But I managed to finally get everything done. Once again a structured check list, made of tiny post-it notes is a handy way to list what tasks are outstanding.
It can be too hard to have all that needs to be done just rattling around in your head. And, with lots to do, where it can be overwhelming, you're able to have bitesize tasks to help breakdown the enormity, which helps make it manageable.
Especially when you have multiple weapon options, which can be fiddly and tiresome. It never seems to end and often those options require different colour schemes. For instance, the torn off Warhound head in the power claw, or tweaking the heat bloom on the gatling weapons.
Even the plasma, which had come airbrushed had been tweaked to match how I do blue plasma, with added highlights.
Even the back of the weapons had some additional blue glow added, but I had to try and match what was in the main plasma coils, without using and airbrush! And the green glow of the eye lenses.
The las weapons also needed red glass effects and gloss varnish.
And lets not forget all the battle damage I had to add. I mean it's not hard to do now, some sponging, plus some additional brush strokes. Followed by some sepia washes to age the damage.
I mean this Titan is battered, maybe too much. The size of the damage would be huge in real life, but then I thought a lot of the weapons firing at these are big too. Using your small arms fire on this towering machine is pretty redundant.
And if a big gun fails to do physical damage it may well do superficial marking of it's armour at the least. So I don't feel it's over the top or excessive, but I accept it looks like it has gone through a few battles.
And alongside it's brother. It is amazing how much height the base and pose adds to the size compared to the 'braced' Warlord..
At this point I am thinking he reminds me a bit of Eric Morecambe:
Maybe there's some lore to be created on that...
And alongside the Reavers. Again I'm not sure the yellow legs have worked as well as the Reaver on the right. Maybe the silver toes weren't enough to sell it... So will I still try it on one of my Cerastus nights? Time will tell, but I have definitely decided not to paint them with silver sub-structures. This was an exercise I've explored and I think I'm just better off with the brassy bronze.
A Great Big Chrome Stamps of Approval and a Great Big Minor Chrome Stamp of Approval for the additional weapons [although maybe worth a normal stamp rather than a Minor...?] FYI, according to my spreadsheet this is worth 18 points. 10pts for the Titan and its normal compliment of weapons. Then I did 8 additional weapons, which I treated as 1 point each [25mm bases]. I'm not sure how representative this feels because the Titan took a fair bit more effort than the extra weapons. Although, I'm well aware of just how draining extra options can be. I think it's best not to dwell too much on the details, that's what put me off this system originally. So, this brings me up to 83 points for the season so far.
