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Chopstick wrote:
Wow that cross screw head Autocannon on the armiger look ugly.

Shapeways is already on it.

Plus a selection of better faces since the Armigers only seem to come with mechanicus-style faces. :(

https://www.shapeways.com/shops/gadgetsplus?section=Armiger+compatible&s=0

I'd be happy if Armiger's came over to chaos as well.... maybe a FW kit for it.

On one hand, I do like how the Armiger autocannon arms look like a medieval spear, but on the other hand, they look way too spindly because of it. I was really hoping for some sort of Gatling gun like the Avenger Gatling Cannon, but in small form. I am kinda hoping for the ability to use one autocannon and a Chainsword. Oh well. My current Armigers are enough. All in all, when adding Canis Rex and Renegade, I will have five big boy knights and two Armigers. Decent enough for me.

About my only regret with the Armiger is that I don't care for the cog tooth pattern on the pauldrons. I will leave them off for now and watch for the regular ones to hit eBay.

 Mr Morden wrote:
I like the smaller knights but the new big oens are bit OTT for me - remind me of that horrible Tau thing - guns on guns on guns....

HERESY! The Ta'unar is the coolest model in the GW/FW range!!
But these new knights come close

I think I like these BECAUSE they look like the Taunar.

 Cephalobeard wrote:
I think I like these BECAUSE they look like the Taunar.

The Imperium sees the Tau'nar and Stormsurge ONCE and they are like, WE SHALL BUILD ONE OF OUR OWN, BITCHES!

I dunno, I like the arm weapons on the Dominus, I wish I could put them on a standard Knight. I think the rest is too gun-heavy for my liking. I might get one of them, just for the grappling launcher thing, which is awesome enough for a buy.

I like the new frame because it looks like the designer binge-watched the entire Studio Ghibli collection before settling pen to paper…

I imagine I could fix the Helverins by mounting both autocannons on one arm (double barrels ), and giving the other arm a hand bit or something. I agree that they’re a bit spindly.

Orks will have fun looting.

So, because a Knight Styrix is QUESTOR IMPERIALIS, <HOUSEHOLD>, it would still be useable and benefit from house traits?

Do the house Raven etc Mechanicus houses have the QUESTOR IMPERIALIS keyword or QUESTOR MECHANICUS?

The Questoris Knight Styrix can only be QUESTOR IMPERIALIS and not QUESTOR MECHANICUS because... reasons...

I'm tempted by this stuff. I have the armigers from Forgebane already. If I get the boxed game and magnetize everything it's basically an army. I also imagine that it would be pretty easy to get 3rd party weapon swaps for the armigers.

why is everyone hating on the cannons for the armiger? they look like straight up lances. you know, like knights used to use for jousting....and combat but mostly jousting.

I really like the Autocannons.

 drunkorc wrote:
Orks will have fun looting.

Which is all well and good (Mork bless those Ork kitbashers) but would it kill GW to actually give the Orks a proper big walker that isn't the horribly ineffective (and ugly) Gorka/Morkanaut or the terribly over (points) costed Stompa? Ork super walkers should be loaded with insane amounts of guns and some absurdly powerful kannons and blastas but the most notable weapons on a Stompa are single use supa rokkits and a gatling gun type weapon that is outclassed by an IG punisher cannon.

The new Knights look cool and all but the disparity between IoM releases and all the other factions is getting old.

 Vankraken wrote:

 drunkorc wrote:
Orks will have fun looting.

Which is all well and good (Mork bless those Ork kitbashers) but would it kill GW to actually give the Orks a proper big walker that isn't the horribly ineffective (and ugly) Gorka/Morkanaut or the terribly over (points) costed Stompa? Ork super walkers should be loaded with insane amounts of guns and some absurdly powerful kannons and blastas but the most notable weapons on a Stompa are single use supa rokkits and a gatling gun type weapon that is outclassed by an IG punisher cannon.

The new Knights look cool and all but the disparity between IoM releases and all the other factions is getting old.

It's not ALL other factions. Eldar stuff, all Eldar factions except Corsairs are great. All the Chaos stuff too. I thought Necron and Tau we're good too.

It's mostly just Orks :p

Even Nids are good... The Ork book will be awesome.


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I wonder how a Porphorian scales against these new Dakka Knights.

Audustum wrote:

 Vankraken wrote:

 drunkorc wrote:
Orks will have fun looting.

Which is all well and good (Mork bless those Ork kitbashers) but would it kill GW to actually give the Orks a proper big walker that isn't the horribly ineffective (and ugly) Gorka/Morkanaut or the terribly over (points) costed Stompa? Ork super walkers should be loaded with insane amounts of guns and some absurdly powerful kannons and blastas but the most notable weapons on a Stompa are single use supa rokkits and a gatling gun type weapon that is outclassed by an IG punisher cannon.

The new Knights look cool and all but the disparity between IoM releases and all the other factions is getting old.

It's not ALL other factions. Eldar stuff, all Eldar factions except Corsairs are great. All the Chaos stuff too. I thought Necron and Tau we're good too.

It's mostly just Orks :p

I was referring to product releases, not necessarily game balance.

 Eldarain wrote:
Even Nids are good... The Ork book will be awesome.


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I wonder how a Porphorian scales against these new Dakka Knights.

Quite a bit bulkier in size. Less small guns, but basically the equivalent of 4 of the big guns of the castellan, a rocket pod, and 2 autocannons or lascannons in place of the 2 twin meltas, 2 twin autocannons, and twin death rockets.

 Vankraken wrote:

Audustum wrote:

 Vankraken wrote:

 drunkorc wrote:
Orks will have fun looting.

Which is all well and good (Mork bless those Ork kitbashers) but would it kill GW to actually give the Orks a proper big walker that isn't the horribly ineffective (and ugly) Gorka/Morkanaut or the terribly over (points) costed Stompa? Ork super walkers should be loaded with insane amounts of guns and some absurdly powerful kannons and blastas but the most notable weapons on a Stompa are single use supa rokkits and a gatling gun type weapon that is outclassed by an IG punisher cannon.

The new Knights look cool and all but the disparity between IoM releases and all the other factions is getting old.

It's not ALL other factions. Eldar stuff, all Eldar factions except Corsairs are great. All the Chaos stuff too. I thought Necron and Tau we're good too.

It's mostly just Orks :p

I was referring to product releases, not necessarily game balance.

I was referring to both but also including Forgeworld

The new giant Knights are awesome. Great looking weapons, and lots of weapon mounts. It could appear (rules notwithstanding) that you could have a Knight with three sets of missiles, or even one with three turrets, as the mountings appear to be the same. Overall, very cool.

Not totally sold on the spindly Autocannons on the Amigas, and quite surprised that it's two guns rather than a gun and a different HTH weapon. Still, good to see the other option and that all the people screaming bloody murder about the cog'd armour plates can finally shut up about it as the other weapon sprue has the smooth shoulder plates.

 Kanluwen wrote:
... It fired its harpoon into the Keeper of Secrets.

Hopefully a taste of things to come...

So are IKs 2 weeks of releases?

Indeed, we're still awaiting the character kit and maybe a thrown together terrain kit, though it could easily share the slot with other non-Imperial Knight guff.

I'm expecting FW to adjust their Knight costs and keywords (if needed - I never built anything in accordance to them, so I just idk how that works), so resin Knights can also fully benefit from all the new codex goodness.

They'll do it, just not any time soon.

 BrookM wrote:
Indeed, we're still awaiting the character kit and maybe a thrown together terrain kit, though it could easily share the slot with other non-Imperial Knight guff.

Isn't Canis Rex the character kit?

 casvalremdeikun wrote:

 BrookM wrote:
Indeed, we're still awaiting the character kit and maybe a thrown together terrain kit, though it could easily share the slot with other non-Imperial Knight guff.

Isn't Canis Rex the character kit?

Yes.

 BrookM wrote:

 casvalremdeikun wrote:

 BrookM wrote:
Indeed, we're still awaiting the character kit and maybe a thrown together terrain kit, though it could easily share the slot with other non-Imperial Knight guff.

Isn't Canis Rex the character kit?

Yes.

Okay, I think I get what you were saying. They announced the codex, big Knight, and small knights for next week, and then we get Canis Rex and some other stuff the following week.

 H.B.M.C. wrote:
Still, good to see the other option and that all the people screaming bloody murder about the cog'd armour plates can finally shut up about it as the other weapon sprue has the smooth shoulder plates.

Maybe they won't seeing knight house players are still at disadvantaged having to get more expensive box to get own version.

tneva82 wrote:

 H.B.M.C. wrote:
Still, good to see the other option and that all the people screaming bloody murder about the cog'd armour plates can finally shut up about it as the other weapon sprue has the smooth shoulder plates.

Maybe they won't seeing knight house players are still at disadvantaged having to get more expensive box to get own version.

There is no mention of the Warglaive as an option with the Helverin kit. I suspect that they will have a separate box in the 2nd week of releases. So if you want all your Armigers to have the same style armour plates your going to need to swap with some one or hit the bits sellers.

 casvalremdeikun wrote:

 BrookM wrote:
Indeed, we're still awaiting the character kit and maybe a thrown together terrain kit, though it could easily share the slot with other non-Imperial Knight guff.

Isn't Canis Rex the character kit?

I have a strong suspicion that he will be a conversion kit rather than a whole other Knight box. Possibly even in plastic.