#armorcast

[bridgebelly]

i have plans and machinations for this creature

(armorcast reaver titan from the late 80’s/early 90’s)

[askmalal]

Armorcast Reaver Titan, Stages 2-3

So my next step immediately after cleaning up the various components was to do a basic pass using my hobby knife to look for any notable areas of flash or visible mold lines. When that was done, the next step was to do something slightly unusual.

The concept of this Titan is that it was finished with metal and components taken from parts of loyalist Titans lost in the early battles of the Heresy, and then dedicated as a sort of memorial to the betrayed dead of those early acts of infamy. I looked for the right theme and then saw an idea by another member of a Horus Heresy group. He was building a Khorne themed traitor Titan, and had this sort of interesting idea to cover the surface with skulls, which is something you occasionally see in artwork or even (usually badly) airbrushed models. It was very cool idea, and I decided to go partly with the concept. As a result, I’ve covered roughly forty percent of the Titan, on its left side from viewer perspective, in skulls. This makes it a sort of grand ossuary for Horus’ victims. I think it’ll be fairly spectacular when finished. Here are the completed pieces. Next step is to go over and file down any bits of flash or sprue on the skulls, and then I can begin the painting process.

[bridgebelly]

“Burn them from the earth they hide behind. Crush the treads of their tanks under our boots.” - Colonel Boris Stradovich of the Vostroyan 111th “Her Majesty’s Own”

[askmalal]

Armorcast Reaver Titan, continued.

I’ve now painted the mounted skulls in a Vallejo off white. This was allowed to dry, and then the skulls were given a coat of contrast Skeleton Horde.

The image shows the Titan power claw, half of which is in the original white, half with the contrast coat, to show the effect that can be achieved. Looking good, and getting closer!

Q: “How big are these?”

A: Working on comparison shots. Sorry.

Q: “What game is this for?”

A: Horus Heresy. It’s the largest Titan you can fit into a 3,000 point list with anything approaching support arms. Titans are fewer points in 30k that they are in 40k (a Warhound, for example, is 750 points in Horus Heresy, close to 2000 in 9th). I have to use the optional Leviathan Force organization to use the Reaver, as the cost is greater than the 25% normally allowed for a Lord of War. Supporting arms are Mechanicum. This is a loyalist unit.

Q: “Are these models game legal?”

A: If your HH or 40k group allows super heavies, and you’ve paid the proper cost, then yes. They are legitimate GW models. Most tournaments should allow them, but some have rules about larger units, and of course some seem to believe GW never made models prior to about ten years ago, but your mileage may very. My local GW stores have enthusiastically okayed its use: most of them love the older stuff.

I wouldn’t go larger unless I wanted a unit only meant for me occasional scenarios. At this point level, the Reaver is a tough nut but not invincible, and the presence of multiple heavy units in the 30k setting means it needs supporting arms to survive. If we were to do a Horus Heresy escalation thing, I’d probably bring him in only after mustering the rest of the army. Just don’t think fielding a Titan by itself, again aside from special scenarios, would be all that fun. Maybe it would, dunno. It’s been fun running my Warhound alongside other players in multi player games, certainly.

That said. I have one other Titan ambition , and that is to get an Ordo Sinistdr psi Titan for occasional games.

[tsrorexx]

Delving into dry pigments and #akweatheringpencils for the first time. What they do fordfor terrain bits makes this natural scientist pleased with the results. Especially the geologist part of the brain. #dndterrain #armorcast #dndminiatures #secretweaponpigments https://www.instagram.com/p/CBPHeoUHerB/?igshid=k7myzyez6fr6

[tsrorexx]

RM2020_78-86: sometimes I paint enough personality minis I just need to "veg-paint", which means the #armorcast terrain bits I have had since 2001 finally get out of their packaging and get some paint. This also allows me to experiment with the #akweatheringpencils a bit. #paintingminiatures #modelpainting #dndterrain https://www.instagram.com/p/CA38KyGHDDV/?igshid=b0a9jbg80wet

[freyapaints-blog]

The phantom arrived!!! Armorcast. #eldarphantomtitan #harlequin #eldarharlequins #armorcast #wip #warhammer40k #fuckforgeworld (at Reseda, California)

[freyapaints-blog]

The beginning of something wonderful. This is going to take some time! Behold: the harlequin armorcast phantom head!! The second image shows the nasty residue on it that the previous owner neglected to mention. If anyone (@johntminipainting ) can tell me if wood resin can be cleaned the same as regular resin that’d be appreciated. The third image shows the head next to a soda can for scale! Truly massive! #armorcast #warhammer40k #phantom #eldarphantomtitan #armorcastphantom #harlequinphantomhead #harlequin #harlequin40k #eldarharlequins #cegorach #wip #moretocome (at Reseda, California)