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 Valkyrie wrote:
No photos yet but I managed to get hold of a sealed Grandmaster Edition for less than RRP on eBay. That combined with a Battlegroup I have inbound should easily be enough to play with. Nothing's built yet but had a couple of trial games yesterday using appropriately-sized proxies. I won the game, but by the smallest of margins.

1: His Knights got into CC with my Warlord and killed it, it simply fell and did no damage.
2: My Knights were able to flank round his Warlord and get into CC, and his habitual use of cover prevented him escaping. Managed to get Reactor Leak 2 on his body.
3: He brings his Knights back towards him to take out mine, all the while his reactor is getting hotter and hotter.
4: He goes full-Chernobyl, killing 2 of my Knights and all of his.

Was such a fun game and showed how balanced it can be: it's not a case of first-shot-wins as it is in 40k. My Warlord was taking a pummelling from his rockets, in a constant cycle of Emergency Repairs, lose shields, Emergency Repairs, etc, and I fully expected to lose. The fact that I was able to pull a win with a single Knight left on the board was certainly surprising.

Sounds like you had a great first game

The ruleset is great, though I would have wished for a FAQ/Errata by now to sort out some more confusing parts. I understand AT is a small market game compared to 40k/AoS but with the latter two getting erratas and whatnot within weeks of every release, should we really need to see months without a word on any of it?

Well, that’s my second Warlord built, and magnetised.

They’re really awesome kits to work with. The sockets for magnets are perfect fits for the 5x1 recommended.

Time to start applying a lick of paint I think. And from there? Another Reaver or three...

small tip, the reaver dont have mag insert slot in its arms, only the carpace wep.
if you want to mag it to use all weps plus the fists you need to do it at the balljoint in the shoulder. if you dont plan on running mele weps, you can do it between the wep and the arm, as the fist uses a different arm then what the guns do.

Some cutting but dirt easy. Only issue is cables if you want. Even more so with warhounds where you run short on cables. Me? Don't bother

tneva82 wrote:
Some cutting but dirt easy. Only issue is cables if you want. Even more so with warhounds where you run short on cables. Me? Don't bother

Same, I'm using the cables as tentacles on my Kaban machines conversions.

I put a magnet on the end of the cable as well. For my warhounds and reavers I’ve used a 2x1 magnet in the ball socket and another at the end of the cable, and it holds pretty well. It was hard work on the reaver though.

It’s annoying you don’t get more wires in the warhound kit. I’ve made the first kit without wires on the flamers. I’ll probably scavenge the lasers or bolters from the next set to stick onto warlords.

About half way done with my first pair of Warhounds. After comparing them to the 40k Armigers its a real shame that SG didn't take this chance to give them a chain cleaver type option. But overall they are a great "little" kit. Lots of options and not as fiddly as some other parts of the AT range.

Leaving the Warhounds for now, I'm focused on finishing the two Lancers with a colour scheme of leadbelcher, copper and gold.

Given them a strong tone wash, but I've left the shield off until I can finish detailing the arm joint. I'm not a fan of the "crotch banner" and will probably go for flags on the lances instead.

I really want to do a photo right now, but I'm going to finish these chaps first and their bases...only the best for you lot!

SamusDrake wrote:
I'm not a fan of the "crotch banner" and will probably go for flags on the lances instead

That's funny ... I always refer to them as ball banners...

 Rabenga wrote:

SamusDrake wrote:
I'm not a fan of the "crotch banner" and will probably go for flags on the lances instead

That's funny ... I always refer to them as ball banners...

Oh dear, you've reminded me of Devastator from Revenge of the Fallen...

Warhounds are a long way off done but here is a small banner of Knights...



...the Questoris are a bit naff( spent too much worrying about colour scheme and ended up blotchy ) but the Cerastus turned out how I wanted them. Undecided on what to do for the bases, but otherwise ready for the table.

Going forwards I've got the warhounds and buildings to complete but I'm not sure what to purchase next. I'm considering a second set of Questoris so my brother and I can face off with a Warhound+Questoris Banner each, should we get the game itself. Or we can stick with HW and enjoy tanks and aircraft...

Then again, we could have two warhounds+3 Questoris and 1 Reaver+2Cerastus! Urgh....decisions, decisions...

well your start goal should be a demi maniple aka minimum size, so when you have 2 hounds all you need is the reaver and you have a legit gaming mainple.

incase you dont have the book yet, your options are 2 hounds + 1 reaver, 1 hound + 1 reaver + 1 warlord, 2 warlords + reaver.

 FrozenDwarf wrote:
well your start goal should be a demi maniple aka minimum size, so when you have 2 hounds all you need is the reaver and you have a legit gaming mainple.

incase you dont have the book yet, your options are 2 hounds + 1 reaver, 1 hound + 1 reaver + 1 warlord, 2 warlords + reaver.

See thats where I fall short with AT. I'd have to be the one to cover the cost of not only my titans and the rule set(which I have yet to get), but my brother's titans as well. He likes to game as much as I do, but due to our different lifestyles he is not in a position to spend money on the hobby as I am.

I think AT is that one game where we will have to take a pass on and stick with HW, despite our nostalgia for the early 90s epic scale games. We can at least look forward to the new miniature releases, though.

I've been working on starting a Legio Atarus force. I just finished a pair of knight lancers to go with my warhounds and played a quick test game at the store.

SamusDrake wrote:

 FrozenDwarf wrote:
well your start goal should be a demi maniple aka minimum size, so when you have 2 hounds all you need is the reaver and you have a legit gaming mainple.

incase you dont have the book yet, your options are 2 hounds + 1 reaver, 1 hound + 1 reaver + 1 warlord, 2 warlords + reaver.

See thats where I fall short with AT. I'd have to be the one to cover the cost of not only my titans and the rule set(which I have yet to get), but my brother's titans as well. He likes to game as much as I do, but due to our different lifestyles he is not in a position to spend money on the hobby as I am.

I think AT is that one game where we will have to take a pass on and stick with HW, despite our nostalgia for the early 90s epic scale games. We can at least look forward to the new miniature releases, though.

Of course its twice as expensive if you have to collect for two
Ive done it for way too many games, most of which I never get to play or successfully lured someone else into
But knowing that I have a fairly decent sized two-player collection for game X feels great!

For AT im only collecting the one army though...At least for now...

Soulless wrote:


Of course its twice as expensive if you have to collect for two
Ive done it for way too many games, most of which I never get to play or successfully lured someone else into
But knowing that I have a fairly decent sized two-player collection for game X feels great!

For AT im only collecting the one army though...At least for now...

See I appreciate the whole "go halfsies" thing with boxed games and split the minis, but I think GW was stretching that with AT. Five months on, if someone was just getting their own maniple together they'll doubt get the ruleset and battlegroup, and call it a day with £135. I do hope GW expands the game to include more "skirmish" options where its Knights and Light titans, not just to provide an affordable entry into the game but if someone wants to treat a titan as a center-command piece for their knights to rally to. Y'know - kill the opposing side's titan to win.

X-Wing looks awesome. At first it seemed like a quick cash-grab but its done well for itself and still going strong. £30 and you're up and running - with prepainted miniatures no less! I'm quite surprised GW hasn't come up with a sailing/space game in recent years, considering how popular they are.

SamusDrake wrote:

Soulless wrote:


Of course its twice as expensive if you have to collect for two
Ive done it for way too many games, most of which I never get to play or successfully lured someone else into
But knowing that I have a fairly decent sized two-player collection for game X feels great!

For AT im only collecting the one army though...At least for now...

See I appreciate the whole "go halfsies" thing with boxed games and split the minis, but I think GW was stretching that with AT. Five months on, if someone was just getting their own maniple together they'll doubt get the ruleset and battlegroup, and call it a day with £135. I do hope GW expands the game to include more "skirmish" options where its Knights and Light titans, not just to provide an affordable entry into the game but if someone wants to treat a titan as a center-command piece for their knights to rally to. Y'know - kill the opposing side's titan to win.

X-Wing looks awesome. At first it seemed like a quick cash-grab but its done well for itself and still going strong. £30 and you're up and running - with prepainted miniatures no less! I'm quite surprised GW hasn't come up with a sailing/space game in recent years, considering how popular they are.

knights only games is something they would like to create rules for in the distant future but it would not be like the titants whit just 3-5 titants. knights only games would be 20-30 per side.
no matter how you twist and turn it, gaming minatures is a very expensive hobby.

(and gw did have both a space game and a 1 off single box ship game. ship game was questionable i think we can say, the space game was part of the specialist range that was discontinued early in this decade)

 FrozenDwarf wrote:


no matter how you twist and turn it, gaming minatures is a very expensive hobby.

Yes, it is expensive as is the nature of the beast but from experience I would say there is a limit to how far a product can stray from the rest of its market.

For example, to get started with X-Wing its £35 while Dropzone Commander is £60. Really good games are about £75. GW, being the Rolls Royce of tabletop gaming, one should expect to pay up to £100 for a new boxed game. Obviously there are games that go beyond that( Twilight Imperium, which is about £140 ) but the £40-£100 range is about right for the majority of the products on the market, at least to get started and start having fun...

Titanicus is what it is, and I certainly would not begrudge others if they are comfortable with its price and are having a cracking time with it. It really more of a Forgeworld game than a GW one, and there is a difference in what those two customer bases are willing to pay. There is no sugar coating as most people took a look at the price of AT and said...

"Sod this for a game of soliders!"

BOOM! BOOM!

But seriously, thats just my view on the price of modern gaming.

Sigh. Right, I'd best make a start on these Warpups...

SamusDrake wrote:

 FrozenDwarf wrote:


no matter how you twist and turn it, gaming minatures is a very expensive hobby.

Yes, it is expensive as is the nature of the beast but from experience I would say there is a limit to how far a product can stray from the rest of its market.

For example, to get started with X-Wing its £35 while Dropzone Commander is £60. Really good games are about £75. GW, being the Rolls Royce of tabletop gaming, one should expect to pay up to £100 for a new boxed game. Obviously there are games that go beyond that( Twilight Imperium, which is about £140 ) but the £40-£100 range is about right for the majority of the products on the market, at least to get started and start having fun...

Titanicus is what it is, and I certainly would not begrudge others if they are comfortable with its price and are having a cracking time with it. It really more of a Forgeworld game than a GW one, and there is a difference in what those two customer bases are willing to pay. There is no sugar coating as most people took a look at the price of AT and said...

"Sod this for a game of soliders!"

BOOM! BOOM!

But seriously, thats just my view on the price of modern gaming.

Sigh. Right, I'd best make a start on these Warpups...

x-wing might be cheap, armada is not =P (trust me i collect armada)
the price of AT is a never ending debate that is taking place in the other AT thread in this forum, so take it there.
this is ment to be a thread for all aspects of the actual models. sadly it is easy to derail the topic.

personly im right in the middle of the painting so nothing to showcase for some time.

Ughh nearly have my Warpups finished, but just been hit with a heavy case of painters remorse. Really not feeling the Firebrands colours now(at least not the version my meagre skills have brought about). Too far done to start again though so I'll finish them off and start looking at other Legios.

Grey and yellow looks nice. And its probably easier to do then red and bone...…..

 FrozenDwarf wrote:


x-wing might be cheap, armada is not =P (trust me i collect armada)
the price of AT is a never ending debate that is taking place in the other AT thread in this forum, so take it there.
this is ment to be a thread for all aspects of the actual models. sadly it is easy to derail the topic.

personly im right in the middle of the painting so nothing to showcase for some time.

Indeed.

I look forward to your next update.

Completely forgot to post these, I did have them ready the day before new years eve so I held up my painting goals
Im not as satisfied with these as I am with the titans, had some issues during shading and also during decals but they look good on the table and fits the colors so all is good!

GoatboyBeta wrote:
Ughh nearly have my Warpups finished, but just been hit with a heavy case of painters remorse. Really not feeling the Firebrands colours now(at least not the version my meagre skills have brought about). Too far done to start again though so I'll finish them off and start looking at other Legios.

Grey and yellow looks nice. And its probably easier to do then red and bone...…..

yea the same thing happend to me.
had to change colours completely. i`ll just do a complete mismatch of whatever i want from now no.(leftovers forming a maniple)

grey is easy, yellow is hard, low pigment amount in the yellow, just as it is with white and bone.
im doing one knight in grey and yellow and i cant get a solid yellow if i do less then 3 coats.


edit.
group shot of what i have now. 2nd hound will be red and silver and moust likely the 3rd hound aswell, doubt the 4th hound will be it.

SLOWLY making progress on my Warlord.

I like the more wrap-around cowl of the knights, so I stole that and some head bits to make this. I'm pretty happy with the result.

Next, I need to dig my airbrush and compressor out of storage...

That looks awesome.

https://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/768741.page

I love your work guys!!!


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Here it is my painted legio for now. I came up with a new knight house, "house Ferrum". I want to highlight a little bit the knights but i'm unsure how to do it.

 FrozenDwarf wrote:

group shot of what i have now. 2nd hound will be red and silver and moust likely the 3rd hound aswell, doubt the 4th hound will be it.

Very tidy job you've done there and the green is a good choice.


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Had an evening of comedy mayhem with Gorilla glue. Went everywhere including my fingers. The reaction was like that of King Arthur's Knights when they encountered the Killer Rabbit...

Even with the super glue, the magnets eventually come off if bonded flat and not around the edge. rebonding on the weapon joint isnt that big of a deal, but not on the waist. I've just used plastic glue for the waist on one of them, and when the second comes loose I do the same on the other Warhound.

In other news I've cashed in a voucher with Wayland games and bagged a Reaver for £25. Although it comes with magnet challenges, I'm looking forward to working on a single model instead of pairs or multiples.

This is a different kind of project...

I wanted to make a Ministorum building with a grand "stained glass" type window, and this is the SketchUp made result.

Anyone here savvy on how to get this on Shapeways?

 FrozenDwarf wrote:
grey is easy, yellow is hard, low pigment amount in the yellow, just as it is with white and bone.
im doing one knight in grey and yellow and i cant get a solid yellow if i do less then 3 coats.

That's true. But so far multiple thin coats of yellow as a secondary colour is much less stressful then agonizing over the right shade of bone to use as a primary