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Best Deal Ever? Horus Heresy Starter Set Contents

By Rob Baer | March 8th, 2015 | Categories: Miniature Wargaming News & Rumors

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This may be one of the deals we’ve ever heard of from Games Workshop.

I hope this turns out to be true, cause WOW I don’t think finding Heresy players will be hard if getting the miniatures is this easy!

via Voices in the Trees 3-8-2015 (line thoughs and bolds updated from actual release in Nov 2015)

Horus Heresy Starter Set

2 sides, Identically Equipped   Not really

Models are NOT legion marked. Correct

Generic Heresy-era models.  Mark IV Plate

 

– Early Heresy mark armor Astartes x20  There was 30 Marines

– Cataphractii Terminators x5

– Contemptor Dreadnought x1

– Praetor x1 (and Terminator Cataphractii version)

 

These contents seem to line up with the last set of rumors we heard back in FEB.

via Steve the Warboss 2-25-2015

-Gaming Set Includes a Supplement for the Age of Darkness
-Rules and a Dettachment for Playing Legio Astartes and Xenos in the Past of 40k
A new Allied Matrix including Xenos of the 31st Millenium
-Very generic Dataslates for the Models, only the featured Characters will have specific Background, but can used for any Legion
-Unlike the previous Sets, the Squads will have no unique Leaders, only names “Sergeant”
-Box will include 6 versions of new Sprues

Horus Heresy Roundup

~Who will you pledge your allegiance to? Horus or the Emperor?

About the Author: Rob Baer

Virginia Restless, Miniature Painter & Cat Dad. I blame LEGOs. There was something about those little-colored blocks that started it all... Twitter @catdaddymbg