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Brother SRM wrote: 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.
I'm going to laugh so much if this is for a Black Library book called Imperial Knights and they just release more Dwarves that week instead.
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pretre wrote: Yeah, the 'original' rumor was the least likely. You'll want to dig for the 40k radio ones.
40k radio repeated same info... anyways, pic shows inferno .....helps validate rumors....
When?
40kradio
Spoiler:
Knight Rumors - Jan 2014
As you may have seen on other sites Febraury is all about the Dwarfs. So for you fans of the short and bearded get pumped. March will see the release of Imperial Knights. This year is shaping up to be a good one. PENDING We believe it will be release through the new WD format. The week of the Release, you will get the rules in the WD. PENDING they said it was for ALL imperial armies. PENDING
Natfka:
Spoiler:
Mechanicus Rumors - April 2013
Mechanicus:
starting late 2014 early 2015. PENDING "Pre-releases" starting early 2014 with finecast Servitors, PENDING plastic Turrets, PENDING LR Medusa, used already by other armies. PENDING White Dwarf historical propaganda on Mars, titan variants etc. PENDING Starting release based on only two huge plastic kits, around 55GBP each:
- Knight "Titan" (standard paladin, scout lancer + variants, many weapons). PENDING - Knight "Lord" (very heavy crusader, support +, character baron blink). PENDING Each Knighthold can have 3-4 knights at 1250 pts. PENDING Depending on sales and demand, more smaller Ad Mech will be released starting middle 2016. PENDING
Larry Vela
Spoiler:
[spoiler]
Knight Loadout - Feb 2014
via Larry Vela over on bols ***
Knight Kit
- Wraithknight sized (bulkier) PENDING - Slightly hunched Imperial appearance PENDING - Head in chest PENDING - Arm weapons mounted underslung from shoulders like the Reaver PENDING - Comes with multiple arm weapons (you can mount 2) PENDING a) Multi-barreled "gatling" styled weapon PENDING b) "Grav" styled weapon PENDING c) "Nova-cannon" styled weapon PENDING d) Giant close combat weapon PENDING
- Optional quad-missile array PENDING - Void Shield PENDING - Many accessories, flags, Aquilas, Mechanicus cogs, minor defensive weapons etc... PENDING - Priced as Lord of Skulls PENDING
We rate this set as medium-low reliability coming from a mix of known and unknown sources.
There has been talk of a plastic Knight somewhere in the GW design schedule for many months now. If you recall it was hyped to be the "big kit" to accompany the Space Marine, then IG release, but current rumor-chatter places it as the key release in March as a standalone kit that can be fielded via dataslate with a variety of armies. PENDING
Release Schedule - Jan 2014
January - Tyranids (Out) ALREADY TRUE February - Dwarfs (Sighted in the weekly White Dwarf cover) ALREADY TRUE March - Imperial Knights (Supported with White Dwarf and Dataslate rules support) PENDING April - Imperial Guard (said to be renamed a la the Sister codex to Astra Militarum) PENDING May - Wood Elves PENDING June / July - Orks, Warhammer 40,000 "not 7th" book PENDING July / August - Warhammer Fantasy 9th (book, or boxed set - unknown details) PENDING September - Warhammer 40,000 "not 7th" (Boxed Set) PENDING October - Blood Angels PENDING November - WFB Army (Bretonnia getting the most chatter) PENDING December - Hobbit - Holiday Bundles PENDING
The Possible stuff:
IG Regiment Doctrines: Each Regiment (Cadian, Catachan, etc...)has doctrines, similar to SM Chapter tactics. Examples listed were: PENDING Cadians - may issue 2 orders to a unit PENDING Catachans - Move-thru-cover, and Jungle Fighter (???) PENDING
Thunderbolt flyer: Very heavy armor, but cannot jink. PENDING
The Salt-mine
Imperial Robots - 2 new robots, requiring an Admech handler/enginseer. PENDING
Knight Paladin - Taller than riptide, not as tall as Wraithknight. Vanquisher cannon and Uber-chainsword are standard load out. May upgrade to Punisher Cannon, Uber-Fist with Inferno Flamers PENDING
Lion275
Spoiler:
IG / Knights / WE - Jan 2014
via Lion 275 on Warseer
IG will be in April. March will focus soley on the Imperial Knights. Followed by Wood Elves in May... PENDING
It sounds like Imperial Knights will be a Dataslate or a mini codex. I bet you see it in the WD then have it come out in Dataslate/mini dex. From what we were told it will not be in the IG codex and will be able to ally with various armies. PENDING
IG is getting a new name with their new codex a la SoB. According to 40K Radio's source, they'll be renamed to the Astra Militarium. PENDING
Yup a brand new name. The book is called Astra Militarium. PENDING
I am just going by what our source has told us. Could be a legal issue, could be they are incorporating more things into the Codex. Time will tell. PENDING
And I want to re-iterate Knight ARE NOT part of Astra Militarium (IG). PENDING
StrykerSniper
Spoiler:
Inq Rumors - Nov 2013
New Veteran/Stormtrooper boxed set PENDING Kasrkin style armor PENDING Hellguns, sniper rifles, specials, missle laucher, bolters, shotguns PENDING Respirator heads, berets, bald, mohawks PENDING Inquisitor with long cloak and armor PENDING
There was a Knight Paladin that is taller than riptide, but not as tall as the Wraithknight. It seemed top have a vanquisher cannon and an Uber-chainsword, which are a standard load out I am told. You may upgrade it to a punisher Cannon and/or also swap the chainsword out for an Uber-Fist with Inferno Flamers. PENDING
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GW would have to be real true idiots not to do this. Dream Forge sales are probably supplanting FW Warhound sales to a small degree.And Dreamforge are making money hand over fist.
But I guarantee you that a Knight kit from GW still won't measure up to the quality of the Leviathans.
JSF wrote:... this is really quite an audacious move by GW, throwing out any pretext that this is a game and that its customers exist to do anything other than buy their overpriced products for the sake of it. The naked arrogance, greed and contempt for their audience is shocking.
SickSix wrote: GW would have to be real true idiots not to do this. Dream Forge sales are probably supplanting FW Warhound sales to a small degree.And Dreamforge are making money hand over fist.
But I guarantee you that a Knight kit from GW still won't measure up to the quality of the Leviathans.
What "quality" are you referring to?
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ace101 wrote: 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.
I'd expect it to have slightly better CC chops than either the WK or RT, a ++ save of some sort, and it really needs to be a MC in order to tackle the two other dominant walker-MCs, if they give it an AV value, every Nid, Daemon, Eldar and Tau army will be able to eat it for breakfast, actually, given walkers general performance in 6th, every army should be able to dismantle it at leisure.
Which means we should be expecting an AV12 walker with 2A, S6 and no DCCW option!
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JSF wrote:... this is really quite an audacious move by GW, throwing out any pretext that this is a game and that its customers exist to do anything other than buy their overpriced products for the sake of it. The naked arrogance, greed and contempt for their audience is shocking.
NoggintheNog wrote: When they stated the original rumour, 40K radio said it was as tall as a wraithknight but more bulky.
That was Larry Vela, not 40kradio. Unless you have a link I don't.
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That'd be interesting to see Orlando. I don't consider myself that great of a model assembler, and some GW kits have given me fits, but outside of not paying attention to the directions the Leviathan went together pretty easily.
I've not fiddled with any of GW's later "big" kits for comparison though. Should really assemble my Riptide...
OrlandotheTechnicoloured wrote: He probably means the build detail and poseability of the legs/arms of the Leviathan thanks to the 'pistons' and friction screws
I'd agree that while the GW kit will be good it probably won't have that degree of finesse (but will be an easier build for it.
It will, of course actually be a Knight and a lot of people will drawn to it simply because of that
I'm finding myself increasingly enjoying building and painting larger kits/models, hence my love of all things Mierce, I'm working my way through the FWGDs, plus I love doing tanks etc.. If I didn't run an a compatible army, I'd be all over this, but as one of my two factions is imperial! I'm double interested.
Price will, as always, be the final arbiter.
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Anyways, who cares? We are getting a knight paladin!
One, who the feth is Peter? Two, that's Strykersniper, not 40k radio, so how does that make your point?
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I can't see it being cheaper than the dreamforge kit, more skulls and weapon options are a given.
IF it's true and IF I don't suddenly get the urge to make one ... I'd have to see it for real first. Given many of their past outings so far I'm far from impressed with the current GW design team.
NoggintheNog wrote: When they stated the original rumour, 40K radio said it was as tall as a wraithknight but more bulky.
That was Larry Vela, not 40kradio. Unless you have a link I don't.
That is exactly what they said in the podcast this rumour came from which was before they put it on facebook or any other rumour monger ran with it. .
As far as I know everything else came from that verbal statement.
Link? Haven't seen or heard that.
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Well it was their last 40K podcast it was mentioned in, the January one. I thought this was where it all started from, the facebook posts they made were just following the piece they did on the podcast.
I download it from itunes but i suppose their site has them too.
Well it was their last 40K podcast it was mentioned in, the January one. I thought this was where it all started from, the facebook posts they made were just following the piece they did on the podcast.
I download it from itunes but i suppose their site has them too.
And it looks like bu11etmagn3tt cleared it up. Nevermind!
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ace101 wrote: I'd expect it to have slightly better CC chops than either the WK or RT, a ++ save of some sort, and it really needs to be a MC in order to tackle the two other dominant walker-MCs, if they give it an AV value, every Nid, Daemon, Eldar and Tau army will be able to eat it for breakfast, actually, given walkers general performance in 6th, every army should be able to dismantle it at leisure.
Which means we should be expecting an AV12 walker with 2A, S6 and no DCCW option!
This is my worry, I'm waiting for the rules before I think of buying any, particularly as I want four to go with my Chaos Titans and a few for my Imperial Armies.
That will put them just a smidge over the current cost of a Wraithknight, but still well below the price of a Lord of Skulls as some have been shouting.
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