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Reaver Titan - Commission

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#1 · (Edited)
Hello Everyone.

I have recently started doing commissions and i am uber happy to say that my first one will be a Reaver titan made by forgeworld :).

With the kind permission of the models owner NocturnalK i am going to post the progress in this log. From building to painting.

The model is arriving today (excited :biggrin:) however i have already started the banner.

This is the progress so far:

Front



Back



I havn't seen many titan threads here so ill try to get loads of pictures up so you guys can check out the whole model.

Cheers

LTP

:bye:
 
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#3 ·
go baby go..

the reaver is by far my favorite model. fw kept the old epic design (i would rep 'em for that) and made a perfect adaption for 40k out of it. it's neat, it's fitting, and it's fucking badass..

so don't mess it up ;)

happy working
graf
 
#7 ·
cheers Vash. Woo thats going to be my heresy claim to fame the reaver thread lol.

Wow a titan as your first concription. Don't mess it up:laugh:, kidding I know you won't:wink:

Skar
Lol i hope i dont.

Well.......i know you want to see it....

I think i scared the parcelforce bloke haha. I was like give it me !!





Unboxed. I will take pics of each section of parts as i clean them so you can all see.

Cheers

:bye:
 
#8 · (Edited)
Bloody brilliant, the unboxing was everything I wished it would be.

Kudos for NocturnalK for letting you start a thread.

You're so lucky but like you said no pressure not to mess it up though looking at the rest of your work, am sure you'll do it justice.

This thread is going to be amazing (now where's that spare £600 so i can order one).
 
#9 ·
My pleasure mate 
Hope you all enjoy, I’m confident LTP will do a fantastic job of it :D

Lol i did not pay that for it :p, if you look hard you can find some out there at a good price. I just accidently stumbled on it in conversation in eBay while haggling over a Warhound, lol i did not even give this reaver a chance to be listed, which they appreciated as it saved them having to photo it all :D
 
#10 ·
:biggrin:

This is where you all drool.......warning pic heavy :biggrin:



































Your computers are going to hate me after loading all those.

Loads of flash on these bits but only one bit of damage. No warping yet that i can see (fingers crossed).

The detailing on this model is fantastic.

Ok im gonna leave you all to drool now.

:bye:
 
#11 ·
:shok:
...

om nom nom nom!

Looks like an awesome awesome kit, your a very lucky person indeed to get to paint this. I'm sure you'll do yourself proud by the end of this log. :good:

Git paintin'
Grish
 
#15 ·
cheers Grish :)

Oh my god, it must be like opening up your giant Lego set when you are 6 , except it's a reaver Titan. Do it proud, I a big fan of your work, so I know that you will do an awesome job on it. Now, to get me a thunderhawk.
Lol you get me a thunderhawk :). Ill try my best lol.

wow. i didn't realize it consists of so many parts. even the projectiles from the launcher are single parts:shok:. oh my. happy assembling. you're really lucky that you got no warped parts. everything i ever ordererd from fw i had to send back at least once (ok, sometimes i could keep the warped stuff). like they have no quality control or something like that. very annoying.

anyways, get it on. which legion will the sweety belong to? warp runners?

you know, i think the hardest part will be to give it back after you're done and in love with it. i don't envy you one bit there :biggrin:
well like i said i havn't actually assembled it yet lol so there could be something.

I was all happy until you metioned handing it back :(. Plus NocturnalK knows where i live so i cant even steal it haha (not that i would ;)):whistle:

So im watching the match right now get in there England! But before that i have cleaned all the parts.

Ok so firstly i need one of these



without tea i cant function very well so this is completely nesscessary lol.

I have taken up half the kitchen to do this haha. I have 3 bowls. 1 large one for the bit parts, a smaller one and a rinse bowl. The first 2 are warm water with a little but of washing up liquid.



Then get an old toothbrush and just soak the parts in the mixture and then scrub and rinse then leave on a tea towel or kithen roll to dry.



All clean and back in the bags :)



Im going to keep a time log for this thread so you know how long its taking on each bit etc. I might keep a tea log too see how many i got through haha.

Time for cleaning : 1 hour 30 mins

Now onto the De - flashing

:bye:
 
#12 ·
Oh my god, it's like being a kid opening up your massive Lego kit on Christmas, except it's a reaver titan. I am a big fan of your work and I know that you will do an amazing job on this. I will be glued to this thread. Now, to get a Thunderhawk for me......
 
#13 ·
wow. i didn't realize it consists of so many parts. even the projectiles from the launcher are single parts:shok:. oh my. happy assembling. you're really lucky that you got no warped parts. everything i ever ordererd from fw i had to send back at least once (ok, sometimes i could keep the warped stuff). like they have no quality control or something like that. very annoying.

anyways, get it on. which legion will the sweety belong to? warp runners?

you know, i think the hardest part will be to give it back after you're done and in love with it. i don't envy you one bit there :biggrin:
 
#14 ·
lol, hmm yep the pleasure will be all mine :victory:

lol, but you can give it a bedding in on a gaming table if you want before it comes home :D

Not decided what titan legion it will belong to yet, hmm...i know the warp runners were active on vraks so there located close to the gate.... But arnt the warp runners titans manufactured by the Lucious Forge?, the reavers only come in mars partern. Thats one thing which i noticed in the seige of vraks.

Our we could open it up to suggestions in here to a good titan legion name :p
 
#31 ·
Not decided what titan legion it will belong to yet, hmm...i know the warp runners were active on vraks so there located close to the gate.... But arnt the warp runners titans manufactured by the Lucious Forge?, the reavers only come in mars partern. Thats one thing which i noticed in the seige of vraks.

Our we could open it up to suggestions in here to a good titan legion name :p

mhmm.. good point. you're right on that. of course on the other hand the lucius pattern models we're released pretty late by gw and the warprunners already existet in the fluff decades before before. all in mars pattern. epic will tell you stories about it :read: :wink: but you could still do a legion ignatum reaver then. although i think warp runners look coolest. war gryphons might do as well..
 
#17 ·
i am genuinely excited to see your progress on this commission. loving the fact that you're posting regarding every "stage" of the project so far. keep us [regularly] updated, and do the awesome job that you are extremely capable of doing.

p.s. i was considering buying a thunderhawk circa christmas-time [subject to work bonuses etc]...but now, that titan is whispering "buy me, buy me!" from the depths of the FW website...such a dilema! :grin:
 
#22 ·
Well depending how much of pain this will be to put together i might save up for one. Thunderhawks are awesome though :)

That's one hell of a project to re-start comission work with!

What kind of level painting are you doing? i can only assume it's the full 9 yards on such a pretty model.
Yeah tell me about it lol. Oh yeah level 3 standard which is basically the best i can do.

Holy Gork that think looks amazing. Didn't realized how detailed the actual model was

Skar
Neither did i until i got it lol. I can kind of understand why they cost so much now. It must cost loads to cast.

I'm guessing it comes with an instruction manual? To build it?
I'm going to watch this thread intently, I really want to see the finished model.
Yeah a few sheets infact. they are not very detailed instructions however.


Progress! Well done England btw.

After the match i started cleaning up the leg sections.

A few useful tips.

The legs are the most complex and have the most parts so start with them becuase once the hardest part is done the rest won't seem as bad.

I found that using a hobby knife to remove the mold lines was easier than filing away at them for 10 minutes lol.

I used a small hacksaw to remove the larger bits of flash. This prevent craking and warping that comes with using snips and give you a nice clean edge.

Make sure you are in a well ventilated area because the dust is crazy! lol.

Oh and one last thing, whatever you do, do not think of how much the model costs when you are carving away at it with a knife because each bit that you take off is probably worth about £2 lol.

SO the progress:



These are the instructions and the cleaned up leg parts.



As you can see i have done a mock up of the build. I have assembled the hip joints, the piston mounts and the thigh assembly.

I used 2 part epoxy resin for the big parts as super glue just isnt strong enough to hold it.

My plan is to assemble as much as possible until i can paint the underneath and then add the rest after.

Time taken for clean up on each leg : 2 hours
Time of current assembly: 30 mins

Total project time: 6 hours.

:) :bye:
 
#19 ·
That's one hell of a project to re-start comission work with!

What kind of level painting are you doing? i can only assume it's the full 9 yards on such a pretty model.
 
#26 ·
<BANG!>
<Racing commentator voice> Aaaand she's off!

All I can say is this is already looking nice, you should nickname it Titan SexyLegs :p
Definately +rep for...taking this up, starting it, and for things to come.

...Plus subbing this, it is most definately worth my time.

And your very own LTP Support Team;


<GO LTP GO, GO LTP GO> :laugh:

May the Shwartz be with you,
Grish
 
#29 ·
<BANG!>
<Racing commentator voice> Aaaand she's off!

All I can say is this is already looking nice, you should nickname it Titan SexyLegs :p
Definately +rep for...taking this up, starting it, and for things to come.

...Plus subbing this, it is most definately worth my time.

And your very own LTP Support Team;


<GO LTP GO, GO LTP GO> :laugh:

Best post ever! Im sorry NocturnalK titan sexylegs it is!

May the Shwartz be with you,
Grish
I really appreciate the support team and they will now be with me every step of the way lol :). Thankyou for the rep and im gonna have to give you some for the effort on the awesome pic lol. (love the spaceballs reference btw)

Its looking good :D
At this rate ur be finished building soon lol....
Nice work, we need to get a firework display for the finaly :p
lol yeah i hope. Woo fireworks! that would be cool.

is it painted yet????................lol, only jokeing, looking forward to seeing this log develop +rep my man
Yeah it is i was up all night painting :p. Cheers for the rep :)

I got up extra early this morning to get you all some pictures :)

The leg armour is done now.



The guards are done i just need to stick the pistons in but this cant be done until the whole leg is together.



Mockup of the knee joint also cant be stuck yet for the same reason.



Here you all go ( btw i dont want this turning into some sort of titan foot porn! LMAO)



Even the small details are great




Today im moving onto the torso parts. I'm going to clean them all up and dry fit them like i have with this. Once i have done the hip i may assemble the legs as much as possible then i can undercoat them.

Hopefully it wont take me too long now i know what im doing.


Total time: 6 hours

Updates later folks :)

:bye:
 
#32 ·
Lol i asked my mum then and she told me to do one lol. I use 151 epoxy clear resin. Arldite is awesome stuff but most of the products cost a fortune and dont dry clear. Its great stuff you have to hold the pieces for around 5 minutes the only down side is that it stinks and i had to use it outside today because it was making me feel sick lol.

Progress

So i have had this wonderful model for 2 days and i have mananged to wash it, clean up all the bits and remove all the extra resin :) I got through it alot faster than i thought actually. Now this thread is not only to show you the model but to help you out and give you a guide if you ever decide to get one.

So things to note so far:

Essential tools : Clippers, assortment of files (different shapes are important), small hacksaw, hobby knife.

Other helpful items:
Cutting mat, small desk vice (makes it easier when filing.

I use 151 epoxy resin. Like it says above it dries clear and is managable.

Do all filing and use the epoxy outside as the dust is horrible and epoxy stinks lol.

When cleaning the parts do a bag at a time, otherwise you will get bored after about half an hour trust me lol. This also shows you how much you have left to do better and rather than seeing a pile of bit you can say oh i only have 4 bags left etc.

Be careful with hobby knives lol :whistle:

Todays progress:

Torso/ Carapace/ Head













This is my favourite part :)







Melta






Here are some layout pics :





And this is what is going to be getting painted first:



Going to start some of it tonight and i hope to get them all completed by the end of the week :)

Time frames so far:

Stage 1:
Cleaning - 1 hour 30 mins
Stage 2:: De-flashing
Legs - 4 hours
Torso - 45 mins
Carapace - 1 hour 10 mins
Weapons and Head - 50 mins

Total Pre Assembly - 8 Hours 15 mins

Assembly


Dry fitting - 2 hours

Total time so far 10 Hours 15 mins

Wow uber long post, sorry lol. Next update tomorrow hopefully :)

Comon support crew we have work to do



:bye:
 
#33 ·
whoa, i didnt realise the reaver was THAT big! its humongous looks nice though, i have never gotten a forge world model, so i didnt realise there was that much prep work involved, and thanks for the breakdown of what you need to do to prep the resin models, thanks, here is some rep, (that way you have more rep than posts lol) it is an awesome project to attempt
 
#37 ·
@ nocturnalk, that is what the blank datasheet is for Yaaay :grin: i have an idea: a thunderwolf titan, 200 foot mechanical wolf hmmm.
 
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