The Contemptor Dreadnought is a faithful translation of the resin kit that comes on two medium-sized sprues. Unlike the Venerable Contemptor Dreadnought from Betrayal at Calth, the model is fully posable with ball joints for the arms, hips, and legs, as well as movable elbow and knee joints, and two differently posed feet pieces for each leg. As far as I can tell, the numbering is spot on. I didn’t notice any issues going through the guide. However, I don’t think the formatting is great. This is a Scatter dice. Scatter dice are used to make using powerful weapons, like cannons or other heavy artillery a bit more exciting. They work hand-in-hand with the templates that we’ll get to in a moment.

I’ve also gone on the lower end of things here so as to not overinflate the value. But any reasonably well-versed GW hobbyist could interpret the individual model values higher. When I first received the Age of Darkness box, I naively assumed that the Spartan would be of similar size to a Land Raider. I was, however, very wrong. This thing is massive. The beakie boys supreme, the stealthy loyalists, the overthrowers of tyrants (but not that one): the Raven Guard are custom made for Mk VI armour, and this set is a great opportunity for them… mostly. Lords of Fire and Flame, the Salamanders march to war with meltaguns and flamers at the ready, which is a great way to build out this box.

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Warmaster Horus Lupercal has plunged the Imperium of Mankind into a cataclysmic war of unimagineable ferocity. Setting brother against brother he has risen up against the Emperor taking half of the Legiones Astartes with him. The nine steadfast loyal legions defy this onslaught through years of strife to the culmination in 30014 of the Siege of Terra. The Horus Heresy: Age Of Darkness is the long-awaited prequel to Warhammer 40000 depicting the era 10,000 years before. The Contemptor Dreadnought is a striking model. A fusion of futuristic Warhammer grimdarkness and 80s sci-fi, the Contemptor Dreadnought looks as if it’s stamped its way out of an episode of Doctor Who and been equipped with enough firepower to single-handedly wipe out the Daleks once and for all. So, almost 40% – with the Europeans and Australians not doing quite as well – as usual, sorry guys. And once again this is based on our lower price “estimates” of the included models when they release as individual retail sets. There’s also a range of pintle-mounted combi-weapons, and more equipment than you can shake a mechandendrite at – including a frankly terrifying dozer blade. It will also have rules for use in Warhammer 40,000. Deimos Pattern Rhino

Once you’ve got your books, you’ll need the usual set of tabletop wargaming tools – with a few extras. That’s a huge amount of Horus Heresy for you to get on with. Now let’s take a look at what’s new for next week. In Warhammer: The Horus Heresy you will pit mighty armies of superhuman warriors against each other in apocalyptic tabletop battles. Choose your favoured Legion, from the knightly Dark Angels to the duplicitous Alpha Legion, build your own army from a range of spectacular Citadel and Forge World miniatures, and clash with fellow players in wargames of staggering tactical depth. The Sergeant has a Power Sword along with his Combi-Bolter. He can swap his Power Sword for a Power Fist and trade both for two Lighning Claws. There are multiple frontal armour types, heads. pauldrons and small shield emblems provided to make your squads unique. Praetor Your GodsCore rules for playing Warhammer: The Horus Heresy, including general principles, shooting and fighting, unit types, special rules, and more

Speak of shields, now we get to the terminators. You can absolutely build them with fists and combi-bolters as they are in the box, and that will work fine. But Salamanders are one of the few legions to get the option of running storm shields, and that’s a very solid choice. The easiest way to do this is to use fists on the left arm, and then use the combi-bolter right arm but cut the combi bolter off the hand and fit a shield over it (with the hand gripping the gun now gripping the shield handle). Again Seraphon shields are kind of perfect for this. Talking of hard targets, here’s the Kratos Heavy Assault Tank – a battlefield behemoth that’ll send your seven-foot sci-fi supersoldiers scampering for safety. It’s tough, fast, and positively bristling with arcane armaments, which you can customise to your dark heart’s content. There are three options for the turret gun, four apiece for the hull weapons and the sponsons, nine choices of pintle gun, plus dozer blades, searchlights, and gunners. Better yet, you can field this beast in squadrons of two. There’s a great variety of accessories available: weapon holsters, grenades, pouches, scrolls, breather masks, and scanners to name a few. You also have the option to equip some of the miniatures with banners or communications units, should you so wish.Now, if you watched the video you know we had a slight mix-up with the Praetor with the Power Axe. But aside from that, everything else was spot on and awesome. Ok, So here’s where we get into the value of the collection and yeah, I’ve needed to guesstimate all of this. I’ve added notations below the table to advise where I’ve taken the estimated values from.

It may seem overwhelming at first, but there is some necessary reading. The original Horus Heresy book series is enormous, with over 50 titles in total, many of which are not available anymore. However, the first three are must-reads for any Horus Heresy fan. No matter which variant you play, Warhammer is a big game. So, it’s nice when someone gives you something to help you remember what’s supposed to be going on in each turn. From the original leaked blurry images of some yellow and green beakies, to the epic moment it was finally announced at Warhammer Fest 2022, the journey to the Age of Darkness has been a long one for those who have been invested. Compared to recent new edition box releases, Age of Darkness doesn’t actually do quite as well in terms of numbers. Indomitus had 61 miniatures, whilst Dominion had 60. However, Age of Darkness A) doesn’t have Hobgrots and B) does have a tank and a dreadnought. I think we can still consider this one to be a fair cop. The Sprues The model is also sufficiently different to the Praetor with Power Sword, so people won’t feel as though they’re just two of the same model. MKVI Legion Tactical MarinesThe leader of the Beornings, Grimbeorn is a taciturn woodsman who lives between Mirkwood and the Misty Mountains, holding off Sauron’s marauding armies. He is a shapechanger, and can turn into a fearsome bear to unleash his primal fury on the forces of Evil. This set comes with two resin models – Grimbeorn as a man and as a bear. Beornings The Captaphractii Terminators are built around a pair of legs with part of a tabard attached. Each pair of legs requires a single foreleg to be attached, and then the tabard attached at the belt.