Games Workshop 60010101002" Burning of Prospero Action Figure

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Whooo hooo plastic Sisters of Silence. Looks like there will be a flamer option for these ladies. Both helmeted and bare heads look to be available! Prospero Citizen Militia — Totaling millions of men and women but poorly trained, led, and equipped. [8a] The Imperial Army units attached to the Censure Host, although an auxiliary, also suffered badly in the fighting, with an estimated 23,000 dead. Indeed, several units were simply disbanded or merged with other formations on their return to Terra. The Legio Custodes and Silent Sisterhood suffered relatively light casualties by contrast, although considering the smaller relative size of those forces, they could still be considered severe. Zhao-Arkhad Taghmata - The defence forces of the autonomous Zhao-Arkhad collective of Prospero were present within their enclave in the wilderness of Prospero as part of a treaty for the supply of the Legion. They consisted mainly of various combat-automata and other mechanised units, numbering perhaps 8,000 warriors and automata. Almost none of these were present within the city of Tizca and dwelt within the subterranean Geller Barrier-screened fane. Kasper Ansbach Hawser - Skjald of the Space Wolves Legion's 3 rd Company and a secret, deep-cover member of the ' Hidden Ones' (the Scout Auxilia) of the Thousand Sons Legion.

The Council of Nikaea was also the trial of Magnus the Red -- for he was accused of sorcery and of introducing sorcerous practices to the Space Marine Legions through the institution of the corps of Librarians. Primarchs such as Leman Russ felt that Librarians were no better than witches. Corvus Corax and Rogal Dorn also refused to commit their Legions to fight alongside other Legions that made use of Librarians. Mortarion in particular accused his brother Magnus of using the forbidden arts of sorcery.

Despite the Emperor's earlier warnings, the primarch continued to obsess over the acquisition of the forbidden knowledge of the Warp and never ceased to practice sorcery. Magnus secretly taught the Thousand Sons the ways of the sorcerers of Prospero, and to embrace their psychic talents as a gift rather than suffer them as a curse. Within a short period of time the Thousand Sons had become a secret cabal of powerful Warp sorcerers. For all the fun I've had with Burning of Prospero, I still find it impossible not to see it as an entirely redundant game system. And that's a horrible thing to say considering how much the game does right. Ahriman soon found out that other senior members of the Thousand Sons had survived the Wolves' assault, including such Veterans as Amon, Hathor Maat and Sobek. But it soon became clear that a number of his fellow Thousand Sons had succumbed to the Flesh-Change during the height of the battle, including the Lore-Keeper of the Corvidae Cult. Dozens of Thousand Sons Battle-Brothers had to be put down due to the sudden return of rampant mutation. All told, only 1,242 Thousand Sons Astartes had survived the razing of Prospero.

So, maybe what it comes down to is that both games should exist; they just shouldn't necessarily exist in the same collection. Skyguard Air Command - Prospero's primary air force. They launched every squadron of their two-man, anti-gravity skimmers from their hangars to the south of Tizca. Armed with Heat Lances and Missile Pods, their disc-like aircraft duelled for supremacy with the Loyalist forces above the skies of Tizca. It is assumed that they were annihilated in the ensuing conflict. They are sorely misguided if they think the Warp has the power to overcome my Will. My vengeance shall haunt them across all of time and they shall never know peace. They have earned themselves only eternal damnation." Legion Champion [130pts] Selections: Artificer Armour, Bolt Pistol, Combat Shield, Melta Bombs, On FootBjorn was a nobody in-universe, he was not even a squad leader IIRC. You can't just make him the leader of the SW forces in the Burning of Prospero box, so they decided to create a new character. As the Space Wolves drew first blood, Prospero’s military responded. The citizen militias of Tizca rose in defence of their city, gathering what arms they could and taking up firing positions on rooftops and at windows. No one was fool enough to think they would be anything more than irritants to the Space Wolves, but to let the invaders simply walk into Tizca without a fight was as abhorrent as it was unthinkable. Great Company For-twa (Eight), "The Slaughter-fire Heralds", commanded by unknown Jarl. 9,500 Space Marines, comprising principally reconnaissance and infiltration units (ref. "Pale Hunter" tactical formation sub-type). Both games are squad-level skirmishes. Both games have exactly six scenarios that gradually introduce new units until a final battle involving everything at once. Both games include 30 veteran marines, a squad of terminators, and two named characters. Both games give you a big box of miniatures with lots of different weapon options, and absolutely no guidance on which weapon options are the most suitable for playing a regular game. Both games focus heavily on movement and movement denial.

Magnus the Red, Primarch of the XV Legion, Warden of Prospero - Deemed to be in violation of the Conventions of Nikaea and the Emperor's Decree Absolute, for which he was to be captured and returned to Terra for judgement by the Emperor by the forces of the Censure Host. This great conclave, later known to Imperial historitors as the Council of Nikaea, consisted of the primarchs as well as Imperial officials drawn from all the various adepta of the Imperium. From His throne upon a high dais, the Emperor presided over the proceedings on Nikaea in an ancient amphitheatre as each side in the debate made their presentations to Him. Tartaros Terminators look to come with 5 different torsos, a heavy flamer and Reaper Autocannon (a staple in the days of the heresy), bolt weapons as well as the combo Lightning Claw / Power Fist we saw for the Cataphractii plastics.

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Great Company Twa (Two), "The Thread-cutters", commanded by unknown Jarl. 800 Space Marines, believed to comprise veteran infantry units relived from special duties with attached Dreadnought contingent (approximately 60 individual armours of varied patterns). Jarl unknown. By the time the Thousand Sons were reunited with their Primarch Magnus, they numbered only one thousand active Astartes -- literally the "thousand sons" of Magnus. Through unknown means after his restoration to his Astartes, Magnus gained the knowledge required to cure his Legion's tendency towards rampant mutation. The effects of the Burning of Prospero were far-reaching. Magnus himself managed to transport 1,242 surviving Thousand Sons to the Planet of the Sorcerers (the sum of the digits in 1,242 happens to be 9, the holy number of Tzeentch), where they would later join Horus in the Siege of Terra. Magnus became a being of aetheric energy and servant to Tzeentch, but was shattered in the process. [1i] Overall, Burning of Prospero is a fun, exciting game that fits right in with the current trend toward Games Workshop excellence. For fans of the lore, it's a total home run with two really awesome forces pitted against each other in a pivotal, compelling battle with several unique units in play. The scenarios are varied and interesting, and the ease of play means that the only real barriers to entry are the price and the modelling aspect. With that said, this set is a tremendous value and overall the models are quite easy to build so even from that angle it remains a good entry point into the 40k world.