So let us start with the two HQ models that come in the box: Once again, we get one commander for each side. I’ve only skimmed his post so far, mostly for fear of ending up stealing some of his ideas and observations, but it seems like he raises some excellent points, and I know I am already looking forward to reading the whole thing, once my own post has gone up 😉 So anyway, it has been a while since the last review, so let’s relish this occasion and use it as an excuse to take a closer look at the models as well as the possible conversion opportunities!īefore we begin, however, allow me to point you towards Wudugast’s article regarding The Burning of Prospero as a possible companion piece to this post. giving us Horus Heresy Astartes in multi-part plastic) while also shaking up the formula in other respects (making the HQ models far less generic and adding shiny stuff like the Custodian Guard and the Sisters of Silence).

Interestingly enough, the box seems to be continuing some of Betrayal at Calth’s most successful parts (i.e. Prospero has been dangled in front of Horus Heresy aficionados’ noses for quite a while now, and now GW performs a fearsome one-two-punch, turning the occasion into its own boxed set with dedicated rules - and lots and lots of delicious new little plastic men. But it’s now time to return to the world of blogging, and what better occasion than to address the very obvious elephant in the room: GW’s second Horus Heresy boxed kit, The Burning of Prospero: First of all, forgive me for being phenomenally lazy over the last two weeks, dear readers - or rather, I wasn’t really being lazy but rather focusing my attention elsewhere (on the job, as it stands - YAY!).

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