Showing posts with label titans. Show all posts
Showing posts with label titans. Show all posts

Wednesday 29 March 2023

Adeptus Titanicus - Titans in Manufactorum - Cerastus Knight Lancer - TO DONE!

Afternoon #WarHamFam and #WarhammerCommunity I've been #paintingwarhammer #AdeptusTitanics on my second Cerastus Knight Lancer. Here's both red and white background pics.


I went a bit more OTT with the #BlessedVerdigris this time.


I absolutely love the pose and I'm so surprised I was able to make it look different to the first one I made.


They make a nice duo and I'm surprised how varied they look.




Some close ups, you can see the verdigris in much more detail. The yellow is a bit more vibrant than the first Cerastus.


But I wanted him to stand out a bit more.


Purity seal parchment is always a bit hit and miss with me, I never quite feel I've done a good job, but this one's OK.




Cog decals on the shoulders. The previous Cerastus did not feature the standard black half of the shoulder pads of a House Raven colour scheme, so I had to feature it here.


Freehand attempt on the heraldry badge and a random number decal - because numbers!


Freehand of the House Raven icon badge. I managed to shade the vent a bit - sufficient to make it stand out from the rest of the base.


Two Lancers together.


I keep thinking about the starter set which would give me another two of these. I think that would be pretty awesome but I'm holding off for now, new 40k incoming...


And with that a GREAT Big RUSTY Stamp of Approval

Monday 27 March 2023

Adeptus Titanicus - Titans in Manufactorum - Cerastus Knight Lancer

Afternoon #WarHamFam and #WarhammerCommunity I've been #paintingwarhammer #AdeptusTitanics on my second Cerastus Knight Lancer. This had been built in August 2022 and I saw it as something of a palette cleanser


Base colours and the patterning are in place, metallics mostly finished off. Massive purity seal, which would obviously get stuck in the lance mechanism - which is why it's there!


The brassy bronze needs to be toned down a bit but the blessed verdigris will also help here.


Much more yellow and black stripes on this one


The press moulded vent on the floor isn't standing out particularly well so I need to find a way to make it more evident.


Lots of glow FX still to do, highlights and weathering.


Finished soon...

Thursday 25 August 2022

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!
 


Wednesday 24 February 2021

Adeptus Titanicus - Titans in Manufactorum - Cerastus Knight Lancer TO DONE!

Afternoon #warmongers and #warhammercommunity I've been #paintingwarhammer #AdeptusTitanics on my Cerastus Knight Lancer. Apologies, it would appear I haven't really recorded any progress on this since April last year. It seems unfair to dump a finished model out of nowhere, but here we are.


The Lancer had got to a stage where I'd done all the metal work, the base [obviously] and the red had been shaded.


So, all that was left was highlight the red, any battle damage, weather the bronze, glow FX and all the markings...


Because I wanted it to match the full scale Lancer I already have.


I'm guessing its a common urge to recreate in miniature, your bigiature.


At some point I'll therefore be compelled to paint up 3 Questoris Knights, 2 as sHouse Raven and one as my Freeblade Euronymous.


I was not especially looking forward to all the markings, freehanding the Raven symbol seemed ridiculous - but a black triangle with yellow halo and lightning wasn't too hard.


The lightning was really easy in fact, it was putting the cogs on the halo that was dodgy, it was so small my fixes work [for a distance].


And here's a 360 spin






The white cog symbol on the black half of his left shin is actually a decal, cut in half.


 

 

So, is this not the cutest little model ever?


Or is it this? Just think, the Cerastus Knight of today is as tall as a Reaver Titan of yesteryear. Amazing and sad in equal measures.


For reasons I can't explain, this I gets me my Great Big Granite Stamp of Approval - TO DONE! Rather than a 'Minor', dunno why that is, but that's what fits in my head.


Friday 17 April 2020

Adeptus Titanicus - Titans in Manufactorum - Base colours

Afternoon #warmongers and I am #paintingwarhammer #AdeptusTitanicus. I've done all the metallic highlights and got to a point where I wanted the armour panels on. Typically I'm not sure if that's premature and I'll suffer for adding them too soon.


Washes needed to be added to the metals, but the edging on the armour panels need a bit of highlighting too before that gets to be done.


Now as Legio Gryphonnicus I should be doing these yellow and grey but I do always start with orange. This is the Instar paints IV-17 - a replica of the Macharius Solar Orange Foundation paint. Now the colour matching is looks bob on, it is a great comparison to my original. 


However, straight out of the pot the coverage is nowhere near the same, but that might be because it's not quite mixed thoroughly. I really need to get a stirrer in there to see if there is thicker paint at the bottom. I bought a 50ml pot which was a little extreme, I should have gone with 20ml and got a load of other sample pots to try the range - experience for next time.


The Reaver has not had it's armour plates glued on just yet but it's progressed at the same pace. On the one hand this is going to be a huge success at the end but right now it's a little overwhelming. I'd focused on the Titans for a while but thankfully it helped me return to my Deathwing Knights.


With all the highlights to do on the Terminators I'd been put off and switched to these, now it's time to switch back.


But, when the Deathwing are done I need to get all these metals up to scratch, then shaded so I can focus on the fun of the armour plates... oh and all the weapons. It's weird because with so few figures in a Titan army I was deluding myself into seeing this project like a Warhammer Underworlds Warband, but with 2 Warhounds, Reaver, Knight AND all the weapon options I should have seen it more like painting a 40k Imperial Titan. Or at least it's been as big as doing both my Armigers! Mistakes about the task at hand were made, still we'll get them done in the end.