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Fate has a funny way about it... no more than a month after saying I was unlikely to ever paint a Knight, Adeptus Titanicus comes along, providing just such a thing but in a form that is a) affordable, b) within my ability to build, paint and store and c) shiny and new. As such, I picked up a set of Questoris Knights, I'm going to do each in a different style/scheme as I often do when I get a set of minis like this.

First up is one of the most famous Freeblades, Gerantius. I've been a big fan of the lore and look of this guy ever since he showed up in WD shortly after the Knights launched, so I decided to recreate him in miniature-miniature here, standing amidst the stormy seas of the ocean world he has guarded for centuries.



I enjoyed the model a lot as I was working on it; AT has found just the right scale that things are detailed without being cluttered, satisfyingly bulky without being impractical, simple enough that they make a nice canvas to work on. I'm not completely happy with the final result, so may well make some changes after a day or so, but it's come out well enough for a first try at a new scale/model type.

Any thoughts welcome! Thanks for looking, and stay tuned for the remaining two knights. Incidentally, is Knight: Renegade any good as a game? Might be cool to do up these other two as a pocket version of that if it's actually a worthwhile game.

Lovely! Been waiting to see some of these guys painted!

That's fantastic. Great idea, too. Mini Renegade sounds cool.

Huzzah! Told you you would rock a Knight! Yeah, he's cracking.

Well done brother, love the Titanicus model

Thanks for the kind words, folks.

@Graven: Yeah, you do get to say 'I told you so'...

@Gits: Me too! I remember being blown away with all the cool things people did with Knights when they first came out, I can't wait to see what people do with the Titanicus stuff.

Up next in the triumvirate of Knights, one for the bad guys. Possibly overdid it with the massive Chaos star spikes, but then again it is 40k so I think it works, impractical as it is!


I based the scheme loosely on the freeblade renegade Litany of Destruction, but put my own spin on it and tried to inject some more Blanchian tones to it.

Ta for looking, more soon. Thoughts welcome in the mean time!

Impossible to overdo it where chaos is concerned... Excellent work!

I like the Chaos one even better than the first one! I would get into the Titanicus stuff myself, but the pricing is extreme, and seeing one of the unpainted Warlord models in person last weekend, I was like, "You pay over $100 for this?" They are very cool models, but that is way too much money for something that's only the size of your average $60 Warhammer 40k model.

Ta chaps. Should have the third Knight photographed soon, just need to tidy him up a bit as the first round of pics revealed a few glaring flaws (as they often do).

@Zerg: I think there's certainly an element of sticker shock to the bigger sets and models, but the Knights and upcoming Reaver strike me as fairly well priced for what is essentially a niche game. Top quality kits from what I've seen as well.

In the mean time, I'm reverting to type with a Space Marine (although this is probably the longest I've gone without painting one since I started 40k... scary thought!). Like literally everyone else, I picked up a copy of issue 1 of Conquest on account of how silly an offer it really is... Once again, the aim with this set of easy-to-build minis was to approach them in a few different styles.

To that end, first up is a Deathwatch Sergeant of the Minotaurs chapter. Simply a kitbash, not too involved (just Deathwatch arms/pads and a Space Wolf head with the beard trimmed down). Paint-wise, I didn't go full metallic like I often do on Deathwatch, instead opting for a muted black to create stronger contrast with the silver and gold areas. Throw in some weathering and you get this:


Pretty pleased with him, though the power sword needs work (still never got good at them! )

The other two will be along shortly, the current (and possibly liable to change) plan is to do one up as a Crimson Fist and one as an Ultramarine (there was a thread in P&M the other day about how to Blanchitsu up an Ultra, and it's got me thinking...) In the mean time, any comments on this guy are most welcome! Thanks for stopping by!

That base is epic Paradigm!!! Nice work.

More Marines soon, but in the mean time, something I've been waiting on for a while that finally arrived yesterday. Earlier this year, the D&D show Critical Role partnered with Steamforged Games to produce a line of minis based on the characters therein. While the bulk of the line doesn't launch until next year, there's a few previews/Con-exclusives, the first of which I've finally got my hands on.

For those not in the know, Critical Role is a show charting the D&D campaigns of a number of voice actors/generally nerdy folks (if you've got any interest in animation or video games, you'll know at least half of them). It leans very much into the narrative side of the game, which is probably where my love of that comes from, and is pretty much one of the most entertaining things the internet has to offer... I could wax lyrical about how great it is (if I'm watching a 4-hour episode each week, it's got to be worthwhile! ) but instead I'll just leave the recommendation here for anyone who's not seen it already and get on with the miniature goodness.

The mini in question being Vax'Ildan, the Half-Elf Rogue/Paladin as played by Liam O'Brien in the first campaign. Vax is probably my favourite character of the original lineup, Vox Machina, and this mini captures him at his best; mischievous grin, a multitude of daggers ready to let fly, Boots of Haste carrying him along and the majestic raven's wings sprouting from his legendary armour to bear him aloft.


The original pose had him down on one knee, but I felt that obscured too much of the awesome detail on the front of the mini so I instead attached him at a more upright angle to show all that off. I think it still looks natural enough. Other than that, no modification to the mini, and while the paintjob isn't as all-black as much of the Vax art out there, I think it's suitably subdued and dark. The mini is fairly tiny, more akin to LotR size than 40k (sans wings, he could almost fit inside the torso of a Primaris Marine!) but the detail in the sculpt is fantastic, from the texture on the tunic to the feathers on the wings to the inlay on the boots.

That's all for today, I'll be back soon with some more Primaris and some Death Guard, as I picked up issue 2 of Conquest. In the mean time, any thoughts welcome! Thanks for looking (and go and watch some Critical Role if D&D is at all your thing! )

I personally can't recommend Critical Role enough, so much so most of the people I know groan and roll there eyes when I start talking about it.

Back on point, Vax is looking good!

Lovely work Para. Very nicely done. I think changing the pose was a good choice.

Fascinating stuff. I like how muted and monochrome it is. Delightfully low key.

Ta folks. People over on the monthly challenge thread have been telling me I need to do bigger pics for the last few months, so I've experimented with that a bit below. Still in two minds, as to me all it does is make the flaws bigger, but perhaps that's because I've taken about 30 pics of this mini so know where all the errors are anyway. So, looking for some honest feedback, is this an actual improvement over the pics above?




Painting is on hold for a while as I'm off to uni this weekend, but I have some cool stuff coming up soon. Death Guard, Primaris and a little (actually, fairly big) something for Graven's 'I am the Knight' 300 page competition.

Pics are stunning.., and colour me excited!

Good luck with the return to Uni and your Masters. Bigger pictures are always better IMO, as you say it points out the flaws but I always find it helps to photograph minis as it helps me find the errors and rectify them. But it also helps promote the better parts of the paintwork. With Vax'ildan the bigger pictures show off what a great job you have done with the face, clothing and wings. It also allowed me to notice the cool use of the Chaos Terminator Lord/Sorceror base.

Big pictures are they way to go (at least, if you ask me)! I certainly think the larger stills you've put up make for better viewing of the miniature and, as far as I can tell, whatever imperfections are there are no more distinct than in the smaller picture. I post my pictures at full size these days, in part because I really hate what the compression does to the clean look of the finishes I aspire towards. I think that getting a really good look into the overarching successes of the paint work is totally worth it, even if it runs the risk of making small mistakes more conspicuous. Again, I'll say that in this instance Para, there are none to be seen in my eyes and even if there were, we're all human. I really like the mini and think he'll do very well in the comp this month!