Agreed, L4! I started playing 40K in the '88-'89 range (Rogue Trader) days and almost immediately moved to epic. The only consistency has been change...
From Titan Legions (2nd Edition)
Quote:
Super Heavy Vehicles: Super heavy vehicles are represented by individual models. Super heavy vehicles, as their name implies, are large war machines the size of a big building or in some cases a city block! Examples include Ork battle fortresses and the Imperium's Baneblade super heavy tank. Undoubtedly the biggest super heavy vehicles are those built by the Squats which rival Titans in size and firepower. Most super heavy vehicles are tracked due to their great weight, though huge tunnelers and gravitically
powered machines also exist.
Titans
Battle Titans: Battle Titans are represented by individual models. Battle Titans are giant bipedal war machines it
excess of 10 meters tall, heavily armoured, protected by energy shields and hideously beweaponed. Battle Titan
have a substantial number of crewmen to operate them and are capable of sustaining (and repairing) a considerable amount of damage before they are destroyed.
And from Adeptus Titanicus (E40K rev)
Quote:
EMPEROR CLASS TITAN
Emperor class Titans tower some 25 to 40 metres tall. They mount veritable arsenals of weaponry and are
protected by up to twelve void shield generators and armour so thick it would not be out of place on a
planetary defence installation. Emperor Class Titans are amongst the largest mobile battle units that can be
deployed on a planetary surface and each one forms a vital part of the Imperium’s strategy. Emperor class
Titans employ the same technologies as Battle Titans but on a massive scale, featuring huge plasma reactors
to supply their colossal requirements.
IMPERATOR EMPEROR CLASS TITAN
The Imperator is one of the larger examples of an Emperor class Titan.
Interestingly enough, Titans were pretty consistent in size through E40K. Also this would imply (to me at least) that SHTs should be the size of Leviathans, Leviathans the size of C.I. and C.I. the size of.....
I love the
thought of true scale but overall, am just happy to have such a large amount of proxies and minis to choose form these days!