The fabricator General has decreed that my army may develop the might of a reaver titan. The Adeptus Mechanicus are cowering in inspired awe at the intersteller cargo container that arrived via UPS at my doorstep yesterday from Nottingham, UK.
So…much…resin. While intimidated, the will is strong and the project will commence!
Titan #1108 shall become infamous to the enemies of the empire and mankind!
Of course as soon as I take the picture I see everything I forgot… have to paint the bolter rounds in the twin link bolter on the turret. I’ll also apply some decals using micro-sol, and then finish with a 50/50 mix of matt/satin Liquitex Varnish. I don’t think I’m going to weather these models until I get better at weathering, so they’ll stay ‘clean’ for now.
After much deliberation, browsing pictures of ‘black’ miniatures on dakka dakka the only truly black example that I found and liked was at cool mini or not, and I don’t have the skill nor the patience to pull that off… so I decided to give my good old airbrush (read easy blends!) a try.
I primed with Vallejo black surface primer, followed by a coat of Reaper Adamantium Black, followed by a highlight of blackened steel. You can see the ‘raw’ airbrush output, which makes the models look very, very grey compared to a pure black model.
I then applied two layers of Games Workshop badab black wash, which darkened the grey look significantly. The models ended up looking a bit ‘drab’ and I’m hoping that a satin varnish applied as the last protective coat will add enough shine/contrast/depth to give the effect of highlighted black armor instead of oily grey armor. We’ll see how it turns out!
Finished the Games Workshop Imperial Strong Point! This took me just over three weeks, blew through almost an entire bottle of Vallejo Acrylic Polyurethane Primer, and an entire dropper bottle of Reaper MSP 9176 Military Green. The airbrushing went great, although I had some issues keeping my drybrush dry while trying to cover such large surfaces. I didn’t apply the same level of precision I try for on individual miniatures as it’s just too much surface area to cover within a reasonable amount of time. All the parts for both the bastions and the Aegis defense lines were airbrushed directly on the sprue after removing as many of the sprue supports as possible… this modulated the color on the different panels a lot, perhaps too much.
And the finished product
30mm Madness! 
