You may remember when whispers reached us through the Ruinstorm of a Horus Heresy upgrade pack filled with wicked and wonderful melee weapons. A set so laden with murderous intent that it was waylaid by mysterious forces, perhaps fearful of the carnage its release would bring.
Well, it’s finally on its way, and what an assemblage of arms it is. Swords, pistols, lances, hammers, claws… everything you need to make your veteran Space Marines the deadliest stick-swingers on the block.
There’s almost too much to list, but we’ll give it a go. Inside this densely packed box, you get:
10 Chainswords
Two Chainswords in sheathes
Two Heavy Chainswords
Two Charnabal Sabres
Two Thunder Hammers
Four Power Swords, with two being drawn and two in hand
Two Power Lances
Four Power Axes
Four Power Mauls
Four Power Fists
Four Claw assemblies for turning the Power Fists into Lightning Claws*
But wait, you thought it was only melee weapons included in this set? Oh ye of little faith. You also get the following:
Two Augury Scanners
Two Melta Bombs
Two Slung Boltguns
Two Hand Flamers
Two Plasma Pistols
Four Volkite Serpenta
Four Phobos Bolt Pistols
Four Umbra Bolt Pistols
Four Tigrus Bolt Pistols
Eight Hands split across four styles
10 Heads split across five styles
42 Arms split across 21 styles
Phew! Altogether, it looks like this:
That’s an armoury deadly enough to make Angron blush, and more than plenty to outfit dozens of veterans and a whole squad of Despoilers should the need strike you. All of the arms are designed for MkVI power armour, and they can easily be converted with the vambraces found in the MkIII Tactical Marines box to fit those guys too.
Alongside the wide array of special and heavy weapon upgrade sets available for Warhammer: The Horus Heresy, you can now create some awesome assault squads – or mix and match your favourites by equipping a Veteran Squad with the latest toys.
We’re sure you’ll find all sorts of ways to use the weapons in this pack, so show us what you come up with when they come out – they'll be up for pre-order before long.
* These claw assemblies fit both the Power Fists included in the upgrade set and those found in the MkVI and MkIII Tactical Marines kits.
