Forge World just gave Sisters fans a huge ray of sunshine as it looks like the new Kharon transport is one step closer to hitting the table tops this summer!
Games Workshop has a new Forge World teaser for us this morning: the Kharon Pattern Acquisitor for the Sisters of Silence!
Like the vehicles of the Adeptus Custodes, the Kharon Pattern Acquisitor is a skimmer, albeit one of a more ominous and covert provenance. Aquiline motifs like the winged tailfin and the beak-like front of the vehicle tie the Kharon Pattern Acquisitor to the rest of the Talons of the Emperor, but it has a distinctively brutal silhouette, complemented by the iron-maiden style hatches on the sides of the vehicle. These are not for the Sisters of Silence but for their unfortunate psychic quarry; the Sisters themselves disembark from the irising hatch at the skimmer’s fore, embellished with the icon of their shadowed order. It’s easy to imagine just how terrifying seeing one of these in the 31st Millennium would be, psyker or no!
In-game, the Kharon Pattern Acquisitor is a versatile and powerful transport for Horus Heresy armies, either laying down a hail of fire with its weapons (you can see these at the front of the vehicle) or disrupting incoming fire with an array of cloaking technology (like the sensor pod running along the vehicle’s spine). Sisters of Silence units equipped with short ranged weaponry (like the flamer-wielding Witchseekers) or power weapons (like the Vigilators) are going to be harder than ever to escape when attacking out of one of these.
The Horus Heresy Weekender showcased the new minis for Thousand Sons Custodes, and Sisters of Silence. Checkout the close ups from February on the Kharon:
Sisters of Silence Kharon Pattern Acquisitor
Special thanks to Garro for the following images.
Here’s some of the actual model shots of the Sisters Acquisitor from our friend Loken at 30k Apocalypse as well who’s on the scene at Nottingham as well.
Warhammer Community put out an update about what’s coming in the updated Horus Heresy book, that will feature a streamlined rules system that has already been dubbed 7.5 edition
Regarding Horus Heresy Book Eight: Angelus, they had this to say about its contents:
- The Blood Angels Legion
- The Dark Angels Legion
- Daemons
- The Dark Mechanicum
- The Night Lords Legion
- Several narratives detailing the campaigns and battles of the Blood Angels and the Dark Angels through the early
Horus Heresy and the Age of Darkness.
- Signus Prime
- The Thramas Crusade
- The Persecution of Sarum
- The Siege of Baal
- The Passage of the Angel of Death
- Background and history for the Dark Angels and Blood Angels
- The Rise of the Dark Mechanicum
- Daemons and Diabolism in the Horus Heresy!
- New rules for the:
- Blood Angels and Dark Angels
- Night Lords
- Dark Mechanicum
- Daemon units
Lord Constantin Valdor Captain-General of the Legio Custodes
The Horus Heresy weekender was going strong back in February and we’re seeing a huge influx of new releases and content. Check back for the latest updates as well be seeing more units from both the weekender and Warhammer Fest starting to hit the shelves soon!
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