Unboxing: The Horus Heresy – Betrayal At Calth
November 17, 2015 by warzan
Warren and AJ take a look the new standalone boxed game from Games Workshop, Betrayal At Calth. It is set in the 31st Millennium during the Word Bearers’ invasion of the Ultramarine world of Calth.
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Which Horus Heresy Legion would you choose?
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Man, the shape of that rocket launcher really takes me back to the first time I played 40k and the rule book had that Rogue Trader era cover 😀
As tempting as doing something new would be, i will be painting it as blood angels, is the army i have collected since second edition, and well i like what i know, and i cant help but feel they are saving the best till last when in comes to the primarch mini’s and sanguinius is going to be an epic sculpt….
I think I will be the boring guy and probably stick to Ultramarines. You can get a great looking Ultramarine force by different shades of blues and washes. Plus it fits the game.
Nothin’ wrong with the ultramarines. Solid choice. I only want to do white scars as I’ve already got an ultra smurfs force in the making for 40k.
Seeing what you get and the quality of the kit, that just blew the competition out of the water. Epic.
I think its interesting they went with alternate activations, even if this is just a board game .. it would be cool if this creeps into the main system as well. From what ive seen from the boardgame gameplay though the competition seems fairly unthreatened, imo. Looking at the minis you get its priced well, but if AoS is anything to go by the complementary boxed sets will leave atleast me shaking my head in disbeleif.
night lords
I havent played 40k for ages but read alot of the HH books… This box is so tempting… Now I am thinking about coming with a Alpha Legion Army. It is my favored Legion because of the secrecy and the black ops stuff that is going on. And you really dont know on which side there are on.
And: I am Alpharius…
Night Lords!!! Just dig those boots with lightning forks 🙂
Luna Wolves!
I’m going for luna wolves to, before all this heresy was happening, 🙂
But I have base coated my friends stuff for him aswell and hes going for the Ultrasmurfs, Hes already got one or two more boxes on order to build up his legion
SPACE WOLVES! I have been one since second and I feel no need to change things up.
What legion to take is actually a hard one for me. It would be a toss up between Space Wolves, Iron Warriors, Salamanders, and Death Guard. It’s really tough for me.
Got mine in the post today. I’ll probably go with Death Guard on one side and maybe Dark Angels on the other.
Is it ‘arcology’ that was meant about 5.45 in? If so these are self-contained structures that provide all the resources the inhabitants need to live (architectural ecologies). The city-blocks in Judge Dredd are a good example.
Or the later stages of simcity 2000 onwards…
Alpha Legion…
I would add to my FW Blood Angel Legion for 30K, my goal is to create a Chapters worth of 30K. I already have 2 companies; this set will just make it so much cheaper to complete.
That, Warren, is the question of the century. I can’t just do one, so I am planning an Imperial Fist/Blood Angel Defence of the emperors palace themed force.
I got my box this afternoon, with 3 bottles of lamenters (guess where I am going here…)
I have to say it’s really very good indeed. You get masses for your money (and if you shop with an independent then you’re going to save at least 20%)
All I can say is I’m delighted the weather has turned, it gives me every reason to stay in and get busy with this lovely kit.
Best to stock up on lamenters yellow, wasnt on the new citadel colour chart, dont know if it will become mailorder only or just discontinued, slanesh grey has become a dry paint now as well….
I would make Death Guard legion
looks awesome but will wiat for the kits to go on sale individually myself – I just want the cataphrachti terminators, always loved the look of those and wanted them in plastic 🙂 I doubt id do any specific legion but I always liked the idea of the shattered legions as it means you can justify a unique paint-scheme, especially if they are loyalists from traitor legions.
A mixed Legion Loyalist veteran squad sounds very cool.
itll purely be just a display piece most likely, but I love the idea of a group of terminators from across a few legions* banding (perhaps Isstvan survivors) together and forming a small rogue force to take revenge on horus.
*cos i just really love those legion specific terminators…
I’ll be continuing my World Eaters (all mk IV anyway) but am torn how I paint up the ‘enemies’. I tend to play loyalist WE so is it Word Bearers or Iron Warriors? (Storm of Iron was a great book). On the other hand a squad or two of Ultramarines wouldn’t go amiss. Urrgg – decisions, decisions.
Has to be Salamanders
It may be nitpicky but the termies dont have stormbolters, they have combi bolters, which are slightly different rules wise.
I’m going to use the Terminators and ten marines for my pre-heresy Iron Warriors the rest will be for a new project of mine 30k Raven Guard, I bought two boxes so two Contemptors and 50 marines will be a great start for them just need to add some pod’s and flyers, should be fun.
Word Bearers – always been my Chaos faction of choice
Alpha legion ,
I think the Contemptor’s an interesting one. The stiff legs are a bit lame – possibly deliberately so you still have a reason to get the Forge World one.
PS Dark Angels.