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I agree that the shield needs 'filling out' - the frame only thing isn't working for me...

Any word on how many of the 'limited edition' HH3 book collections were on hand?

 The_Chaplain wrote:

 Tennants Lager wrote:

Thanks for that. Hmmm. I kinda think the shield needs filled out with, for lack of a better term 'energy gak'... tho it'd take a standard of modelling & painting better than mine to do it. Ah well.

My suggestion for that would either look for bargain bin (about 4-7$) gundam kits with energy shields, buy a couple of them and cut & cobble them together if you want "thick" energy. Otherwise, use something like Acetate paper (thin, transparent plastic sheet) and dye it with a Tamiya clear color like red, blue, orange or green.

Hope that helps.

Ach it's not for me, I'm strictly Ork only. Just a nice thought for how the model might look a little better but yeah, good suggestions there.

IF I ever get one, I'll just plasticard a real shield over that frame!

I like that H.B.M.C. throws out and obvious troll line and Zwei immediately bites.....

Thanks for the Google Drive link. Lots of great stuff in there.

I'm not a Mechanicum fan, but that Thanatar Siege-bot is just awesome.

Love the Lancer. I think some industrious folks/companies will be coming up with some translucent plastic fillers for those shield voids. I'm thinking something like the Necron Glow rod material.

The Sally Term W.I.P. is nice as well as the Knight shields shown.

H.B.M.C. it looks like those are Emperor's Children in that battle photo.

 TalonZahn wrote:
I like that H.B.M.C. throws out and obvious troll line and Zwei immediately bites.....

Guilty as charged.

Still, some people (including H.B.M.C. himself, I sometimes fear) might believe that sort of idiocy he posts about how Forge World would be selling less Knight Lancers overall if they'd be available on the day of the reveal (i.e. today).

 TalonZahn wrote:
I like that H.B.M.C. throws out and obvious troll line and Zwei immediately bites.....

Thanks for the Google Drive link. Lots of great stuff in there.

I'm not a Mechanicum fan, but that Thanatar Siege-bot is just awesome.

Love the Lancer. I think some industrious folks/companies will be coming up with some translucent plastic fillers for those shield voids. I'm thinking something like the Necron Glow rod material.

The Sally Term W.I.P. is nice as well as the Knight shields shown.

H.B.M.C. it looks like those are Emperor's Children in that battle photo.

That would be the tanks, but who are the red guys near them? Word Bearers?

 TalonZahn wrote:
I like that H.B.M.C. throws out and obvious troll line and Zwei immediately bites.....

I thought the "Waits..." made it obvious, but I guess not...

Thanks for the Google Drive link. Lots of great stuff in there.

 TalonZahn wrote:
H.B.M.C. it looks like those are Emperor's Children in that battle photo.

Cool. I wonder if that represents something in an upcoming book, or if it's just for funsies. The last few dioramas that FW have done have all been battles within the Heresy, so here's hoping we're getting a full Mechanicum battle soon (plus more minis - c'mon FW, do Skitarii!!!).

Found a bigger pic of that siege automata:

 Zweischneid wrote:
Still, some people (including H.B.M.C. himself, I sometimes fear) might believe that sort of idiocy he posts about how Forge World would be selling less Knight Lancers overall if they'd be available on the day of the reveal (i.e. today).

*hands Zwei some binoculars*

If you look hard enough you can see the point I was making way way in the distance. Quick, before you miss it (again).

 H.B.M.C. wrote:

 Zweischneid wrote:
Still, some people (including H.B.M.C. himself, I sometimes fear) might believe that sort of idiocy he posts about how Forge World would be selling less Knight Lancers overall if they'd be available on the day of the reveal (i.e. today).

*hands Zwei some binoculars*

If you look hard enough you can see the point I was making way way in the distance. Quick, before you miss it (again).

So you agree that stuff being available for sale the moment it is revealed has no downsides for sales?

 Tannhauser42 wrote:
Found a bigger pic of that siege automata:

I wonder what those guns are. And is the main gun some sort of super-duper Dark Age energy-based siege cannon? Doesn't look like that thing can hold a lot of big shells given the size of the barrel.

 CthuluIsSpy wrote:
That would be the tanks, but who are the red guys near them? Word Bearers?

If you zoom in on the picture, which I didn't know you could do until just now, they still look like Emperor's Children and the "red" color seems to be flare off their gold trimmed armor.

I'm really just guessing though. That's what it looks like to me.

 TalonZahn wrote:

 CthuluIsSpy wrote:
That would be the tanks, but who are the red guys near them? Word Bearers?

If you zoom in on the picture, which I didn't know you could do until just now, they still look like Emperor's Children and the "red" color seems to be flare off their gold trimmed armor.

I'm really just guessing though. That's what it looks like to me.

Upon closer inspection, that red is in fact purple. The gold just made it look redder than it should.

That Thanatos means I have finally found my Mechanicus Standin for a Riptide! Now to find something to use as a Hammerhead, and a Cadre fireblade. Thralls are going to be Fire Warriors.

I'm just waiting for someone to crack open their copy of Extermination and tell us about it.

Whats up with the marine next to the Iron Giant? He might just be a conversion, but he's got some fancy Bolter going on.

 H.B.M.C. wrote:
I wonder what those guns are. And is the main gun some sort of super-duper Dark Age energy-based siege cannon? Doesn't look like that thing can hold a lot of big shells given the size of the barrel.

The barrel has vents on the outside, it's definitely a plasma or conversion beam weapon.

That Salamander termi looks sweet, can't wait to get my hands on some of those IF torsos.

 whalemusic360 wrote:
Whats up with the marine next to the Iron Giant? He might just be a conversion, but he's got some fancy Bolter going on.

Yeah, it looks like a conversion or a WIP.

 whalemusic360 wrote:
Whats up with the marine next to the Iron Giant? He might just be a conversion, but he's got some fancy Bolter going on.

Pretty sure he is rocking a Heresy era combi-weapon. There are several more in the front of the case, one picture shows them.

It looks like the legs can be positioned in different ways.

in this one it has the left to the front


in this the right is to the front

Go Go FW pose-ability

Looks like we're playing Epic to me.

At 1000x the cost.

For those with the resources, knock yourselves out.

Not to mention the weapon and shield are on opposite sides on those two as well.

Sonofruss, not only are the legs reversed but so are the arms. and the lance weapon in retracted in to preparing to fire/attack position instead of extended.
Now why didn't they just make this one out of plastic and sell you arm upgrades. I think I will pick one of these up to make my Errant out of. So much better pose and armor plating.

Because the body is different. This lancers torso is leaner and more curved.

 Nicorex wrote:
Sonofruss, not only are the legs reversed but so are the arms. and the lance weapon in retracted in to preparing to fire/attack position instead of extended.
Now why didn't they just make this one out of plastic and sell you arm upgrades. I think I will pick one of these up to make my Errant out of. So much better pose and armor plating.

You can swap the arms on the Knight as well so long as you swap the connecting joints too it just looks funny having the ammo hopper on the other side. Yea I thought about doing it to one of mine

I will own that Lancer, I shall paint him red and white.



And call him George.

I see that CthululsSpy. I am saying they should have just released this model in plastic instead of the one they did. This is a much better model.

 Nicorex wrote:
I see that CthululsSpy. I am saying they should have just released this model in plastic instead of the one they did. This is a much better model.

Oh right. I thought you meant sell lancer arms for the errant.

I ablsoloutly love this Mechanicum movement