Winter is coming to Horus Heresy, and there are a few signs going around that may indicate Book VII: Inferno and new Custodes are coming very soon!
Today we mix recent news with the very first Book VII: Inferno seminar that confirmed the Battle for Prospero for the tabletop, from way way back in February of this year.
First off we have Forge World themselves dropping the news about what is widely speculated to be a whole line of Custodes:
The first of the Custodes are available now in The Horus Heresy: Burning of Prospero, but more will be coming soon, and this is the first incredible new vehicle for the Custodes.
Next we have Games Workshop saying they will have a preview of the new Horus Heresy Book in December’s White Dwarf (from the Custodes rules in November’s issue)
Don’t forget these fellows count as “Agents of the Imperium” in Horus Heresy: Age of Darkness for now until Book VII releases.
What does a “preview” mean? Well remember GW had a “preview” of the new Burning of Prospero Box Set in November’s White Dwarf too, even though it official released in October.
After taking all that into consideration, and the fact that to the best of my knowledge Forge World has released a new Horus Heresy rulebook every November since 2012, will we see Book VII go on sale this month?
We shall know more in just two weeks, at the 40k Open Day in Nottingham!
Now here’s a look at the seminar that kicked off all the Burning of Prospero hype last winter.
How does all this compare to what we know now?
Source: Battlebunnies
Custodians are their own elite force, not like Space Marines 2.0! The Emperor saved the Custodes the best toys so look forward to heavy master weaponry. It’s a highly lethal mobile force. They were designed to kill Space Marines if something goes wrong. 100% loyal to the Emperor, even beyond free will.
Playtest – 5 Custodians against 20 Tactical Marines, none of the Tacs were alive to fight back in combat!!! Not the full rules im sure – again, it’s still playtesting.
Rules will come for Spireguard, possibly not models though. Might be a variant to the Solar Auxilia models.Space Wolf Characters unconfirmed apart from Leman Russ, Freki and Geri.
Thousand Sons have a plan in their playstyle, not fully confirmed, still playtesting, be less of them, not usually in attritional warfare. Possibility of picking your option for Psyker-yness, that may improve equipment/weapons.
Tutilaries/Familiars will have above listing type (equipment/weapons).
Sisters of Silence will be a small allies list – not a “full force”.
Sisters of Silence almost like Assassins hunting down all psykers.
During Heresy there will be limitation on unit types (they did not have access to certain things around this time) for Space Wolves, as their way of war gives them limitation to certain things. BUT! Space Wolves will have their own bespoke consuls and unit types!
Possible stories furthering the Thousand Sons that weren’t on Prospero.
Custodes will not have Rhinos and Land Raiders they will have their own vehicle types though and no heavy support but they will have an equivalent
Space Wolves attack Arkhadia (Mechanicum world) – part of the campaigns in Inferno. This Mechanicum planet is targeted as he is associating with Magnus.
Arkhadine Mechanicum will have their own unique weapon and unit types, thanks to the help from Thousand Sons. This Cybernetica based Forgeworld will have its own Titan legion and it will have technology encouraged by the psychic aspects of the thousand sons. Which is why there will be multiple Titan Legion rules as there will be Legions sent to deal with them in Inferno.
Legio Mortis and a new type of Titan Legio (for Arcadia) but thats secret for now.
Even more rules and other pictures the Inferno Seminar below on the roundup. Be sure to check it out!
Horus Heresy 2016 Weekender Roundup
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