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Alpharius wrote:

Kanluwen wrote:

Barring some kind of miracle, I think that the Dreadknight looks like crap.

THE END TIMES ARE UPON US!

Is this the 6th or 7th sign?

Okay its legs are a bit long, it has weird things connecting to its arms, its very OTT, and it takes away the "Simple human fighting the greater daemon" but its not TERRIBLE.

The Chibihawk is much worse but still fieldable IMO.

Ok GW may be being a bit try hard with their coolness, but it will begin to fit into the scene that is 40k just like the brick that is the dreadnought did. I mean dreadnoughts are perdie ugly. But we love them >.< I mean they're so cute!

Kanluwen wrote:I'm going to go ahead and pass judgment now. Barring some kind of miracle, I think that the Dreadknight looks like crap.

You always defend GW and always say their stuff is awesome. You never cha... wait... what?

*underling whispers in HBMC's ear*

... you mean he's criticising the model?

*underling whispers again*

But what about...

*more whispering*



Does not compute!!!!

*collapses*

pretre wrote: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.

Pretty much confirms it's the real thing.

That's GW's studio scenery that they use for 'cathedrals'. Some of it hasn't been sold to the public, which is y'know...what tells me it's a leaked photo.


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H.B.M.C. wrote:

Kanluwen wrote:I'm going to go ahead and pass judgment now. Barring some kind of miracle, I think that the Dreadknight looks like crap.

You always defend GW and always say their stuff is awesome. You never cha... wait... what?

*underling whispers in HBMC's ear*

... you mean he's criticising the model?

*underling whispers again*

But what about...

*more whispering*



Does not compute!!!!

*collapses*

Hey. Hey now.
I've said for awhile that the Dreadknight is probably going to be a terrible model in my eyes


Maybe I'll like it better when I see it in person?

Kanluwen wrote:Pretty much confirms it's the real thing.

That's GW's studio scenery that they use for 'cathedrals'. Some of it hasn't been sold to the public, which is y'know...what tells me it's a leaked photo.

No dummy - he's not saying the picture isn't real, he means a 'real' picture as in a clear one that shows off the details.

You're not too flash on this whole 'context' caper, are you?

Kanluwen wrote:I've said for awhile that the Dreadknight is probably going to be a terrible model in my eyes

So you came to a conclusion without evidence. Yeah, I can see you doing that. I often do, actually.

Kanluwen wrote:Maybe I'll like it better when I see it in person?

Or see it at all. These pictures are very bad at conveying what the Dreadknight is other than... tall, and carrying a BIG sword.

...



... has anyone noticed there is 3 ranged weapons in the artwork of the Dreadknight?

H.B.M.C. wrote:

Kanluwen wrote:Pretty much confirms it's the real thing.

That's GW's studio scenery that they use for 'cathedrals'. Some of it hasn't been sold to the public, which is y'know...what tells me it's a leaked photo.

No dummy - he's not saying the picture isn't real, he means a 'real' picture as in a clear one that shows off the details.

You're not too flash on this whole 'context' caper, are you?

I have no clue what kiwi slang "flash" is, but I don't need to see close-up detail to think that's a dumb model

Kanluwen wrote:I've said for awhile that the Dreadknight is probably going to be a terrible model in my eyes

So you came to a conclusion without evidence. Yeah, I can see you doing that. I often do, actually.

Yeah, so you're saying that monstrosity is a good model? Apologist swine! Go lick Jervis' boots clean!

Kanluwen wrote:Maybe I'll like it better when I see it in person?

Or see it at all. These pictures are very bad at conveying what the Dreadknight is other than... tall, and carrying a BIG sword.

And having the Grey Knight strapped in like one of those chest carriers for babies.

Hm. I'm seeing a lot of swords there. Does that mean my old Halberd PAGKs are going to be useless now?

Side note: models look sweet.

Don't like the model?...some people just have to hate everything...that's like not liking the current GK sculpts...

Jaon wrote:... has anyone noticed there is 3 ranged weapons in the artwork of the Dreadknight?

Yes.

Heavy Psycannon.
Heavy Incinerator
Gatling Psilencer.

I'm sure the model would look nice in a Tau army.

Not useless, in fact better, but will cost more points. *assumption*

I think its high time an internet meme be created here...

Kanluwen wrote:I have no clue what kiwi slang "flash" is, but I don't need to see close-up detail to think that's a dumb model

Did you just call me a Kiwi, Kan?

Low blow dude. Low blow.

bhsman wrote:I'm sure the model would look nice in a Tau army.

It only looks nice next to a Storm Raven, therefore the group shot

H.B.M.C. wrote:

Kanluwen wrote:I have no clue what kiwi slang "flash" is, but I don't need to see close-up detail to think that's a dumb model

Did you just call me a Kiwi, Kan?

Low blow dude. Low blow.

I know of you Ozzies and your feud with your neighbors! Mwhahaha!

Also, better comparison in my mind for the Dreadknight occurred to me.

It's a flippin' steel kangaroo with swords and octopus guns.

bhsman wrote:I'm sure the model would look nice in a Tau army.

Ha!

It does whisper "Anime" doesn't it?

OK - it kinda outright shouts it, in a 1980's kind of way...

At least the Dreadknight rules will allow for some excellent kitbash/conversion/'counts as' opportunities...

And there's always a chance that they improve upon it moving forward, like they did when they replaced the metal SM Venerable Dread with the superior plastic one.

Of course, if the Dreadknight IS plastic...

bforber wrote:Hm. I'm seeing a lot of swords there. Does that mean my old Halberd PAGKs are going to be useless now?

They're not removing the Halberd.

Alpharius wrote:

bhsman wrote:I'm sure the model would look nice in a Tau army.

Ha!

It does whisper "Anime" doesn't it?

OK - it kinda outright shouts it, in a 1980's kind of way...

At least the Dreadknight rules will allow for some excellent kitbash/conversion/'counts as' opportunities...

And there's always a chance that they improve upon it moving forward, like they did when they replaced the metal SM Venerable Dread with the superior plastic one.

Of course, if the Dreadknight IS plastic...

How many big, metal kits past the size of like the Malanthrope have they released in recent years?

It's pretty much guaranteed to be plastic.


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H.B.M.C. wrote:

bforber wrote:Hm. I'm seeing a lot of swords there. Does that mean my old Halberd PAGKs are going to be useless now?

They're not removing the Halberd.

Not like it would really matter anyways, wouldn't they have the same rules for halberds/swords as just "Nemesis Force Weapons"?

H.B.M.C. wrote:

Kanluwen wrote:Pretty much confirms it's the real thing.

That's GW's studio scenery that they use for 'cathedrals'. Some of it hasn't been sold to the public, which is y'know...what tells me it's a leaked photo.

No dummy - he's not saying the picture isn't real, he means a 'real' picture as in a clear one that shows off the details.

You're not too flash on this whole 'context' caper, are you?

My worry that the Kan/H.B.M.C feud was permanently broken only lasted one scroll wheel movement. Whew.

This thread is kind of Bizarroland though.

Also, I was using 'Real' to mean 'better' or 'not looking like someone took it with wax paper over their lens'.

Kanluwen wrote:Not like it would really matter anyways, wouldn't they have the same rules for halberds/swords as just "Nemesis Force Weapons"?

Pretty much, but still - the Halberds have always been there, and they look cool.

H.B.M.C. wrote:Pretty much, but still - the Halberds have always been there, and they look cool.

I need to see the Terminators and standard Knights so I can see if my "Order" idea for DA is feasibly possible.

But I hope there's more swords than halberds

Also, it looks like it is bigger than a dread, so we're probably talking Trygon base. Neat.

It looks huge.

I actually kind of dig what I can see (with my zoomed in cruddy shot).

Of course, the first time I fielded it against 'Nids I would constantly be yelling "Get away from her you bitch!"

Kid_Kyoto wrote:

It does look familiar at that...

SUPERION!!!!


That is all!

Don't know that i like the looks of the dreadknight! will reserve final judgement until i see an official picture

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Grey Knights, let's roll out.....

Got more of a Megatron look to him rather than Optimus!!!

Kanluwen wrote:

Alpharius wrote: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?

I take it you dont know the fluff behind this new model, I can't go too much into detail but basically it allows a few Grey Knights who survive the mental strain these machines put on their minds to fight Greater Daemon on a 1vs1 basis.
Bob the GK would never beat Beelzebub the Greater Rape Daemon in hand to hand combat, strap Bob to this and we just might fight on a level playing field.

baronspikey wrote:Blurry because it's a Webcam pic.

It's a picture of a cameraphone captured with a webcam

Why has no one magnified the one in the other corner?

Also... who wants to place bets that this will find its way into the next codex?

I actually don't think its that bad.

I like the model, but then again I sure love me some super robots. I mean, it's swinging a giant sword, that's awesome.
I'll name my trio Voltron, Megazord and Gigantor.

Can't wait for the Necron codex to come out with its own giant gribbly monstrous creature, the Necromancer, to have awesome battles.

I'm curious what the fluff explanation for these things will be. Were they invented for the GK or were they something found in some ancient vault... or what?

aka_mythos wrote:I'm curious what the fluff explanation for these things will be. Were they invented for the GK or were they something found in some ancient vault... or what?

GK: We like being laid to rest on Titan, not being entombed in a walking coffin for god knows how long until we go mad.
AdMech: Heh, sure, whatever. Here's a non-permanent Dread-sized solution.

And so was the Dreadknight born.