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18 Oct 2018

DreadTober 2018 - Relictors Ironclad Dreadnought - End of Week 2

Hi, thanks for dropping in and hello fellow DreadTober-teers, a small amount of progress was made despite me being busy this week with preparations for the Titan Owners Club (FB) Walk UK massive titan battle at the weekend. But now back and concentrating back on the smaller scale Dreadnought!

I managed to finish the claw arm, the green denotes 4th Company and will be dulled down when Matt sprayed, at the moment the 'Ard Coat varnish used to seal the transfer shows. I undercoated the Hunter Killer missiles and finished the head and smoke launchers. As you can see I basecoated and washed the Sarcophagus and mounted it on the stumpy legs - details and highlights yet to do.

The finished arm, rather pleased with the power claws subtle fade to dark using Nuln Oil over Kantor Blue and the lenses, I'll 'Ard Coat the lenses afterwards.

I also 'heat-stained' the Melta Gun, slightly richer irl, but basically silver-black-blue-purple-sepia using washes only, a simple effective tip for realism and interest.

Progressing well enough, no more Titan distractions will mean I can hopefuly get the majority done ths week coming. Cheers, Siph.

16 Oct 2018

Battle Photos - TOC Facebook Titan Muster - Tamworth UK

As promised, welcome back Titan Enginseers, these are the battle photos from the TOC (Facebook) Titan Muster held this weekend in Polesworth UK, near Tamworth, Birmingham. A decent central location and a great facility with kitchenette, air-con and ample parking and local shops for refreshment. Above is the set up - a smaller affair than the official TOC UK Walk earlier in the year, but a great day for it - I made a few new like-minded friends and got to hang out with buddies from the previous Walk. I'll leave it to TOC to do a better Battle-Report than me, I just had too much fun to remember all the goings on. The day was full of the shouts of "ENGINE KILL!" which made it all the better :)

The Battle Lines were drawn up, Lyden P's traitor Legio Fureans maniple of 7 Titans (!) held the centre.

The Loyalist line up, Knight Banners on each flank, Warlords in the centre. I was in direct support of the Warlords with my Legio Astorum Maniple.

The Fortress meant the Traitors concentrated their line up to our centre and right, making our left flank weapons out of range for the first turn... well played traitors...

We marked out the gaming area with masking tape and insisted players wore socks to avoid 'clown-feet' crushing resin!

Mid-game the right flank Knight Banners traded blows and Lord Halfpenny's Legio Crucius were 'Traitors for the Day' to balance the forces.

Col Hertford's Tempestus Warlord strayed to far forward to go hit something with it's fist! But fists on the Loyalist side was perhaps not the best idea, the Traitor Warlords armed with Belicosa Volcano Cannons vapourised several Warlords during the day - we recycled Titans back into play at the start of each turn.

The massive Maniple of Legio Fureans spoke very loudly when they opened up! The weight of all those Turbo Lasers and Volcano Cannons certainly was EPIC!

Probably my favourite shot of the day, Brothers lined up, the middle Astraman and my Astorum Reaver had identical armament even down to which arm was what... Drake Seta's Warlord and a Fureans Reaver made Honorum pay in the final turn... but only after Honorum had clocked a Warhound and a Reaver kill, so not bad for a day's hunting.

Legio Gryphonnicus and supporting Knights on the left flank close for the kill, the Castellan Knight actually scored a Warhound Kill! The Traitor forces were dominating the opening turns, but in the final turn the Loyalists closed the gap with two confirmed enemy Warlord Titan kills.

At the end of the day, the might of the traitors won through, but the mechanics and turn activation etc was the real winner, now we think we have a decent mechanic to make sure the games are speedy, involve more than two players at a time and are fairer (activating a single Maniple at a time sounded fair until you are faced with a Maniple of 7 titans containing 20 barrels of turbolaser!) lol.

Scores on the doors measured in Kill Point's was 158 to the Traitors and 136 to Loyalists (20 for Warlord, 12 for a Reaver, 8 for a Warhound, 2 for a Knight and 1 for an Armiger Warglaive), so just a Warlord kill in it really.

My nemesis this battle - wreaking revenge for Honorum killing it in June's Walk, he made sure my Warhounds Canis Bellum and Canis Praetor were deleted!

So, I did some maths out of curiosity:

FW Warlord Titans (not including foam unofficial) £1290 x 4 = £5160

FW Reaver Titans and weapons roughly £666 x 11 = £7326

FW Warhound Titans and weapons £376 x 16 = £6016

GW/FW Imperial Knights (Cerastus/Questoris/Castellan) roughly £100 x 28 = £2800

GW Armiger Warglaives £45 for two x 5 (10) = £225

Grand total present for this muster - give or take weapon options and Knight chassis = £21,527 !!

That's actually up £2,329 on the previous Walk UK with £19,198 and 7 Warlords... more Reavers and Warhounds this time.

An excellent day of 'big-toys' gaming! Brilliant atmosphere and a great bunch of dedicated hobbyist Titan Princeps! Thanks TOC and all who attended. Cheers, Siph.

15 Oct 2018

TOC Facebook Titan Muster - Line-Up - Tamworth UK

Welcome Titan Enginseers! Whilst TOC USA was having a blast at the Warhammer Citadel the UK TOC Facebook group arranged a Titan Muster over here for us Brits. Much WhatsApp vox chatter and gauntlets thrown and a few Armiger jokes (they ripped through two unsuspecting Titans last TItan Owners Club UK Walk in June) and we gathered for the battle.

Here are my Legio Astorum Maniple and Consort Imperial Knights ready. I'll post Battle Photos tomorrow, to keep this picture heavy post manageable, make sure you check back then...

Okay, the line up, left to right... House Terryn Knights, a non-GW now OOP Manufactorum Warlord Titan (unregistered but the player had some FW titans too, this was compressed foam and weighed less than a Warhound I reckon! from a time before FW offered Warlords) from Player Calgar; a nice Khorne Warhound; a WIP Legio Fureans Reaver from Player Jamie, and Player Calgar's registered official titans, a Lucius Warhound and Reaver at the back... not pictured are a Warhound and Reaver from Legio Gryphonnicus from Player Ollie.

...TOC Drake Seta's Legio Mortis Engines...

...Player Lyden P's Legio Fureans Maniple...

...TOC Col Hertford's Legio Tempestus Maniple...

...Player Siph's Legio Astorum Maniple and Knights...

...Player Lord Halfpenny's Legio Crucius Maniple and Knights...

...TOC(FB) King Fluff's Legio Astraman Maniple and Knights...

...and finally King Fluff's Legio Astraman Warlord with double fists - maybe not the best armament when facing two traitor Warlords with Guns!

Needless to say, it was a great day's gaming and a good venue in Polesworth Memorial Hall. Thanks to the TOC staff (Drake, King Fluff and Col Hertford) and all the visiting players, it was a great weekend.

Hope you enjoyed this taster, battle photos tomorrow... Cheers, Siph. (Dreadtober progress resumes...)

12 Oct 2018

"You wait 10 years for a Titan, and another comes along..". Legio Crucius - Warhound Titan 'Wolfshead'

Hi One and All,

So the real project over the last 2 weeks is about finished, Warhound 'Wolfshead' of the Legio Crucius. The model arrived with me on the 18th September, and we are here today on the 12th October with the model built, painted and with Decals added! (that sound is Siph falling down in shock)

The model is not complete as I need to add some details to the model, and will be adding the crew and some 'new eyes' that I hope to have soon..

The model has been pinned, and I've added bolt/screws to the arms to allow the option to change the weapon load outs. To hide the nut, I've added them into a 25mm base, which then has the should pauldron magnetised to the nut inside. I think this works well and doesn't distract from the original model.

I've gone for a similar scheme to the Reaver, with a few differences including the checker board scheme added to the leg armour and carapace. The Reaver and Warhoud both share the scheme of the back armour, with a solid black panel on the right, and a black/white striped scheme on the left. Both models also have some red armour, again to tie them together.

Ready for the next Titan Walk on the 13th October.. hopefully for some 'Engine Kills' honours

I've made custom Decals for the Legio symbol, the Titan Owners club Heraldry and the name and number of the titan.

Thanks for looking! LH

Link to other titan post is HERE. (50 painting points - Completed Warhound Titan)

8 Oct 2018

DreadTober 2018 - Relictors MKIV Ironclad Dreadnought - Week 1 Progress

Hello all and a special hello to fellow DreadTober-teers! So, end of week 1 and some progress has been made I am pleased to say. The ol' bag of resin was trimmed, washed and undercoated. Feel free to check out the DreadTober blog by clicking on the DreadTober 2018 picture in the sidebar >>>>

Here is where I got up to, I started to drybrush the metallics in first as this was messy, next will come the clean up. But opposite to my normal progression, I thought I'd start from the feet up...

The feet were glued in the correct position and angle to show the Dreadnought marching forward, then the glue and sand was applied, 24hrs drying, second sealing coat applied and another 24hrs then painting could start. I did the feet first, then the base so any over painting the mud can stay as dirt and sand build up. I chose a transfer from the FW Space Marine Sheet, denoting Assault - as this Ironclad is built for smashing fortifications and close range.

I added a few tufts from Gamers Grass and GW Middenland Tufts and some of my usual dyed flock. I embellished the gold details for interest and that's about it so far...

Here he is with his older Brother Ironclad "Mortis", a plastic GW Dreadnought, the feet and legs on the MKIV do look tiny, but once the sarcophagus is fitted the presence starts to grow.

Thanks for checking out my progress and continue well my fellow DreadTober-teers!

Cheers, Siph.

5 Oct 2018

Forge World Reaver Titan Complete - Astramos of the Legio Crucius Will Walk! (Picture Heavy)

Hi One and All,

Finally, Reaver Astramos will Walk. This God Engine is complete and with that my Reaver Titan project for now is finished. The model is done, with the exception being further marks for engine kills and honours. I have currently opted for a 'clean' look with no weathering, however I might return to add this later.

I have add all the links to previous posts at the end.

I've taken the pictures of Astramos on the battle board, it adds to the feel of the model. Pictured are all weapon options. The shoulders were built with a nut/bolt to allow for swapping the arm load outs.

Could this be the load out for the Tamworth battle next weekend?

A nod to the Titan Owners Club, I've made my own transfers for the model and this included the heraldry of the group.

Engine kills from the TOC Walk UK held at Milton Keynes this June, a Warlord and a Reaver tally. Could there be a few more additions soon?

The Gatling Blaster and Apocalypse Missile Launcher.

With Plasma Blastgun on the carapace

The Plasma Blastgun is from the Warhound Titan Arm and converted it so that it fits on the Apoc Missile Launcher base unit.

The carapace insignia from home-brew decals as FW didn't do Legio Crucius

The Power fist. As an UM Marneus Calgar fanboi, it was very tempting to go double fist with the Reaver...

All the Weapon options.

Some further details on the leg.

The number 'XI' is used as the Titan is Reaver No.11 from Forge World and registered at Titan Owners Club.

Oh, did I forget to mention I'd added LED's to the head?

Wow... what a project. That took a while. Really happy with the results, and its nice to look at something you created over time. I am glad I took the time with build, the planning. I think it paid off with the final look.

Thanks for the support with the project! LH

(100 points to the annual painting total!)

60 Points for the finished Reaver Titan including original 3 weapons
40 points for 4 additional weapons (10 each for Land Raider sized model)