The latest Legions Imperialis drop doubles down on everything big, brutal, and unmistakably Heresy.
You get Saturnine Terminators scaling down to epic for massed assaults, new weapons platforms that chew through armor, and a parking lot of super-heavy tanks. Meanwhile, two Combined Arms Battle Groups make starting or expanding forces painless. Finally, a 48-page Journal Strategia, The Ruin of the Salamanders, returns to Isstvan V with missions and formations that beg to hit the table. Consequently, this is a banner moment for epic-scale siege fans.
Saturnine Heavy Assault Cadre and Araknae Platforms
The Saturnine Heavy Assault Cadre brings Vulkan’s hulking armor to epic scale with twelve Terminator bases, two Saturnine Command squads, and four Saturnine Dreadnoughts.
Moreover, those Dreads weapon-swap between heavy plasma bombard plus disintegrator cannon or graviton pulveriser plus inversion beamer, so your fire support can flex to the matchup.
Additionally, Araknae-pattern Weapons Platforms arrive in sets of eight and field quad-accelerator autocannons, twin punisher cannons, or Orias frag missiles. Each also sports a 5+ invulnerable save, which genuinely matters on Titan-stalked boards. Therefore, if you like layered gunlines that still punch at point-blank, this bundle is your core.
The Saturnine Battle Group and the Super-heavy Motor Pool
If you want it all in one hit, the Saturnine Battle Group stacks two Heavy Assault Cadres, one set of eight Araknae platforms, eight Vindicators, two Mastodon super-heavy transports, and two Fire Raptors. Consequently, you are fielding an army that grinds down anything it does not flatten.
Furthermore, Legion super-heavy tanks expand the motor pool with two-tank boxes: the Falchion mounts a neutron wave cannon that dents Titans and slows vehicles, while the alternate Ascalon swaps to an inferno gun sized for nightmares.
Likewise, a second box builds Fellblades with accelerator cannons or Glaives with volkite carronades, plus optional sponsons like quad lascannons, quad heavy bolters, or laser destroyers. Because these kits include transfer sheets, you can finish the look before the weathering stage eats your weekend.
Combined Arms Battle Groups for Astartes and Solar Auxilia
For players eyeing a fast on-ramp, the Legiones Astartes Combined Arms Battle Group mixes infantry, Dreadnoughts, rapiers, Tarantulas, Kratos and Sicaran tanks, Land Raiders, and Xiphon aircraft. Consequently, you can sample every battlefield role and learn the tempo of epic-scale combined arms.
On the other side, the Solar Auxilia set leans into elite humans with Veletarii, Charonite Ogryns, Rapiers, Tarantulas, Dracosans, Leman Russ tanks, Lightnings, and two super-heavies. Therefore, both boxes serve as ready cores that grow smoothly into specialized lists.
Journal Strategia: The Ruin of the Salamanders
Rules for the new Saturnine units, Araknae platforms, and many super-heavies land in Journal Strategia: The Ruin of the Salamanders. This 48-page expansion revisits the black sands of Isstvan V and details the destruction of the Salamanders during the Dropsite Massacre. Notably, it adds a historical mission that lets you replay the catastrophe and maybe pull Vulkan’s sons from the fire. Additionally, new Formations arrive for Legiones Astartes armies alongside Iconic Formations for Space Marines and Solar Auxilia, which means list builders get fresh levers without rewriting whole collections.
Final Whirlwind
All told, this wave gives Legions Imperialis a fortress-breaking identity that feels both cinematic and vicious on the table. Because the kits bundle cleverly and the book ties them into a story-driven mission, you can go from sprues to siege in one push. If you wanted an excuse to field Terminators shoulder to shoulder with Mastodons while super-heavies duel across cratered ground, this is it. Load the magazines, call the drop, and let the Saturnine lead the way.
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