The Maintenance Bay >The God Machines and Knights Thread<

[Canadian_F_H]

Wow. Here I am sitting on a knight renegade box not knowing what to do except buy more magnets..

[Dark Bjoern]

Open the box and assemble them?

But i guess you have questions about the loadout or choosing a House....

[Canadian_F_H]

Yes and no... definitely will be fully magnetizing. And I have a rough outline in my head for the house.

 

A fractured house. In crisis as it were. (I intend to magnetize some heraldry elements to represent members of the house refusing or accepting imperial compliance) a long story for another thread.

[Memento Of Prospero]

Working on my new minions! I was lucky enough to get spare parts from a friend's project, so I decided to kitbash some Cerastus chasis. One Lancer and one Archeron in production!

[GhostMalone]

Yeah guys I'm loving all the WIP knights coming along, some great kit bashes and conversions coming through.

 

On the house hermetika front I bring news;

 

http://i1279.photobucket.com/albums/y524/Taron_James_Beer/Mobile%20Uploads/20160621_162541_zpsuv3d6yig.jpg

 

Finally received my first Upgrade kit.

 

http://i1279.photobucket.com/albums/y524/Taron_James_Beer/Mobile%20Uploads/20160621_164246_zpstaftvatj.jpg

http://i1279.photobucket.com/albums/y524/Taron_James_Beer/Mobile%20Uploads/20160621_164253_zpsmkbuqn5w.jpg

http://i1279.photobucket.com/albums/y524/Taron_James_Beer/Mobile%20Uploads/20160621_164300_zpsan4evpuz.jpg

 

Obsidian decked out in the new Armour, now ill try smash him out but Crimson will have to wait till I move out of the :cuss hole flat I've been in for the past month.

[Xin Ceithan]

Wow, you people really are a tough Act to follow :)

 

I' ve made some progress on both my House background and the actual Knight. I am shamelessly pointing anyone interested towards my AoD blog: http://www.bolterandchainsword.com/topic/318300-black-iron-green-suns-the-rise-and-fall-of-forge-ikhar/?do=findComment&comment=4424595

 

I will be sure to post the finished Knight here also.

[GhostMalone]

So guys Obsidian is finished minus transfers.

 

http://i1279.photobucket.com/albums/y524/Taron_James_Beer/Mobile%20Uploads/cameringo_20160622_172244_zpsfd8skvz0.jpeg

http://i1279.photobucket.com/albums/y524/Taron_James_Beer/Mobile%20Uploads/cameringo_20160622_172429_zpszhypzo5e.jpeg

http://i1279.photobucket.com/albums/y524/Taron_James_Beer/Mobile%20Uploads/cameringo_20160622_175145_zps5baq73ha.jpeg

 

 

 

So I also want to say can you let me know in your posts when a Knight has been completed so I can issue extra knight tokens.

 

This will help me a whole bunch with issuing new and up to date banners, your next banners will contain your house name like so;

 

http://i1279.photobucket.com/albums/y524/Taron_James_Beer/Mobile%20Uploads/2016-06-22_17.56.34_zpsnajb7gt0.jpg

 

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[Soldier of Dorn]

So, posting here because I'm only familiar with the broad strokes of Knight fluff and vague about their origins, but I have a question. I'm wondering if it's possible that Knight suits (or very similar technology) existed on Terra prior to the Treaty of Mars? Like I said, I'm only vaguely familiar with the lore surrounding the Knights, but I sorta need to know for... reasons.

[GhostMalone]

Well house tyranis was founded on Mars in the 25th Millennium so Terra is pretty close. It might not be like a 600 strong household but I'd wager a guess there would be a couple suits flying around

[RandomMarine]

I can imagine a small house of Knights being parts of the more high tech city states prior to unification but then unification happens and they would have been wiped out by the thunder warrior's

[Dark Bjoern]

Well house tyranis was founded on Mars in the 25th Millennium so Terra is pretty close. It might not be like a 600 strong household but I'd wager a guess there would be a couple suits flying around

House Tyranis? I´m quite sure you mean no insult to the noble House Taranis?!

[noigrim]

Weren't Taranis knight blue in the mechanicum novel?

[stilgar the flayer]

Does any one know if there is or will be a books focusing on knights?

[Phatsquirre1]

So after looking through the new CIAL (Crusade Imperialis Army List) Book, I noticed a couple of changes to the Questoris Knights-

1) Questoris Knights cannot take Dual Avenger Gatling Cannons on either the Warden or Crusader Chassis.

2) Questoris Knight Crusaders cannot field an Avenger Gatling Cannon AND Battlecannon on the same chassis- its one or the other. Crusaders are stuck with Thermal Cannons and either the Gatling or Battlecannon RAW...

Hopefully this is a typo from FW, as I like my Crusaders to have Battlecannons and Gatling Cannons for all the dakka. That said, Thermal Cannons are pretty nice.

On the plus side:

1) Carapace weapons are allowed on non-cerastus Knights (excluding the Stryix/Mageara).

2) "Legendary Freeblades" can evidently be used as elites for the Questoris Knights list.

[RandomMarine]

I don't really see why they wouldnt allow the battle cannon swap its the better load out in most roles when taking knight classes into account

[ThatOneMarshal]

Good news guys I got a knight for $60 from a guy at the club. So I'm thinking about trying to build a cerastus from it.

 

Any ideas? Is it possible or is it going to require a huge amount of converting? I think the top is going to be a bit hard though.

[GhostMalone]

Well considering the release of renegade was close to the release of the CIAL it could be in a later FAQ. I'll email forgeworld and ask if this is an oversight.

 

If not once again just house rule it it may not be official but part of this thread is coming up with new Weapon variants loadout etc.

 

Now that I'm back home I'll be heading to GW so I might bring home some goodies

[Phatsquirre1]

I imagine it is, since the opposite is true for 40k Crusaders, who can take the Thermal OR Battle Cannon and Avenger Gatling Cannon.

I know I'm hoping it's an oversight. Although having a Warden with Thunderstrike Gauntlet seems pretty good in 30k... Something about throwing a Spartan/Thanatar/Leviathan seems too good to pass up.

[Brother-Chaplain Kage]

Any tips on putting one of these together? I have a Castigator I'll be building eventually.

[fedratsailor]

The biggest thing I learned when building my Atrapos was Make sure you test fit the legs multiple times.  Doing that helped make sure I didn't screw them up.

[GhostMalone]

And don't be afraid to cut it up for great posing I followed Jeff Tibbetts guide and it was easily posed to make a more dynamic pose

[Brother-Chaplain Kage]

The one Knight I have is one of the FW all resin ones, not based on the plastic GW frame. I figure it's going to be the same headache with posing the legs and hips like it's been on the Contemptor and the Thallax/Castellax, but wondered if anyone had any other assembly tips.

[fedratsailor]

5 min version of JB weld in small amounts works so so so much better than any super glue on FW resin.

[Phatsquirre1]

My Knight-Lancer was a joy to build and paint, (although I say that coming off of a Warhound build, so take that as you will...) the only thing I'll say is that building in sub-assemblies, and dry-fitting them when complete, makes life so much easier in terms of posing your Knight.

Also, if you happened to get a Lancer, be careful of the Ion Shield- it can be fiddly to fit on the model if the arm is too close to the body. The shoulder pad tends to get in the way.

Other than that, have fun. Any idea of what House your Knight will be a part of?

*edit* Whoops, just saw that you said Castigator for the Chassis.

[crazyterran]

I have ten Freeblades under my command, all of us seeking glory in the name of the Imperium! And what greater glory is there than to strike down those that would besmirch the honor of the Imperium?

 

(I'll post pictures of the Knight Castigator I have finished when I get home. In the mean time, I have one that doubles as a certain Freeblade in my 40k games.)

 

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/150x100q90/923/O8P7Kh.jpg

 

(Posting the picture directly was a bit big, :( )