Unleash the hounds!

I think that Warhounds are probably my favourite models from the new Adeptus Titanicus. This might be because I once had one of the Forgeworld ones. It took months to construct, paint wouldn't take to it no matter how much it was scrubbed to the extent that I had to mix the basecoat with PVA. I was a GW staff member at the time, so I was at peak hobby-knowing stuff, before anyone tries to tell me I was doing it wrong. When it was down it was a pain to store and I worried about its fragility so much that I used it twice in a decade before selling it at cost. Like so much stuff to come out of Forgeworld, the poor materials used made it a big disappointment. So it's entirely possible that have two Warhounds that went together in an hour went to my head. I've finished one loyal one, and decided this week it was time to sort out my Nurgle ones.

There are a few things that the two have in common. The trees are from Eve of Battle Scenics, who you can find on Ebay. The pockmarks on them are as ever created with a small drill. The horns are from Plaguebearers, I think (can't quite recall). 

Laser/Inferno gun boy has a weird bony noble thingy growing out of its carapace and a censer hanging from its chassis. These are from Plague Marines. The fleshy grows are a spattering of texture paint. 

The manky flesh-growth on the right leg guard is a Spellcrow bit blended in with some texture paint, and around his inferno gun is a coil of model barbed wire, available from numerous Ebay sellers. The fleshy fronds on his left leg guard are Woodland Scenics foliage glued down firmly.

The smashed palisade on his base was created by cutting lolly sticks in half lengthways for thinner planking and then sticking these bits to a bit of MDF.

Mega-bolter/Plasma Blastgun boy has some bells hanging from his chassis. These are a spare from the Plague Marines kit. Up on his carapace is a weird fleshy chimney thing. That's a bit from Spellcrow. 

The river on his base is done in a similar way to those on the base of the Hanging Tree and the Hierophant, building up the banks with MDF to give the impression of depth. The slabby bridge is just a bit of MDF. 

Now, if I could just stop myself from overheating their reactors...

Of Gods, machines and monsters

I love the new Adeptus Titanicus game. It's engaging, intuitive, immersive and makes the player think. My only real issue with it is that it is set in the somewhat restrictive Horus Heresy era. But that's okay: my friends and I just decided that our games would be set in 40k!

Of course, there was one slight problem, that being that the Chaos Titans looked very much the same as the loyalist ones. Not one to be daunted by that, I set to work. My loyalists are of a yet-unnamed legion, but the Chaos battlegroup was created to fit in with my 40k Nurgle collection. Evidentally, Lord Eiterfex has decided to roll out the big guns. 

As with all of my Nurgle gribblers, this was quite easy. I converted the Titans with leftover bits from Great Unclean Ones and assorted other Nurgle kits. The Warlord's horn is, if I recall correctly, a spare from a Warhammer Fantasy Chaos Warrior Chariot. 

The nasty flesh-vines you can see growing out of the Nurgle Titans is just Woodlands Scenics foliage glued firmly down and painted. 

Now, I wanted to give a real sense of scale to these models. Those little trees you can see on the Warlord's base are from a new company called Eve of Battle Scenics, who were very helpful and quick. 

The service roads you can see are literally just 2mm thick MDF strips with the edges beveled off. The chainlink fencing was a tad more tricky, but not difficult: the posts are paperclips cut down and inserted onto the base with holes I drilled out. The fence itself is from modeling mesh that's cheaply available on Ebay cut down to size with scissors. 

A couple of the close combat weapons have jagged wire wrapped around them. Again, just modeling barb wire available from Ebay. 

I hope that they ultimately decide to move this away from HH. They have a great game with excellent models. I think it had way more potential than they might currently think!