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BrianDavion wrote:

 jonolikespie wrote:

TonyL707 wrote:

 Breotan wrote:
I wonder. They deliberately designed the weapon sprues to be separate from the rest and they pre-formed them for magnets. Might the weapon upgrades be sold separately, thus being behind the higher than expected initial price?

Think on the Warhammer TV twitch they confirmed they'll be separate weapon packs for the Warlord and Reaver coming out.

That's actually making the grandmaster box sound more appealing again. Knowing I won't have to buy a whole 3rd warlord to make my 2nd different from the 1st is a plus. Still, sticker shock.. I think I'd rather buy just the rules, just a warlord, then a reaver when it comes out and a bunch of warhounds when they do.

even without uopgrade packs that way apparently the warlord is insanely posable, between that and the herealdry that a warlord titan should have I expect making each titan look distinct won't be as hard as some people fear

I've been collecting pics for quite a while now, they all look very mono-pose to me.

JWBS wrote:

BrianDavion wrote:

 jonolikespie wrote:

TonyL707 wrote:

 Breotan wrote:
I wonder. They deliberately designed the weapon sprues to be separate from the rest and they pre-formed them for magnets. Might the weapon upgrades be sold separately, thus being behind the higher than expected initial price?

Think on the Warhammer TV twitch they confirmed they'll be separate weapon packs for the Warlord and Reaver coming out.

That's actually making the grandmaster box sound more appealing again. Knowing I won't have to buy a whole 3rd warlord to make my 2nd different from the 1st is a plus. Still, sticker shock.. I think I'd rather buy just the rules, just a warlord, then a reaver when it comes out and a bunch of warhounds when they do.

even without uopgrade packs that way apparently the warlord is insanely posable, between that and the herealdry that a warlord titan should have I expect making each titan look distinct won't be as hard as some people fear

I've been collecting pics for quite a while now, they all look very mono-pose to me.

To be fair those are the studio ones they are likely just default construction.
Also don't forget some of the studio builds are not actually glued together fully - sometimes they are tacked together with bluetack (this allows them to swap bits for different photos). There was the famous example where a group of Eldar Wraithknights made it all the way through to the box-art without their weapons being equipped in the photo!

JWBS wrote:

BrianDavion wrote:

 jonolikespie wrote:

TonyL707 wrote:

 Breotan wrote:
I wonder. They deliberately designed the weapon sprues to be separate from the rest and they pre-formed them for magnets. Might the weapon upgrades be sold separately, thus being behind the higher than expected initial price?

Think on the Warhammer TV twitch they confirmed they'll be separate weapon packs for the Warlord and Reaver coming out.

That's actually making the grandmaster box sound more appealing again. Knowing I won't have to buy a whole 3rd warlord to make my 2nd different from the 1st is a plus. Still, sticker shock.. I think I'd rather buy just the rules, just a warlord, then a reaver when it comes out and a bunch of warhounds when they do.

even without uopgrade packs that way apparently the warlord is insanely posable, between that and the herealdry that a warlord titan should have I expect making each titan look distinct won't be as hard as some people fear

I've been collecting pics for quite a while now, they all look very mono-pose to me.

The sprue photos are in the last WarCom article - legs are multi-part.

 xttz wrote:

 jonolikespie wrote:
I'm sure somewhere I have heard them say fluffwise the really mutated titans didn't show up until the end stages of the War, but they may in fact release something like that with a Siege of Terra expansion or some such.

I wouldn't be at all shocked to see them finish of the Heresy story line with an Adeptus Titanicus expansion rather than a 30k redbook. The Siege of Terra seems like something that would be far better done in 8mm scale.

I dunno about THAT as tyhat could be, justly, seen as kind of a screw over of the people who supported the HH from the beginning, Also it sounds like by time the siege rolls around the Titan legions are gonna be in absolutely horriable shape. Now that said, whose to say the red books have to be JUST for one system, especially as by time they get around to the siege of terra we'll have rules for everything more or less I imagine, I mean, the FW books move at a pretty glacial pace. and we know a BFG set in the heresy era is coming out in a year or two too. what if the big siege of terra book was a big book that included rules and scenerios for the base HH game, AT AND BFG. allowing you to fight the battle at multiple scales, from the orbital fighting, to the large tians battling it out, to the Marines fighting in close combat at siege points etc. Multiple games with multiple scales could REAAALY allow the siege to be given proper attention.

The latest white dwarf has some good examples of the posability of the warlord. The ankle, knee, waist, head and arm joints can all be adjusted pretty freely.

Chikout wrote:
The latest white dwarf has some good examples of the posability of the warlord. The ankle, knee, waist, head and arm joints can all be adjusted pretty freely.

Wonder if there are any 8mm scale model tanks out there you can get cheaply. might be neat to model a titan crushing one

You can also pivot the guns.

Should be getting two Warlord titans and the rules pack here within the next hour or two. A little bit excited....

Going to try to put the Warlords together and paint them over the weekend. Not sure whether to do Legio Mortis for both, or have one of them as Legio Xestobiax (Prospero is going to be the theme).

MongooseMatt wrote:
Should be getting two Warlord titans and the rules pack here within the next hour or two. A little bit excited....

Going to try to put the Warlords together and paint them over the weekend. Not sure whether to do Legio Mortis for both, or have one of them as Legio Xestobiax (Prospero is going to be the theme).

Any chance of lettings us know what weapon options are covered by the cards please?

Glad to hear there's more posability than has been shown so far by studio vids. This is the most diverse pair I found, partly due to the colour clash. To be fair they are different, and I guess there will be many other subtle tweaks to be made

 Strg Alt wrote:

MarkNorfolk wrote:
Well, just because you don't like the scenery doesn't mean it's worth £0. But I understand that for some, it's just too much in one hit. Me? I'm in on this and so are a couple of others (at least) in the area, so only 19,997 to go, if the rumour is right. The new terrain will save us having to play with brightly coloured cardboard with plastic rooves.

Of course real AT players use polystyrene skyscrapers....

The problem is that people can build terrain from scratch. So to put overpriced scenery into a box with overpriced minis is a dealbreaker for a lot of people including me.

What's overpriced about GW terrain? Most plastic terrain I've seen is at least as expensive and resin terrain far more so.

And having tried to scratchbuild terrain etc I found out it's actually not that much cheaper especially good one unless you are making lots AND be good. For starter like me all the failed attempts at first and having to buy big sets of materials that are too much for my needs I found out it's not that much cheaper in the end...while looking distinctly worse.

tneva82 wrote:
And having tried to scratchbuild terrain etc I found out it's actually not that much cheaper especially good one unless you are making lots AND be good. For starter like me all the failed attempts at first and having to buy big sets of materials that are too much for my needs I found out it's not that much cheaper in the end...while looking distinctly worse.

I remember the first bit of terrain I made. It was for 40k but looked more like WFB encampment, and despite being made from polystyrene it was super heavy due to all the sand I used on it. I was proud of the match stick fence though. I got a lot better but I agree. GW terrain is good and not eye-wateringly expensive, and I much preferred to spend my hobby time building minis than terrain but I can understand that scratchbuilding terrain is a lot of fun for some.

 xttz wrote:


Any chance of lettings us know what weapon options are covered by the cards please?

Don't think the cards are coming, but if they are there I will let you know!

Apologies if this has been noted previously...

But they specifically mention the sprue design allows for repack variety with different weapons. Might this mean no resin bits?

Scratchbuilding terrain in 8mm scale is way easier than in 28mm scale. In 28mm scale you need to add a lot of detailing for it to look good, in 8mm scale you really don't as most of that stuff is too small to be visible anyway.

MongooseMatt wrote:

 xttz wrote:


Any chance of lettings us know what weapon options are covered by the cards please?

Don't think the cards are coming, but if they are there I will let you know!

Thanks! They should be in the rules pack with the command terminals.

JWBS wrote:
Glad to hear there's more posability than has been shown so far by studio vids. This is the most diverse pair I found, partly due to the colour clash. To be fair they are different, and I guess there will be many other subtle tweaks to be made

I think the posability becomes a lot more noticeable if the titan is modeled standing on things like ruined structures or battlefield debris. Otherwise the need to keep both feet flat on the ground limits things somewhat.

Glad I still have some old Epic plastic ruins and maybe some tanks I can throw on there for variety.



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 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
Apologies if this has been noted previously...

But they specifically mention the sprue design allows for repack variety with different weapons. Might this mean no resin bits?

They will do both. Some weapon sprues will be sold separately as add-ons. In future we could also have alternative boxed sets like the 40k Dominus Knights, where you get some shared sprues for most of the kit but a variant weapons or armour sprue. They will also be doing some of the rarer weapons as small volume resin bits.

 xttz wrote:


I think the posability becomes a lot more noticeable if the titan is modeled standing on things like ruined structures or battlefield debris. Otherwise the need to keep both feet flat on the ground limits things somewhat.

Glad I still have some old Epic plastic ruins and maybe some tanks I can throw on there for variety.

Yep, I think the major part is the legs. In this one image, the slight leg tweaks don't seem to change them much if they're in the same colours, but at the back with the two green ones, there's a very noticeable change with the major knee bend.




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MongooseMatt wrote:
Should be getting two Warlord titans and the rules pack here within the next hour or two. A little bit excited....

Going to try to put the Warlords together and paint them over the weekend. Not sure whether to do Legio Mortis for both, or have one of them as Legio Xestobiax (Prospero is going to be the theme).

Jebus. I had given myself 2 weeks to paint my new Knight. Need to pick up my game a bit I think.

Got mine! :-)

Good spread of weapons on the cards. time to put those bad boys together....

MarkNorfolk wrote:
Got mine! :-)

Good spread of weapons on the cards. time to put those bad boys together....

Do tell, dear fellow.

Mine just arrived too

Took a few snaps while I was at it...

https://ttgamingdiary.wordpress.com/2018/08/09/titanicus-is-here/

Thanks for the write up, very helpful (and especially pointing out that objective sprue in the 'rules' box which as you say most won't have noticed)

JWBS wrote:

tneva82 wrote:
And having tried to scratchbuild terrain etc I found out it's actually not that much cheaper especially good one unless you are making lots AND be good. For starter like me all the failed attempts at first and having to buy big sets of materials that are too much for my needs I found out it's not that much cheaper in the end...while looking distinctly worse.

I remember the first bit of terrain I made. It was for 40k but looked more like WFB encampment, and despite being made from polystyrene it was super heavy due to all the sand I used on it. I was proud of the match stick fence though. I got a lot better but I agree. GW terrain is good and not eye-wateringly expensive, and I much preferred to spend my hobby time building minis than terrain but I can understand that scratchbuilding terrain is a lot of fun for some.

Oh no doubt it's fun. Just that having tried it previously and then counting prices gave me new apprecitiation on price/quality of premade terrain. Gw is bit more expensive than others but still it's not that bad.

I started doing it to save money but looking back have started to realize premade wouldn't have been that much more expensive and look much better.

Obviously more tables worth of terrain you build the more price is in scratch build favour and helps on looks as well as you learn it. But for building your own table terrain once it's surprisingly expensive

https://www.warhammer-community.com/2018/08/09/9th-aug-getting-started-with-adeptus-titanicusgw-homepage-post-4fw-homepage-post-3/

New post up on the Warhammer Community site about how to get started with the game. (It's not quite as 'buy everything!' as I would have thought.)

richstrach wrote:
https://www.warhammer-community.com/2018/08/09/9th-aug-getting-started-with-adeptus-titanicusgw-homepage-post-4fw-homepage-post-3/

New post up on the Warhammer Community site about how to get started with the game. (It's not quite as 'buy everything!' as I would have thought.)

But I thought the Grand Master Edition box was the way to get started?
[ducks]

No, they want you to buy everything individually at a greater cost to build up your force. Which of course can't be done yet, since.... LOLstaggeredRelease.

Don't be silly.

Plus, why bring up the huge cost of the GM box since it appears to be triggering the customer base.

richstrach wrote:
https://www.warhammer-community.com/2018/08/09/9th-aug-getting-started-with-adeptus-titanicusgw-homepage-post-4fw-homepage-post-3/

New post up on the Warhammer Community site about how to get started with the game. (It's not quite as 'buy everything!' as I would have thought.)

If anyone was wondering what damage control looks like...

Each different maniple has an additional benefit – for the Axiom, it allows orders to continue to be issued even if one Titan fails a Command check, while the Venator Light Maniple allows a Reaver Titan to make additional attacks when a Warhound from the maniple collapses an enemy’s void shields.

Interesting! Not too sure about the first one. Sometimes it feels like GW deliberately introduces rules for control, morale etc. just so they can then hand out special rules to cirumvent them. The second one seems really characterful though and should encourage aggressive play and pack tactics.

I hope to see a detailed review vid of the rulebook on YT soon. If there's decent writing and pics (and not just rules), it may make the difference between me buying the GM box, or just buying two or three Titans and some Knights (as the GM scenery and data cards or w/e they are have no value to me, and neither does a book consisting entirely of rules).

richstrach wrote:
https://www.warhammer-community.com/2018/08/09/9th-aug-getting-started-with-adeptus-titanicusgw-homepage-post-4fw-homepage-post-3/

New post up on the Warhammer Community site about how to get started with the game. (It's not quite as 'buy everything!' as I would have thought.)

If you and a friend are planning to collect Adeptus Titanicus, we’d suggest picking up a Grand Master Edition plus the Rules Set. Split the models, and you’ll each have a complete set of rules content, plus a Warlord and unit of Questoris Knights – a great start and enough to get playing smaller games.

I always wanted to get playing smaller games (4 minis games per side, that is) for the smaller price of $175 per player.