Blitzkreig Bop - Armageddon Steel Legion WIP *with Gk & Titan allies*

[Col. Aubrey Bagshot]

I really miss this thread....

[FramFramson]

Definitely wondering what Dee's next project will be...

[Col. Aubrey Bagshot]

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[stone-cold-lead]

Those GK's look stunning and the force halberds are sickeningly well done. Pic saved for reference!

[FramFramson]

A little birdie said that you made out very well at Salute (congratulations are in order if so!). Can't seem to find out for sure online just yet. Confirm or deny?

[Mrdee]

cheers guys.

Definitely wondering what Dee's next project will be...

Something big

Something VERY big

A little birdie said that you made out very well at Salute (congratulations are in order if so!). Can't seem to find out for sure online just yet. Confirm or deny?

Yes mate 1st place in scifi single with my Steampunk Toad from Infamy miniatures.  Not really one for painting comps any more but I had an agreement with James at Infamy that I would paint it and enter it into Salute or I would give him the thing I am now working on.

And without any more jibba jabba, the next project.......

Inspired by my friend Tommie Soule's one I decided to treat myself to a Reaver, I have been sat on the profits from the sale of my Black Templars for 2+ years so decided to reinvest a little into my hobby.  Best £600 (thereabouts) I have spent in a long time.  Such a beautiful kit, lovely details, great casting, and christ on a bike it is massive.....a true project

As for Legio's I have gone with the Legio Invigilata and chosen Danol's Retribution as the specific reaver.  This gives me massive freedom on paint scheme as there is not a recorded colour scheme.  I am going with black and red patterning with a bonewhite head to imply a skull and golden trim. For those interested in the background of the Legio and the specific titan read below.

The Legio Invigilata (Emperor's Guard) is a Loyalist Titan Legion of the Collegia Titanica, one of the military arms of the Adeptus Mechanicus. The Emperor's Guard hail from the Forge World of Voss Prime, located in the Segmentum Solar. This is the Forge World closest to the Armageddon System. There is very little information in Imperial records about this Titan Legion's founding, though it is believed that they were founded before the Age of the Imperium, during the Age of Strife. The Legion's home Forge World's knowledge of plasma reactor technology is noted to have deteriorated over the millenia, though it is unknown how this development has affected its war machines' combat readiness.

Third War for Armageddon (998.M41) - Ork Warlord Ghazghkull Mag Uruk Thraka launched a second and even more massive Ork WAAAGH! to conquer the Imperial world of Armageddon in 998.M41. During the Third War for Armageddon the Legio Invigilata deployed its entire strength of nearly sixty Titans in defence of the world, with the majority of its forces supporting the Imperial Guard regiments, the Astartes of the Salamanders Chapter and the Legio Ignatum in the Hemlock region. One third of the Legion marched to aid the Black Templars Space Marine Chapter and the Imperial Guard regiments of the Armageddon Steel Legion in defending Hive Helsreach, partly as a result of the lobbying of the Black Templar Helsreach Crusade's commander, Reclusiarch Grimaldus. The Legio Invigilata fielded 19 Titans at Helsreach, made up of a full complement of Warhound, Reaver, and Warlord Titans, as well as an Imperator-class Titan under the command of Princeps Majoris Zarha Mancion. This force was instrumental in the defence of Hive Helsreach from the Ork assault, and decimated the Gargants that the Greenskins fielded in their attack. However, the Legio Invigilata battlegroup was pledged to the hive city's defence only by its commanding Princeps' will and the promise she had given to Grimaldus, and after Mancion perished at the hands of the massive Ork Gargant Godbreaker, the Legion's second in command, Princeps Amasat, led what remained of the battlegroup out of the city. Amasat wished to join the rest of his Legion at the River Hemlock, but in fact he would return to Helsreach shortly after abandoning it. The Legio Invigilata battlegroup encountered on its way a sacred weapon of the Adeptus Mechanicus -- Oberon, the Ordinatus Armageddon. This great weapon was forcefully reawakened by the Black Templar Master of the Forge Jurisian, who, acting on Grimaldus' orders, was adamant in his resolve to bring it to Helsreach. The Titan crews were shocked by such blasphemy against the Machine God, but faced with the choice of either dislodging the offender and risking that the relic would be damaged in the process, or escorting him to the hive city, they chose the latter. The Ordinatus had been awakened improperly by the Space Marine, and because of this most of its systems -- including its Void Shield generators -- were inactive, and the Nova Cannon that constituted its main armament could only be made to fire once every twenty minutes. Grimaldus ordered Jurisian to not endanger the Ordinatus, and bade him take only one shot with its great weapon once he reached Helsreach, to be aimed at the Godbreaker. Amasat took his God Machine and two Warhound-class Titans to protect the blessed weapon, and set forth to Helsreach once more. When they arrived, Amasat decided that the best way to protect the Ordinatus was to offer it a clear shot at the Ork Gargant. To this end, Amasat ordered the two smaller Titans to protect the weapon and moved to lure the lumbering xeno war machine out. Amasat succeeded in drawing the colossal Gargant to him, although he died in the process. His sacrifice, however, allowed the Ordinatus Armageddon to obliterate the Godbreaker. Their task complete, the Ordinatus and the Titans finally retreated from Helsreach. Although the battle for the hive city for them was over, the remainder of the Legio Invigilata would continue to fight along the Hemlock River and wherever its advance would lead it.

Danol's Retribution - Danol's Retribution is a Reaver-class Titan that participated in the Third War for Armageddon and the Battle of Helsreach, forming part of the Stormherald 's screen. The Princeps of the Danol's Retribution, along with that of The Ghoul, were noted to possess Honour Banners that would put a Princeps of their rank from any other Titan Legion to shame.

I would like to one day also do the sister Reaver "The Ghoul".  But as you can see it fits in perfectly with my Helsreach themed Steel Legion.

I have already progressed a great deal with it but I will cronicle what I have done so far.

I cleaned up all the parts, I would say abou 200 bits or there abouts, and there was only 3 parts I rejected out of the lot, one was so frigile anyway and broke in transit, and two because I was lazy and couldnt be buggered to resculpt the rivets on the hip joints.  But there was very little in the way of vents and mouldlines to deal with, was very impressed



I then started to glue the various parts together into sub assemblies




I also did a lot of dry fitting to make sure it went together....






pretty much all dry fit in this picture apart from the rear part of the hull shown gluing above and the endoskeleton of the legs.



I used about 2foot of high tensile steel rod to ensure it is rigid.  There are two tubes up through the feet and legs to ensure that I can slot it on and off the display base and onto smaller shoes for gaming

Once it was all torn down painting begun.

I made a choise to start with the interior first.

Gun Servitors and Consoles



WIP on the crew



Moderati Secundus Joran finished



Moderati Primus Botan



Princeps Jartaz Rex finished





I also started the test metals using the parts that I rejected



Painted using the FW Model Masterclass for brass and altered to fit my needs.

Undercoat - Black

Basecoat - Black/White/Oxford Blue (35/35/30)

First Layer - Airbrush on random patches Dark Yellow/Flat Flesh (50/50)

Second Layer - Airbrush on random and sparse patches of red, blue and purple inks

First Drybrush - very light dusting of gun metal over entire area

Second Drybrush - very light dusting of steel over the exposed areas

I was happy with this as it was for aged steel.iron

[Col. Aubrey Bagshot]

  Very happy indeed

[Commander Vyper]

Very nice Princeps...... continue. 

[Mrdee]

Very happy indeed

as happy and a man with a Harvey Wallbanger

Very nice Princeps...... continue. 

Sure thing Marcus O'Rlyeh-us

[Chico]

Nice to see your back with this thread again and have chosen such a expensive and tasty project to go forward with.

[Elbows]

I've always loved Titans.  This particular model never did much for me, but I'm excited to see the result.  I love the work you've done on the crew. 

[Andym]

Excellent dude! That's going to be the berries! Nice to see you back at it!

[Paul Hicks]

Can't wait to see this badboy finished. Loved every post of yours. So hurry up and post some more WIPs.

[von Lucky]

Very nice painting.

(You'll need to change the topic title to get more people taking a peek.)

[Mrdee]

Cheers guys

All the interior is finished

the view finder was inspired by Tommie Soule's one as i loved it so much.  Cockpit finished



Front bulkhead done


Top carapace gun servitor finished


I gave the test hip joint a glaze of sepia to see if I can use the same technique on the majority of the metals to save time