Where's my head @?

Afternoon #WarhammerCommunity with quite a few big projects complete ordinarily I'd be doing a 'what's on my palette?' But that's been weeks and although I have done a few bits of painting on some random odd figures I haven't done very much. That's been for a few reasons. The weather has been atrocious and the thought of going to the shed in those conditions has filled me with dread. Throw in that the wet weather has swollen the wood, which has caused some weird ingress of water at the door. This has happened in the past, but never like this as you can see the water has not just permeated the wood, but spread into the plasterboard too. I'd had concerns before this, with the door sticking shut, but I thought I'd fixed them. I've since shaved back some of the inner door structure and put some more aluminium tape down on the sill to prevent water soaking into the wood. So far it's much dryer, but I can't tell if it's been fixed enough.

In the summer I'll look to strip the inside of the door down. As the water was pooling at the bottom of the inner frame I want to see if it was coming through the insulation or between the inside of the door frame and inner insulation frame. It should be straightforward but who knows what horrors are behind the teak inner panel. If the glasswool is compromised I'll replace it with some insulated foam. I've always seen the inner zig-zag supports on the outside of the door - acting as a thermal bridge. So I'll cover those with aluminium tape to try to reduce that conductivity. 

It's just such an attack on something that has served me so well. Throw in the new protective coating on the roof and the flooring I did in 2022 in my attempt to extend the life of the shed. As mentioned on it's 10th birthday, they estimate these sheds have a 15 year lifespan. I really need to make this last longer. If I can get it to 20 years I'll be overjoyed. Cripes I'll be 60 then! At the very worst it might one day need stripping out, reinsulating and boarding. But that will be a challenge with the new floor and the electrics now in place. But the structure is sound except for those tiny areas.

So I'll definitely be sanding it and repainting it in the summer to protect it. But all of that worry was another reason not to paint. I know I'll regret it down the line. I look at my Cerastus Knights, which still need to be finished building and priming, let alone painting. I've had them since September 2024 and the more I think about them the more I want them done. Then I think of the myriad other projects and wish they were complete also. Throw in the traditional post-Christmas malaise, and it could be mid to late January before my hobby mojo resurfaces! Although, maybe this is just a pre-Christmas malaise and I come back excited after the festivities. Who knows?

For now, I'll just do the little bits of hobby that keeps me ticking over and then when my enthusiasm returns those projects might be just progressed enough to be quick wins when I'm motivated enough.

#DreadTober Adeptus Titanicus - Warlord Titan 2 - WHITE BACKGROUND PICS ⚪

Afternoon #Warhammer Community it's the very last of #DreadTober2025 and my stretch goal Warlord showcase pictures on white background.

I think the side panels of yellow worked really well and that white cog on the blue weapon armour plate looks much cooler than the grey one I've already done. 

I wanted the access hatch to be yellow, but forgot to highlight the black edges. I'm not sure anyone will notice [or care] but I think that spot of yellow really helps break up the back. Although, I'm not convinced the silver skeleton was the best choice.

I can live with it but like I said in my previous post, enough is enough. I'm better off sticking to brassy bronze. I know it, I have the paints and I just think it looks better.

Even the bright gold is something I'm not 100% happy with. Mainly because it should be easy to do but I've somehow made it more difficult and not convinced it's as good as some of the easy tutorials I've seen online.

The sneaky Reaver kneepad on the left, versus the kneepad that has had its bottom trim cut off, maybe to help pose the model originally.

Plasma weaponry.

You can better see the additional blue glow effects I did on the coils at the back of the cannons.

And the opposite side too.

Trying to get a decent shot of the trophy Warhound head, painted in the style of Liam's Titans - he started it putting damaged grey and yellow heads and weapons on his bases.

The gatling options.

And perhaps a decent look at the Void Shield Generator glow effects. 

I did like trying different white heraldry patterns on the blue weapon armour.

Gryphonicus is predominantly grey and yellow, but blue was an original accent colour of the War Griffons.

I may have gone slightly overboard here, but I needed to add some extra blue to help reinforce it's part of the scheme, with my Reaver that has blue. And the added white patterns help reduce the overall density of blue on the model.

But I think I prefer the first one overall, although I really like the weapons on the second one.

Looking forward to getting to play with them at some point too.

Now, before I close this project for good I made one additional change after all the pictures. I added weathering powder to its feet.

No fixative, just brushed it on. A mix of both Rust Orange and Rust Red, to help match the Ferron Proxima colours.

It just felt too unnatural, the 'blue steel' next to the Red Planet BASE! 🔴 

And arguably it may have made the transition between feet and base almost seamless, I don't think that's a bad thing.

It really depends if you want the feet to stand separate from the base. I looked at adding it to my first Warlord but I thought it was less of an issue.

I definitely think it works much better from this view. Perhaps it creates a more realistic scale that this is a miniature of a giant machine.

And ultimately, if I wasn't happy, a wet paint brush could remove it in an instant!

Anyway, job done. Lets have a break and then we can see what's next...

Battle record - Star Wars Legion - 11/12/25

Afternoon and we're back at Otty's shed to finish off playing Star Wars Legion, Rebels V's Imperial and I have no recollection of how this game ended, but that's the point of these records - not the result but the experience.

I think the Dark Troopers did a 'valiant' effort to rout the rebels in the venga bus base so they could blow it up but couldn't quite do it.

I think the Imperials lost in the end.

So we started again! Making some changes to the forces, swapping Han Solo for Leia and swapping sides and missions. Again, I can't remember what happened but I know we had a lot of fun and will finish it off after the festive period.