All this week, we have been examining the sprues of the new Space Marine releases to show you all the bounteous options on offer to your far-future super-soldiers – and there are yet more to come. Today we’re tackling the Company Heroes and the Chaplain in Terminator Armour.
Space Marine Company Heroes
This is a new squad option for Space Marine armies, comprising veteran warriors who serve as a kind of honour guard for your commanding officers. As we discovered in our interview with the miniatures designers on Monday, each of the heroes is an exemplar of one of the three doctrines – assault, tactical, and devastator – accompanied by a dapper Company Ancient and a Captain striking a noble pose.
As you’d expect from the plasticomancers working deep within the hollowed-out magma chamber at Warhammer’s secret volcano lair, all this has somehow been packed into just two sprues.
Every member of the squad has alternate head options – with or without helmets. The Ancient has a bolt pistol, a bolt rifle, and a close combat weapon, while the Company Champion has a bolt pistol and master-crafted power weapon.
One of the Company Veterans has a bolt pistol, master-crafted bolt rifle, and close combat weapon, while the other carries the same two small arms with a master-crafted heavy bolter. There’s a high degree of interchangeability across the rest of the range, should you wish to switch arms, heads, and accessories for even more variety or personalisation.
The Captain has even more options: three heads, three right-hand weapons (master-crafted bolter, plasma pistol, neo-volkite pistol), and two left-hand weapons (master-crafted power sword, power fist). You can also switch in a scabbard or a tabard.
Chaplain in Terminator Armour
As for today’s other hero of the Chapter, the hulking Terminator-armoured Chaplain. This mighty minister is the Leader your Terminator Squads have been waiting for – giving them all +1 to their Wound rolls and a 4+ Feel No Pain save against Mortal Wounds. He has a tasty model to match – with enough options to kit several Chaplains out differently.
This chunky churchman has the choice of two heads – one in the classic “full skull-helmet” mode, and the other a half-face with a respirator. He has two choices of head for his crozius, and can exchange his storm bolter for a relic shield.
Both kits are up for pre-order this weekend, alongside many more awesome Space Marine releases (the new codex, for instance. You’re gonna need that). Remember, there’s a two-week pre-order period in effect, so you’ll receive your loot in mid-October.
