Reaver Titan thoughts

[KhorneHunter57x]

Hail fellow cog-bretheren,

 

I am currently working on a pair of scratch-built heavily detailed Reaver Titans. I love the overall design, and I love the rules for this god-machine, but I am not really a fan of the smoother, more feminine shape of the Mars-pattern Reaver, and therefore mine will be more in line with the design of the Lucius-pattern Titans. That said, I had a couple ideas that I would like your feedback on.

 

Firstly, I have decided that they will each be equipped with a Laser Blaster and a carapace Plasma Blastgun, but I can't decide what to build for the second arm weapon. I am reluctant to put a second Laser Blaster on, because I don't really want the arm weapons to be identical. At this point, I am debating between the Gatling Blaster and the Volcano Cannon, but I would like your input.

 

Secondly, I am at a loss for how to model the Void Shield Generators. Do you have any thoughts on how to do this?

 

Finally, I have decided that I want to model the interior of at least one of the Reavers. However, I am debating whether to do the interior of just one, or both of them. If I do the interior of both, then the amount of detail inside will probably end up being a bit lower than if I did just one (due to a finite amount of bitz). Thoughts?

 

Thanks in advance for your opinions.

[SquigBait]

The Lucious patterning would be easier to construct, which is a bonus for scratch building it. As far as the choice of weapons go, why not make both? Failing that, what do you think you would need the most? More anti-Titan/superheavy, or some massive anti infantry firepower? For ease of build, the Volcano cannon would likely be your best bet. For the Void Shield generators, I would start with a 25mm round base and polish it smooth, rounding the top corner lip a bit as well. Next, glue it down to a piece of 1mm (.040") plasticard and trim it clean. Next cut out some discs getting larger and then some getting smaller again with a 10mm disc of the same thickness between the layers. This will result in a more hefty 'emitter' with cooling plates. Add some rivets and possibly the AdMech symbol to the top and you should be good to go. For internal detailing, go all out for one and make it spectacular. If you are comfortable with electronics, you could also light the control panels and such as well.

[the damned artificer]

Being in the middle of scratch building my own lucius pattern reaver I'd say do the volcano cannon as it looks better :P

On the void shield generators I'd say don't make them too big, I intend on making my own to be only about double the size of the warhounds as they will steal away too much attention otherwise IMO. I'm unfortunately a little lost on how to do them myself and will probably end up making one and having it cast.

 

Let's see some pictures, and good luck on this very exciting project :P

[KhorneHunter57x]

Okay, thanks for your input.

 

I might do one of the Reavers with a Gatling Blaster and the other with a Volcano Cannon, so that I get the best of both, and when fighting hostile Titans I can use the Gatling Blaster/Laser Blaster/Plasma Blastgun one to take down any Void Shields, leaving the target open for the Str D barrage from the other. The biggest super-heavies in my group (aside from a trio of Thunderhawks, but a Titan can't do much about them) are a pair of Stompas, so I don't need the titan-killing power that much. However, the Apocalypse battlefields that we play on tend to have an insane amount of cover, and most people bring large amounts of MCs and normal vehicles, so that is why I was leaning toward Volcanos for both. (I will also have a single Vortex Missile and a pair of Apoc Missile Launchers that I can swap out the Blastguns for)

 

For the VSGs, I actually thought of maybe using some Tau drone bits, as they are round and quite detailed, and as I play Tau I have a few spare. I will try your idea though, SquigBait.

 

I think that I will just go for the 'go all out' on one method. I like SquigBait's idea of lights, and I was already thinking of putting an mp3 player and speakers in one.

 

the damned artificer: No pictures yet, (I only have one of four foot-pads done, as I like to plan out everything first), but there will be some coming soon. Also, I have seen yours, and it is really awesome. Have you decided on the carapace or other arm weapons for yours yet? Or a name for yours?

[the damned artificer]

Sounds like a great plan, especially the lights which is always awesome ^_^

I've considered doing a plasma blastgun for the carapace and am in the process of making a melta cannon for the arm mount, but distinctively different from the FW design as I think it looks a bit like a vacuum cleaner, so I'll make a custom pattern for it, not sure from which forge world but I'll figure that out. I did consider making the one arm mount a las blaster but have had difficulties finding plastic tubes that were the right size as the biggest I could get from evergreen were a bit on the small side after my taste.

 

But I have another cool thing in mind for my titans as I'm currently having some photo etched ignatum ichonography made, which I hope will be finished soon.

 

Back to your reavers, what legion are they going to be from ? Any of the official ones or one of your own device ?? And if it's the last, what colour scheme will you be using ??

[KhorneHunter57x]

For the Laser Blaster on yours, what you could do is get the biggest size of tube that they have, and if that is not big enough you could get some thin plasticard sheets and wrap a layer or two around the tube to make it a bit bigger.

 

Because of my (somewhat unhealthy) obsession with Plasma in my AdMech army (using C: IG, with converted Cadians), I have decided to go with Legio Crucius (Warmongers), who hail from Ryza. As Legio Crucius does not have a defined color scheme or logo, I was thinking of painting them either a dark steel or dark coppery color, with either an ice blue or bright green trim. As for the insignia, my initial idea was to do a mushroom cloud on a silver cog background, but with the mushroom cloud in dark grey and black, instead of the typical bright colors.

 

And I think that I will do one of my Reavers {Audax At Fidelis (Bold but Faithful), the one that will have the detailed interior} with Laser Blaster/Plasma Blastgun/Volcano Cannon, and the other {Fortes In Fide (Strong in Faith)} with the Laser Blaster/Plasma Blastgun/Gatling Blaster loadout.

 

And do you have a name for your Reaver or your Warlord yet? Do you have a theme that you will name them by? Or must they earn their name on the battlefield?

[SquigBait]

For large tubes you can always look at PVC from the plumbing section as well... PVC and Titans sort of go hand in hand.

[the damned artificer]

For the Laser Blaster on yours, what you could do is get the biggest size of tube that they have, and if that is not big enough you could get some thin plasticard sheets and wrap a layer or two around the tube to make it a bit bigger.

 

Because of my (somewhat unhealthy) obsession with Plasma in my AdMech army (using C: IG, with converted Cadians), I have decided to go with Legio Crucius (Warmongers), who hail from Ryza. As Legio Crucius does not have a defined color scheme or logo, I was thinking of painting them either a dark steel or dark coppery color, with either an ice blue or bright green trim. As for the insignia, my initial idea was to do a mushroom cloud on a silver cog background, but with the mushroom cloud in dark grey and black, instead of the typical bright colors.

 

And I think that I will do one of my Reavers {Audax At Fidelis (Bold but Faithful), the one that will have the detailed interior} with Laser Blaster/Plasma Blastgun/Volcano Cannon, and the other {Fortes In Fide (Strong in Faith)} with the Laser Blaster/Plasma Blastgun/Gatling Blaster loadout.

 

And do you have a name for your Reaver or your Warlord yet? Do you have a theme that you will name them by? Or must they earn their name on the battlefield?

 

I think I might do that and build one barrel and maybe have them cast to make the others :)

 

Ryza sounds like an awesome choice, and I'd definitely go for the insignia with the mushroom cloud as that's really an awesome idea. On the colour I'd say go for the coppery tone and then ad a dark green instead of the bright green to make it a more menacing scheme, and maybe do some of the panels in green and black hazard stripes as well.

 

My name theme is based on the fluff of Legio Ignatum, as they were the defenders (and still are) of the imperial palace. So naturally the betrayal of Legio Mortis and other Legions has set some deep scars in their pride and therefore my names refer back to this most unholy of times.

My warlord will be named Eternus Vindex (Eternal Avenger), and the reaver will be named Vetus Deleo (Old Annihilator)

I have no clue as to how well the names have been translated to Latin by google translate but that doesn't really matter as all the other Latin in 40k are dog Latin anyway.

[Rakene]

Mine has magnetized weapons for hot-swapping. But I really like the Gatling Blaster on Reavers, or Melta cannon. Volcano cannon isn't that great because it's not as good as the Warlord version, whereas all the rest of the weapons are the same as on the Warlord. So I say get your points worth.

 

For reference my Volcano cannon for my Warlord here

 

My Reaver with Gatling Blaster and Melta Cannon here. (Before detailing.) I used the plans for the Crusader Leviathan knocking around on the internet and scaled them down. I think they work really well.

 

Close up on Gatling Blaster Again, before detailing.

 

Just discovered I don't have a good picture of the Melta Cannon, but here is it in two parts

[KhorneHunter57x]

Ryza sounds like an awesome choice, and I'd definitely go for the insignia with the mushroom cloud as that's really an awesome idea. On the colour I'd say go for the coppery tone and then ad a dark green instead of the bright green to make it a more menacing scheme, and maybe do some of the panels in green and black hazard stripes as well.

Okay, I think that I will go with the coppery color as the main color. Also, I like the dark green/black hazard stripe idea.

 

Mine has magnetized weapons for hot-swapping. But I really like the Gatling Blaster on Reavers, or Melta cannon. Volcano cannon isn't that great because it's not as good as the Warlord version, whereas all the rest of the weapons are the same as on the Warlord. So I say get your points worth.

My main reason for considering the Volcano is that it has the longest range of the Reaver arm weapons. Although it is not as good as the Warlord version, it is still a pretty potent weapon. That said, I might just end up magnetizing both Reavers so that I can swap beween the Gatling Blaster and the Volcano Cannon.

 

As for your Reaver, have you picked a Legio or Name for it yet?

[Rakene]

My Reaver is named Baracas and I forget the Legio name, but it is one me and my friends have designed.

 

I have never found the range of Titan weapons to be an issue, even on 4 boards pushed together. I find the Gatling Blaster and either Laser Blaster or Meltacannon work wonderfully. Though if you find you need extra anti-vehicle, both the Laser Blaster and Meltacannon lol.

 

I would definitely suggest the Apoc Missile, it both looks cool and is really quite good. That or Vortex missile for lulz.