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One weekend, six knights. Iudex Ultionis gets some little friends to run around with

Nice - are those some lightning claws I see?

 schoon wrote:
Nice - are those some lightning claws I see?

Yup, cataphractii ones from Calth. The red pteruges aren't too visible in the pic but fit right in.

Nice idea. I might borrow that idea.

Way behind everyone else, but making a bit of progress. Hope the pics work this time.

Second Reaver--this one's declared for the heroic Rebel Alliance. Armour plates brought to you by the ancient and now-lost technology of Cerulean Tacitus.



Chainfist courtesy of an unlucky Ork Gargant that got in its way. (Actually from a 40K Killa Kan kit, I believe.)

Three loyalist Knights (Imperial dogs that they are):



A WIP attempt at sticking cloaks on the rebel Knights, because why not:



Modest progress on the buildings:



A tactical simulation in progress (AKA first test game using the basic rules):



And something a little bit heretical, because I can't afford a Warlord:




...oh, and this isn't strictly speaking Titanicus-related, but... I also converted two Knights for classic Epic to count as Chaos Scout Titans. Just showing them here in case anyone wants to nick an idea or two.

I like how you splayed the Reaver legs to make them look like the old models.

I should be working but I'm playing a video game. :(

Waiting for my order of Scions Power Fists. All the ones I had were used already so I needed to order from eBay all the way from Australia. It's gonna be a while before they get here. :(

They’re worth the effort, I really like how mine look.

Currently working on painting my Reaver, as well as the 6 or so additional weapons for my first Knight lance.
As for the knights themselves, I'll be sticking with how they look at the moment until I find inspiration to improve the paintjob.

Not sure if this link will work, but hey:
https://imgur.com/a/24bJHrC

The Warhounds arrived today, and managed to get two built in record time.



Put together some quick notes on the build here: https://ttgamingdiary.wordpress.com/2018/10/10/warhounds-arrive/

However, the short story: quickest Titans to build by far, and maybe the best in construction terms. A joy to work with.

Those look great! I’m glad to hear Warhounds are fast, after four Warlords, two Reavers, and four more Reavers to go I’m getting really tired of their shins and ankles with all the armor pieces down there.

Room for magnets on the arms?


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 Cruxeh wrote:
Currently working on painting my Reaver, as well as the 6 or so additional weapons for my first Knight lance.
As for the knights themselves, I'll be sticking with how they look at the moment until I find inspiration to improve the paintjob.

Not sure if this link will work, but hey:
https://imgur.com/a/24bJHrC

Love the sword on those arms, I thought about doing spear/shield knights and try to make some house rules for them and I like the look. I still have plenty of Lizardmen spears and bags of storm shields that might look kinda cool.

Fajita Fan wrote:


Room for magnets on the arms?

Will need a bit of hacking/slicing on the arms, but plenty of room.

Cool, mine arrive at the store tomorrow.


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Whoa I just noticed the armor has a little Chaosy spike look to it, that’s neat!

Currently working on getting this printed... does that count?


https://i.imgur.com/ePu8cxM.jpg

What is it?

Some sort of heavy tracked thingie...

Fajita Fan wrote:

Love the sword on those arms, I thought about doing spear/shield knights and try to make some house rules for them and I like the look. I still have plenty of Lizardmen spears and bags of storm shields that might look kinda cool.

Thanks! I was really happy to see that the swords from the Sicarian Infiltrators/Ruststalkers kit are a perfect fit. Which got even better when I realized that the (lower) arms of that kit also work perfectly with the magnets I'm using.

Granted, I am now in real danger of buying another Sicarian kit next time I buy another set of Knights, so it's not all sunshine.

So, the grand battle if the campaign. Both loyalists and traitors moved their forces to secure industrial complex landing fields - the winner being the one to leave the planet - and met each other in frontal combat. The landings were needed intact, unlike the giant factory itself...
Loyalists maniple "Judex Fureanis" was composed of Warlord (volcano cannon, plasma annihilator, turbolasers), two reavers (melta-fist-turbolaser and twin gatling with missiles) and three knights (thermal cannons, RFBC and missiles).
Traitor "Aliter Vindicta" venator maniple invluded a Reaver (warp missle, laser blaster and volcano cannon), three Warhouds (all with plasma, two with flamers, one with megabolter) and was reinforced by the Warlord (Volcano cannon, Quake cannon, Laser blasters).
The battle was firece and hang in the balance to the end - right fom the start, with the first order being "first fire" with the warp missile (got crit on the loyalist reaver); the knights lasted just a turn. Then one by one, traitor Warhounds tring to flank loyalist Warlord overheated and were torn apart - but not before the last of them managed to kill the Warlord trough the torso armor, breached by volcano cannon fire. Scout titan did not live long after that: loyalist Reaver failed command check, and the machine spirit took over, shooting the legs off the traitor with criticals.
Than, traitor Reaver was brutally dispatched in melee by the the loyalists - only for its killer to be beheaded by point blank fire from traitor Warlord. At the end of the six turns, only two overheated titans stood on the battlefied - loyalist gatling Reaver and the traitor Warlord. Traitors won this one by points, yet failed to secure the spaceport.

WOW

That's a great game, Regis! I really like your table, lots of interesting details and different height levels scattered around.

That little campaign of yours isn't too bad, either.

I 3D printed a couple of Volcano cannons for Reavers - one was too big and the other too small. I have an extra set of Warlord Volcanoes so I started cutting one down to see how it looks. It’s still kinda big but at least it’s more detailed than the ones I printed. I still need to add some bits to the joint to build it up a bit but that’ll do for now.

Here’s my Legio Mortis Reaver with some House Makabius support.

How many of you guys are spraying your Reavers with the leg armor on vs off? Since it covers the underlying area pretty thoroughly I'm debating just gluing them on and pushing a brush in there to get some Leadbelcher down in the recesses.

Fajita Fan wrote:
How many of you guys are spraying your Reavers with the leg armor on vs off? Since it covers the underlying area pretty thoroughly I'm debating just gluing them on and pushing a brush in there to get some Leadbelcher down in the recesses.

Exactly what I did. My skill cap is tabletop and I usually don’t paint anything I won’t see so fully assembling before priming works fine for me.

Didn’t get as far today as I hoped because of real life.

Knocked out two Warhounds, all of the weapons are magnetized so I can swap them out. They’re both Loyalists, dunno if my Traitor legio will get any Warhounds for awhile.

I mocked up a pair of Reaver Volcanoes because I’m not totally pleased with my cut down Warlord Volcano. The back ends are from a pair of Warlord plasmas I didn’t build and the other parts are from the Volcanoes I printed that were too small. I just sorta built it up to make it bulkier and it’ll do until the official model comes out.

So far for my Reavers I’ve got 3 Volcanoes, two melta cannons, two carapace turbo lasers, and and a carapace warp missile made from 40k and 3D printed bits. Now I just have to assemble four more Reavers before another prime-a-thon.

I haven’t touched painting my four Warlords since priming and the first wash layers, trying to get as much assembly done as possible before the weather gets too cold to spray. Fall is actually here :(

Fajita Fan wrote:
How many of you guys are spraying your Reavers with the leg armor on vs off? Since it covers the underlying area pretty thoroughly I'm debating just gluing them on and pushing a brush in there to get some Leadbelcher down in the recesses.

I slapped a small piece of painter's tape on each of the connection points on both the ankles and the armor, and then sprayed everything down.with the primer I was using. Then I painted up the ankles and the back of the armor, avoiding the spots that hadn't been primed, and finally glued everything in place. It really depends on how quickly you want to push through everything. If you know you need to get it done *now*, for whatever reason, then go ahead and put the ankle armor on before you paint. But if you can afford to wait an extra days, then taking the extra time is well worth it.

I also did the same with the shoulder guards. And IIRC, I didn't glue the torso and leg assemblies to each other until after I'd primed, since it made it a little easier to spray the thing properly. But that last bit is pretty minor compared to the other items.

Fajita Fan wrote:
How many of you guys are spraying your Reavers with the leg armor on vs off? Since it covers the underlying area pretty thoroughly I'm debating just gluing them on and pushing a brush in there to get some Leadbelcher down in the recesses.

complete sub assembly. (did that on my knights aswell)
the only complete sections of the models i actualy gluded together before i spray basecoated was the skeleton legs, torso(minus armor parts and head) and weapons.

the way i see it is that a mainple is 3-5 models big. whit that low amount of models as your "army", you have no reason not to put your best effort on the paintjob regardless of what that skill level is.
if your technique is limited to tabletop(as i am) atleast do it neatly.

true, no one will look between the armorplates, but you will know.

I managed to get two Warhounds done this weekend, and they are now resplendent in Legio Mortis colours:



Really liking these models - I put together a few painting notes (and more piccies!) here: https://ttgamingdiary.wordpress.com/2018/10/15/warhounds-of-legio-mortis/

Excellent! I've picked up my first box of Warhounds on Saturday, looking forward to spending some time working on them. I'm going to go for Legio Atarus, just love that cherry red and ivory scheme.

If I may ask, where did you source the buildings Fajita Fan?