Bring me bigger Titans!

It took a little bit longer than expected, but I've finished the next step in this Adeptus Titanucus project. So here you have, not just one... but two Warlord Titans!

Before we really get started, have a look at the level of crazyness of this kit:

It's not just that the femoral head is a separate piece... it comes into pieces itself!

The first steps are kind of slow, because you have to decide the general layout of the whole pose. Besides, I made a conversion on one of them, to make it look like walking, with a foot in the air:

This pic is highly unimpressive. Give me some time

One thing I've learned is to paint the Titans as I assemble them. The overlapping on the armour plates makes some areas impossible to reach later on, so you better take care of that issue as you go. At this point I had to decide which one was to be the loyalist and which one the traitor:

There we go

When I go out/ yeah, I know I'm gonna be/ I'm gonna be the Titan who goes along with you

I need so desperately a 3D print of the GW's running man, you know the mini

After that, I assembled the upper bodies. I primed them metallic to save some time:

It looks like the blue one is kicking the body

The keen eye may have noticed that the traitor Titan has some not-GW's pieces. Right, they are from Battle Bling, who have awesome ranges and an outstanding service. I placed an order to try their bits and I'm so happy I did!

Do you have any doubt of this Titan's allegiance?

 In any case, the standard pieces from the original set are not less awesome:

Tricky to assemble, but cool in the end

I made a mistake at this point. Well, I made it earlier, when planning this stage. I ordered a weapon for the right arm, but silly me didn't realise it really wasn't a weapon for a Warlord, but for a Warmaster Titan, which is noticeably larger 😕

Warlord, Warmaster, Warbringer, Warmonger... Oh, come on!!

What was that thing about oversized weapons in Warhammer?

For the left arm I ordered a spiky flail. Honestly, no idea of the rules or what does it do, I simply guide myself by the Rule of Cool:

The head is of course also by Battle Bling

A preview of the unfinished leviathans:

These monsters are humungously huge

The only thing left was the missile launchers on the carapace:

I would walk five hundred miles, and I would walk five hundred more...

Well, then come closer!!

 Finally, the bases. As per the comments in the previous post, I was decided to show the monstrous weight of the Titans, the very earth crushed beneath their feet. In the pic below you can see my puny attempt to represent pipes and tubes being smashed and bending on themselves.

LEGO pieces would have been more dramatic

Well, this is what I got in the end. Let me show you the final result. Here you have the Pertinax Ira of Legio Artemis:

...just to be the Titan who walked a thousand miles...

Not satisfied with the effect, I'll try it again on future Titans

Here you also have the Maugrim (Imperial designation Rubrus Fauces) of the Legio Faucibus. I added some greenstuff chains/chainmail for dramatic purposes and also tried to represent the ground a little bit sunk under the feet:

I just noticed I have to clean the edges on both bases

Ready for battle!

Ah, curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal!

Well, all my Titans so far:

The backdrop is an A3. I need a bigger one. Bigger!

I guess this ends Stage One of the project. I now have a single model of every basic Titan on both Legios, making them somewhat symmetric. Now it is time to start the differences. One Legio will be more focused on close combat and agile manoeuvring (I guess it makes more sense for the traitorous Legio Faucibus, the dreadeds Death Jaws) and the other one will rely on heavier elements and long range weapons (that will be Legio Artemis then!). I will have to adjust the different Titans and see what fits better for both Legios.

For now, just a funny pic, the mandatory size comparison shot of the Warlord through time:

Daddy with the kids

 This is all for today. More stuff incoming as I paint it!