Catching up on Legions Imperialis and Adeptus Titanicus

This is part two of my post chatching up on what I got done over the last two months. This time looking at a bunch of completed Legions Imperialis Blood Angels. I also started the work on two Reaver Tians for my Legio Solaria, four Atrapos Knights for House Procon Vi and a set of Sabres for the Blood Angels.

Pict 1581: Legions Imperialis Blood Angels Kratos Battletanks

I plan to go to the Legions Imperialis event at Warhammer World in June. Again, a great opportunity to get some more of my collection painted. The event calls for a few different lists. Among them one themed as a defender and one themed as an attacker. My collection suits the latter a bit better, so I'll have to see what I can do about that.

First up, I wanted to finish my Kratos tanks. I experimented a bit with them. Instead of giving them an oilwash, I did that stage with simple Nuln Oil. It worked out all right (the Nuln Oil dried faster, that's for sure), but I like the effect of the oil paint better. Still, I'm happy to have them done and look forward to paint some more tanks for an armoured company.

Pict 1582: Legions Imperialis Blood Angels Leviathan and Deredeo Dreadnoughts

I also painted even more Dreadnoughts – this time another set of Levithans and Deredeos. All told I have 36 Dreadnoughts painted for the game. I think that might be enough for now! I have played a list with all of them in and I was quite impressed especially by the Deredeos!

Pict 1583: Legio Solaria Reaver Titan (WIP)

Pict 1584: Legio Solaria Reaver Titan (WIP)

Whilst building the Blood Angels from last post, I also did some work on the next few models for Adeptus Titanicus and Legions Imperialis. This time around its two Reaver Titans with a whole bunch of magnetized weapons. One of them is more static and will be the long ranged killer, while the more dynamic running pose (inspired by a beautiful Reaver from this post by the 40kaddict) will probably have the shorter ranged guns. But the engine could even be outfitted with two close combat weapons! During building I had Suber's warning about lining up the legs and feet in mind, which did help avoid desaster, especially with the running Reaver!

Pict 1585: House Procon Vi Cerastus Knight Atrapos (WIP)

Pict 1586: Legions Imperialis Blood Angels Sabres (WIP)

I also put together the new plastic Atrapos Knights for the House Procon Vi as well as a set of Sabre tanks for my Blood Angels. Both very fun and again incredibly detailed. However, putting the Sabre missles on the tanks individually really was an exercise in patiente. And I primed up the AT templates, ground assets and additional gubbins, so getting to play more should be even easier in the future.

Catching up on Heresy, Middle-earth and Cursed City

Hoo boy! That was a rather long hiatus, thanks to the real life taking a lot of my free time for about two months. I still managed to find some time to build and paint, but not to document my progress. I originally planned to just do one big catch up post. But it got so long, that I decided to split it. So, this post will be about what I got done for my Horus Heresy Blood Angels and a just a bit of Middle-earth and Cursed City.

Pict 1569: Blood Angels Teleport homer and Tactical with new Augury Scanner

After a bit of a hiatus I had to do a quick little painting project to shake the cobwebs off. I was recently gifted the current set of Blood Angels Indomitus Terminators and quickly painted up the teleport homer to use as my marker when playing the Day of Revelations rite of war. And while I was at it, I stole the big Augury scanner from my Tactical squad and replaced the original bit that was from the vehicle sprue with the handheld one from the newer close combat weapons set. Painting the new hand up was fast and now the scanner has a somewhat more sensible size.
The next Heresy tournament I plan to go to will be in middle of June with a narrative event following at the end of the same month – more chances to make a dent in my pile of grey plastic and resin...

Pict 1570: Blood Angels Dreadnought Drop Pod

Pict 1571: Blood Angels Dreadnought Drop Pod

The first thing I finished, however, was this Dreadnought Drop Pod that had been lying about for quite some time. I had wanted to finish it for the last tournament and now I finally got to it. This old ForgeWorld version of the kit was a bit of a pain to put together and the struts still are not quite straight. Nevertheless, once the red armour was done and detailed, it really came together.

Pict 1572: Blood Angels Tactical Marines (WIP)

Pict 1573: Blood Angels Iliastus Support Squad and Commander (WIP)

And so I went ahead and started painting some more Blood Angels for the upcoming events. These are ten more Tacticals to finally expand my Squad to the full twenty. Using a Veteran as a second Sergeant, I could even fudge it and play them as two smaller squads. Then there are five more Heavy Support Marines, all outfitted with Proteus Pattern Rotor Guns that I plan to play as Iliastus Assault Cannons. And of course, there is the printed Praetor that I won last time. I was debating whether he should become a Raven Guard or a Blood Angel and finally decided on the latter on on a gut feeling.

Pict 1574: Blood Angels Dawnbreakers (WIP)

Pict 1575: Blood Angels Laser Destroyer Rapiers (WIP)

So we'll see if I bit off more than I can chew, but I built these Dawnbreakers and Laser Destroyer Rapiers to paint up for the next tournament. This one will be the first one to allow Primarchs, so I might have a look at Sanguinius to see if he is still up to snuff. One of the Dawnbreakes is converted to carry a set of Equinox Power Blades instead of the Falling-Star Power Spear. And of course I opted against the flying stands. One of the Rapiers I got secondhand, and it was missing the crew and I wanted to build one of them with the controller mounted on the back of the Battery. So I had to kitbash three additional crewmembers from Forge World resin, the older Mk III plastics and parts from my bits box. I'm particularly pleased with the backpacks, styled after the Mk III Heavy Support backpacks the Forge World models use.

Pict 1576: Blood Angels Chaplain and Angels Tears (WIP)

The narrative event will be set during the last part of the Siege of Terra and my first thought was to play Dominion Zephon and the High Host. That would be a fun opportunity to get to some more Destroyers. I still have a squad of Assault Destroyers and a Moritat primed and ready for paint. But I also built these neat Angels Tears...

And of course, as is the rule, whilst building I also put together another Consul. This time a Chaplain with Power Lance and Jumppack. He's based on the plastic version of Ortan Cassius, with the Lance made from a Fantasy High Elf bit – here, I'm very proud of the small blood drops on the blade, that I lifted from Sanguinary Guard pouches.

Pict 1577: Blood Angels Tarantulas and Exepeditionary Navigator (WIP)

I also built and primed up these miniatures, that might be part of the collecion, but will probably not see the battlefield. The Tarantuals are some very cool old ForgeWorld miniatures. However, to field them I would need a third one to make a legal squad. They will look good as set dressing nontheless. The Navigator is a limited edition from the very early years of Heresy. He also has rules, so I hope to get to use him in a narrative game in the future.

Pict 1578: Dire Wolves

After so much red armour, I had to do something different. So I pulled these Dire Wolves out to complete them for my Cursed City set. They painted up rather quickly and I'm really happy with them, even if they are a bit simpler than they could be. If I had invested a bit more time, I had individually highlighted the strands of fur to make them stand out more rather than simply drybrushing them. But as soon as the base is done, they do look great!
I even got to play a few sessions of the game and I would really like to start a second play through with all the expansions painted. Something I have planned for a few years. Now, I'm only missing a set of three Vargheists and ten Grave Guard. That should be doable shouldn't it?

Pict 1579: Birch Ent

Pict 1580: Birch Ent

Lastly, I had planned to finish this guy for Monster March – Last March of the Ents, and all that... (I didn't even use the same pun last year?!) I had painted up a Wood Elf Dryad as a birch a while back and I liked the look, but the Ent has a lot bigger surfaces and so was a bit different. Nevertheless the detailing was really fun! And GW recently showed off the third hero Ent, which, once released, will allow me to field quite a nice army of them!