With the recent release of the Warmaster Iconoclast Titan and Traitor Legios giving renegade Princeps a new lease on life, we caught up with Cult of Paint’s Henry Steele, who’s been mustering his own maniple of Traitor Titans for Adeptus Titanicus.
Henry: Legio Krytos, the God Breakers. How could you not want to paint them? If the name itself weren’t enough to draw me in, then their fantastic colour scheme and the fact that they worked closely with one of my favourite Space Marine Legions, the mighty Iron Warriors, meant it was inevitable.
I threw myself into the project, initially with a view to painting up a light maniple and going from there. Krytos are renowned for their use of the heavier classes of Titans, but I enjoy playing games of Adeptus Titanicus with the smaller engines on a club night, and besides, it was a good way to test out the scheme without painting quite so much trim.
After painting the scheme on a Ferrox maniple (Sons of Horus Green and Lupercal Green get you really close to the fantastic colour plate art in the Adeptus Titanicus books), I thought I’d treat myself by painting up a trio of Warlord Battle Titans. After that, I’d be done with the project...
Then the Warmaster was released.
I wanted plenty of missiles on my Krytos engines. It’s on theme, and they can take Earthbreaker missiles, which have become even more fun with the rules in the new Traitor Legios book. So when the first Warmaster was released, I was chuffed to see that I could cover it in missile launchers.
When the Iconoclast was announced, I realised I could add the enormous walking battering ram aspect of siege warfare to the long-range bombardment element I already had. I swapped the new Iconoclast head onto my original Warmaster, as I felt it fit better with the look of the rest of the force. The grim-looking skull head from the Warmaster was perfect for my vision of the Iconoclast.
I’ve had a lot of fun making banners for my Titans out of brass sheets and Flagellant chains, but for the Iconoclast I wanted something more brutal, so I added a bunch of chains and no frippery.
I don’t see an end for this project now, as it is a lot of fun. Once I’ve finished the next nine Titans that are on my workbench, I’ll really get stuck into allied Knight Banners from Houses Caesarean and Oroborn.
Then there’s an Aeronautica Imperialis Iron Warriors contingent using the new models from Wrath of Angels, and perhaps a few Horus Heresy ones for a display board. Now that I think about it, a Warhammer 40,000-scale Krytos engine would look good too…
Thanks, Henry. You can start your own Titan Maniple now over at the Games Workshop webstore, whether you’re itching to join the Emperor’s Loyalists or bring them down for Warmaster Horus.