When an engine walk.

I am finally at the end of the road with Hyperion. I have some tiny things to do but he's done enough to be Operational.  I plan on basing, adding some weathering powder, scroll work and am holding out for some FW decal support.

Rubber man can

The rubber band man can. Ode to the rubber band, holding hobbyist crap together since the beginning.

Tip top shape

Progress, no matter how slow is still progress, right?

Start work on the carapace, I wanted to blend the checker and camo, my first attempt failed miserably so I had to do a strip, this time around it looks like I'm on track. Weather will help blend it. Fingers crossed 

What's in a name?

So I'm still waiting on on last final part to finish my Titan. This waiting has given me a chance to work on some other aspects. Since Forgeworld does nor make a decal sheet for Legio Tempestus I decided to put my iPad to work. I downloaded the Tempestus banner that is from the HH books and with the magic of apps I was able to whip up my Titans banner.

Still to do is huge missing rear, that's the part I'm waiting on. Once that's done I need to do some seal coats and dull coats. Also plan on a base.

I did decide to go with the Greek Titan names and follow a little more of the Greek languages and less of the High-Gothic Latin that we see GW use. After reading the HH books and Titanicus, Legio Tempestus seems to me to be more of a Warrior Monk culture to me so I wanted to separate them a little.

Part of the ship, part of the crew

First let me give a shout out to the Titan owners club blog. A great resource for Titans.

http://titanownersclub.blogspot.com/

Second I want to say after a break I'm back on task. I have been working on the head and crew.  It's at this point the Titans name and story start taking shape.

Unlike most naming conventions I went straight for a classical Greek name wanting to break the bonds of Mars. 

Certificate Number: 1833

Titan Name: Hyperion

Primary Armament: Missile Launcher, Gatling Blaster, Turbo Las-blaster.

Princeps: Princeps Aivas Tlamunus

Titan Legio: Legio Tempestus

Demi Legio: Ethelotis

Reaver Titan Hyperion's records show it as being active during the Crusades with the 12th Expeditionary Fleet.  After the Schism of Mars and the splitting of the Legio the bruised and battered loyal Titans of Tempestus made for Orestes, a Forgeworld that had assisted the Legio many times. Orestes, while a productive Forgeworld had never rated a Legio of there own and welcomed the remains of Tempestus with open arms.  During the Crusade the Magos of Orestes discovered that they and Legio Tempestus shared much more then just a common enemy.

Here comes the boom!

While I wait for some replacement parts from FW I've moved ahead with some weapon work. In order to make the weapons stand out from the body I incorporated a little more bronze.  I also wanted to do the "laser" look. I went with green so it would stand out. I also like the top/bottom checkers on the missile launcher. It fits and looks good.

More of the same. A little extra.

So once again the paint peel got me again. Second go around, stripped old paint, washed, scrubbed, sealed, primed, let gully cure - peel.

Did the "damage" method, not painting it a third time.  I might buy a second one for a cleaner look.

I did add some decals. I think decals help add some needed surface details.

Wit's End

*Sigh*

This project has been a true trial on my sanity. Now mind you I have washed all these bits with warm water and soap, and an extra scrub of the nail polish remover and used auto grade primer. And still have paint pull.

Started today with the missile launcher which was full failure and had to be stripped so to end the evening on a positive note I worked on the shoulder pads.

I still got paint pull but not nearly as bad. I decided to turn it into a positive. Since I'm doing weathering and battle damage I turned the pain of the paint into help.

Where the paint pulled I dabbed in Typhus Corruption, it gives a nice texture, once dry I dabbed leadbelcher. I will seal and wash tomorrow.

*** Update ***

I sealed with wax and applied my oil washes. It really helped blend it together. I still have to seal with Matt Clear Coat, that will help mute the colors even more bring it together.

Tip top shape

Coming along slowley. Went ahead and worked on the carapace. I was a little worried about how the camo and silver would work together on such a large surface. We'll no need to worry, I couldn't be happier. I will be adding some decals to the checkers in the future as well as the scroll work. I also wanted to keep the weathering down a little, keeping the weathering heavy down towards the bottom of the Titan.

Thanks to Fallout Hobbies

I wanted to thank Fallout Hobbies for helping me with a custom order of airbrush stencils. I needed a bunch of squares and had no idea of the size. I asked Fallout to make a recommendation and they nailed it. They gave me a couple of sizes and had the sheets to me quickly. Check then out at:

www.fallouthobbies.com

On your feet solider

Been a productive weekend. Able to do some heavy weathering. As I move up the Titan I will reduce the dirt and grim weathering and might shift toward some battle damage.

Making new old.

Trying something new is always worry some. I want this Titan to have an weathered and ancient feel to it. I'm using Martian Iron earth to build up some "cracked" iron/steel feel. It's beyond weathered but an attempt to "age" the pieces.

Also adding some oil weathering to my test plate. So far so good.

Not a voice actor.

I wanted to do a quick video covering some paint stripping. I was doing some masking and had the paint pull up. Wife recommend this "pink stuff" and it's amazing.

https://youtu.be/botTHQvgdRk

Color test

So I've started in on my Reaver Titan. I've decided on Legio Tempestus, they split during the Schism of Mars; half staying loyal and half went traitors. The main colors of Tempestus "blues" in an urban camo and white with silver trim.  Before moving forward I found an old Warhound Titan armor plate and wanted to do a mock-up.  This armor plate has had several paint jobs so forgive the rough texture.

Colors used were base of Fenrisian Grey, Caledor Sky and Kantor Blue, all three are from the Citadel Air line and we're airbrushed on.