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SamusDrake wrote:
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Very tidy job you've done there and the green is a good choice.


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Had an evening of comedy mayhem with Gorilla glue. Went everywhere including my fingers. The reaction was like that of King Arthur's Knights when they encountered the Killer Rabbit...

Even with the super glue, the magnets eventually come off if bonded flat and not around the edge. rebonding on the weapon joint isnt that big of a deal, but not on the waist. I've just used plastic glue for the waist on one of them, and when the second comes loose I do the same on the other Warhound.

In other news I've cashed in a voucher with Wayland games and bagged a Reaver for £25. Although it comes with magnet challenges, I'm looking forward to working on a single model instead of pairs or multiples.

ty.

tip, superglue with brush applicator. i use one from locktite and by the smell and stinging in my eyes, it is the same stuff that GW sold in the early 2000.
i have never had any mags come loose if i glue it on unpainted plastic.

and the only real mag chally with the reaver is if you are going to use both the fist wep and range weps as they dont use the same arm.
allso dont do any big leg/feet poses, not alot of playroom on the 4 ankle armor plates before the leg plates wont fit.

Cheers for that.

If GW release both weapon sprues separately I might just get both so I can do dualies anyway. Really digging that August WD Reaver with the two chainguns...

 schoon wrote:
This is a different kind of project...

I wanted to make a Ministorum building with a grand "stained glass" type window, and this is the SketchUp made result.

Anyone here savvy on how to get this on Shapeways?

You live in California so you should check your local public library for access to a 3D printer.

Last night saw more paint work on the Warhounds.The scheme is metallic copper and leadbelcher, but like the Lancers in my previous photo I'm giving them gold highlights to the armour rims. Fatigue is setting in, to be honest...

Reaver arrived this morning and in a momentous occassion I was not lazy and actually washed the sprues in warm, soapy water. I have no idea why, but some kind soul in the house hold left a bowl(with clean water!) ready for me to use. Didn't have to run the water off or add washing up liquid...it was just there. Hurrah! Although, I won't start work on him until the Warhound bodies are done.

I think my plan for the Reaver will be to assemble and paint the legs before the upper body. I wish I had done that for the previous models and have found it overwhelming at times - especially with the Warhounds.

I need to whip up some buildings too, so I reckon thats about a months work in total...

it all depends on how mutch effort you want to put in.
sub assembly mean you can break a model down in order to reduse the scope of the project, but it allso means that you now see all the hidden parts that you normaly dont see and cant get to in order to paint where black primer will hide it.
for me that is a blessing and a curse as i am then forced to paint everything in a decent standard, even the parts that wont bee seen thus increasing the overall paint time by 2-3x.

finished my 2nd warhound, i have a legal maniple! (first time i have ever painted enugh of something to be gaming legal)

What a handsome beast!

Making good progress on a Gryphonicus Reaver. But now that GW have revealed Legio Defensor's quite lovely colour scheme I'm tempted yet again. Maybe I should just resign myself to having a multi Legio force

Before anyone says it, I know, it's a chapter and not a house.
I just love painting salamanders theme as none of the houses really caught my eye.
Fluff aside, not the greatest pics as I don't have my light box set up yet, but it's the test model for the force.

Started working on armour plates for warlords 2 and 3 for mortis.

Heads wait for sprues to arrive.

Plain shoulder plates to have room for colour mortis transfers

One of the Warpups showing off his new bell bottoms...



...the other one isn't too far behind but will be sporting the decorative armour pieces, and probably take more time. Weapons are assembled and yet to be painted...might just undercoat them for now.

Also began assembly of the Reaver. Although visually impressive( certainly will look the part of major badass! ), he is disappointing compared to the warhounds in terms of weapon "configuration" and carapace options. Take the fella above; the carapace is not glued but it won't fall off if held upside down and shaken. Very useful if your Titan has a change of heart between battles! ^_^




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Jackel90, love the paint job!

Thanks Samus.



Main thing I'm hating with titanicus is the wires.
Don't get me wrong, I've assembled everything from pushfit to FW titans.
But the wires on the reaver hip section are irritating lol.

Also on a side note, be careful with magnets on the warlord.
The top and bottom shoulder mounts are fairly close together, so strong magnets have a pull to them.
I've had to swap the polarity as the way I had them, the top one were trying to repel the arms below lol.

That was just 5x1mm rare earth magnets too.

Been playing around with the new Warlord kit, and so the Legio Xestobiax receives a new God-Engine - behind the Ruptor et Mundos!



I put together a few notes on this chap, if it is of interest: https://wordpress.com/post/ttgamingdiary.wordpress.com/30962

MongooseMatt, the new head looks cool and the colour scheme gives a "royal" appearance. Assuming your Warlord is magnitized, would it be possible to see it with the new power claw?

He doesn'' magnetize hI s titans i think

tneva82 wrote:
He doesn'' magnetize hI s titans i think

Only heretics use magnets. Loyalists just build new Titans...

MongooseMatt wrote:

tneva82 wrote:
He doesn'' magnetize hI s titans i think

Only heretics use magnets. Loyalists just build new Titans...

Nobody can explain magnets. I don’t touch the stuff.

MongooseMatt wrote:

tneva82 wrote:
He doesn'' magnetize hI s titans i think

Only heretics use magnets. Loyalists just build new Titans...

Does that mean your mortis have magnets?-)

Okay...well, thats sad news. Great work all the same.

Assembled the legs and body of the Reaver but without attaching any armour plates. Its not a difficult model to build, but one should plan ahead.

SamusDrake wrote:
Assembled the legs and body of the Reaver but without attaching any armour plates. Its not a difficult model to build, but one should plan ahead.

Oh yeah. I had one reaver end up with one knee in VERY unnatural angle. Luckily managed to cut and glue to more sensible and armour plates should cover damage.

Oh and helps if you have base along...I didn't. One reaver does not fully fit inside base in his striding pose. Whoops!

Well 2 more coming. I'll get properly built reaver yet!

tneva82 wrote:


Oh yeah. I had one reaver end up with one knee in VERY unnatural angle. Luckily managed to cut and glue to more sensible and armour plates should cover damage.

Oh and helps if you have base along...I didn't. One reaver does not fully fit inside base in his striding pose. Whoops!

Well 2 more coming. I'll get properly built reaver yet!

After hearing about all the trouble you lot had with the Reaver legs I just went for a sensible "to attention" pose. Funnily enough, the first step was gluing the feet to the base and even then you are doubting whether its going to work!

...sigh...breaking news; this twit has glued the pelvis back-to-front.

tneva82 wrote:


Does that mean your mortis have magnets?-)

I will have you know that, as a component of the Censure Host at Prospero, my Legio Mortis could not be more Loyalist if they tried...

SamusDrake wrote:
...sigh...breaking news; this twit has glued the pelvis back-to-front.

Tis easily done. I know that they wanted to be accurate to the 40K scale model but the Reaver could really do with a reduced parts count. Especially as the legs and feet are not really that poseable(without cutting) once the armour plates and cables are in place.

SamusDrake wrote:

...sigh...breaking news; this twit has glued the pelvis back-to-front.

Building my 5th and 6th did that as well...

tneva82 wrote:

Building my 5th and 6th did that as well...

You have the patience of a saint! O_O


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GoatboyBeta wrote:

Tis easily done. I know that they wanted to be accurate to the 40K scale model but the Reaver could really do with a reduced parts count. Especially as the legs and feet are not really that poseable(without cutting) once the armour plates and cables are in place.

GW would really make our day if they had an Easy-to-Build Reaver. Only that one model...just ONE!

I finished my Reaver last night, it was quite a bit more involved than the other AT stuff and seems a newer hobbyist could very easily screw up somewhere. Tons of tiny bits, the armor/piston pieces that go around the feet you have to keep track of which ones are 7, 8, and 9 so you know where they go, the cables on the legs, you have to magnetize the shoulder and elbow while making sure the angle of everything is just right, definitely a more advanced build, especially to fully magnetize.

 Toofast wrote:
I finished my Reaver last night, it was quite a bit more involved than the other AT stuff and seems a newer hobbyist could very easily screw up somewhere. Tons of tiny bits, the armor/piston pieces that go around the feet you have to keep track of which ones are 7, 8, and 9 so you know where they go, the cables on the legs, you have to magnetize the shoulder and elbow while making sure the angle of everything is just right, definitely a more advanced build, especially to fully magnetize.

The joins on the back carapace are a bit annoying too. Gonna have to break out the milliput to seal them...

Now I've really upset this poor reaver...

Not only will he have to reach behind to scratch his balls, but his feet are mixed up too thus he has joined the Ministry of Silly Walks.

The hordes of Horus will die laughing...

dont rush the reaver!!
it aint more complicated then the warhound if you study the assembly manual before you begin to actualy do it.
and if in doubt, dry fit first.

the reaver is ment for a very static sentry pose. try to do anything else then that and you will get into trouble.

Weapon sprue bought.

Can’t magnetise, no superglue. It’s cold, raining, I’m yet to get dressed, and the shop shuts in 27 minutes.

But also fancy a trip to the pub, which is kind of on the way!


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Made it! Three diddy tubes of loctite.

I’ve also fallen into the pub, I may be some time.