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Any new kit is going to come with a new book.

SamusDrake wrote:
About time they had a decent preview.

Probably going to be a release of the firewasps transfers, new titan, book( for its maniples ) and the Warbringer variant.

Last years knight releases were disappointing, so either an FAQ to improve the current knights or a new Dominus plastic kit would be more than welcome.

Don't overhype the previews. That tends to lead to Disappointment Avenue.
They tend to be small, and particularly now, the preview can be for things that are months off from release.

They were always terrible with illustrated scales, although their written scales have stayed fairly consistent from the original AT to the current one.

I love Mark Gibbons' work, but this one was a little ridiculous.

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/a0/37/1c/a0371c8bb4f135d4754e6d64524fba3d.jpg



I'm wondering if its another warbringer, or warbringer scale titan.

That's their newest titan class, so it would seem better to explore that than to go off releasing whole new ones.

That's a 40k reaver using AT terrain

Huge titan with 3 guns and huge opening holes = dead zones and blind spots city, free boarding.

Well, color me pleasantly surprised on the AT content for this Saturday.

I think new Titan and new book are pretty sure bets.

Voss wrote:


Don't overhype the previews. That tends to lead to Disappointment Avenue.
They tend to be small, and particularly now, the preview can be for things that are months off from release.

Knights aside, I wouldn't say thats overhyping. But on the other hand, I must agree on the "when" as Titanicus has a rather annoying track record of being an after thought, even in normal times.



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JWBS wrote:


Lol. They're showing the new Titan, and that's it The other 8 things you listed, not happening.

The transfers are already confirmed, so we can at least count on those for the next release.

 Hellebore wrote:
They were always terrible with illustrated scales, although their written scales have stayed fairly consistent from the original AT to the current one.

I love Mark Gibbons' work, but this one was a little ridiculous.

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/a0/37/1c/a0371c8bb4f135d4754e6d64524fba3d.jpg

Nah, that’s a perfectly normal Reaver; it’s the town that’s off. You see, that image depicts the invasion of Minopolis IIIf the garden moon and personal palace of the Governor of Minopolis III. The ruined cityscape is actually one of several miniaturised duplicates of cities on Minopolis IIIb-d that the governor commissioned to aid in planning and surveillance.

Or maybe that Reaver was walking on top of a miniature town, you know...crashing a model train convention sort of thing...

Maybe its a nod to that old King Kong poster, where he dwarfs the city below?

It might be in scale with this one:



It was just ahead of its time!

If there is a new book I hope it has rules for House Makabius

Oh boy... it is big

That’s so much trim...

I used to be a Scout Titan like you, until I took a twin linked las-cannon to the knee.


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Definitely kin to the art shown earlier in the thread.

Various groups seem to be under the impression that GW's releasing an Imperator. I'm very sceptical as IMO an Imperator would just be an auto-win going off the fluff.

Thoughts?

I'm going with an Apocalypse Titan - bigger than a Warlord but definitely a Battle Titan. Expect Nemesis but bigger. Enough Firepower to flatten a shielded Reaver in a turn with a bit of luck. Possibly Emperor Class Weapon on the Carapace

Its not an imperator for me. No steps on the feet or doors for infantry - legs are supposed to be troop carrying aren't they. Update of the old drawing as above and probably a heavier variant than the warlord

An imperator would have doors and stairs for the troops housed in the legs/feet to storm enemy positions, imho.

So quite definitely an intermediary class, larger than warlord, smaller than imperator.

Edit: ninja'd

In the fluff a bunch of Knight Errant from House Devine obliterated the Imperator Paragon of Terra within seconds and still had time to escape the nuclear blast of its demise.

Guess that one didn't have enough armors and turrets to defend itself.

Looking at this composite again along with that old picture, it makes me wonder what they've got on the Carapace besides the AA guns:



Carapace Landing Pad maybe? With the ability to use a Vulture, Valkyrie or the old Lysander aircraft as a spotter. That'd be an interesting addition.

Carapace landing pad would be cool. Someones collection in WHW has a scratch built one on a Warlord which looks good.

Quick & dirty, proportions likely off but this should give a rough idea, pretty excited, I hope well' see more (I know "hope" ...), my wallet is dying already ... again ...

Yep. Christopher Parry on the AT18 FB group offered this composite.

He does say it’s line of best fit, but looks to be pretty accurate.

It's definitely (probably) based on that artwork, you can see the other knee doohicky on the schematic in the upper left. It is that same perforated dome thing. And it might have the weird double-hip thing.

That's a deep cut, a Titan based on a one-off drawing from the late 80's!

Trimpocalypse class titan confirmed!

Edit: I took another look at the pictures, I think the piece I circled in red is the same part in both pictures, with the titan being shot at different angles

I’d agree.

In terms of scale? I think this is going to be smaller than a Warlord, based on the kneecap Lascannon.

Assuming everything is to scale, they’d be the same size as the point defence ones on a Warlord’s carapace.

If I’m right, whilst definitely a chonk, it may be surprisingly small.

I'm just impressed at how faithfull it is to the artwork while simultenously so so much better in every possible way

How big will this titan be is an excellent question. I believe it might be bigger than the warlord.

Making the assumption that the two elements I point to in the following picture have the same dimensions as on the Warlord, I applied a rule of three (using powerpoint and excel). I arrive at a width of approximately 10cm and a height of approximately 15- 16.5cm. The lower part of the carapace would be 1.5cm wide, the height of the lower part of the leg would be 7cm. I am not taking into account any distorsions effects, so it is just an "educated" guess.

I'm really curious as to how big it will be. Wait & see.

Yeah, given the detail I see there...this looks like the 'tweener class above the WL. I don't see this coming in on the smaller side.