Ultramarines: Show Exclusive Primaris Lieutenant Gallery

Ultramarines: Show Exclusive Primaris Lieutenant Gallery

Completed this over the weekend whilst I was waiting for a break in the rain so that I could undercoat my Warhound and Knights for Titanicus. Picked up the show exclusive Lt from Games Expo. Happy with how he came out but so pleased with the photos, I really must make an effort to try and improve. Work is still progressing on The Big G, but needed a break from the gold. Hopefully will get some WIP of him this week. This brings my growing Ultramarines to 25 models and no vehicles as of yet. Looking forward to completing the Big G and then moving onto Titanicus for a while.

Adeptus Titanicus Acastus Knight Unboxing and Review

Adeptus Titanicus Acastus Knight Unboxing and Review

Carrying on with my Titanicus focus the new Acastus Knight box and cards arrived with me this week.

The box contains 2 Acastus Knights, bases, instructions, and transfers.  

Above you can see shots of both the front and rear of the frames. There are 2 frames in the box and each frame contains all the parts to build 1 knight. The frame is chock full of parts and it looks like that it is going to be a fun kit to assemble. On the sprue you get 1 head type and no armour variations. You can choose to have the either the Ironstorm Missile Pod or Karacnos Mortar Battery for the secondary weapon. You can also upgrade the twin autocannons to twin lascannons and these are on the sprue. There is only one main weapon which is the Twin Magna Lascannon.  Looks like we will either have to wait for a Forge World resin upgrade for Twin Conversion Beam Cannon or maybe it might on the plastic Knight upgrade sprue that we are all eagerly awaiting.

The decal sheet is the same as the one found in the Cerastus Knights box set which is a shame as would be nice to have some more options for the Knight Households, especially with the Doom of Molech release.

All in all a great looking kit and really looking forward to putting the pair together and then see how they play on the table. I think at £30 they are a little pricey would have preferred £25 but then who wouldn't.

Up next are the Acastus Knight Cards.

Looking at the cards will start with the Scale these are Scale 5 (Grandis) and cost 80 points, you can add up to another 3 knights at 70 points a piece. 

Adding in the Twin Linked Magna Lascannons and upgrading the autocannons to lascannons adds another 30 points to the knight. So fielding a full unit of 4 knights would cost 410 points.

One of the nice rules added to the Acastus is that if you issue First Fire or Split Fire then you gets bonues to your BS taking it from 4+ to 3+ . With 16 strength 8 shots from paired weapons means that they can really cause devastation on the battlefield. The Ironstorm Missile pod comes in at 6 strength 4 shots at max range of 36 inches and has the traits of Barrage and paired. 

The cards are the in the same format as the previous ones and come with 4 in a box.  So with a couple of boxes of these Knight and the cards you have a really strong Knight Unit on the table. 

In my view these are a great addition to the Knights currently available and will give some nice options for the controlling player, I can see them being used as an area denial unit that will cause the opposing player to carefully think about sending their Knights or Titans to go toe to toe with them.

Really looking forward to getting these assembled and on the table and see how they stack up against the smaller class Titans. 

Have you picked up yours?

Adeptus Titan: Legio Vulpa

Legio Vulpa

With more in-depth reading of Titandeath it was time to choose my traitorous Legion. Looking at the colour plates and thinking what I was going to enjoy the most my mind was set and Legio Vulpa was chosen.

Check after the break where I will go through some of the Legio rules and Knight Households that sided with Legio Vulpa

Adeptus Titanicus- Doom of Molech Review

Adeptus Titanicus- Doom of Molech Review

With my renewed interest in Titanicus I decided to pick the second campaign book Doom of Molech, this book covers one of the Warmaster's decisive battles during the Horus Heresy.

After the break I will cover what is in the book and what I am looking forward to now that I have read it.

Adeptus Titanicus: The Acastus Knight Porphyrion

Adeptus Titanicus: The Acastus Knight Porphyrion

This weekend sees the release of the Acastus Knight Porphyrion, shown off a couple of months ago and the Forge World Weekender, this are going to cause a stir on the battlefields 

Check out some more details after the break

Adeptus Titanicus- Titandeath Review

Adeptus Titanicus- Titandeath Review

I have had Titandeath for a while now and taken my time in reading my way through it, and having some other hobby distractions. So following after the break will be my review of the book.

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