The King's Court Grows

The Fisher King's Court has now grown by two new Knights and there are more reinforcements on the horizon!

Hail to the king baby!

Deep Dive

I finished most of Deep Dive some months ago, but never got round to tweaking the last few elements and taking some decent pictures.  Unfortunately I didn't take any WIP images, but you should be able to make out most of the details in the images below...

Deep Dive is an ancient Knight Magaera pattern Knight armour piloted by Mad Old Baron Pellinore.

The additional armour plating on his thighs makes Deep Dive appear heavier and thicker set than other Questoris knights.

Deep Dive's huge Siege Claw is complemented by a prehensile tentacle which can be used to pull smaller prey toward his crushing grip and a rad cleanser to 'purify' areas at range.

The bronze plating at the back of the hull is intended to give the impression of a diving bell.

The deadly lightning cannon...

Deep Dive's face was a straight swap for one of the now out of print Forgeworld alt heads.  I think this head really fits the theme of the force, having the look of a modern robot submarine about it.

At Deep Dive's feet is a combination of industrial plating and sand - a common sight on a world where artificial and natural land masses go hand in hand.  The base is finished off with a little sea snail!

While at the back of the base, a small eel-like creature is hiding in the grates

Reef Thresher

Reef Thresher is piloted by Countess Caelia Hiralden, wife of Count Octillus Hiralden.  The Yin to his Yang.  The cheese to his pizza, etc...

Reef Thresher is a Cerastus Knight Lancer which I converted from an Atrapos chassis in a similar way to the original Fisher King conversion.  I needed a second Lancer class knight in order to use a Cerastus Knight lance (minimum of 2 Knights) at the next Titan Owners Club walk in June.  She was a lot of fun to convert and I'm really pleased with the final result!

I wanted Reef Thresher to be a little more feminine to contrast with her counterpart.  The pose makes here appear lighter on her feet than the Fisher King.

Putting the knight up onto the toes make it appear to be skipping forward lightly.

Reef Thresher is armed with a brutal looking drill which I converted from the Genestealer Cult Tectonic Fragdrill set.

The large torso lamp was an intentional nod to Gypsy Danger from the Pacific Rim movie

I installed a pressurised hatch into the Knight carapace, adding a nice feature to the clamshell armour

I used individual links to make the hanging chains on Reef Thresher - they look great but drove me slightly mad by jingling the whole time I was painting her!

I wanted the gauntlet to be different from the Fisher King, so I added long talons to the fingers; this had the added benefit of looking more feminine than her partner's stumpy digits.  Note the kill markings on the inside of her shield.

Again, I came up with a transparent shield design to bring her in line with the theme

I added extreme rust and weathering along with some sculpted barnacles to Reef Thresher's shin and knee pads, simulating the look of a machine that has spent long periods of time knee deep in sea water.

I added a lot of texture to the rusty areas to replicate the fuzzy look iron takes on when it starts to disintegrate 

Here are some WIP images I took while making Reef Thresher...

I spliced the drill with armour plating from a Knight Warden Gatling cannon, adding a small harpoon gun where the heavy flamer would normally live.

Stage 1 of painting Reef Thresher - spray silver then texture and weather the whole model liberally...

...this stage is always scary as it feels like you could ruin the miniature if you go too far!

This image shows all of the sub assemblies used to make Reef Thresher's shield.  Each component had to be fully painted before assembly otherwise I'd be risking marking the delicate transparent plastic

Getting everything to line up when assembling the shield was very tricky - there were a ton of dry-fits before anything was glued!

Much like the Fisher King's shield, I made sure that all of the parts fit together mechanically rather than relying just on some glue to keep it together.  This is important when you're working with clear acetate as it can very easily warp or cloud if you use too much glue

What the future holds....

Mudskipper is the third Armiger class knight which I've made for this force, adding the long-range armament of a Helverin Knight

I have a further two Knights in progress, but I'll be saving them for a future post.

For now, enjoy a couple of group shots - thanks for reading!

One big happy family!

I can't wait to use my Lancers to take on a titan!

What's in the box III - Return of the Boxinator...

Welcome to another edition of 'What's in the box'?!

'What dwelleth in thy carry case this time?' I hear you ask... The Court of the Fisher King of course! :)

 

I required a form of transportation for The Fisher King and his Knights - although I have not fully completed the force (see below), I wanted to get their transport ready so that I can use them for the first time!

 

The intention was to build them into a viable 2000 point force for games of Warhammer 40,000 - this didn't prove too difficult as they're not the cheapest units to field!  I chose the House Krast affiliation as that fitted the intended play style of the force.

 

As it now stands, the final line up for the banner and its support staff is as follows:

 

Imperial Knight Super Heavy Detachment (House Krast affiliation)

The Fisher King (Cerastus Knight Lancer) - Character, The Headsman's Mark (Heirloom), First Knight (Warlord Trait)

Piloted by Count Octillus Hiralden

 

The Old Baron (Questoris Knight Mageara) - Hekaton Siege Claw, Plasma Fusil
Piloted by 'Mad' Baron Pellinore

 

Shellback (Armiger Warglaive) - Meltagun
Piloted by Patrcocles Hiralden

Tidebreaker (Armiger Warglaive) - Meltagun
Piloted by Ivraine Hiralden

Barracuda Squall (Dominus Knight Valiant) - 1 Siegebreaker Cannon, 2 Siegebreaker Missile Racks
Piloted by Sir Ahabius Parcival

 

Supporting Patrol Detachment

Sacristan Nautolex (Techpriest Engineseer)

The Pike (Sydonian Dragoon)
Skitarii Aquis (6 Skitarii Rangers) - Alpha with Arc Maul & Arc Pistol, 1 Arc Rifle



 

Made to look like a heavily weathered equipment crate in the Fisher King's colours, I'm pleased with how it ended up!

You can see the decoration and carry chain from the top...

The chain is steel so is pretty darn heavy!

It's basically a decorated plastic storage box - here you can see the chain removed and locking clips opened...

...allowing the lid to be removed, revealing the first layer in the box

With the gaming accessories removed, you can see the heavily weathered wooden 'lid' I made from salvaged planks.  The handles were black iron bought from a hardware store.

Once removed with the handles, the wooden lid can be flipped to reveal hooks and banding which can carry other accessories.

Here are the main accessories; a decorated notebook for jotting down my many future victories (*or multitudinous defeats), a stripped down and repainted Stanley tape measure, a plastic token box and a wooden box.  All are decorated with the symbols and colours of The Fisher King.

Inside, you can see the 'grubby' dice etc. which I weathered with my secret mucky paint mix :)

And at the bottom of the box are the Knights and Support Staff.  I made a specially cut layer of thick EVA foam which secures all of the models inside the case.  Although the final models are assembled and primed, you'll have to wait for a future post to see them completed!

 War on a weeny scale!

 I have now completed my first Adeptus Titanicus scale miniature and am very proud of the final result.  I basically miniaturised every element of Ferrum Dominus (my 28mm scale Reaver Titan).  It took quite a while, especially the base which I had to build from scratch!



Behold Ferrum Dominus.  A long way away...

I even replicated the tiny toolbox behind the defence line.  It's possible I have started showing signs of madness...

I mimicked the 40k pose as closely as possible - it's testament to the plastic kit that this was even possible!

As well as the shells and detritus on the base, I made the arm banners which were a key part of the look of his larger incarnation!

Mother and baby parking available!

Getting the chevrons to match was also a bit of a pain!

Side by side, you can see how well they match up.  Note that I also cut and fitted tiny transparent green eye lenses to match.  This was a right ball ache but worth it!

It was important to me that the colour scheme and decals matched perfectly...

...including the black and white cog around the carapace weapon mount.  Getting the rust pattern to match actually worked out a little easier than I expected!

 

And in other news...

I completed my build of Drycha Hamadreth - I made a couple of minor changes.  Although Sylvaneth don't generally wear armour, I really wanted her features to be hidden behind a carved mask.  In addition, I felt the need to cover her tree boobies as it seemed a little silly to leave her 'real' body vulnerable within her tree construct if I'd given her a helm!  I sculpted a wooden Basque over her chest, and added a couple of additional branches on her back as she had a little less bulk with the loss of her original vine-hair.

I like the unpredictable, unknowable qualities which the helm grants Drycha

Can't wait to get her painted...