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Well, unless weapons are mixed pairs on the cards, there is only one carapace slot on the Warlord sheet.

Warhams-77 wrote:
Probably yes. There were some WD articles back when AT was released and maybe there is a comment by Jes Goodwin what these were meant to be used for. I dont have these mags so I cant check.

FW could expand the current titan range both in 28 and 8 mm and use some of these designs for new classes.

There was a prototype Titan miniature in metal which wasn't released but used this early foot design. Steve Casey wrote a post about an unknown RT robot model found in Bryan Ansell's collection and Bob Naysmith chimed in that it was one of his prototypes for AT



http://eldritchepistles.blogspot.de/2014/05/unreleased-rogue-trader-era-titan.html

Never saw that before, thanks. It's ugly as sin, but an interesting bit of history

I can't wait to get some more leaks. Curious to see what the starter kit looks like

This interests me greatly. I love me some stompy robots since I'm a Battletech guy, I'm sure I can find a way to use the Titans for that game, too.

 Stevefamine wrote:
I can't wait to get some more leaks. Curious to see what the starter kit looks like

Same here!

But I'm afraid we're in for a bit of a wait...

 Stevefamine wrote:
I can't wait to get some more leaks. Curious to see what the starter kit looks like

Supposed to show something at the March event...

Are there any plans to add orks or Eldar titans? Would greatly add to variety.

 mjl7atlas wrote:
Are there any plans to add orks or Eldar titans? Would greatly add to variety.

No. although they will be an aspiration.

The original Adeptus Titanicus expanded firstly to infantry and vehicles and then moved to Xenos.

 mjl7atlas wrote:
Are there any plans to add orks or Eldar titans? Would greatly add to variety.

Who knows? They're currently marketing this to the Horus Heresy crowd though so you might be waiting a while.

 mjl7atlas wrote:
Are there any plans to add orks or Eldar titans? Would greatly add to variety.

The current plan is for the first version to feature Heresy-era Titans and Knights only. If that proves successful enough they plan to expand it to include troops & vehicles. Then if that sells well there could be a 40k version with xenos.

So it may happen, but not any time soon.

I think expanding the epic system into tanks, troops and other xeno races, will be kept on the back burner for when they have finished with all the new Horus Heresy stuff.

 Rayvon wrote:
I think expanding the epic system into tanks, troops and other xeno races, will be kept on the back burner for when they have finished with all the new Horus Heresy stuff.

It will probably be kept on the back burner until AT is a raging success.

FW tried reviving Epic somewhat with Aeronautica Imperialis, but they fethed it up because most the people who might have played it didn't even know it existed.

If (when?) this is successful, I think Xenos titans are just about a sure thing.

 Alpharius wrote:
If (when?) this is successful, I think Xenos titans are just about a sure thing.

I would be extremely shocked if that never materialized. I'm mostly curious how it'll be approached considering how vastly different the 40k lineup is compared to the time of the original release. Thinking of Tau and Necrons largely. I suppose.. and whether or not 'Nids or DE will be represented at all.. I guess most else is basically.. Imperial, Chaos, Ork, and Eldar.. which all have vast precedence to build upon.

 MLaw wrote:

 Alpharius wrote:
If (when?) this is successful, I think Xenos titans are just about a sure thing.

I would be extremely shocked if that never materialized. I'm mostly curious how it'll be approached considering how vastly different the 40k lineup is compared to the time of the original release. Thinking of Tau and Necrons largely. I suppose.. and whether or not 'Nids or DE will be represented at all.. I guess most else is basically.. Imperial, Chaos, Ork, and Eldar.. which all have vast precedence to build upon.

It would be nice to see FW's take on the larger Ork walkers like full gargants and such. And hopefully if demand is high enough, the digital sculpts can be upsized into 40K models.

Besides full models, I am hoping that making the various weapon options for the titans will mean FW will be releasing them in 28mm scale. The Reaver has been short of carapace mounts for years now, and the Warlord is still only at 3 arm weapons and 2 carapace choices out of six and nine respectively, even before any potential additions.

 MajorWesJanson wrote:

 MLaw wrote:

 Alpharius wrote:
If (when?) this is successful, I think Xenos titans are just about a sure thing.

I would be extremely shocked if that never materialized. I'm mostly curious how it'll be approached considering how vastly different the 40k lineup is compared to the time of the original release. Thinking of Tau and Necrons largely. I suppose.. and whether or not 'Nids or DE will be represented at all.. I guess most else is basically.. Imperial, Chaos, Ork, and Eldar.. which all have vast precedence to build upon.

It would be nice to see FW's take on the larger Ork walkers like full gargants and such. And hopefully if demand is high enough, the digital sculpts can be upsized into 40K models.

Besides full models, I am hoping that making the various weapon options for the titans will mean FW will be releasing them in 28mm scale. The Reaver has been short of carapace mounts for years now, and the Warlord is still only at 3 arm weapons and 2 carapace choices out of six and nine respectively, even before any potential additions.

Well, on orks, presumably the Mega-Dredd, Gorka/Morkanaut, and Stompa are a known quantity. The Armorcast Gargant is what I would hope the modernized kit would be derived from.. Sort of imagine the Stompa but in that form-factor. So it would be a giant mu-mu made from patchwork metal plates... with ridiculously big guns everywhere.. As much as I believe Forgeworld is talented, a lot of their orky pieces (of which I own a few), their more modern outings tend to look messy to me and lack the charm of other ork kits. If they dial it back to late 90s early Y2k.. I'm on board 100%. I would hope they would do the Orks up-scaled but I lost heart after seeing how my favorite army was treated historically across the editions.

Does fluff anywhere suggest Tau have anything bigger than the existing large 40k kits? I would think Necrons are in a similar boat as well. I know GW will just whip something up and retcon it but still.. I don't remember things from the lore as is. Nids at the least get bio-titans and Norn-queens and whatever..

Did you check those giant Taunton mechas from FW? Also, apparently they use flyers instead of titans.

 MLaw wrote:

 Alpharius wrote:
If (when?) this is successful, I think Xenos titans are just about a sure thing.

I would be extremely shocked if that never materialized. I'm mostly curious how it'll be approached considering how vastly different the 40k lineup is compared to the time of the original release. Thinking of Tau and Necrons largely. I suppose.. and whether or not 'Nids or DE will be represented at all.. I guess most else is basically.. Imperial, Chaos, Ork, and Eldar.. which all have vast precedence to build upon.

Tyranids were in Epic as early as 2nd edition, iirc, complete with Titan-sized creatures. So there's no reason to not expect them to appear again.

The idea of Epic being redone has me happy in so many ways.

Interesting problem with the Tau and Necrons.
With the Tau. It seems to me that they are rapidly developing their weapon systems in fluff and on the board. Their walkers get bigger and bigger so it doesn’t take a stretch of the imagination for me to see them developing a Titan scale walker of some kind or maybe multiple, fast smaller walkers.
Necrons I could see having a giant stompy C’tan. Imagine more shards are somehow combined to create something closer to a full star god. You could even start viewing them as having a different play style. What if instead of having giant stompy walkers they have giant tombs that raise up from below the ground. Unfortunately I feel the tombs would only feel fun with troop scale rules in place to allow legions of warriors to start disgorging from them >: D
I think there are lots of fluffy, that can translate to interesting table top ways of introducing giant centrepieces for all the factions. While the release of Adeptus Titanicus seems to be set in the HH. The potential future rules for the other factions could maybe bring the timeline into the coming ‘not end times’ therefor all bets are off for what can appear in the fluff.

Vim

 Malika2 wrote:
Also, apparently they use flyers instead of titans.

Difference in culture, established in the last edition of Epic, I think. The Imperium has giant, quasi-religious terror-totems. Ditto Chaos, Orcs, and I assume Eldar. Tyranids have bigger-than-average terrestrial organisms. Tau and Necrons just zip up and blast ya.

 Vermis wrote:

 Malika2 wrote:
Also, apparently they use flyers instead of titans.

Difference in culture, established in the last edition of Epic, I think. The Imperium has giant, quasi-religious terror-totems. Ditto Chaos, Orcs, and I assume Eldar. Tyranids have bigger-than-average terrestrial organisms. Tau and Necrons just zip up and blast ya.

But this is also kinda changing now that GW and FW are producing giant mechas for them.

FW is supposed to show something at the March (17th?) event....

krazynadechukr wrote:

 Stevefamine wrote:
I can't wait to get some more leaks. Curious to see what the starter kit looks like

Supposed to show something at the March event...

krazynadechukr wrote:FW is supposed to show something at the March (17th?) event....

With your next update on the timing, I expect to know the exact hour of the announcement!

 Vermis wrote:

 Malika2 wrote:
Also, apparently they use flyers instead of titans.

Difference in culture, established in the last edition of Epic, I think. The Imperium has giant, quasi-religious terror-totems. Ditto Chaos, Orcs, and I assume Eldar. Tyranids have bigger-than-average terrestrial organisms. Tau and Necrons just zip up and blast ya.

Necrons have large stuff - giant humanoids, hge monoliths and the like have previously appeared.

Tau have gone from cool flyers and the like to (IMO) stupid orkoid looking walkers with masses of guns

Eumerin wrote:

 MLaw wrote:

 Alpharius wrote:
If (when?) this is successful, I think Xenos titans are just about a sure thing.

I would be extremely shocked if that never materialized. I'm mostly curious how it'll be approached considering how vastly different the 40k lineup is compared to the time of the original release. Thinking of Tau and Necrons largely. I suppose.. and whether or not 'Nids or DE will be represented at all.. I guess most else is basically.. Imperial, Chaos, Ork, and Eldar.. which all have vast precedence to build upon.

Tyranids were in Epic as early as 2nd edition, iirc, complete with Titan-sized creatures. So there's no reason to not expect them to appear again.

Important distinction though.. this isn't Epic (yet). I'm wondering if they wil lput them into AT. Putting them into Epic seems a no-brainer.

Malika2 wrote:Did you check those giant Taunton mechas from FW? Also, apparently they use flyers instead of titans.

Those look, to my eye to be about the size of a Warhound or at most a Reaver. I'm trying to think, in my mind how the armies I was asking about can muster something into Adeptus Titanicus (not Epic.. which everyone keeps thinking this is). The 28mm scale Hierophant is a big model but by comparison to Warlord.. it's hard to imagine it being on par. I think someone below is probably on the right track... IF they do have a role in AT, it will probably be multiple mid size and smaller units with super specialized shooting or somethign to put them on par.

RE: xenos titans ... isn't this game billed under the HH brand? So I'm not sure there will be room for xenos. If the line is super successful, maybe there will be a post-Heresy/40k expansion - or even Great Crusade (Ullanor) expansion.

 Manchu wrote:
RE: xenos titans ... isn't this game billed under the HH brand? So I'm not sure there will be room for xenos. If the line is super successful, maybe there will be a post-Heresy/40k expansion - or even Great Crusade (Ullanor) expansion.

Argh.. I forgot it was 30k.. you are the rain to my parade Manchu :(

 Mr Morden wrote:

Necrons have large stuff - giant humanoids, hge monoliths and the like have previously appeared.

Tau have gone from cool flyers and the like to (IMO) stupid orkoid looking walkers with masses of guns

Oh sure, now they have walkers. In an age of wolf sleds and sales running the studio, they have 'em. But I remember a humongous necron character appearing in a Kal Jerico strip years ago, and the Epic response was "Nooo, nooo... Jervis said so".

 MLaw wrote:


Important distinction though.. this isn't Epic (yet). I'm wondering if they wil lput them into AT. Putting them into Epic seems a no-brainer.

Again, the Tyranids had titan-sized stuff in their Epic release. So if GW decides to do a Xeno titan release before doing a full-on Epic release, the Tyranids already have an option that doesn't require completely new figures.

RE: xenos titans ... isn't this game billed under the HH brand? So I'm not sure there will be room for xenos. If the line is super successful, maybe there will be a post-Heresy/40k expansion - or even Great Crusade (Ullanor) expansion.

The question that triggered this latest round of xeno-titan discussion pre-supposed that xeno-titans will make an appearance so that it could speculate on what form those titans might take.

Eumerin wrote:
The question that triggered this latest round of xeno-titan discussion pre-supposed that xeno-titans will make an appearance so that it could speculate on what form those titans might take.

Fair enough - but such speculation is sufficiently removed from the actual release that said discussion should take place elsewhere, such as a separate thread in the Specialist Games sub-forum. Thanks!