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 pretre wrote:
@RITides

Spoiler:

Two pics to get it across

Ah, I Definitely think the 15mm will be a better match, then. Mounted up on a tall base / flat rock if needed. Woot

Honestly, at $120 (minus whatever discounts my local retailers offer), I might prefer the real GW model to the Dreamforge guy. I guess I'll have to be patient for once in my life to see how big exactly it is and how good it looks.

This is all assuming it's a walker or MC. If it's a super-heavy, I'll skip it entirely. The Baneblade kit owns my heart, and I'm gonna buy one, even though I have zero use for super-heavies to begin with.

I suspect it's 120 post discount.

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I really, really hope they won't end up making it another monstrous creature

The wraith Knight in that comparison pic is posed dynamically leaning forward. Id say the full size Leviathan will be spot on in scale. For probably equal or less cost.

And any claiming gw will have more 'detail'...own up and admit that you mean oversized rivets and skulls.
The Leviathan is an amazing kit and I've only done my 15 mm one.

Its practically an action figure kit it's so poseable.

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Still nothing that tells us if they will also be fieldable by CSM armies?

Yup i guessed so, "a Nice Walker for Chaos?.... Ahahahaha oh you poor wretched souls..."

 Slayer le boucher wrote:
Still nothing that tells us if they will also be fieldable by CSM armies?

Yup i guessed so, "a Nice Walker for Chaos?.... Ahahahaha oh you poor wretched souls..."

That's what allies are for bro

Won't believe this til I see it on something GW for myself.

I don't think anybody's mentioned there's an "S" on the end (as in multiples), so its clearly not a model box shot, and it doesn't have enough add'l text for a WD or Visions cover.

If it is real, my money is on the rules showing up in the next warzone book GW releases - like the Reaver rules in the Armageddon section of Apocalypse.

 SickSix wrote:
The casting, the pose-ability. Everything really. Sure the GW kit will have more 'detail' but it won't measure up.

Do you have a Leviathan? I think anyone that does will know what I'm talking about.

I guess my experience was different. Maybe I should put this in a different thread but I was moderately frustrated with my Leviathan (except I love how awesome it looks).

I have 2 15mm Leviathan Crusaders and I've only built one so far because of how "involved" it was over and above a normal GW kit. I use it as a stand-in dreadknight and the poseability is meaningless to me for a model that will be glued to a base. Also, while none of the pieces were "warped" or anything (not that I've ever gotten a warped GW kit either I guess), the vents for the parts on the runners were at very odd places and resulted in a lot of awkward cuts and filing/shaving to have a decent fit. The pistons and attach-points in several areas required quite alot of forethought to get to fit correctly (like the two connecting the upper and lower torso), while some pieces (like the instep/ankle guard over the feet) didn't fit at all without some modification.

I could go into a little more detail, but maybe this isn't the proper place for it after all, but I didn't really see anything that would make me buy it over a GW fig of the same type except for being a little bit cheaper. Basically, for my purposes, the extra assembly for limited "poseability" and moveable parts could have been more easily handled with larger assembly pieces/castings and it wouldn't have changed the nature of the kit at all for me. And, when all was said and done, the actual poseability that I got out of the model was far less than I would have expected from all the little bits and pistons I put together, and far less than any recent Bandai Gundam kit I've assembled.

So I do think the Leviathan's are nice models, they certainly don't strike me as being "better" than anything anybody else is offering unless you just happen to really like the design. For my purposes, replacing the awful baby-carrier Nemesis Dreadknight, they worked well enough but halfway through the build of the first one I was wishing I just had a GW dreadknight!

 bu11etmagn3tt wrote:
Pic source BTW -

This image first appeared on Facebook within the last 24 hours & also from a retailer's page taking pre-orders and saying it will be unveiled in the next White Dwarf Weekly. Also that Imperial Knights are in warehouses and ready to roll.

The retailer goes on to say -

The Knight Kit is...

- Wraithknight sized (bulkier)
- Slightly hunched Imperial appearance
- Head in chest
- Arm weapons mounted underslung from shoulders like the Reaver
- Comes with multiple arm weapons (you can mount 2)
a) Multi-barreled "gatling" styled weapon
b) "Grav" styled weapon
c) "Nova-cannon" styled weapon
d) Giant close combat weapon
- Optional quad-missile array
- Void Shield
- Many accessories, flags, Aquilas, Mechanicus cogs, minor defensive weapons etc...
- Priced as Lord of Skulls

Well having a void shield will make it fairly ugly to face in game so don't expect it to be allowed in any tournament environments that aren't also letting in escalation/stronghold/Lords of War

I will be buying at least one to support my Ultramarines!

(If true!)

 earlofburger wrote:
I really, really hope they won't end up making it another monstrous creature

Well the Imperium is one of the few armies without a MC, would be evening things up.

This may be the first GW model in over a year to tempt me, looks sexy and classic (rounded)... may even make a cool epic scale warlord by the look of it!

Excited to see more pics

Cheaper than the khornedozer, released week after next.

So, the first weekend of March?

 WrentheFaceless wrote:
Got a FB message the other day, taking preorders $120 each, march release. Rules in the new White Dwarf

facebook message from who?

It looks beautiful :O i might buy it and build it for the deathwing side of my greenwing army because that, bubble wrapped by deathwing knights would be awesome, even if stupidly pricey in points (and £££ may i say) it would be rude not to

 ironicsilence wrote:

 WrentheFaceless wrote:
Got a FB message the other day, taking preorders $120 each, march release. Rules in the new White Dwarf

facebook message from who?

To protect them, the shop I game at (wont give names). Unofficial but strongly hinted at since they're taking pre orders

TCWarRoom wrote:
Cheaper than the khornedozer, released week after next.

As a canadian i hope so. I can not justify $190 for a single plastic modle.

It looks great to me, will be after at least one for my Guard, but as I have two Stompas (one still in the box, so looting possibilities ahoy) I might well end up with two.

 WrentheFaceless wrote:

 ironicsilence wrote:

 WrentheFaceless wrote:
Got a FB message the other day, taking preorders $120 each, march release. Rules in the new White Dwarf

facebook message from who?

To protect them, the shop I game at (wont give names). Unofficial but strongly hinted at since they're taking pre orders

Well, Wren is in Bakersfield, if I stalked correctly, so determine from there...

Yea rumors are all over the net

http://www.belloflostsouls.net/2014/02/breaking-imperial-knights-ready-to-roll.html

so I'm assuming that the $120 price point is likely the hobby shop price after the non buying from GW discount is applied. So could in theory add on 20 to 30% to get the actual price of the model?

I think the $120 is the total GW price, not sure if they're offering a discount for preorder.

Otto Cargill wrote:
Hey guys! Guess what we just got reliably confirmed is coming in March?
We can't name it (thank you street dates lol) but we are taking reserves on it and it'll be officially announced in White Dwarf in the coming weeks!

Reserves are now open, expected price is approx $120!

Otto Cargill wrote: from what I understand, this is strictly the imperial / mechanicus kit but it will be previewed in an upcoming white dwarf. i'm sure there will be a chaos version of it (dark mechanicum) but i have no verification

$120 is a nice price point, wonder if non gw stores will be able to discount it. If its a sexy kit I can justify one or two, toss in an online discount and I might be looking at a squad or two

If true, i'm excited.

I ran knight Households in Epic, years back..

Only one thing though:

WFT GW! Orks iz still waiting! Give uz shiniez before yer bring out Moar noo stuff fer da hoomies!

Seriously, its getting beyond a joke now

 Slayer le boucher wrote:
Still nothing that tells us if they will also be fieldable by CSM armies?

Yup i guessed so, "a Nice Walker for Chaos?.... Ahahahaha oh you poor wretched souls..."

I expect a Forgeworld conversion kit following shortly after.
With luck you will get chaos conversion sprue in plastic, but they need one for the 'Russ first.