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Sending assassins after titans seems daft except to assasinate the princeps on their lunchbreak.

Yeah. Instead we need Epic-scale Primarchs to recreate that Sanguinius scene from Titandeath.

 Irbis wrote:

GoatboyBeta wrote:
If we do get six more Titan types I hope the maniple rules get a rework. With nine chassis in the mix the amount of combinations(and duplication) would be ridiculous.

Wouldn't that be trivially easy? Just change maniples to [light], [medium], and [heavy] slots, done. Some might be locked to particular type of titan (like Gryphonicus heavy use of Reavers) but besides that, it would require literally five minutes of work to make an errata...

Oh sure. Something like scale 5-6 Titans in the former Warhound slots, scale 7-8 in the Reaver slots, 9-10 in the Warlord slots. Certain maniple text may need reworked to be less specific.

Well, if the Battle of Kado is on the horizon then Hell Knights are a given.

Kewl.

What are Hell Knights?

Never mind. Just searched them and I remembered as soon as I saw them.

Mr.Giggles wrote:
What are Hell Knights?

They're Knights from Hell, but thats not important right now.

Basically they were traitor Knights that were once very naughty by sneaking up on an Imperator and yelling "HA-HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!". The poor sod was never the same again. They look a bit like a Monty Python cartoon toad running around with a cannon on top of its head.

Thanks SamusDrake. I found the old epic models for them. Do you remember if they had any interesting rules, that were different to normal knights?

Cor blimey, for me thats going back to the early 90s and sadly never had the pleasure to field them in Space Marine 2nd edition. I think they were mentioned in the rule book but for the life of me can't remember much of the rules - let alone particular units.

Others would definitely have to chime in here.

Mr.Giggles wrote:
Thanks SamusDrake. I found the old epic models for them. Do you remember if they had any interesting rules, that were different to normal knights?

In Space Marine/Titan Legions they were at -1 "to hit" due to the 'Glamour of Slaanesh" and they could make a free reposition move of up to 30cm (their normal move!) after deployment and before orders were placed to represent their infiltrate/ambush ability.

The also possessed some nice weaponry. Mid-range and it packed a punch.

I'm in the process of painting up a bunch of all 5 types of Chaos Knights and Scout Titans to add to my growing Chaos army...

Alpharius, be sure to show us a picture of your progress in the projects thread. Would really like to see your collection!

@Alpharius I second the request to see your collection.

Oh and also, thanks for answering my question.

https://www.warhammer-community.com/2020/01/29/new-reveals-from-nuremberggw-homepage-post-1/

Fresh stuff! A new warmaster boxed set focusing on smaller titan models; a new terrain set AND the Warbringer Nemesis Titan - the artillery titan. It can also swap weapons from the reaver class titans.

Honestly looks like a great set of stuff, there's two new things (terrain and titan) and an ideal starter/expansion boxed set as well.

Plus a new campaign book.
edit - so, £150 value in the new starter? How much will it go for, any saving? £100 seems cheap but something inbetween £100-150 seems an odd number.

Oh hells yeah!

So much good stuff! And hopefully Audax rules and ursus claws coming with them! And psi-Titans? There's my loyalist force!
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Holy crud, is this going to be expensive.

The Warbringer looks good. Always liked the full scale model, was hoping we’d get it in a size I could afford soon.

JWBS wrote:
Plus a new campaign book.
edit - so, £150 value in the new starter? How much will it go for, any saving? £100 seems cheap but something inbetween £100-150 seems an odd number.

Will be interesting to see, but the content sure looks like a better starter set for most folks.

Great release, great starter set, add a Warlord and you've got a full Maniple. Maybe this gets some locals into the game. The only thing that could be better was if the new titan could take standard Warlord carapace weapons along with Reaver arm weapons.

Particularly happy to see the Reavers are one of each weapons wise. That’ll really help people wanting to get into the game, as all the Titans come with all the plastic weapons available.

 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
Particularly happy to see the Reavers are one of each weapons wise. That’ll really help people wanting to get into the game, as all the Titans come with all the plastic weapons available.

Yep! Looks like a real strong push to grow this gem of a game!

A Cerastus banner require 2 knights, So splitting them from the box is out of the question, it's just 1 extra sprue....


Warbringer look nice, but I was waiting for the Rapier to really bring a fast melee titan to the table, we already got plenty of anchor-shooty titans...

Well that was a pleasant suprise Basing the cranes on the ones shown in the Calth black book is a nice touch.

Some sexy images for the work blocked

This new supplement details the Crusade of Iron following the Betrayal at Calth, expanding on the background for various Legions. It contains rules for the Psi-Titans of Ordo Sinister, new Knight Houses and maniples, narrative missions and campaigns taking place across an entire sub-sector or solar system. There’s a lot of content packed into this book – we’ll take a deeper look closer to its release.

Really interested tto read about the Ordo Sinister....

 xttz wrote:

Something I noticed on the downloadable terminal PDFs is that they all say copyright GW 2020, despite being released in May 2019. Perhaps they were redesigned as part of a new starter box / relaunch next year?

Called it

Maybe the Castigator bolt cannon also got a stat changed.....

Chopstick wrote:
A Cerastus banner require 2 knights, So splitting them from the box is out of the question, it's just 1 extra sprue....


Warbringer look nice, but I was waiting for the Rapier to really bring a fast melee titan to the table, we already got plenty of anchor-shooty titans...

I want the Rapier too since the scuttlebutt is that my Audax nutters will be allowed to field them. But it makes some sense for them to appear alongside the Kado book if they end up being the precursor to the old Slaaneshi engines.

I'm still surprised that we're getting Sinister with this book. I'm guessing those will involve resin upgrade kits. Previous fluff had Sinister fielding Warlords exclusively, but maybe a slight retcon is coming...?

GoatboyBeta wrote:
Well that was a pleasant suprise Basing the cranes on the ones shown in the Calth black book is a nice touch.

And that's a great catch.

And OMG are those Epic scaled munitorum containers!

 lord_blackfang wrote:
And OMG are those Epic scaled munitorum containers!

Was literally thinking this week that my table needs some small scatter-type terrain to add character.

All around great releases for AT18!

I have to say that I'm chuffed that we'll finally have rules for Psi-Titans!

 lord_blackfang wrote:
And OMG are those Epic scaled munitorum containers!

I like the terrain, but those barrels are probably a bit too large then!

Mixed feelings about it but there is no denying its a strong preview and start to 2020. Let them have their moment of triumph.