Horus Heresy: GW Officially Unveils Horus Heresy Plastic Predator Kit
The upcoming Horus Heresy Age of Darkness – plastic Predator tank kit’s official GW video is out. Take a look!
The Horus Heresy: Age of Darkness continues to roll onward. Today we are taking a look at the official GW video for the kit. Plastic Horus Heresy Predator.
GW says this about the Predator kit:
“Its ease of maintenance makes it an ideal platform for many different kinds of weapon, be they tank-hunting lascannons or infantry-scorching volkite macro-sakers, as sponsons and turrets can be swapped to suit an army’s needs. And, with smoke launchers fitted as standard for extra survivability, the Predator is a cost-effective unit that plugs any holes in your army’s capabilities better than almost anything else.
This all manifests as a kit containing four powerful turret weapons and four sponson options, including heavy flamers, volkite culverins, and the terrain-warping graviton cannon. Plus, with a cut-price points cost and the ability to take Predators in squadrons of up to four…”
Here’s the Predator in all it’s many-weapon optioned glory:
Plastic Predator Weapons
Based on the video the plastic kit has the following weapon options, some ancient and old-school and others brand new.
The Main turret has options for:
- Predator Cannon
- Gravis Lascannon
- Graviton Cannon
- Volkite Macro Saker
The sponsons have options for:
- Lascannon
- Heavy bolter
- Heavy flamer
- Volkite culverin
Lost In The Past?
Unseen in the images are the additional turret weapon options shown on the Age of Heresy Predator datasheets:
- Flamestorm cannon
- Executioner plasma destroyer
- Heavy conversion beam cannon
- Magna-melta cannon
- Neutron blaster
Several of these exotic turret options have old Forge World kits already like the one above.. It appears that the plastic kit will only contain the weapons seen in the video. We may have to wait for a future updated kit to include the other 5 exotic turret weapons.
No School like the Old School
In the meantime, note the comparison of some of these weapon options to the original Rogue Trader Predator weapon options. Note those “new” sponson heavy flamers date back to 1995. What is old is new again!
2nd Edition Predator Weapon Options (1995)
Very nice!
