Squirrel_Fish
04-15-2010, 11:28 PM
So my friends and I have been in the talks of spending our kidneys worth of money on some Forgeworld goodies. Needless to say, the conversation devolved into "Yeah, I think if I get anything from Forgeworld, it'll probably be something that I can't convert myself. And more than likely, it'll be a Titan."
We talked of the big three (affordable) superheavies - the Imperial Warhound, the Eldar Revenant and the Tyranid Hierophant.
The Warhound is a flexible Titan, you can customize your loadout for massive infantry killing or vehicle destroying. I personally think that, while slaying infantry with the Vulcan Megabolter and Inferno Cannon, it is a huge waste of potential. Thus, Plasma Blastgun and Turbo Lasers are the winner. 2 void shields, 3 structure points and high armor values means that you can take a reasonable amount of punishment.
The Revenant Titan looks damn cool. It's pretty much a Space Elf gundam. It's weapon loadout is either super-heavy killer or infantry killing Hellstorm template. Titan Holo-fields easily make up for the lack of void shields, allowing you to save on a 4+ against any attack coming your way. It's armor values are much to be desired, so those hits that land are probably gonna hurt you. Unfortunately, if you don't move, then you're boned since the Titan Holo-fields don't work.
The Hierophant Bio-Titan is probably the most godly killing machine until the Reaver titan walks into the door. It can punch out a total of 16 S10 shots at BS3, is deadly in assault with 8 attacks and has tons of nifty toys that make it much harder to kill (Lash Whips, Warp Field). The thing that makes this so powerful is that it's not a Vehicle. As a Bio-Titan, you can't have your drives damaged, weapons destroyed, crew stunned, or whatever. You only lose wounds. You have 10 of them.
What would you do with a Titan? Which one would you buy? I'm considering the Warhound as my next big project (since I have two armies already, one fully painted another well in progress and no others armies really interest me so far.)
We talked of the big three (affordable) superheavies - the Imperial Warhound, the Eldar Revenant and the Tyranid Hierophant.
The Warhound is a flexible Titan, you can customize your loadout for massive infantry killing or vehicle destroying. I personally think that, while slaying infantry with the Vulcan Megabolter and Inferno Cannon, it is a huge waste of potential. Thus, Plasma Blastgun and Turbo Lasers are the winner. 2 void shields, 3 structure points and high armor values means that you can take a reasonable amount of punishment.
The Revenant Titan looks damn cool. It's pretty much a Space Elf gundam. It's weapon loadout is either super-heavy killer or infantry killing Hellstorm template. Titan Holo-fields easily make up for the lack of void shields, allowing you to save on a 4+ against any attack coming your way. It's armor values are much to be desired, so those hits that land are probably gonna hurt you. Unfortunately, if you don't move, then you're boned since the Titan Holo-fields don't work.
The Hierophant Bio-Titan is probably the most godly killing machine until the Reaver titan walks into the door. It can punch out a total of 16 S10 shots at BS3, is deadly in assault with 8 attacks and has tons of nifty toys that make it much harder to kill (Lash Whips, Warp Field). The thing that makes this so powerful is that it's not a Vehicle. As a Bio-Titan, you can't have your drives damaged, weapons destroyed, crew stunned, or whatever. You only lose wounds. You have 10 of them.
What would you do with a Titan? Which one would you buy? I'm considering the Warhound as my next big project (since I have two armies already, one fully painted another well in progress and no others armies really interest me so far.)