Warhammer: The Horus Heresy – Age of Darkness is on pre-order right now, loaded with new plastic kits for heroes, vehicles, and Space Marines. Alongside this massive box set comes the mighty Kratos Heavy Assault Tank, an armoured behemoth with an impressive array of devastating weapons.* It would be a true shame if such a marvel were lost to the mists of time, wouldn’t it?
Fortunately, the finest techno-archaeologists of the Warhammer Studio have unearthed a slate of rules so that the Adeptus Astartes can deploy the Kratos onto the battlefields of the 41st Millennium. While most of these treaded beasts were destroyed during the Heresy, some yet survive, venerated by those Chapters lucky enough to still own one.
You can download the datasheet here and get straight to obliterating – your xenos enemies thought they were safe just because they missed out on the Horus Heresy? They’ll be shaking in their boots.**
What does the Kratos bring to the tabletop? Lots and lots of guns, it turns out. While the Repulsor Executioner may sport an alarming array of weaponry, the Kratos serves as a solemn reminder that the Horus Heresy was a more enlightened age. For gunsmiths, at least.
Outfitted as standard with the massive Kratos battle cannon and a co-axial autocannon, this tank means business. Should you wish to make different noises in your Shooting phase, you can swap the battle cannon for a melta blast-gun or searing volkite cardanelle. Oh, and did we mention the four extra guns mounted on its hull and sponsons? You can mix-and-match between heavy bolters, lascannons, volkite calivers and more.
Not content with sporting some truly absurd firepower, the Kratos also has some truly absurd armour. With Toughness 8 with an impressive 18 Wounds, it’s a prime candidate for spearheading an armoured column, troops with its dozer blade, blasting holes in giant monsters – you name it, the Kratos can probably blow it up.
You’ll be able to field this mechanical monstrosity on the battlefields of Warhammer 40,000 or The Horus Heresy soon, so make sure you get your pre-order in on Saturday.
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* People have been quick to snap up this massive war machine on the Games Workshop webstore – make sure you hit the Email Me button to get notified when the forges have finished pumping out a new battalion.
** Unless they’re T’au or Tyranids, whose hooves are going to be knocking together.