Mars Warhound Titan No. 4562 - Canis Irae, Legio Astorum

Certificate Number: 4562
Titan Name: Canis Irae
Pattern: Mars Pattern Warhound Titan
Primary Armament: Plasma Blastgun & Vulcan Mega Bolter
Titan Legio: Legio Astorum
Princeps: #CLASSIFIED#

Battle Maniple Composition: The Emperors Halo: Warlord (10); Warlord (104); Warlord (258); Warbringer (547); Reaver (10); Reaver (2576); Warhound (10); Warhound (2974); Warhound (3615); Warhound (4189); Warhound (4562); Warhound (4633); Warhound (6261); Lucius Warhound (745)

Owner: Princeps Seniores Siph (TOC's own Admin Staff)

Location: Hampshire, UK

Comments: Another titan second hand sale caught my eye and as Warhound No. 4562 wasn't registered on Titan Owners Club, I was pleased to 'bring it into the family'. This was a rescue Warhound so retains some of the great details the previous owner had started, the eye lenses for instance. But extensive rebuilding of legs and magnetising the Plasma Blastgun as well as repainting the majority of the armour and adding details like lenses and internal details. Also the gold trim was repainted to match my other Warhounds.

Photos:

COMPLETED PHOTOS:

Canis Irae Walks for Legio Astorum

Lovely eye lense work and FW decal on the carapace

The Moderati and Princeps

The interior details, two weapon Servitors

The airbrush work was the previous owners, and Siph liked it however to fit in with the other Engines half was covered with blue traditional scheme, but the star map details over the airbrush work was added. The certificate number is recorded on the rear torso armour.

The buckled chain link fence is made of a resin gate, brass rod and car repair mesh

Siph painted the Aquila shin armour adding the titan name "Canis Irae" to the scrollwork

The right leg is raised on the pile of rubble, with the core being resin gates and a long screw.

Banner from Drake_Seta from Battle Bunnies Blog.

Canis Irae and the pack of other Forge World Warhounds!

WORK IN PROGRESS PHOTOS:

This was second-hand and in a few pieces on receipt - Firstly Siph reconstructed the legs after trimming down the base from a large round to his characteristic smaller interlocking circles. A base makes a strong and stable addition, making the legs and base a strong triangle to prevent splaying, or tipping over at Titan Walk events. 

Siph repainted the shin guards and added the Titan's names to the scrollwork, "Canis Irae", or low gothic "Hound of Fury", befits a scout titan.

The previous owner had some cool airbrush work, so in Siph's usual style preserving something of the previous ownership to honour the Machine Spirit, Siph re-did the trim and added the Legio Astorum star maps over the airbrush work, Legio Astorum use star maps to record the titan's history and previous campaigns.

Here you can see the addition to the base, with chain-link fence and a dragon's tooth tank trap under the toes. The Titan will be attached to the base via a large screw up through the base in the centre of the rubble and the base of the fence. The toes will be glued to the rubble and the screws laced with JB Weld for a strong bond. The leg joins were all drilled and pinned and re-attached all the toes with JB Weld and pins. The feet are pinned into the lower leg to prevent any breaks in the ball socket.

Here you can see the leg being glued to the hips, held in place with clamps whilst the JB Weld sets.

So far, completed the base and legs, and TOC's own Drake-Seta supplied and designed another Banner for Siph's Maniple.

Progressing the rest, main torso and internals yet to do and Plasma Blastgun and Carapace now completed.

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