Battle for the Lions Gate Mission

[Nephaston]

Article.

 

Fluffpiece article about Messinus, a competition for a signed print of the End and the Death cover, and on the more fun side of things an asymmetric Mission.

[Casual Heresy]

Shame there's no bespoke rules for Messinius. A rule to include him in any imperial force without breaking mono-faction bonuses would have been thematic for a senior commander of the Indomitus Crusade.

[Nephaston]

Chances are if he has any rules they'll not be released before the model comes out, this isn't Horus heresy after all. And even then I would hazard a guess that he would be found in a potential ultramarine supplement down the line.

[Casual Heresy]

Just now, Nephaston said:

Chances are if he has any rules they'll not be released before the model comes out, this isn't Horus heresy after all. And even then I would hazard a guess that he would be found in a potential ultramarine supplement down the line.

 

Says in the article he can be represented using the rules for a Space Marine Captain, implying no rules of his own.

[Nephaston]

Yeah, but this is the community team we're talking about, chances are they are just guessing. They for example got the bit about his pistol exploding wrong, since it's supposed to be one of cawls sunfury pistols, which both the Ultramarines supplement and the first dawn of fire book state cannot overheat/perma-safe-overcharged.

[Marshal Reinhard]

Messinus is treasure trove of bits and will make a fine sword brother

[Lord Nord in Gravis Armour]

Of course, to be authentic, you'd have to play this scenario with a Firstborn Captain, along with Firstborn versions of any other Astartes. Messinius was years away from crossing the Rubicon and the first wave of Primaris Marines were still waiting for Cawl to awaken them from naptime.

[Mandragola]

Does anyone else find it funny that the model has his fist and pistol on the opposite arms compared to the book art? He doesn't really resemble that illustration much.

[Vanger]

2 hours ago, Mandragola said:

Does anyone else find it funny that the model has his fist and pistol on the opposite arms compared to the book art? He doesn't really resemble that illustration much.

 

Well, in the Dawn of Fire series, he's still a firstborn and yet has to cross the rubicon priamris. So the cover art is correct for having him in older pattern of armor. His power fist is destroyed during said battle, the defense of the Lion Gate, and he receives the Auramite power fist and plasma pistol seen on the model as gifts, personally from Guilliman. Of course his crossing could happen off page, like when we first see Lucerne, a primaris, he is an Imperial Fist. When we meet him again, he wears the colors of the Black Templars, as was his desire. So lot can happen off pages in those 10 years, the series is about.

[Orange Knight]

I could be very much mistaken, but I'm sure I read somewhere that he'll come with a datasheet in the box, same as Uriel Ventris did.

[Mandragola]

5 hours ago, Vanger said:

 

Well, in the Dawn of Fire series, he's still a firstborn and yet has to cross the rubicon priamris. So the cover art is correct for having him in older pattern of armor. His power fist is destroyed during said battle, the defense of the Lion Gate, and he receives the Auramite power fist and plasma pistol seen on the model as gifts, personally from Guilliman. Of course his crossing could happen off page, like when we first see Lucerne, a primaris, he is an Imperial Fist. When we meet him again, he wears the colors of the Black Templars, as was his desire. So lot can happen off pages in those 10 years, the series is about.

 Ahh ok, that all makes sense. Thanks.