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 Sherrypie wrote:
The GW kits are a joy to work with, so I'd recommend getting those just for the fun of building the titans. The starter set has two Warhounds, two Reavers and two Cerastoi, for about 1200 points. It's great value.

I would second this! Its a fantastic set, if you don't play AT and just want the kits to build it is excellent value.

 Pacific wrote:

 Sherrypie wrote:
The GW kits are a joy to work with, so I'd recommend getting those just for the fun of building the titans. The starter set has two Warhounds, two Reavers and two Cerastoi, for about 1200 points. It's great value.

I would second this! Its a fantastic set, if you don't play AT and just want the kits to build it is excellent value.

This is true, even if AT is 8mm scale, the kits are as complex to assemble as the standard 40k 28mm scale range. (and how many of has assembled the legs backwards as we did not pay enugh attension to the kit and assembly guide )

FrozenDwarf...I still look at my first Reaver's feet and can't help but think "Oh ****."

SamusDrake wrote:

 Crablezworth wrote:


Knights are not a good primary force but are good at supporting titan maniples. Knights that work well tend to be the cerastus lancer, knight styrix or magaera with dual claws, quetoris knights with dual cc, atropos is ok, the best overall are the acastus class knights, they're the only knight with powerful shooting attacks.

I do tend to agree with this, but I would recommend against Leigon vs House games, which is an exercise in frustration for both sides of the table.

House vs House games feel more natural for the knights, and its a shame GW doesn't encourage this instead of focusing on knight mobs going on suicide missions against titans gangs, armed to the teeth with super weapons, engines and a treasure chest of special rules and upgrades.

They just feel shoe-horned in as a faction, agreed knight on knight would be ok, it's just that they miss out on so many great rules it sorta feels like playing half a game.

SamusDrake wrote:
FrozenDwarf...I still look at my first Reaver's feet and can't help but think "Oh ****."

Atleast it works, i assembled the whole legs of my Nemesis backwards last winter, cus the kit "allows" you to do it, to the point where i could not fit the armorplates, had to toss the whole thing in the trash. Have not bought a new one yet.

Fokus on the assembly instructions is vital, and idealy go over it 4 times before you glue stuff together. The kits are a challenge, but allso very rewarding when completed.

 FrozenDwarf wrote:


Atleast it works, i assembled the whole legs of my Nemesis backwards last winter, cus the kit "allows" you to do it, to the point where i could not fit the armorplates, had to toss the whole thing in the trash. Have not bought a new one yet.

Fokus on the assembly instructions is vital, and idealy go over it 4 times before you glue stuff together. The kits are a challenge, but allso very rewarding when completed.

Sorry to hear about your Nemesis. Thats well bad and I would lose my **** if I had to bin one of my kits. Did you at least keep the upper body? With a bit of imagination it makes for an incredible weapon platform.

But when I look at that Reaver...he's looking straight back at me with those spider-like peepers...silently judging....





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 Crablezworth wrote:


They just feel shoe-horned in as a faction, agreed knight on knight would be ok, it's just that they miss out on so many great rules it sorta feels like playing half a game.

Definitely bolted on with what was probably a good idea, but not given enough time to mature.

Personally I would have looked into the more chivalrous side of a banner(or lance), which could be reputation( following orders and formation), duty( glory in combat ) and sacrifice( taking a hit for a titan ). A titan may have the power of a god, but a Knight has their honour which could inspire( or disgust ) nearby banners and engine spirits.

Shame it didn't come down to much more than coordinated strikes, and filling points.

Personally I would have looked into the more chivalrous side of a banner(or lance), which could be reputation( following orders and formation), duty( glory in combat ) and sacrifice( taking a hit for a titan ). A titan may have the power of a god, but a Knight has their honour which could inspire( or disgust ) nearby banners and engine spirits.

That sounds like an awesome idea! It would make the Knight so much more interesting and relevant in the game!

In Titanicus related projects, three days of demo games at Ropecon 2022, the largest non-commercial gaming event in Europe. Spent maybe 30 hours over the weekend running games and inspired over a dozen immediate starter set purchases as well as a handful of Epic-curious discussions. Pretty swell, I'd say.

 Malika2 wrote:

That sounds like an awesome idea! It would make the Knight so much more interesting and relevant in the game!

Thank you for the kind vote of confidence!




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 Sherrypie wrote:
In Titanicus related projects, three days of demo games at Ropecon 2022, the largest non-commercial gaming event in Europe. Spent maybe 30 hours over the weekend running games and inspired over a dozen immediate starter set purchases as well as a handful of Epic-curious discussions. Pretty swell, I'd say.

A very productive weekend, Sherrypie. More princeps for the cause!

SamusDrake wrote:


Shame it didn't come down to much more than coordinated strikes, and filling points.

There's just so much weirdness, like how they take damage, I'm fine with them having 360 arc/vision because it's just practical, but I feel like even the terminals seem sorta silly if they're only going to give you one track and force the weird killing whole model mechanic. I just wish they were more about dedicated disruption, like infiltrating/outflanking/deepstriking built in.



Speaking of knights, I just picked up 2 of these at walmart for 14$ They're not quite big enough to fit a 40mm base but they're 4 inches tall and could pretty much just barely fit a questoris inside, possible cerastus too if the legs aren't too dynamicly posed.







Also target in the states has this exclusive, I managed to order one on ebay. I photoshoped in some atrapos knights, just sorta ballpark on the scale but I think it's close. I wanna convert it into a knight lander, decent terrain too for the size.









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 Sherrypie wrote:
In Titanicus related projects, three days of demo games at Ropecon 2022, the largest non-commercial gaming event in Europe. Spent maybe 30 hours over the weekend running games and inspired over a dozen immediate starter set purchases as well as a handful of Epic-curious discussions. Pretty swell, I'd say.

Nice, doing good work

Those are awesome looking toys, Crablezworth!

SamusDrake wrote:
Those are awesome looking toys, Crablezworth!

Bout to snap some pics of the pods for scale.

Good man!

Been having a few brainstorms of late...

I've disbanded our third battleforce, which is an unfinished titan legion and have reassigned it's Warbringer to my Loyalist legion, led by a venator maniple. Warlords are a pain in the ass and a Warbringer is a decent counter-measure. The spare hound and reaver I'm going to put towards a custom maniple for experimental games...

...which leads to a new mission; to destroy a mega-fortress that is controlled by a machine spirit. The terrain is tired of being shot at, blown up and trampled and is finally striking back! I've been whipping up a light maniple that is for the purpose of seige operations when running low on active, heavy titans. This is where Hounds and Reavers tool up with their most devasting weapons, and employ the services of allied knights to provide additional firepower.

Its gonna be a blast and can't wait to get started.

Ha, that's a fun idea SamusDrake

Scale shots of the lightyear stuff.

@Samusdrake: I Think you're gonna want some, super cheap and look great.

Kinder-Knight Surprise! GW is definitely missing a trick there...

Getting ideas thick and fast for the Fortress mission but will start out small and build it up over iterative playtests. It'll just be cannon-towers in a city scape for now and see how that goes.


LOL, looking around for inspiration for Titanicus scenery and this blast from the past popped up on Youtube...

Would make a great a centerpiece for a board.



Got the pods and the ship painted. Happy with how they came out, amazing what a few decals and repainting a smaller part of the cockpit can do for scale.

Bloody fantastic. Love the new-look spaceship!

Odd jobs here and there.

Looking up purchases for titan carapace weapons to use on armoured & shielded turrets( simple buildings ) while remaining in budget.

Also drafted a custom maniple to make the most of left over titans( from the starter set and titan maniple bundles ), while also allowing players to indulge more in the Direwolf without going overboard. Finally, for those who have a whole pack of Porphyrion terminals that don't see much use these days...

Light "Siege" Maniple

Whenever heavier titans are running low, remaining titans can be rallied and also call upon their experienced knight allies to break heavily fortified positions.

Mandatory: 2 titans of scale 8 or less, one of which maybe a Direwolf. 1 Acastus Porphyrion banner.

Optional: 1 titan of scale 8 or less. 1 Acastus Porphyrion banner.

Seige Masters: All Acastus Porphyrions replace the blast trait of their Twin Magna Cannons with the ordinance trait.

Those look fantastic Crablezworth - think they fit perfectly with the minis!

SamusDrake wrote:
Bloody fantastic. Love the new-look spaceship!

Thanks guy, I knew I'd be able to shrink it with a bit of paint


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 Pacific wrote:
Those look fantastic Crablezworth - think they fit perfectly with the minis!

Thanks guy, excited to see if I cam make the big drop ship work too.

You're welcome, Crablezworth, because I think you'll find that...

Been painting the Traitor legion and I've decided to bring back the Warbringer into the original maniple I had planned( either an Arcus or Ruptura, using crusade rules to swap in a reaver or hound ).

Going for a legs & base first approach, as that worked out well for the Knight force I've completed previously. Despite their unfinished upper bodies, the models looked tabletop ready, and these chaps are already following suit.

Been thinking of some more purchases( starter set, more porphys, a second warbringer, Shadow & Iron ), but a gut feeling is nagging me to hold off...

SamusDrake wrote:
Been painting the Traitor legion and I've decided to bring back the Warbringer into the original maniple I had planned( either an Arcus or Ruptura, using crusade rules to swap in a reaver or hound ).

Going for a legs & base first approach, as that worked out well for the Knight force I've completed previously. Despite their unfinished upper bodies, the models looked tabletop ready, and these chaps are already following suit.

Been thinking of some more purchases( starter set, more porphys, a second warbringer, Shadow & Iron ), but a gut feeling is nagging me to hold off...

Starter set is always good


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Lightyear armadillo arrived today, gotta say the orange really pops, could see someone taking some shortcuts and just washing it and maybe doing some dry brushing. I already primed it black but took some scale shots beforehand. Also took a few shots of it on the fronteris landing pad. It's gonna make a sweet knight dropship.

That set is indeed rather good, so much so that purchasing any of the included models separately seems redundant. I might just do it...

Been holding off on this thought, but I've got this feeling that the next plastic titan could be scale 7 and on a 80mm base. We're also still waiting for the rules for renegade knight banners, mentioned in Defence of Ryza. A new titan and a book containing new maniples to use them, would be welcome about now.

SamusDrake wrote:
That set is indeed rather good, so much so that purchasing any of the included models separately seems redundant. I might just do it...

Been holding off on this thought, but I've got this feeling that the next plastic titan could be scale 7 and on a 80mm base. We're also still waiting for the rules for renegade knight banners, mentioned in Defence of Ryza. A new titan and a book containing new maniples to use them, would be welcome about now.

I'm hoping that's the case but could also see it just getting nothing till it "re-boots" with a new edition sometime next year. They've been ignoring it a lot. For better or worse.

If we don't hear anything soon then yeah, I'd say that would be the case.

Then again, Aeronautica is soon to receive a Horus Heresy tie-in book and it might be a back-to-back release with Titanicus, if they do have something. It'll be interesting to see how this all plays out....

Making strides with the traitor legio and the Warhound has taken the lead. The colour scheme was difficult but I think I'm on to something. Once the Hound is finished I'll put up a photo and then carry on with the Reaver and Warbringer, using what I've learned from the Warhound.

Aeronautica:HH is up for pre-order next Saturday but sadly no season box to accompany it. Still, I'm going to give it some thought and think about something to go with my Thunderbolts...

WIP warhound for the new traitor legion...



Definitely needs more work( eyes and general tidying up ) but I'm also considering adding snow to the top of the carapace and head.