Death Guard Frigate - Eisenstein

[Replica]

Howdy folks,

 

I have been trying to research the frigate, Eisenstein for a little while now and am finding resources scarce. I've read the book (flight of the eisenstein) and the first 3 HH novels. I'm looking for descriptions of the actual ship itself, as I'd like to try to draw up some crude plans or something to that effect. 

 

So far, pictures have it looking like a Sword class frigate, while descriptions say it resembles a Gladius class. these two look very different. 

 

I recall descriptions of the prow blade, like the Sword class, and I think had a big skull on it like the image above, right? 

 

Anyway, if anyone can recall anything i might have missed, or can point me in the direction of other Eisenstein descriptions I'd be greatly appreciative! 

 

~ Replica

[Calas Typhon]

I am 100% certain it was a Gladius Class, I would lean towards it looking like that on the whole with the addition of a bladed prowl. Its the same age as Garro, so plenty of time for conversions.

[carlisimo]

You've got two problems: a source with contradictory information (since the Gladius-class doesn't have a blade-shaped prow) and the 40k universe being generally sloppy with ship classes.  Even the Battlefleet Gothic rulebook has weird things like the Overlord-class battlecruiser (typical Imperial Navy ship with a vertical prow) being based on the Acheron-class heavy cruiser (typical 40k Chaos cruiser that looks more like a speartime held flat).  They don't even use the same weapon types except in their dorsal mountings.

BFG also implies that different worlds build the same classes with slightly different styling (i.e. patterns).  Not necessarily enough to explain the difference between how Sword- and Gladius-class frigates look, but maybe.  If there's any good news it's that the two are functionally the same.  The Gladius is faster and has more defensive turrets.