Forge World News and Rumour Thread : p212 Knight Porphyrion

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**ImAGeek**

Manchu wrote:
Clampacks are generally for selling things on racks rather than by mail. Interesting.

It could just be to make it easier for them at the FW shop in Warhammer World.

**BrookM**

A lot of the smaller stuff from FW comes in clamp packs these days. I got my Volkite chargers in one.

**Fireball**

New stuff:

http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/en-DE/The-Horus-Heresy-Mechanicum-Taghmata-Army-List

http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/en-DE/Mechanicum-Magos-Macrotek-Enginseer-Servo-automata

http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/en-DE/Knight-Scion-Seated

**zedmeister**

MECHANICUM!

Ninja'd!

Finally, the red book...

The Horus Heresy Mechanicum: Taghmata Army List brings together the Mechanicum units and rules from The Horus Heresy Books One to Five in a 120 page, hard back book. It includes background and profiles for all of the units available to the Mechnicum Taghmata, Legio Cybernetica and Ordo Reductor armies as well as support aircraft, seven classes of Knight, the Warhound, Reaver and immense Warlord Titans and introduces powerful new units such as the Ordinatus Macro Engines.

Additionally, this book includes updated Age of Darkness expansion rules for playing games of Warhammer 40,000 during the Horus Heresy, and all of the weapons profiles and special rules you’ll need for your Mechnicum army.

The Horus Heresy Mechanicum: Taghmata Army List is an expansion to Warhammer 40,000. You will need a copy of the Warhammer 40,000 rulebook in order to use this book.

**Wilson**

So we can use mechanicum in 40k now????

**ImAGeek**

Wilson wrote:
So we can use mechanicum in 40k now????

It's just the relevant rules from the big HH books condensed into one smaller volume, like the LACAL book and the Istvaan legions book.

**angelofvengeance**

Looks like..

What do those macrotek servitors do?

**zedmeister**

angelofvengeance wrote:
Looks like..

What do those macrotek servitors do?

Fancy servitors basically. They come with close combat weapon and are S4/T5. They can take a selection of weapons and upgrades (Laslocks for a point each, Flamer, MM, Heavy Bolter, Maxim Bolter.

However, you can get a single unit of two Adepts and 8 Automata and stick them in the Triaros

**angelofvengeance**

I wonder if that Knight pilot will fit in the Imperial Knight..

**Yack Maniels**

Bobthehero wrote:
I don't know, my Grenadiers barrels never broke off, and they look about as thick as this one. I had them in all sort of terrible cases before I got the padded one.

Now the standard Krieg guardsmen guns break all the time...

As someone wanting to start a Krieg army, that's demoralizing...

**bubber**

Fireball wrote:
New stuff:
http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/en-DE/Mechanicum-Magos-Macrotek-Enginseer-Servo-automata

I think I'm in love.

**migooo**

He looks very impressive.

**Buttery Commissar**

ImAGeek wrote:
Manchu wrote:
Clampacks are generally for selling things on racks rather than by mail. Interesting.

It could just be to make it easier for them at the FW shop in Warhammer World.

The store doesn't have much hanging up at all, purely the things like upgrades, pads and decals. Then there's a shelf of the HH primarch boxes.
Everything else is safely locked away under the display cabinet for the relevant model, if it's in stock.

If you order something to be cast on the day, it also comes in a clampack. Even things like the tank commander commissar, that's a single piece torso.
At a guess, it's to protect the models and also makes it clear what has and hasn't been opened by the customer in comparison to the bags.

**RedFox**

angelofvengeance wrote:
I wonder if that Knight pilot will fit in the Imperial Knight..

you mean a GW knight ? because he's already a knight pilot...good question though

**nudibranch**

RedFox wrote:
angelofvengeance wrote:
I wonder if that Knight pilot will fit in the Imperial Knight..

you mean a GW knight ? because he's already a knight pilot...good question though

By the description it looks as if he is designed to fit inside the FW Cerastus knights and not the standard plastic Questoris knights. [EDIT] Just checked, he is. The Cerastus knights actually come with the chair he's sitting on, which is not included in the pilot kit. Which does make £15 for a wee guy who you're barely going to see a bit pricey IMHO.

Also that techpriest and servitors are gorgeoussssss... Though looking more closely at the servitors, did they have to be so identical?

**BrookM**

I wonder if that red book also included the rules for running a Questoris Knight list.

**Rayvon**

Lovely stuff that mechanicum as usual,
With respect to the clam packs, if its small enough, its in one, even the solar auxila command is tightly jammed into a clam pack and up on the shelf, fits just right mind.

**stratassj**

Looking at the blurb for the red book, rules for the Ordinatus are in it. I want.

**Nevelon**

I like the servitors. Never been a fan of the brainwashed cyborg look.

**Tannhauser42**

The Mechanicum book is all I've been waiting for, so I can place my order tonight for it, Eidolon, and some more Mechanicum stuff.

**the_Armyman**

Fireball wrote:

Spoiler:

New stuff:

http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/en-DE/Mechanicum-Magos-Macrotek-Enginseer-Servo-automata

The Magos reminds me of an older, 2nd Edition sculpt or one of those unreleased Skullz figures. I like it, but it's a little less refined than FW's typical fare. The robes especially look a little roughly sculpted, probably done by a commission sculptor or maybe a test sculpt. The price seems a bit steep, too. £35 would have been easier to swallow.

**Kid_Kyoto**

How terribad are FW rules these days?

The samples I've seen lately are just as bad as GW's filled with silly little special rules to make every unit a unique snowflake.

Sure are pretty though.

**Kanluwen**

Boooooooooooo, the Knight Scion doesn't include the command chair--and is thus useless to me as I wanted to have pilots in my GW Knights.

**kronk**

ImAGeek wrote:
Wilson wrote:
So we can use mechanicum in 40k now????

It's just the relevant rules from the big HH books condensed into one smaller volume, like the LACAL book and the Istvaan legions book.

Yeah, what geek said. This is an HH era book.

They finally have everything Mechanicum together, though.

**Tannhauser42**

Kid_Kyoto wrote:
How terribad are FW rules these days?

The samples I've seen lately are just as bad as GW's filled with silly little special rules to make every unit a unique snowflake.

Sure are pretty though.

Still lots of special rules, particularly for Mechanicum stuff, but also vastly better written and balanced than GW's.

**gorgon**

Mechanicum are really strong, but the Legions are pretty well balanced. And there is some special rule proliferation throughout the game, but it's much more sane and manageable than with 40K these days. IMO.

**Grarg**

I was all excited about 30k Mechanicum units/army list allowed in the 40k world, i guess i'll wait longer!!

**Talys**

Wilson wrote:
So we can use mechanicum in 40k now????

No. Only 30k ("during the Horus Heresy").

Additionally, this book includes updated Age of Darkness expansion rules for playing of Warhammer 40,000 during the Horus Heresy, and all of the weapons profiles and special rules you’ll need for your Mechnicum army.

The Horus Heresy Mechanicum: Taghmata Army List is an expansion to Warhammer 40,000. You will need a copy of the Warhammer 40,000 rulebook in order to use this book.

http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/en-US/The-Horus-Heresy-Mechanicum-Taghmata-Army-List

It's consistent with other language, like, "The Horus Heresy Legiones Astartes: Crusade Army List is a 96 page hard back containing the complete profiles, special rules and wargear, compiled and updated, for the core Legiones Astartes Legion Crusade Army List for Warhammer 40,000 and the Battles in the Age of Darkness gaming expansion."

**BrookM**

Now mind, you can play 30k lists against 40k lists, though they really come into their own against the more powerful (or unbalanced) 40k lists when you play at 2500+ pts, when you can field larger squads (a lot of the 30k units have a large initial price tag, but adding more models to the unit is usually hella cheap) or squadrons of vehicles backed by a Lord of War or two and if you play Astartes, a Primarch.

Automatically Appended Next Post:
Also, to the people who are buying the Red Mechanicum book, could any of you, upon receiving it, confirm whether or not is also includes the rules for the Questoris Knights army list?

While it does include all patterns of suits of armour, along with that creep Arch Magos Draykavac, no mention is made whether or not the actual list is included as well.

**WrentheFaceless**

Neat, dont play HH but do like ad mech/mechanium stuff.