Last week, a shiver went up the spine of every heretic in the galaxy when the new Codex Supplement: Blood Angels was revealed alongside a launch box of crazed Death Company Marines, including new miniatures for Chapter luminaries Lemartes and Astorath. What’s more, these black-armoured berserkers are not the only Blood Angels getting a glow-up.
While all Chapters maintain a cadre of Apothecaries to treat wounds and recover gene-seed, the Sanguinary Priests of the Blood Angels have another duty – controlling the Red Thirst that grips all Sons of Sanguinius throughout their lives.
To embrace this intense and literal bloodthirst is seen as a mark of shame at all but the direst of moments, and only the Sanguinary Priests know the rituals and ceremonies required to calm their terrible hunger for carnage until it’s needed most.
When this madness is held in check, the Blood Angels are the picture of nobility and dignity. The Captains who lead the companies of Baal and their successors must be exemplars of the Emperor’s finest – blessed with astonishing combat skills and a regal countenance to humble planetary governors – and their new miniatures capture every bit of their carefully cultivated virtue.
The Captain wears distinctive sculpted armour, similar to that seen on Commander Dante himself, and can be equipped with a variety of weapons including the iconic inferno pistol, a relic blade, chainsword, or a power fist. Each arm also has two different poses, so you can pose them at the ready or in a more relaxed stance, and the kit includes a bevvy of heads, pauldron decorations, and other accessories.
Both characters will be released later this year, alongside the phenomenal new Codex Supplement and other upgraded Blood Angels.