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Imperial Knights would make sense. It's a model people want and it might be something that could fit a Lord of War slot for Space Marine and Imperial Guard for Escalation games.

 d-usa wrote:
Imperial Knights would make sense. It's a model people want and it might be something that could fit a Lord of War slot for Space Marine and Imperial Guard for Escalation games.

This could finally stifle the Taudar worshipers who have began to disgrace the name of Imperial armies. We'll show them. We'll show them all...

 tomjoad wrote:
This would sound more plausible as part of the larger IG release.

They are nothing to do with the Imperial guard, they are operated exclusively by the Adeptus Mechanicus. Of course its not as if GW has proven loathe to 'improve' its fluff before now....

Plus Knights would be completely out of place on a 40K table top. Its not as if that has stopped GW before now either.

I suspect that this is about Emprie knights, the kit is very old now and there was talk of them getting updated a while ago.

40k radio specifically said it was 40k Knights.

 Palindrome wrote:

 tomjoad wrote:
This would sound more plausible as part of the larger IG release.

They are nothing to do with the Imperial guard, they are operated exclusively by the Adeptus Mechanicus. Of course its not as if GW has proven loathe to 'improve' its fluff before now....

They are actually operated by Noble "Knight" Houses, more akin to the Navis Nobilite. There was a (short) HH-Knights story by Graham McNeil in the HH-Games Day Anthology from Black Library "The Imperial Truth".

 pretre wrote:
40k radio specifically said it was 40k Knights.

Great, another part of 40k's fluff is about to be ruined by inexpert and uncaring hands in the name of cash. GW really seems to go out of its way to ensure that I give them no money.

 Palindrome wrote:

 pretre wrote:
40k radio specifically said it was 40k Knights.

Great, another part of 40k's fluff is about to be ruined by inexpert and uncaring hands in the name of cash. GW really seems to go out of its way to ensure that I give them no money.

Maybe we're getting Mechanicus!

 Palindrome wrote:

 pretre wrote:
40k radio specifically said it was 40k Knights.

Great, another part of 40k's fluff is about to be ruined by inexpert and uncaring hands in the name of cash. GW really seems to go out of its way to ensure that I give them no money.

I think it may be a little early to drag this bad boy out:

 Zweischneid wrote:
But 40K Radio's track-record actually is flawless to the degree that it indicates a genuine source, with the minor exceptions of a month to and fro with Dwarfs, which - potentially - could be down to GW playing with shedules.

Agreed. If the Imperial Knights turned out to be an April release, it wouldn't be reasonable to hold that against them.

 AlexHolker wrote:

 Zweischneid wrote:
But 40K Radio's track-record actually is flawless to the degree that it indicates a genuine source, with the minor exceptions of a month to and fro with Dwarfs, which - potentially - could be down to GW playing with shedules.

Agreed. If the Imperial Knights turned out to be an April release, it wouldn't be reasonable to hold that against them.

Well, actually it would. When tracking rumors we go off of pure facts. If we give wiggle room then no one is ever wrong.

What better place to release rules for a new type of kit than in the weekly WD, that is only for sale for one week in GW stores, FLGSs and GW webshop with no chance for getting back issues after that. Well done!

 Kroothawk wrote:
What better place to release rules for a new type of kit than in the weekly WD, that is only for sale for one week in GW stores, FLGSs and GW webshop with no chance for getting back issues after that. Well done!

Hence the reason it is unlikely and kind of a silly rumor. Either way, recent history says digital is much more likely, or even in box.

 Kroothawk wrote:
What better place to release rules for a new type of kit than in the weekly WD, that is only for sale for one week in GW stores, FLGSs and GW webshop with no chance for getting back issues after that. Well done!

If only they hadn't done fairly close to that in the past.

Well with all the moaning about dataslates and other digital stuff if they do go back to WD (new) rules that then vanish into the mists of 'out of print' we only have outselves to blame

(semi serious here)

If they had any sense, they'd put the rules in the box.

 OrlandotheTechnicoloured wrote:
Well with all the moaning about dataslates and other digital stuff if they do go back to WD (new) rules that then vanish into the mists of 'out of print' we only have outselves to blame

(semi serious here)

Well, it is kinda true...


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 H.B.M.C. wrote:
If they had any sense, they'd put the rules in the box.

Yeah, the Fortification rules books were awesome. I thought it was a really nice touch.

 Palindrome wrote:

 pretre wrote:
40k radio specifically said it was 40k Knights.

Great, another part of 40k's fluff is about to be ruined by inexpert and uncaring hands in the name of cash. GW really seems to go out of its way to ensure that I give them no money.

There's nothing new about these guys is there? I thought they featured in Epic.

I believe the Knight titian rumor- they played a huge part in the HH Mars rebellion.

I don't believe that WD will have the rules.

Who cares what they do to the fluff, so long as they just release the damn model.

Your game, you choose.

The defense of an Agri/Maiden World is as likely to gain support from any arm of the Adeptus. Those space dinosaurs won't protect themselves and I hear Marneus Calgar and Creed would go Apegak if there was no meat for their local drive-in Primarch Burger. So it's all hands to the pumps.

And while I'm talking crap I'll also proffer the unlikely scenario of an Eldar Knight....nah.

I think it will.

I mean, look at what's meant to be in that Dwarf release - a plastic box of stuff people already have rules for, and some new character with the full rules. I could see them releasing certain Army Book/Codex items early and putting the rules into WD (and then selling them as DLC), and then when the army book comes along those rules get folded into the new book.

So Knights could be the big oval base release for the upcoming Guard re-do, just published early (with rules in WD + DLC on website), and then for anyone who doesn't get the WD and won't buy GW's Day-1 DLC, it eventually comes out in the new Codex.

Not unrealistic at all in my mind, just a reverse of what happened with the Nightspinner (or whatever that Eldar tank is called).


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 notprop wrote:
Who cares what they do to the fluff...

I'm going to go out on a (fairly sturdy and perhaps even steel-reinforced) limb here and say "A lot of people".

I'm gonna say a few very loud people as per usual...

Wow, really? You're going to play a "Dakka usual suspects" card on people who care about the fluff?

 H.B.M.C. wrote:


I'm going to go out on a (fairly sturdy and perhaps even steel-reinforced) limb here and say "A lot of people".

Agreed.

 Palindrome wrote:


Plus Knights would be completely out of place on a 40K table top..

Eldar already have a knight on the tabletop: google Eldar Fire Gale and compare to the new Eldar Wraithknight.

Tim

 Palindrome wrote:
Plus Knights would be completely out of place on a 40K table top.

Really? You still think that this late in the game?

 H.B.M.C. wrote:
I think it will.

I mean, look at what's meant to be in that Dwarf release - a plastic box of stuff people already have rules for, and some new character with the full rules. I could see them releasing certain Army Book/Codex items early and putting the rules into WD (and then selling them as DLC), and then when the army book comes along those rules get folded into the new book.

So Knights could be the big oval base release for the upcoming Guard re-do, just published early (with rules in WD + DLC on website), and then for anyone who doesn't get the WD and won't buy GW's Day-1 DLC, it eventually comes out in the new Codex.

Not unrealistic at all in my mind, just a reverse of what happened with the Nightspinner (or whatever that Eldar tank is called).

They have done this before with WHFB releases somewhat recently (WoC release). This was done with the Skullcrushers and Hellstriders.

 H.B.M.C. wrote:

 Palindrome wrote:
Plus Knights would be completely out of place on a 40K table top.

Really? You still think that this late in the game?

It's the popularity of those kits that leads me to believe that there is some truth to this rumour, I'm sure GW would love to get an Imperial variant of a giant stompy robot out that doesn't rely on Forgeworld.

timd wrote:

 Palindrome wrote:


Plus Knights would be completely out of place on a 40K table top..

Eldar already have a knight on the tabletop: google Eldar Fire Gale and compare to the new Eldar Wraithknight.

Tim

Yep, very striking resemblance....

It's just a shame that the old Epicast models never saw full release...would have loved one of those for the collection!

As Far as rules go They had a CCW and a cannon of some form depending on the rank of the pilot I think the usual was a battle cannon.
I can see them as walking Russ's without the side guns and a Dread CCW or eq.

With a Invul Save of 4++ for the Shield and CCW being Shred/Armorbane, would be funny VS Tides and Knights.