Forge World redesigned a ton of resin Horus Heresy and 40k tanks to support the new plastic weapon sponson sprues they released recently!
We saw a bunch of old tanks hit the last chance to buy list a little while back, and now it makes sense. This is an exciting idea from GW, as they are not coming out with totally new kits; they are just changing some of the hulls to fit the weapons available in the Predator, Sicaran, and Typhon chassis. Otherwise, known as the Kratos weapon sprue.
The kits will have resin hulls and plastic weapons (or sometimes just sponsors). They said there would be eight new kits set up this way, so hopefully, this also comes with a price reduction as they are using less resin and more plastic, but we’ll have to wait and see on that.
Forge World Redesigned Key Tanks for 40k & Horus Heresy
The Legion Arquitor is a hulking artillery platform designed to advance with the front line, pulverising enemy battalions or obliterating fortifications at short range. It can be armed with one of three rear-mounted heavy weapons – the morbus bombard, spicula rocket system, or graviton-charge cannon – all of which will be retooled and repackaged with the new sponson sprue.
These are the first kits Forge World redesigned to have the new plastic sponsons, which should give you more options easier.
Not big enough? If you need to eradicate everything before you, stick in a requisition request for a superheavy tank loaded with the new lascannon sprue. Deflagrate enemy hordes with the Glaive’s volkite carronade, blow a variety of targets to smithereens with the Fellblade accelerator cannon, or tear the thickest armour asunder with the Falchion’s volcano cannon.
The only downside is that we probably won’t see complete plastic kits for these in a while, but who knows with GW?
Big guns accounted for, how about moving large cohorts of heavily armoured Legionaries right up to the enemy lines and disgorging them into the heart of combat? Even the mighty Mastodon is having its hull tinkered with to suit these new plastic sponsons.
Again, this will be the sponsons, but again should give you more options.
Rapid response is just as crucial as heavy firepower, and little else is as fast as a Javelin attack speeder. These flying firestorms are also being retooled to work with plastic sponsons – and both the Javelin and Mastodon will soon receive new rules and army list entries to accommodate the new options they are to receive.
Hopefully, the rules for these are free when they get the new options in their kit!
Guns are all well and good, but battlefield logistics are even more thrilling – relaying commands to your platoons is the stuff tabletop generals dream of. A new resin upgrade kit will let you outfit your plastic Deimos-pattern Rhino with a trusty vox relay and geo-locator beacon, transforming it into a Damocles Command Rhino from which your commanders can display their tactical brilliance.
This is the opposite, where you get some resin bits to upgrade your plastic kit, but more options are always better!
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