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**beast_gts**

Gunrunner1775 wrote:
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

The Sinistramanus Tenebrae isn't that different from the Belicosa Pattern Volcano Cannon in 30k (more anti-infantry than anti-tank) - I'm more interested in how they handle psychic powers...

Spoiler:

**Mad Doc Grotsnik**

Found on FB AT Group. Looks legit but salt at the ready.

£90.00 for the Starter set is a superb price point.

**beast_gts**

Starter box is cheaper than I was expecting and the Warbringer is about right. No mention of new weapon cards.

**xttz**

Wow that's unexpected. Really thought the starter set would be £100-110, while the Warbringer is pretty close in size to a Reaver but costs over 50% more.

**Mad Doc Grotsnik**

Could be reflecting it’s unlikely to be a kit a player will buy that many of?

**beast_gts**

xttz wrote:
Wow that's unexpected. Really thought the starter set would be £100-110, while the Warbringer is pretty close in size to a Reaver but costs over 50% more.

It's taller and bulkier than the Reaver, and (as MDG said) it's not a kit they'll likely sell multiples of. Priced between the Reaver & Warlord seems about right.

**Gunrunner1775**

I will take 3 please

**zedmeister**

There goes the wallet...

**tneva82**

Agamemnon2 wrote:
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.

In 40k you would struggle to FIT the model on board...Warlord is nearly 2 feet tall in 40k(according to FW web page). So CI would over 4 feet tall...So literally longer than most people's board! And about 3 feet tall...

Even in AT it would be quite ridiculous at like over feet long...

**beast_gts**

tneva82 wrote:
Agamemnon2 wrote:
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.

In 40k you would struggle to FIT the model on board...Warlord is nearly 2 feet tall in 40k(according to FW web page). So CI would over 4 feet tall...So literally longer than most people's board! And about 3 feet tall...

Even in AT it would be quite ridiculous at like over feet long...

Well, the T'au Manta exists...

**SamusDrake**

The prices for the starter and warbringer seem far too cheap and expensive, respectively. The book and scenery do sound about right though.

The starter set is almost 50% discount and if true...get it! Sounds a little too fantastic though...

The Warbringer, unless the quake cannon is resin, he ought to be no more than £50. Is the included card terminal going push the price up on future kits? Hmmmm...

Personally, I think it might just be the scenery for now and wait for the next bus.

**Agamemnon2**

tneva82 wrote:
Agamemnon2 wrote:

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.

In 40k you would struggle to FIT the model on board...Warlord is nearly 2 feet tall in 40k(according to FW web page). So CI would over 4 feet tall...So literally longer than most people's board! And about 3 feet tall...

Even in AT it would be quite ridiculous at like over feet long...

To be fair, titan scale has been wildly inconsistent across multiple novels and other sources as well.

**JWBS**

I'm quite disappointed with the new prices, despite the starter being very steeply discounted (£165 of stuff for £90 is pretty great). I was expecting £45 for the Warbringer, the +50% markup over a Reaver seems too much. Since I need two Warbringers and zero Reavers or Warhounds I'm a little bit sad, but overall this is great for most people buying into AT, which is something to be applauded.

Agamemnon2 wrote:
tneva82 wrote:
Agamemnon2 wrote:

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.

In 40k you would struggle to FIT the model on board...Warlord is nearly 2 feet tall in 40k(according to FW web page). So CI would over 4 feet tall...So literally longer than most people's board! And about 3 feet tall...

Even in AT it would be quite ridiculous at like over feet long...

To be fair, titan scale has been wildly inconsistent across multiple novels and other sources as well.

The diagram posted earlier on this page always seems kind of off to me too, in 40K scale at least

**beast_gts**

I wonder if the Warbringer will have a separate weapon sprue (like the Warlord & Reaver), and I wonder how they'll integrate the Warbringer & Psi-Titan into the existing Maniples (or will they just be limited to 'extra' Titans)?

**zedmeister**

I doubt they'll adapt existing maniples. They'll create new ones to incorporate the Warbringer.

**beast_gts**

zedmeister wrote:
I doubt they'll adapt existing maniples. They'll create new ones to incorporate the Warbringer.

What do you think an artillery / fire support maniple would look like? Warbringer & Warlords only, or lighter stuff for scouting & spotting?

**zedmeister**

beast_gts wrote:
zedmeister wrote:
I doubt they'll adapt existing maniples. They'll create new ones to incorporate the Warbringer.

What do you think an artillery / fire support maniple would look like? Warbringer & Warlords only, or lighter stuff for scouting & spotting?

Perhaps a maniple with Warhound "spotters" with the Warbringer being able to Barrage without the -2 penalty to hit using the Warhound LOS

Edit:

Or you could combine them with Knights for some of combined arms Maniple. Knight spotters instead or perhaps a Maniple that combines Warbringers and Acastus Knights for some sort of fire support battery.

**Patriarch**

Arm mounts on Warbringer & Reaver look different. Due to the melee weapons I've magnetised my Reaver weapons at the shoulders, so they won't work with the Warbringer as it is. That's going to look odd, but the Warbringer is weird-looking anyway.

The fact that it is listed as "Warbringer with Quake Cannon" does suggest there will be other versions...

**tneva82**

zedmeister wrote:
I doubt they'll adapt existing maniples. They'll create new ones to incorporate the Warbringer.

ugh. will just create more maniple spam eventually breaking the game.

**gorgon**

tneva82 wrote:
zedmeister wrote:
I doubt they'll adapt existing maniples. They'll create new ones to incorporate the Warbringer.

ugh. will just create more maniple spam eventually breaking the game.

Yeah, I'm not sure about that. With reported six new chassis in development, we'd looking at a LOT of maniple types if we're to have any flexibility in how we use new Titans. And GW's design philosophy generally avoids creating barriers to buying and fielding models. Think I'd put my chips on maniples changing to a scale-based format via FAQs and an eventual compendium. But who knows!

**Mad Doc Grotsnik**

Six new chassis?

Missed that!

**SamusDrake**

beast_gts wrote:
I wonder if the Warbringer will have a separate weapon sprue (like the Warlord & Reaver), and I wonder how they'll integrate the Warbringer & Psi-Titan into the existing Maniples (or will they just be limited to 'extra' Titans)?

The Warbringer is pretty much the poster boy for Shadow & Iron so the expansion will provide new maniples for them.

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Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
Six new chassis?

Missed that!

Yeah, that was mentioned a while back. Apparently there is one between the Reaver and Hound, and of course the "Rapier", whatever that will be. As for the remaining three...not a scooby.

**MajorWesJanson**

There is only one heavy maniple so far, so a couple of them with a mix of warlords and warbringers would make sense, plus warbringers mixed with spotters.

**Mad Doc Grotsnik**

Well, we already have Legions that can sub out one class for another in Maniples. Something similar would be fairly straight forward for the Warbringer?

**zedmeister**

SamusDrake wrote:

Yeah, that was mentioned a while back. Apparently there is one between the Reaver and Hound, and of course the "Rapier", whatever that will be. As for the remaining three...not a scooby.

The “bigger than the warlord” was mentioned if I remember. Probably be called a Deathbringer after the old Titan sub classes. Maybe it’ll mount an imperator grade weapon in its carapace...

**OrlandotheTechnicoloured**

Official pricing from my online suppliers GW rep,

400-14 Adeptus Titanicus Starter Set £90 RRP - Due 15/02/20

so Doc's leak above was accurate

**Alpharius**

So that really is the Warbringer pricing?!?

**Agamemnon2**

SamusDrake wrote:

Yeah, that was mentioned a while back. Apparently there is one between the Reaver and Hound, and of course the "Rapier", whatever that will be. As for the remaining three...not a scooby.

According to the fan wikis that collate canonical information, a Rapier is a scout titan lighter than the Warhound. There's also a rare heavy titan chassis called the Punisher, which has three legs.

**MajorWesJanson**

Nemesis, Night Gaunt, and Death Bringer were old warlord sub types. Komodo was mentioned in some HH black books. Warrior shows up in the Imperator novel.

**Smaug**

MajorWesJanson wrote:
Nemesis, Night Gaunt, and Death Bringer were old warlord sub types. Komodo was mentioned in some HH black books. Warrior shows up in the Imperator novel.

There was also Eclipse in the old AT game.