Showing posts with label Sentinels. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sentinels. Show all posts

Wednesday 22 July 2020

Snapper and the Blowfish

Mechanical wonders abound!

The Court of the Fisher King
This week saw me finish two new units for The Court of the Fisher King; the Skorpius Dunerider Blowfish and the Sentinel walker Snapper.  The Court is really coming along nicely, with only 2 Skitarii squads, 2 more knights and the Knight Scions for 5 of the knights to go!  If I finish them in the next few weeks, I may even rewards myself with one last Knight and some Kastellan Robots before finally sealing the lid on this long-term project!

The Blowfish

It took a while to complete, but I have finished finished my Skorpius Dunerider, The Blowfish.  I am really happy with the final look of this miniature; I did make some small adjustments to the model including changing the crew and removing the long whip aerials, but in general, I didn't need to make too many changes to the kit.  The main build challenge was the base which was covered in a previous post - painting it was really enjoyable and I would highly recommend a Skorpius kit to any Mechanicus collector!

For a simple concept, this miniature took a lot of effort to complete!

The large resin base is a little excessive, but it is only meant for display, detaching from magnets within the hull when I want to remove the Dunerider
I'm really happy with the waves and spray on the finished piece - it really is skipping over the waves!
The split wake from the turbines works really well
The crew were intentionally all replaced with servitors - they won't get seasick like normal humans!
The Blowfish is painted in the same colour scheme as its Knightly companions
All of the servitor crew are armed with harpoons as is the custom with this force!
I really enjoyed painting this miniature; I really went to town with the rust and weathering! 
The rusted deck and internal hatches all showing signs of water damage
The sea base in all its glory - not the metal tipped flight stems which the hull magnets attach to
The two removable Servitors ever vigilant at their respective portholes
Grim and implacable, the Servitors exit the landing craft
Sacristan Nautolex hitches a ride
Even the Fisher King himself sometimes requires transportation!

Snapper

Snapper was built shortly after The Fisher King but has sat unpainted for almost 2 years!  I finally finished him at the same time as painting the Blowfish.  Working on them both simultaneously allowed me to get them done quickly as I painted similar sections on both miniatures at the same time.

He may be the smallest walker in this force, but he's packed full of character!
From this side, you can see the front facing tazer on the main hull and the additional railing added next to the driver's hatch
Snapper has had his traditional Sentinel missile armament replaced with a multi-shot harpoon launcher!
The rear exhaust ports have filtration caps for underwater operations
Large air tanks fuel the harpoon launcher
Snapper's hull bears multiple yellow lamp lights like his larger Knight cousins in the Court

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…