1980s Titans x 6
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Legiocustodes
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Yeah ; I found my iron warriors were a pretty emotional experience when I did their bloody armour trim!
Legiocustodes
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I was wrong....the blacking out of armour trim is not the most tedious activity in the world...the subsequent re-trimming with multiple shades of gold is even worse.
In light of that I've now reached the part of my titan project where instead of batch painting all six at once I will now proceed with one model at a time before moving onto the next. Otherwise having to do five layers of gold on the banding of six individual titans will probably induce suicide!!!
Anyway here is my progress today on one of the warlords....
For those of you who work on a budget you'll notice from the picture above that the average thumbnail does make a cheap, but remarkably 'handy' palette for mixing paints!!
In light of that I've now reached the part of my titan project where instead of batch painting all six at once I will now proceed with one model at a time before moving onto the next. Otherwise having to do five layers of gold on the banding of six individual titans will probably induce suicide!!!
Anyway here is my progress today on one of the warlords....
For those of you who work on a budget you'll notice from the picture above that the average thumbnail does make a cheap, but remarkably 'handy' palette for mixing paints!!
Asslessman
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It looks good so rest assured.
Having painted a lot of CSM myself I agree it is an absolute painin the butt to paint those armour trims, it's actually the reason why I opted for a monochrome paintscheme on my new renegades
On bigger models like titans I think I would have painted the trims before (I tend to work on metals first because they're always messier) to leave the bog blocks for after but it's just personnal taste here. They're lookig really better and better, a really enjoyable WIP I have to say.
Having painted a lot of CSM myself I agree it is an absolute painin the butt to paint those armour trims, it's actually the reason why I opted for a monochrome paintscheme on my new renegades
On bigger models like titans I think I would have painted the trims before (I tend to work on metals first because they're always messier) to leave the bog blocks for after but it's just personnal taste here. They're lookig really better and better, a really enjoyable WIP I have to say.
Legiocustodes
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Cheers guys. I'm cracking on with the others now. This banding is driving me nuts !!
Legiocustodes
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Well not a long one today; it has been my last day of leave so I have invested a few hours in trying to get as much of these models done as possible. Currently I have finished the gold trim on the body of the two remaining Warlords and additionally one of the Warhounds; I've also done the eyes, cabling, etc of these models. I literally can't wait to field these beasts on the battlefield...
Legiocustodes
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I was thinking about it....but they're so expensive!!!! 
Legiocustodes
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Titan bodies complete...at last!!
Evening all... I realised that I had been neglecting you with my Titan updates recently; so here's a quick one on where they are at present....
At last the main bodies of all six Titans are complete (including that bloody gold banding); it's been a slog, but worth it....
Next I'll be moving onto the individual weapons for these mighty war machines...so if anyone knows some awesome combinations then please feel free to let me know. I'd be interested to hear anyone's guidance on what works well on these machines (with reference to second edition 1991 rules obviously)....
Evening all... I realised that I had been neglecting you with my Titan updates recently; so here's a quick one on where they are at present....
At last the main bodies of all six Titans are complete (including that bloody gold banding); it's been a slog, but worth it....
Next I'll be moving onto the individual weapons for these mighty war machines...so if anyone knows some awesome combinations then please feel free to let me know. I'd be interested to hear anyone's guidance on what works well on these machines (with reference to second edition 1991 rules obviously)....
Thantsants
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These are looking fab - my lonely singleton is still in his Dettol bath...
You're setting the bar pretty high there!
You're setting the bar pretty high there!
Legiocustodes
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Many thanks guys... I just love painting these beasts; they're the sort of models you just can't put down!!!
theottovonbismark
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They look cool.
In Space Marine I used to run with warlords with 4 x Barrage missile launchers and replace the head with the big cannon, but then that's just a nasty powergamer combo.
4 x Defence lasers are pretty good to have. Plasma blastguns for the warhounds work well as far as I recall. In general I think it is better to have the weapons focused to killing 1 kind of thing, anti-titan, anti-vehicle or anti-infantry. This generally means you double (or quadruple up) a single weapon.
Having said that these days I am more likely to just pick whatever weapons are glued onto the model, it is more characterful (and like the background) and definitely more fun that way for your opponent.
In Space Marine I used to run with warlords with 4 x Barrage missile launchers and replace the head with the big cannon, but then that's just a nasty powergamer combo.
4 x Defence lasers are pretty good to have. Plasma blastguns for the warhounds work well as far as I recall. In general I think it is better to have the weapons focused to killing 1 kind of thing, anti-titan, anti-vehicle or anti-infantry. This generally means you double (or quadruple up) a single weapon.
Having said that these days I am more likely to just pick whatever weapons are glued onto the model, it is more characterful (and like the background) and definitely more fun that way for your opponent.
Legiocustodes
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Cheers for the tips; I'll choose my weaponry wisely!!
Legiocustodes
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I haven't posted about the Titans that I'm painting for Oldhammer Day 2014 for a couple of weeks so I thought I would knock up a quick post in order to share their progress.
The aforementioned progress has unfortunately been pretty slow of late due to other commitments so I've not done as much as would like... That being said I am happy with the results so far. Currently I have two Warlords complete (except for back banners) and two Warhounds ready to rock.
I didn't like the spare hole on the carapace of the Warlords and so I paid through the nose for some carapace mounted defence lasers from a trader on EBay. They look pretty cool; hide the unsightly gap and might be of some use in the game...so money well spent!!
Here is Warlord number one; with a vast assortment of anti-armour/anti-titan weapons bristling from every extremity. As you can see I've gone for classic 90s bright colours; and have tried to limit my palette to predominantly red, yellow and black.
This Warlord is a bit more anti-infantry in nature; he also has the Legio Titanicus symbol painted free hand on his left greave.
The first Warhound is equipped with a turbo laser and Vulcan mega-bolter (note the spent shell casings littering the base). I also hand painted a titan symbol on his carapace....
The second warhound wields a glowing plasma blaster coupled with a turbo laser....
Again I gave him the Titanicus symbol; this time it is emblazoned proudly on the greave of his leg...
These are the only God-Engines that I've completed for now; so those of you who've been following my progress will notice that I'm still outstanding a Reaver and Warlord Titan. These models are still in progress and I'm hoping I'll finish them in the not too distant future.
Here is a final group shot to finish off for today...
The aforementioned progress has unfortunately been pretty slow of late due to other commitments so I've not done as much as would like... That being said I am happy with the results so far. Currently I have two Warlords complete (except for back banners) and two Warhounds ready to rock.
I didn't like the spare hole on the carapace of the Warlords and so I paid through the nose for some carapace mounted defence lasers from a trader on EBay. They look pretty cool; hide the unsightly gap and might be of some use in the game...so money well spent!!
Here is Warlord number one; with a vast assortment of anti-armour/anti-titan weapons bristling from every extremity. As you can see I've gone for classic 90s bright colours; and have tried to limit my palette to predominantly red, yellow and black.
This Warlord is a bit more anti-infantry in nature; he also has the Legio Titanicus symbol painted free hand on his left greave.
The first Warhound is equipped with a turbo laser and Vulcan mega-bolter (note the spent shell casings littering the base). I also hand painted a titan symbol on his carapace....
The second warhound wields a glowing plasma blaster coupled with a turbo laser....
Again I gave him the Titanicus symbol; this time it is emblazoned proudly on the greave of his leg...
These are the only God-Engines that I've completed for now; so those of you who've been following my progress will notice that I'm still outstanding a Reaver and Warlord Titan. These models are still in progress and I'm hoping I'll finish them in the not too distant future.
Here is a final group shot to finish off for today...