Imperial Knights - Cerastus Twins in manufactorum pt3. - Base - TO DONE!

Afternoon #WarHamFam and #WarhammerCommunity I've been #PaintingWarhammer on my Imperial Knight Cerastus Castigator and Acheron. Having done the Red Planet BASE! 🔴 on the Adeptus Titanicus models it made sense to do my Cerastus twins.

They're far from being high on my TO DO LIST. I expect to be working on them some time in November or December. But the bases and legs have been primed for a while now.

Seeing them unpainted was a constant annoyance. Not least because the last update on the Cerastus Knights was exactly a year ago! I considered getting extra hobby points for projects long on the hobby table finally getting finished. But I had no idea this had slipped so far down my list that it's over a year old. If it's that easy to be delayed then I shouldn't get extra credit for it.

Goodness help me when I finally get back to my Sammael conversion!

Obviously there are still some additional bits to pick out on both these bases - skulls, pipes, debris and other details but they're mostly TO DONE!

The Castigator also has had its torso 'lock and key' attachment done. It's snapped off already so I'm not sure about if I need to pin it for reinforcement. Certain other elements need doing too, not to mention priming both torsos, carapaces and armour panels.

 

Interesting height differences compared to my Lancer.

And two Great Big Chrome 'BASE' Stamps of Approval.

Adeptus Titanicus - Titans in Manufactorum - Base - TO DONE!

Afternoon #Warhammer Community I've been #PaintingWarhammer. First up is getting my Adeptus Titanicus Warlord Titan ready for #DreadTober so I decided to do some basing all in one go. Going to have to be brave as I will be doing its skeleton in silver.

But the Questoris are bronze, to match my 40k scale knights.

As well as the base I got some of the metallics done too.

The Atropos are silver, just to emphasise how different they are, and to get to grips with doing the silver.

I do like how grimy these are. It's going to be weird adding more detail and highlights to them when they feel almost finished.

The Machine Spirits (artificial intelligences) of the Knight-Atrapos are said to carry with them a cold and all-destroying hunger, and for the Scion who bonds with them, madness is a constant risk. 

And I don't know why, but I do like my Great Big Chrome 'BASE' Stamps of Approval.

Adeptus Titanicus - Titans in Manufactorum - Big Build & Base - TO DONE!

Afternoon #Warhammer Community I've been #BuildingWarhammer. First up is getting my Adeptus Titanicus Warlord Titan ready for #DreadTober. This came second-hand built, but I've been deconstructing it to magnetise and fix some of the butchery that took place by whoever built it initially. Luckily a lot of superglue was used, so I can snap bits off. But that then makes it harder to put bits back in the right place unless I also use superglue.

Four Questoris Knights. Again, mostly built already, but I had to fix the weapons. I had wanted all Thermal Cannons or Battle Cannons, but had to use what came in the box. It doesn't really have to be WYSIWYG, I'm never going to a competition and even I did Questoris Knights would not be in the list. I was missing the carapace missiles, but proxied some Devastator missile pouches as launchers which I think look quite cool.

A couple of Cerastus Knight Atrapos. Had some fun trying to repose them, definitely would have worked better as Lancers but I think they're quite cool considering how they're not geared for kitbashing.

Remember when I was missing Goblin Town Goblin? Well I found him, and now I need to paint him up, which is slightly inconvenient now the rest are all done!

And the first of my Great Big Chrome 'BIG BUILD' Stamps of Approval.

Battle record - a lot of Orc hunters on Wargs Vs Hill tribes #MESBG - 11/09/25

I've been #PlayingWarhammer with another game of MESBG. Liam was working so it was Otty, Ben and myself in the Hobby/Otty shed. It's amazing how quickly I can forget what happened in a game, which is why I don't do reports anymore. All I can recall is that Otty's first two turns were pretty good, and Ben almost threw in the towel then and there. But somehow it all unravelled for Otty. Ben, despite his early losses, managed to have weight of numbers in scoring objectives. This meant Otty lost the main objective. Then, by the end of the game the dice rolling was so bad between the both of them, it was liking they were hitting each other with pool noodles! Ben would take the victory and I only remembered to take our selfie when we got into the car. Even so, a lot of fun and more experience for their trip to their next midweek MESBG tournament.

#ArmiesOnParade2025 muster

Afternoon #Warhammer Community I've been #PaintingWarhammer and having finished the last of my Leviathan box set I was in the position to visit my local Warhammer store in Liverpool to share my efforts. This year there are some double sided medallions that stores are giving out. I think it's at their discretion and the Liverpool store is wanting their entrants to bring their armies in advance of parade day to secure the medal.

I think perhaps its a way to add content to their social feed and build anticipation for Parade day, or days in their case. Liverpool will be hosting Youngbloods one weekend, Team the next, then Armies without a base and finally Armies on Terrain the last one.

In truth I may not have a lot of terrain on my board, but I don't parade without one. I've seen a lot of great hobby shared on their WiP Wednesday posts recently. I suspect the competition will be quite fierce this year, there have been strong scratch built boards in previous years.

But, I've said many times the competition is not what interests me. It is about parading my hobby efforts and this time around everything will be new to the parade. Or, in the case of my Warriors, have been newly repainted. So, although the Warriors have been on display before they've never been in-store in their current finish.

As far as I recall anyway. Some bits were in my 2021 online entry, but nothing Tyranid has ever been in Liverpool, Wigan, or Manchester even [unless my Genestealers in the Genestealer Cult/Deathwatch Parade counts?]

Anyway, I'm really happy with my efforts. Not too much to fill the board, although this is a bigger area than I'll have on Parade Day.

But enough models to be interesting and some room for my Tyranid VSG. It was a shame I couldn't get the Kill team Typhon terrain. It's available directly from GW now, for £42.50 but I just couldn't justify that price for what you get. Not when there are quite a few 3D printed capillary tower sets available where you get more terrain for much less cost.

Sadly not legit to go in the Parade but something that may well grace our games eventually. Until then I will happily receive my 'participation' medal. I mean this thing is awesome. With a medal like this I just don't understand why there needs to be a competition.

I can't imagine anything more fitting than if the day was just come, parade your army and then everyone walks away with one of these. Calling each army's owner up to accept their medal to a round of applause. Of course if I finally walk away with a bronze medal I won't be complaining. But I'd trade that gap in my collection to have this one hobby event purely about participation rather than competition. Regardless, bring on 1st November for Armies on terrain Parade Day. Although, they're moving store on 20th September so that will be exciting too!

Battle record - Middle Ents Vs Eagles #MESBG - 04/09/25

I've been #PlayingWarhammer with another game of MESBG. Ben was working so it was Otty, Liam and myself in the Hobby/Otty shed. Otty has been facing the Great Eagles recently and found the experience thoroughly traumatic. In an attempt to even the playing field they face off against the Ents of Fangorn. There were some hilarious moments, coupled with shocking dice roles, some divisive decision making, forgotten rules and a mission that was always going to be challenging for the slow and steady treemen facing the fast and feathered Eagles. Otty has a dislike of good armies fighting each other, but we played it as the Eagles were trying to roost in the Ents so they were coming to blows. Add in they were fighting over a buried treasure, which I suggested the Eagles thought was an egg and the Ents thought was an acorn. Just a bit of fun really.