Robots Undisguised!
As if finishing a Reaver Titan wasn’t enough, I’ve ploughed on with yet more Imperial Knights this week!
I’ve broken down my Imperial Knights into several themed factions. The most straight forward one is my House
Raven Knights which is unsurprising given that they are undeniably linked to the
Legio of my Reaver Titan (and eventually my two Warhounds once they’re built
and painted!); Metalica.
Metalica and House Raven have an unbroken bond dating back
to before the Horus Heresy, giving a rich background for me to draw on and
cross-pollinate.
So, to start with, I want to do a quick rundown of the
Knights and Support units which I own and their current build status. I do intend to try and add progress to my
Blog as and when I complete a unit from the Force:
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House Raven
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Unit
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Name
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Battle Readiness
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Questoris
Class: Knight Errant
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Arbiter
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[Build Status:
Complete]
[House
Colours: Complete]
=!= Arbiter Ready to Walk =!=
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Questoris
Class: Knight Paladin
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Cognis
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[Build Status:
Complete]
[House
Colours: Not yet applied]
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Questoris
Class: Knight Gallant
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Furien
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[Build Status:
Complete]
[House
Colours: Not yet applied]
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Questoris
Class: Knight Warden
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Crucius
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[Build Status:
Complete]
[House
Colours: Not yet applied]
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Questoris
Class: Knight Crusader
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Indomitus
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[Build Status:
Complete]
[House
Colours: Not yet applied]
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Questoris Class: Knight
Preceptor
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Rygan
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[Build Status:
Incomplete: processing STC plans]
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Questoris Class: Knight Gallant
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Furore
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[Build Status:
Incomplete: processing STC plans]
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Questoris Class: Knight
Castellan
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Invigillus
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[Build Status:
Incomplete: processing STC plans]
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Questoris Class: Knight Valiant
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Ahabius
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[Build Status:
Incomplete: processing STC plans]
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Questoris Class: Knight Mageara
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Violatus
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[Build Status:
Incomplete: processing STC plans]
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Armiger Class: Knight Warglaive
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Infernus
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[Build Status:
Complete]
[House
Colours: Not yet applied]
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Armiger Class: Knight Warglaive
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Sythax
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[Build Status:
Complete]
[House
Colours: Not yet applied]
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Armiger Class: Knight Helverin
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Mordent
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[Build Status:
Incomplete: processing STC plans]
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Armiger Class: Knight Helverin
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Hastus
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[Build Status:
Incomplete: processing STC plans]
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3 Armoured Sentinels
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The Huntsmen
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[Build Status:
Complete]
[House
Colours: Complete]
=!= Huntsmen Ready to Walk =!=
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3 Armoured Sentinels
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The Outriders
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[Build Status:
Complete]
[House
Colours: Not yet applied]
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Baneblade Super Heavy Tank
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Impregnable
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[Build Status:
Complete]
[House
Colours: Not yet applied]
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Sacristan Techpriest
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Regulus
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[Build Status:
Complete]
[House
Colours: Not yet applied]
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The elements of the force which I’ve completed so far are the
Huntsmen, 3 Lascannon equipped armoured Sentinels and Arbiter, my one finished
Knight Raven Questoris suit.
The Huntsmen
Below is a picture of the Huntsmen and some shots of an
objective token I made from spare parts to go along with my Knights:
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| Ranging ahead, these Sentinels risk it all for the honour of House Raven! |
I loved the idea of smaller machines crewed by House Serfs, lowborn residents of Kolossi who are given the opportunity to emulate their masters, riding out ahead of the more heavily armed knights as a scouting force.
This is probably an extremely hazardous profession, hence them being given the honour of wearing the House colours. One even sports the House symbol on his hull – he must have made a good impression on the battlefield!
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| Life as a Servo-skull radar walker must be... fun? |
Arbiter
Arbiter was built shortly after the original Imperial Knight
kit was released. I loved the old Epic
Imperial Knights and decided that I would build Arbiter to emulate the old Epic
model with a gigantic smashy fist. On
reflection, there are few goofier red robots out there than the original Epic
Errant…
Only this guy springs to mind….
In case you’re unfamiliar with Scooter, he’s one of the
Go-bots. A shameless 80’s cartoon rip-off
of Transformers produced with epic levels of laziness to sell some of the worst
toys ever made…
Seriously. How did they make him look more like a mobility scooter than a vesper?!
A toy so tragically bad, it resorts to cheering for itself in the box:
There was always something a little off about Scooter in the cartoons…
To be honest, Scooter wasn’t the only Go-bot that seemed to
enjoy exposing himself to children on the telly either…
Anyway! Back on
subject! Arbiter was given a scratch built power fist of epic proportions to
match the scale of the original epic model– I worried that it would look ridiculous,
but I think it worked out really well!
Even though he’s recently had a refit to include a carapace Autocannon
array and some extra base detailing, I’ve never even considered replacing his
fist with a newer Thunderstrike gauntlet – I think it makes him wonderfully
unique and can easily be used to represent a relic weapon from the new Codex;
The Paragon Gauntlet! J
Freeblades
Next up are my Freeblades which are organised into 3 distinct
factions that are each centred around a single Legendary Knight.
Each one has a really strong theme as I see them as named
characters, travelling the galaxy with their own select retinues...
The first up is the mysterious Faded Remnant which are
centred around the legendary Knight The
Spectre who you can see in the images below.|
The Faded Remnant
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Unit
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Name
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Battle Readiness
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Questoris
Class: Knight Paladin
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The Spectre
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[Build Status:
Complete]
[Remnant
Colours: Complete]
=!= Spectre Ready to Walk =!=
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Secutarii
Hoplite Squad
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The Spectral Guard
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[Build Status:
Incomplete: processing STC plans]
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Sacristan Techpriest
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Mortan
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[Build Status:
Complete]
[Remnant
Colours: Not yet applied]
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2
Kastellan Robots
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The Haunt
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[Build Status:
Complete]
[Remnant
Colours: Not yet applied]
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I’ll feature my two remaining Freeblade factions, The Banner of the Bear and The Court of the Fisher King in a
future post. I’ve already shown the
Kodiak in a previous post, but he’s getting some friends to make sure that he
doesn’t get lonely! As for the Fisher
King… well. He’s nearly ready to walk…
That's quite a big untertaking!Those comparisons with Go-Bots is rather unfortunate... But I think your gauntlet-conversion is different enought as to not invoke the comparison. I'm looking forward to seeing more of House Raven and the Freeblade warbands.
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