Horus Heresy: Leviathan Siege Dreadnought Unboxing

 

Was in Nottingham this Saturday for a close friends birthday. So thought would pop into the new Element Games shop to pick up the new Leviathan that was released today.

Nice artwork on the box featuring the Sons of Horus patterned Leviathan.

Inside the box you have 4 sprues, 3 of the sprues are for the main body of the dreadnought.

The final sprue are the Siege Claws and Drill weapons.

There are 3 differing groin guards, and 3 front carapace options. Only 1 head type, but two differinbg back plate pieces.

You also get some extra shoulder mounts for adding some extra heft to the already large shoulder sections.

The weapon is the sprue that will be swapped out in the next box release for the ranged weapon variant. I would have preferred to have had both variants in the box, so loadouts could be set or fully magentized.

Tegs as with the contempor dreadnoght are all ball and socket joints so will allowa full range of posing. Hope to get some build time over the weekemd. Not sure on my loadout will decide when get to that part in my build. 

Anyone else picked up one?

Heresy Thursday: WOW its a big drop from GW this week

 

This week's Heresy Thursday gives us not 1 but 2 upcoming releases.

The first being a stunning Praetor for the Emperor's Children

The second being an expansion book for Aeronautica Imperialis bringing rules for dogfights and bombing runs in the Heresy era. 

I love the unhelmeted head of this model and it showing where the Emperor's Children have started to experiment with sonic weapons.

The cloak is amazing and I could see this working on other models as I would have thought that the eagle will be a separate piece.

So it is just the teasing drop of images from the Community release today, be nice to see some of the lists available and if we are going to receive any Legion specific rules. 

This is going to give me the motivation to paint up the models from the last starter set released. 

Touchdown Tuesdays: A new Star Player for the Amazon Roster

 

This week on Warhammer Community we get to see the first Amazon Star Player Estelle la Veneaux.

I think the model looks great and will stand out so well from the rest of the Amazon models we have seen so far. Covered in frogs and what looks to be some form of squig, Estellle is a great addition to the Star Player ranks.

Aside from having the Disturbing Prescence and Block special rules, Estelle also has Baleful Hex. Allowing her to Hex an opposition player once per game that is 5 squares away and on a 2+ loses their tackle zone, I see this a a great way of almost garunteeing a touchdown either from Estelle or another close by Amazon player.

Looking forward to seeing what other star players will come out as for the Norse we got 3 and also expect to see pitch, cards, dice and a copy of Spike to complete the release.

Heresy Thursday:White Scars Upgrade Packs

 

This weeks Heresy Thursday brings us the Mark VI helmet and shoulder pads for the White Scars.

I really like the heads and I may well sneak a few of these ibto a Sons of Horus unit for the top knots, and the unhelmeted head would look great on a Character model

Horus Heresy: Ka'bandha, Daemon General of Signus

 

This weekend sees Ka'bandha finally up for pre-order from Forge World. This model as you can see from the picture above clearly towers over Sanguinus and will be a great army center piece. 

You can download his full by clicking this link

Focus on one of his rules is above, so he is going to act as a massive rage amplifyer and turned those untis into marauding close combat machines. Can imagine him in the midst of Bloodletters or Gal'Vorbak.

He certainly would be a big painting challenge and I think he may well be a reward model for completing a good 3,000 point block for my Sons of Horus.

Heresy Thursday: YES YES The Leviathan

 Finally my wishes have come true we see more info on the Leviathan. This is going to be split release with the close combat variant coming first then the ranged variant. I think I will have one of each as they are a big points sink for the army.

Both of these variants look really good.

With so much being shown on the upcoming releases I just hope this Sunday we get the next wave of Heresy releases.

My firsttactical squad is now complete and i just need to get some pictures taken. I have also completed my Justarian, MkIII tactical squad , Demos Rhino and a little bit more work to do on the Praetor and then I feel I can start work on my Imperial fists for a change of colour.

Touchdown Tuesday: Amazon's coming to the Grid Iron

 

Over the weekends reveal we got to see images of the new Amazon BloodBowl team, so far no rules sneak peaks but expect to see them over the next few weeks. Yesterday we got to see their first Star Player.......

Boa Kon'ssstriktr he will be mesmerising his way into an endzone near you soon.

With this special rule he looks like a great backfield striker with being able to take possession of the ball from an opposing player on a 2+

Looking forward to seeing more of the Amazon rules

Lamb Leg Steak Red Wine Kebabs

Been a while since I posted about one of my other passsions. I love cooking and like a lot of us love a good BBQ. 

I have had many types of BBQs over the years but last year made an investment in a slightly different style of BBQ. I bought us  Firecage.

It is mobile based on wheels and has a large firebed with lots of versitile cooking platforms and areas. I will do a more detailed post on the Beast as it has been affectionly nicknamed by friends and families. 

Todays cook was a nice simple set of Lamb Leg Steaks marinated in Red Wine. 

Ingredients:

500g grams of Lamb Leg Steaks

100ml of Red Wine

2 Cloves of Garlic

Zest and Juice of 1 Lemon

2 Tbsp of Dried Oregano

4 Kebab Sticks.

Method

Cube the lamb leg steaks into roughly 2cm cubes pop in a bowl. Drown the cubes in the red wine and add the cloves of garlic crushed. Zest and juice your lemon and add to the bowl. Finally shakey shakey over the oregano. Wrap the bowl in cling-film and pop in the fridge. Minimum of 4 hours over night if possible. 

Thread your cubes on to your skewers and get your BBQ ready for cooking.  When coooking meat I always take my meat out of the fridge for at an hour to get upto room temp. 

Cooking time really is down to your personal preference. For me and the wife we like the lamb still a little red, so roughly 15-20 minutes.

We served the kebabs, with some homemade houmus, potato salad, tatziki, and Rosemary and Chilli Foccia bread.

Horus Heresy: Sons of Horus Tactical Squad WIP 2

I had hoped to get these almost finished over the weeked, but time ran away from me. But lunch time today I got the squad almost done. just need to add transfers and complete some detail pieces and the bases and the frist squad is complete. 

Next on the build list is a 10 Man Tactical Suppoort Marines all armed with rotorcannons, just cos they look cool. 

That will leave me with 20 marines left to build. Not sure which way I am going to go with these at the current time. But to get some inspiration I am going to watch the 2 Horus Heresy battle reports on Warhammer TV.

Whats on your painting table?

 

Heresy Thursday on a Friday: Demios Pattern Predator

 

OOOOOOOOHHHHHH Sneaky GW veryh sneaky.

So yesterday we got yet another chapter upgrade for the Emperor's Children.

But today they showed us the new all plastic Demios Pattern Predator. Check the video out below

Looks like a great kit with all the options from Predator Cannon to Graviton Gun. Looks like it should be an easy kit to magnetize for those that like to change their loadouts.

I hope that we do not have to long a wait for these to be released, I think Heresy players are now champing at the bit to get hold of the new kits.

Heresy Thursday: Emperor's Children Upgrade Packs

 

This week's Heresy Thursday sees another set of upgrade packs. This time for the Emperor's Children.

So if you strive for perfection and love the purple and gold armour then these sets are for you. 

Again another light week for sneak peeks from GW, fingers crossed we get something meaty next week. I am looking forward to the preview day at the weekend and seeing what we get for BloodBowl. 

What are you hoping to see?