Magnetise your Knight Titan

I was so looking forwards to having a brand new toybox when I learned how easy magnets were. I imagined every tank having a host of swappable bits that would give my armies a new lease of life..

In truth; 

pfffffttttssplaaateeek....

Magnets. They are useful. They are also pain in the arse to use constantly. 

General observation? YOU WILL NOT USE THEM AS MUCH AS YOU THINK YOU WILL.
I realised that I barely used any of the magnetised troops that I went to the effort of creating. Most of the people I've given alternative loadouts I instead simply use their stock load out, or stick them with blu-tac.

This might be as a result of not having used many different army variants, but I if you lose the bit, you've got half a miniature. 

Here is what I do and don’t use.

Troop	Magnetised joint	Variant	Use?
Dreadnought	Arms	Mortis	Sort of
Ironclad Dreadnought	Weapon mounts	Melta/flamer weapons	No
Biker sergeant and trooper	Sergeant shoulder. Trooper wrist	Power fist, power sword, chainsword. Special weapons	No
Tactical Marines	Sergeant shoulders. 2 Troopers wrists	Every available upgrade. Special weapons. Auspex.	No
Rhino	Gimbal on roof	HK missile	No
Imperial Guard Command Squad	One shoulder	Plasma/meltagun.	No
Imperial Guard Sentinel	Weapon mounts and Hk Mounts	Autocannon, multilaser, multimelta,	Yes
Imperial Guard Stormtrooper	Sergeant shoulder, Trooper shoulder	Vox, Plasma gun. Hotshot gun/Sergeant bits.	No

Apart from the dreadnought, none of these were done badly, it was simply a case that they weren't needed. I've gone through almost all of these and have now pulled the magnets out for god knows what.

Because I intend to vary the loadout for the Knight a couple of times at least I am going to be part magnetising his bits, predominantly for transportability too. But also because I now have loads of these. No more losing little bits!

-       So far I've magnetised the large shoulder pads so that I can paint them white for a more vivid colour, and allow some movement.

This is your golden joint, don't magnetise this and you're in trouble.

-       His close combat arms were magnetised too, for a good degree of posability. Three magnets that can be rotated for a longer arm reach if needed.

-       His pintle weapons are too. (so I can add some heresy-era bits as well for Styrix etc)
-    For the ranged weapons, I simply hollowed the aperture for the joint further and stuck a magnet at the bottom.

-       The carapace Aa mounts are just left with pins.

-       His head and torso are free as well. I might want to lean the (pretty) head more prominently forwards too for an aggressive stance.

The stance can be varied a number of ways but because the back foot is rather far backwards and the lumpen torso is fairly hunched, I think a raised arm is best.

We'll see how this looks when hes got chains and some shackles on him as per the brief.

Two games down with him so far and so a little early to see if he's effective. 

Firstly, a Knight Crusader.

Pros
-The Twin linked Battle Cannon was awesome. Ordnance is very handy for glancing vehicles down.
-The Knight rules still were great in Melee even with no offensive capability. 4 S10, Ap2.

Undecided
-The Gatling cannon was fun, but without 2+ targets it was a mixed bag, maybe light vehicles a better target?

Cons
-Price 400+ points is nice but not enough gun for your investment
-Still only AV13 and 6Hps

Secondly; A knight Errant.

Pro's
-Cheapish
-The Chainblade did its job and took out the other Knight (a Cerastus)

Undecided
-The melta cannon still needs 18inch range to be 2d6 Ap1.

Cons. 
-Minor but as per other super heavy walkers, it cant shoot its melta cannon and then charge into an existing combat.


Magnets, who knew? Isn’t it? Mmmm-hmm. Marvellous.