The new Chaos Knights are coming to Warhammer 40k! Don’t miss a look at the sprue pics, and the latest on all their weapon options and assembly.
Get ready for the Knight Rampager and Despoiler two of the new models coming soon with a codex, and data cards! We have the official teasers on next week’s new release Chaos Knights lineup.
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Only one year has gone by since Imperials got their updated Knight codex and the Dominus class. Now it looks to be the Renegades turn. Something big is incoming for Chaos, REAL BIG!
Let’s take a look at the latest rules previews and product pics from Warhammer Community and some exclusives that were sent to us from recent events!
Heretical Armigers & Castellans Getting Love
Chaos Knight Armiger with CSM Vehicle upgrade bits.
Chaos Knight Dominus with CSM Vehicle upgrade bits.
It was only a matter of time before we saw the Castellans and Armigers fall to Chaos. The gods just can’t keep their hands off of whatever the Imperium manages to roll out of the factories. Do you think these Chaos Knights will have different weapon profiles from the Loyalists? Something like the Storm Cannon Array and Butcher Cannons on Leviathan Dreadnoughts?
New Sprue Pics For Knights Spotted & Pointers To Look Out For
It probably goes without saying that we love Spikey Bits, but these kits appear to be a bit more than just the standard Imperial kit with a few spikes added…
Coming from Slabednah on Twitter, we’ve got exclusive sprue pics.
The Chaos Knight appears to be three sprues just like the loyalist Errant kit counterpart. One thing of note is that there is no gatling cannon (dual or otherwise) as that is currently an option from the Renegade Knight Index.
Chaos Knight Weapon, Arms & Shoulders Not the lack of Battle, Thermal, and Gattling Cannons
Chaos Knight Legs Sprue
Chaos Torso & Feet Sprue
Overall, the Chaos Knight looks to have all of the same underlying structure aside from the legs. Of course, there are also a few extra Spikey Bits that really make it “Chaos”.
One of the key differences between the Loyalist and Traitor Knights is that the Loyalist’s left leg is pushed forward while the Chaos Knight has its right leg moved up. They also have different leg joints. The Imperial Knight is akin to a person’s knee while the Chaos Knights are closer to an Armiger, Chicken, Flamingo, whatever floats your boat.
Because we know some of you out there are going to be making some incredible conversions with these, we feel like you should exercise a bit of caution with the legs. It seems like they might have tricky glue-points for alternate armor plates because of the way the legs are modeled. While Chaos plates should fit fine to the Chaos legs, somebody might run into a few problems if they wanted to glue loyalist plates on there.
The loyalist ones use a wishbone shaped “Y” piece for the shins, and as you can see above below the thigh plates are completely different sizes and connectors.
The real kicker will be the knee/thigh plating for the Loyalist Knights. It looks like the Chaos Knights have a fixed knee guard on the thigh plate that hooks over the joint.
Meanwhile, the Imperial Knight has an entirely separate thigh and knee plate. We’re not saying it’s impossible. Just be careful it may not be plug and play.
An Alternative Now
If you are looking to convert your Knight kits into Chaos now, you are still in luck! For around $85 Legio Models has a ton of upgrade kits that work great for the Questoris and now even Armiger frames.
Give your Knight the power of darkness. If you love Renegade Knights, don’t miss our reviews of these upgrade armor sets from Legio Models!
What do you think about the new Chaos Knights? Could we see a new meta of Knights emerge in 8th edition? What model will you be playing? let us know in the comments of our Facebook Hobby Group.
About the Author: Rob Baer
Rob Baer
Job Title: Managing Editor
Founded Spikey Bits in 2009
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About Rob Baer: Founder, Publisher, & Managing Editor of Spikey Bits, the leading tabletop gaming news website focused on the hobby side of wargaming and miniatures.
Rob also co-founded and currently hosts the Long War Podcast, which has over 350 episodes and focuses on tabletop miniatures gaming, specializing in Warhammer 40k. and spent six years writing for Bell of Lost Souls.
Every year, along with his co-hosts, he helps host the Long War 40k Doubles Tournament at Adepticon and the Long War 40k Doubles at Las Vegas Open, which attracts over 350 players from around the world.
Rob has won many Warhammer 40k Tournaments over the years, including multiple first-place finishes in Warhammer 40k Grand Tournaments over the years and even winning 1st place at the Adepticon 40k Team Tournament.
With over 30 years of experience in retail and distribution, Rob knows all the products and exactly which ones are the best. As a member of GAMA (Game Manufacturers Association), he advocates for gaming stores and manufacturers in these difficult times, always looking for the next big thing to feature for the miniatures hobby, helping everyone to provide the value consumers want.
While he’s played every edition of Warhammer 40k and Warhammer Fantasy (since 5th Edition) and has been hobbying on miniatures since the 1980s, Titans of all sizes will always be his favorite! It’s even rumored that his hobby vault rivals the Solemnance Galleries, containing rulebooks filled with lore from editions long past, ancient packs of black-bordered Magic Cards, and models made of both pewter and resin.
