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 xttz wrote:

 zedmeister wrote:
More interesting on the UK store, some of the resin Titan weapons are now showing as Sold Out online... Retooling in plastic? Maybe?

My new favourite copium theory is an updated Adeptus Titanicus starter box that subsidises some of the Mechanicum knights & resin weapons moving to plastic...

The fact they continued to include physical AT rules with the Dire Wolf & darkmech stalkers makes me think it's not being abandoned entirely, even if just exists to supplement LI releases going forwards.

We can but hope.

Honestly, what they should also do is combine the campaign books into a single release. So, the next book isn't just LI but includes rules and options for all three Epic scale games.

Styrix and Magaera Knights!



https://www.warhammer-community.com/en-gb/articles/gzbkew9e/heresy-thursday-mechanicum-knights-rally-in-legions-imperialis/

Confirmed as plastic in the article. And can build four of either design.

Just double checking the date....nope, it ain't 1st April. Must be legit.

Sweet. That's good next for me.

Right into my veins. The resin version broke my (non-machine) spirit when it was released a couple years back.

Amazed to see these before the Mech tanks.

Very nice! And nice to see these are still coming with Titanicus terminals. Just need Amigers now...!


Fluff question on these - is the idea that these form the bulk of a Mechanicum Household vs a regular Imperial household? Or should these be mixed in with normal Questoris knights even in a Mechanicum-based house?

Never been a massive fan of the regular questoris knights, but I do like these more. Or is it a case of maybe converting some of these with the regular questoris weapons for a 'proper' Mechanicum household...?

Oh and any thoughts on this bit from the end of the article - "with a choice of Mechanium or Questoris Household banners", do we reckon that is different style crotch banner pieces, or different (new?) decals?

 ingtaer wrote:
Amazed to see these before the Mech tanks.

Yeah, that is a bit weird. Wonder if there's been some production issue with the tanks or something? - does seem strange after they were pictured in that one article and given GW's usual approach to having rules without models...

I hope the little knights get done in plastic, too, and with a good number of them in a box.

Atropos next please!

Great news for AT players! I always liked the size and look of these for LI/AT

This makes me happy that GWs best game hadn't been forgotten... totally.

That's all the Knights... unless they want to crank out some Armiger Moriax next.

Thats not all the knights, still missing plastic atropos and asterius, as well as the dominus classes

chaos0xomega wrote:
Thats not all the knights, still missing plastic atropos and asterius, as well as the dominus classes

You are correct, forgot they were resin.

But, the Dominus doesn't exist in the Horus Heresy. I don't understand why.

Excellent news on the Mechanicum Knights, especially the AT Terminals. Time for a happy dance.

 Lathe Biosas wrote:


But, the Dominus doesn't exist in the Horus Heresy. I don't understand why.

Because I was excited for the release of Libre Mechanicum and had my heart set on a Dominus Knight. Someone at GW decided my money wasn't good enough for them and left it on the table.

Whenever there's a GW game I'm interested in they'll always have a deal breaker.

 Lathe Biosas wrote:


But, the Dominus doesn't exist in the Horus Heresy. I don't understand why.

HH doesn't really gel with the "cover it in glue and roll it around in a weapon bits box" style used by dominus knights & primaris vehicles.

 xttz wrote:


HH doesn't really gel with the "cover it in glue and roll it around in a weapon bits box" style used by dominus knights & primaris vehicles.

Not seeing that personally as the Dominus is one of the best looking Knight models, but if GW are going for two different era styles then they should have made the distinction with the Mechanicum Knights for 30K and the others for 40K.

SamusDrake wrote:

 xttz wrote:


HH doesn't really gel with the "cover it in glue and roll it around in a weapon bits box" style used by dominus knights & primaris vehicles.

Not seeing that personally as the Dominus is one of the best looking Knight models, but if GW are going for two different era styles then they should have made the distinction with the Mechanicum Knights for 30K and the others for 40K.

Plus the Dominus Knight is older than the Imperium.

I agree with the idea that the 30k Knights should be all Mechanicum with hardwired pilots that never leave their suits and 40k can be what we think of Knights now, with chivalry and the like.

Not seeing that personally as the Dominus is one of the best looking Knight models, but if GW are going for two different era styles then they should have made the distinction with the Mechanicum Knights for 30K and the others for 40K.

Plus the Dominus Knight is older than the Imperium.

I agree with the idea that the 30k Knights should be all Mechanicum with hardwired pilots that never leave their suits and 40k can be what we think of Knights now, with chivalry and the like.

Questoris Knights are older than the Imperium too, and they are iconic, imho far more better than Mechanicum ones.

Dominus is not good as Questoris, too guns, too weird details, it appears to me like a toy. Many other units deserve Legions Imperialis scale.

Depends how you view the technological progression and regression.

Me? It’s not a straight forward downward slope from X to Y.

So the Dominus may be a good deal heavier than the Questoris, and in certain roles better than the same. But when your Household is full of functional suits, the Questoris provide a faster, more aggressive force, and so the slower but more individually heavily armed Dominus falls out of favour.

Then, as stuff is broken, lost, nicked, forgotten, stuffed down the back of the sofa or put somewhere sensible so you’ll know where to find it*? You just can’t maintain all those Questoris. But those mothballed Dominus, despite having a more complex shield and fire control system** are the ones you can now maintain, and provide enough pilots for. And so your overall strategic and tactical options and preferences shift accordingly.

*That last one means you’re never seeing that thing ever, ever again. We all know this to be an immutable law of the universe. Enforced by the Stuff Goblins

**That bit is just for example effect and is not a background based claim, k?

 1984Phantom wrote:


Dominus is not good as Questoris, too guns, too weird details, it appears to me like a toy. Many other units deserve Legions Imperialis scale.

Well, I respect your opinion...but thats one of it's good qualities!

For Legions Imperialis the Porphyrion fills the "walking fortress" role well enough and for this game its not a big loss, even if I would like the models all the same. But they would definitely be welcome in both AT and 30K, to fix the issues with the Porphyrion in those games.

30K its okay rules wise, but its a resin model that costs £450. No thanks. I'd much rather the plastic alternative for £115. For AT the Dominus is the perfect Lance replacement for the critically panned Porphyrion, which despite an updated terminal for LI still has conflicting rules for the Asterius which now has it's own separate terminal.

Another Legions Imperialis reveal this week, according to Warcom.

Not even going to place a bet.

Mk4 Marines or that Atropos Knight :

AdMech tanks or Atrapos.

Either way they don't need to release a new supplement for a while.

There's still Custodes to introduce.

Would be funny, if they tease the next Expansion without completing the Mechanicus Releases.

Remember, we got Units from the Rulebook released with the First Expantion without a release earlier.

SamusDrake wrote:
There's still Custodes to introduce.

Hopefully.

I'd hope for the duology of the Talons rather than the Custodes alone.

I'd love to have the small Knights (Harmigers/Helverins) in plastic (they are the ones I thought of when I said the resin model broke my spirit).