Titans take Time

Washes done, time to do layers

Over the past week, I did not spend a lot of time working on the Reaver.  When I did, it has a ton of detail, like the Warlord and it is easy to miss something.  Since I am now on the layering, it should progress faster as I hunt for details and make areas pop.  The first white layer, Ulthuan Grey, is completed (mostly) and may get a layer White Scar over it.  I am currently torn on whether to actually add much to the blue, I will need to double check the Warlord as reference.

I recently read (second hand) a tweet from a Adeptus Titanicus game designer that Reavers and Warlords are were people should start.  I generally agree, as it means getting the scheme down before embarking on the challenge of the Warlord from a modelling perspective and a way to learn the rules.

I will also be working up a second Reaver after this one. But before that, I will return to my K'47 Kingdom of Italy force and round it out with an MMG, Stuart-T, and anti-tank team.

Progress on the Reaver

Mirror update I have slowly been painting up the Reaver this past week.  Plan to add more this coming week.

In Progress Reaver

On Father's Day, my son and I played a game of Team Yankee - Canada vs Poland.  The Poles won on modified objectives.

A Reaver for the True Messengers

Simple update, I am working on 1 of 2 Reaver Titans I have to add to my True Messengers Maniple.  I plan to have all the titans for a full strength Axiom Maniple and may build out a few more Banners of the supporting Knight House.  We will see - I still yet to play a game, but that is probably more my own fault than anything else.

K'47 ECI Bersaglieri Infantry Sections

Fully painted, basing still to go

I have been steadily working on painting up units of Bersaglieri infantry sections for my K'47 Co-belligerent.  They are almost complete.  Basing will be done before next weekend if everything goes well.

I am running two five-man sections of Bersglieri infantry sections.  I painted their back-pack rolls red and orange to make it easy to tell the difference between them.  The light mortar team and command section have light backpacks that are the tan they would be.

Once complete, I still plan to add a Sherman-T and MMG team.

During Basing

DANAs Complete in Time for Tournament

Completed DANA Battery

I was able to finish my DANA Battery last week in time for the 50 point round-robin tournament this Saturday.  I did not bring any Main Battle Tanks (MBTs) to the tournament as it was for learning and I wanted to make sure new players got to see parts of the game that MBTs make it easy to overlook. 

I took the following Polish list:

• BMP Motor Rifle Battalion
• 1 x BMP-1 HQ
• 1 x BMP-2 Battalion (Small) with SA-7 Grail
• 1 x BMP-1 Battalion (Small)
• 1 x ZSU-23 (4 Vehicles)
• 1 x SA-13 Gopher (2 Vehicles)
• Divisional Attachment
• 1 x DANA Battery (6 Vehicles)
• 1 x Hind Flight (4 Aircraft)

I managed to come out middle of the pack in terms of games.  Games are scored based on victory and how many units the victor lost.  I managed a major loss (2 pts), major victory (5 pts), and a minor loss (3 pts).

Polish DANAs In-Work

Polish DANA, Afghanistan 2010

This past weekend, I picked up two Team Yankee DANA SP 152mm Battery boxes and began assembly and construction.  The DANA is a domestically built Czechoslovakian artillery system developed in the 1970s.  The Poles bought them in the early 1980s and continue to use them even today (2019).

In my Team Yankee army, they are my first full artillery battery.  I expect the battery will be imposing and demand the attention of hostile air.  To this end, I expect they will fall under a not insignificant anti-air bubble of ZSUs and Gophers.  I am tempted to field a non-tank 50 point list in order to introduce the game's other mechanics to the rest of my FLGS's players.

I have enjoyed using the airbrush again to work on them, but it is another set of 15 mm vehicles.   It works really well for creating splotchy camouflage for vehicles. I will need to experiment on some 28 mm scale miniatures eventually.

Base Coated DANAs

I will hopefully have them complete before this weekend, just in case I have the opportunity to play in the 50 point round-robin set of games on Saturday.

Assembly shots after the break.

ECI Jump Section

ECI Jackal

Over the past two weeks, I have worked on painting up my Konflikt '47 Paracadutisti with Firefly jet-packs and a Jackal Walker.  I envision these being paired and working together to pressure a flank relatively early in a game.

Background-wise, they are from the same unit.  These teams respond to incursions across the front lines by ENR forces.

I started by painting the Paracadutisti, emulating the box art with some slight adjustments.  I then based the Jackal's scheme on the Paracadutisti.  I added Co-belligerent iconography and the Italian flag.

Firefly-equipped ECI Paracadutisti

A few more pictures follow.

Third Component of Rats Based and Washed

Pretty straightforward update for this past week.  I got the third components of my Bolt Action Desert Rats base color painted, washed, and painted.  In addition, I bought and assembled a Jackal and opened, assembled, and primed some ECI Fireflies for K'47.

My FLGS is re-igniting Konflikt '47 league/play, so I will likely focus on my ECI 1,000 point army for the next few months.

The other project I am notionally signed up for is to participate in a Krieg Linebreaker army build with my brother and his best friend is aiming for the fall.

State of my Hobby Station 

Third Component of Desert Rats

Last week was rough due to suffering from the flu.

I finished up building assembly and the Ambots on Saturday.

On Sunday, I started in on the third and last component of my Desert Rats reinforced infantry platoon.  The second core infantry section, the 6 pound cannon, mortar, and the Lieutenant and his aid/sergeant/guide.

We will see how long the ~18 men take.

Buildings are Rough

I have been busy with life stuff and some non-model gaming this past week/weekend.  I have been spending some time fighting with assembling a set of Adeptus Titanicus buildings.

I initially thought they would be straightforward and go together pretty easily, to the point of giving the task to my son to work on.  He became frustrated after working on his second building.  I picked up the "project" after that and disassembled his partial building to try and clean it up a bit.  I also started in on the third building.

While the buildings have some nice fitting spots on them, they do not seem to have enough of an edge to easily let the glue cure, without gravity pulling things apart.

I have another busy weekend coming up, but hopefully I will get these buildings assembled in the coming week and then can shift back to some 28mm scale toy soldiers.

A Second Warlord

Built and primed the second Warlord this past weekend.  It will be painted up in the colors of Legio Crucius, the Titan Legion of Ryza - my son's chosen Forgeworld.  I also have a bunch of buildings to build out.

Next thing is more British 8th Army (probably)!

A Warlord and its Knights

For Ultramar!

This weekend I completed the three Imperial Knights that will fight along side my Warlord from the initial boxed game.  This completes my half of the box.  My son is slowly working on his Knights and I will be assembling his Warlord for him.

Just the Knights

Having completed these, I think I will turn my attention back to finishing up my 1,000 point Bolt Action British Desert Rats army.  That and working on getting my son's Warlord assembled.

Slow Knights

I have slowly been working on the nights.  I washed them and began applying layers to the red and yellow areas this past week.  Hopefully, I will get these guys done in the next week or so.  Then I need to decide what is next on my list.

Slowly coming together