Some interesting details were mentioned at Adepticon for the new Imperial / Renegade Knights and Chaos Space Marines codex release schedule…
It looks like Games Workshop is doing the Knight release more similarly to how they did the Orks (and Black Templars), with an early codex release inside an army box. Then, a while later, everything will drop separately…
So how does the new Chaos Space Marines release fit into this list? Let’s check out the details we’ve seen so far, then jump into the Q&A Session after the previews at Adepticon!
GW AdeptiCon Preview Reveals New Chaos Knights
Yes, new codexes are on the way soon for Chaos Knights and Imperial Knights! The crowd at AdeptiCon have already seen the books for the first time – now it’s your opportunity to admire these mighty tomes.
Chaos Knights Abominant
The Abominant has everything you could want in a Chaos Knight – tusks, a volkite combustor to devastate distant enemies, an electroscourge to crush anything that gets too close, AND it’s a psyker. Yes, a Knight that has psychic powers! And that gun is a nod to classic Heresy-era weaponry, which their Imperial counterparts have all but lost.
The first miniature up is the upgrade kit to make a Knight Abominant, which will actually be a psyker. It covers most of the things from the above preview video, so don’t expect too much else from them.
One thing to note here though, is all the current Questors, and Dominus Knights currently go for $170 but the chaos one goes for $160, so we’re not sure what the upgrade sprue will push it to when it releases separately…
Click Here To Get The New First Knight Miniature Bundle!
The new army set is a great way to kick off a Chaos Knights army and perfect for adding reinforcements to an existing host of Descecrators and Rampagers. This box will be the first place you’ll be able to get your hands on the new Codex: Chaos Knights before it comes out as a separate release soon after.
They also mentioned the army box will have 3 knights (the Abominat and box of two Karnivore models), datacards, and the codex, along with some transfer sheets
Chaos Knight War Dog Karnivore
Next up is the Karnivore, which is fully geared up for close combat.
Armed with a reaper chaintalon and slaughterclaw, the Karnivore can tear its way through anything from Dreadnoughts to Trygons.
Be careful not to upset the Karnivore, or you’ll have to face its bigger brother – the Abominant!
New Imperial Knights & Chaos Codex Release Schedule Details
According to the AdeptiCon Q&A, their army box with an early codex might actually drop before the Imperial and Chaos Knight codex books
- The new Knights are completely compatible with pre-existing Knights
- Knights codices are dropping together / near each other. Army set will come before the codices drop.
- CSM may be after the army set but before the Knights codices.
This is interesting because they usually do this when they have a lot of new units to release, like the Black Templars or Orks. Still, we’re not the biggest fan of these types of releases because it paywalls the new units and more importantly, the new book for a while.
But is sorta just feels bad because if all you want is the book, you’ll either have to wait for a while or get one off the secondary market.
The more interesting part might actually be the Chaos Space Marine release. It means two things, first, they too could get an army box, and probably have a lot of new models inside. Secondly, this means we could see their codex before too long and we might even see all three codexes hit around the same time-ish in 2022.
However as we saw with the Eldar release, there may be no army box, as Eldritch Omens may have filled that path to market role for Games Workshop!
Overall, just some interesting tidbits and a lot to look forward to for any Chaos player! Here’s all the latest on the upcoming rules updates and points changes for Warhammer 40k.
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Here’s the most up-to-date list of new Games Workshop bits from preview models that we should keep an eye out for. Click on the gallery above to see dozens of Rumor Engines with new models still left to be revealed!
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