Epic. Forgeworld Metalica 4.

 Titans!!

With the enjoyable distraction of the Skitarii mostly done ( Kataphons  and Termites to finish) I felt suitably inspired to tackle my Titans.

original Warhound Canis Gladio (Sword Hound)

 I had previously completed a Lucius Pattern Warhound in Legio Atarus livery and started a Vanguard miniatures Leviathan (alt Reaver) but with my switch to Legio Metalica I went back and changed the Warhound before finishing off the Leviathan.

Legio Matalic Battlegroup with Canis Gladio and Turrim Fidei (Tower of Faith) 

Groin shield and tilting shield added along with magnets on all weapon points.

Based as  Reaver varient for Adeptus Titanicus

Weapon set with base model.

Weapon set plus some taken from the original Epic Warlord

Turrim Fidei advances through the ruin of Abydos IV

Epic. Forgeworld Metalica 3.

 The first of my Epic Forgeworld Metalica forces are complete.

These will form the start of my Epic Adeptus Mechanicus force and auxillary for my Titan Battlegroup.

First of my Onager Dune Crawlers

(Vanguard Miniatures Cybershadow Skitter Tanks)

i magnetised the tanks so the cabins are moveable and I can swap out all the weapon options.

Skitarii Vanguard with Termite Transport and Dune Crawler support led by Magos detachment

Four more Termites to finish off

Skitarii Rust Lancer

My two Skitarii Rust Lancers are about done and ready to be painted. 

Partly inspired by S.Dali The Caravan, the Rust Lancers were put together using an Warhammer Fantasy Empire Knight horse and parts of the Forgeworld Tech-Thrall with Mitrelock.

The Horse was prepared by removing/not attaching it's head and tail. The saddle was filed down as was the back of the front armour level with the back. The hoofs were removed and holes drilled and replaced with the ends of Cocktail/toothpick sticks (2 inch). Sections of guitar wire were added to replace the tail and to the middle sections. 

The main intersection is made up from a section of cable from the Zinge Industry model supply range ( 'Flexible Extra Large Bundled Power Cables' left in picture)

It fits into the opening very well and you can push more into the body cavity to add stability. The trunk is then topped with the Tech-thrall which has been cut to just under the chest plate. Cabling from the Mithralock is then taken and attached to the backpack and horse torso. Smaller guitar string sections are then added around the waist as further support. 

Green Stuff cables were then added to the legs and torso. The cables were made using the Roll Maker from Green Stuff World.

Arms and shield were then added from an Empire Knight. The purity seal was made with paper and Green stuff, the seal indent was made with the end of a brush with the bristles removed. 

I am very pleased with how these have turned out and they should fit in well to the medieval overtones of my Inquisitor Warband, also tempted to make up a full unit as they would be perfect in an Adeptus Mechanicum force as a Fast Attack and supporting an Ironstrider

Adeptus Mechanicus: The Copper Oracle

Primary scan + target designated Copper Oracle has been acquired

Structural parameters

= 98.2% compliance with 4th Revision Baroque Indulgence Artistic Principles

The Copper Oracle was constructed by Adept Itzen-Da a pupil of Adept Ulterimua and was a prototype Warp reader. Embedded within the machine is an artificially grown and enhanced brain partly cultured from illicitly gathered Navigator House stock. 

The Oracle was an early step into the exploration of the Akasha Postulation and Noospheric field work. Unfortunately during the initial testing the feedback from the warp connection resulted in temporal instability and the Oracle platform was pulled into the warp. The Copper Oracle is still bound to the Red Planet, by accident or design is unknown, and will periodically reappear in different locations. Sometimes for mere hours and other times for days. Still operational after all this time, the Copper Oracle  dispenses its visions into the desert

More recently sightings have increased and the Copper Oracle has been gathering resources, utilizing ancient pathways and access codes to old to be countered. Only time will reveal its purpose and if speaks with the will of the Omnissiah or Warp inspired madness. 

   

Additional:

Access granted to apocryphal file 1/22.34

Adept Itzen-Da disappeared after the first testing of the Copper Oracle and Official records log that he offered himself for Unwinding and Reclamation as a result of the debacle. Other sources indicate he entered the Copper Oracle during its initialization and remains as part of it still. 

querry search Itzen-Da, Adept hidden rank...

Reclaimation Authorized 30.011.299

Subfiles  

Parts manifest
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Transport and storage
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Redistribution
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Adeptus Mechanicus: Copper Oracle 3

Time to fill the head!
The mounted Knight of the Blazing Sun is the centrepiece and larger pieces pinned around it. Once all of the larger pieces are attached the aim is to build up around them and fill the gaps with either antenna, various Bitz and then cabling.

Granted it's looking a little crude but most of the lower portions will be hidden and all repainted once in place

Adeptus Mechanicus: Copper Oracle

Bouncing between projects I have started on a Adeptus Mechanicus shrine. I will fill out more detail later but the basic concept is a head and hands reaching up from the Martian wasteland, possibly the top  of a once looming edifice. The Statue is also warp sensitive and speak in ticker tape prophecy.

The statue will be from a doll and constructed on a plasticard base.
A cardboard roll from kitchen tin foil was used inside the head to act a platform to add a plasticard level for the top of the head. Slate fragments and NoMoreNails were used to build the landscape while the first details were added from my bits box including the spent cap gun cartridge for the eye piece.

Dreams of Mars...

With 15mm gaming and painting (well painting so far!) my wargaming bug has been well and truly woken up. I have been considering a return to Games Workshop for some time and with the release by Forgeworld of their Mechanicum forces and now by GW itself with the Skitarri it has kind of decided it for me.
Ever since I read Mechanicum by Graham McNeil (set during the outbreak of the Horus Heresy)  I have been looking to delve more into the side and along with an Inquisitional Warband  appeal to me the most. They both have a strong Steampunk feel and tap in to the Heart of the Warhammer 40K story with their techno medieval appearance and ideology. As a painter and builder the Mechanicum offers a lot of scope, not just on adapting existing figures but the potential for unique pieces and highly personalised equipment and appearance.
In preparation for a Mechanicum army I have just finished rereading Mechanicum and have started the Priests of Mars which is the start of a Mechanicum Trilogy also by Grham McNeil.
Over on my Pinterest, I have set up a Adeptus Mechanicum board for inspiration:

Adeptus Mechanicus Pinterest