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 Sherrypie wrote:
Yup, two gunships and one transporter with Rhinos attached. Last one won't participate as a Strafing Run marker that often, funny ad the steel rain would be

If they can be taken off their stands they'd make good terrain too.

Does anyone know what size magnets work best on all the various titan weapons and classes?

Warlords need 5x1mm and the weapons have preset holes for this. Warhounds and reavers 3x1mm for the weapons and you'll need to drill to fit.

5mm diameter x 1mm high and 3mm diameter x 1mm high?

Only making sure before I place a K&J Magnetics!

yup, that's what I use.

Thank you!

I might not paint as well as you (spoiler - I don't!) but now I can magnetize just like you!

EDIT:

Do you have a link to where you got your magnets?

I'm having trouble finding those combinations...

5x1 works on Reavers and Warbringers just fine, if you only get one size.

 Alpharius wrote:
Does anyone know what size magnets work best on all the various titan weapons and classes?

Magnets (all disc or cylinder, polarised on the flat faces), dimensions all dia × height:
• 5mm × 1mm - works for all Warlord weapons, Warbringer arms and AA-guns (assuming you want to magnetise them of course), and Reaver carapace weapons, all with moulded-in sockets.
• 4mm × 1mm - a rare type but my preferred one for Reaver and Warhound arms (lower joint) and Acastus Porphyrion arms.
• 3mm × 1mm - good for neck joints if you want swappable heads, waist joints on Reavers, upper arm joints on Reavers.¹
• 2mm × 1mm - Questoris and Cerastus Knight arms if you magnetise at the ‘elbow’ but sometimes a pain on Questoris lower arms, see the next entry.
• 1.5mm × 2mm - Questoris and Cerastus lower arms, because the part is only just barely bigger than 2mm dia. so I use those to avoid tear-out. Also good for Questoris carapace weapons.
• 1mm × 1mm - not super useful except for Acastus missile rack face plates, if you want to make them swappable (makes no mechanical difference in game, pure aesthetics).

N.B. you will need matching drill bits for all diameters up to 4mm (everything that uses 5mm dia has the holes already cast into the piece) and thin superglue for best adhesion.

Pro tip: get a magnetic bearing ball or two and use these to ID which end of the stack of magnets you are not using so you don’t get mixed up halfway through a job.
Pro tip: magnetise all the bits that are going to have a given polarity at once (i.e. Do all the weapons then do all the shoulders).


¹ There are two ways to magnetise Reaver weapons; at the gun or at the shoulder. Gun is easier but means you can’t swap in a close combat weapon. Shoulder is more flexible in the long run though.

Well, painted my very first titan ever!

I ended up choosing Gryphonica because it's the only legio I've found called by name being in action alongside with loyalist IW detachments:






I'm still confined at my parent's (came here at the start to be able to help them out), so decals and weathering will have to wait >_>

Good start, Albertorius. The little IW at its feet are a nice touch.

 Albertorius wrote:
Well, painted my very first titan ever!

I ended up choosing Gryphonica because it's the only legio I've found called by name being in action alongside with loyalist IW detachments:



I'm still confined at my parent's (came here at the start to be able to help them out), so decals and weathering will have to wait >_>

That paintjob looks fantastic!



Custom Scenario I'm working with a buddy for matched play:

Paintwork on my Mortis pups done. On to banners next, but I think I may have to wait for my new laser printer to arrive to redo the decals for them.

Straight up great, winterdyne.

Anytime now...Gorgon is going to start drooling!

Albertorius, that is a great job. The colour scheme works well.

Agreed!

I'm also curious as to how that 'faded' look is achieved - especailly on the stripes.

It is something I saw a lot on Confrontation miniatures - so much so that I associate it almost with a "French" style of painting.



Is it mostly through watering down colors and/or using washes or...something else?

winterdyne that is absolutely gorgeous!!

I am unfortunately still waiting for my puppies as the shop keeps delaying delivery :(

Finally got in a fist game last night. Had a total blast, ended in a tie too!

Sadly its not a complete battle report but there's plenty of discussing the game as it goes on.









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How did you play the acid/rad waste pools?

Stunning setup! Great board and both Legios.
Cannot wait to paint mine and start playing as well

I've been using acid pools as Dangerous Terrain that Knights do not ignore, as agility doesn't help when immersed in nasty stuff. They are great maneuver forcers that do not block LoS like buildings do.

 Mr_Rose wrote:
How did you play the acid/rad waste pools?

We opted to make it difficult terrain and not dangerous BUT any knight or titan in at the end of the round took a S8 hit to the legs in the end phase. 2/3rd of knights ignore the difficult part but also dangerous because of their agile rule so if we made it dangerous it really wouldn't have affected them and the problem is the only other core rule is lethal terrain which we thought would be way too much.


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 Blooddragon1981 wrote:
Stunning setup! Great board and both Legios.
Cannot wait to paint mine and start playing as well

Thanks, we're both really inspired by the game so far, can't wait to play again.


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 Sherrypie wrote:
I've been using acid pools as Dangerous Terrain that Knights do not ignore, as agility doesn't help when immersed in nasty stuff. They are great maneuver forcers that do not block LoS like buildings do.

Ya agile seems a little too good in that respect, we also found the idea of knights just sitting in a pool of acid with no effect sorta weird.







I just posted the video of the game to youtube, it's sadly not a complete battle report but there's still a lot there. Bout a 40 min video.

Nice looking table and terrain with some great looking Titans too - well done!

After letting my work sit fallow for so long, I went back last night and revisited my AT18 terrain projects.

In a previous thread, I posted my first large building that was based off another person's design. That person 3d printed a building based on the old Epic Space Marine rooftop and I built my own using AT18 terrain and a bit of sawing a second piece to make the short ends longer.



After I originally built this building, I didn't have enough to continue this rooftop theme for my entire table so I wasn't sure what I wanted to do. Then Facebook came to the rescue. A member of a FB group I subscribe to posted shots of their attempt to recreate the same building but with all AT18 bits. I liked how they handled the rooftop with the addition of a small square piece, so naturally I copied it. I also took the opportunity to make the side and end pieces match up better in the second to give the building a more consistent look.



You can see the two side-by side here:



While I was building this, I looked back at the pieces I set aside for my opus magnum Cathedral and decided to abandon that. It was just too big. Granted a centerpiece looks nice on the table but usually it just cuts out 1/4 or more of the playable surface and can lead to boring games. Instead, I borrowed from my new building and decided to make a counterpart, just a bit different.



In retrospect, I'm not entirely thrilled with the mirroring that I did and likely won't do it again for other buildings. I also need to curb my own "creep" on the size of the buildings so these will probably be the largest ones I make. Gotta keep things playable, after all.

When I started building these last night, I forgot that rubber bands tend to dry rot if not used so I wound up holding the darned things together by hand for half an hour to keep them from separating while the glue dried. Clamps are nice and came in handy but I definitely need to get a bag of fresh rubber bands before I begin my next project.

Here's the third building I built this weekend, just a two-story job this time. I wanted a cross on the second floor but that would have required a five segment first floor and I wanted to keep the footprint down.

Loving those buildings - Plenty of room for Epic troop bases up there!

Still trying to pick a loyalist Titan Legion...

Leaning toward Legio Destructor - but while we know their symbol, I haven’t been able to find anything
out about their color scheme.

Anyone have any ideas?

 Alpharius wrote:
Loving those buildings - Plenty of room for Epic troop bases up there!

Still trying to pick a loyalist Titan Legion...

Leaning toward Legio Destructor - but while we know their symbol, I haven’t been able to find anything
out about their color scheme.

Anyone have any ideas?

Not sure on the colour scheme but this is a good place to find all the current loyalist and traitor legion breakdowns with wargear and stratagems and stuff https://1d4chan.org/wiki/Adeptus_Titanicus/Tactics#Titan_Legions

That is a great resource - thank you for posting that link!

As for the Legio Destructor, I can't find info on their color scheme anywhere, so, for the time being, I think I'm free to figure it out for myself.

Always a dangerous prospect in case GW decides to finally release something 'official', but it'll be OK either way.

Finally named my Warhounds and got the waist banners on last night. Here's Pesanta and Barghest.

Very nice, I suppose those banners have been detailed by self printed decals?

Yep. I wasn't sure I'l like it; the plastic banners are thicker than the folded paper method. b

But it was actually easier to decal them and have a nice curve (and touch up the cracked laser toner where needed) than it was to accuratety cut, glue, fold, trim and curve the paper versions.

I may have converted myself to my own product, lol.