Brother Callius Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 Hey everybody at B&C I am currently stationed with the danish army in Camp Bastion in Afghanistan and I decided to give myself a FW reaver titan as a ''job well done'' present when i get home. But there-in lies the challenge; What paintscheme to coose? I haven't read up on the different titan legions but will when i get home and it would be awesome to see a titan in my chapter colours, but at the same time I would like my army to be correctly painted so all the SM fluff fits... Do anyone know if it is do-able fluff-wise for a single chapter to haver their own titan (perhaps loaned form the Adeptus mechanicus) or what? Also any pictures from some titan legions would help alot in the choosing, as it will have to be awesome for such a big piece of holy technology :P By the way any useful hints from titan veterans on the point of assembly would be nice. -C Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/253949-fw-reaver-titan/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonaides Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 Not sure if I can help with paint schemes but tis generally a no-no for a Marine Chapter to actually have a Titan. However, a Titan serving alongside a marine detatchment during an extended action might have earnt recognition and an honour marking from the marines - possibly reflected by showing the marine chapters colours somewhere on the titans armour (though unlikely to go as far as total covering of the titan legions own colours). Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/253949-fw-reaver-titan/#findComment-3082418 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stolid Fox Posted June 11, 2012 Share Posted June 11, 2012 yes, as part of the whole heresy-reaction of breaking up power you don't mix legions and titans (or navies, etc.) What you COULD do though is, esp. if your marines are from a forge world, is have similar patterns just due to origin. This would be somewhat similar to the sharing of aspects between ultramarines and the ultramar auxilla -- see here: http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.2...9322&type=1 You'll note they have their own color scheme, but ultramarine blue is a spot color and often decorated with the inverted omega. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/253949-fw-reaver-titan/#findComment-3082774 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Hajime Posted June 14, 2012 Share Posted June 14, 2012 Hey everybody at B&C I am currently stationed with the danish army in Camp Bastion in Afghanistan and I decided to give myself a FW reaver titan as a ''job well done'' present when i get home. But there-in lies the challenge; What paintscheme to coose? I haven't read up on the different titan legions but will when i get home and it would be awesome to see a titan in my chapter colours, but at the same time I would like my army to be correctly painted so all the SM fluff fits... Do anyone know if it is do-able fluff-wise for a single chapter to haver their own titan (perhaps loaned form the Adeptus mechanicus) or what? Also any pictures from some titan legions would help alot in the choosing, as it will have to be awesome for such a big piece of holy technology ;) By the way any useful hints from titan veterans on the point of assembly would be nice. -C Rule one about DIY Chapters and Fluff, your Fluff is your Fluff! I personally don't see why your chapter couldn't save a Titan Forge world and not Earn a Titan of their own for example. Let face it they are very highly valued, might be worth it. My chapter has more than 200 Termnator suits because of their recover of a Legion reinforcement barge from the Horus Herasy era. A single Titan is not the same a dozens of them. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/253949-fw-reaver-titan/#findComment-3085648 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hellios Posted June 15, 2012 Share Posted June 15, 2012 Hey everybody at B&C I am currently stationed with the danish army in Camp Bastion in Afghanistan and I decided to give myself a FW reaver titan as a ''job well done'' present when i get home. But there-in lies the challenge; What paintscheme to coose? I haven't read up on the different titan legions but will when i get home and it would be awesome to see a titan in my chapter colours, but at the same time I would like my army to be correctly painted so all the SM fluff fits... Do anyone know if it is do-able fluff-wise for a single chapter to haver their own titan (perhaps loaned form the Adeptus mechanicus) or what? Also any pictures from some titan legions would help alot in the choosing, as it will have to be awesome for such a big piece of holy technology :P By the way any useful hints from titan veterans on the point of assembly would be nice. -C Rule one about DIY Chapters and Fluff, your Fluff is your Fluff! I personally don't see why your chapter couldn't save a Titan Forge world and not Earn a Titan of their own for example. Let face it they are very highly valued, might be worth it. My chapter has more than 200 Termnator suits because of their recover of a Legion reinforcement barge from the Horus Herasy era. A single Titan is not the same a dozens of them. While you can do what you WANT. 100 extra suits (found) and a titan (given) are not the same thing. Titans are the machine god personified, they are holy artifacts of the mechanicus. A chapter also probably wouldn't have the resources and technical know how to be able to maintain a titan. Even if the Marines found a titan + a load of spare parts it is likely that the Mechanicus would demand that they return it (While they wouldn't care about terminator armour.). If the chapter didn't return it they would likely suffer from sanctions imposed by the mechanicus and if they don't have their own forges that means in the long run they are in trouble.... Or prehaps the Mechanicus will just go to war with them... This also assumes that one or more of the marines is physically capable of controlling the titan. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/253949-fw-reaver-titan/#findComment-3086118 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucien Eilam Posted June 15, 2012 Share Posted June 15, 2012 My rule of thumb before giving my Chapter anything is to imagine how the internet would react if Mat Ward said the Ultramarines have it in the next Space Marine Codex. If it's not plausible for a First Founding Chapter with their own interstellar mini-empire and the strongest plot armour in the galaxy to have it without triggering a storm of nerd-rage, it's definitely not plausible for my Chapter to have it either. By that rule, having their own Titan is right out. As is 200+ Terminator suits to be honest: it's supposed to be a big deal that the Dark Angels can field a full Company in TDA. I'd pick a Titan Legion from here: http://warhammer40k.wikia.com/wiki/Categor...llegia_Titanica And maybe add some markings to indicate it's fighting in support of your Chapter on a banner or something. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/253949-fw-reaver-titan/#findComment-3086183 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Callius Posted June 22, 2012 Author Share Posted June 22, 2012 Thanks for your input, they really helped me in deciding what to do. I've decided that my titan will be of a titan legion and not my army as it would be unheard of in the warhammer universe... I'm thinking about painting it to the paintscheme of the legio crucius, legio metalica or one i will make myself, so thank you for the info and espacially to Lucien for the legion list, it has been very helpful. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/253949-fw-reaver-titan/#findComment-3092201 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lysere Posted June 22, 2012 Share Posted June 22, 2012 That was a very good question. One I've been pondering for awhile myself. The reason being is that during their latest crusade my Chapter finds what had once been a forgeworld and essentially digs out a titan that was both in working condition, and fully armed. If it was possible to operate said titan would it not be unheard of that said marines would make full use of the titan until such a time as to be able to safely get it off planet and back to the mechanicus? I mean if they can't get it off planet what else would they do with it? Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/253949-fw-reaver-titan/#findComment-3092276 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solid Zaku Posted June 23, 2012 Share Posted June 23, 2012 While there was an instance of the Mental Interface Unit of a Dreadnought being hard-wired into an Ordinatus piece, I don't know if it would work for such a complex device as a Titan. Remember, it's not a Japanese style giant robot, where one person is wholly capable of controlling the whole shebang. It requires a relatively large crew to run the auspexes, a cadre of Servitors to load and maintain the guns, and at least one full-blown Techpriest to oversee the reactor. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/253949-fw-reaver-titan/#findComment-3092981 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hellios Posted June 23, 2012 Share Posted June 23, 2012 While there was an instance of the Mental Interface Unit of a Dreadnought being hard-wired into an Ordinatus piece, I don't know if it would work for such a complex device as a Titan. Remember, it's not a Japanese style giant robot, where one person is wholly capable of controlling the whole shebang. It requires a relatively large crew to run the auspexes, a cadre of Servitors to load and maintain the guns, and at least one full-blown Techpriest to oversee the reactor. A marine could be plugged into a titan via an MIU the problem is that the 'personality' of the machine spirit of a titan is much stronger than that of a dreadnought or even the Ordinatus. It requires a very strong mind to control a titan (apparently) with the risk of titan's machine spirit getting the better of the driver's mind. Now I' not saying marines have weak minds but with all the stuff they have done to their heads I'm not sure if most of them would be suitable. One imagines most librarians must have strong mental fortitude but I'm not sure that sticking a psyker in the driving seat of a titan is what they would really want to do. The real problem for marines is that they only have a small pool of candidates to find a suitable driver. Then as you mention having the knowledge to maintain the titan with a techpriest and so on... Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/253949-fw-reaver-titan/#findComment-3093022 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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