Today, we’re having visions of Horus and looking at the amazing collection of heresy era art all in one Black Library Book; Visions of Horus Heresy.
There were a bunch of Visions of Horus Heresy books, purchased separately it was pricey, but when you put it all together in this book it was only 50 USD; a way better deal. 
This book was introduced around the same time the Horus Heresy Series was unleashed on our unsuspecting wallets. One of the great features of this book is that it includes all of the Artwork from the Warhammer 40k Collectible Card game. The game itself was released in the early 2000’s and made by Sabertooth Games.
We have so much more art, from all the books that have been released in the past few years, but when this first came out a lot of this was new and fresh still. You’ll also notice some inconsistencies with the current lore. For instance, the Emperor’s Children used to be the 20th legion and now they’re the 3rd legion. So much has changed in the past few years but it’s still cool to look back at all this original artwork that really started it all.
The book opens up with the first piece of Horus Hersey artwork, Horus and the Emperor. This was first released in a Rouge Trader and shows the battle between The Emperor and Horus; well before the new artwork we’re all familiar with now, and story change, that depicted a dead Sanguinus.
There’s a lot of artwork from John Blanche to Adrian Smith in this book; it’s all amazing. If you’re interested in looking at all the artwork I highly encourage you to check out the video.
There’s a bunch of pages dedicated to the artwork from the trading card game as well.
The CCG was neat but towards the end they started to jump the shark. The released a lot of unbalanced and disappointing mechanics. The original version of the game was really fun; it was almost like playing a card game version of tabletop 40k.
Back to the book, there’s a ton of lore in here. There’s a story by Graham McNeil about the Kaban Project; which was later featured in a Mechanicum Novel. Flipping through the pages there’s just a lot of background information about the Horus Heresy; which you might not know or have already been ret-conned. If you can find this book on a discount I would definitely recommend it.
Again, don’t get this confused with the black bound collected version of this, which is probably substantially more expensive than this version.
About the Author: Rob Baer
Rob Baer
Job Title: Managing Editor
Founded Spikey Bits in 2009
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About Rob Baer: Founder, Publisher, & Managing Editor of Spikey Bits, the leading tabletop gaming news website focused on the hobby side of wargaming and miniatures.
Rob also co-founded and currently hosts the Long War Podcast, which has over 350 episodes and focuses on tabletop miniatures gaming, specializing in Warhammer 40k. and spent six years writing for Bell of Lost Souls.
Every year, along with his co-hosts, he helps host the Long War 40k Doubles Tournament at Adepticon and the Long War 40k Doubles at Las Vegas Open, which attracts over 350 players from around the world.
Rob has won many Warhammer 40k Tournaments over the years, including multiple first-place finishes in Warhammer 40k Grand Tournaments over the years and even winning 1st place at the Adepticon 40k Team Tournament.
With over 30 years of experience in retail and distribution, Rob knows all the products and exactly which ones are the best. As a member of GAMA (Game Manufacturers Association), he advocates for gaming stores and manufacturers in these difficult times, always looking for the next big thing to feature for the miniatures hobby, helping everyone to provide the value consumers want.
While he’s played every edition of Warhammer 40k and Warhammer Fantasy (since 5th Edition) and has been hobbying on miniatures since the 1980s, Titans of all sizes will always be his favorite! It’s even rumored that his hobby vault rivals the Solemnance Galleries, containing rulebooks filled with lore from editions long past, ancient packs of black-bordered Magic Cards, and models made of both pewter and resin.
