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For over two years my Reaver and Warhound have been sitting in bits in boxes waiting to be repainted. I bought them years ago and my skills at the time were nowhere near as good as they are now, and I made the decision to rebuild and repaint them as good as such models deserve to be.

Here's the only decent photo I have left of the two. I deleted the others in what can only be described as a bit of embarassment.



Now with such a large rebuild project, I immediately accepted the fact that these aren't going to be perfect. There's still glue residue, gouges etc that can't be removed. It's not going to be as if it's fresh out of the box. However, I think I did a pretty good job on it. All weapons are magnetised on both Titans, and I have plans to get a Power Fist in the future just because it's pretty cool looking.



Main changes on this is now it's completely airbrushed. I've been using an Iwata TRN2 and it's a fantastic piece of kit. This, along with Vallejo (which I now swear by) was used with Forge World's masterclass books to attain a much better finish than the original piece.

So far, it's around 90% complete, hence it's here and not in the Showcase. I still need to finish one knee pad, and attach the groinplate, which I can't do at the moment as there's a couple of pistons which need to go on first. There's also some gold trim to be finished and some banners in the works.



The Warhound is also 90-95% complete, I just need to redo the chevrons a bit as they got a bit smeared in places, attach the shin armour on the left leg, paint the top hatches and attach the servitors inside. I'm particularly proud of the cockpit and glowing effect on the Plasma Blaster.



Again, it's not going to be perfect but I'm more than happy with the result.



Thanks for looking, all comments appreciated

Over 100 views and no-one has anything to say? Was really hoping for feedback guys.

I know how you feel. I have a thread for a model that gathered Zero Comments. The reason why I am not commenting on your titans is because I am not into Titan models. Apart of Wraith Knights and Imperial Knights, everything larger looks ridiculous to me.

I really like the larger model. It is topnotch repaint, but the smaller (I guess this is the warhound) is a bit too ordinary. Why not go crazy with him like you did for the larger Titan.

I'm the master of response-less threads, so don't feel too bad. I think the new paint work looks far better than the old. I'm particularly fond of the hazard stripe white on the Wolfhound. From the one shot you've posted I don't love the OSL on the plasma...thing, but it might be the photo and the red background.

I know they're not done but I think the Wolfhound head needs something, either contrast, some design or just heavy line-work.

The flamer(?) tip could also use some fancy-ing up. Overall though, really good. I'm not a huge fan of blue but you've made it work on these guys.

Scroll work on the Reaver is excellent. I agree with the previous poster, the yellow head on the Warhound needs something more to pop it up. It looks to one dimensional. All in all however, very well done!

The Warhound looks brilliant. And it's great to see a before and after. I think that pattern of Titan is really underrated.

The Reaver looks airbrushed, and not in a good way. It has blooms of brighter colour in places that wouldn't catch light, but it's a cool looking thing.

OP have you looked at the FW Modelling Masterclass 2 book?

You basically have the same scheme on the Reaver. So you have either read the book and just slightly missed out on the same effect or need to read the book to see how they did it. I'm guessing you have it as allot of the painting is really good (scroll, carapace brasswork and detailing). Its a great book by the way, I have them both and in no way regret paying the price.

Where the model does lack is on the flat panels I think. Although you have tried to distinguish the blue from edge to centre, its just too stark at the moment.

The shoulder pads are allot lighter than the carapace (by the pictures), the carapace is a bit patchy and the lags don't look finished. So it's not really gelling together - again this maybe because of the pictures.

From memory the FW scheme started off by mottling the flat panels, This is done in quite small areas/shapes, as opposed to yours that seem to have been blocked in. They then shading the edges (you got this) and finally lacquering the hole thing with Tamiya Clear blue to pull it all together. I've been doing this scheme on a Knight and it's tricky so I sort of know where you are but the extra effort on the flat panels would be well worth it I think.

Really great job on both (and I like the yellow head on the warhound but it needs more shading and highlighting to give it some depth.)

Thanks for the feedback everyone.

DalinCriid wrote:I know how you feel. I have a thread for a model that gathered Zero Comments. The reason why I am not commenting on your titans is because I am not into Titan models. Apart of Wraith Knights and Imperial Knights, everything larger looks ridiculous to me.

I really like the larger model. It is topnotch repaint, but the smaller (I guess this is the warhound) is a bit too ordinary. Why not go crazy with him like you did for the larger Titan.

Well to me the Lucius machines look more serious and industrial rather than the ostentatious look of the Mars ones, hence the chevrons. I added some decals to tie him in with the Reaver and two Knights I've been working on but I can see what you mean.

Elbows wrote:I'm the master of response-less threads, so don't feel too bad. I think the new paint work looks far better than the old. I'm particularly fond of the hazard stripe white on the Wolfhound. From the one shot you've posted I don't love the OSL on the plasma...thing, but it might be the photo and the red background.

I know they're not done but I think the Wolfhound head needs something, either contrast, some design or just heavy line-work.

The flamer(?) tip could also use some fancy-ing up. Overall though, really good. I'm not a huge fan of blue but you've made it work on these guys.

Thanks very much. I wanted the Plasma to look like it's a pulse moving through the coils. It's not perfect, I agree with you, although I'm reluctant to do any more on it incase I ruin it.

Could you recommend some changes to the head and flamer?

Solis Luna Astrum wrote:Scroll work on the Reaver is excellent. I agree with the previous poster, the yellow head on the Warhound needs something more to pop it up. It looks to one dimensional. All in all however, very well done!

Buttery Commissar wrote:The Warhound looks brilliant. And it's great to see a before and after. I think that pattern of Titan is really underrated.

The Reaver looks airbrushed, and not in a good way. It has blooms of brighter colour in places that wouldn't catch light, but it's a cool looking thing.

This was my first attempt at airbrushing, and to keep it safe I just went for the all-round look rather than trying to replicate where light would catch it, thanks for the feedback

notprop wrote:OP have you looked at the FW Modelling Masterclass 2 book?

You basically have the same scheme on the Reaver. So you have either read the book and just slightly missed out on the same effect or need to read the book to see how they did it. I'm guessing you have it as allot of the painting is really good (scroll, carapace brasswork and detailing). Its a great book by the way, I have them both and in no way regret paying the price.

Where the model does lack is on the flat panels I think. Although you have tried to distinguish the blue from edge to centre, its just too stark at the moment.

The shoulder pads are allot lighter than the carapace (by the pictures), the carapace is a bit patchy and the lags don't look finished. So it's not really gelling together - again this maybe because of the pictures.

From memory the FW scheme started off by mottling the flat panels, This is done in quite small areas/shapes, as opposed to yours that seem to have been blocked in. They then shading the edges (you got this) and finally lacquering the hole thing with Tamiya Clear blue to pull it all together. I've been doing this scheme on a Knight and it's tricky so I sort of know where you are but the extra effort on the flat panels would be well worth it I think.

I used MM2 as the inspiration, although after a short while I had trouble finding the right consistency for Citadel paints and switched to Vallejo, so the shades weren't going to be exact. It's certainly a great book and both have proved very useful in various projects although I don't have the funds or space for some of their more ambitious techniques. Afraid I can't take credit for the scrollwork, that's the FW transfer sheet. From looking at the actual model the shoulders aren't that much brighter than the rest, although I suppose I could go back over the legs to make it more consistent.

You're right that the legs aren't finished, I still need to finish the gold trim and finish the left kneepad. I'm a bit reluctant to try the mottling technique, I'll have to practice a lot first before I try anything.

Thanks again for all the comments, I'll be sure to take the feedback into consideration

Great improvements there. I've got a lot of respect for anyone who has the patience to build and paint a titan, I couldn't face it myself.

I've got to say, all four look great to me. The old schemes in your first pic are totally fine. The Reaver looks good with the extra details and freehand now, but I wouldn't be embarrassed at all by those first two. I will say that I like the Reaver more than the Warhound. As others said, the all yellow head on the Warhound could use something to break it up. Maybe some gold/brass framing around the windows and the back of the head, similar to how you've done on the Reaver?

I'm also not super into the glow effect on the big plasma cannon. I think the colors and the application look good, but I would go back in and repaint the housing of the gun in gun colors and just leave the glow on the coils. A little OSL glow can look cool on the plasma gun in the hands of a Space Marine, but on a giant model like that it just feels overblown to me.

Thanks for the feedback, yeah I can see what you mean about the Warhound head and Plasma Cannon, I'll have a look and see what I can do about it

The flamer could use some contrast on the guard ---- maybe a burned/cooked end? Something akin to this:



You could look up some burning/bluing techniques for metal as well:


The head simply needs a bit more definition, but that's just from looking at your one picture. It might look great in person, it just seems a little flat at the moment.