Imperial Knights dwarf almost every other miniature around, and even their merch is a cut above the rest when it comes to sheer size. Take our friends at JOYTOY for instance – their House Terryn Imperial Knight Paladin is utterly enormous, and could easily be mistaken for a small child. In fact, we were so impressed, we took one with us to the dark heart of Nottingham and let it have a gallivant around the incredible displays and dioramas at Warhammer World.
We started off with a visit to the iconic statue at the entrance. The original Space Marine occupant of this hallowed spot is still around, but you’ll need to head a little further in to spy him next to the famous Rhino.*
Unfortunately, the rain clearly objected to our cultural outreach program and decided to pelt the poor Knight – which the WarCom team has dubbed Malleo Civitatis – with raindrops that, to scale, were the size of cows. We went inside the main Warhammer World building, past the mammoth Titus statue and a humble cabinet around the corner that just happens to have a load of Warhammer Community projects in it. They’re great, please look at them (from the mouth of Malleo Civitatis, with no prompting by us).
As every Warhammer superfan knows, the Warhammer World exhibition is an unmissable attraction, which also gives our visitor a chance to resume its rightful place lording it over all the Knights survey.
Unfortunately, it couldn’t find the hidden Assassin, so no freebie for us. It did seem to be engrossed by all of the miniatures on display, though – including a smaller version of itself. With over 20,000 individual models spread across 25 major dioramas and dozens of smaller showcases, it’s not hard to see why.
Then we took our little lord for a spot of food and drink over at Bugman’s, but let’s be real – it’s made of plastic, we’re making all this up, it can’t really eat. This bit was 100% for us, because Malleo is a hefty lad and lugging him all over the place builds up an appetite, so a ‘working lunch’ was in order.
You can’t really come to Warhammer World without playing a game or two in the main hall, and our Knight opted for a spot of Legions Imperialis. The epic-scale cityscape board also meant it could live out its dream of being a full-size Titan, smashing buildings as it lumbers forwards. Where’s the to-scale Warlord Titan, JOYTOY?
Having chainsaws for hands means our poor Knight is abysmal at painting, but it gave it a shot anyway. In completely unrelated news, we’re now banned from the hobby desk until all of the Leadbelcher has been scrubbed off the ceiling.
Like any good attraction, you exit through the gift shop. Malleo stared longingly at the Knight Porphyrion for what seemed like an eternity, but eventually realised that the poor chaps behind the counter couldn’t accept an agricultural tithe or diplomatic pact in return for goods and services.
That’s it all wrapped up, and if you fancy the idea of taking your own JOYTOY Imperial Knight out on tour, you can win one right now.
As long as you’re signed up to our newsletter and have a MyWarhammer account, you can enter our latest competition. New subscribers will enter automatically when they sign up for emails via the link below, while existing subscribers will be able to enter via email reminders we’ll send out during September and starting today.**
It’s that easy, and you could be the one who walks away with a behemoth of a buddy who absolutely refuses to fit on any of your shelves. We’ll even give all our subscribers a special code for the Warhammer Merch store as a thanks when the prize draw closes.
You have until the end of September to get your entry in. Do your High King proud.
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