Adeptus Titanicus - Questoris and Cerastus Knights in Manufactorum - WHITE BACKGROUND PICS ⚪

Afternoon #Warhammer Community I've been #PaintingWarhammer on my Adeptus Titanicus Questoris and Cerastus Knights. First the Cerastus Atrapos.

I usually prefer the red background pics but I do like them on white here.

It helps bring out all the extra glow FX,

The green and orange glows look really vibrant.

And I'm really pleased how they've come out

I still might not be convinced of the 'snow-capped' white bits on the shin guards, but the simple conversion on the gun is a triumph.

Alongside one of my 'test' Lancers to check I was getting things consistent.

And the Questoris

The are SOOO cute!

The House Raven Lance

Epic scale alongside their 40k big brother/sister.

Epic scale alongside their 40k big brother/sister.

Epic scale alongside their 40k big brother/sister.

Adeptus Titanicus - Questoris and Cerastus Knights in Manufactorum - TO DONE! 🔴

Afternoon #Warhammer Community I've been #PaintingWarhammer and I've finished my Adeptus Titanicus Questoris and Cerastus Knights. First the Cerastus Atrapos. As worried as I was about losing my dark red the rich red I achieved makes them look like juicy apples. Yes, I also picked out the rivets, with only a couple of blotches.

I'm still not convinced about the white tops to the yellow shins, although some Strong Tone wash helped weather them in a bit. This was a bit of a test and it's made me re-think if I would do the same on my Castigator...

I've not done any battle damage. There are so many details already it felt like adding battle damage and sponging would overwhelm the models. With too much going sometimes I think it's hard to parse what you're actually looking at in such a small model.

I didn't really explain, but I did a simple conversion on the Graviton Singularity Cannon. I cut the nub off the end and split the four quarters so I could splay them out. 

I then put a pin in the centre, to replace the nub and create a focus point similar to the Forgeworld version. This could represent the 'singularity'  firing mode.

While the closed version is the 'contained' mode that is non-hazardous

Worth noting the yellow stripe on the red toes. Again, I don't usually paint their feet but this is something I hope to do on my Castigator and this was also test.

As subtle as it is, I really like it and I'm looking forward to doing the bigger models eventually.

And the Questoris, which are SOOO cute. See what I mean about detail? 

It's overwhelming already. Thankfully it also hides a multitude of sins as putting a marking here or there distracts from the most basic of highlights on the red and black.

Euronymous got brought up to speed too. His badge was simplified for the scale, or gain it would have been indecipherable at such a small size.

The rocket pods felt like a weak spot as I just did basic highlights on the black. Perhaps a gunmetal drybrush might have been more appropriate? But the orange warheads turned out better than I thought they would in the end. 

Here's the full set, plus a Lancer I was using for reference. I think there is a subtle difference in red but the Atrapos in particular were built on a different Forgeworld so I suspect a slight variation in paint formulas... I can fluff-justify anything.

It's worth remembering when Liam brought forth 4 Questoris and I deleted them in one shot. So I'm not convinced I will find a use to deploy 4 of them.

The Atrapos possibly, but the main reason for painting them was to actually have some to go with my battle force. And so I could recreate their 40k counterparts.

And two Great Big Chrome Stamps of Approval. FYI, according to my spreadsheet these are all 40 and 50mm bases. 6 x 2pts each for 12 hobby points. This brings me up to 53 points for the season so far.

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