look, hopefully more progress soon!

I've also worked on options for a Conversion Beamer and Warhound Melta Cannon, below is the Conversion Beamer. I've used 2 different files, and then spliced them up to allow the construction of it. Pretty happy with it!

Thanks for stopping by! LH

WIP - Primaris Desolator Marines

 Desolators.. the great Marmite of the Primaris range.. love them, hate them.. they definitely split the camps.

For me, I was't keen. They reminded me of the t-shirt launchers seen at events, and also sdome versions of the Nerf guns.. Thus a change was needed.

I had a plan the moment I saw them, and have now completed the squad of 10 - however I thought I'd see what feedback is of them.

I've used the heavy bolter from the HH heavy set, with the main gun removed. The missile pods have been modified either by bending in two for the 4 rocket version, or shorted for the serg launcher, or cut in two and reset for the 2 launcher version.I'll post a 'how to soon' based on feedback..

These are for my Deathwatch force, and have various 3D shoulder pads added.

Serg

 

Krak

Frag

Thanks for looking! C&C welcomed! LH

Lord TITANium - WIP updates - Deathwatch and Adeptus Titanicus

Hello all, here is a quick WIP update - load on at the moment!

Deathwatch

Further progress on my Deathwatch force, with more Primaris and Firstborn marines, I've built 3 Eliminators with the Las Fusil, the plan is to also utilise some Reivers with the spare sniper rifles.

I've also built a few Primaris Marines utilising some 3D printed bodies - These are all going to be from the Dark Angels chapters, potentially as a DW honour guard for the Lion..

Further Vets and Terminators to the Deathwatch squad - these are all done as per the DW scheme I've used before.

Adeptus Titanicus

I've started building my AT force, currently I've got 3 Warhounds, 2 Reavers and a Warbringer under construction.. currently reviewing what magnets I need for all the weapon options!

Cheers for stopping by! LH