

But this new box sure beats the heck out of having to buy single extra bits or trade buddies for them just to get enough per unit! I don’t know if GW is planning on trying to work out the logistics of that for future releases and if that’s even reasonable. Looking back at some of the more recent 40k releases I know units like Havocs sure could have used some extra weapon options (looking at you rotor cannons). I really hope Games Workshop decides to roll out Special Weapon packs like this in the future.

Hopefully, that should get you covered for all your special weapon needs! This is enough weapons to equip three full (20 man) squads into 6 Tactical Support Squads of 10 men or 12 units of 5 men. Now, does that mean you can’t use them with your other Mks of Power Armor Marines? To be perfectly honest, we have no idea…They look like they could fit. The ones that are coming in the new Horus Heresy: Age of Darkness Boxed set. That means it’s designed for use with your “Beakie” Marines. “This upgrade kit comprises 100 plastic components and is designed to be assembled with the MKVI Tactical Squad set, which is sold separately.” Let’s kick this off with a slight disclaimer from GW: Finally, you’ll get all the Special Weapons you need to outfit your units exactly how you need them. That’s why this new box is so darn useful for Heresy Era players. So, unlike the Tactical Squads of the more modern 40k era (pre-Primaris) you don’t have a Heavy weapon and a Special Weapon in a squad - you have a 10 man squad of Plasma. During the Heresy Era a unit would all run the exact same weapon. One of the big things about the Horus Heresy is how the units equip and use Special Weapons. While he is gone he appoints the first of his Primarchs, Horus, to lead his army as Warmaster.Do you need all the Special Weapons ever? The new Special Weapons Upgrade Packs are fan-freakin-tastic! The Emperor has gathered his Primarchs and together they are conquering or reuniting the lost worlds of man but he has to return to Terra (Earth) for a great piece of work that is secret. It is soon after this that novels are set. The Emperor then spends decades gathering them back together.

He begins to re-conquer the galaxy and create an Imperium of man and in order to do this he creates the Primarchs, his generals.Īn accident scatters them across the galaxy before they can take control of the legions of Space Marines created from their genetic templates. In the darkness a figure emerges, mysterious and powerful he is known only as the Emeperor and he is a supreme almost deific being. Just before the events of the Horus Heresy, mankind is recovering from a dark age of technology brought about by a stagnation of new ideas. It is the origins of the Space Marines that are the roots of this galactic story.
