frosteldar Posted November 9, 2018 Share Posted November 9, 2018 Another interesting fluff reveal in Blackstone Fortress for those who may not be following. Here is a link to the News page which reveals that the robot is indeed a Man of Iron. There are datasheets floating around and it could ally with AdMech, but that would be sacrilegious! http://www.bolterandchainsword.com/topic/349952-blackstone-fortress-whq40k/page-47 Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/351100-man-of-iron-blackstone-fortress/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlo Posted November 9, 2018 Share Posted November 9, 2018 Excellent bit of lore that. I've already secured a second man of iron model :P Think i'll convert him into a Magos bodyguard or similar. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/351100-man-of-iron-blackstone-fortress/#findComment-5188522 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kraken Posted November 9, 2018 Share Posted November 9, 2018 It can't actually ally with AdMech unless you stick it in his own detachment. The only common faction keyword is Imperium, and that is no longer allowed to be used as detachement keyword. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/351100-man-of-iron-blackstone-fortress/#findComment-5188575 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Rohr Posted November 9, 2018 Share Posted November 9, 2018 I had the same idea as Charlo, my Magos will be protected by a pair of salvaged MoI with their brains scooped out. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/351100-man-of-iron-blackstone-fortress/#findComment-5188718 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MajorNese Posted November 9, 2018 Share Posted November 9, 2018 Yep, great model. Hopefully they make more robots with that style, looks a lot more menacing and realistic than the kastelans. Will get a few, once someone actually has it left over. Already checked out the built model at a FLGS, sadly with that level of detail it won't work to take it apart, cast individual parts and reassemble in different poses to build a full squad. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/351100-man-of-iron-blackstone-fortress/#findComment-5188807 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlo Posted November 11, 2018 Share Posted November 11, 2018 I think we probably aren't likely to see a seperate release for a long time. For one the explorer's are all on the same Sprue. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/351100-man-of-iron-blackstone-fortress/#findComment-5189486 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doghouse Posted November 11, 2018 Share Posted November 11, 2018 I think that this is one of those things were if they mass produced these guys it'd lose it's cool factor if we suddenly had units of them like the actual robot (not the AI). I think it would work for special body guard or one off models though. As for the AI this is 40k's interpretation taken from the comic where the Arbites oversee an Adeptus Mechanicus explorator team as it ventures into a vault that turns out to be the prison for an AI intelligence. It did not go well... http://i67.tinypic.com/230c5w.jpg http://i68.tinypic.com/234cvd.jpg The fact that an AI is up and running around on the loose should be truly terrifying when you consider the reason they turned to using dead people as computers in the forms of Servitors is because of the Men of Iron. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/351100-man-of-iron-blackstone-fortress/#findComment-5189496 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xisor Posted November 12, 2018 Share Posted November 12, 2018 Servitors aren't dead people. Always irritates me when that comes up (worse when it's actual fiction!), but the point of them is that the human part still lives, albeit irrevocably enslaved to the machine. I also massively enjoy the 40k term: Abominable Intelligence rather than Artificial. Abominable isn't a word that gets much mileage these days, so I always enjoy seeing it out and about. :) And in the lore & fiction, AI certainly gets an intriguing run. I concur that seeing whole units of these might lessen the sheen - but seeing *more robots* in general would be very neat. More! Beep boop. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/351100-man-of-iron-blackstone-fortress/#findComment-5190164 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vash113 Posted November 15, 2018 Share Posted November 15, 2018 Servitors aren't dead people. Always irritates me when that comes up (worse when it's actual fiction!), but the point of them is that the human part still lives, albeit irrevocably enslaved to the machine. Well I think it depends on the servitor. Some, maybe most, are re-using the wetware of the brain for some or all of their functions but others may mostly be using data-wafers like Kastellan robots and whatever is left of the brain is effectively dead, if there is a brain left there at all. As for whole units of Iron Men I'd agree it would lessen the sheen, though actually I must admit I'm somewhat disappointed in the profile for this guy. His gun isn't spectacular, actually I think the rotor cannon of one of the armsmen from Rogue Trader is more effective, he's only T5 with what, 4 wounds and no invulnerable save? Not really the unstoppable dark-age of technology juggernaught I would have expected... However as for more robots I mean aren't we supposed to get 40k Cybernetica rules at some point? If Forge World can get out of it's slump and back onto a regular release schedule? Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/351100-man-of-iron-blackstone-fortress/#findComment-5192298 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Son of Sacrifice Posted November 16, 2018 Share Posted November 16, 2018 Im disappointed that a man of iron looks so clunky. I imagined them to be the zenith of man's technical achievements. He should be sleek and polished IMO, basically the opposite of imperial tech. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/351100-man-of-iron-blackstone-fortress/#findComment-5192557 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Midlight Posted November 16, 2018 Share Posted November 16, 2018 Im disappointed that a man of iron looks so clunky. I imagined them to be the zenith of man's technical achievements. He should be sleek and polished IMO, basically the opposite of imperial tech. It's in disguise as imperial tech. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/351100-man-of-iron-blackstone-fortress/#findComment-5192627 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Battybattybats Posted November 19, 2018 Share Posted November 19, 2018 There's mention on facebook of it's power claw arm being very old, hence it's different colour. Could be the arm is from a man of iron, controlling an actual imperial bot. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/351100-man-of-iron-blackstone-fortress/#findComment-5194279 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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