Knight Destrier assembled

I have assembled my Knight Destrier! The Reign of Iron has begun, and my Knight World, Ryuusei, and Forge World, Draconis IV, are among those resisting Perturabo's incoming siege...or at least that was the plan, but my Knights ended up being diverted elsewhere in the Segmentum Solar instead of Obscurus. We aren't heading to the Cadian sector, but toward both the Armageddon Sector and the Pariah Nexus instead. Oh, well.

I have not glued the arms yet because I intend to magnetize them. I'm delighted the Knight Destrier kit has enough otpions for me to build complete arms, so I can build all options and magnetize them, unlike the Questoris Knight kit where a few of the weapons use the same parts, and there's only one set of arm joints, so it's more difficult to magnetize them. Oh, well.

Always good to have more options! I can equip my Knight Destrier in a varierty of ways. Bellatus reaper chainsword and thundershock spear? Sure! Chastiser gatling cannon and frag bombard? Certainly! Bellatus reaper chainsword and frag bombard? Here you go! Chastiser gatling cannon and thundershock spear! Definitely! Even if not ideal, I can still go frag bombard and thundershock spear if necessary. Magnets everywhere!

Now all I need to do is wait for my superglue and magnets to arrive...I'll snap another picture then, but I think we'll have new resin models joining my Knight Destrier.

Speaking of which, I think the pilot will be Hayashi.

So Sir Tanaka (basically my in-game protagonist) is the pilot of Kazan, which - depending on which point in the story, is either a Questoris Knight Errant or a Dominus Knight Castellan, after he gets promoted when achieving a great feat. Sometimes he gets to pilot a Cerastus Knight Lancer...or at least his ancestor did during the Horus Heresy. If Tanaka's Kazan is a Dominus Knight Castellan, and there's also a Questoris Knight Errant, then that's most likely Engetsu, piloted by Sir Kanda.

Otherwise, Lord Takeda is the one piloting the Cerastus Knight Lancer, Naginata. Sir Minamoto pilots the Questoris Knight Preceptor, Yoichi, and Sir Hayashi gets the Bellatus Knight Destrier, Kaminari. Sato pilots the Armiger Warglaive, Kaen, and Chiba pilots an Armiger Moirax. Suzuki pilots the Armiger Warglaive, Hebi, Watanabe also has an Armiger Warglaive, Tsurugi, and Iwatani pilots the Armiger Warglaive, Kame. Sendo also pilots an Armiger Moirax. Sometimes Chiba and Sendo switch to Armiger Helverins instead, depending on the edition (e.g. during the 2nd edition of Horus Heresy, Knight Household armies couldn't use Armiger Moirax...what the hell? At least we can add them now, in 3rd edition...).

Welcome, Sir Hayashi! I'm sure his Bellatus Knight Destrier, Kaminari, would be a great addition to my House Yato lance!

I need to decide who pilots the Cerastus Knight Castigator and the Cerastus Knight Atrapos. Whoops. I realized I haven't designated any pilots to them yet. Maybe Sir Kaji gets the Atrapos after a promotion from piloting an Armiger Moirax. The Knight Castigator, Ama no Habakiri, will be piloted by Amano. Okay, it's decided then!

I need to remember this list of Knight pilots and their Knight suits! Since I'm crafting a story around them and all that. But man, that is a long list. Wow.