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 nerdfest09 wrote:

". Failing that, the Transformers Metroplex that is still in a loft somewhere is getting a paint and skulls upgrade.

NO, Don't you dare!!!

I see his Metroplex and raise him one Omega Supreme
Wouldn't they be warhound sized anyhow,been over 20 years since Ive seen either but I remember them being pretty big
Now Jetfire would be Knight Sized

 nerdfest09 wrote:

". Failing that, the Transformers Metroplex that is still in a loft somewhere is getting a paint and skulls upgrade.

NO, Don't you dare!!!

My depravity knows no bounds and your cries of anguish serve only to sustain me

Actually its more likely that Metroplex will be sacrificed on eBay to help me get another Knight. After all, there are variants of Knight to be built.


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 Eisenhorn wrote:

 nerdfest09 wrote:

". Failing that, the Transformers Metroplex that is still in a loft somewhere is getting a paint and skulls upgrade.

NO, Don't you dare!!!

I see his Metroplex and raise him one Omega Supreme
Wouldn't they be warhound sized anyhow,been over 20 years since Ive seen either but I remember them being pretty big
Now Jetfire would be Knight Sized

Thanks to my dad's travels with the Royal Navy, I have a Diaclone Great Robot Base (Google it, its great) by Takara still lurking. Now that is a bad boy robot with a Battlecannon arm that just screams Titan!!

 Tannhauser42 wrote:

 RiTides wrote:
You don't need the templates for use with a Knight, do you?

AS a superheavy, when it does you use the big template for the explosion

Except it's just a circular template of 5", 10" and 15"... so instead of using the template, you COULD just measure it, or make your own template.

Holly Krieg! Just found my DKOKesque IK, 5.5" tall, from $5 (on amazon) to $89.99, some pre-painted & assembled! They have 1/144th & 1/100th scale versions! This (pic) is someones converted version! There are several varients too...

Metroplex heeds the call of the last Emperor Prime.

 bu11etmagn3tt wrote:
Holly Krieg! Just found my DKOKesque IK, 5.75" tall, $19.99, pre-painted & assembled!

Where's that from?

AllSeeingSkink wrote:

 bu11etmagn3tt wrote:
Holly Krieg! Just found my DKOKesque IK, 5.75" tall, $19.99, pre-painted & assembled!

Where's that from?

It looks like a zaku from mobile suit gundam.

 bubber wrote:

 azreal13 wrote:

 bubber wrote:
The old ones are still available - http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/catalog/productDetail.jsp?catId=cat1080004a&prodId=prod2340012a

Not as bad I suppose, and I suspect the new ones will suddenly and miraculously become available once they've got shot of all the old ones.

I'd definitely want the 'poseable' barrage template over the four leaf clover one though.

Weirdly, I went to the exact same location in the site, searched for 'apocalypse' and 'templates' as separate searches and as one phrase, and the site never showed me those, only the newer, unavailable, blue ones. Odd....

Gaming Figures still has the new ones listed - http://gamingfigures.com/viewProducts.asp?action=viewproduct&product=6683

I was wrong - just got an email from GF saying it was no longer available & that they should have taken it of the site already - poo!

 bu11etmagn3tt wrote:
Holly Krieg! Just found my DKOKesque IK, 5.75" tall, $19.99, pre-painted & assembled!

Seconded. What is this?

 HisDivineShadow wrote:

 bu11etmagn3tt wrote:
Holly Krieg! Just found my DKOKesque IK, 5.75" tall, $19.99, pre-painted & assembled!

Seconded. What is this?

Geara zulu 1/144th from japan


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Fully posable too!

I have one of these (Robotech tomahawks) that has been waiting to become an imperial knight for a while now. Perfect size to be one too. The time is now.

 bu11etmagn3tt wrote:

 HisDivineShadow wrote:

 bu11etmagn3tt wrote:
Holly Krieg! Just found my DKOKesque IK, 5.75" tall, $19.99, pre-painted & assembled!

Seconded. What is this?

Geara zulu 1/144th from japan


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Fully posable too!

Got a link? All the ones I'm seeing don't have nearly as much detail like the rivets and things.

 bu11etmagn3tt wrote:

 HisDivineShadow wrote:

 bu11etmagn3tt wrote:
Holly Krieg! Just found my DKOKesque IK, 5.75" tall, $19.99, pre-painted & assembled!

Seconded. What is this?

Geara zulu 1/144th from japan


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Fully posable too!

Sure? Doesn't look like any Geara Zulu I've ever seen. Can you give us the link? Looks like some weird steam punk Geara Zulu or Zaku.

Ah found it. Yeah that one you show is a one off custom job, done by a modeler. This is what they look like normally.

And people talk about the Dreamforge Leviathan not 'fitting the aesthetic"!

Ahhhh, aesthetics is all relative. What is awesome and fun to me and my firends probably is ridiculously offensive to someone else. It all comes down to what you are going to have fun with, really.

 Ironwill13791 wrote:
Ahhhh, aesthetics is all relative. What is awesome and fun to me and my firends probably is ridiculously offensive to someone else. It all comes down to what you are going to have fun with, really.

aesthetics is indeed relative....relative to the price of the "official" model

I do think its interesting to compare the prices of the products. The Bandai kits are pretty fiddly and detailed, and are much much cheaper. I guess they probably sell a ton more, but I don't know, seams like somebody know how to price their products a little better.

 ironicsilence wrote:

 Ironwill13791 wrote:
Ahhhh, aesthetics is all relative. What is awesome and fun to me and my friends probably is ridiculously offensive to someone else. It all comes down to what you are going to have fun with, really.

aesthetics is indeed relative....relative to the price of the "official" model

And that price is 140 USD.

Note: See. One person who has an "official" stance against people using whatever figure they want. (I'm not attacking you, just using it to point out the differences in peoples' views)

funny thing is that if the rumors of the base being new are true, all these people wanting to use alternative models are gonna end up having to buy the kit to get the base anyway.

I mean let's face it from a game play prespective the base and "approx height/width" are the important things.

BrianDavion wrote:
funny thing is that if the rumors of the base being new are true, all these people wanting to use alternative models are gonna end up having to buy the kit to get the base anyway.

I mean let's face it from a game play prespective the base and "approx height/width" are the important things.

You can always make a base. Or I'm sure GW will sell the bases for a reasonable price like $60.

via an anonymous source on Faeit 212
we've already seen one of the new IG kits, but nobody seems to have noticed so far. There is a miniature "hidden in plain sight" in one of the newer publications

Anyone know the Mr. anonymous is talking about? or is it a bad joke about knights (Not Titans)

 Ironwill13791 wrote:

 ironicsilence wrote:

 Ironwill13791 wrote:
Ahhhh, aesthetics is all relative. What is awesome and fun to me and my friends probably is ridiculously offensive to someone else. It all comes down to what you are going to have fun with, really.

aesthetics is indeed relative....relative to the price of the "official" model

And that price is 140 USD.

Note: See. One person who has an "official" stance against people using whatever figure they want. (I'm not attacking you, just using it to point out the differences in peoples' views)

i'm certainly in favor of people using whatever they want, I personally will be using dreamforge models for knights, I'll still buy a GW model just to have, but I much rather prefer the look of dreamforge. My comment was mainly to point out that people seem to only be concerned about the aesthetics of the model, till the actual real model has a large price tag.

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 Agamemnon2 wrote:
What about "people bitching about people bitching about the price of the model?" Surely that merits inclusion on your wee list? Also, I should point out that ascribing actions to posters like you're doing there is pretty much the opposite of "summing up", better known as "inventing stuff wholesale to suit your own limited preconceptions."

I won't buy one of these, nor do I play Warmachine, so when I say the price is too damn high, you can't spout your tired catchphrases in response like a mentally challenged parrot. Your little comedy routine might work on 4chan or wherever people like you congregate these days, but it can only made the judicious grieve.

Chill out dude... its plastic toys.

Forgot to mention if you can find a cheaper alternative I'm all ears... No one has as yet.

I'd build one myself, were I that way inclined. Scratchbuilding vehicles is essentially stacking boxes together.

Kolbalt266 wrote:

via an anonymous source on Faeit 212
we've already seen one of the new IG kits, but nobody seems to have noticed so far. There is a miniature "hidden in plain sight" in one of the newer publications

Anyone know the Mr. anonymous is talking about? or is it a bad joke about knights (Not Titans)

Interesting... I didn't think there were a lot of IG shown in the recent publications.

 ironicsilence wrote:

Spoiler:

 Ironwill13791 wrote:

 ironicsilence wrote:

 Ironwill13791 wrote:
Ahhhh, aesthetics is all relative. What is awesome and fun to me and my friends probably is ridiculously offensive to someone else. It all comes down to what you are going to have fun with, really.

aesthetics is indeed relative....relative to the price of the "official" model

And that price is 140 USD.

Note: See. One person who has an "official" stance against people using whatever figure they want. (I'm not attacking you, just using it to point out the differences in peoples' views)

i'm certainly in favor of people using whatever they want, I personally will be using dreamforge models for knights, I'll still buy a GW model just to have, but I much rather prefer the look of dreamforge. My comment was mainly to point out that people seem to only be concerned about the aesthetics of the model, till the actual real model has a large price tag.

On that point, I will agree with you. I know some people who will love the look of the GW Knight, look at the $140 price tag, and next thing I know they have an alternative model. I know, to me at least, the GW Knight looks better than the Dreamforge model (wont begrudge anyone who sees it differently and wants to use it), and I will be pre-ordering mine this Saturday. I will also be putting in a bunch of elbow-grease to work on a homebrew knight to run alongside it. But you know what they say money talks.

 RiTides wrote:

Kolbalt266 wrote:

via an anonymous source on Faeit 212
we've already seen one of the new IG kits, but nobody seems to have noticed so far. There is a miniature "hidden in plain sight" in one of the newer publications

Anyone know the Mr. anonymous is talking about? or is it a bad joke about knights (Not Titans)

Interesting... I didn't think there were a lot of IG shown in the recent publications.

There are IG vs Tyranid shots in Visions but I don't have one to hand.

I often mention this in threads about upcoming GW releases that are shaping up to be popular.

Please, if you even have a slight issue with anything GW does, whether it be pricing, quality of rules, bullying legal tactics or unnecessary litigation, order through a third party.

It does mean you might not get the item in the very day of release, but it will serve several purposes.

It will support an independent retailer who will likely carry other, non-GW products! helping to build diversity in wargaming by keeping as many avenues to market for smaller companies open as possible.

It will likely gain you a discount on RRP

Any product sold through a third party nets GW ~40% less cash because they sell it at wholesale, meaning you can put some financial pressure on GW for whatever reasons you have personally, without cutting your nose off to spite your face.

Really, when you stop to think about it, there aren't many good reasons to buy from GW direct, unless something is only available from them.

BrianDavion wrote:
funny thing is that if the rumors of the base being new are true, all these people wanting to use alternative models are gonna end up having to buy the kit to get the base anyway..

It's not that difficult to cut an oval out of plasticard or MDF.

And all of the 3rd party base sellers will have alternatives out within weeks.

I don't like the price one bit, but I love Titans and paid way more than was wise before. I have made up my mind and will buy one, but it had better be magnetisable, I will want all the options I like open to me.

One more thing, when this is released I will be doing a lot of shopping around.

 azreal13 wrote:
I often mention this in threads about upcoming GW releases that are shaping up to be popular.

Please, if you even have a slight issue with anything GW does, whether it be pricing, quality of rules, bullying legal tactics or unnecessary litigation, order through a third party.

It does mean you might not get the item in the very day of release, but it will serve several purposes.

It will support an independent retailer who will likely carry other, non-GW products! helping to build diversity in wargaming by keeping as many avenues to market for smaller companies open as possible.

It will likely gain you a discount on RRP

Any product sold through a third party nets GW ~40% less cash because they sell it at wholesale, meaning you can put some financial pressure on GW for whatever reasons you have personally, without cutting your nose off to spite your face.

Really, when you stop to think about it, there aren't many good reasons to buy from GW direct, unless something is only available from them.

Definitely agree with the above. I've pretty much stopped buying GW products for the past couple of years but I still play the games occasionally with my already painted forces (unpainted and/or incomplete forces have been largely sold off except for some ork stragglers). It doesn't affect GW much if I don't get to personally use my minis other than a miniscule bit of local exposure at the FLGS but it does affect me. That said.. with this latest edition.. 40k has largely become my game of last choice that I bring in case I can't rustle up an opponent for a game that I actively want to play/support. I am glad though that fans are getting a nice model and second the notion of getting it through a third party if you absolutely must have it. I'm fine with my (unfinished) Tau counts as Reaver titan superheavy Halo Scarab personally.