The Imperator

The Emperor class titan, the Imperator, is a beast of a war machine. Its the largest titan the Imperium can muster, and stands around the 180ft mark. When I first saw this immense beast I thought it was the greatest thing ever. Of course, looking back now having a castle on legs doesn't look quite so appealing anymore. If I were able to get into Epic I'd prefer battle companies, masses of tanks etc instead of the Adeptus Titanicus machines. This is the cover of Titan Legions, from around 1994-95.

Looking back, its bulky caste-like form looks aged, but as always theres still charm. Anyone who knows me knows of my thing for assault cannons, and the Imperator has a similar looking weapon called the Hellstorm cannon. How can that not look good? I was always intrigued by how the Plasma Annihilator worked, with its card sheet and tokens to see how powerful you could make its shot with a roll ever turn.

Why its upper middle cannon is turned sideways a little for, I have no idea. It looks bloody odd though.

And then you see updated artwork of the Imperator and the appeal comes back. The Pax Macharius Walks, by Zach Graves aka columbussage on Deviantart is a stunning representation of an older model whose concept can still stand the test of time. I highly recommend going over to Zachs deviantart as he has some amazing artwork based on the 40k universe. 

If GW ever were to re-release Epic and bring a new updated version of the Imperator out, I can see its castle/cathedral-like features being toned down a lot, in favour of a more stronghold styled base bristling with guns on a pair of heavily armoured legs. I'd love to see a new Epic happening, and with a new found respect for titans a remodelling of these behemoths of war would be right up my alley.

Horus Heresy Volume 1. Betrayal (pics)

A project that I'm hoping to see more of at Games Day, is the Horus Heresy series by Forgeworld. Earlier today a video was released showing some of what we have to expect... so I got some pictures!

 Characters will be there, very much looking forward to seeing Loken, and the rest of the Mournival. There will also be characters we haven't heard of yet, which will add even more flavour into the series. Will models be made for them all? Who knows, it does mean people will convert more models for these which will be a pleasure as always to look at.

Expect plenty of background and history, which is something I would/will lap up. There was also more missions shown, which I'm hoping may be playable by any army from 40k even if a little adaptation is required. 

The usual stunning artwork will be involved, something else for my eyes to be happy about!

Of course, new models is what everyone wants to see. This superheavy was shown as Alan Bligh mentioned that there will be some space marine super heavies, perhaps Legion specific ones too?

The communications guy shown above

Spartan vindicator hybrid? Wowsers!

This is something I know a lot of people want, and are hoping for with the Dark Angels. Jetbikes. Well, heres one! I'm pretty sure these will be springing up everywhere. 

So in total, I'm very excited about the project but due to money, not sure I'll be getting. Its not an item I 'need' for my hobby, but its something I'd certainly like to have! Perhaps seeing it at Games Day will help make me decide. 

What do you guys think? Any avid great crusaders out there?