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 totalfailure wrote:

JWBS wrote:


Any particular HH books with lots of Titan fluff? Or is it an even spread throughout the series?

As far as the Heresy novels go, Mechanicum by Graham McNeill is probably your best bet for Titan action. It covers the civil war on Mars, and the rise of the Dark Mechanicum. Titan warfare plays an important role in the later parts of the book.
https://www.blacklibrary.com/all-products/Mechanicum-eBook.html

in fact one of the narrative scenarios in the game is taken from this book

https://twitter.com/GrahamMcNeill/status/1028657193183145984

This guy is putting out some very nice Titanicus vids. He's quite erudite and gives a good narrative. The imagery is also inspiring

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8AaO8zkIoxbUp1_p0rl13g/videos


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 reds8n wrote:

 totalfailure wrote:

JWBS wrote:


Any particular HH books with lots of Titan fluff? Or is it an even spread throughout the series?

As far as the Heresy novels go, Mechanicum by Graham McNeill is probably your best bet for Titan action. It covers the civil war on Mars, and the rise of the Dark Mechanicum. Titan warfare plays an important role in the later parts of the book.
https://www.blacklibrary.com/all-products/Mechanicum-eBook.html

in fact one of the narrative scenarios in the game is taken from this book

https://twitter.com/GrahamMcNeill/status/1028657193183145984

Yeah mate, unfortunately I'm not much of a McNiel fan tbh. "Storm of Iron" was one of my first BL books and I loved it, but his subsequent output left me thoroughly disappointed (and SoI didn't hold up when I tried a re-read a few years later). Maybe he's improved, but so many BL authors get 4 star reviews on Amazon and I always find these reviews to be incredibly generous, IMO, to the point that I've given up on BL entirely (except for Abnett, whose novels range from stellar to turgid, but mostly very good, so I'm always willing to take a risk on him). I know I'm probably missing out on a lot of gems with this outlook but I've bought so many BL books that I've dropped after 20 pages that I'm not willing to give them my money anymore.

JWBS wrote:
This guy is putting out some very nice Titanicus vids. He's quite erudite and gives a good narrative. The imagery is also inspiring

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8AaO8zkIoxbUp1_p0rl13g/videos

I just watched the Legio Fureans video, I love at around 12:50 "Reviler titan" "designed exclusively as an inferno cannon platform". Sounds like a nice potential addition but maybe very legion specific.

So on release there will only be 1 titan with 1 weapon load out available? Or am I missing something? I'd love to pick it up but I'd rather not get into a game that only has a fraction of the models available.

Mendi Warrior wrote:

JWBS wrote:
This guy is putting out some very nice Titanicus vids. He's quite erudite and gives a good narrative. The imagery is also inspiring

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8AaO8zkIoxbUp1_p0rl13g/videos

I just watched the Legio Fureans video, I love at around 12:50 "Reviler titan" "designed exclusively as an inferno cannon platform". Sounds like a nice potential addition but maybe very legion specific.

Haha yeah. "We just want a thing to burn other things. It needs legs to get close enough, but massive flamers and legs is all that we require".

 knas wrote:
So on release there will only be 1 titan with 1 weapon load out available? Or am I missing something? I'd love to pick it up but I'd rather not get into a game that only has a fraction of the models available.

In terms of plastic, sadly, yes. The Warlord only comes with Apocalypse Missile Launchers and Belicosa Volcano Cannons. The weapon cards for a slew of other weapons are included in the game though. It's up to you and your opponents if you're cool with proxying the weapons before the upgrade kits come out.

 knas wrote:
So on release there will only be 1 titan with 1 weapon load out available? Or am I missing something? I'd love to pick it up but I'd rather not get into a game that only has a fraction of the models available.

There will be one Titan with one loadout *on the sprue*, but the rules contain weapon cards for lots of Warlord arm & carapace weapons so you can still play with variation until the actual weapons arrive as an upgrade sprue. Also, the Reaver is out probably next month and the Warhound the month after, so it's not that long a wait to have the classic "triad" of Titans available.

Wish we'd at least get the accesoaries for guns on saturday :( Alright, thanks guys

 knas wrote:
Wish we'd at least get the accesoaries for guns on saturday :( Alright, thanks guys

I'll be surprised if we don't get details of them this weekend. There's two seminars covering specialist games / AT at Warhammerfest.

 knas wrote:
Wish we'd at least get the accesoaries for guns on saturday :( Alright, thanks guys

Knight weapons may be your best proxies. Or even just 28mm heavy weapons. They won't look exactly like engine weapons w/o extensive modification, but with a bit of chopping and changing they can definitely do the trick.

I'd look at 40k-scale vehicle-mounted weapons as proxies, personally. Or Contemptor Dreadnought weapons. Infantry weaponry would be a good source for carapace weapons.

40k SPace Marine heavy weapons made good proxies for arming the old metal Warlord titan, but it's half the size now.

JWBS wrote:

 knas wrote:
Wish we'd at least get the accesoaries for guns on saturday :( Alright, thanks guys

Knight weapons may be your best proxies. Or even just 28mm heavy weapons. They won't look exactly like engine weapons w/o extensive modification, but with a bit of chopping and changing they can definitely do the trick.

Spare shieldbreaker missiles off the castellan/valiant kit look about perfect to use as warp missile batteries on the warlord. And the arms off the redemptor dreadnought seem like good starting points for the macro gattler, plasma destructor, and arioch fist with gattler.

Does anyone know what the full weapon selection is gonna be?

http://pro.bols.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Warlord-Weapons-1.jpg

http://pro.bols.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Reaver-Titan-Loadout-1.jpg

Warhound is the original:
Plasma blastgun
Turbolaser
Inferno gun
Vulcan megabolter

 MajorWesJanson wrote:

JWBS wrote:

 knas wrote:
Wish we'd at least get the accesoaries for guns on saturday :( Alright, thanks guys

Knight weapons may be your best proxies. Or even just 28mm heavy weapons. They won't look exactly like engine weapons w/o extensive modification, but with a bit of chopping and changing they can definitely do the trick.

Spare shieldbreaker missiles off the castellan/valiant kit look about perfect to use as warp missile batteries on the warlord. And the arms off the redemptor dreadnought seem like good starting points for the macro gattler, plasma destructor, and arioch fist with gattler.

I've gotten good use from the Cadian heavy team for my Knights, as secondary weapon systems. Auto, Bolter, Las (converted into big stubbers), even the mortar and the missile launcher might be useful. A decent selection with lots of spares, reasonably priced too. Yeah, I think 40k weapons will be the go-to for Warlord proxies.

Looking at that, the warp missile and vulvan mega-bolter on the Reaver, and the Vulcan array, mori quake cannon and macro-gatling blaster on the Warlord are new weapons (or at least, parts we've never seen on those titans yet).

I'd like to see asymmetrical carapace weapons, but I'll not lose any sleep over it.

If they have the rules in the box, but not the models on the sprue I wonder how long it'll take for certain resin-producing companies to produce versions for players to buy.

It is surprising considering GW's current stance - that said GW might have decided that its not as much a worry as it might be for upgrades as opposed to full models. Plus I'm fairly sure they won't leave us without those upgrade sprues for long - heck I wouldn't be surprised if they appear before the Reavers

 zedmeister wrote:


Aye, Legio Tempestus have a new look:

WHERE DID YOU GET THIS?????????????

My guess is that we'll see more weapons presented this weekend

 xttz wrote:


Warhound is the original:
Plasma blastgun
Turbolaser
Inferno gun
Vulcan megabolter

Multiple rocket launchers were also a possibility for warhounds if not mistaken.

 KTG17 wrote:
WHERE DID YOU GET THIS?????????????

(Horus Heresy IV: Conquest)

Oh man I was lukewarm before this, BUT NOW I AM STOKED! Going to paint up a group of loyalists and a group of traitors and my traitors are using this scheme.

And then I will conquer the world and make you all my slaves.


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Do you have a pic of the new Warlord in this scheme?

Here's some more schemes - Legio Crucius aka Warmongers. Forgeworld: Ryza






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 KTG17 wrote:
Do you have a pic of the new Warlord in this scheme?

Unfortunately not. They've only done the Reaver and Warhound

 KTG17 wrote:

 zedmeister wrote:


Aye, Legio Tempestus have a new look:

WHERE DID YOU GET THIS?????????????

If you don't have the Conquest book you can check out this link I posted a few pages back http://warhammer40k.wikia.com/wiki/Collegia_Titanica


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This one's quite beautiful, and sinister. Mortis I think





And Tempestus (from here on Dakka)

 KTG17 wrote:
Do you have a pic of the new Warlord in this scheme?

Reaver with an Alternative Loadout:

Now that is one scheme I really like! Always been a sucker for gold, red and black schemes.

 Overread wrote:

Spoiler:

JWBS wrote:
This one's quite beautiful, and sinister. Mortis I think

Now that is one scheme I really like! Always been a sucker for gold, red and black schemes.

Agreed. Red and Black. Life and Death. Sorry, I'm getting poetical

Check out the 360, it's even more impressive
https://www.forgeworld.co.uk/en-SE/Warlord-Titan-Sunfury-Plasma-Annihilator?_requestid=4583109

I miss the urban camo on the carapaces, though ...

I still think the mottled grey of the War Griffons is one of the best schemes, even though my 40k Warhound is in the colours of the Death's Heads and my existing Epic titans are Warp Runners and Tiger Eyes.

 AndrewGPaul wrote:
I miss the urban camo on the carapaces, though ...

I still think the mottled grey of the War Griffons is one of the best schemes, even though my 40k Warhound is in the colours of the Death's Heads and my existing Epic titans are Warp Runners and Tiger Eyes.

Yeah. It always made sense to me that everything in 40k should really be in camo, as opposed to neon yellow or shining gold. But I eventually accepted that the aesthetics demand otherwise (not saying that camo doesn't look good, but if everything was in camo, that wouldn't be good).

JWBS wrote:

 AndrewGPaul wrote:
I miss the urban camo on the carapaces, though ...

I still think the mottled grey of the War Griffons is one of the best schemes, even though my 40k Warhound is in the colours of the Death's Heads and my existing Epic titans are Warp Runners and Tiger Eyes.

Yeah. It always made sense to me that everything in 40k should really be in camo, as opposed to neon yellow or shining gold. But I eventually accepted that the aesthetics demand otherwise (not saying that camo doesn't look good, but if everything was in camo, that wouldn't be good).

I always figured that most things in 40K were so large, or disproportionate, to their environment that camouflage never mattered.

It's pretty hard to miss an 8 foot tall Marine walking around among "normal" men, let alone shriveled up workers.

Titans that can step on multi-storied buildings would be no different.