Okay, so I purchased that gunther and it should be here within the next 10 days or so. This will be the platform I will use for my knight titan, not changing too much. So the plan will be to make some minimal to moderate alterations to 40k-ify it and turn it into the weapon of war that I actually want to field. On the modeling side of things I'll be replacing one of the TL autocannons with an earthshaker cannon I'm buying off of ebay, and adding that autocannon to the other to make a quad cannon. I may or may not remove/alter the small defensive turret on the top. I don't think I'll be altering the model much otherwise, other than adding some banners/flapping cloths, some imperial eagles, etc.
For now I have three main developmental concerns. The first simple one is the name. I do not know what to name my titan. As it is only a one man support titan that is the lowest tier of titans, I don't want to give it anything 'impressive' more like 'Baron ____' or something, naming it after the operator or region of its creation, etc. I'd love some ideas here.
Second is the paint scheme. I had considered modeling it after the same scheme I'm using for my warhound but because of its minor size I'm not sure. In this same line, I do wonder what I may want to do for making a base for this sucker and how I want to design/develop it.
Now third is the big thing. Given that I don't believe there are any official entries for the knight titan from GW I don't believe I'm violating any copyright laws by posting the stats I've found for it, but I'm altering them anyway to try to make one that's balanced. Titans in general give you an amazing amount of firepower for the points, but I still want to ensure I'm making something that isn't crazy unbalanced. Because of the minor status of this titan it isnt really any more unbalancing than a landraider or two (aka they're a be-atch but doesn't mandate an armageddon game). So the main thing that I'm altering to the knight titan (paladin pattern) is eschewing the close combat weapon, which I'm not a fan of as I want a fire support platform, for a quad autocannon. And then I'm adding a bit of defensive weapons, wither a gattling heavy stubber (since thats what the turret on it looks like), or some manner of heavy bolters/assault cannons/missile launchers (probably stick to the stubbers or heavy bolters so as to not overgun it).
So what I am sitting at is this:
Knight Titan
Super-heavy Walker
WS3 BS4 S 10 F13 S12 R10 I2 A1
Structure Points: 2
Void: 1
The main weapon is a Knight Battle Cannon R72” S8 AP3 Apocalypse Barrage (2)
The other main weapon is my own design, but is something I want to tweak until I come to a good balance. Even if it’s a minor titan, should I up the strength at all? Should it remain twin linked? I think its pretty good but I’m not sure. Input? Quad Auto-cannon R72” S7 AP 4 Heavy 8 (twin linked)
So the standard points would be 300 but with my alterations I think 350 would make this a fair gun platform, and I don’t think I need to alter the armour at all. While I’d love AV 14 front I think this is fair, and I just have to shape my army plat and deployment to keep this valuable element of my force operating.
So would love thoughts on any point. Once I get the model you'll all start getting pictures.