Warhound titan

[techsoldaten]

The argument against this model: no base. Have seen one fall off a shaky surface and break. Felt like losing a child.

Hard to call it a miniature.
 

[Irongert]

34 minutes ago, Griefbringer said:

Has there been much "made-to-order" stuff in plastic? I think all of the ones that I have seen have been metal.

If my memory serves me correctly they did a MtO for a few of the 40k starter sets a few years ago. Dark vengeance and the 3rd edition one come to mind but I'm not 100% sure anymore. 

 

Edit: there's been scenery MtO runs aswell, that was also all plastic now that I remember. 

Edited Friday at 09:07 PM by Irongert

[Griefbringer]

12 minutes ago, techsoldaten said:

The argument against this model: no base. Have seen one fall off a shaky surface and break. Felt like losing a child.

 

This thread is about the upcoming plastic warhound, which I would expect to be supplied with a plastic base large enough to serve a pizza on.

 

As regards the existing resin Forge World warhound, it is true that it is supplied without a base. However, there is nothing to prevent a customer mounting it on a base of their choice, e.g. lasercut from plywood.

Edited Friday at 09:13 PM by Griefbringer

[Blissful Brushes]

1 hour ago, Griefbringer said:

 

This thread is about the upcoming plastic warhound, which I would expect to be supplied with a plastic base large enough to serve a pizza on.

 

As regards the existing resin Forge World warhound, it is true that it is supplied without a base. However, there is nothing to prevent a customer mounting it on a base of their choice, e.g. lasercut from plywood.

My Warhound has a 3d printed base which is 30cm round. Cost me about £15 on Etsy. GW will probably do exactly that, or an oval one which might be a bit less material but less stability.

 

FW never really cared about usability they just made cool models.

[Jukkiz]

10 hours ago, Blissful Brushes said:

My Warhound has a 3d printed base which is 30cm round. Cost me about £15 on Etsy. GW will probably do exactly that, or an oval one which might be a bit less material but less stability.

 

FW never really cared about usability they just made cool models.

To be fair, Forgeworld was more so for those "expert" modellers. Price and quality was their mark. More so diorama pieces then gaming pieces

[Rhavien]

Quality? Did you ever try to build one of their monstrosities? There were some better kits, but everything bigger needed heavy sanding, sawing, heating and reshaping, filling and so on. Oh, don't forget pinning or your huge and expensive model would crumble if to many photons hit it the same time.

The details are crisp because it's resin, but I wouldn't call that quality.

[Lathe Biosas]

I wonder if they still come with certificates. I need one to join elitist Titans only clubs. 

 

 

[Jukkiz]

25 minutes ago, Rhavien said:

Quality? Did you ever try to build one of their monstrosities? There were some better kits, but everything bigger needed heavy sanding, sawing, heating and reshaping, filling and so on. Oh, don't forget pinning or your huge and expensive model would crumble if to many photons hit it the same time.

The details are crisp because it's resin, but I wouldn't call that quality.

that´s why they marketed them to hobby "experts" 

Because you needed expert skills not to toss their failcasts into trash without second look or thinking everything through 15times

[Orion]

13 minutes ago, Jukkiz said:

Because you needed expert skills not to toss their failcasts into trash without second look or thinking everything through 15times

 

I have heaps of FW stuff and honestly I don't get people's meltdown over the quality. 

Quality is pretty good overall, the model designs are better than standard GW.

 

The amount of times I've seen people just have reasonably fixable problems, like a bent barrel, but refuse to fix it.
But drilling barrels with plastic is an accepted expectation.

Some people just refuse to accept that resin is different to plastic.

 

Could they be better? Sure.

"Failcasts into the trash", come on dude, chill out.

[Jings]

20 minutes ago, Jukkiz said:

that´s why they marketed them to hobby "experts" 

Because you needed expert skills not to toss their failcasts into trash without second look or thinking everything through 15times

 

Never had much of a problem working with FW resin or resin in general. Just went in expecting it to be resin instead of plastic and everything that that entails. If someone isn't pinning, heat treating or sanding where there's minor moldslips, that's entirely on them for dropping usually large sums of cash without doing the prerequisite research. It's not like "THIS IS RESIN NOT PLASTIC IT'S HARD TO BUILD" isn't plastered all over the webstore page. There's an expectation you know what you're doing when you're getting involved with the premium range of an already premium product. 

[derLumpi]

Quality control got a lot better in the past years. I remember when I ordered a Drop Pod it was not good but still able to fix it. Back in the day if you had a really bad part they replaced it without making a big fuss.

 

Still, I haven't had a kit that was a 'fail' and I got small infantry upgrade kits and also big Kits Like titans or other Lords of War. 

[Jukkiz]

1 hour ago, Orion said:

 

I have heaps of FW stuff and honestly I don't get people's meltdown over the quality. 

Quality is pretty good overall, the model designs are better than standard GW.

 

The amount of times I've seen people just have reasonably fixable problems, like a bent barrel, but refuse to fix it.
But drilling barrels with plastic is an accepted expectation.

Some people just refuse to accept that resin is different to plastic.

 

Could they be better? Sure.

"Failcasts into the trash", come on dude, chill out.

I never had issues with FW kits, but i also liked dealing with finecast. Both have benefits and issues. Don´t take my joke too hard there

[Blissful Brushes]

1 hour ago, Orion said:

 

I have heaps of FW stuff and honestly I don't get people's meltdown over the quality. 

Quality is pretty good overall, the model designs are better than standard GW.

 

The amount of times I've seen people just have reasonably fixable problems, like a bent barrel, but refuse to fix it.
But drilling barrels with plastic is an accepted expectation.

Some people just refuse to accept that resin is different to plastic.

 

Could they be better? Sure.

"Failcasts into the trash", come on dude, chill out.

I had very mixed results tbh. 
 

Spartan - decent

sicaran #1 - great

sicaran #2 - had to get a second hull sent out because it was so misaligned, talking a 1cm gap in the front which i could do nothing about.

warhound - the big bits are mostly .25-.5 cm out of kilter so its a hell of a lot of work.

 

for something as expensive as their kits i think it’s justified annoyance. Their only saving grace is their customer service.

 

this was in the early 2010s mind you, so can’t speak to now 

[Scribe]

3 hours ago, Rhavien said:

Quality? Did you ever try to build one of their monstrosities? There were some better kits, but everything bigger needed heavy sanding, sawing, heating and reshaping, filling and so on. Oh, don't forget pinning or your huge and expensive model would crumble if to many photons hit it the same time.

The details are crisp because it's resin, but I wouldn't call that quality.

 

I had the Knights, and they were all perfect, all the smaller kits I put together from FW were also fine.

 

I also had the Fire Raptor, which was easily the worst kit I have every put together, without reservation.

 

So yeah, variable.

[Interrogator Stobz]

Yeah, I have tonnes of resin kits, from Titans, to a Thunderhawk, to many Dreads, to individual minis, to tiny parts like paudrons and weapon options. 

None have been a problem, and all got the creative juices flowing. I'm really not understanding the hate for FW/resin. (Except my THawk, she was an exception; I got sent the wrong parts, not that the parts themselves were bad, transporter wings just don't fit on gunship T Birds ).

 

It's not like plastic doesn't have mold lines to scrape, barrels to drill, and seams to fill, not to mention all the details melt off if you have a glue accident 

 

I call it hobbying, both are fun. So to me this isn't an upgrade to the Warhound, more of a sidegrade.

 

Looking forward to seeing the transfers though. Come on leakers, get some pics for me 

[Lathe Biosas]

Heck, I've had no problems putting together the Cyclops Demolition Vehicle from Forgeworld... all three pieces. 

 

 

[Hfran Morkai]

The old MkIV Red Scorpion upgrades drew plenty of blood from me when trying to get the torsos off the gate back in the day. 

[01RTB01]

On 11/6/2026 at 8:39 AM, torcathmk2 said:

40k's soul was lost when GW committed it to competitive play.
I can't wait to come up with games centred around it. Such classics as escorting a maintenance crew to fix a dodgy foot before an enemy wrecking crew can capture it. How long can a lone Warhound hold a pass against a larger conventional force in order to allow it's allies to escape?
Can Angron actually save Lorgar from being squished?

 

Completely. There needs to be more of this in 40k. 

 

The soul needs returning.

[Evil Eye]

Yeah I've never understood the people that go "Oh well I WOULD have bought this mini but seeing as it's in resin I'll pass" as if using superglue is some kind of dark art. Heck, resin has some advantages over plastic (the ability to do undercuts, you can get far more detail per part compare to plastic etc). I actually found assembling the resin Deredeo torso I got much more fun than the plastic one, just because the partscount was far, far lower; the plastic Deredeo is a great kit, to be clear, but there is something to be said for the simplicity of each chunk of the model being in one piece.

 

Now, Finecast is a whole different story, but that stuff isn't even real resin if memory serves.

[MARK0SIAN]

18 minutes ago, Evil Eye said:

Yeah I've never understood the people that go "Oh well I WOULD have bought this mini but seeing as it's in resin I'll pass" as if using superglue is some kind of dark art. Heck, resin has some advantages over plastic (the ability to do undercuts, you can get far more detail per part compare to plastic etc). I actually found assembling the resin Deredeo torso I got much more fun than the plastic one, just because the partscount was far, far lower; the plastic Deredeo is a great kit, to be clear, but there is something to be said for the simplicity of each chunk of the model being in one piece.

 

Now, Finecast is a whole different story, but that stuff isn't even real resin if memory serves.

I think you’re underselling the challenges of resin if I’m honest. It’s not like the only difference is you have to use superglue. 
 

I bought a resin Warhound and a lot of my heresy dreads and vehicles are the resin version from before they changed to plastic. Building the Warhound was the single worst experience I’ve had building a model in this hobby. Parts that aren’t straight, parts that don’t line up properly and need significant work to fit, the sheer weight of the upper body, instructions that may as well just be a sentence saying ‘Build a warhound Titan’. Those are all issues directly tied to it being in resin.

 

The positives you list are true but I totally get people who won’t work with resin, it’s nowhere near as simple as plastic.

[The Praetorian of Inwit]

What size base is this likely to be on?

 

Which faction will this goto? Imperial Knights, Astra Mlitarum? 

 

I'm surprised warcom haven't acknowledged it yet either, unless they plan to make it Monday's reveal. 

 

Was this is even needed for 40k though? How will this be balanced?

[redmapa]

2 minutes ago, The Praetorian of Inwit said:

What size base is this likely to be on?

 

Which faction will this goto? Imperial Knights, Astra Mlitarum? 

 

I'm surprised warcom haven't acknowledged it yet either, unless they plan to make it Monday's reveal. 

 

Was this is even needed for 40k though? How will this be balanced?

 

It already is part of 40k, the keywords are Imperium and Adeptus Titanicus and I wouldnt be surprised if they gave access to this to Chaos and just sell a conversion kit for more chaotic leg and shoulder plates.

 

https://assets.warhammer-community.com/eng_22-07_warhammer_40,000_faction_pack_adeptus_titanicus-pkhrobh6xn-nmtoszeaxw.pdf

[Vogon]

21 hours ago, Blissful Brushes said:

My Warhound has a 3d printed base which is 30cm round. Cost me about £15 on Etsy. GW will probably do exactly that, or an oval one which might be a bit less material but less stability.

 

FW never really cared about usability they just made cool models.

I think it needs to be a 32cm round base, that way it's 4 times the size of the AT scale base. 

28mm scale AT games are awesome!

 

Cheers

 

Vogon 

[Griefbringer]

21 minutes ago, The Praetorian of Inwit said:

What size base is this likely to be on?

 

Probably about as big as they can fit in the box!

 

If it is round, then somewhere in the 250-275 mm diameter might be doable (edit: as a minimum size). Though it might be oval shaped.

 

Transporting it once assembled probably requires a dedicated box - or maybe a suitably sized plastic bucket (with carrying handle) with some padding inside.

Edited yesterday at 07:56 PM by Griefbringer

[de Selby]

Apparently the defiler base is smaller than I realised, that already looks huge on the tabletop to me.

 

Didn't somebody bring a thunderhawk on a 12 inch base to the recent big London Grand Tournament and discover it couldn't legally deploy on the standard GW terrain maps because there weren't any gaps big enough? Hopefully GW will think to avoid that problem. I note the Stompa still doesn't have a base.