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Makes me wonder how much it had cost them to develop and produce such a kit in the first place,

 BrookM wrote:
Makes me wonder how much it had cost them to develop and produce such a kit in the first place,

If anyone has any more accurate information, please correct me, but a few years ago I think they said it would probably take Will Hayes about a year and a half to make, and it would be more efficient to get him to make a whole load of other vehicles instead. Evidently, demand for the Warlord these days is slightly higher than they expected back then.

 Wyrmalla wrote:
Wait is this supposed to be one of these, or are those the larger Emperor class titans? I thought it was a Warlord in Abnett's novel?

Apparently if you're a fan of the angular titan designs like me, you're in the minority. They stopped making the angular warhound titan as it was outsold by the other curvy one significantly. With the imperial knight that came out, I can't say I blame them. They have a complete line of titans that visually match now with curves instead of the blocky angles that I prefer. The knight, warhound, reaver, and now warlord look like a visual progression both in size and style.

 warboss wrote:

 Wyrmalla wrote:
Wait is this supposed to be one of these, or are those the larger Emperor class titans? I thought it was a Warlord in Abnett's novel?

Apparently if you're a fan of the angular titan designs like me, you're in the minority. They stopped making the angular warhound titan as it was outsold by the other curvy one significantly. With the imperial knight that came out, I can't say I blame them. They have a complete line of titans that visually match now with curves instead of the blocky angles that I prefer. The knight, warhound, reaver, and now warlord look like a visual progression both in size and style.

So you can't buy Lucius pattern Warhounds anymore? That sucks. If I had the money I would have bought one. The exposed shoulder mounts just look bad, both in design and in practically. Too easy to fall off (or be shot off in fluff) compared to an armoured back.

 BrookM wrote:
Can't afford it, plus it's too big to properly play with as well!

Also, this version clocks in at 2850 pts, or way too many melta bombs for those who aren't allowed to post point costs.

570 melta bombs, to be exact.

Meh, I'll just wait for Dreamforge to do it better and cheaper.

 MLaw wrote:
Meh, I'll just wait for Dreamforge to do it better and cheaper.

I think they did, but they had to stop doing it.

 BrookM wrote:
Makes me wonder how much it had cost them to develop and produce such a kit in the first place,

In terms of pure cost, probably not so much as you'd think. Remember, the studio staff are on salary so the only real costs are the opportunity costs for not having those people/that person working on other projects.

 Azreal13 wrote:

 BrookM wrote:
Makes me wonder how much it had cost them to develop and produce such a kit in the first place,

In terms of pure cost, probably not so much as you'd think. Remember, the studio staff are on salary so the only real costs are the opportunity costs for not having those people/that person working on other projects.

Fair enough. I remember when I was in the Amsterdam store years ago that they were talking about how the vanilla Land Raider kit cost them several years to earn back.

I think with this one, while a massive undertaking to cast and whatnot, prolly costs but a fraction of what GW had to invest into the Land Raider kit.

Also, I've got a feeling this one started out as a pet project first before being picked up, like the Solar Auxilia.

I want one......... but i'll never aford it........

It is beautiful and an utterly unjustifiable purchase. Which breaks my heart a little.

Yes, I am (somewhat) young, single and don't have to worry about buying a nice car to improve relationship status... But good grief... I can't bring myself to spend this much of my earned money on resin...

IDK, maybe if I won a couple grand off a scratch ticket... Maybe then.

But it is so incredibly gorgeous.

 SirDonlad wrote:

 -Shrike- wrote:

 kronk wrote:
That's one pretty model!

How many will sell? Will we ever know?

Well, they do come with numbered certificates, I think...

My Mars pattern Warhound 'Bello Canis' (#3102) came with a certificate from the Fabricator-General, so i recon anything larger will definetly have one!

I bought the Lucius pattern a month before FW pulled a plug on it. My certificate says 1604.

Echoing what others have said here. Such an incredible piece, but in no way feasible. The head, bought separately and mounted on a display stand like the one in the pictures, would make a cool display piece though.

 -Shrike- wrote:

 SirDonlad wrote:

 -Shrike- wrote:

 kronk wrote:
That's one pretty model!

How many will sell? Will we ever know?

Well, they do come with numbered certificates, I think...

My Mars pattern Warhound 'Bello Canis' (#3102) came with a certificate from the Fabricator-General, so i recon anything larger will definetly have one!

Yeah, I'm pretty sure the unboxing video I watched had a numbered certificate.

Also, bloody hell, 3000+ Warhounds by 2012?

That's interesting. I ordered mine in 2013 and it didn't have a numbered cert.

Shame about that, it gave me a nice little buzz knowing how small the club is!

My only issue is that i play 30k, but this certificate says that my warhound was built three centuries after the horus heresy that im using it in....

Clearly you travelled back through time during a recent jaunt in the warp. Horus' big bruised black eye is still messing with the commute.

Or it got heavily damaged during the brutal galaxy wide civil war and had to be rebuilt.

I was thinking I could scale up a knight on my 3d printer, but I don't think the parts would fit

 warboss wrote:

 Wyrmalla wrote:
Wait is this supposed to be one of these, or are those the larger Emperor class titans? I thought it was a Warlord in Abnett's novel?

Apparently if you're a fan of the angular titan designs like me, you're in the minority. They stopped making the angular warhound titan as it was outsold by the other curvy one significantly. With the imperial knight that came out, I can't say I blame them. They have a complete line of titans that visually match now with curves instead of the blocky angles that I prefer. The knight, warhound, reaver, and now warlord look like a visual progression both in size and style.

I quite liked the angular versions, but the curvy ones are a much more distinctive design, which is part of what I always loved about them. The square design felt very Mechwarrior.

 whalemusic360 wrote:

 -Shrike- wrote:

 SirDonlad wrote:

 -Shrike- wrote:

 kronk wrote:
That's one pretty model!

How many will sell? Will we ever know?

Well, they do come with numbered certificates, I think...

My Mars pattern Warhound 'Bello Canis' (#3102) came with a certificate from the Fabricator-General, so i recon anything larger will definetly have one!

Yeah, I'm pretty sure the unboxing video I watched had a numbered certificate.

Also, bloody hell, 3000+ Warhounds by 2012?

That's interesting. I ordered mine in 2013 and it didn't have a numbered cert.

Did it come with one? I ordered my pair in 2011 ish and they both came with certs, as did my reaver, pics in my gallery. I'd get on to FW, I'm sure they'd send it to you if they can track your purchase.

My chaos warhound is 3811 from March this year.

I liked the angular one better. Angular giant robots just look more scary than rounded giant robots. Round is not scary, angular is scary.

Also, I can't believe Forgeworld actually went ahead and did this. Sanity is for the weak, I guess?
I shall be saving money for the Emperor Titan.

I'll hit them up. Would have done sooner, but I was unaware the Warhounds came with them.

Very nice, but I'm more of a Reaver guy, myself.

I am in love with the Warlord. My favorite feature is that balcony at the back of it!!

 Bobthehero wrote:

 BrookM wrote:
Can't afford it, plus it's too big to properly play with as well!

Also, this version clocks in at 2850 pts, or way too many melta bombs for those who aren't allowed to post point costs.

570 melta bombs, to be exact.

They're called melta-BOMBS why can't our flyers drop a carpet bombing of melta-bombs on this.

Ill be sure to buy one if I happen to find 2500$.

The price is about expected, I think they had the same pricing when the first models sold a month ago or so.

The model still looks solid ace, I'd love to try building one, but have zero desire to try painting one.

My reaver and warhound just got a serious case of penis envy

The more I think about this.. I have a Stompa and a Gorkanaut that are gathering dust.. the Gorkanaut never even got built. Same with a Dreamforge Leviathan I got for Christmas. Still on the sprue. My initial reaction of "man that'd be cool" has firmly died down to the realm of "huh, that's neat" and then filed away into the realm of stuff I have no intention of buying or using.

For those who are not using their credit cards for this and legitimately can afford it without going beyond your means.. badass.. good on ya for doing well in life. Enjoy the spoils of your good fortune