Forge World News and Rumour Thread : p212 Knight Porphyrion

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**Ashiraya**

Cutting the hands off should be relatively easy.

**ImAGeek**

Jamie24 wrote:
Does anybody have any idea what the Alpha legion upgrade weapons might be when they come to make/ design/ release them??

Power daggers possibly. Not sure if they'll bother, but I imagine that's what they'd be.

**Slayer-Fan123**

Ashiraya wrote:
Cutting the hands off should be relatively easy.

This is a great sentence when it has no context.

I can't wait to use these for possible conversions.

**Red Corsair**

em_en_oh_pee wrote:
From today's bulletin:

Night Lords Nostraman Chainglaives

They are "nearly ready". So, probably available at the next event or released after? No idea. Just speculating.

They look ready to trim some trees lol.

**Theophony**

Jamie24 wrote:
Does anybody have any idea what the Alpha legion upgrade weapons might be when they come to make/ design/ release them??

Power mustaches. Worn and charged while attached to the helmet, but then easily removable and thrown like a Bat-a-rang. Comes in powered, explosive or vortex patterns.

**em_en_oh_pee**

Red Corsair wrote:
em_en_oh_pee wrote:
From today's bulletin:

Night Lords Nostraman Chainglaives

They are "nearly ready". So, probably available at the next event or released after? No idea. Just speculating.

They look ready to trim some trees lol.

**Yaraton**

Jamie24 wrote:
Does anybody have any idea what the Alpha legion upgrade weapons might be when they come to make/ design/ release them??

In "Legion", Alpha Legion Marines were using "falx" - a some kind of polearm borrowed from the locals they were fighting against and described as "two and a half meters long, a hybrid spear , a scythe straightened out with half of its length straight handgrip and the other half a long blade with a slight bias hook, the inside curve of which was razor sharp". It would b awesome if FW could do a power version of this (Japanese Naginata):

**ImAGeek**

I imagine that's what the Scars Power Glaives will be like.

**em_en_oh_pee**

Yaraton wrote:
Jamie24 wrote:
Does anybody have any idea what the Alpha legion upgrade weapons might be when they come to make/ design/ release them??

In "Legion", Alpha Legion Marines were using "falx" - a some kind of polearm borrowed from the locals they were fighting against and described as "two and a half meters long, a hybrid spear , a scythe straightened out with half of its length straight handgrip and the other half a long blade with with a slight bias hook, the inside curve of which was razor sharp". It would b awesome if FW could do a power version of this (Japanese Naginata):

...Power Naginata, you say?

**master of asgard**

Rather than start a new thread for such a small qustion, can anyone shed any light on the Orbital Assault RoW as to whether Mortis and Contemptor Mortises can be used? By the letter it just says Legion Dreadnought and Contemptor Dreadnought...

**Slayer-Fan123**

I imagine the Alpha Legion will get Power Knives. Isn't that one of their options?

**ImAGeek**

Slayer-Fan123 wrote:
I imagine the Alpha Legion will get Power Knives. Isn't that one of their options?

Yup, power daggers. I think that's what they'll get too, if anything.

**BrookM**

master of asgard wrote:
Rather than start a new thread for such a small qustion, can anyone shed any light on the Orbital Assault RoW as to whether Mortis and Contemptor Mortises can be used? By the letter it just says Legion Dreadnought and Contemptor Dreadnought...

It might be best to ask it here, over at the dedicated Horus Heresy section of these forums: http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/forums/show/91.page

**Yaraton**

em_en_oh_pee wrote:

...Power Naginata, you say?

It wouldn't be the first time GW stole something from AL and gave it to somebody else.

**ImAGeek**

Yaraton wrote:
em_en_oh_pee wrote:

...Power Naginata, you say?

It wouldn't be the first time GW stole something from AL and gave it to somebody else.

They didn't steal it from the Alpha Legion. Even in your original post about it you said the Falx they used was borrowed from the locals of the planet so it's not like it's an Alpha Legion weapon, it's just one they happened to use because it was around. The Power Glaive is a White Scars weapon rules wise. The one on that Praetor just counts as a paragon blade. AL don't have the monopoly on gliaves/naginatas/falx.

**Azreal13**

Yaraton wrote:
Jamie24 wrote:
Does anybody have any idea what the Alpha legion upgrade weapons might be when they come to make/ design/ release them??

In "Legion", Alpha Legion Marines were using "falx" - a some kind of polearm borrowed from the locals they were fighting against and described as "two and a half meters long, a hybrid spear , a scythe straightened out with half of its length straight handgrip and the other half a long blade with a slight bias hook, the inside curve of which was razor sharp". It would b awesome if FW could do a power version of this (Japanese Naginata):

Spoiler:

Or they could just do a falx...

Spoiler:

**JBSchroeds**

Yaraton wrote:
Jamie24 wrote:
Does anybody have any idea what the Alpha legion upgrade weapons might be when they come to make/ design/ release them??

In "Legion", Alpha Legion Marines were using "falx" - a some kind of polearm borrowed from the locals they were fighting against and described as "two and a half meters long, a hybrid spear , a scythe straightened out with half of its length straight handgrip and the other half a long blade with a slight bias hook, the inside curve of which was razor sharp". It would b awesome if FW could do a power version of this (Japanese Naginata):

The falx was an actual weapon and that's a serviceable description of one, except that the real ones weren't that long (more like 1.5m for the two handed polearm versions). That naginata is close to what a falx was, just make it curve inwards instead of out.

**Desubot**

ImAGeek wrote:
Slayer-Fan123 wrote:
I imagine the Alpha Legion will get Power Knives. Isn't that one of their options?

Yup, power daggers. I think that's what they'll get too, if anything.

That and venom spheres are the only really unique things they get.

**Slayer-Fan123**

Boy, anyone that likes modeling Marines is going to be sooooooo happy when we get more bitz...

**Winter**

Jamie24 wrote:
Does anybody have any idea what the Alpha legion upgrade weapons might be when they come to make/ design/ release them??

Despite the discussion of the Falx and the power daggers for alpha legion, I have always liked the thought of continuing the greek theme a little and giving them various Kopis's.

Something like this (the general shape fits with the falx too).

**reds8n**

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**Padre**

Thanks Red.

I'm really hoping the Knight Porphyrion goes up on pre-order, myself, while the GBP conversion rate is still good.

**BrookM**

Oh gak, forgot about that one..

**em_en_oh_pee**

Padre wrote:
Thanks Red.

I'm really hoping the Knight Porphyrion goes up on pre-order, myself, while the GBP conversion rate is still good.

I am just hoping for my damn decals to go up for sale. Previewed in Sept - how long does it take to print these things!?

But yea, the new Knight is going to be expensive as hell, given how it has grown in size since those first previews. Would be nice not to have to pay an arm and a leg for it.

**BrookM**

I just hope that the rules live up to the expectations.

**Mr_Rose**

em_en_oh_pee wrote:
Padre wrote:
Thanks Red.

I'm really hoping the Knight Porphyrion goes up on pre-order, myself, while the GBP conversion rate is still good.

I am just hoping for my damn decals to go up for sale. Previewed in Sept - how long does it take to print these things!?

But yea, the new Knight is going to be expensive as hell, given how it has grown in size since those first previews. Would be nice not to have to pay an arm and a leg for it.

The usual lead time on basically any professional printing job is about four months from dispatch of the final master. Of course that assumes the previewed version was final and checked for issues that might make it unprintable, which would extend the lead-time considerably if found.

**em_en_oh_pee**

Mr_Rose wrote:
em_en_oh_pee wrote:
Padre wrote:
Thanks Red.

I'm really hoping the Knight Porphyrion goes up on pre-order, myself, while the GBP conversion rate is still good.

I am just hoping for my damn decals to go up for sale. Previewed in Sept - how long does it take to print these things!?

But yea, the new Knight is going to be expensive as hell, given how it has grown in size since those first previews. Would be nice not to have to pay an arm and a leg for it.

The usual lead time on basically any professional printing job is about four months from dispatch of the final master. Of course that assumes the previewed version was final and checked for issues that might make it unprintable, which would extend the lead-time considerably if found.

So, they are long overdue.

The sheet I saw looked like a final set - like the Makabius one, but Vyronii emblems and stuff. Almost 10 months since the preview and it has been considerably longer since HH4 released. Going to die of old age before I see them, it feels like!

**Nova_Impero**

That sounds great, but sadly I cannot go.

**Haighus**

I can't remember if this has already been mentioned, but according to BoLS, the Mastodon is gonna be £300, the Sokar pattern Stormbird £750 and the new landing pad RoB tile £80.

**Jehan-reznor**

em_en_oh_pee wrote:
From today's bulletin:

Emperor’s Children Phoenix Power Spears

Spoiler:

Night Lords Nostraman Chainglaives

They are "nearly ready". So, probably available at the next event or released after? No idea. Just speculating.

Those spears look already kinda chaos, hope they will also release some spears with no hands attached and separate hands for posing