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Codex Imperial Knights
Games Workshop is unleashing the full Imperial Knights programme.

The Imperial Knights miniature has been up on the GW website for a week now. Tomorrow, it will be officially in the stores. The basic rules were previewed in the most recent White Dwarf. There is, however, a deluge of print-products coming to go with the Knight.

Here’s a quick rundown.

#1 – Imperial Knights Codex

Codex: Imperial Knights not only contains the inspiring history of the Imperial Knight but the full rules for fielding a detachment of Imperial Knights as a force in Warhammer 40,000, or as an allied detachment to an Imperial force.

The official Codex to play Imperial Knights. It is only 64 pages, notably smaller than the regular-sized Codexes (such as Codex Tyranids), which tend to come in at just over 100 pages. It is priced at £25.00 directly from GW.

#2 – Imperial Knight Compandion

The Imperial Knight Companion expands upon the fascinating background of the Imperial Knights with full colour images of a range of Imperial, Adeptus Mechanicus and Freeblade Knights.

A lavish coffee-table-style book – by the looks of it – to expand your Imperial Knights collections. Unlike the “normal” limited Edition Codexes, this looks to be a more interesting collectors item (despite not being limited edition), as it truly seems to be a lavishly produced art-book.

Nothing essential, to be sure, but at 144 pages for £45.00 in a larger-than-Codex page-format, it’s an interesting offer.

#3 – Imperial Knights the Novel

Knights of the Imperium is a novella packed with apocalyptic action by Graham McNeill. Featuring massive War machines, House Cadmus, Tyranids and the Adeptus Mechanicus.

A 128 page novella by Graham McNeill about Imperial Knights, priced at £15.00. Could be fun. Graham McNeill obviously knows his Mechanicus, so I suppose he was the natural choice to write this one. Could be good.

#4 – Thoughts?

Games Workshop is certainly going all-out on this one. This is really shaping up to be a massive and beautiful release, though of course the cost of books for “completists” and collectors is fast outstripping the price of the miniature itself once again.

Oh.. and of course there is also a Limited Edition Imperial Knights Codex too.

Anything in this selection of books that you fancy?

Let me know what you think!

Z.

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  • Bobthemim

    So to actually field that model I will need to spend £85 for the kit, £25 for the “codex” and £30 for escalation.

    I think GW has gone a little trigger happy with the costs here.

    • yourfriendlyneighbor

      no need of escalation other than a reference of super heavy vehicle rules and its special rule invincible behemoth … it now a LORD OF WAR!!!

      • correction

        … since it’s not*

      • Bobthemim

        considering you will need Escalation to field Super Heavies outside of Apoc.. ye.. ya kinda need the book.

  • Guest

    Interested in the Companion, but not enough to pre order it, and will just wait and see on the codex. Is this another GW book that will be obsolete by Christmas?

    As far as the model itself, I want to wait for the Forge World variants, if any … As you can see, GW has totally lost me as an impulse buyer.

    Are there even “completists” anymore? it just sounds so expensive.

    • Bobthemim

      The book will still be around as you will need it to field the guy.

      But i agree with you with the FW variants.. £85 is a lot to pay for a model that looks very static and has uninteresting weapons…

      Oh look a giant chainsaw.. and an earthshaker cannon..

  • http://www.flickr.com/photos/9360674@N04/sets/72157600510023664/ BrassScorpion

    The Codex sounds interesting and I’ll get one. The Companion Guide is $74.25 in the US, far too much for just a fun but ultimately superfluous art book. I’ll treat my son to the novel.