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14Oct/240

Adeptus Titanicus – Legio Astraman Ad Arma Pt. XI

While I made progress on the Knights of House Moritain, it would be time to move on with the remaining Legio Astraman Reaver. I did the bases the same way as before, and added the two dry brushes after Citadel Contrast Aggaros Dunes dried. I used Army Painter Desert Yellow and Army Painter Skeleton Bone, and brushed it over the feet of the miniatures later as well.

Adeptus Titanicus - Legio Astraman Ad Arma Pt. XI

As the armour plates were painted white and green, with the golden trim, I wanted to do the chevrons for some variation on left leg again and cut up some strips of masking tape and added the dark blue contrast in Citadel Base Paint Night Lords Blue. If you're not using an airbrush to do this, painting over the masking tape with the base colour creates cleaner edges, just like you would do on a wall.

12Oct/240

Adeptus Titanicus – House Moritain Ad Arma Pt. II

We're jumping back in time to cover the progress on the miniatures for our Battle for Uulda campaign weekend. In addition to be a bit more flexible with my Legio Astraman, I added a few auxiliary knights from House Moritain.

Adeptus Titanicus - House Moritain Ad Arma Pt. II Adeptus Titanicus - House Moritain Ad Arma Pt. II

As we would be playing between 1.250 to 2.000 points, in different matches and to cover the different point sizes of in these lists, I added three Cerastus Lancers and two Acastus Knight Porphyrion to the backlog of the current project. As I already put the Lancers on bases, but with thin sheets of plastic between the feet and the base, to not have them sink into the base decoration, I repeated the same thing for the Acastus knights and covered initial base decoration.

29Sep/240

Adeptus Titanicus – Legio Astraman Ad Arma Pt. X

Only a few days until the next Battle for Uulda, and quite a bit to do. The regular maniple of the Legio Astraman has to be increased by a single Reaver Titan, and I need a few Knights to have the various lists between 1.250 and 2.000 points. Beyond that, a couple of smaller things to take care of, but let es see what the to-do list for Legio Astraman is so far:

  • Assembly of Reaver
  • Assembly of Sunfire Annihilator
  • Printing the further weapon options
  • Adding of magnets
  • Base decoration for Reaver
  • Name plates ordered
  • Name plates printed
  • Name plates painted
  • Decals sorted for Titans
  • Base paints
  • Washes and Highlights
  • Decals applied

So I build another Sunfire Annihilator for the Warlord Titan, and added the magnets to the Reaver as well as the weapon options. So we can check off two things from the to-do list.

Adeptus Titanicus - Legio Astraman Ad Arma Pt. X Adeptus Titanicus - Legio Astraman Ad Arma Pt. X

3Sep/240

Adeptus Titanicus – House Moritain Ad Arma Pt. I

As each of my titan legios will cover an allied Knight Household, I want to start with those supporting Legio Astraman.

Adeptus Titanicus - House Moritain

According to the Adeptus Titanicus supplement Loyalist Legios this would be the Knights of House Moritain, due to its ties to the Forge World Graia.

24Aug/240

Legions Imperialis – Solar Auxilia Leman Russ Exterminator and Annihilators Squadron

And we're covering the third Leman Russ plastic kit, the Exterminator and Annihilators, for Legions Imperialis, after the Leman Russ Strike Squadron, the Executioner and Demolisher today.

Legions Imperialis - Solar Auxilia Leman Russ Exterminator and Annihilators Squadron Legions Imperialis - Solar Auxilia Leman Russ Exterminator and Annihilators Squadron

All four new variants are included as formations in the new Devastation of Tallarn campaign supplement. They start out as squadrons of four and can be upgraded to a squad size of 10. Note, these can not be mixed, each squadron consists only out of one variant. With six different variants of the Leman Russ covered, the only one missing would be the Leman Russ Incinerator, with the Volkite Macro-Saker.

24Aug/240

Legions Imperialis – Legiones Astartes Termite Assault Drills

And the third kit in this wave is are Termite Assault Drills, a unit for the Legiones Astartes.

Legions Imperialis - Legiones Astartes Termite Assault Drills Legions Imperialis - Legiones Astartes Termite Assault Drills

The Termite Assault drills are an underground transport vehicle, often used in sieges or during similar heavily fortified scenarios. It is classified as an Imperial Subterrain Vehicle, and not the only one of its kind. Back in the Rogue Traders days, some armies had access to the Mole (used by the Imperial Guard/Astra Militarum and Squats) or Hellbore (Mechanicum and Squats), with variants like the Hades Breaching Drill.

24Aug/240

Legions Imperialis – Legiones Astartes Sabre Strike Tank Squadron

A new type of tank for the Legiones Astartes, with the Sabre Strike Tank Squadron for Legions Imperialis. These have been expected for quite some time now, as their very distinguished shape was used for the Light Armour units icon.

Legions Imperialis - Legiones Astartes Sabre Strike Tank Squadron Legions Imperialis - Legiones Astartes Sabre Strike Tank Squadron

In this boxed set of 8 Sabre tanks we have the choice between hull mounted neutron blaster or Anvilus autocannon, which means this kit is missing the volkite option, just like the three Leman Russ kits. The rules for the formation of Sabre Strike tanks can be found in The Devastation of Tallarn supplement, and the boxed set will set you back 41,00 EUR / 31,50 GBP RRP.

3Aug/240

Legions Imperialis – Solar Auxilia Leman Russ Executioner and Demolisher Squad

Along with Shadowsword and Sicaran, the second of three Leman Russ tank kits for Legions Imperialis is available for pre-order as well. While we have the regular Leman Russ Battle Tank and Vanquisher since the starter set, we now have access to the Executioner and Demolisher, with an further upcoming release of the Annihilator and Exterminator later this year.

Legions Imperialis - Solar Auxilia Leman Russ Executioner and Demolisher Squad Legions Imperialis - Solar Auxilia Leman Russ Executioner and Demolisher Squad

The Leman Russ is one of, if not the work horse of the Imperial war machine. The chassis is used for multiple variants, mostly the Leman Russ battle tank with various turrets (And even beyond the 6 mentioned above, there are still further variants to explore) and before the chimera chassis was developed used for artillery and self-propelled guns.

3Aug/240

Legions Imperialis – Legiones Astartes Sicaran Arcus and Punisher Squadron

The only release for the Legiones Astartes among this weeks pre-orders for Legions Imperialis are the Sicaran Arcus and Punisher tanks.

Legions Imperialis - Legiones Astartes Sicaran Arcus and Punisher Squadron Legions Imperialis - Legiones Astartes Sicaran Arcus and Punisher Squadron

With the starter set, we already have the regular Sicaran and Omega variant of the tank, now adding the missile launcher of the Arcus and rotary cannon of the Punisher to the Astartes battle tank. Thus covering all known variants, beside the Venator, who replaced the turret mounted weapon systems for a hull-mounted neutron-laser.

3Aug/240

Legions Imperialis – Solar Auxilia Shadowswords, Stormblades and Stormswords Squadron

On this day three new plastic kits are going for pre-order for Legions Imperialis, for Astartes the Sicaran Arcus and Punisher, for Solar Auxilia a new Leman Russ kit with the Executioner and Demolisher and a Shadowsswords, Stormblades and Stormswords kit. The last one is the one, which we are going to cover today.

The Shadowsword multi-kit is the third super heavy set for the Solar Auxilia in Legions Imperialis, after the Baneblade/Hellhammer and Stormhammer kits.

Legions Imperialis - Solar Auxilia Shadowswords, Stormblades and Stormswords Squadron Legions Imperialis - Solar Auxilia Shadowswords, Stormblades and Stormswords Squadron

With the last price raise, these kits went up from 40 to 41 EUR, or 31,50 GBP from 30 GBP, covering two identical sprues, an instruction leaflet and a black and white decal sheet.

These vehicles are tank destroyers build upon the Baneblade chassis, where as "tank" destroyer isn't the proper name for those, as they are clearly can be used against them but are uparmoured to fight against knights, titans and fortifications. The chassis is very versatile and depending on what they are intended to fight, there are different variants using different weapon systems, some of which are even mounted on titans.