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[wildweasel]

It’s not a colorshift paint (well turbo-shift now that GSW has their trademark), but Turbo Dork’s colored metallics are *super* vibrant. Check out their website and they show each color over a Dreadball figure and plastic spoon.

 

https://turbodork.com/

 

ETA: That said, Emerald Nightmare and some clever use of Nuln Oil Gloss could make for some neat effects.

Edited February 19, 2020 by wildweasel

[Fajita Fan]

Certainly looks colorshifting from green to black, the Blue Raspberry goes blue to purple but I'll need to mess with them.  I'll need some gloss black primer from the look of this. 

[wildweasel]

Their shifting paints are specifically branded as such, the greater part of their line are single color (but still super saturated metallics).

 

You can also just prime with a standard black and apply a gloss varnish over that. Note that some of their colors are designed to go over white instead.

[Fajita Fan]

Yeah, I'll need to test some before applying it to my titan. I'm off tomorrow so I plan to make some progress.

[wildweasel]

TITA I built the first Reaver from our first starter. Getting the upper arms to line up right after magnetizing is a right pain.

[wildweasel]

Built the Lancers and second Reaver, finishing out that starter. With a banner of Questoris from the GME, my partner and I will be ready to give it a whirl for date night tomorrow!

[Dosjetka]

TITI continue to flip-flop all over place in search of a Legio to call my own and am working on updating the Lexicanum articles of various Legii while I procrastinate. *sigh*

[Guest]

Nearly got these 3 Knights done... Cerastus are next but the thought of doing 3 more baby Knights is appealing...

 

Not to mention doing an actual Titan at some point :P

[Fajita Fan]

Built the Lancers and second Reaver, finishing out that starter. With a banner of Questoris from the GME, my partner and I will be ready to give it a whirl for date night tomorrow!

Good for you, any progress is good progress.

[Sherrypie]

Today I received my Shadow and Iron along with three Warbringers, oh yeah. Now, to see if they could be done this year...

[Mendi Warrior]

Today I received my Shadow & Iron as well as a warbringer and 2 boxes of the industrial terrain.

 

I have started building the warbringer as I couldn't resist the urge 

[Fajita Fan]

Last night I laid out some more pieces for my psycannon so maybe I should get gluing tonight. I wonder if this will require spraying before assembly given my plan.

[Black Knight]

Tith I received reinforcements in the shape of the new starter set, probably the fastest shipping I have had yet from Wayland. I was in the middle of building my Warlord and now I have another mountain of plastic to finish.

 

I will be sharing it with my wife to fill out our current lists. What would everyone think is the best variant of the Reaver to give to my other half to start with? I have the normal one with the upgrade sprue already so I am unsure which to give to her.

[Mendi Warrior]

I would let her choose.

 

I love the warbringer kit, it is very detailed and quite enjoyable to build. I am now trying to assess how much tolerance there is to have him in a more dynamic pose.

[noigrim]

Today I finished reading shadow and iron, here are my two cents:

 

The fluff and new art is pretty good the diverse battlefronts convey the sense of a war on a sector scale and the added drama of the personal vendetta spices things up. The recycled art is a bit lazy and in he map konor and gantz are still shown separatelly.

Praesagius and audax are far better than the other legions, the new audax maniple will make missions like cargo and ambush really easy, and titans like warlords and nemesis will have a hard time responding to an ambush on turn one.

The new campaign rules traits etc are pretty cool, specially the new gear but the defender can contest instead of defending so he could grab the attacker base instead of defending a lesser territoy wining the campaign even if it lost the initiative roll.

The psi titan is prettu expensive for what it does, more a fluffy option than an over competitive one, the -1 ld will see it dragging along the board edges which coupled with the limited movement makes a long ranged option preferable, you can even ignore line of sight so keeping it back with apocalypses is no problem at all.

Finally there are weapon cards in the book (missing bypass rule) the psi gun seems pretty good but the harpoons are pretty crappy.

I rate it better than molech and beneath titandeath.

Edited February 22, 2020 by noigrim

[Fajita Fan]

I need to roll out the ursas claws but their strength probably lies in a coordinated strike.

[Burni]

I would let her choose.

 

I love the warbringer kit, it is very detailed and quite enjoyable to build. I am now trying to assess how much tolerance there is to have him in a more dynamic pose.

Yeah, just finished building mine. Some great improvements on this ‘2nd gen’ Titan kit. Legs in default pose are a joy to build compared to the Reaver and The magnet holes everywhere is great. Must be getting options for the AA guns as they have magnet holes.

 

Instructions could be a bit clearer. I straightened the arm joints as they seemed off on the dry fit but now the cables hover slightly above the weapons. Not the end of the world but annoying.

 

Amazingly detailed though. Very impressive.

[Dulahan]

Both Warhounds officially finished,* and all 8 weapons magnetized.  The scouting side of my Tiny Titans is getting viable now, bringing the total up to 2 Lancers, 3 Questoris, and 2 Warhounds!  

 

Also got a Reaver mostly assembled, still need to do the head, arms, and weapons.  But oof, hate the legs and really unhappy with how my pose turned out, looks like it's leaning backwards almost, but too late now.  Hopefully lesson learned for #2. 

 

That said, I think the next step is going to be finishing another two Warhounds.  They'll go quicker than the Reavers will get finished, and I already have 4 more spare weapons until I get around to building the other 8 from my second box.  So easier to get to the table.  4 Warhounds plus my Knights might just make for a game against my friends' titans. 

 

 

*Well, assembled at least.  Painting has to wait for warmer weather since I've no easy painting space, especially for priming it with my spray, inside.

 

Also, anyone know of a good tool to play with possible Titan Color Schemes?  I've got some idea what I want to do, but not sure until I can see it.  And I'd rather not start a titan up and hate it and need to paint over it.

[Fajita Fan]

 

Also got a Reaver mostly assembled, still need to do the head, arms, and weapons.  But oof, hate the legs and really unhappy with how my pose turned out, looks like it's leaning backwards almost, but too late now.  Hopefully lesson learned for #2. 

Cut it and fix it now, you won't be able to fix it later - trust me    The ankle can be cut up and reposed with the little ankle armor panels covering up where you need to reglue it.  The hip is harder to fix but it's better to try now.

[Dulahan]

 

 

Also got a Reaver mostly assembled, still need to do the head, arms, and weapons.  But oof, hate the legs and really unhappy with how my pose turned out, looks like it's leaning backwards almost, but too late now.  Hopefully lesson learned for #2. 

Cut it and fix it now, you won't be able to fix it later - trust me    The ankle can be cut up and reposed with the little ankle armor panels covering up where you need to reglue it.  The hip is harder to fix but it's better to try now.

 

It's definitely the hip that's the problem.  It's not a huge one mind you, just a learning experience.  Looks a bit like it's staggering from a hit or something.

[Mendi Warrior]

 

 

 

Also got a Reaver mostly assembled, still need to do the head, arms, and weapons.  But oof, hate the legs and really unhappy with how my pose turned out, looks like it's leaning backwards almost, but too late now.  Hopefully lesson learned for #2. 

Cut it and fix it now, you won't be able to fix it later - trust me    The ankle can be cut up and reposed with the little ankle armor panels covering up where you need to reglue it.  The hip is harder to fix but it's better to try now.

 

It's definitely the hip that's the problem.  It's not a huge one mind you, just a learning experience.  Looks a bit like it's staggering from a hit or something.

 

 

Alternatively you can adjust the angle by slightly elevating the back of the feet so as to bring the full model back to equilibrium. Of course, easier to achieve if not already glued to the base.

[TheDreadfulSagittary]

Today I overcame my fear of painting yellow again, and started working on my second Warhound for Fureans.
It has been a long time since I painted anything for my first Legio, but it's now high time to finish off the models from last year! As a side effect I also started painting my second Cerastus Banner, but now for the loyalist side. I'm not completely sure on the Household yet. I'm waiting on Shadow & Iron to make the final decision.

[Fajita Fan]

 

 

 

 

Also got a Reaver mostly assembled, still need to do the head, arms, and weapons.  But oof, hate the legs and really unhappy with how my pose turned out, looks like it's leaning backwards almost, but too late now.  Hopefully lesson learned for #2. 

Cut it and fix it now, you won't be able to fix it later - trust me    The ankle can be cut up and reposed with the little ankle armor panels covering up where you need to reglue it.  The hip is harder to fix but it's better to try now.

 

It's definitely the hip that's the problem.  It's not a huge one mind you, just a learning experience.  Looks a bit like it's staggering from a hit or something.

 

 

Alternatively you can adjust the angle by slightly elevating the back of the feet so as to bring the full model back to equilibrium. Of course, easier to achieve if not already glued to the base.

 

Good thought, even then the base where the foot is attached can be cut and redone with cork.  Can we see some pictures?

[Dulahan]

Good idea on the elevated back part of the foot.  That sounds like a good plan, as I haven't yet glued to the base.  Here's kind of the look at the moment.  Not the best quality, but good enough to see what I mean.  Torso not yet glued or magnetized either, so it's possibly slightly further leaned back than it might be, but not by much.

 

 

 

[Mendi Warrior]

Based on the picture, it should be quite easy elevating the back part. I strongly advice pinning one of the legs to the base. If it were mine, I would likely tackle it as if the titan is walking/running down a hill/ruin, the right foot on the descending slope, pinned to the base, the left one in the air.

Have a look at my thread, I did post a few tips and tricks learned while assembling mine a while ago, of particular interest page 3 http://www.bolterandchainsword.com/topic/350487-mendi-warriors-adeptus-titanicus-project-log/page-3, other tricks and tips are scattered along my different posts.

Let us know the results!