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 Sherrypie wrote:
Traditionally, in Epic they had void shields like titans.

They had the dispersion shield back in Epic 2nd edition - it had the diminishing save mechanic but would completely burn out if the game went on too long. The Ordinatus Armageddon had plasma management, but that was to power the starship Nova Cannon it carried around

Huh, more you know. That's neatly distinct, if somewhat superfluous from the gameplay perspective, which is probably why the later lists just used void shield mechanics.

 Mr_Rose wrote:
Originally, when the Ordinatus were first released back in Epic: Space Marine/Titan Legions they had an unmodifiable 1+ save that degraded by turns. Supposedly a combination of the void shield and power field technologies.

I had forgotton about the 1+ save on the first turn. It was only from the front and sides though. If I remember, if you got 'em in the rear, they were unshielded.

 Sherrypie wrote:
Huh, more you know. That's neatly distinct, if somewhat superfluous from the gameplay perspective, which is probably why the later lists just used void shield mechanics.

I assume you're referring to 3rd edition or Epic 40k? If so, that pretty much watered down a lot of the unique rules and tried to combine them into a simple one size fits all mechanic. In 30k, they got their Dispersion Shields back but turned it into a flare shield which reduced the strength of incoming shots. It still diminishes as the game goes on. So -3 str in turn 1, -2 on turn 2 and so on. It is particulary effective and resisting Titan grade weapons.

I made a homebrew setup for Ordinatus Minoris for play with my friends, as we had the Epic models and 3d printer files for them. As the 3d printer files were basically tracks and a chassis compatible with Warbringer Carapace weaponry, our Ordinatus Minoris sheet has Bellicosa Volcano Cannon, Mori Quake Cannon and Ullator Sonic Cannon as weapon options.

Ullator Sonic Cannon is Dice 3, Str 7, 18" +1 Short 36" - Long 9+ Disabled, Blast 3" Quake Voidbreaker (1).

In terms of the Dispersion Shield, the way we modeled it is similar to how it works in 30k: Any attacks coming from the Front or Side Arcs or any hits coming from Blast or Firestorm Template weapons have their strength reduced by the current value of the Dispersion Shield Modifier, which starts at -4 and degrades each turn.

Armor-wise, the Ordinatus has only 2 locations (Head and Legs both become Tracks hits), both have the same armor values as a Warhound body, and both have only 4 SPs before critical damage.

In terms of gameplay it's intended to fill a similar point cost to a Warhound titan, but where the Warhound typically is less useful in the early game as it gets into position using its mobility, and can be clutch later on when it flanks enemy titans or gets to use short ranged weaponry, the Ordinatus is killer early on where it has Warlord Arm Weapon level range and you need to roll a 14 to hurt it, and it gets progressively worse as the game goes on and opponents can exploit its super low maneuverability (1/2) and degrading dispersion shield.

Unlike some of our homebrews that have gotten multiple playtests though our version of the Ordinatus has only seen one game so far, where it did just get blown apart pretty early on-albeit by more firepower than it would have taken to score an early kill on a Warhound. So, tough to say how good the balance is on it.

And then there were four. Reaver Titan Theodoric joins my personal maniple.





Weapons are magnetised:

Your paint jobs are so epic and beautiful that viewing them brings tears of joy, envy and rage to my eyes!!!

Quick question, so we have a bunch of Titans mentioned in the background that don't have models yet (Rapier, Punisher, etc). I was wondering if this also goes for Knights. Are there Knight types mentioned in the background that don't have models/designs yet?

Knightwise were still missing the Asterius, Dominus and Armigers. They do however, have models for 40K so I'd expect them next. There's also a mean looking Amiger variant called the Moirax.

 Malika2 wrote:
Quick question, so we have a bunch of Titans mentioned in the background that don't have models yet (Rapier, Punisher, etc). I was wondering if this also goes for Knights. Are there Knight types mentioned in the background that don't have models/designs yet?

Model wise it's the asterius and warbringer alternate with belicoassa on top, then I assume chaos/blackshield stuff.



Speaking of asterius, been working on mine, got the weapons from vanguard miniatures. I wanted to give it a unique paintjob cuz it's likely the only one I'll ever run. Also got some more work done on my second set of lancers. Psi titan's weapons got a bit more paint. The mewps are almost done too, just gotta paint the crew and do a few tough ups.

I like the Asterius conversion.

Bit confused as to why they include an alternative missile rack for the Porphyrion when its only got one option, and the Asterius is clearly going to be a new kit and the missile rack on that is wildly different anyway.

Any thoughts?

SamusDrake wrote:
I like the Asterius conversion.

Bit confused as to why they include an alternative missile rack for the Porphyrion when its only got one option, and the Asterius is clearly going to be a new kit and the missile rack on that is wildly different anyway.

Any thoughts?

Well, they may just cop out and do a fw weapon for the asterius. They know they don't have to ship the terminal so it'd be more like the warlord weapons.

My buddy's legio furean's

Furians most definately surf

Nice pic.

Anyone else get the two new questoris forge world kits and find the casting pretty god awful on the legs? The rest wasn't great either, but the legs had mold slippage that was deep enough to be unfixable even with serious putty and resculpting - on 3 of the 4 total legs I got.
The rest of the titan weapons I ordered were also quite dicey in spots. God forbid they not have mold slips or serious dimensional accuracy ruining warping ( as in hot water can't fix as it's not that kind of warpage). I've gone through multiple replacements. I've been spoiled by companies that actually put care and attention into their casting process at half the price.

axotl wrote:
Anyone else get the two new questoris forge world kits and find the casting pretty god awful on the legs? The rest wasn't great either, but the legs had mold slippage that was deep enough to be unfixable even with serious putty and resculpting - on 3 of the 4 total legs I got.
The rest of the titan weapons I ordered were also quite dicey in spots. God forbid they not have mold slips or serious dimensional accuracy ruining warping ( as in hot water can't fix as it's not that kind of warpage). I've gone through multiple replacements. I've been spoiled by companies that actually put care and attention into their casting process at half the price.

cant speak for the knights, but i ordered some warlord weps 2 or 3 months ago and they was flawless...

With things looking up now I've gone ahead with a new titan legion at 1K points.

Reaver and some buildings in the post, and a spare Hound getting a lick of paint. Just need a third titan and with a bit of luck the new titan sits between the Reaver and Warbringer. If not, I guess its a Warbringer.

So, AT Project time!
With the new year, I've decided I wanted to invest more time in AT (and not just money) and stop procrastinating waiting for some decals that may be a long, long time away.
First order of business is to reduce my shameful pile of sprues, and turn it into shameful assembled minis.
Second order of business is to turn the shameful assembled minis into shamefuly painted minis (up to whatever standard I can manage), together with enough scenery to have interesting games.

Since I have nobody to play with who would actually buy minis for AT, I need to build 2 Legios at the same time. My choice is to go with Praesagius for Loyalists and Suturvora for Traitors. Knight support will in all likelihood be Vornherr for Loyalists and Ærthegn for Traitors. I'll also have a Legio Audax Canis Maniple.

Built so far:
- 8 Warlords
- 1 Ordo Sinister Psi-Warlord
- 2 Reavers
- 4 Warhounds
- 6 Questoris Knights


Remaining to be built:
- 4 Warbringers
- 8 Reavers
- 12 Warlords
- loooots of Knights


For scenery, I've used so far around 1 of the big boxes (that are sadly not available anymore), plus one of the small and some of the extra roofs. I've also some of the FW scenery, 4 of the Manufactorum scenery boxes, and 8 of the large FW tiles (2 of each).

So I may have something of a busy year in front of me...

Crikey, I'm fretting over building just two titans this year!

Good luck with that CorwinB.

Blergh, 3 titans is looking at me from their box, but outside temps are too cold to be using rattlecans (-5 to -10*c...)
I want to paint, but i cant paint, that is a new one for me........

Got a reaver and some buildings in the post yesterday.

Quite stubborn on making my own scenery but haven't had much time lately due to programming. The Civ-Imp buildings are surprisingly good, where you don't have to glue every piece together and can rearrange them into larger buildings or many smaller ones.

The last reaver was one of the most awkward models I've come across, so we shall be taking our time with this one methinks! It will be the second titan in our wip traitor maniple, which at the moment is inspired by the ghost crew of the Elizabeth Dane( The Fog ).

Progress for the week was pretty good, I assembled all 4 of my Warbringers (all assembly is done without armor panels, as I want to paint them on the sprues and glue them later, and of course magnetized weapons), and since I made a good progress I decided to treat myself to a box of Manufactorum scenery, which was great (nice change of pace and some absolutely lovable stuff in this box such as the iconic Manufactorum containers).

This week the goal is to complete 4 of the 8 Reavers I have to assemble, possibly including some of the extra weapons (both weapon sprues and FW Reaver weapons).

OH MY LORD.

SamusDrake wrote:
OH MY (WAR)LORD.

Fixed it for you

Also that is quite the collection...

Exalted, for he certainly has enough of them!

CorwinB you have a condition sir..


Also; progress report....


Waiting for some decent light to get pictures of the the war maniple Red Naga altogether.

SirDonald, are those titans part of the Barber shop legio?

indeed!
They finish my attempt at 'War Maniple Red Naga' (spoilered refrence pic)


They comitted to a proper mix-up on the names of the two reavers - the fluff says the one with the fist is the 'Red Naga' but the pictures say the opposite...

Which came first; the plot or the Pict-capture?

Is that from the FW books for 40K?

It's from 'Massacre' (book 2) page 159

Ah, I see.

But yes, I wouldn't pay too much attention to the weapons on the titans so long as you have adhered to the paint scheme on the given titan's body.

Well, I'd assume that the "fluff" allows for a titan to be refitted with different weapons?