Atia's Thread (Legions Imperialis: Sons of Horus Kratos pg. 107)

[Markus_]

Love the idea of having tiny little dudes warring at these giant's feet. Great work so far.

[Atia]

Thanks for the comments boys :)

 

I asked Guy Haley and he basically said there is no right way, but voted for crimson robes and cream armour - so that's what I'll stick with. 

 

 

 

If it was my bases I would have glued the little guys to the base before the texture paint is applied so you can hide the bases easier.

That's actually still the plan - there's texture paint that goes over the sand. 

[Atia]

Howdy Guys and Girls

Started to work on my next three Legio Mortis Titans - not much to see for now, still on the "spray the sprues" stage

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That said, used my IPad to work out the colour scheme for my Tigrus' Skitarii Auxilia Legion - what do you guys think?

Crimson robes and creamy armour - hopefully the green lenses will make them different enough to Mars on the smaller scale!

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[Bjorn Firewalker]

That said, used my IPad to work out the colour scheme for my Tigrus' Skitarii Auxilia Legion - what do you guys think?

Crimson robes and creamy armour - hopefully the green lenses will make them different enough to Mars on the smaller scale!

This looks good, in my opinion. Hope the small scale won't give you too much difficulty when you paint the infantrymen decorating your Titans' bases.

[malika666]

I'm guessing they're Forumware? There's a bunch of fanmade Epic stuff on eBay currently and I'm sorely tempted to replace my old Epic Marines with some nicely detailed Mk. III ones for my AT bases but for $50 I'm a bit gun shy, especially for something that is essentially just base decoration.

https://vanguardminiatures.co.uk/shop/cybershadow-protector-infantry/

[Atia]

 

I'm guessing they're Forumware? There's a bunch of fanmade Epic stuff on eBay currently and I'm sorely tempted to replace my old Epic Marines with some nicely detailed Mk. III ones for my AT bases but for $50 I'm a bit gun shy, especially for something that is essentially just base decoration.

https://vanguardminiatures.co.uk/shop/cybershadow-protector-infantry/

Yep :)

 

More stuff is planned in the next weeks and months btw, including menial infantry, a tank and more skitarii/secutarii in the future <3.

[Atia]

Howdy everyone

 

Time for a little progress update - most of the magnets are done - after that metallics, trim, panel lines and edges, transfers and weathering!

 

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Work work 

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[Kriegsmacht]

Looking good

[Reyner]

How are you going to add your mini Skitarii to the Titan bases? Are you going to remove the bases from them or just build up the Titan bases to hide the Skitarii ones? I am concerned about accidentally chopping the feet off of my Death Korps Novan Winter Regulars :P 

[Atia]

Looking good

Theeeenks 

 

How are you going to add your mini Skitarii to the Titan bases? Are you going to remove the bases from them or just build up the Titan bases to hide the Skitarii ones? I am concerned about accidentally chopping the feet off of my Death Korps Novan Winter Regulars

I'm actually not 100% sure yet, but I'll prolly build the bases around them  - would be sad to loose tiny bionic-feet 

[Atia]

Howdy everyone =)

 

Some progress on the Reaver Titan - she's now varnished and waiting for transfers! 

 

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Next are two Warhounds! Will be doing the bases in one run (hopefully with more available support units than Skitarii Rangers and Legio Cybernetica once I'm there!).

 

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[Bjorn Firewalker]

Beautiful paint applications on the Titan.

[Atia]

Thanks Bjorn - more progress on my tiny titans =)

 

[DuskRaider]

Looks like you've made pretty good progress so far. They look great!

[Atia]

Looks like you've made pretty good progress so far. They look great!

Thanks! Just need to finish some of the trim, paint up their Skitarii Auxilia Rangers, transfers, weathering and bases 

[Atia]

Howdy Guys and Girls - time for another little update

 

Quite a mixed bag of updates for my tiny titans - did some decals work aswell as some planning for the bases:

 

 

 

 

All in all 7 Titans are waiting to get weathering and/or bases done in one swoop - and I'm already trying to work out the colour scheme for my next 3 engines .... 

 

 

 

[Vazzy]

Solaria then?

[Atia]

Solaria then?

 

Uh huh - for the Great Mother!

 

Figuring out the vines pattern:

 

 

And getting the tone right:

 

 

Tell me what you think 

[Iron Hands Fanatic]

Ohh - I stumbled upon an exchange with Guy Haley on Twitter where he explains how he paints his Solaria Titans, might be useful?

 

https://twitter.com/GuyHaley/status/1092807569687613442

 

[Atia]

Thanks for the link IHF 

 

Already saw Guy's Solaria during the last Forgeworld events - and while they are great (and Guy too    ) it's not really close to the Titandeath artworks, neither colourwise nor the pattern.

[Iron Hands Fanatic]

Yeah I get you  - the mottling pattern makes me think that using a small piece of sponge to daub the white layer over the green basecoat might be an easier way of getting the 'blotchy' look, but I don't envy you having to colour match to the Books - I'm sure it'll look great however you go about it 

[Vazzy]

Yeah I get you  - the mottling pattern makes me think that using a small piece of sponge to daub the white layer over the green basecoat might be an easier way of getting the 'blotchy' look, but I don't envy you having to colour match to the Books - I'm sure it'll look great however you go about it 

 

Gotta agree with IHF here. It's probably the most effective way. However I think your green may be a bit too dark currently. 

[DuskRaider]

Hmmmm... I'm going to guess you're doing a wash of green ink or some such over it? I think the white blotches may be just a little too big but with Solaria it's always hard to tell until the model is complete.

[Atia]

Thanks for the comments guys and girls :)

 

 

Yeah I get you  - the mottling pattern makes me think that using a small piece of sponge to daub the white layer over the green basecoat might be an easier way of getting the 'blotchy' look, but I don't envy you having to colour match to the Books - I'm sure it'll look great however you go about it 

Hehe - but why easy if you could go the hard, masochistic way 

 

 

 

Yeah I get you  - the mottling pattern makes me think that using a small piece of sponge to daub the white layer over the green basecoat might be an easier way of getting the 'blotchy' look, but I don't envy you having to colour match to the Books - I'm sure it'll look great however you go about it 

 

Gotta agree with IHF here. It's probably the most effective way. However I think your green may be a bit too dark currently. 

 

Yep, the first paint tester was defo too "dark angely" 

 

 

Hmmmm... I'm going to guess you're doing a wash of green ink or some such over it? I think the white blotches may be just a little too big but with Solaria it's always hard to tell until the model is complete.

I'm aiming to make the patterns quite similiar to the ones in the book, which have quite a lot of white on the bigger parts:

 

 

Since I was quite happy with the way the paint tester looks (with the green from the second picture) I went ahead and started the Reaver and two Warhounds!

 

 

Tiny Toes!

 

 

 

[BadgersinHills]

Always a treat to see your little Titans. Great stuff in this project log.