The Big Summer Preview – The Legions descend with a new MkII Assault Squad

With the Saturnine box available to pre-order right now, everything is at a fever pitch for the Horus Heresy. But the delights don’t stop with new Terminators…

MKII Assault Squad

The latest plastic kit to arrive is this stunning new Assault Squad in MkII Crusade armour. 

The Legiones Astartes MkII Assault Squad includes 10 multi-part plastic miniatures, all clad in iconic Crusade Armour. As you can see, this has been updated with an even more durable chestplate and gorget, as befits its use for frontline assaulters. 

Every Space Marine can be equipped with a chainaxe and bolt pistol, while the kit also includes optional combat shields which can be swapped out for the pistols. On top of that, there are two each of the following weapons: power mauls, heavy chainaxes, volkite serpenta, disintegrator pistols and melta bombs, along with a variety of other grenades, holsters and pouches.

You’ll find the rules for the Legiones Astartes Assault Squad in the Liber Astartes and Liber Hereticus books, where you’ll find that the chainaxes are a points-free alternative to the classic chainsword loadout you might have seen elsewhere. 

Journal Tactica: The Forges of Saturn

The second in the new series of Journals Tactica for the Horus Heresy is entitled The Forges of Saturn. It tells how the Primarch Vulkan was instrumental in the reintroduction of formidable Saturnine-pattern Terminator armour to the Legions, and how it would shape the face of battle during the Horus Heresy. 

The book is brimming with the lore behind some as-yet unexplored events in the Horus Heresy: the Saturnine Renewal, the War of Bitter Iron between the Word Bearers and Iron Hands, and the Kolarne-Distal incident in which the White Scars and Thousand Sons turned on each other. 

This is a must-read supplement for every fan of the lore of The Horus Heresy – and that’s all before we get to the rules content: three asymmetrical Onslaught Missions, two new Legiones Astartes Detachments, and new profiles for a Saturnine Command Squad, a Centurion in Saturnine Armour and, for the Word Bearers, the Phraetus Anointed Conclave (see below). There is also an Arcana Upgrade for a Thousand Sons unit clad in Saturnine Armour.

This is just the start for the new edition of Warhammer: The Horus Heresy – Age of Darkness. For now though, click below to see what else has been revealed at the Big Summer Preview.