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 Mr_Rose wrote:

 gorgon wrote:
Where there's a whale, there's a way.

I wonder if anyone out there is wealthy and interested enough to say to FW/GW something like “OK, here’s a deal: if you guys design it, I will pay for the mould and first pressing, straight up. Seriously, here’s the number of my concierge at the bank, call her up when you have a price” and mean it…

If there is, how do we get them to make a Capitol Imperialis for 40k... :-P

 Agamemnon2 wrote:
If there is, how do we get them to make a Capitol Imperialis for 40k... :-P

A re-imagined Capitol Imperialis would be awesome. (And would fit into the existing rules without to much trouble.)

I don't think it's outside the realm of possibility.

It would be dope, I wonder how big it would be, like 40k Cerastus height? or porphyrion?

Racerguy180 wrote:
It would be dope, I wonder how big it would be, like 40k Cerastus height? or porphyrion?

In AT scale? It's 50 meters tall, warlord is 33m so about 1.5 warlord tall. 80mm long so bit over 2 warlord put sideway.

In 40k scale...well same except use 40k warlord

I'd bet a Malcador defender in 40k scale would make a decent standin in AT scale.

Pre-order next week.

https://www.warhammer-community.com/2020/02/02/new-tau-new-titans-and-more/

Content of the new scenery set.

Next week pretty much all the new AT stuff comes

https://www.warhammer-community.com/2020/02/02/new-tau-new-titans-and-more/

New Titan, new starting set, new terrain set. So that wasn't a long wait at all from the previews and very fast start of the year for new stuff for AT!

Soon, you’ll notice that new Titan models (starting with the Warbringer Nemesis) will be supplied with a card-style Command Terminal right in the box – we’ll continue to offer the heavier board versions separately if you prefer them. A new style pack with terminals for a Warlord, Warbringer Nemesis, Reaver, and two Warhounds will be up for pre-order next weekend.

That's an interesting change in direction...

Plenty to go on the shopping list next week then

The transfers are interesting. Could Metallica and Ignatum feature in Shadow and Iron?

By the wording it's probably mean a (folded) printed piece of paper.

Chopstick wrote:
By the wording it's probably mean a (folded) printed piece of paper.

Card, so the material they make the posters in the bigger box sets out of. I hope they do a standalone set of warbringer terminals, I could use a pack of 3 or 5 of them without the other classes.

I'm curious what the next terrain wave is going to be. More mechanicum type buildings? Fortifications? Ruins?

I like the scenery a lot more than those offered by Forgeworld. I hope that next scenery release will be ruined versions of previously released items with additional debris you could use to decorate bases with. Or an actual basing kit with sculpted bases.

More wreck titan/knight bit like the Warlord head in the Accessory kit.

A knights and titans forgeshrine/hangar bay!

Terrain bit odd in that it's fairly irrelevant in game though. Okay 40k terrain isn't much better in 40k without house rules but what effect this tiny terrain is going to have?

tneva82 wrote:
Terrain bit odd in that it's fairly irrelevant in game though. Okay 40k terrain isn't much better in 40k without house rules but what effect this tiny terrain is going to have?

The silos look like they could provide cover for Knights and Warhounds, as well as acting as a movement obstacle for the bigger Titans. But personally I'm seeing a lot basing scatter and objectives in this set.

The terminals are certainly the most objectionable hidden cost of the game. This feels like a relaunch of the game - a proper one.


I don't suppose anyone of you fine princeps have any inside information as to the prices for the new items?

SamusDrake wrote:
The terminals are certainly the most objectionable hidden cost of the game. This feels like a relaunch of the game - a proper one.


I don't suppose anyone of you fine princeps have any inside information as to the prices for the new items?

those will leak tomorrow

Well that didn’t take long! Hopefully we get details about the book content this week.

I've made up my mind and I'm gonna get into this proper. currently have just a pair of Cerastus Knights I was gonna use as tests for a 30/40k scale one.

I'm not interested in the warlord chassis so the new box is way more appealing than the GME.

Finally Metalica transfers(gonna use it for my 40k Metalica Army)! It'll be cool to see what this year has to bring us.

tneva82 wrote:

those will leak tomorrow

Cool beans!

Not liking that Metalica icon redesign :(

Old house Krast, not raven for the knights too... weird.

The firewasps sheet is lovely, wish I didn’t have such an attachment to the 90’s legion of choice.

Guess I can use the old campaign badge from all the 40k sheets as it’s basically the same as the new non coloured logo.

Was really looking forward to seeing this sheet too.

New scenery is nice though.

tneva82 wrote:
Terrain bit odd in that it's fairly irrelevant in game though. Okay 40k terrain isn't much better in 40k without house rules but what effect this tiny terrain is going to have?

It's there to look good, simple enough. Bigger houses, hills and such block LoS, this stuff makes the places look more lived in and less of a random mish mash one sees too often. Playing on proper layouts, like looking at maps and pictures, just happens to be more satisfying when there's meaning and story behind them.

 JonWebb wrote:
Not liking that Metalica icon redesign :(

You mean how the skull lost it’s goofy hat?
I always hated that thing, myself…

Kinda weird that Ordo Sinister is headlining this book so far, with Ignatus and Metalica the others being confirmed (I guess Praesagius being on the cover counts too, LOL). But we’ll see what this week’s info brings...

 Mr_Rose wrote:

 JonWebb wrote:
Not liking that Metalica icon redesign :(

You mean how the skull lost it’s goofy hat?
I always hated that thing, myself…

The hat and the wings, yes

I never associated Metalica with the crossbones either, though it is present on some of the titans (the Warlord being the most obvious example). I prefer the Imperator version with wings for sure.

I'm a sucker for 90's goofiness, I won't lie.

Something about this new skull and eye lens looks off to me.

Still, saves me a few quid, so can't complain too much .

Chopstick wrote:
Content of the new scenery set.

SNIP

That's very nice, and there's more bits than I was expecting. Good news.

Really do like the new Legio Metalica sheet. The fact that House Krast knights is the original livery from way back in the day is a very nice touch. I've been bebating whether to pursue Legio Metalica for my loyalist legion and this sheet cements that. Roll on Old Three Skulls...

 schoon wrote:

 Agamemnon2 wrote:
If there is, how do we get them to make a Capitol Imperialis for 40k... :-P

A re-imagined Capitol Imperialis would be awesome. (And would fit into the existing rules without to much trouble.)

I don't think it's outside the realm of possibility.

I'd be okay with this. The stats on paper do make CI to be kind of unusable even in Titanicus scale, but I'd love to get some kind of superheavy command vehicle in 40k scale, something like a much bigger Damocles. I'd love for it to be something gigantomassive like a CI or a Leviathan, but I guess I could settle for a Dracosan or Crassus variant.

They did have a few new concepts back when Epic: Armageddon was on its release cycle:







Personally, I'm hoping to see the Ordinatus make an appearance. The Dispersion shields should protect them from the Titan's firepower and their Warlord Titan class weapons are enough to deal damage. And that's just the Ordinatus Minoris. They could be formed into some sort of Ordiantus War Battery of 1-3 armed with their esoteric weapons. The sonic cannon could be an interesting weapon to disrupt Warhound squadrons for example.

TACTICS:

(all speculation)
the new titan, speculation on the rules, its main gun will be a slightly weaker quake cannon, with the barrage rule, ability to fire at targets out of line of sight
that being said,
this will have a massive impact on game groups whos meta is dominated by knights
just one of these in a normal game, will effectively shut down knight spam,
my local meta rarely uses knights, so it will have a very minor impact on our game group

Ordo Sinister
this has me worried,
the core rule book has rules listed for warp weapons and vortex weapons
as it stands, only the warp missile is currently in game that has the warp rule, and is a one use weapon system, mounted on a reaver
nothing in the game uses the vortex rule, however, historically, there was the vortex missile, also a one shot weapon system, that could be mounted on reavers or warlords

speculation on the rules, that the arm weapon will be a "warp" weapon
this will be a massive game changer

speculation, a player can only ever take ONE of these titans, has to be loyalist, and its one titan selected as a support titan for a regular titan legio
the points better be stupid high, hopeing that they are for narrative play only and NOT for matched play