'nids part 373 - Leviathan bone highlights 2 and chitin

Afternoon #Warhammer Community I've been #PaintingWarhammer on my Leviathan Tyranids. I know progress has seemed slow recently but I had been concurrently working on some of the Leviathan Tyranids while I was doing my Norn Emissary. The Neuro Tyrant in particular benefitted from exploring pale pink fleshy bits. But I found the teal striations on the chitin challenging, hence why I stopped part way through.

However, the Neurolids were much easier to push through and a second set of highlights and some glow effect on the brain and they're almost done. 

One thing I've noticed about these newer 'nids is the subtly difference in scale makes them look ideal for proxy Tyranid Adeptus Titanicus models. I think both these 'neuro' creatures would be awesome.

I managed to finish all the striations and the last highlight of the bone.

Red fleshy bits also got their highlights. Still some black highlights to do, second turquoise and glow FX, but almost done!

Almost the same for the Winged Prime.

All the reds are done, just black highlights, second turquoise and a few bits and bobs.

With those close to completion I pushed on with Barbgaunts.

These have so much detail crammed into such a relatively small model. They'd be great as some kind of artillery beast in Adeptus Titanicus, or verging on Legion Imperialis territory.

It can feel slightly overwhelming, especially as I've got five more to do from the Combat Patrol magazine. 

But the worst is behind me on these five and doubling up on them is more a stretch goal than a necessity.

It would be nice to have ten as part on my AoP display, but that also includes 20 Termagaunts and possibly the ten Neurogaunts as well.

I'm pretty certain those 30 models may yet take me to breaking point so five more of these might be too much...

Not to mention these little beggars!

Again, all the detail from the previous Lictor, just in a model 33% smaller!

And again I've another 3 of them to build up. We'll have to see if I can include them in the display.

But these would also make great Adeptus Titanicus models - Imperial Knight equivalents

And a spare Lictor knocking around. 

As these have got bigger figures now, alongside my previous Deathleaper and Lictor these may even be better suited as Von Ryan's Leapers now!

But I'm committed to these models at the moment so I'm just pleased to be productive and not too overwhelmed by the challenge.

Battle report Adeptus Titanicus 4

Afternoon #Warhammer Community I've been #PlayingWarhammer and yet another sort of non-battle report but still Adeptus Titanicus. But I think you can tell things have all gone a bit Red Planet BASE! 🔴 I had been reluctant to bring my Realm of Battle board to the shed for a few reasons:

1. It's not my shed - it's not but Otty said he was happy about it.
2. I didn't think there was room to store it - It managed to tuck behind another RoB bag, in the middle of the table
3. I hoped I may use it at home - who am I kidding? And if I did I still have my laminated battle mats and this deserves to be used rather than sit in the bag until AoP once a year!
4. I've been 'burnt' before leaving stuff at someone else's house - unlikely to happen now.

So, alongside the board, the new MDF terrain and Ferron Fire Firs I think we made a much more interesting board. Liam had been mighty busy and added not one but two Warlords to his legio! He'd seen a pair for sale and asked if I wanted to go halves. Then we'd both found better deals on single auctions but this one was still going and he got a sweet deal on it. It included 4 Questoris Knights and loads of plastic terrain, which he also painted super quick, but they still look awesome.

Anyway, I can't recall what the missions were but we did not use my Legio specific rules. 

Liam castled up at the back - a beautiful firing position and the deployment was a shallow diagonal, which meant I had a lot of ground to cover to get to the titans.

My Cerastus got halfway up the board for the paltry price of half their numbers. I think initially it looked like all of them had gone but I think there was some technicality that kept two alive. The Reaver kept pace somewhat.  

We had started to use the reactor rules correctly at this stage. Liam had pushed his reactor into the orange and suffered 3 wounds to his titan, this was the damage role - so he suffered no damage whatsoever.

The dangers of pushing your reactor suddenly hit home and I realised I'd casually put my own Reaver into the orange by running up the board to close the distance.

Unfortunately I was less lucky, as although I suffered only 1 wound the damage was severe [although I can't recall how. I think at this point our old friend Jay turned up with his two sons. 

As time went on Liam and I co-opted them to roll the dice on our behalf. What followed was a classic example of all Liam's proxy rolls achieving exactly what he needed and all my proxy rolls failing. The gleeful success of one brother over the embarrassed failings of another - I've been there but it was all good fun. Despite it all I was closing in on Liam's trio and so close that if I blew I could take one, two or even all three Warlords with me!

My Lancer got in, and I'm not sure he managed to do any damage. My Reaver swung, punched the Warlord who was spun to the side, but somehow managed to use that momentum to backhand my Reaver with its own Powerfist, spinning me 90°.

To make matters worse it suffered catastrophic damage and was 'laid low'. It stumbled away towards the board edge and effectively fell out of sight with no fanfare. What could have been a glorious meltdown, taking the traitors with it, or stumbling in any other direction toward the enemy and doing damage to them was not to be!

I think at this point we called it.

We'd had a fun days gaming and we'd got better at the rules. I don't know how I'll ever take down 3 Warlords, but we're getting there and enjoying the game.

As an aside the next shed night I added some of Liam's terrain, both the quick painted plastic ones and his own modular MDF design to see how they looked.

And it just goes to show that wildly different terrain schemes can work in harmony with each other. Those grey buildings look perfectly at home on the red board and I suspect vice-versa. 

As I've said before, real world architecture is not all colour coordinated. So 40k/30k doesn't have to be.

Terrain is everything - Adeptus Titanicus Ruins MDF kit - WHITE BACKGROUND PICS ⚪

Afternoon #Warhammer Community I've been #PaintingWarhammer MDF ruins for Adeptus Titanicus created by Nook and Noggin. Here are the pics on a white background, for those that prefer it.

Although the red background pics are better for my own context this does go some way to showing how it may look on Otty's grey board. Obviously this is much lighter but even so.

And actually I like how it stands out. This is not the first time my insane choice of Red Planet BASE! 🔴 has looked cool on pale 'boards'.

If I get some more I may consider adding additional detail strips and increasing the amount of Blessed Verdigris 🗽.

Although I am pleasantly surprised how the floor and wall markings add to the look of the interior.

Not to mention the simple cream drybrushing and then thinned burnt umber splodged on and then dabbed with a paper towel to give a mottled effect.

I think a little more detail could have been added to the original laser etched cracks.

They're very simple and not 'crack' like. Although that may make them quicker to etch. 

I obviously went a little overboard trying emphasise them and make them look more like structural damage than a single etched line alone.

I'm still dubious about the crenelated rooftop. 

It's just a little too chunky. I think it would have worked better on a 40k terrain piece than an Epic ruin.

But we live and learn.

Not sure if there's anything else to add, please just enjoy the remaining pics.