From GregB: Warhound Titan for "Adeptus Titanicus" (12 Points)

A Warhound "scout" titan from Legio Mortis, ready to hunt for hope and change...

The diversion from historical painting subjects and into the grim darkness of the far future and GW's re-booted "Adeptus Titanicus" continues.  Having added some God-engines to the delusional "loyalist" faction, I naturally needed to balance things out for the side of hope and change, the Warmaster! So here is one more Warhound class titan.

Vulcan mega-bolter on the left "arm" mount.

This Titan is painted in the colours and markings of Legio Mortis, the charming "Death Heads".  Many Titan Legions supported the Warmaster's noble rebellion against the tyranny of the Imperium, but Legio Mortis was front-and-centre, foremost among Horus' ranks, even leading the assault on the Imperial Palace on Terra itself. 

Turbo-lasers on the right "arm" mount.

The weapon load-out includes a set of "turbo lasers" on one arm, and a "vulcan-mega bolter" on the other.  On its own, this engine is a limited threat, but paired with the other Warhound in the maniple, they use their mega-bolters to knock down the void shields on enemy engines and either move in for a kill with their energy weapons, or let the more heavily-equipped Reavers and Warlord strike final blows.

View of the detailing on the rear and top of the Titan.

With this little guy completed, my Legio Mortis forces now have a complete "Axiom Battle Line" maniple ready to face the toe-chewing loyalists who cling to their pathetic so-called "Emperor".  The "Axiom Battle Line" is one of the basic core force of the Titan Legions, comprised of one Warlord titan, two Reaver titans and two Warhound titans.  By using different Maniple formations, players can access some different bonuses for command, firing etc.  The "Axiom Battle Line" is a middle-of-the-road type formation, able to deal with anything that comes up, and gets every different class of titan on to the table, which I enjoy.

A view of the new Titan with his colleagues.

Two complete Titan maniples now sitting on the shelf!

All of these toys got to see some action this past weekend at a local gaming even here in Winnipeg. Challenge participant Byron came out to play the game, and also brought some excellent buildings from the game "Dropzone Commander" along, which is wonderful, as those larger buildings look great while also being big enough to block the lines of fire of the bigger Warlord titans. So a big "thank you" to Byron!

An Imperial city waits for "agressive urban development"...

Loyalist battle group moves out...oh, the poor fools...

The god engines of the noble Warmaster deploy...

This edition of the Challenge is winding down...I think I might have one or two submissions left, we'll see...good luck to everyone as we all dash to the finish line!

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Great looking Warhound Greg! I've always liked the purple, brass and red livery of your Mortis guys - so very iconic and identifiable on the tabletop. The loadout of a mega-bolter and turbolaser is a nice, balanced weapons combo. We've run a Warhound with twin mega-bolters in a few of our games - it's great fun for taking down shields and hunting those pesky knights, but it has to avoid getting targeted in the open by fresh titans. 

As to points lets increase these larger Adeptus Titanicus models (as opposed to the smaller Epic scaled titans) to a 12 point base and see how that pans out going forward.

I hope we can combine our two collections for PrairieCon this spring for a HUGE titan smackdown.

- Curt