A Titanic undertaking, continued. (And a gift)

More progress on the Warhound to report!

Well, the test with the heraldic plates didn't turn out as well as I'd hoped, so they won't be used.

I did however get on with the airbrushing stages:

As you can see in the pics, I've added gun-pennants and a small banner to the Titan. These were made from plastic and metal rod, some spare bits for the finials, and mainly tin sheet from old mayo tubes.

In the course of today, I've been painting the metal trim on the Warhound. Here's where he's at at the end of the day:

I've been using Vallejo Liquid Metal Old Gold for this, and aside from the smell (alcohol based) and the extra bother in cleaning the brush, I'm very impressed with these! Now I just have to paint all the other details and bits... I had hoped to finish it in my current week off, but now I'm having serious doubt if I can make it! Oh well, I'd rather do it well, than do it fast.

And finally the gift. A friend in Scotland, LongFang, does regular streams on Twitch and has significantly stepped up his schedule to keep people entertained during the present Viral Kerfuffle. As a sign of appreciation, and because he is a very keen player of Destiny 2, I decided to make him a custom Ghost (little personal A.I. assistants) prop:

 The core paintjob (airbrush), with a set of markings derived from the Flags of Scotland and a second set derived from his in-game heraldry.

Then it was time for weathering and final assembly:

And then it took a long, looong wait for the final component to arrive, a lighting unit:

Once everything came together, I could finally send it off to it's intended owner. He received it today, so I can now, at last, share this little labour of love with you.

See you all again next time!

A titanic undertaking

Remember, remember, the end of december, when I showed some 3d printed parts?

Well, the past two weeks, I restarted printing a Lucius Pattern Warhound for a friend, and that, in turn got me energized to work on my Mars pattern Warhound again.
I'm printing the last few weapons I need to have the complete set (only 2 Inferno cannons to go!) while assembling the Titan itself.

Which involves sanding, lots of sanding...

Currently I'm focussing on building the main structure of the Warhound. After that I will spend time personalizing and decorating it.

I have decided on the colour scheme and Legio for this Titan(and possible future ones?), it shall be Legio Astraman. I've been deciding on proper markings and heraldry, using the background of Legio Astraman as a guide.
Ofcourse I painted a quick tester:

The legs will be coloured slighly different, and I'm thinking of going either green or cream white for the head instead, but that is the basic layout I'm going for.

Having chosen a Legio, I also set about making a few heraldic plates:
From colour logo (found on the internet):

Through greyscale:

To a 3d relief created by mapping light-dark to low-high:

I still need to print this, and then I'll add it to the Warhound carapace. I've also added a receptacle for a banner pole on it's back, to fly a Legio Astraman pennant/banner. I'll also be adding moderati Kill-pennants to the guns (just one set, but magnetized, so I can switch them over when I swap weapons out). I'll be omitting the "loincloth" banner, as I feel it doesn't suit the Warhound's lines and background says they are precious relics, stored before battle anyway.

See you next time, and good hunting!