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 Soulhunter wrote:

 azreal13 wrote:


This picture is doing the rounds.

I'm still slightly skeptical, but I can't see a lot wrong with the pic in first glance to suggest it is faked.

Apart from the fact that he is venting energy from a ... unexpected part of the anatomy ( for a machine that is )

That would be the camera flash..

 Armorum Ferrum wrote:
I'm sure they can be used with HH armies too - considering entire knight squadrons and their pilots are major characters of the novel Mechanicum - If that is what we are getting - I am happy

I have no doubt if GW comes out with this, the way it's rumored, FW will be doing add-ons to make other variants and probably some of the other completely different ones.

The HH books specifically mention Knights by name (and they don't call them titans either!). This has been in the works for quite some time.

Would love to get one of these bad boys if the price isnt like the throne of skulls thing which sadly probably will be. Still, you can take your skull machines, wraith pansies, stompa soon to be stomped, old fogey necron god box's and shove em up ya The Imperium just put their purge mode into super mega overdrive.

Looks very nice, hope it isn't a fake.

Will be getting a couple of Knights for definite!

I like it, so hope it isn't fake. Will be interested to see whether there are variant options/pieces, and how they compare with the Epic fluff. Although this would come while I am (slowly, finally) painting my kitbashed Knight I built five years ago! Guess it means I will have at least one week before it's out...

Hopefully (sounds stupid I know) it will be around the same price as the Wraithknight.

 BrookM wrote:
Hopefully (sounds stupid I know) it will be around the same price as the Wraithknight.

If it's as bulky as the Riptide, and as tall as the Wraithknight, expect a fair price jump over both.
I've not seen the sprues that either come on, though. Limited options might keep the price down, but I doubt it.

If this costs more than a wraith knight, I expect Dreamforge will wet themselves with excitement about all the sales GW will be giving away to them.

I'm gonna guess that this rolls in at north of £100, going on the Khornemower and GW's habit of sneaking in a price jump where it can... I reckon £115.

Now, if the artwork itself represents the actual model, it doesn't look quite like the angular "mini-warhound" I was expecting, but instead it's a nice throwback to the old Adeptus Titanicus era of rounded carapaces and shoulderpads. Me like.

 Kirasu wrote:
I hope the cover says in big bold letters.. "KNIGHTS ARE NOT TITANS" so that we can kill that discussion before it starts.. once again.

You hope, but along with the concept of the Chaos Gods getting along and the entire allies chart, how many more of these are they going to be able to sell when GW can proclaim (not advertise, they don't advertise) "GW's -FIRST- plastic titan for 40K!"

 tomjoad wrote:
If this costs more than a wraith knight, I expect Dreamforge will wet themselves with excitement about all the sales GW will be giving away to them.

What? They're already taking 100% of sort-of-Knight sales. There's nothing more GW can give away and quite a lot they can take away.

 His Master's Voice wrote:

 tomjoad wrote:
If this costs more than a wraith knight, I expect Dreamforge will wet themselves with excitement about all the sales GW will be giving away to them.

What? They're already taking 100% of sort-of-Knight sales. There's nothing more GW can give away and quite a lot they can take away.

GW are giving them official rules to use at last... no more homebrew rules to go with the third-party models.

 His Master's Voice wrote:

 tomjoad wrote:
If this costs more than a wraith knight, I expect Dreamforge will wet themselves with excitement about all the sales GW will be giving away to them.

What? They're already taking 100% of sort-of-Knight sales. There's nothing more GW can give away and quite a lot they can take away.

With official rules there's a lot more demand for sort-of-Knight models.

Ok, this is the gaming best news I've had in a long time... I now have a legitimate excuse to buy a Dreamforge Levi.

My hope will probably be in vain, but I'm holding out for at least a couple of Ad Mech bits (not with this release, but maybe further down the line if this release sells well)... A man can dream.

I remain skeptical. But will gladly be proven wrong.

I just got a vain, but MAYBE valid thought: Considering the Riptide is very tough and can put lot lots of AP2 wherever it wants, does this Knight pack have the potential to do the same, and thereby undoing Tau's permanent grip on the super-competitive tier? It would make business sense considering that imperial armies aren't very competitive and this could make them so, causing them to sell like hot cakes.

Possible perks? AV13 walker or T6 MC with 2+ 5++?
Fluff says they come with either big battlecannons (maybe baneblade size), the Thermal Cannon (listed as a Melta Weapon), and one has a gattling style autocannon with big CCWs.

I'm just speculating that's all.

The knight, fluff wise, would come up to about the knee of a reaver titan. so this game wise if done correctly would be between the size of wriathknight and a ripetide. For more fluff info just read HH book Mechanicum

DeadWingman

The only real question remaining is:

1) How can I loot this bad boy(I dont run ork guard or anything...)

and

2)How many can I cobble together using the bits from one kit

Oh lawd. If this is real...

Herzlos wrote:

 His Master's Voice wrote:

 tomjoad wrote:
If this costs more than a wraith knight, I expect Dreamforge will wet themselves with excitement about all the sales GW will be giving away to them.

What? They're already taking 100% of sort-of-Knight sales. There's nothing more GW can give away and quite a lot they can take away.

With official rules there's a lot more demand for sort-of-Knight models.

And? To give away a sale you have to have a sale to begin with. GW can only gain sales by releasing a Knight after Dreamforge.

You could maybe argue that they'll sell less than they would otherwise do, but Dreamforge is essentially an indie company, their sales won't put a noticeable dent in whatever GW targets are. If anything, GW pricing policies will.

via a store in Arizona's Facebook page wrote:
Pre-Order the Imperial Knight Titan, and the WD with it's rules at the shop now!!!

Took the liberty to rehost this image because the original is hosted on Photobucket, which has an annoying tendency to reach its bandwidth limit very quickly and become a broken image:

It looks to me like artwork of a Knight set against actual GW terrain, but the image is small and some detail is hard to make out. If it is artwork, it's art I haven't seen before.

The model stands 7.5" tall. Original rumour oct/nov 2013 said Knight Paladin
Between riptide and Wraithknight height.
Vanquisher cannon and Uber-chainsword Can upgrade these to a Punisher Cannon and an Uber-Fist with Inferno Flamers.

Yeah, the 'original' rumor was the least likely. You'll want to dig for the 40k radio ones.

 His Master's Voice wrote:

Herzlos wrote:

 His Master's Voice wrote:

 tomjoad wrote:
If this costs more than a wraith knight, I expect Dreamforge will wet themselves with excitement about all the sales GW will be giving away to them.

What? They're already taking 100% of sort-of-Knight sales. There's nothing more GW can give away and quite a lot they can take away.

With official rules there's a lot more demand for sort-of-Knight models.

And? To give away a sale you have to have a sale to begin with. GW can only gain sales by releasing a Knight after Dreamforge.

You could maybe argue that they'll sell less than they would otherwise do, but Dreamforge is essentially an indie company, their sales won't put a noticeable dent in whatever GW targets are. If anything, GW pricing policies will.

I think the argument can be made that Dreamforge might see more sales now that their are official rules for a similar-scale model (as opposed to making the argument that Dreamforge will *start* stealing *more* sales of a thing which previously didn't exist).

I've had my eye on the Dreamforge stuff, but didn't have any use for them... now they might get some of my money. The only way I'd buy the GW one is if it's significantly cheaper.

Removed

So the Dreamforge Leviathans and Mortis can be hunched over to be about 8 inches tall, mine stands at around 9 inches... it'll be good enough, especially since I have the full suite of dakka to go with it.

If they do price it at Khornemower prices... ouch. I know the Dreamforge kits don't have grimdark bits, but are skulls really worth an extra 50$? They'll sell, don't get me wrong. Not a lot of brick and mortar stores carry Dreamforge and buying online is still putting a lot of parents off.

Depending on the price point GW comes out at, dreamforge could and should see a sales bump. I'm assuming of course that GW will come in at a price higher then dreamforge