Dreadtober 2022 - End of Week 1 - Imperial Knight - Rites of Construction

Welcome back Dreadtober-teers, the first week done and dusted, a week undergoing the Rites of Construction and consecration for this noble war machine. I ordered a resin base a while ago.

This will be my eighteenth Imperial Knight, Sir Hekhtur the Chainbreaker riding Questoris Preceptor 'Canis 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 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.

I have got the armour plates ready for trimming and undercoating, these will be painted separately and attached to the endo-skeleton. They will mainly be silver so the endo-skeleton will be different from my usual drybrush Leadbelcher and be blacks and greys.

I have also made Sir Hekhtur on foot as the rules for Canis Rex have a chance for him to be on foot if the Knight is destroyed. I have also converted the internal seated version to be a dead Knight Scion in a future terrain piece or diorama.

Don't forget to check out all the other Dreadtober-teers and their progress, click on the picture in the sidebar or HERE.

Dreadtober 2022 - WeeMen Participating for the 7th Year!

Hello Dreadtober-teers! My favourite hobby event of the calendar year is back again for another instalment. This year is yet again being 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.

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, you can see the fruits of this labour in the picture at the end of this post below, a veteran of 6yrs with a sum of six Dreads and a Necron Construct!

This year I will be attempting something a little bigger, a Imperial Knight Preceptor, in the guise of Canis Rex, Chainbreaker! A long overdue model which I have had languishing in the hobby to-do pile for far too long. (I am scheduling these posts and starting mid-September to mid-October as I will be returning to work at sea before the end, so following winds and fair seas to all my Dreadtober-teers!)

This week I will be concentrating on the main build of the miniature, keeping the armour plates separate for ease of painting.

Wish us Dreadtober-teers luck and hobby goodness. Cheers, Siph

Genestealer Cult - Brood Brothers Heavy Weapons Team w/Lascannons

Hi All, thanks for dropping by. I recently saw some Astra Militarum, Imperial Guard on eBay which would fit in nicely with my Cult. I repainted them all except the fatigues which had a nice cookie camouflage in the same colours as my Kommando Khaki fatigues.

I thought some Lascannons would give my growing Cult some needed punch and anti-tank, and also a useful backfield camping squad. I love the idea of Brood Brothers being twisted brainwashed unfortunate Guardsmen now fighting for the Four Armed Emperor...

Team 1 - the red is Chaos Red washed Nuln and highlighted Evil Sunz Scarlet

Team 2 - obligatory pointing hand

Team 3 - fixed bayonets when a Lascannon just doesn't cut it...

And here you can see the eBay auction result and my repainting side-by-side. A lovely addition to the growing insurgency Cult.

Cheers, Siph (6pts)

The Knights of Ryza March! Centaur Knight Lancer - Complete!

Hello one and all! A few weeks of absence hopefully makes the heart grow fonder? maybe. I've been busy with a combination of work/stuff and also projects! Inlcuding this one that is now 'finished'.

This is a Knight Centaur Lancer, utilising several kits to produce these results. The Lancer is of course, the Forge World model, with the lower portion a 3D kit bought from a well known auction site. I believe it is by 'themakerscult' and it is a beautiful, glorious kit. The lancer shield is from Taro Model Maker, and the base was from a seller on Ebay.

The knight is from the house 'Dominus de Ryza' latin, for Lords of Ryza, the Knights are a supporting house for my Crucius Titans.

The kit was great to put together, you need a lot of patience to get the legs correct, (dry fit/try/try/test) as they the legs have several parts and need to line up correctly for the model to stand, I built the model with all the panels removed so that I could paint it in subsections - the armour, the weapons, the endoskeleton, shield.

The knight endoskeleton was painted black, then highlighted up with silver and greys. The armour was initially undercoated white, then I applied XV-88 to add depth. The armour was then sprayed with 5/6 coats of an Orange pearlescent colour. this was allowed to dry prior to each new coat. I then taped the model to then spray a matt black on to the armour panels to add contrast.

The spear was picked out with blue hues, to again add contrast to the orange/black I've also used blue as a spot colour for the wires across the model. Verdigris has been applied to all 'copper/bronze' areas to add a sense of age to the knight. The model had had LED's installed into the head, I am just waiting on a battery pack to then be able to get them lit- these are 2mm Orange LEDS.

I've also applied home made decals to the Knight, I used photoshop to create the heraldic symbol, utilising an image I found on google for the house symbol - a horse head with a partial cog around it.

I need to add the knight name to the shield banner, but this will be done once the other Knights are added to the house.

Thanks for stopping by! LH (20pts)

Genestealer Cult - Primus

Hello All, thanks for dropping by. Another Genestealer Cult addition, an HQ as I am yet to start with all the plethora of Characters that the Cult provides.

He is a nice addition, leaving the Magus to concentrate on frying minds! The inner lining to the leather jacket is red to fit in with the red and cream scheme of Hivefleet Kraken.

His Needle Pistol barrel snapped off so I replaced with some paperclip.

I've linked a few schemes from the Brood Brothers (Shoulder Armour) and the Genestealers (Chitin, Claws and alien flesh) so he fits right in the army.

Cheers, Siph (10pts)

Genestealer Cult - Brood Brother Heavy Weapons Squad - WIP

Hello All, thanks for dropping by. A random departure from what I was intending to paint, but oh well, paint when you want and enjoy it I say. Got an eBay rescue squad of Heavy Weapons in a similar scheme, even had same squad number as my original Brood Brothers Squad, however wrong shoulder and wrong shade of red armour - so repaint initiated!

As can be seen in the photo, I kept the fatigues, everything else was repainted and I even drilled the Lascannon barrel and added some basing material where it was thinning.

The camouflage fatigues were the only thing to stay, I repainted the armour and metals and base and everything really - but it was a good price for three Lascannon Teams and some Mortar Teams too.

Added a Cult Knife to the Brood Brother to make less Imperial Guard and more tainted. The shoulder flashes were given a new squad/company number from my foot troops and the other shoulder a cult insignia where there should be an Aquila.

A nice little addition to the insidious Cult, two more bases to go.

Whilst I was at it I looked in the Codex and saw that the Brood Brothers as well as a Heavy Weapons Team attached could have 2 special weapons, and my Original Squad only had a single Flamer, so I wrenched off this chaps arms and added a Flamer from my Bitz...

The scheme was easy to replicate

Sometimes you just have to paint what you want... not the to-do pile scheduled Custodes...

Cheers, Siph

Deathwatch WIP

 Afternoon All,

Work is getting in the way of a full post, thus here is a quick post of my current WIP for the Deathwatch force. These have had 3D printed shoulder pads added to add more character to the units. I've also had to hack some of the original guards out to allow the Deathwatch left pauldron. 

Thanks for popping by! LH

Imperial Knights - Vassal Knights of Legio Astorum - Knight Errant

Hello Readers, thanks for dropping by. I've added another Imperial Knight to my Vassal Knights of Legio Astorum, this one is Lady Natanya riding Questoris Errant "Gloria Fury". An Errant class Questoris chasis armed with Thermal Cannon, Reaper Chainsword and a Heavy Stubber. My first Vassal Knight Errant, the other two Errant's are a Freeblade (Gerantius) and a Custodes Indetured Knight.

The Vassal Knights of Legio Astorum have a blue and gold livery similar to their Legio Astorum Titans, an adapted scheme from the Terryn Knights scheme, the yellow head of the Titans is reflected in armour panels and head.

The right shoulder Pauldron has the personal heraldry of the Knight Scion, this one being Lady Natanya, who has risen up from the ranks of Armigers to pilot a Questoris. 

I add some slate chips to the bases of large models to add interest and some nice weight for better centre of gravity too. The reactor housing has the characteristic brass casing found on all my Knights and the rear shoulder Pauldrons display their allegiance to the Imperium.

That's now 18 Knights and Armigers... still have an entire box of Renegade to start and that Knight Preceptor 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 Taurus riding Questoris Gallant 'Carnivore'

Knight Scion: Lady Natanya riding Questoris Errant 'Gloria Fury'

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)