Schoon's Titans & Terrain

[Gillyfish]

That's stunning work schoon! I can't imagine the shadowsword in bright orange, but it look lovely. I look forward to seeing it painted up.

 

I love the terrain piece too and the various order markers.

[Bjorn Firewalker]

With apologies to Kane Tucker who created an amazing "King" Warlord Titan that he showcased on Facebook...

I can't help but think, 'Megatron in the Michael Bay movies?' when I see that head. It will admittedly look cool on a Titan.

[Mendi Warrior]

Very cool looking!

Regia maniple upcoming?

[schoon]

 

Regia maniple upcoming?

 

I'm actually quite partial to Ferrox for my style of play :)

[schoon]

Modeled and got on order the press molds for the Warlord "pauldron wings" replacements for both my Loyalist Legio Lupos and Traitor Legio Erinyes.

Now the hard part - waiting the two weeks for them to arrive...

[Master Ciaphas]

Lovely work on that Reaver head; fantastic idea with a regal (if sinister) crown!

[schoon]

My Warlord's shoulder armor after removing the aquila, but before adding the press mold detail...

[schoon]

The Warlord pauldrons, now with the press mold detail added...

[Lord_Borak]

Looking good mate. Having just filed off those eagles myself I know how tricky that can be!

[schoon]

At long last, got my Knight "test mini" complete.

It's primed and has a basic zenithal shade done with white ink. For those who haven't tried this, white ink is finer than white paint and gives a finely graded finish.

Next step is to get my basic colors on to make sure the planned colors are going to work with one another (tan and red).

[Brother Dallo]

Nice to see you posting again.

 

I have a question about your Reaver head, which occurred to me when I saw the original on Facebook. How much do you have to modify the back carapace to accommodate the crown? I’d be a bit surprised if it fits without any modifications.

 

Dallo

[Bjorn Firewalker]

Shouldn't the banner be planted atop the Knight's carapace-mounted missile launcher, so the heat and backblast from a firing missile won't burn or tear the banner?

[schoon]

Shouldn't the banner be planted atop the Knight's carapace-mounted missile launcher, so the heat and backblast from a firing missile won't burn or tear the banner?

 

That would make sense, BUT...

 

It's more visually appealing to me the way I assembled it, so I'm running with it. ;)

 

...and I'll check the head clearance the next time I'm at the hobby table.

[noigrim]

nice banner, siple yet effective

[Mendi Warrior]

Very lovely!

[schoon]

For pretty much ever, I've been wanting to model Titan bays, and some of the folks on FB pointed me in the direction of Gundam CG Hangar (do a search if you're curious).

These 1:100 display stands are for Gundam models, but they would also work really well for Titanicus. Each one is 15cm square.

So, I put this plan together:

This uses 5 of the displays and some other accessories (such as Titan-sized gantries).

...and since I never know when to leave well enough alone, the plan is also to light it with LEDs (mostly because I've always wanted to learn how to do that). Red lights illuminating upwards at the wall/floor junctions and perhaps some yellow high in the walls.

As the kits ship from the far east, initial progress on this is going to be glacial...

[noigrim]

Boy thats allota work that I'll never do

[schoon]

Boy thats allota work that I'll never do

 

LOL!

 

Yeah, I'm in this almost more for the hobby than the game - I like making hobby challenges for myself.

[schoon]

Put together the Volkalite Veuglaire from the Taro Modelmarker Armiger weapons.

Here's a picture next to my modified Melta Cannon so you can get a sense of scale. Looks like it's going to "fit" perfectly.

[schoon]

Got my box of Titan Bay materials.

I opened one just to show what they look like before I start taking saws to them to make the Titan Bays...

[Lord_Borak]

Looking good mate. Will the Titan bay just be for a Diorama or for a board?

 

The Armiger weapons look like the scale really well. I have loads of them kicking about. As well as some spare Leviathan weapons which also work well on Armigers. Of for Reavers to be able to use Plasma weapons again :/

[malika666]

Nice crashed airplane!

[schoon]

Ever since seeing the Betrayal at Calth: The Wreck of the Arutan scenario in the main rulebook (pp 70-71), I've always wanted to model the inside of a Titan transport.

 

So this will be that effort.

 

I'll do the internal Titan bays and deployment ramp first with no exterior. It will be usable as a terrain piece at this point. Then over time I'll figure out how to add an exterior to make it look more like a drop vessel

[schoon]

Got my "Planetary Empires" prints in and put the magnets in, one north and one south per side so they can be attached in any configuration.

They're 7.5cm, edge to edge, as I wanted something bigger than the GW version.

I'll add some relief and color to the tops this weekend...

[Xanthier]

Very nice! Guessing fdm printing?