Get ready for the Knight Rampager and Despoiler two of the new models coming soon with a full Chaos Heretic Renegade Knight release!
Boom goes the dynamite! 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!
Warhammer Community had the big reveal from the iconic Warhammer Fest 2019:
The Imperial Knight is an immediately iconic design, and it can’t be improved upon – but you can add spikes.
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…
Knight Rampager
Knight Desecrator
This kit is all-new and packed with grisly details that make it instantly recognizable as a dark mirror of its loyalist kin – all while maintaining great posaibility and plenty of options for customization. You’ll be able to build either a brutal Knight Rampager or the dominating Knight Despoiler, with a range of armor plates, faces, spikes and horns for making your Chaos Knight your own.
Accompanying the new Chaos Knight will be a fully fledged codex that lets you unleash the true might of the Questor Traitoris on the battlefield. All the Knight patterns from Index: Renegade Knights will still be usable, only now you’ll be able to combine them with Stratagems, Warlord Traits, Relics and, of course, Knight Rampagers and Knight Despoilers.
New lore, meanwhile, will allow you to explore the shadowy history of the Chaos Knights – as much veterans of the Long War as their Heretic Astartes kin, with thousands of years of history behind them that sheds new light on the dark powers of Chaos.
If you’re not hyped yet, well shut the front door and look at these amazing pics from the event sent to us from James Martin.
The new Knight Desecrator looks to have a new weapon type as the battle, and thermal cannons are nowhere to be found on these models.
The Rampager seems to favor two close combat weapons just like the Imperials’ Gallant. Will he be right over 300 points as well?
The new book brings that more of that Iconic Raymond Swanland art, but looks to be a bit thin…
From the video there are Armigers and Dominus classes available as well, however, they seem to be adorned with existing Chaos upgrade bits from the Marine range:
Chaos Knight Armiger with CSM Vehicle upgrade bits.
Chaos Knight Dominus with CSM Vehicle upgrade bits.
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!
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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.
