Games Workshop Pre-Orders: Mechanicum Battle Group Arrives In Horus Heresy
The Mechanicum have a brand new Battle Group box up for pre-order this weekend. Plus more Legions Imperialis goodies roll in!
I hope you’re ready for some more Robot goodness because the Mechanicum are here! And it’s not just them marching to war either. We also have new stuff for Legions Imperialis for the Solar Auxilia and Marines. It’s tanks for all! That’s fitting because the Devastaion of Tallarn book is out, too. This is a good week for tread-heads for sure. Personally, I’m liking the look of the new plastics for the Mechanicum box. I wrote that up early and those models are great. If you want to start a Horus Heresy Mechanicum army now is the time.
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Warhammer: The Horus Heresy – Legions Imperialis – The Devastation of Tallarn (Hardback) $52
The war which unfolded upon Tallarn in the middle years of the Horus Heresy was on a scale almost impossible to assess, a year-long conflict of ceaseless battle across a thousand fronts, where entire Titan Legios were broken and Imperialis Auxilia regiments rendered extinct.
Contained within this 128-page hardback book you will find a comprehensive history of the Devastation of Tallarn and the Fall of Sapphire City, key events in the vast and nightmarish Tallarn campaign. As well as detailing the Loyalist and Traitor forces which took part in these engagements, this book features new Formations and Detachment Data Sheets for both the Legiones Astartes and Solar Auxilia Army Lists.
This supplement book presents a full campaign system for linking Legions Imperialis battles together, including Breakthrough Campaign rules where you can take the fight right to your opponents’ strongholds, and an expansion to this system allowing players to fight the battles for the Northern Desolation. The book contains rules for fighting Legions Imperialis battles in the dense toxic fogs which shrouded the battlefields of Tallarn, allowing you to bring this wartorn planet’s intense and choking environments to life on the tabletop. You’ll also find rules for Spearhead games featuring unique missions for massive armoured columns – ideal for representing the unusual conditions on Tallarn.
In order to use the content of this book, you will require a copy of the Warhammer: The Horus Heresy – Legions Imperialis Rulebook, available separately.
Legions Imperialis: Sicaran Arcus and Punisher Squadron $52
The Sicaran is a fast-moving destroyer tank, designed to outflank enemy formations before unleashing overwhelming mid-range firepower. Its versatile chassis supports a variety of weapons, allowing the Legiones Astartes to field specialised variants – such as the Sicaran Arcus, which uses a barrage of missiles to take down tanks and fast-moving aerial support, while the Sicaran Punisher lays out withering fusillades that shred hordes of infantry.
This multipart plastic kit builds four epic scale Legions Astartes Sicaran strike tanks for games of Legions Imperialis, each of which can be assembled in either the Arcus or Punisher configuration. The Arcus sports a missile launcher array mounted on its turret, while the Punisher boasts a massive rotary cannon. Each tank also has a pair of sponson-mounted guns on its sides – you can choose between heavy bolters or lascannons – and you’ll find a variety of options for the cupola atop the Punisher variant’s hull, with a choice of a spotter, a gunner, or a closed hatch.
This kit contains 120 plastic components, and 1x Legions Imperialis Legiones Astartes Vehicle Transfer Sheet, containing 1118 waterslide transfers. These miniatures are supplied unpainted and require assembly – we recommend using Citadel Plastic Glue and Citadel Colour paints.
Rules for using the Sicaran Arcus and Sicaran Punisher in your games of Legions Imperialis can be found in Warhammer: The Horus Heresy – Legions Imperialis: The Devastation of Tallarn, available separately.
Legions Imperialis: Leman Russ Executioner and Demolisher Squadron $52
Leman Russ battle tanks are incredibly versatile armoured assets, equipped with a variety of powerful cannons to tackle any obstacle that dares to test the might of the Solar Auxilia. Executioners unleash gouts of lethal plasma to eliminate heavy assets, while Demolishers lob fat shells to pummel fortifications and massed infantry alike.
This multipart plastic kit builds eight epic scale Solar Auxilia Leman Russ tanks for games of Legions Imperialis, each of which can be assembled in either the Executioner or Demolisher configuration. The Executioner’s plasma cannon is a versatile weapon that can threaten numerous targets, while the Demolisher’s explosive cannon shatters walls and shakes out dug-in foes. Each tank can be further customised with a choice of hull-mounted gun – either a heavy bolter or lascannon – and you’ll find different options for crew or closed hatches atop the cupola on the turret, to give your massed tanks extra variety.
This kit comprises 132 plastic components, and comes with 1x Legions Imperialis Solar Auxilia Vehicle Transfer Sheet, containing 288 waterslide transfers. These miniatures are supplied unpainted and require assembly – we recommend using Citadel Plastic Glue and Citadel Colour paints.
Rules for using Leman Russ Executioners and Demolishers in your games of Legions Imperialis can be found in Legions Imperialis: The Devastation of Tallarn, available separately.
Legions Imperialis: Shadowswords, Stormblades and Stormswords $52
The Shadowsword is the sister tank to the Baneblade, a super-heavy vehicle employed by Solar Auxilia cohorts to engage and destroy enemy macro-engines with its volcano cannon. The same chassis has also been adapted to mount different primary weapons suited to their own modes of destruction, like the bunker-busting Stormsword siege cannon or the versatile plasma blastgun of the Stormblade.
This multipart plastic kit builds two epic scale Solar Auxilia super-heavy tanks, each of which can be assembled in the Shadowsword, Stormblade, or Stormsword configurations. Each of these massive vehicles bristles with firepower, from the Titan-slaying volcano cannon, the fortress-shattering siege cannon, or the devastating short-ranged firepower of the plasma blastgun. Each variant also sports hull-mounted twin heavy bolters, and a pair of sponsons with twin heavy bolters and lascannon turrets. You’ll find a variety of options for the cupola atop each hull, which can be assembled with a closed hatch, or a selection of gunners, spotters, or commanders.
The set includes:
– 2x Solar Auxilia super-heavy tanks, each with the following weapon options:
– 1x turret-mounted plasma blastgun
– 1x turret-mounted siege cannon
– 1x turret-mounted volcano cannon
– 1x Legions Imperialis Solar Auxilia Vehicle Transfer Sheet, containing 288 waterslide transfers
This kit contains 88 plastic components, and comes with 1x transfer sheet. These miniatures are supplied unpainted and require assembly – we recommend using Citadel Plastic Glue and Citadel Colour paints.
Rules for using Shadowswords, Stormblades, and Stormswords in your games of Legions Imperialis can be found in Legions Imperialis: The Devastation of Tallarn, available separately.
Legions Imperialis: The Devastation of Tallarn Army Cards $28
Grab your reference cards and get ready to unleash hell on the bloody war-torn battlefields of Tallarn for your games of Horus Heresy: Legions Imperialis.
This card pack is designed for use for use alongside Legiones Astartes and Solar Auxilia armies, allowing you to quickly and easily build your army lists and refer to your detachment rules and profiles whilst at the tabletop.
This 24-card pack contains:
– 2x Legiones Astartes Formation Cards
– 6x Legiones Astartes Detachment Datasheet Cards
– 3x Legiones Astartes Vehicle Commander Cards
– 2x Solar Auxilia Formation Cards
– 11x Solar Auxilia Detachment Datasheet Cards
In order to use the content of this pack, you will require a copy of the Warhammer: The Horus Heresy – Legions Imperialis Rulebook and Warhammer: The Horus Heresy Legions Imperialis – The Devastation of Tallarn, both available separately.
Knights Battle Group: Castigator and Acheron $310
Cerastus Knights are purpose-built for war. Tall, agile and heavily armoured, they are the chosen steeds of high-ranking nobles of the Knight Households. When Cerastus Knights are fielded in number, they are a force to be reckoned with, and as much a show of status as a show of strength. Both the Castigator and Acheron configurations are brutal masters of destruction, wading into battle like gods of war.
This battle group box builds two Knights Cerastus, one in the Castigator pattern and the other in Acheron. These detailed kits are incredibly poseable kits and make powerful centrepiece models for your Horus Heresy armies – you can take them as an ally for any faction in the game. Both kits include an ingeniously designed ammo feed, which is fully articulated to accommodate a variety of dynamic poses. This box is ideal if you’re looking to bulk up your army or open up new tactical options. Plus, you’ll save money over buying each one individually.
This box includes:
– 1x Cerastus Knight Acheron
– 1x Cerastus Knight Castigator
– 4x Horus Heresy Knight Cerastus Transfer Sheets, containing a total of 914 high-quality waterslide transfers
This set comprises 500 plastic components and is supplied with 2x Citadel 170x109mm Oval Bases. These miniatures are supplied unpainted and require assembly – we recommend using Citadel Plastic Glue and Citadel Colour paints.
The mysterious Mechanicum of the 31st Millennium marched to war armed with esoteric and arcane science, their hosts of battle-automata and cybernetic soldiers guided by the cold iron logic of their Tech-Priest overlords. Theirs was the technology that shaped the Imperium, and would aid in destroying it in the fires of rebellion.
This battle group makes a fantastic foundation for a new Mechanicum army, or a great way to reinforce your collection with new plastic miniatures. The infantry core of this battle group is 20 Adsecularis Tech-thralls armed with las-locks, and accompanied by elite Thallax troops. They’re carried to battle in a massive Triaros Conveyer, and supported with volleys of terrifying firepower from powerul Castellax Battle-automata.
These new kits offer loads of wargear and cosmetic options, allowing you to customise your troops and tanks. The set also includes 1x Mechanicum Macro-Constructs Transfer Sheet, containing 394x high-quality waterslide transfers, and 2x Mechanicum Constructs Transfer Sheets, each containing 558x high-quality waterslide transfers, for you to add even further detail to your models.
This set includes the following multipart plastic miniatures:
– 20x Adsecularis Tech-thralls
– 6x Thallax
– 1x Triaros Conveyor
– 2x Castellax Battle-automata
This set comprises 826 plastic components and is supplied with 2x Citadel 80mm Round Bases, 6x Citadel 40mm Round Bases, and 20x Citadel 25mm Round Bases. These miniatures are supplied unpainted and require assembly – we recommend using Citadel Plastic Glue and Citadel Colour paints.
This incredible box is strictly limited in quantity, meaning once it’s gone, it’s gone – secure yours before it’s too late! The individual miniatures in this set will be available separately at a later date.
White Dwarf is the official Warhammer magazine, packed with amazing monthly content – including new rules and background, short stories, regular columns, special guests, and more.
Each copy of White Dwarf 503 also comes with a cardboard insert which includes 12x Warhammer Underworlds cards, 2x Paint Recipe Cards, 2x Bunker Achievement Cards, and 1x double-sided card including the scenario of the month for Warhammer 40,000, and Warhammer Age of Sigmar.
