Today we’re hearing some surprising rumor details from the upcoming Imperial Knight release. Things like new terrain special character rules are sure to have hobbyists talking!
We’ve heard an awful lot recently about the new Imperial Knight codex, and Games Workshop has teased us with some images of the Castellan Knight. From the latest word on the street this big new model kit isn’t the only thing that hobbyists have to be excited about for this release:
Imperial Knights 2018 Release
We already know there are GIANT FREAKING ROBOTS on the way with their very own codex from the announcement at Adepticon this year.
Rumors:
Before any of those updates hit we had been hearing rumors at the time that four new Knights and the supposed release order from Hermanista.
I’m wracking my brain of the order they were presented on the release sheet, but I think it went
Castellan
Armiger
Valiant
HelligerSo I’d expect the first two one week, the other the week after.
The valiant is silver with a spear and some plasma type gun I think. As I think I’ve said before I’d expect it to be the character box as well.
I don’t know if it’s thin/lanky or not, and it was so long ago now that I’m wracking the noggin to remember the conversation.
The release sheet did have renegade on there as well, so hopefully that means a rerelease or an update?
And I was thinking May too, what came out last May? As it’s likely from a sales pov GW will want to match last year’s release with another similar level one to keep the pounds ticking over
Scanner has confirmed today that the new Imperial Knight codex will contain TEN Knight datasheets, and would like to add the name Preceptor to the list of models that we will be seeing soon. He also confirmed that the four names quoted above in bold are correct with each being a variant of the other.
He went on to say that “the Knight codex will also have a terrain datasheet just like the Harlequins, and a special character datasheet too”.
Existing Knight Lineup:
Looks like the Knight stable is about to double in size!
May is slowly ticking by with no “official” word on the release date for these venerable warriors of the Imperium, however the releases for the end of the month are still shrouded in mystery as Games Workshop likes to tease the end of month releases around the middle of the month when all the White Dwarf hype dies down.
All in all, we’re getting really excited to see everything Games Workshop has in store for the Imperial Knight Codex, and we’ll be putting out more codex confirmations as soon as we get them!
Are you looking forward to the upcoming Imperial Knight Codex, and some GIANT FREAKING ROBOTS?
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