hermanista Posted March 6, 2020 Share Posted March 6, 2020 How do! So I'll preface the post by saying I haven't played AT yet and likely won't for a while, partly because it takes me an age to finish a project but also #PlayItPainted! But after a year of them being sat their part-painted, I decided to get on with my AT Titans - it took me long enough to decide on a Legio and last night I finally did - The Flaming Skulls of the Legio Magna. I'd already painted the armour sections a year ago in an orange based yellow, so it needed to be an army based on that, but I didn't fancy my original idea of Legio Fureans. It took a while but eventually settled on the Flaming Skulls, one of the original legions from Titan Legions back in the day. So I had my titans, just had to give the tiger stripes a go, which I made stencils for using a Cricut craft cutter and some sticky back vinyl. so pictures to follow, along with how the model looks now. So I think it's not a bad start, needs some tidy up of the black plus highlighting, barrels need drilling and all the details, decals and weathering. But it should stand out at least in a parade. Whatcha think? Chris Mendi Warrior, The Ergonomic Enginseer, Dark Bjoern and 7 others 10 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Loss Posted March 6, 2020 Share Posted March 6, 2020 Always thrilled to see somebody doing Legio Magna - love what you've done so far! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fajita Fan Posted March 6, 2020 Share Posted March 6, 2020 Oh man I saw you on IG, welcome to the club. It's a really good group here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schoon Posted March 6, 2020 Share Posted March 6, 2020 Awesome start! I really like the tiger striping. ...and Welcome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Captain Arkley Posted March 6, 2020 Share Posted March 6, 2020 A good start... Look forward to more.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mandragola Posted March 6, 2020 Share Posted March 6, 2020 Very nice start. Out of interest, now that you've done the masking and spraying, do you think it's easier to do it that way or to paint the stripes by hand? I've never tried stencil work myself and I'm curious about it. Personally, I think those stripes could be done relatively easily by hand, but we've all got different preferences. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hermanista Posted March 6, 2020 Author Share Posted March 6, 2020 @Marshall Loss, Fajita Fan, Schoon, WG Einar Cheers! It's only 6 models - 2 reavers and 4 warhounds so I might actually get it done fairly quick for a change! @Mandragola For me every project is about learning something new technique wise, if you take my 40k Knights for example, it was about learning to airbrush, learning how to do candy coats, pigments, playing with decals more etc etc. http://www.bolterandchainsword.com/topic/345486-hermanistas-knights-mechanicus/ My Dark Angels is about learning oils, better edge highlighting, but mainly about building an army for competativenests rather than painting. These Titans are again learning new things, designing and cutting my own stencils, using airbrushed for them, micro weathering etc etc. So the stencils were designed on laptop from found files and cut out with a cricut hobby cnc machine onto sticky back vinyl. It means some really jagged lines that are spaced nicely, rather than overdoing it by brush. But it's about the learning of techniques more than the outcome for me. Although of they look cool, even better :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hermanista Posted March 7, 2020 Author Share Posted March 7, 2020 (edited) Morning! Last night I set the cricut up to cut out some more vinyl stencils and did the shoulders of the Reaver quickly before breakfast. Again I need to get the brush out and tidy the tigerstripe up, and I used a different spray can this time and I'm even less happy than the first one. Airbrush black is going to be needed, but also to try something different to the vinyl I'm currently using. Edited March 7, 2020 by hermanista Mendi Warrior, 1ncarnadine, Interrogator Stobz and 1 other 4 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sherrypie Posted March 7, 2020 Share Posted March 7, 2020 Image does not exist? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabenga Posted March 7, 2020 Share Posted March 7, 2020 Tiger!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mendi Warrior Posted March 7, 2020 Share Posted March 7, 2020 Very cool! Looking forward to the next steps! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hermanista Posted March 7, 2020 Author Share Posted March 7, 2020 Image does not exist? Hmmm, maybe my phone was cached as it had been there all day. Reloaded the pics to imgur and seems to be working now at least. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rolltonotdie Posted March 9, 2020 Share Posted March 9, 2020 Wow! Looking fab! Love those stripes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I_Am_IronSam Posted March 9, 2020 Share Posted March 9, 2020 They're Grrrreat! Ive also been using the titans to learn about stenciling. I just bought the Astorum decals and some mirosol/set as I have never really bothered with these either. The only quibble that I came across with them is if you mess up, painting over the stenciled area tends to leave an outline where the paint has pooled next to the stencil. Though I am not using an airbrush, just a normal brush. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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