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I would buy a chaos reaver/warhound, but only if I had the money just a-laying around...

I'd much rather scratch build one instead of buying one.

VikingScott wrote:If it were cheaper i'd buy a titan.
Reverant for perferance.
But heres something i would like to know. If its cheaper to have it in plastic than resin then why not have plastic titans? Is it too weak to hold up to the size or something?

Too many flaws. GW can't even get the land raider pieces totally straight and perfectly shaped. I wouldn't trust them with making a plastic Titan.

Spellbound wrote:We all spend a LOT of money on hobbies, as a society. We spend money at gyms when we could work out at home, on eating at fancy restaurants when we could cook at home. It's easy to find the money to afford a titan, and the hobby itself really isn't that expensive when you compare it.

A friend of mine is quite serious about his golf game, and with what he spent of his latest set of clubs, I could field an entire AM titan legion (and my clubs are all at least third hand). Of course, while he can barely get his space marines to 1500 points, I can ferry my troops to battle in a Thunderhawk. People will spend their money as they want to. Also, this thread is lacking an option for people who've already bought titans. I greatly enjoy my warhound, although given how rarely I do get to field it, I don't think I'm ever going to get anything larger.

As much as I'd love to get a FW Titan, I simply can't see myself spending that much money on a single model. Yes, I've blown quite a bit of cash on my armies already, and I do have a Stompa I need to put together, but the majority of my stuff was bought online for a decent discount. And while I am planning on having a Titan, I'm going to be making mine from scratch with plasticard for a fraction of the cost. Might not be as detailed, but a lot more satisfying and it does the job just as well.

If I was going to spend $500-800 on a single item, I'd rather get a good Canon EOS camera than a Titan. (Probably has more to do with the fact that I'm going to school for photography, but still.)

My thoughts on Titans.

Are they worth it... is the main question , so...

Yes if you are a collector because there is no need to justify getting it if you just want one.

No because its expensive at around 2 to 3 times the price of same quality detailed resin kits.

Yes because compared to GW kits , its still decent.

No because since when should GW kit prices be good standard for comparison.

Personal preference : )

As for storing them - a warhound, assuming you dry pin at the waist joint, will fit in a feldherr maxi case - it isnt that bulky.

As for the reaver - it has far fewer parts, took a friend only acouple of hours to build, including cleaning up and removing the mould injection marks, than the warhound. The warhound took me about 30 hours to build, but then i didnt have a dremel to help remove some of the bigger lumps of resin!

And the level of detail...the mutated and corrupted tech priest (forget the designation, brain fart...) in the chaos warhound is incredibly detailed...just amazing.

If I had a lot of free time and spare cash, I would probably buy a Revenant. I do love the model, but the price tag and time I'd want to spend on it are both too high for me at the moment =P

If it helps the revenant is at least far easier to put together than almost every other titan - even pinning it is a matter of a few hours.

Now painting it onthe other hand...depending on yourcraft world that could take a while

[and one done up Harlequin style? Damn that would look good, but damn would that be a long job!]

I have three, two warhounds and an (armourcast) Reaver....I love them as much as my children

Ed_Bodger wrote:I have three, two warhounds and an (armourcast) Reaver....I love them as much as my children

And cheaper then children too

Kanluwen wrote:A Valkyrie is $58 bro.

DOH! it was late and I was tired!
Okay start again
That was a lot of pennies for sure.
(fwiw got a couple of Monogram 1/48 AV-8B kits in the stash, both for around £10 with postage!
raised panel lines but otherwise really sweet kits )

Valid points Spellbound but I am still not convinced.
Compared to similar hobbies such as IM plastic kits or more especially resin kits, that the price tag appears excessive.
I appreciate from what Kanluwen has said, that the parts breakdown offers a lot of detail.

Does anyone have a link to a better piccy of the parts please?

In terms of size the Sunderland flying boat is a beast
It's big enough in 1/72, in 1/48 scale the wing span is 28"
This resin 1/48 kit comes in at just under £300

Sorry i meant thunderhawk not the valkyrie @ Spellbound. And i understand what your saying about this hobby being cheap compared to others, Me personally wont be buying either a titan or thunderhawk anytime soon though.

Id buy a Stompa, if that counts as a titan. But as for the titans I see on FW, no friggin way. Those guys ask a 30% royalty just because of who they are. Yes, you make nice minis and stuff but give me a break

I guess a STOMPA counts really.

Like the Eldar REVENANT TITAN and the Tyranid HIEROPHANT BIO TITAN

Too expensive, Too Small, low armor values, Seen them explode agianst a squad of Termi's. yeah I won't buy one.

There was no option for "I would buy one, and probably never use it in a battle."

IMO, you buy a titan because it's a piece of art and you put the time into make it look awesome, and you display it somewhere. If it happens to make it into a game, well, that's cool, but it's not the point of getting a titan. You don't buy something like a titan because you want to win battles.

To me, someone putting an unpainted titan on the field is as insulting as if they just put their wallet on the table.

- Proud owner of a Gargant

Weird place to put a cannon isn't it?

It's a belly cannon, traditional placement of an ork weapon. They fire giant chain-shot at the legs of other titans.

Lol. That makes sense but its the weirdest place for it to be.

Blue suede shoes!

does it do Elvis impersonations?

Krazy but Kool

I could have a titan if i stopped spending money on items like Swords, Weapons, Martial Art training, Boy Scouts, and all that useless stuff. Hell why do I need to know life lessons from boy scouts?

yes^

spending money on items like Swords, Weapons, Martial Art training, Boy Scouts

You are buying weapons, swords and boy scouts!!!?

That can't be legal and I dread to think what that says about Bob a Job week

Hell, I wouldn't even by the plastic Ork Stompa when the store had one on clearance for 50 bucks. That's cheaper than a landraider.

No way I'd buy a Titan for 6 times that at my current wages.

Way to much money for what they do...and I avoid mega battles like the plague because at my FLGS all peopl edo is argue the entire time. lol

Redbeard wrote:There was no option for "I would buy one, and probably never use it in a battle."

IMO, you buy a titan because it's a piece of art and you put the time into make it look awesome, and you display it somewhere. If it happens to make it into a game, well, that's cool, but it's not the point of getting a titan. You don't buy something like a titan because you want to win battles.

To me, someone putting an unpainted titan on the field is as insulting as if they just put their wallet on the table.

- Proud owner of a Gargant

But if I use my wallet it will have crap line of siht...

Depends. How big an addict can you be??

How long is a piece of string??

I would, in fact, I'm planning on it when I have the funds. I'd like to buy two Eldar titans or SH vehicles and host Apoc games at my FLGS. Apparently a lot of game stores do Apoc on a fairly regular basis, while my store only has them rarely.

I think it is like any wholly discretionary purchase. People who have spending money don't spend it on the same thing, and it is hard to put a standard on what is "silly" and what is a good entertainment purchase. I can see myself spending a few hundred bucks at a time on miniatures once I get some financial issues squared away ( I just got married, which comes with both expenses and windfalls, but probably more expenses since unlike a lot of weddings, I paid for it), but miniatures is what I *do*. That means I'm going to have to not spend as much on other discretionary expenses. I rarely eat out. Sure, I wanted to drop two and a half or three grand on a PC by the end of the year, but I've elected not to do that because I want more emergency savings, and miniatures, and I can't do both ( probably the PC was unrealistic anyhow). I'm not getting new golf clubs any time in the next few years (with my game, if I spend anythign it will be on lessons), and my shooting is pretty much limited to .22LR if I go at all.

Some people look at my miniatures and express that they can't believe an adult would spend that much money on something like that ( read: toys ), and that is referring to just regular GW models. These same people have often, within the past few months, made a purchase such as a large TV, a grill, a vacation, you name it. For me, if you compare a 2000$ flat panel TV to 200$ of miniatures, there is no question that I would get more pleasure and entertainment value from the miniatures.

I'm having quite a chuckle over people saying "I bought my wife more expensive gifts...", And thinking that justifies paying that ridiculous amount of money on a titan. They are stunning models, and I completely agree that I'd love to build and paint one. I hate to say it, but you can do A LOT with the amount of money you'd drop on 1 model. Heck, I can buy a whole 2000+ point army for that amount. 1 model... or 100+ models ( If horde army )

Plus, I'd always rather give a gift to my loved one's, then spend all of my money on myself