Adeptus Titanicus - Questoris and Cerastus Knights in Manufactorum pt. 1 and 2

Afternoon #Warhammer Community I've been #PaintingWarhammer on my Adeptus Titanicus Knights. I've been base-coating the Cerastus Atrapos. Adding the silver and I really liked the dark red, part of me thinking the first red highlights on the left had spoiled the grimdark essence I'd achieved so far.

The yellows had been shaded and toned too. I had hoped the yellow shins and toes [I don't usually paint the knights toes] would look cool like my Reaver Titan did. 

The Questoris are painted to match my own 40k scale Knights. With Euronymous, Lady Pettorini and Ser Ellenbogen. The 4th Knight was painted up as Lord Grevan Raven, current Princeps of House Raven, Iron Duke of Kolossi.

I mean technically these are an offshoot of House Raven so Lord Grevan Raven wouldn't be in this group but it was the only Warden in one of my old Codex that I thought would be fun to replicate in mini-miniature.

And a fair few highlights later. Positives - the chevrons have come out really great, as have the tiny House Raven symbols. Negatives - I'm not convinced about the yellow feet and shins. I've lost a lot of the yellow because my chevrons were thicker than I expected them to be. Although, that thickness made them work so well ⚖. 

I'm also not convinced about the white cog on top of the shins. Maybe it should have been black, or kept silver like the one on the right. It's just odd looking...

Well at least I'm happy with the gunmetal skeleton. It was pretty much just a wash with a very slight drybrush. Arguably easier to achieve than my brassy/bronze. A few bits of gold here and there for definition and variety.

The Questoris, Euronymous [the green one] had limited progress as I was focusing on the red ones. I've been able to match my 40k scale knights. My freehand felt so much more effective than usual. I mean it's far from perfect but at this scale it looks really good.

I even decided to freehand the cog symbols on the shoulders. I have some decals that may have been the correct size but it felt like a faff to gloss varnish, decal, varnish again and shade. Not to mention the cogs would need to be cut and didn't contain skulls. Easier to just hand paint the five symbols, especially as I was already freehanding the black and white crenelated edges.

There's an honesty in freehanding that even if it's imperfect it's admirable because of its imperfections - you had a go and that should be lauded. Decals have their place too, but combine them both in the same space and I think the perfection of the decals undermine the effort of the freehand, because it highlights how imperfect it is. So, freehand the lot and then I get to bask in the cute factor! Teeny, tiny, ickle Knights