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Hello again Dakka!

I’ve once again decided to start a new project log (I really should stick to one project at a time! ). This time I will be concentrating on, as you can probably tell from the title, that Hallowed Brotherhood, the Cult of the Omnissiah, yes that’s right, The Adeptus Mechanicus *Appause*

Recently re-inspired by a spate of awesome project logs that I managed to discover again, I have taken it upon myself to expand the ideas that I started in “Explorator Maniple 111010 - An Ad Mech Necromunda thread” into a full army

For your pleasure, here are the blogs I have found most influential. Of course, no AdMech list of cool could start anywhere other than with the man himself, The Hoff and his awesomeness:

- The Hoff’s AdMech and Part II

Swiftly followed by the Polish maestro, Hortwerth, who I believe later went on to sculpt Micro Art Studios’ Iron Brotherhood:

- Hortwerth’s AdMech

The rest are all awesome as well (no offence intended to the owners of these logs intended, most of you would probably agree e two above are AdMech greats!):

- The Damned Artificer’s AdMech
- Cerebralerebus’ AdMech
- Apologist’s AdMech
- Hellbrandt Grimm’s Warlord Titan
- The Damned Artificer’s Reaver scratch-build
- SDKFZ’s Reaver scratch build
- Bigdaddy’s Knight Titan Household
- CommissarKhaine’s Knight Titan

And, special mention of course to Dave Taylor, who may have been one of the first to realise the AdMech into army form (afaik).

Now the list is out of the way (seriously, it may be a mammoth task but each and every one of those links is worth at least a look ) I can start talking about my stuff.

As I said before I started with the AdMech a couple of years ago in the from of a Necromunda gang. Here are a few pics [Apologies to those who’ve already seen these from my ‘munda blog]:











That’s where I finished off last time in terms of painting. This time I’ve decided to jump in at the deep end and build a Knight Titan! I originally intended it to be a Paladin, but looking at the stockiness of the legs I feel I may have to make it a Warden ad get some thinner pipe for the Paldin.





And that’s where I am now. Hopefully I should have some more work done over the weekend. In terms of my vision for the Skitarii and AdMech in general, I will most likely make the Hypaspists out of DKK Grenadiers (suitably ‘teched’ up of couse). The painting will be dark and brooding and hopefully I can pull off a few crazy conversions!

That’s it for now, I’m off for a cup of tea after that mammoth post, hopefully some of you read it all!!

Vitruvian

Awesome!
what was the base model for the top guy? I love that shredded robe!

Thanks Grundz!

Thats FWs Inquisitor Soloman Lok with the Titan Tech priests weapon and servo-arm, the other servo is from the FW DKK Quartermasters med-servitor (the 4th pic) and the cherub is from the quarteraster himself.

Nice start, and good to see those old AdMech models again, loved those!

As for the model: consider what size you want it to be in the end. Mine is 25cm/10". Bigdaddy's model is a tad smaller IIRC. Your model looks like it would end up about 18cm/7" tall. I'm not saying which size is better, just that you need to balance the leg size against the rest of the model. To give you an idea: my knight's legs are about 3x a 28mm IG; there' a few scale shots in the thread btw. Since your knight's legs are about 2x the size of a mini, your model will either be 2/3 of mine or very stocky in build. Will yours be Mars or Lucius Pattern? Looking at the legs I'm inclined to say Mars, but detailing can go a long way, and the body and shoulders will matter a lot there.

A quick note: I'd advice against straws since paint flakes off real easy, even after varnishing.

Cheers Khaine!

Thanks for the advice on the straws, will look into changing/ coating in PVA!

I subscribe to the school that says it should be smaller than a Warhound by a fair bit. I was aiming for around 6" or7", hence why it will look stocky Bearing in mind FW has pretty much already made an Knight (the Ork Mega-Dread, which is around 6".

As for pattern, curvy Lucius Dont have the skillz to pull of full Mars so a hybrid is the order of the day

Looking very good so far, and thanks for linking to my projects in your list

It is had not to get inspired when you look at the Hoff's work, he is my first inspiration, and the whole reason I started my AdMech in the first place.

I'll be following your log to see what you end up with of goodies

Deus Mechanicus.

Thankyou tda! Of course yours would be on the list, so awesome! Btw, how do you manage to latch onto AdMech blogs so quickly??

And yes, The Hoff is a real master I wonder how many AdMech armies he inspired?

Made a bit more progress on the Knight, a bit of GS on the gaps and started on knee-guards and trime for the legs. Pics when there's pic-worthy progress!

Cheers for looking,

Vitruvian

Great work Vit! Love those mechanicus figures... wow! They just "feel" right...

Thanks Gits! Nice to see you here. Thats about as good a complient as i could hope for

Vitruvian XVII wrote:Thankyou tda! Of course yours would be on the list, so awesome! Btw, how do you manage to latch onto AdMech blogs so quickly??

And yes, The Hoff is a real master I wonder how many AdMech armies he inspired?

Made a bit more progress on the Knight, a bit of GS on the gaps and started on knee-guards and trime for the legs. Pics when there's pic-worthy progress!

Cheers for looking,

Vitruvian

I have developed a keen eye for tracking down fellow followers of the mighty Omnissiah Hehehe.
I think that all the armies/blogs on your list is somewhat influenced in some way by the Hoff's work, and I think we can consider us self the next generation in AdMech players/modellers and he is from the first generation (and still one of the greatest)

Yep great Start to another wonderful admec army!

Thanks for the linking and your comments on my plog. Glad I played a small part in getting you back into the ad mech driving seat.

You have of course already mentioned the plogs that inspired me to create a plog (my heart was on mechanicus before I even came accross the mechancicus underworld on the net).

You stuff looks highly promising though, I particularly like the Solomon Lok conversion. I've got him kicking around for much the same reason, but seeing yours I might just dig him out again.

You painting skills are great also. I really like the grubby, oily industrial look to your models.

Keep it up.

Have you looked at the Rackham Dirz stuff? Great for Ad Mech possibly a little on the dark side but there you go. Any idea how your planning to do the Skitarii and Praetorians my instincts say wargames Factorys Greatcoats would be the way to go but I'm sure you've got your own ideas.

This is going to be good. I hope you can get us a Tutorial if the Knight works out... which I'm almost positive it will.

the damned artificer wrote:I have developed a keen eye for tracking down fellow followers of the mighty Omnissiah Hehehe.
I think that all the armies/blogs on your list is somewhat influenced in some way by the Hoff's work, and I think we can consider us self the next generation in AdMech players/modellers and he is from the first generation (and still one of the greatest)

Lol Definitely! Id be happy to be even 3rd gen tbh

neil101 wrote:Yep great Start to another wonderful admec army!

Thankyou!

Cerebralerebus wrote:Thanks for the linking and your comments on my plog. Glad I played a small part in getting you back into the ad mech driving seat.

You have of course already mentioned the plogs that inspired me to create a plog (my heart was on mechanicus before I even came accross the mechancicus underworld on the net).

You stuff looks highly promising though, I particularly like the Solomon Lok conversion. I've got him kicking around for much the same reason, but seeing yours I might just dig him out again.

You painting skills are great also. I really like the grubby, oily industrial look to your models.

Keep it up.

Thankyou! I hope i didnt miss an particularly good links? Its quite alright, anyone would be hard pressed to not start AdMech after seeing your craziness!! Lok is indeed a nice model,doest have many =I= on him either. Pics on your blog if you do please! Thankyou, not a fan of bright armies, GRIMDARK is the only way

Llamahead wrote:Have you looked at the Rackham Dirz stuff? Great for Ad Mech possibly a little on the dark side but there you go. Any idea how your planning to do the Skitarii and Praetorians my instincts say wargames Factorys Greatcoats would be the way to go but I'm sure you've got your own ideas.

Ive seen the Dirz stuff before, very nice but seems a bit too biological/steampunk for my tastes. Not a fan of the WGF greatcoats tbh, bit too soft on the sculpting. I plan to go down the FW DKK Grenadiers route, chopping and changing the heads much like Cerebralerebus above has done on his warseer plog (linked in 1st post). *Blatant Steal*

HF Izanagi wrote:This is going to be good. I hope you can get us a Tutorial if the Knight works out... which I'm almost positive it will.

Cheers, i hope it'll work Hmm, tutorial.

1 - Take whatever crap you can find in your house
2 - Attemt to stick it all together in a semblence of a robot...

Tbh, not sure if i could do a tutorial, youll just have to be satisfied with lots of WiP pics. If you want a pic of anything in particular, let me know and ill take one.

Hey all,

Done some more work, right leg is *finished* (bar a bit of gap-filling). Also covered all the straws in PVA so they wont flake now





Thanks for looking, all hail the Omnissiah and stuff..

Vitruvian

What, no rivets? Sreiously, it's looking good if a bit stocky, but that's probably because yours is a tad shorter. Looking forward to it progresing!

I always marvel at people who can build their own titans...

@Khaine: Rivets, knew i was forgetting something I hate doing 'em but rest assured there will be a few on there!!

It looks stocky cause i started randomly building, then when i measured, the legs alone were 5" I either ad to build a 1" torso or cut the legs down a bit, guess which i went for Currently the legs stand at 3.5" (well 8 16ths of an inch at least). The main reaon i want it smaller is

A: My mate has 2 Ork Mega-Dreads, which are Fw Knights. They have CCWs that add to the damage table, battle cannons, 2 big shootas, they even have a 5+ invulnerable (can anyone say Power/Void field?? )

B: The club has two Warhounds, so if my knight was the same size it would look a bit stoopid

Im looking forwad to progression as well, trust me!

@Gits: Me too. Seriously this doesnt stand up to half the stuff ive seen on here! At least from my point of view anyway, maybe were all justover-critical of our own work? (Hmm, better stay away from philosphical open-ended questions, i dont want this thread to do a 'Gitsplitta' on me )

LOL Vit... Though, it does give me pause. Maybe once my thread hits 100 pages I should start a new one? That way it's not so intimidating & new folks might actually be more comfortable checking it out...

Vitruvian XVII wrote:@Khaine: Rivets, knew i was forgetting something I hate doing 'em but rest assured there will be a few on there!!

It looks stocky cause i started randomly building, then when i measured, the legs alone were 5" I either ad to build a 1" torso or cut the legs down a bit, guess which i went for Currently the legs stand at 3.5" (well 8 16ths of an inch at least). The main reaon i want it smaller is

A: My mate has 2 Ork Mega-Dreads, which are Fw Knights. They have CCWs that add to the damage table, battle cannons, 2 big shootas, they even have a 5+ invulnerable (can anyone say Power/Void field?? )

B: The club has two Warhounds, so if my knight was the same size it would look a bit stoopid

Im looking forwad to progression as well, trust me!

1) Gotta love rivets

2) If you look at the old epic pics, the knight is only a tad smaller but a lot more slender then the warhound. It all depends on your frame of reference I guess.

@ Khaine: Yeah, kinda just winging it tbh!!


So, i went to my mates house t'other day and he just happened to have sitting in a corner.........

........ONLY A BLOODY GARGANT!!!

It is totally awesome, and also completely out of the blue, god knows how long hes been keeping that project secret!! (i'll try and get some pics when i next see it)

As any Priest of the Cult Mechanicus will know, monstrosities like that cannot, and will not, be tolerated. This is especially true when said pile of effluence contains hallowed vessels of the Omnissiah, desecrated and defiled beyong recognition.

So i give you, the yet to be consecrated Wip of a WARLORD TITAN.

All hail the Omnissiah!!! May your devices and desires serve the God-Emperor until time runs its course!!!





I started today, hopefully should be mostly done by the end of next Sunday, parts permitting (one can dream! lol )

Thanks for looking,

Vitruvian

Okay then, seeing as that didnt float your boat (which is understandable really, its only a few tubes! ) heres todays progress. Put it on a base whilst watching the Superbowl, twas epic btw Now i just need to make the armour plates.

Front:



Side:



Rear:



Cheers for looking,

Vitruvian

A titan is a major effort Vit, good luck to you! Will look forward to seeing this one develop over time.

You already made other titan legs though didn't you?? Eventually you're going to have to do something above the waist...

No, come on...

Yet another thread I'll have to subscribe to...

Phew...

@Gits: Cheers! Umm yeah, the first pair of legs are considerably smaller though. Ive kinda hit a wall with the body on the Knight (small) titan. I want to go with a Mars pattern curvy shape but have no idea how to pull it off

Any thoughts guys?

Its unreal how many projects i have going atm! As usual i did this on a whim, after seeing my mates awesome gargant. So some of the other projects have been puhed back a bit

@Yggdrasil: Lol I know what you mean, i think mine is 8 pages atm, sometimes new content runs onto page 2 in one day

Auuggh! Another person who's actually started on the actual building of a warlord! And mine's still just on many pages of sketching! Well, warlord rant aside, which I think is awesome you've at least started in on it (I just have a bunch of diagrams; closest I got was starting a scale model of it to see how it would look, before it got all the crazy angles it's supposed to have now ). Otherwise, I congratulate you on mixing things up and changing from having an Ad Mech thread to having an Ad Mech thread with a different titles and more large beasts. But yes, an arms race is always appropriate. Always. Especially if it's to outdo the primitive flashiness of some ork contraption. Continue doing what you do! I wait...

NICE
I hope to see more asap

This is gonna be good...

MajorTom11 wrote:This is gonna be good...

I hope so

IronfrontAlex wrote:NICE
I hope to see more asap

Should be more soon, been feeling really rough the past few days so.... Did manage to get the base layer for the armour plates done though. Hips next.

Lord Kaesar II wrote:Auuggh! Another person who's actually started on the actual building of a warlord! And mine's still just on many pages of sketching! Well, warlord rant aside, which I think is awesome you've at least started in on it (I just have a bunch of diagrams; closest I got was starting a scale model of it to see how it would look, before it got all the crazy angles it's supposed to have now ). Otherwise, I congratulate you on mixing things up and changing from having an Ad Mech thread to having an Ad Mech thread with a different titles and more large beasts. But yes, an arms race is always appropriate. Always. Especially if it's to outdo the primitive flashiness of some ork contraption. Continue doing what you do! I wait...

Thankyou! Take the plunge dude, its always good to do things spontaneously and on a whim I believe my speciality may be mixing it up, ie. I can never stick to one damn project! Arms races always spawn the best stuff imo

More soon guys,

Vitruvian