Imperial Knights - Codex Preview Video 03/03 - Gasp! Probably worth watching!

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**MWHistorian**

I always look at the engineering that goes into a model first. How it looks and rules are a distant second.

(sarcasm now deactivated.)

**kronk**

As to how many they will sell, I'd wager one internet dollar that over the next 12 months GW will sell between a metric buttload and an English gak load of these Knight-don't-call-me-Titan models.

**alarmingrick**

kronk wrote:
As to how many they will sell, I'd wager one internet dollar that over the next 12 months GW will sell between a metric buttload and an English gak load of these Knight-don't-call-me-Titan models.

I agree.

**xxvaderxx**

MWHistorian wrote:
I always look at the engineering that goes into a model first. How it looks and rules are a distant second.

(sarcasm now deactivated.)

I imagine you dont, but i am prety certain you do look on other aesthetic things like how dinamically it is possed or what its articulations let you do with it, that is the engineering im talking about brainiac.

**Xca|iber**

H.B.M.C. wrote:

Yeah! Who needs balanced rules when everyone can take giant stompy robots! Balanced rules are just for TFG WAAC players, and everyone hates them.

- This message brought to you by the Dakka Casual Gaming Mafia: 'Cause winning is for losers!

I don't do this often, but this one is sig worthy.

**Kanluwen**

Sidstyler wrote:
ShatteredBlade wrote:
Wait..the transfers DON'T come with the kit!?

It comes with one sheet, and then there's another sheet that's direct only. Because you know, when you're asking people to blow $140 on a tiny little 6" toy the last thing you want to do is throw them a bone and give them two whole transfer sheets for that money. That would just be entitlement on our part.

The $20 transfer sheet is for the "House Hawkshroud", "House Degallio", "House Griffith", "House Mortan", "House Krast", "House Vulker", and then four specific Freeblade Knights(Crimson Reaper, the Forgotten Knight, The White Warden, and Amaranthine).

The sheet included is House Terryn, Hawkshroud, Cadmus, Taranis, Raven, and a single Freeblade(Obsidian Knight).

I don't know why there's duplication for Hawkshroud but eh. I guess it might be because the emblems look cool and they might get some play for Valkyries?

**Samurai_Eduh**

These things look awesome! I went ahead and ordered the 5 pack.

**pretre**

Samurai_Eduh wrote:
These things look awesome! I went ahead and ordered the 5 pack.

Apparently some people do use the one-click bundles...

**Shandara**

pretre wrote:
Samurai_Eduh wrote:
These things look awesome! I went ahead and ordered the 5 pack.

Apparently some people do use the one-click bundles...

It makes you wonder at sales of the Astartes Ultra bundle:
http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/catalog/productDetail.jsp?catId=cat440270a&prodId=prod2160196a

**Samurai_Eduh**

pretre wrote:
Samurai_Eduh wrote:
These things look awesome! I went ahead and ordered the 5 pack.

Apparently some people do use the one-click bundles...

Dude, its such a time saver.

**bu11etmagn3tt**

Conspiracy theory #2 - GW hates leaks. They give each person on the project a different size of the model. 6", 6.5", 7", 7.5", 8", or bigger than this/smaller than that... in order to zoom in on the "mole" at GW....... Plug the leak GW! Plug it!

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Samurai_Eduh wrote:
pretre wrote:
Samurai_Eduh wrote:
These things look awesome! I went ahead and ordered the 5 pack.

Apparently some people do use the one-click bundles...

Dude, its such a time saver.

and you get free color prints!

**Alpharius**

A time saver + a money waster!

IF I was ordering 5, there's no way I wouldn't be looking for that sweet 20% off!

**AllSeeingSkink**

xxvaderxx wrote:
MWHistorian wrote:
I always look at the engineering that goes into a model first. How it looks and rules are a distant second.

(sarcasm now deactivated.)

I imagine you dont, but i am prety certain you do look on other aesthetic things like how dinamically it is possed or what its articulations let you do with it, that is the engineering im talking about brainiac.

Articulation only matters to me if I don't like the pose. When I buy a model, I'm buying a model, not an action figure, for the most part I don't care about articulation as long as it looks cool.

If the pose is horrendous, then I'd rather have it articulated.

Many of my favourite models are single piece and/or mono-pose.

**Atropus**

Alpharius wrote:
A time saver + a money waster!

IF I was ordering 5, there's no way I wouldn't be looking for that sweet 20% off!

Local store gave 25% iff 5 or more... Sadly i got 5, at the worse I can resale the ones I dont want and get my money back or profit/trade.

**ncshooter426**

Atropus wrote:
Alpharius wrote:
A time saver + a money waster!

IF I was ordering 5, there's no way I wouldn't be looking for that sweet 20% off!

Local store gave 25% iff 5 or more... Sadly i got 5, at the worse I can resale the ones I dont want and get my money back or profit/trade.

And here I was thinking I had a spending problem

**RiTides**

All the more reason to trade me one of those knights, Atropus

**Atropus**

ncshooter426 wrote:
Atropus wrote:
Alpharius wrote:
A time saver + a money waster!

IF I was ordering 5, there's no way I wouldn't be looking for that sweet 20% off!

Local store gave 25% iff 5 or more... Sadly i got 5, at the worse I can resale the ones I dont want and get my money back or profit/trade.

And here I was thinking I had a spending problem

My store owner says its a healthy habit, and it also keeps my pants light so i dont have any back problems.

**bubber**

It's a shame about the height.
Might well get a DF Mortis to act as a Chaos version. I'll use the GW one I ordered in my loyalist HH Death Guard army using the Obsidian transfers over a reverse of the Death Guard scheme (ie dark olive green with light grey knee & shoulder pads) to tie the force together.

My conspiracy theory is that GW actually leak the pictures themselves, ensuring that they're pretty crappy photos (glare & bent pages) to start the rumour mongering.

I have also heard that during a directors' meeting, the falling sales were discussed & the result was the strategy to raise prices to increase sales. What I have written is NOT a typo!

**Slayer le boucher**

I was not expecting this, but a reader here emailed in to GW customer service and got a reply on who can take Imperial Knights as allies. The answer was any 40k army......

I still expect something along the lines of a codex of sorts to come out this month, that clears this up as well. This definitely gives some good insight though into what may be the direction its going to go.

via a Reader here on Faeit 212
Here's a reply I got from GW Customer Service regarding the key question, can Chaos ally with Knights?

From: UK Customer Services
Date: 24 February 2014
To:
Subject: Re: Imperial Knights

Hi
Thanks for the email, the rules printed in this week's issue of White Dwarf state that "They may also be taken as allies; you can include up to three Imperial Knights as a single allied detachment for each primary detachment in your army" As such any 40k army can take them as a allied detachment.

Perhaps the persuasive nature of Slaanesh has convinced a Freelance household to work for Chaos, or maybe they just pay better than the Forces of the Imperium.

We hope this helps and that you enjoy the new Imperial Knights.

So at GW Customer Services they say that they can ally with anyone.

So for those who are" yeah but for some armies it doesn't make sens to take Knights.

For Tau's;

For Crons use this has a base to some conversion work.

Heck if you can put some giant bots legs under it, or convert it with Bigger claw like legs.

**bubber**

Whenever I've phoned GW customer service I've found that, when it comes to rules, they know diddly squat.

**Azreal13**

bubber wrote:
Whenever I've phoned GW customer service I've found that, when it comes to rules, they know diddly squat.

Quite.

Rules queries answered by GW CS are somewhere similar in the grand scheme to rumours of new releases from Redshirts, ie. Some of them will inevitably be correct, but that's probably more down to coincidence than any sort of informed opinion.

**Medium of Death**

In terms of ordering Knights in the UK is anybody else experience problems trying to use Dark Sphere's website? I can't seem to view anything beyond the first page.

**bu11etmagn3tt**

bubber wrote:
Whenever I've phoned GW customer service I've found that, when it comes to rules, they know diddly squat.

of course they don't know squat. Squats haven't been used in decades....

**Kolbalt266**

March 8th book release for (not) titan

http://natfka.blogspot.com/2014/02/1st-week-of-march-release-imperial.html

**UNCLEBADTOUCH**

Medium of Death wrote:
In terms of ordering Knights in the UK is anybody else experience problems trying to use Dark Sphere's website? I can't seem to view anything beyond the first page.

Go to element games £70.95 posted or free postage over £80 plus a cash back loyalty scheme.

**warboss**

bu11etmagn3tt wrote:
Conspiracy theory #2 - GW hates leaks. They give each person on the project a different size of the model. 6", 6.5", 7", 7.5", 8", or bigger than this/smaller than that... in order to zoom in on the "mole" at GW....... Plug the leak GW! Plug it!

Except that the erroneous measurement was in the official description on the official website and not a leak.

Still.. finecast heads will roll!

**deleted20250424**

$75 for a Codex Supplement?

Did the U.S. just become a suburb or Australia?

WTF.....

I thought Hardback Codex were a rip at $50. This must be one massive Codex.

Surely there's not THAT MUCH they can recycle in form old texts like they do in every other Codex.

How many pages can it possibly take to cover 2 unit types and 4 pieces of wargear?

[Edit] Forgot to put in the word supplement.

**Looky Likey**

I ordered 4 from my local store, debated getting 6 but I want to see if there is any benefit formation wise first. 4 is a min. that I wanted to go with my Titans. I was going to wait for the Chaos versions or conversion kits but I decided that I'll paint them as neutral as possible to make them usable by all my armies.

**insaniak**

OK, so Codex, Ltd Ed Codex and 'Companion Guide'...

Anyone know what a 'Companion Guide' is...?

**Kanluwen**

TalonZahn wrote:
$75 for a Codex Supplement?

Did the U.S. just become a suburb or Australia?

WTF.....

I thought Hardback Codex were a rip at $50. This must be one massive Codex.

Surely there's not THAT MUCH they can recycle in form old texts like they do in every other Codex.

How many pages can it possibly take to cover 2 unit types and 4 pieces of wargear?

[Edit] Forgot to put in the word supplement.

Codex: Imperial Knights--$US 41

Codex: Imperial Knights "Companion Guide"(whatever the hell that means) is $74.25 and Codex: Imperial Knights Limited Edition is $115.

There's also "The Knights of the Imperium" for $24 which makes me think it's a heraldry & uniform styled book.