40K End Times (Plastic Horus Heresy)

[Mr Mystery]

Possible - but I'm not getting a Space Hulky type vibe from the other sprues.

At least, not the ones we've seen.

[Path Walker]

More wishful thinking than anything else, loves me some ZM and would love more people to play it

[Erik Setzer]

Something just occurred to me...

The Cataphractii armoured character is packing a Chainfist....that's an odd choice of weapon for a starter set, unless of course there is something with an armour value in there with them.....

Mayhap the earlier rumour of a plastic Contempor was on to something?

You're thinking from a rules position. Games Workshop just spent an entire annual report trying to make everyone forget they make games. From a miniature perspective, a chainfist looks cool. Therefore, a chainfist makes sense even without a vehicle in the kit.

[Al Shut]

Who knows what a chainfist might do in a simplified ruleset.

[Tzeentch's Dark Agent]

The enemy mainly

[Bigred]

Today's Horus Heresy Boxed Set Rumors

via Warseer's [URL="http://www.warseer.com/forums/showthread.php?412928-Horus-Heresy-Plastics-in-late-2015-Mk-II&p=7523593&viewfull=1#post7523593"]Apologist[/URL] 8-20-2015

"Can't remember where it was in the old thread (or possibly another forum), but I believe it's been rumoured that the box is themed around Phall, with Imperial Fists versus Iron Warriors.
I'll see if I can dig out a link to where I saw that.
....
It is noted that the forces are asymmetrical; themed around a boarding party and defenders."

Then Apologist links over to ...

Via DakkaDakka's [URL="http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/780/637550.page#8027110"]Whisper of Truth[/URL]

... Also the contents rumours are slightly wrong. The forces aren't an exact mirror of one another. One force is a Pride of the Legion style force. Some might even call it a boarding party... The other is based off normal Tac. Marines.

As for the ship name, I don't think the game is based on this particular ship, but I'd go with the "Tribune." Or one of the other warships in that warzone anyway.

I'mageek writes:

"Imperial Fists, if it is set at Phall."

WhisperofTruth responds:
"Ding ding, we have a winner.

If I remember rightly the box has around 44 models. Including 3 Mk4 boxes, terminators, cataphracti and the two characters."

So to Summarize:

Horus Heresy Starter Box

- Imperial Fists vs Iron Warriors

- Battle of Phall

- Asymetrical sides

- "Boarding style" theme - (Battle of Phall was a major fleet action in deep space)

- 44 models

3 Mk IV "boxes" (sprues already seen)

Terminators

Cataphractii

Two Characters (sprues already seen)

[Erik Setzer]

OMFG YES YES YES YES YES YES YESSSSSSSS....

Iron Warriors! WOOOOOOOOT!!!!!!

Yeah, sorry, as an IW player, this pleases me. And if there's some of the breach squad guys, even if I have to replace shoulder pads, I will love it, because those are the guys I've been wanting to use for my Troops squads.

[Mr Mystery]

It does fit with the otherwise slightly odd Combimelta and Chainfist combo on the Cataphractii we've seen.....but I await corroboration. I've got a sneaking suspicion this may be conjecture rather than rumour.

[Brakkart]

As an Imperial Fists player this rumour makes me very happy indeed. I do hope it's true.

[Haighus]

I really hope that rumour IS true, as someone who has recently begun building an IF Company specialising in boarding missions (Terminators, Breacher squads and Dreadnoughts aplenty...)