GK rumours - (blurry) Dreadknight pics on pg 19

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**Vhalyar**

It's definitely bigger than a Dreadnought, let alone a Terminator. Brass Scorpion wins this round

**baronspikey**

Grey Knight pics, including the Dreadknight, upon Heresy-Online

**Kid_Kyoto**

bhsman wrote:

It does look familiar at that...

**H.B.M.C.**

More managers went to GW a week or so ago and got the full presentation on the GK's.

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I.... stand corrected. It is more like a Penitent Engine than I thought.

**Slinky**

VERY much like a PE.

Does that disagree with the material you have seen then, or was that pretty vague on the actual shape?

**H.B.M.C.**

No, not really. I interpreted the description I got to be something akin to a Power Loader (aliens) or an APU (Matrix Revolutions). Not Mini-Voltron.

God... the Nemesis Great Sword is WAY bigger than I thought it'd be. And it seems like it's gun or sword.

**Jaon**

THOSE PICTURES ARE INSANE!

Check the dreadknight on the left with the massive sword in the first picture! And the HQ in the centre with the banner! *goo*

**H.B.M.C.**

bhsman wrote:I'll stop if you will.

If I stop what? Attempting to insult you? I'd rather ignore you. It's easier and requires less effort.

**Slinky**

H.B.M.C. wrote:And it seems like it's gun or sword.

Does look that way from the 2 DKs in the army pic.

**Jaon**

ignore this.

**Mad4Minis**

H.B.M.C. wrote:
Alpharius wrote:Good point, but I'd imagine they will compare sales of the new HC only book to previous Army Book sales, and not just O&G army books either.

If it is anywhere near the same amount, they'll probably call it a success and start plans for a complete book/codex conversion process going forward.

Maybe?

I can see it now:

GW Employee #1: Look at the sales figures for the new Orcs & Goblins Army Book!
GW Employee #2: Yes, it's selling like hot cakes.
GW Employee #3: How does it compare to previous Army Book releases?
GW Employee #1: Previous releases? You're not thinking straight Jeff - look at the sales figures.
GW Employee #2: Exactly! I think that every Orc & Goblin player is buying one. This is an amazing success.
GW Employee #3: But, hold on, wouldn't every Orc & Goblin player buy a soft-back had we released that instead of the hardback?
GW Employee #2: That sounds like... logic... Jeff.
GW Employee #1: You're right it does.
GW Employee #3: No, really guys, c'mon. We just released a product that is required to play, and the fact that people are buying it is being seen as a success of the new hardback idea when all it's really an example of is people buying our Army Books, which they do anyway.
GW Employee #1: Yep... that's a definite case of the logics you've got their Jeff.
GW Employee #2: I'll prepare the Pain Glove for Jeff's reeducation...

I think its simpler than that.

I think they are just pushing to see how far they can go with overpriced product and poor rules before people actually stop buying their products. I know its worked for me. At this point the only part of GW im interested in is minis, and at that its just a couple here and there.

**H.B.M.C.**

Jaon wrote:Check the dreadknight on the left with the massive sword in the first picture! And the HQ in the centre with the banner! *goo*

Remember when I said the Dreadknight could swap its Nemesis Doom Fists for a Nemesis **********? That's "Great Sword".

And I guess that confirms that GK's are getting Rhino-based vehicles as well (at least the Rhino, maybe the R-Back).

**Mad4Minis**

Vhalyar wrote:It's definitely bigger than a Dreadnought, let alone a Terminator. Brass Scorpion wins this round

I would hope so, if its made to take on GDs. Something dread size or small would be tossed around like a toy.

**Jaon**

Can the Dreadknight fire both weapons in the same turn? If not why take both? (IF the sword replaces one ranged weapon. Maybe its a case of PsyGalting/Inferno Cannon OR Nemesis Great Sword/Inferno Cannon?)

**Mad4Minis**

baronspikey wrote:Grey Knight pics, including the Dreadknight, upon Heresy-Online

EDIT: That...thing...is the dreadknight? I was totally right...GW dropped the ball big time...its just as crappy as the penitent engine.

::sigh:: maybe the GKT will be cool...its my last hope for anything from this release...

**H.B.M.C.**

Let's just hope, Mad4Minis, that the damned thing isn't made out of metal...

**Vhalyar**

The same people that have been saying for months that the Dreadknight is real also said that it was coming in a nice big plastic kit. I wouldn't worry about metal.

**Mad4Minis**

H.B.M.C. wrote:Let's just hope, Mad4Minis, that the damned thing isn't made out of metal...

It would at least allow people to convert it to something less garbage.

**H.B.M.C.**

We haven't seen the details of it, so I think it is too early to come to a conclusion on whether this thing is good or not. This isn't a Chibi-Hawk situation where we got a nice pic that clearly showed how horrible it is. The two pictures we have of it are - frankly - fething awful.

So let's hold off with the 'drop the ball' comments for now.

I'm just really surprised at how big it is... let me see if I can reinterpret the original description I was given.

[EDIT]: I was wrong. Seems I misread the description given to me. Somehow I missed the multiple times the words 'massive' and 'behemoth' appear in the text.

**bhsman**

And to think, we could've gotten plastic Stormtroopers...

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**H.B.M.C.**

bhsman wrote:And to think, we could've gotten plastic Stormtroopers...

And we still might. They are called 'wave' releases after all.

**Alpharius**

So, the Dreadknight.

At this point, Why So Blurry?

And, yes, I realize that we haven't seen it all yet, but that's a seriously disappointing miniature there.

I was dreading this (heh!), but I suppose we knew it would end up here.

Shouldn't it be less Penitent Engine and more Dreadnought?

I know we should reserve final judgment until we get a better picture, but I've a feeling that the Final Judgment on this thing is going to be a big Thumbs Down...

Oh, and bhsman and HBMC, please stop, OK?

**Jaon**

Whats with the crying? (Not aimed at H.B.M.C.) What did you people expect? I think its rather good honestly. Theres nothing wrong with it.

Seriously! What did you think it was going to look like?

**Kanluwen**

Alpharius wrote:So, the Dreadknight.

At this point, Why So Blurry?

And, yes, I realize that we haven't seen it all yet, but that's a seriously disappointing miniature there.

I was dreading this (heh!), but I suppose we knew it would end up here.

Shouldn't it be less Penitent Engine and more Dreadnought?

I know we should reserve final judgment until we get a better picture, but I've a feeling that the Final Judgment on this thing is going to be a big Thumbs Down...

Ahem.

I'm going to go ahead and pass judgment now.

Barring some kind of miracle, I think that the Dreadknight looks like crap. Why does it have to be so huge? It's not like Stern was a giant when he smacked down Bloodthirsters or Lords of Change prior.

Is the Dreadknight the new Grey Knight StepStool for their vertically challenged members?

**Alpharius**

Kanluwen wrote:
Ahem.

I'm going to go ahead and pass judgment now.

Barring some kind of miracle, I think that the Dreadknight looks like crap. Why does it have to be so huge? It's not like Stern was a giant when he smacked down Bloodthirsters or Lords of Change prior.

Is the Dreadknight the new Grey Knight StepStool for their vertically challenged members?

THE END TIMES ARE UPON US!

**pretre**

Breaking News: People on the internet have negative opinions of new things!!!!

Seriously, you can't even see it yet. For all we know it a picture of a converted model or the real thing or a transformer.

Wait until you get a real picture.

**Pyriel-**

Pretty nice, I thought it would be a Jack-type hulking lumbering monster and not an APU clone (and GW is angry at others for making GW lookalike bitz, my oh my).
Jets just say that if this matrix "APU" is made in metal it will be a big letdown.
A plastic kit I will but a couple of though despite the ugliness but the pics are blurry and if it is possible to glue it to a more dynamic pose then I´m sold.

**baronspikey**

Blurry because it's a Webcam pic.

**Kanluwen**

Alpharius wrote:
Kanluwen wrote:
Ahem.

I'm going to go ahead and pass judgment now.

Barring some kind of miracle, I think that the Dreadknight looks like crap. Why does it have to be so huge? It's not like Stern was a giant when he smacked down Bloodthirsters or Lords of Change prior.

Is the Dreadknight the new Grey Knight StepStool for their vertically challenged members?

THE END TIMES ARE UPON US!

I've disliked stuff before!

But I think this is the first time I've actually loathed something on sight.

It's going to take a huge miracle for me to like these.

But the rest of the models, at least, look good. I might steal the Grey Knights themselves for my DA Successor Chapter!

**Jaon**

C'mon guys seriously...