LTP PAINTING

Hey there,

Recently I started taking on commissions and I was contacted by NocturnalK who inquired as to whether I could paint his Forgeworld Reaver Titan for him.

I suppose some people are thinking what is a Reaver Titan?

This model stands between 14 and 16″ tall and can be equipped with a variety of weapons. It can be found here on the Forgeworld website it is made out of resin and comes unassembled and in a large amount of parts.

This, as you can imagine is a big task and not many people like to take it on but I’m always up for a challenge and jumped at the chance to paint this wonderful model.

As this model costs so much you don’t really see many of them around and that is why I want to do this Series so that you can all have a good look at the fine detail and craftsmanship that is put into it.

In this series of articles I hope to show you my process of assembling and painting the model and provide tips and helpful advice at certain points that I found difficult in order to help you if you decide to buy one .

Let’s get started.

LTP

Part 1 – Unboxing and Identifying the Parts

This is the well packaged box I received in the post containing the parts for the model:

As you can see there are many bags of parts and also included are instructions and a COA.

The bags are arranged by positions on the model. For example the legs are contained in 1 bag, the torso parts in another etc.

The next part of my plan was to check all the parts were there and to check for damage and warping. This is important as you don’t want to be finding out you have a part missing near the end or likewise finding a damaged part. It also helps you to familiarize yourself with the parts which make assembly easier later on.

Following the pictures on the checklists, this is how I sorted out all the pieces:

After laying the pieces out and checking them off, I split the parts in two (one for each leg) and place the smaller and larger parts in a bag each. I did this to help me later on so I didn’t end up spending ages finding the bits I wanted.

These are the 3 weapons for this titan:

Finally here are all the parts back in the bags sorted into sections and ready to be cleaned.

Unboxing the model was great and I didn’t realize just how many parts there were. Looking at the level of work that has gone into the sculpt and the material used to make it I can begin to understand why Forgeworld charge so much for it.

During the project I noted down the time that I spent on each part which I will share with you on every part.

Time Scale:

Checking and sorting parts:  30 Minutes

Coming up in Part 2 …  Cleaning the parts.

FOr the rest of this series head over to the reaver titan page on the menu.