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October it seems, the sooner the better

MarkNorfolk wrote:

Knight weapons points are on the back of their control card.

Are there any restrictions on what you can take? Can you have Knights with double battlecannons or double chainswords?

Edit: I found the answer in a youtube preview.

Each knight is armed with two weapons options from the following list in any combination:
Melee weapon 5pts
Avenger gatling cannon 5pts
Thermal cannon 10pts
Rapid fire battlecannon 10pts

Any knight can also be fitted with either or both of the following:
Stormspear rocket pod 15?pts
Meltagun 15pts

 xttz wrote:

MarkNorfolk wrote:

Knight weapons points are on the back of their control card.

Are there any restrictions on what you can take? Can you have Knights with double battlecannons or double chainswords?

Edit: I found the answer in a youtube preview.

Each knight is armed with two weapons options from the following list in any combination:
Melee weapon 5pts
Avenger gatling cannon 5pts
Thermal cannon 10pts
Rapid fire battlecannon 10pts

Any knight can also be fitted with either or both of the following:
Stormspear rocket pod 15?pts
Meltagun 15pts

Also, it’s 35pts each for extra knights, up to +3, but you probably saw that too.

 xttz wrote:

MarkNorfolk wrote:

Knight weapons points are on the back of their control card.

Edit: I found the answer in a youtube preview.

They show you the card. on GW store page.......

Mendi Warrior wrote:
Yes but as the song goes "I want it all"

One thing I definitely see coming is a revisited Banelord Khorne titan, it is too iconic to leave out

I’m hoping the Slaaneshi Knights also put in an appearance.

Hey wait a sec - this is all set in the Horus Herasy period right?

You know what this means don't you. Forget Chaos and Imperial titans and forget the advance toward the Xeno titans - this is in the Pre-Tyranid era which can mean only one thing



SQUATS!


Yes we could see the towering Leviathan - the long thundering land train - the massive artillery and ranged battery that is the Cyclops! Maybe even see them get their mighty Hellbore drill (that makes the mole look like a worm). Not forgetting their vast mega cannon artillery too (yes its not just a basilisk it was a titanic bit of artillery)

I like your thinking! Goliath mega cannons is what you were remembering.

Though, as an aside, I wonder if we'll see the Ordinatus Majoris...?

 xttz wrote:

[i]Each knight is armed with two weapons options from the following list in any combination:
Melee weapon 5pts
Avenger gatling cannon 5pts
Thermal cannon 10pts
Rapid fire battlecannon 10pts

*Looks at Codex IK weapon options*
*Looks again at Titanicus IK weapon options*
Son of a.....

GoatboyBeta wrote:

 xttz wrote:

[i]Each knight is armed with two weapons options from the following list in any combination:
Melee weapon 5pts
Avenger gatling cannon 5pts
Thermal cannon 10pts
Rapid fire battlecannon 10pts

*Looks at Codex IK weapon options*
*Looks again at Titanicus IK weapon options*
Son of a.....

Pay no attention to the knight in the bottom right

I hope they release that missile pod. I'd also like those two heads on the bottom right, the very knightly looking ones. Plus since the rules say knight melee weapon, they could easily just release a powerfist/power sword for aesthetic variety.

Chopstick wrote:

 xttz wrote:

MarkNorfolk wrote:

Knight weapons points are on the back of their control card.

Edit: I found the answer in a youtube preview.

They show you the card. on GW store page.......

Haha thanks! I didn't think to look there.

Now I'm wondering if it's worth building a Knight 'gallant' banner with all double chainswords, dropping six S7 hits into a titan's rear armour.

Or even how practical it is to magnetise Knight weapons.

 Thargrim wrote:
I hope they release that missile pod. I'd also like those two heads on the bottom right, the very knightly looking ones. Plus since the rules say knight melee weapon, they could easily just release a powerfist/power sword for aesthetic variety.

they've sound they wanna do a upgrade sprue with a thunderfist gauntlet for exactly that reason

 zedmeister wrote:
[Pay no attention to the knight in the bottom right

Spoiler:

Gah that image has been taunting me ever since the first AT seminars Not only with the double gat in the bottom right, but with the crowned head variant on the left as well. But seeing as the two existing FW heads shown are now OOP I guess its something we will never see

 Overread wrote:
Hey wait a sec - this is all set in the Horus Herasy period right?

You know what this means don't you. Forget Chaos and Imperial titans and forget the advance toward the Xeno titans - this is in the Pre-Tyranid era which can mean only one thing



SQUATS!


Yes we could see the towering Leviathan - the long thundering land train - the massive artillery and ranged battery that is the Cyclops! Maybe even see them get their mighty Hellbore drill (that makes the mole look like a worm). Not forgetting their vast mega cannon artillery too (yes its not just a basilisk it was a titanic bit of artillery)

ooooooooooohhhhhhhhhhweeeeeee dont even get me riled up. an AT scale land train would be dope.

Lots of people are looking at the Dropzone Commander Ruinscape for terrain as it is good and cheap now. It's not super gothic, but comes with 20 buildings of various sizes.

I did a quick video on it.

https://youtu.be/XYxFzKvBeA4

Ben2 wrote:
Lots of people are looking at the Dropzone Commander Ruinscape for terrain as it is good and cheap now. It's not super gothic, but comes with 20 buildings of various sizes.

I did a quick video on it.

https://youtu.be/XYxFzKvBeA4

Dropzone commander cardboard buildings are pretty good.

Epic Squats - http://chaossquats.blogspot.com/2013/07/squats-epic-40k-update.html

Land Train, the only studio pic I could find, there are bigger ones painted by hobbyists https://1d4chan.org/wiki/Land_Train (I believe you could make them longer or shorter too?)

Khorne Daemon engines Here (Lord of Battle holds up best IMO, aside from Banelord Titan) http://warhammer40k.wikia.com/wiki/Lord_of_Battles

Dropzone battlefields https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=Dropzone+Ruinscape&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjH85q-xOncAhXDIcAKHSe-DL8Q_AUIDCgD&biw=2133&bih=1047

JWBS wrote:
Epic Squats - http://chaossquats.blogspot.com/2013/07/squats-epic-40k-update.html

Khorne Daemon engines Here (Lord of Battle holds up best IMO, aside from Banelord Titan) http://warhammer40k.wikia.com/wiki/Lord_of_Battles

Dropzone battlefields https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=Dropzone+Ruinscape&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjH85q-xOncAhXDIcAKHSe-DL8Q_AUIDCgD&biw=2133&bih=1047

Ahh darn the Dino Riding Eldar! Another fantastic dream of the 80s lost to the depths of time!

 Overread wrote:

JWBS wrote:
Epic Squats - http://chaossquats.blogspot.com/2013/07/squats-epic-40k-update.html

Khorne Daemon engines Here (Lord of Battle holds up best IMO, aside from Banelord Titan) http://warhammer40k.wikia.com/wiki/Lord_of_Battles

Dropzone battlefields https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=Dropzone+Ruinscape&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjH85q-xOncAhXDIcAKHSe-DL8Q_AUIDCgD&biw=2133&bih=1047

Ahh darn the Dino Riding Eldar! Another fantastic dream of the 80s lost to the depths of time!

Did they ever do a 40K version of Chrone world Eldar?

Far as I recall never. I think there were some big conversions around that era but nothing official was ever done. It's now one of those bits of lore that has slipped to the side and almost been forgotten - which translates to GW not wanting/having the money to invest in the line. Which makes sense, only old-timers in the hobby know of them and even they need reminding of them now and then so there's no pressure or call for them.

I'm looking forward to seeing both what GW and other mini companies do with the terrain in this scale.

There's room for some epic stuff (pun intended).

Got those two Warlords painted up - and (to my eyes) they look seriously stompy!



For interest, I put some painting notes and more photos together: https://ttgamingdiary.wordpress.com/2018/08/13/battle-titans/

Short version: these models really look the part and (apart from the armour 'edging') paint up very quickly. Must have more!

Mongoos those look great! Though your link is to the photo not the article

 Overread wrote:
Mongoos those look great! Though your link is to the photo not the article

My bad completely, should be okay now. Sorry!

Very nice, Mongoose! Is a battle report already in the works? We need to see some heavy metal crashing around

 Sherrypie wrote:
Very nice, Mongoose! Is a battle report already in the works? We need to see some heavy metal crashing around

I think a battle report (or three) has to be done Giving the rules a spin tomorrow night, I'll see how it goes...

 zedmeister wrote:

GoatboyBeta wrote:

 xttz wrote:

[i]Each knight is armed with two weapons options from the following list in any combination:
Melee weapon 5pts
Avenger gatling cannon 5pts
Thermal cannon 10pts
Rapid fire battlecannon 10pts

*Looks at Codex IK weapon options*
*Looks again at Titanicus IK weapon options*
Son of a.....

Pay no attention to the knight in the bottom right

Spoiler:

Its so annoying you can't take a Warden with twin Gatlings and a Missile Pod.

Not like there is precedent or anything...

I hope a Knight weapons sprue will be forthcoming. By my maths a ranged support banner of three Knights with twin rapid-fire battlecannons (possibly padded with some missile pods to be sure) should strip the shields off a Warlord in one volley!

 Overread wrote:
Hey wait a sec - this is all set in the Horus Herasy period right?

You know what this means don't you. Forget Chaos and Imperial titans and forget the advance toward the Xeno titans - this is in the Pre-Tyranid era which can mean only one thing



SQUATS!


Yes we could see the towering Leviathan - the long thundering land train - the massive artillery and ranged battery that is the Cyclops! Maybe even see them get their mighty Hellbore drill (that makes the mole look like a worm). Not forgetting their vast mega cannon artillery too (yes its not just a basilisk it was a titanic bit of artillery)

Don´t get your hopes up. It is more likely that they quit selling the AT box for a while and then reintroduce it in late 2019 like they have done in the past with Space Hulk & BB. It takes guts to invest in a new game and I don´t see GW doing it. Space Marine/Epic was imo the best game in the 40K setting. You had it all: Titans, infantry, bike, artillery and tank companies. Lots of different templates. LOL, noobs of today would fight with tooth & claw to prevent the reintroduction of said templates. Rules were also very detailed for certain weapon types and not everything was pressed into a boring standard weapon profile like it is now.
And think about the prices when they reintroduce Squats. How much are you willing to pay for a Colossus, Leviathan or Land Train? I shudder at the thought of their potential price range. I have done a lot of demo games in the past for various tabletop games and people tend to only invest in skirmish games with a few models (Freebooter´s Fate, Infinity, etc.). The thought of getting into a new game with astronomical prices like AT would be like a slap in their faces.

Odds of squats coming back is pretty slim. First they would need to fix the issue they had in the first place. No good concept designers felt excited about. Tyranids or not that's not going away easily.