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 Omega-soul wrote:
So rumors has it there will be 10 Knights in codex plus Named one, and additional terrain dataslate.

So the whole ten looks like:
Errant
Paladin
Galant
Crusader
Warden

Armiger
Helliger
Valiant
Castellan
Preceptor

Named one

Now i wonder if there ever be renegade kits...

Isnt this from Spiky Bits? Still to play devils advocate... IIRC from the Bolter and Chainsword rumours the Helliger is another small Knight with a ranged focus, and the Valliant has the character option. A quick google search says a Preceptor was a rank given to a regional leader of real world knightly orders like the Templars and Hospitaller. So its probably not another small knight, possibly a 2nd variant of the same frame the Castellan uses? As for the terrain the only thing that springs to mind are Dropkeeps But they would be huge.

Aye, Drop Keeps are huge, but it would be awesome.

A Crawler would also be a great alternative additional model. Sure it's another super-heavy in an already super-heavy laden list, but the ability to repair model in-field without having to rely on those nosy cogboys, who only do minimal effort repairs anyway, would be nice.

Hopefully a decent list can be made of real Knights without having to pad out the points with chicken legged things.

 cuda1179 wrote:
thought I'd have to get one more knight. Now it's looking more like 3 or 4. we all need 11 knights, right?

Thats what I was thinking, so I guess its a common thing to do, and not exaggerated in any way.

 Fayric wrote:

 cuda1179 wrote:
thought I'd have to get one more knight. Now it's looking more like 3 or 4. we all need 11 knights, right?

Thats what I was thinking, so I guess its a common thing to do, and not exaggerated in any way.

How many will be fielding 4-5k+ knights only

Frankly I wouldn't even want to. I don't have board nearly big enough for that to be sensible game.

BTW how reliable that renegade re-release rumour is? That would be nice. I have 2 knights, 2 more from that, 4 knights is fairly good force for 30k. Maybe 5th later.

I do hope they allow double Gatling guns. It looks so cool.

Would be a shame to limit that.

Just want more pics!

Strong urge to get my stomping on.

This seminar schedule offers some hints about what we will see at warhammer fest. There will also be separate future release seminars for GW studio, forgeworld and specialist games.

OMG!!!!

An introduction to Adeptus Titanicus!

Daayuuum and I was excited by that demonstration pod of converting an army with Black Templars

I sure hope that Knight painting involves the Knight we haven't seen yet.

 unmercifulconker wrote:
Daayuuum and I was excited by that demonstration pod of converting an army with Black Templars

I sure hope that Knight painting involves the Knight we haven't seen yet.

The painting demo is an indication that Imperial knights will be an important part of the event.
Last year they did a painting Deathguard demo.
I am pretty confident now that we will see new knight models at two different scales at warhammer fest.

 cuda1179 wrote:
thought I'd have to get one more knight. Now it's looking more like 3 or 4. we all need 11 knights, right?

To do any less would frankly be uncivilized. You wouldn't want to be un-civil now would you? On the Internet of all places! No, of course not...clearly buying more Knights is the good and proper choice.

 BrookM wrote:
Aye, Drop Keeps are huge, but it would be awesome.

A Crawler would also be a great alternative additional model. Sure it's another super-heavy in an already super-heavy laden list, but the ability to repair model in-field without having to rely on those nosy cogboys, who only do minimal effort repairs anyway, would be nice.

I just started reading the first Knight book largely because of how much you've raved about it in the BL thread, and honestly I kinda hope they come up with a new smaller "drop fort" concept that's basically a one-Knight drop pod, purely because the concept is so fething metal. The fanfare and cherub stuff was just spot on.

May I ask the name of the novel? I always like reading a book before starting an army.

 Cephalobeard wrote:
May I ask the name of the novel? I always like reading a book before starting an army.

I believe it would be Kingsblade. Reminds me of the old battletech novels.

Yes, Kingsblade and the sequel Knightsblade are both excellent Imperial Knight novels that do an excellent job at being about Knights and being cool about it, several folks have already compared them to Battletech novels, which is not a bad thing. The plots of both novels are not the most astounding, but it is more than made up for with delving deeply into the background of the Knights of this particular world. Plus is shows you that while it is a big stompy robot, it not invulnerable, as the voices of the throne will remind you.

Avoid the novella by Graham McNeill unless you are a completionist though, as that one is.. not good after reading those two.

Back on topic, surprised to see one more Knight variant being mentioned (Preceptor) alongside the named variant, which I still dearly hope is a Freeblade.

Platuan4th wrote:

gungo wrote:
Leman Russ is going to come out of the warp as a wulven quadrapeligic but he will be like voltron and attach Fenris wolves to his body as each arm and leg.

He will be glorious and unstoppable.

In all seriousness we will see previews of knights, adeptus titanicus, and maybe gorkamorka or some other unannounced specialist game.

They really need to stop announcing Specialist Games that we won't actually get for 2 years.

See GW can't win. We complain when we only get one week notice, now we complain when we get 2 years notice. This is what we asked for. I prefer this than the one week method. Maybe 2 years away is a bit too long, and 3 or 6 months is nice. I don't want to go back to 1 week notice agian, that is for sure.

I would love to get some battletech into 40K. Does anyone think this would be the perfect time to do so, or it should stay out?

So, they are going to show adeptus titanicus, and maybe how it works.. but we continue without signs of kill team..

This thread is NOT for Adeptus Titanicus or Kill Team, please take that line of discussion to their relevant threads.

Davor wrote:

Platuan4th wrote:

gungo wrote:
Leman Russ is going to come out of the warp as a wulven quadrapeligic but he will be like voltron and attach Fenris wolves to his body as each arm and leg.

He will be glorious and unstoppable.

In all seriousness we will see previews of knights, adeptus titanicus, and maybe gorkamorka or some other unannounced specialist game.

They really need to stop announcing Specialist Games that we won't actually get for 2 years.

See GW can't win. We complain when we only get one week notice, now we complain when we get 2 years notice. This is what we asked for. I prefer this than the one week method. Maybe 2 years away is a bit too long, and 3 or 6 months is nice. I don't want to go back to 1 week notice agian, that is for sure.

I would love to get some battletech into 40K. Does anyone think this would be the perfect time to do so, or it should stay out?

Is there another game already announced than Blood Bowl, Necromunda and Titanicus? Because the former two were announced in the same year they were released. Titanicus just fell victim to GW's inability at the time to fathom that there might be an interest in specialist games. Hence the delay to make it work.

I'm not sure you'll get much Battletech out of current 40k. I think there was a White Dwarf mini game around the initial release of the Imperial Knight? With hit locations and damage charts? You would be looking for something like that to get a hint of Battletech action. That's not something present in 40k at the moment. The game is far too simplistic. Knight versus Knight is no different than Carnifex on Carnifex, or Chimera Crash Derby if you're a masochist. And really only a tiny step above Ork boyz hitting each other over the head with choppas.

40k sized Battletech might actually be fun because you'll hardly field more Knights than a lance's worth. Not much different than playing on a single map. But the game would require a lot more fine detail for that. Real terrain rules, damage tracking, the works. Which, I assume, you'll get with Titanicus when it's eventually released.

*waves* hi. New to thread. Chomping at the bit for new knights codex.

Think honestly the terrain piece is the thing I'm most excited for there. Fingers crossed it isn't just a wrecked knight template like the old falled giant one.

gendoikari87 wrote:
*waves* hi. New to thread. Chomping at the bit for new knights codex.

It wasn't enough to shove your son into one possessed robot, was it?

Neronoxx wrote:

gendoikari87 wrote:
*waves* hi. New to thread. Chomping at the bit for new knights codex.

It wasn't enough to shove your son into one possessed robot, was it?

It's Kind of what I do. Nothing personal. I shove lots of kids into possessed Robots.

That’d be my new sig, but...

Obviously, the terrain piece is the giant slingshot they use to send knights between worlds.

 TheWaspinator wrote:
Obviously, the terrain piece is the giant slingshot they use to send knights between worlds.

Kinda like Angry Birds, but angrier and made of blessed ceramite.

Chiafele, being a damn good painter himself, still takes inspiration from Bedford and Stutcinskas, so it's bound to be awesome.

Maybe they will release the new FW C-Beam knight as well...

Okay who is the character ?


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gendoikari87 wrote:
Okay who is the character ?


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Probably Gerantius or the Obsidian Knight.