Titan Maniple

After having shown already all the Titans and Knights I wanted to show a group picture. Those are Titans from Legio Mortis and Knights from Ærthegn House already shown before. Here are the posts: Warhounds, Reaver, Warlord, Questoris and Lancers.

Warlord Titan

Here it is! The biggest and meanest of them all! The Warlord Titan.

This is the last Titan I have for my Army and with it I am crossing off the first objective of the year.

I painted it also from the Legio Mortis and with the same techniques mentioned before, with oils for weathering and proper treatment of decals.

This was a blast but I am tired of painting big robots... time to change game! I still have to paint a few vehicles for Legions Imperialis but I need to use the airbrush for the base layer, and I can only do that with good weather, therefore it needs to wait...

Lots of photos and details below.

Reaver Titan

First miniature of the year! It took a while but here is the first of the two remaining Titans.

This is a Reaver Titan from the Legio Mortis. I have followed the same techniques as for the Warhounds but a little bit more refined. It is also the very first time I have used oils for weathering and I must say that I love the results. Much easier to use and control than what I was expecting! For this figure I used only one colour, Sepia, from Abteilung 502, because it was a test, but since then I have bought Burnt Siena as well to have different effects. Might add a few more in the future.

I am particularly proud of how well the decals fit with the model, it is a time consuming technique because of the multiple layers, but overall the results are amazing! I tried to tune down the weathering compared to the Warhounds because this one stays much further away from close combat. The couple of figures added to the base are just for fun to show the scale, because in "reality" the marines should not be so close to the feet.

I hope you like it as much as I do.

Terminator Support

Since I started to play with the Sons of Horus and I included a Thunderhawk, I always wanted to be able to field 8 Terminators, which is the maximum you can.

Unfortunately, there are only two bases in the starter box and another two in the Infantry Support, so that makes it complicated. But luckily, 3D printing comes to the rescue! I sadly still do not own a printer, but a colleague of mine was kind enough to gift me enough terminators for another 4 bases which I promptly painted and had ready to play.

These models are great. There are more variety and they even have a Standard Bearer, a Techmarine and a couple of Centurions. There is even a base with Heavy Weapons. I have painted them in the same way I painted the others so they can easily blend in.

Here they are!

Warhound Titans

After having painted all the Knights it was the turn of the first Titans of the Army, a couple of Warhound Titans!

First, I needed to choose a Legio. After reading the lore of traitor Legions, I had a winner: Legio Mortis! Not only they are the most obvious one for the Sons of Horus, but also they match quite nicely with House
Ærthegn that I chose for the Knights.

I have adapted the patterns seen here for my Titans and I plan to do the same for the Reaver and the Warlord.

After having painted a "clean" version of the Titans, I chose to apply different weathering techniques to give them a worn feel that fits better with the rest of the army, but without making them look destroyed. I was aiming for a well-worn and dusty type of look.

One interesting thing to mention is that I have used decals like I did for the Knights, and after applying Micro Sol I added a fine layer of matt varnish, to protect them from the weathering that was coming. It turned out exactly as I wanted and I am very satisfied with the result. They look like freehands and that is amazing. I will be using this technique more often in the future. I have done a few close-ups of these decals. Most of the photos turned out blurry, somehow I was not able to capture the whole miniature in focus.

In the last few photos you can see that all weapons and body are magnetized so I can easily choose and swap whatever I need for each battle.

I had a lot of fun painting these and I am super excited to start with the Reaver which is already on my desk!

Cerastus Knights Lancer

These are the last two Knights of the Army and the first time I paint a Cerastus (in any scale) although I still have one in the box for my 28mm scale Sons of Horus!

They belong to the Ærthegn House, same as the Questoris I painted before.

The House symbol is a freehand and everything else is a decal with Microsol with a bit of weathering. I also applied some splatters with Typhus Corrosion and some light weathering on the armour plates on the legs.

I have roughly followed the paint scheme shown in these pictures. I hope you like them and next onto the Warhounds!