Adeptus Titanicus - Titans in Manufactorum - TO DONE!

Afternoon #WarHamFam and #WarhammerCommunity I've been #PaintingWarhammer #AdeptusTitanicus. And here we go, years in the making and they're done! Finally.

The amazing thing is I want to paint some more, although I am 100% convinced I would still take 2 or more years painting them as well! 😂

As I've mentioned they're not quite what I was going for with the mottled pattern. And yet I absolutely love them and that's why I think another starter set would be awesome.

Although a Warlord would also be cool, but I think I just love robots. Haven't even played the game so I'm struggling to justify getting more.

I mean he looks really cool

When you see the white pics you'll get a closer look at his decals. I overpainted his in the correct colours, though it was a bit of a nightmare which is why I left the Warhounds white. Also, you get to see the other weapon options.

The plasma isn't my best, I tried a different technique with Nihilakh Oxide

I also did the bronze differently on muzzle, mainly with washes.

But I really like it and might try that again on something in the future.

I'm less convinced on the actual barrels of the guns. They seem a bit uninspired  but they'll do for now.

I love the las weapons and the green eyes. 

The more I look at them the more I want to add to the force.

Just look at the red glass, not the best I've done but I love it anyway!

And here they all are alongside my already finished Cerastus Knight Lancer. I've got the other Lancer on the go and will be tickling away at him here and there.

And with that a GREAT Big RUSTY Stamp of Approval. Although it probably deserves much more than that!

Adeptus Titanicus - Titans in Manufactorum - Last of the Greys

Afternoon #WarHamFam and #WarhammerCommunity I've been #PaintingWarhammer #AdeptusTitanicus. It was May last year when I last posted on these, there was just something about the grey that meant given any opportunity they were easier to overlook.

Ultimately I finished a lot of other things instead, but I've had them for perhaps more than two years so really they need finishing. 

Luckily I was able to approximate the grey on the left to the one on the right that I'd already got close to completion.

The thing is quite often a project has 'it's time'. The moment when you say 'yep, these are getting done now'. So I'm fully motivated to complete them.

And not just the Warhound, the Reaver too, which felt like even more of a chore, given the extra leg and toe plates.

Now it's not perfect and it's certainly been a much more convoluted and time consuming process than I envisaged, but I'm beginning to like the results even if they're not quite what I was expecting.

I'm thinking if I was to get some more I'd want a bit more blue on them as it feels overwhelmingly grey at the moment.

The yellow alone feels not enough to break up the colour palette. Of course there are weapons to add too and they have a few splashes of colour, with the las-blasters and plasma weaponry but I'd enjoy adding some more on the carapace and enhancing the use of yellow too.

It's worth remembering I had delayed painting these because I was missing the Legio Gryphonicus decals. Liam had them prior to lockdown [another reason it took so long to get them].

I added a bunch of other decals on the back of the Warhound.

And the sides - I used some old Imperial Fist decals to get the perfect red circle, filled it with yellow and then added the War Griffon decal on top. A small amount of wash to dull it down. I did find out there were higher detailed Forgeworld decals available for £10 but then realised I've enough plain white ones for my entire future maniple so why spend any more money on them?

Adeptus Titanicus - Cerastus Knight Lancer - Big Build TO DONE!

Afternoon #WarHamFam and #WarhammerCommunity I've quite a lot of content to try and fit into the blog, not specifically hobby, a few more #MESBG Battle Reports because we had a weekend of gaming at Otty's. Liam brought his finished titans for Adeptus Titanicus to have a practice game [see picture below]. In so doing he also got me a second Cerastus Knight Lancer as you can only take them in lances of 2, so I needed a second. So I built this fella up.

I also had a small vent that I'd press moulded in Milliput that I glued onto the base, it's slightly distorted shape perfect because a giant robot just stood on it! 

Don't know when I'll fit painting it into my schedule but wanted it logged before the end of the season and when I get to it I'll finish off my War Griffons.

 I think this is my last Great Big Big Build BLESSED VERDIGRIS Stamp of Approval for the Season. I have another finished item to add, but that will have to wait until after my review and I've had chance to write the blogpost and then we can get onto new badges!

 

Adeptus Titanicus - Titans in Manufactorum - Lighter Greys

Afternoon #warmongers and #warhammercommunity I've been #paintingwarhammer #AdeptusTitanicus. With the Aberrants out of the way I'm looking at some of my WiPs and thinking what to do. Well that Deathwing Land Raider Redeemer is bottom of the list for sure. The Macragge Tactical Squad and Ravenwing Talonmaster are only just begun so lets ignore them too. So it must be back to the Reaver titan. 

So I tried applying some Stonewall Grey. I thinned it with some Instar Water+, hoping that would prevent the complete break-up of pigment I been experiencing previously. I even used one of my bullet tipped rubber clay moulding tools to try and get the dimpled effect on the armour.

Firstly I tried it mixed with Skavenblight Dinge, you can see the lighter spots on the back [left] leg.

I just wasn't convinced though. The fade between colours wasn't there and it just wasn't feeling right to me.

I even went back to the other side of the carapace and tried to scrub out a lot of what I'd done :(

And then in comparison to my [almost completed] Warhound I discover I went much lighter on my spots/grey. I think at this point I tried to make Lahmian Medium/Stonewall Grey glaze to try and lighten the Reaver's leg. It wasn't quite there.

I'd also attempted a little of the Skavenblight Dinge/Stonewall Grey mix spots on the second Warhound.

But you can see if it's to match the original most of that will be covered up. It felt altogether frustrating.

This was not what I was hoping for. When you take into account these were all pre-shaded and light and I've effectively darkened them all and now need to redo all that light grey that was there after the priming stage!

Very frustrating. So, this did actually kill my momentum. My mojo was in the bin and I could not think of anything to do next.

I'd been so productive I'm left with very early days WiPs or, dun, dun, durrrrr! The Dark Angels Deathwing Land Raider Redeemer... 😨