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Have to say I noticed as soon as the knight kit came out that there is some kind of socket/pivot/mounting point on the top of the main hull, so it wouldn't surprise me if it was just an add-on to the existing kit.

Sad Panda wrote:
Some odd rumours out there on BoLS, etc.. . I think it is only an upgrade sprue with a few new weapons (including a big powerfist) for the same old Knight, I am afraid. The Razorback to last years Rhino, if you like.

On the upside, I believe it'll build three new Knight variants, not two, as well as new options for the Paladin and Errant.

Well, it'd be 4 variants. But I don't think it will be the same chassis, if the rumors are correct -- it's not supposed to have the turtle shell look.

Posting this here from the Execution Force thread- Discuss away!

 angelofvengeance wrote:
The Paint Splatter hint for next week is "Large armour plates"

 Jadenim wrote:
Have to say I noticed as soon as the knight kit came out that there is some kind of socket/pivot/mounting point on the top of the main hull, so it wouldn't surprise me if it was just an add-on to the existing kit.

Perhaps you are right, but Natfka's source Atia said it's gonna be a new profile without a dome-shaped carapace. Would be neat to see some variation other than weapon arms I think.

 Hive City Dweller wrote:

 Jadenim wrote:
Have to say I noticed as soon as the knight kit came out that there is some kind of socket/pivot/mounting point on the top of the main hull, so it wouldn't surprise me if it was just an add-on to the existing kit.

Perhaps you are right, but Natfka's source Atia said it's gonna be a new profile without a dome-shaped carapace. Would be neat to see some variation other than weapon arms I think.

Hopefully something like a blend of the Knight Paladin kit and the Destroid Monster from Robotech...

 Hive City Dweller wrote:

 Jadenim wrote:
Have to say I noticed as soon as the knight kit came out that there is some kind of socket/pivot/mounting point on the top of the main hull, so it wouldn't surprise me if it was just an add-on to the existing kit.

Perhaps you are right, but Natfka's source Atia said it's gonna be a new profile without a dome-shaped carapace. Would be neat to see some variation other than weapon arms I think.

Atia isn't a Natfka source.

He(or she--not sure) is a poster on Bolter and Chainsword. The individual has found a lot of the datamining stuff and made their postings pretty public about it there.

For something like a missile launcher I figured you'd end up with a mounting like the Reaver Apocalypse launcher; I agree that a large cannon would look better being integrated into a new, larger, hull.

It'd be hilarious, and totally par the course if the "new" knight is a torso that uses the same leg set as the existing kit.

But it'd be sold as an upgrade set, so you'd have to buy the old and new knight kits to make one.

I dunno if I like the thought of Warden/Crusaders looking too different. I want a similar profile. A knight army only has 5-6 models, so you start to lose a cohesive aesthetic a lot quicker when 1 or 2 models are too different from the rest.

From the silhouettes in the new trailer, it looks like the new Knights are based on the same chassis. I'm guessing a rebox of the legs/torso with a new weapon sprue?

http://www.games-workshop.com/en-GB/blog/blog.jsp?_requestid=3851427

Yes.

YES.

YES.

Agree that it looks like a new sprue or two to give us more options for arms and a top mounted weapon. I'll probably pick up another four...

Same here and one of them will have that power fist, rules be damned!

3 new variants shown:

First has a D strength chainsaw from the prior 2 knights, but a new fist on the other arm and what appears to be a missile launcher on the top of it's chassis.

Second has the battle cannon and what appears to be a chaingun on the other arm, and what looks to be an AA gun mounted on the top of the chassis.

Third has the chaingun arm same as the second, and the new fist and chassis missile launcher from the first.

If you freeze-frame perfectly between the transition from the "old" knight to the new first variant, the new one appears taller, but GW just offset the silhouette slightly. The pauldrons, chassic and legs all appear to be identical. So yes, this is either a separate upgrade sprue or, more likely, a rebox with 1 sprue swapped out as in the current box, all of the weapons are on a single sprue.

New Knights confirmed...

Some screen grabs:

via Bird in the Trees
The new designs do not share the “turtle shell” carapace, and have a divergent appearance.

Doesn't look like this one panned out. Those silhouettes look exactly like the current "turtle shell" Knight.

Plus, the current carapace design has a nice hole up top that was just screaming for something to be mounted there.

 angelofvengeance wrote:
Some screen grabs:

Oh my.....

This makes me think I was too hasty getting a FW Castigator at Salute.

One can never have too many suits of armour.

 Breotan wrote:

via Bird in the Trees
The new designs do not share the “turtle shell” carapace, and have a divergent appearance.

Doesn't look like this one panned out. Those silhouettes look exactly like the current "turtle shell" Knight.

Yeah, sadly :(

True, but i'll need a real one for me when the Mrs finds out how much they cost!

I'm actually really disappointed in that, I hate that it's non posable anyway and now you might have even more variants in the exact same pose.

The frustrating thing is that having quit 40k (for 30k) i've found GW are still after my wallet!

3 new versions well that fills out my house then get another of the current one for the "melta" gun and 3 of the new ones that gives me the max of 6 on a force org.
But why now good thing I am getting a new job.

Finally! Looks like we can fit a giant power fist to the Errant!

These are going to be pricy

Knight plus 2 new arms plus weapons plus maybe a new head?

Looking at the weapon sprue:

The Battlecannon, Melta and chainsword are all on the same sprue. The shots of the new Knights have everything but the Melta, so either this sprue has been replaced or there is an additional sprue.

 zedmeister wrote:
Finally! Looks like we can fit a giant power fist to the Errant!

Same! I'm glad I haven't wrapped up my Errant build yet. Worse case scenario the fist will simply count as a Reaper.

Most likely an extra sprue?