Well, my long-delayed Reaver Titans have arrived at last. One is now assembled in the standard configuration of Rocket Launcher and two turbolasers. From the other, I took the turbolasers and put them on my Warlord Titan. Originally I was planning to equip this Reaver with a pair of Quake Cannons that I scratch-built a few weeks ago, but unfortunately, upon trying them this morning, I found that the scratch-builds are far too big. Not only are they about 30% too long, the bore is much too large, and they don’t even fit properly under the shoulder mounts. Consequently, I’ve had to re-think this Titan’s armament. I’ve given it a Rocket Launcher, Volcano Cannon and a Gatling Blaster (in the style of the Forge World Epic Reaver) instead, which still leaves the turbolasers free to put on the Warlord. I was planning on putting together a Titan with this weapons fit eventually anyway, so it’s not a big problem. Just annoying that I wasted my time (not to mention some perfectly good parts) on the Quake Cannon scratchbuilds that I can’t now use. It also means that I don’t yet have a spare Rocket Launcher for my second Warlord. I’m now scouring eBay for proper QC models instead.

I decided, incidentally, to stick with old-school, Mars-pattern Titans throughout this army. Although I love the current Lucius-pattern Warlord model, I do quite like the old beetle-back model too, and it fits in much better with all the other Titans in the army. I still plan to get a metal Warlord eventually, but it’ll be for my Chaos army, where it’ll fit in well with the (Lucius-pattern) Ravager I already have. If Forge World ever bring back their Lucius-pattern Warhounds, I may add them to the Chaos army as well.