The first thing to note about the new Space Marine Terminators found in Leviathan, the massive Warhammer 40,000 launch box, is how chunky they are. How chunky is that? Extremely.
The bulk of their armoured frame looms over even an Intercessor – in both height and breadth – while they’re a head taller than the current plastic Terminators.* In short, they’re exactly who you’d call on to fend off the ravenous vicissitudes of the resurgent Hive Fleet Leviathan.
Your five new Space Marine Terminators come packed onto the sprue. They’re largely push-fit, but dabs of glue are recommended on key joins. In all, there are about eight or nine parts to each miniature – plus a teleport homer – and they’re incredibly cleverly put together.
For one thing, most pieces have three or fewer connection points with the sprue, and the majority of these are hidden with great cunning by other parts of the model. So while the joins on the pauldrons need to be cleaned up, and those on the undersides of the storm bolter magazines, most other burrs don’t need much effort at all – and the same goes for many of the mould lines.
On top of that, the parts fit together beautifully. All five Terminators are single-pose, though the Sergeant has a choice of wearing a helmet or going bare-headed. They stand in a range of intimidating poses, and the increase in detail compared with the previous Terminator models is substantial.
Shoulder pads are moulded to arms, and the arms themselves are separate from the torso, giving you a bit of flexibility for possible kit-bashes, if that’s how you roll. Right shoulder pads are blank, so you can assign these elite warriors to a Chapter of your choosing.
The Warhammer Studio has already painted up a ton of these beefy 1st Company stalwarts to give you some inspiration when your copy of Leviathan arrives later in the year.
We’ll have lots more Warhammer 40,000 coverage throughout May, including a new Faction Focus article every weekday, plus more rules content and even some close-up inspections of other miniatures from the Leviathan launch box. Check the hub here for more.
• The original Rogue Trader-era Terminators – which we happen to have lurking on our desk – come up roughly to the Imperialis that adorns the new guys’ breastplates…