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Lower center of gravity would be harder to tip, not easier IIRC.

I picture the rockets not as a way to run faster overall, but as a sort of JATO booster to overcome inertia and accelerate faster into a sprint.

I do like that they are relatively subdued, and seem to share the design language of the retro thrusters on sm fliers for that stc flavor.

That frag cannon or whatever it is does not feel stylistically consistent with the faction. It's so boxy you'd think it was an IG gun.

At first I thought this model looked alright, but longer I look the more things I see that don't feel quite right. The pauldron shape, the strange housing for the shoulder stubber, the overly short and broad-tipped lance, the, uh, stylistic leg piston layout.

This model is obviously not making it to 30k, which is a shame, but as a knight fan I am not as disappointed as I could be. I still want the Dominus more.

I kinda like it’s stripped down, slightly hot rod styling.

I do agree the Frag Cannon looks like a conversion though.

I like the lance variant, but something about the faces and the sweep of the shoulder pads made me think “never go full Warmachine!”

 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
I kinda like it’s stripped down, slightly hot rod styling.

I do agree the Frag Cannon looks like a conversion though.

It looks like the Deathwatch weapon, just scaled up to Dreadnought+ size. Which is why it looks off; its covered in the 45º angles that are the core of the Astartes vehicle/weapon design aesthetic rather than the sweeping compound curves favoured by both the Mechanicus and the Knight households or the rounded 90º corners iconic to the Guard. They’ve tried to offset that with tiny rivets but those actually make it look even more out of place.

I like the way this one looks.. as long as the loadout is chain cannon with chainfist. That Frag Cannon looks deprpz.

This could perhaps be my first Knight kit..

Wow that is bland. Gw used to have a different design for each knight chassis, go back to EPIC and no two knights looked alike.

Now all the plastic ones just look like slightly different sized versions of each other.

Surely they could have pulled a design from their back catalogue to update, rather than pulling CAD bits into a new file and hitting x80%?

https://www.belloflostsouls.net/2023/03/warhammer-40k-3-decades-of-knights.html

Honestly I'm of three minds

1) The upper body really reminds me of a Warmachine mech - just the shape, that grill and gun types just reminds me of something out of Khador.

2) I really like the design in itself. Big fan of the guns and honestly its probably going to be a bit like the Norn in Tyranids in that it wil lbe big but not "OMG table filling" big so honestly will likely fit a really nice sweet spot

3) I do agree with a few others that it would have been nice to see a touch more "spark/flare" in the design. That one is hard as it is 100% achieving its goal of looking great and fitting the same design styles as the current ones.
However it would be nice if the managers/creatives (whoever is in charge) got to be just a little more creative/wild/free.

All in all a solid looking mech and I' sure with some other poses and paint jobs its going to be a popular model!

 Hellebore wrote:
Wow that is bland. Gw used to have a different design for each knight chassis, go back to EPIC and no two knights looked alike.

Now all the plastic ones just look like slightly different sized versions of each other.

Surely they could have pulled a design from their back catalogue to update, rather than pulling CAD bits into a new file and hitting x80%?

https://www.belloflostsouls.net/2023/03/warhammer-40k-3-decades-of-knights.html

1st edition knights sure. Though some designs were... strange. In 2nd edition they looked not that different. At least there's an obvious familiarity of Dave Andrews miniatures from these to the old Necrons and Obliterators.

I feel that this pattern of Knight would've been just right for the Preceptor, rather than being one Questoris variant too many. It looks more likely to train and lead Armigers, being closer size in size and with similar mobility.

 The Phazer wrote:
Mehhh. It's a bit too similar to the Questoris for me. Knights used to have a lot more variety of chassis design.

Having said that, I do think it'll be pretty useful to Imperial Agents in particular.

Hmm, maybe.
But I doubt it'll do the job of my two Armigers better than they already do themselves. For starters? It can't be in two places at once.

I just hope there is no chaos version. Because if there is, it will be upgraded and better in every way.

I'm kind-of hoping that those shoulders assemble in the same way as a Paladin, and that those shoulder pads have just enough arch in them so you can actually hot-swap arms if you want to.

I like it.

Gives a feel of a knight that charges in flat out, as opposed to the more lumbering larger ones and the lighter, primarily shooting armigers.

Would like to know if the spear can be extended to the shaft is at the front.

 Lathe Biosas wrote:
I just hope there is no chaos version. Because if there is, it will be upgraded and better in every way.

I hope there is, because chaos knights deserve to have more than 3 stat blocks too.

I'd assume the Destrier will at least be in the following edition's Chaos Knight codex, just with name changes.

SamusDrake wrote:
I'd assume the Destrier will at least be in the following edition's Chaos Knight codex, just with name changes.

I mean that might be 3 years away to be honest, which is a dud runner up prize for a "here's a kit we made for someone else l,.didn't give you access to for years and you're encouraged to convert".

Honestly I'd rather they dropped 2-3 more chaos knights kits and removed the shared profiles now, so they stand alone.

Dudeface wrote:


https://www.warhammer-community.com/en-gb/articles/utzwpur9/new-imperial-knight-destrier-strides-into-battle/

I just have one thing to say...




After decades of stubby legged dreadnoughts and the like it's nice to see someone with real legs striding like she means it.