Showing posts with label Freeblade. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Freeblade. Show all posts

Tuesday 17 July 2018

New Armiger Warglaive - Shellback

When the King calls, his knights answer...


Today I wanted to share some images of a companion knight for The Fisher King.  As featured previously, the mighty Lancer piloted by Count Octurius Hiralden is accompanied by two Armiger Warglaives.  One of those Warglaives is Shellback, piloted by the Count's son and heir; Patrocles Hiralden.

Shellback is another highly modified knight chassis - smaller than The Fisher King, Shellback can get into places a Lancer just can't fit!  As with his liege, Shellback has been refitted for underwater operations, defending the colony world's sprawling artificial archipelago from the shoreline and the briny deep...

Shellback packs a heavy punch with an extremely large harpoon launcher which he can use to spear his prey before reeling it in on monstrous chain drives.  Like his father's suit, Patrocle's knight armour is equipped with helm linked manipulator tendrils which can be used to enact swift repairs or manipulate smaller objects on the sea floor.

Whether combatting colossal oceanic beasts in close confines or repairing essential industrial equipment, Shellback's double headed drill arm is just the ticket.

To help stand up to the monstrous force meted out by Corbenic's unusual tidal patterns, Shellback is also equipped with a weighty anchor which can be deployed from the rear of the knight, bracing it against all but the fiercest currents.

 He may not be pretty, but defending rigs and island settlements from marauding local fauna takes a toll on the paintwork!
When you have a giant double-headed drill, every problem looks like... A big hole?
Shellback's armour plating is chipped and covered with algae from being constantly submerged
Patrocles proudly displays the Hiralden family heraldry on Shellback's tilt shield
Anchors away!
The chain drive is used to reel in anything unlucky enough to be hit by a 20 foot harpoon - look out SpongeBob...
Even the exhaust housing has been modified for underwater ops
Old moisture processors and maintenance hatches litter the area...
Eat your heart out Captain Nemo!
Additional lamps, portholes and vents are dotted over the hull - essential equipment for any deep sea diver!
One big happy family...
Anyone fancy a swim?

As usual, let me know what you think in the comments section and share my blog if you like what you see! :)

Thursday 28 June 2018

Go-Knights!


Robots Undisguised!

As if finishing a Reaver Titan wasn’t enough, I’ve ploughed on with yet more Imperial Knights this week!

I’ve broken down my Imperial Knights into several themed factions.  The most straight forward one is my House Raven Knights which is unsurprising given that they are undeniably linked to the Legio of my Reaver Titan (and eventually my two Warhounds once they’re built and painted!); Metalica.
Metalica and House Raven have an unbroken bond dating back to before the Horus Heresy, giving a rich background for me to draw on and cross-pollinate.

So, to start with, I want to do a quick rundown of the Knights and Support units which I own and their current build status.  I do intend to try and add progress to my Blog as and when I complete a unit from the Force:

House Raven
Unit
Name
Battle Readiness
Questoris Class: Knight Errant
Arbiter
[Build Status: Complete]
[House Colours: Complete]
=!= Arbiter Ready to Walk =!=
Questoris Class: Knight Paladin
Cognis
[Build Status: Complete]
[House Colours: Not yet applied]
Questoris Class: Knight Gallant
Furien
[Build Status: Complete]
[House Colours: Not yet applied]
Questoris Class: Knight Warden
Crucius
[Build Status: Complete]
[House Colours: Not yet applied]
Questoris Class: Knight Crusader
Indomitus
[Build Status: Complete]
[House Colours: Not yet applied]
Questoris Class: Knight Preceptor
Rygan
[Build Status: Incomplete: processing STC plans]
Questoris Class: Knight Gallant
Furore
[Build Status: Incomplete: processing STC plans]
Questoris Class: Knight Castellan
Invigillus
[Build Status: Incomplete: processing STC plans]
Questoris Class: Knight Valiant
Ahabius
[Build Status: Incomplete: processing STC plans]
Questoris Class: Knight Mageara
Violatus
[Build Status: Incomplete: processing STC plans]
Armiger Class: Knight Warglaive
Infernus
[Build Status: Complete]
[House Colours: Not yet applied]
Armiger Class: Knight Warglaive
Sythax
[Build Status: Complete]
[House Colours: Not yet applied]
Armiger Class: Knight Helverin
Mordent
[Build Status: Incomplete: processing STC plans]
Armiger Class: Knight Helverin
Hastus
[Build Status: Incomplete: processing STC plans]
3 Armoured Sentinels
The Huntsmen
[Build Status: Complete]
[House Colours: Complete]
=!= Huntsmen  Ready to Walk =!=
3 Armoured Sentinels
The Outriders
[Build Status: Complete]
[House Colours: Not yet applied]
Baneblade Super Heavy Tank
Impregnable
[Build Status: Complete]
[House Colours: Not yet applied]
Sacristan Techpriest
Regulus
[Build Status: Complete]
[House Colours: Not yet applied]

The elements of the force which I’ve completed so far are the Huntsmen, 3 Lascannon equipped armoured Sentinels and Arbiter, my one finished Knight Raven Questoris suit.

The Huntsmen


Below is a picture of the Huntsmen and some shots of an objective token I made from spare parts to go along with my Knights:

Ranging ahead, these Sentinels risk it all for the honour of House Raven!

I loved the idea of smaller machines crewed by House Serfs, lowborn residents of Kolossi who are given the opportunity to emulate their masters, riding out ahead of the more heavily armed knights as a scouting force.
This is probably an extremely hazardous profession, hence them being given the honour of wearing the House colours.  One even sports the House symbol on his hull – he must have made a good impression on the battlefield!
Life as a Servo-skull radar walker must be... fun?
What better way to observe the enemy than with a scuttling radar dish?

Arbiter

Arbiter was built shortly after the original Imperial Knight kit was released.  I loved the old Epic Imperial Knights and decided that I would build Arbiter to emulate the old Epic model with a gigantic smashy fist.  On reflection, there are few goofier red robots out there than the original Epic Errant…



Only this guy springs to mind….
 
In case you’re unfamiliar with Scooter, he’s one of the Go-bots.  A shameless 80’s cartoon rip-off of Transformers produced with epic levels of laziness to sell some of the worst toys ever made…
Seriously. How did they make him look more like a mobility scooter than a vesper?!
 
A toy so tragically bad, it resorts to cheering for itself in the box:
 


There was always something a little off about Scooter in the cartoons…


To be honest, Scooter wasn’t the only Go-bot that seemed to enjoy exposing himself to children on the telly either…


Anyway!  Back on subject! Arbiter was given a scratch built power fist of epic proportions to match the scale of the original epic model– I worried that it would look ridiculous, but I think it worked out really well!  Even though he’s recently had a refit to include a carapace Autocannon array and some extra base detailing, I’ve never even considered replacing his fist with a newer Thunderstrike gauntlet – I think it makes him wonderfully unique and can easily be used to represent a relic weapon from the new Codex; The Paragon Gauntlet! J








 

Freeblades

Next up are my Freeblades which are organised into 3 distinct factions that are each centred around a single Legendary Knight.
Each one has a really strong theme as I see them as named characters, travelling the galaxy with their own select retinues...
The first up is the mysterious Faded Remnant which are centred around the legendary Knight The Spectre who you can see in the images below.

The Faded Remnant
Unit
Name
Battle Readiness
Questoris Class: Knight Paladin
The Spectre
[Build Status: Complete]
[Remnant Colours: Complete]
=!= Spectre Ready to Walk =!=
Secutarii Hoplite Squad

The Spectral Guard
[Build Status: Incomplete: processing STC plans]
Sacristan Techpriest
Mortan
[Build Status: Complete]
[Remnant Colours: Not yet applied]
2 Kastellan Robots
The Haunt
[Build Status: Complete]
[Remnant Colours: Not yet applied]

 







I’ll feature my two remaining Freeblade factions, The Banner of the Bear and The Court of the Fisher King in a future post.  I’ve already shown the Kodiak in a previous post, but he’s getting some friends to make sure that he doesn’t get lonely!  As for the Fisher King… well. He’s nearly ready to walk…