#DreadTober Adeptus Titanicus - Warhound Titans - Some shade

Afternoon #WarhammerCommunity it's the fourth of #DreadTober2026 and I've been #PaintingWarhammer and this is a quick update of some progress this last week. I actually have done a lot more than this since I took these pics. basically this is just the sepia/soft tone wash on the metallics and thinned Basilicanum Grey Contrast on the grey areas.

It's worth noting though that the grey primer I used on the armour plates is borderline gloss, rather than matt or even satin. Therefore adding water to the contrast paint makes it almost hydrophobic - pooling and not settling as it should.

Luckily contrast is rather sticky in its undiluted form so I would blob on some more paint to get the coverage and then use a paper towel to wick away the excess while still tinting the underlying grey. Or I would scrunch and dab, which would create a mottled pattern to the shading. And I would run my finger across any corners, which would make them almost 100% highlighted by removing all the contrast paint on the edge.

I also added the heraldry stripes on the blue carapace. Once again using masking tape and then pencilling the edges. Rather than just eyeballing it. So although it might technically be perfect it looks like the lines converge a bit. 

I'll have a further update on Monday. But I did have a really weird decision making event where I though decals should be the next thing to do - before any highlights! It would definitely obscure the concerns I had with the chevrons and I thought I'd then only have to highlight around the decals. So I glossed some panels started adding decals and then promptly decided that was enough and I should really do some highlights. You'll see next week...