Horus Heresy Krios Battle Tank + Karacnos Assault Tank + Heavy Support Force Bundle

[Bung]

The question is, is one Box enough or do i bully my Nerdstore to pre Order moar for me.

[Mandragola]

This is a cool box and the models look great. If there’s a downside it’s that providing three heavy support choices locks it out of being an allied detachment for anyone - unless there are special rules you can use to change the FOC slots of any of this stuff. 
 

I’m going to be disciplined and leave this one, to focus on the many other unfinished projects I have to do. 

[Madao]

So this is why 40k AdMech got just a sad stiltboy... All good kits went to 30k...

[Tokugawa]

1 hour ago, Madao said:

So this is why 40k AdMech got just a sad stiltboy... All good kits went to 30k...

And they didn't share appearance/size similarity with any known 40K units?

 

So if a player love these models and want to use them in 40K via proxy/conversion, maybe Orks way is the only way.

[Shinespider]

It's absurd to pretend that the aesthetics are incompatible. They're easily close enough to pass as 40k admech. 

[DuskRaider]

I just want my 8mm versions so I can actually complete my army, man… :(

[Mithrilforge]

These are really expensive Ork Conversion Material ...  They'd look super Awesome though... 

 

Mithril

[SalamandersBro]

Man. Great box to add if you have the original box

[chapter master 454]

So...clearly 30k sells if they can give the time and money to produce these models which would include paying the designers, modelers, then getting the molds made for them and all that shipping stuff.

Then I ask, why not give us these models in 40k even just as "relic" units that have a strict "one of" rule which over time they can slacken because Cawl does his thing and is like "oh those, I was actually building billions of those inbetween making super space marines, here have some...this isn't me trying to divert you from other shady stuff I am doing".

Seriously...its money on the table at this point that GW just refuses to take for some bizarre reason.

 

However I will comment that I do enjoy the parallels between the Necrons and AdMech in this era in how they approach their tank design, eschewing armour instead for shields as to keep the frame lighter and even the layout is actually near enough the same. Looks cool, would be nice if we got these models in 40k.

Again, something that next year with 11th edition I think they could win major good will by not resetting codexes but adding a free index of 30k units to 40k. Cross play always get more players and more players is more money...like I know we discuss this everytime but the logic fails...money is money right? Model company that makes models wants models to sell but they don't want to sell models because models don't model for the right model they want to model for despite the fact they are just models?

[Cactus]

The sad reality is that the company frequently can't produce enough models to satisfy demand. Widening the market for Mechanicum models by giving them 40k rules has an opportunity cost of having to devote more production resources to making those instead of something else. If the something else is also selling well the net financial gain to GW is close to zero.

 

I agree that there are plenty of good hobbyist reasons to want cross-game models but those aren't the drivers of GW's business decisions. Their top priority at the moment should be being a company that builds factories, then they can worry about selling more product.

[Anvilarium]

Love these new plastic models! Unfortunately I already have a Thanatar-Calix and don't really need any more. 

If the box had the Thanatar-Cavas instead, I would probably buy three. As it is, I will probably buy one, swap/sell the Calix and wait for the Krios to become available separately before I buy another two.

 

I wonder how easy it will be to magnetise the main guns on the Krios?

[Xenith]

I picked up the other  mechanicum set for the thallax and the bigger ones, I was looking to convert into the maraccaros, I love the 7" rad pie plate. Might have to grab this one instead of spending £25 on a conversion kit and a £85 or whatever on a thanatar. 

[Dr. Clock]

On 2/6/2025 at 6:20 PM, Tokugawa said:

want to use them in 40K via proxy/conversion

Closest in this wave is Krios = Skorpius Disintegrator methinks, and that's indeed probably the next thing I do for my AdMech... I still want a Thanatar for sure, but likely wouldn't get one as it's in a weird place of being bigger than an Armiger but smaller than a proper Knight? Excellent design, but it'd a bad fit to 40k.

 

Karacnos is just a bit outside of the 40k scale in general, like the Spartan... so not fussed about that as much.

 

Cheers,

 

The Good Doctor.

 

 

[Magos Takatus]

On 2/14/2025 at 8:37 PM, Dr. Clock said:

Closest in this wave is Krios = Skorpius Disintegrator methinks, and that's indeed probably the next thing I do for my AdMech... I still want a Thanatar for sure, but likely wouldn't get one as it's in a weird place of being bigger than an Armiger but smaller than a proper Knight? Excellent design, but it'd a bad fit to 40k.

 

Karacnos is just a bit outside of the 40k scale in general, like the Spartan... so not fussed about that as much.

 

Cheers,

 

The Good Doctor.

 

 

Yes, trying to count the Karacnos as a Disintigrator with a Belleros energy cannon would feel pretty sad. lol

 

It would be nice to be able to field a unit that large without it always having to be a Knight.

[Lord Marshal]

Pre-order next week, along with what I think is every other resin reveal we've been waiting on...? (Sans Angron)

 

Edited Sunday at 06:05 PM by Lord Marshal

[01RTB01]

Happy for mech players, sad for EC as it'd be reported from a few channels it'd be EC. Hopefully next Sunday as then it'll be with us for spring break...

[Fire Golem]

€145 so £110, based on the High Elf battalion that’s the same price. Pretty good. £88 with 20% off.

[Doobles57]

On 2/17/2025 at 11:56 AM, Fire Golem said:

€145 so £110, based on the High Elf battalion that’s the same price. Pretty good. £88 with 20% off.

That price makes it a bit of a no brainer really. Effectively getting a discount on the Thanatar and Karacnos AND a free Krios. Definitely picking one up.

[Marshal Mittens]

How much is that in Freedom Bucks?

[Fire Golem]

9 hours ago, Marshal Mittens said:

How much is that in Freedom Bucks?

$185 I think