Horus Heresy Siege Assault Force (Plastic Breachers + Cataprachtii)

[Lord Marshal]

Time to SIEGE.

 

Edited November 8 by Lord Marshal

[redmapa]

Those cataphractii look a bit too skinny  imo, otherwise great box.

[Tokugawa]

Timely improvement. Old cataphractii models are just too small.

[The4thHorseman]

Nah, these Terminators look like a 3rd party sculpt. Breechers are ok.

[SvenIronhand]

I don't like their midsections.

Minor quibble.

Edited November 8 by SvenIronhand

[Waaagh?]

New cataphractii are an improvement.

 

Though hopefully a weapon upgrade kit won't be too far behind as the lack of options is mildly disturbing.

[sitnam]

I'm more of a Tartaros guy, but those Cataphractii look sharp! 

[Marshal Loss]

Awesome, can't wait to get my hands on the new Cataphractii and it's great to see Breachers after all this time. Hoping for refreshed Tartaros in 2026 as well 

[Xirix]

I imagine lightning claws for them might be a later upgrade kit or somesuch, pretty good starting loadouts though, nice to see some more volkite love.

[soviet1337]

Not really sold on the new cataphractii, I'm glad I took a gamble and got more justaerin + upgrades a few weeks ago. 
 

Breachers look decent, not overly inspiring but useable. 

[01RTB01]

The cataphractii look stretched and weirdly thin. 

 

Breachers are great but I'm in no rush having not played a single game of the new edition.

[Nephaston]

https://minicompare.info/?cataphractii-terminator-sword=&cataphractii-terminator-2025-a-sword-volkite=&terminator-2023-sergeant-sword=

 

Seems like they are old cataphractii with a bit longer waist. And not as XBOXHUEG as indomitus.

[Armchair Warlord]

Breachers - All good. 

 

The Cataphractii.............. Hmmmm.  I'm sure we'd all agree the rescale was needed. But what they've gained in height they seem to have lost in bulk.  I can't help but feel they should have thickened them out a bit to be as meaty as the Indomitus pattern.

 

Personally, I couldn't build them as is without some conversion/addition work. Which for makes me ask - What's going to look best for my taste. Making the old ones taller or the new ones 'thicker'?

 

And am I the only one who's reminded of Goon from popeye !? 

 

Edited November 8 by Armchair Warlord

[firestorm40k]

I'm hoping the sprue that upgrades Marines to Breachers gets released seperately - I have already set aside some Mk3 kits to be made into Breachers for my Imperial Fists, and hopefully can still do so without buying more Marine bodies (that I already have a tonne of ) 

[SalamandersBro]

I think they said it would be

[Marshal Loss]

Wonder if there's a terminator command sprue/alternative weapons sprue coming at some stage, noting the lack of options like e.g. lightning claws.

[Hfran Morkai]

Yes!

 

I'm definitely interested, I'm waiting on redone MkIV and Tartaros for the bulk of my Marines but I'd like most of my Breachers in MkII/III so that works for me.

 

Interesting another box with a Leviathan (although pretty sure the Combat Force was the shooty, handy if you get both to mix and match I guess) as I can't see many people running multiples. If it had been another Breacher Squad I'm sure it would sell incredibly well (I mean, I think it will anyway).

 

Might try to grab a box.

[Corswain]

Cataphractii kit looks very sharp but the hourglass figure is a strange change. Might just be the angle of the photos. 

I'm guessing the Sehkmet kit will become obsolete when these release so I'm gonna have to pick that up as soon as it's back in stock.

[Borbarad]

4 hours ago, redmapa said:

Those cataphractii look a bit too skinny  imo, otherwise great box.

That was my immediate reaction as well. I don't hate them but an upscale of the classic Cataphractii would have been better imho.

[Zoatibix]

The Cataphractii are too slim, particularly around the waist IMO.

 

 

[Fire Golem]

I’m pretty sure I like the Cataphractii, but I think it’s like I was with the new MkIII, they’re different enough that it’ll take a bit of getting used to. I’m also not sure the IW scheme is doing them any favours really. 

[Astartes Consul]

I love the Cataphractii. Quite a big change, but they remind me of some of the Visions artwork. Nice to have a wider array of weapons in plastic.

 

Breachers be Breachers.

 

The Skitarii are a rogue choice. I think all the rumours about them assumed they were a 40k kit. Really like the kit and the vision for the unit. 

[Fire Golem]

4 minutes ago, Astartes Consul said:

The Skitarii are a rogue choice. I think all the rumours about them assumed they were a 40k kit. Really like the kit and the vision for the unit. 

We already saw parts of them in a heresy preview though?

[Astartes Consul]

Yeah, but it was very unclear what it was I thought? Most guesses I saw were that it was some kind of 30k era Dunestrider. 
 

The lack of Skitarii in 30k - titan guard aside - has been a pretty constant feature since first edition. And in the past, GW had been adamant that they wouldn’t be features. So this is cool IMO.

 

 

17 minutes ago, Fire Golem said:

We already saw parts of them in a heresy preview though?

 

[Fire Golem]

I think Skitarii was the main guess from the start tbh.