Bellator Ferrum, nearing completion

Today's post is about my Reaver Titan, Bellator Ferrum.  This is a Titan from Legio Tempestus prior to and during the Horus Heresy.  Why the post now?  Well I want to take this lump of resin up to the weekender.  There is a participation game of the new Adeptus Titanicus rules on the Sunday Morning.

Ideally I would take a Warlord, but they are too far from completion.  I certainly wouldn't take the Beast, as the puny Warhound will likely die quickly in my unpracticed hands.

So I have since my last post, attached the leg and hip armours.  Painted the rear carapace and sealed the front on to the torso.  I think one more day and he's game ready.  I will still need to weather and oil wash the model later.  But I really want transfers...

On to the pictures (sorry for the quality, taken from my iPad)

Finally, Do you guys have any questions you want me to ask at the weekender?

The long hobby war contiunes...

Leman Russ, Primarch of the Space Wolves

Todays post is a completed miniature.  I've been working on this model for a number of months, since the general release in fact.  It's the first character model I've painted in a long time, and I've decided not to paint the eyes.  I just don't think I could do this (I haven't painted eyes in 10 years) without a lot of practice.  Also, I haven't painted the shield, I come back to both sheild and eyes later, but I really don't think it's necessary for the model at the model.

I've really enjoyed paint him, and I may get some other models of the character series.

On to the pictures!

What do you think?

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More Character Builds

For today's post, I wanted to share some more builds I have completed.  These are three more Preators for some of my legions.  The left one will be for the Iron Warriors, the other two will be Death Guard.

I also picked up some more models to build.

I'll be building Nark Dreygur as a standard build (maybe do a pistol swap).  Autlon Skorr I may do a head swap as I'm not massively keen on the standard helmet.

The long hobby war continues...

House Makabius- January 2017 update

Today's post is the next in a series of post to record the current state of play of my armies.  The first army I have chosen is House Makabius.  This household is still under construction, and needs a fair bit of work to get it game ready.  Getting this force ready is one of my goals for the year.

This is a reasonably large force and an will weight in at around 3500 points.  On to the pictures:

Seneschal mounted in a Cerastus Knight-Acheron

Lord Scion mounted in a Cerastus Knight-Lancer

Arebelsatar mounted in a Acastus Knight-Porphyrion.  Still need to build the body and arms.  This will be happening in the next few weeks.

Knight Militant mounted in a Questoris Knight-Errant.  This is a spare body, as I am in the process of reposing a pair of legs.

Knight Militant mounted in a Questoris Knight-Paladin

Knight Militant mounted in a Questoris Knight-Paladin - still mainly in the box

Arebelsatar mounted in a Questoris Knight-Crusader will have a thermal cannon to match the 30K rules.  I do find it odd he cant have a battle cannon.

Are you painting House Makabius knights?  I'd love to seen them, link in the comments below.

The long hobby war continues...

Alpha Legion Praeto build

Today's post is about a build with a minor conversion I have recently completed.  I picked up the limited edition Praetor in tartarous terminator armour from eBay just before Christmas.  I really like this model except the head.  I had seen Mordian 7th's brilliant Thousand Sons version here, so I knew it was possible.

Using a spare helmeted terminator head for the Burning of Prospero set, I carefully filed and trimmed until it sat properly.  This is the result.

I'm really please with the way the build turned out.  When the weather gets warmer, this model will be undercoated and then join my painting queue.

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Iron Warriors - January 2017

Today's post is about my plans for a small force of Iron Warriors.  My ultimate goal is to have at least a full tactical squad of each Space Marine Legion.  Currently I have only three models for my Iron warrior, the 2016 event praetor, a single iron circle automata, and the marine pictured below.  Over the coming months I aim to finish these models and 19 other marines to build a full tactical squad.

The scheme I'm using is:
- Paint lead belcher base coat.
- Dry brush with Iron breaker.
- Wash entire model with army paint strong tone wash.
- Paint armour trims with retributor armour.
- Wash trims with reikland fleshshade.
- Highlight trims with auric armour.
- Wash rivets and all points on the armour that would accumulate dirt with seraphim sepia.
- Paint eyes thousand sons.
- Paint eyes Arhiman Blue.
- High light with sybarite green.

And the he just needs basing!

The long hobby war continues...

House Makabius Knight Lancer

Today's post is about a recent addition to House Makabius, my new Cerastus Knight Lancer.  This model is initially going to fill the roll of either a back up HQ (Lord Scion), or will get stuck in as a Scion martial.  I said it before and I wail say it again, these are the best kits in the world to build.  The go together very well and it's easy to get a good pose.

I've chosen to pose this Knight on the stance of the first Forgeworld Knight Lancer.  I love the pose, and if I build a second Knight house I would be tempted to do it again.  Now on to the pictures.

Note: I have left off some of the parts, armour, banner, and shield generator, to assist painting.

So I have told you my favourite build, What was yours? Let me know in the comments.

The long hobby war continues...