Warhammer 40K Adeptus Titanicus Warlord Battle Titan
Posted: 01 Feb 2020, 08:37
....with Plasma Annihilator and Power Claw!
Really enjoying building the walkers and tanks of Warhammer 40,000 currently. It's a nice break from building armour!
The Titans were meant to be massive walkers piloted by members of nobel families (from their "command thrones"). They were often supported by scout walkers piloted by lesser nobels that scouted the battlefield and launched surgical strikes ahead of the towering Titans. So powerful are the Titans, with their thick armour and shield generators, they wear brightly coloured house livery rather than camouflage.
Citadel produce a number of Titan kits, this is the version with the power claw and plasma cannon. The kit comes in a stout box with a further pull out tray inside which protects the parts well. You get three sprues, an instruction booklet with games rules/stats for the Titan, a nicely printed sheet of "titan" decals and a display base.
The kit is moulded in light grey plastic. The sprue gates are quite large, and the plastic is reasonably soft, which demands that great care is taken when cutting parts off the sprue, as it is easy to cut into, or pull plastic off, the part. There are a couple of options for the shoulder pauldrons, and also options for the main armament. I am thinking of magnetising the arms so I can have options, there are a number of online tutorials on how to do this and Citadel conveniently leaves indents at the joins for 5x1mm magnets.
The three sprues are dominated by the amour panels, both sides need to be painted, and I'm going to follow the advice of most online reviews and paint them on the sprue and assemble them all on the model at the end.
So, on with gluing plastic!!
Really enjoying building the walkers and tanks of Warhammer 40,000 currently. It's a nice break from building armour!
The Titans were meant to be massive walkers piloted by members of nobel families (from their "command thrones"). They were often supported by scout walkers piloted by lesser nobels that scouted the battlefield and launched surgical strikes ahead of the towering Titans. So powerful are the Titans, with their thick armour and shield generators, they wear brightly coloured house livery rather than camouflage.
Citadel produce a number of Titan kits, this is the version with the power claw and plasma cannon. The kit comes in a stout box with a further pull out tray inside which protects the parts well. You get three sprues, an instruction booklet with games rules/stats for the Titan, a nicely printed sheet of "titan" decals and a display base.
The kit is moulded in light grey plastic. The sprue gates are quite large, and the plastic is reasonably soft, which demands that great care is taken when cutting parts off the sprue, as it is easy to cut into, or pull plastic off, the part. There are a couple of options for the shoulder pauldrons, and also options for the main armament. I am thinking of magnetising the arms so I can have options, there are a number of online tutorials on how to do this and Citadel conveniently leaves indents at the joins for 5x1mm magnets.
The three sprues are dominated by the amour panels, both sides need to be painted, and I'm going to follow the advice of most online reviews and paint them on the sprue and assemble them all on the model at the end.
So, on with gluing plastic!!