Warhammer The Horus Heresy: Mechanicum - Tech-Thralls Covenant

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Key Features:

  • 20 expendable Mechanicum infantry for use in games of Warhammer: The Horus Heresy
  • Unleash relentless volleys of concentrated las-lock fire upon your foes
  • Customise your cyborg horde by mixing up a variety of heads, bodies, and arms

Tech-thralls are a source of expendable labour on many forge worlds, typically created from those poor souls who transgress against their Tech-Priest masters. In times of war, this same fate befalls many in order to quickly raise a form of disposable militia, known as the adsecularis. The organic human bodies of the tech-thralls, already altered to lift heavy loads and function in hostile environments, are fitted with basic weapons systems and bodily protection. On the battlefield they serve as expendable troops, unskilled but relentless and indefatigable – an army of the alive-yet-dead, puppeted by the magi who command them.

This multipart plastic kit builds 20 Adsecularis Tech-thralls, shambling cyborg militia fielded by the Mechanicum in the age of the Horus Heresy. Each Tech-thrall is (literally) armed with a cybernetic las-lock, connected to its power pack by trailing cables, and you'll also find optional bayonets to fit each las-lock's barrel.

The kit provides 11 head designs and six styles of left arm, ranging from grasping hands to mechanical claws, which can be mix-and-matched across five different body designs to add variety to even the largest cybernetic covenant. To further customise your unit, four of these Tech-thralls may be built with either a mechanical or an organic right leg.

This kit contains 284 plastic components, and 20x Citadel 25mm Round Bases.

These miniatures are supplied unpainted and require assembly – we recommend using Citadel Plastic Glue and Citadel Colour paints.

Games Workshop have two broad methods for painting their models. Both are entirely viable options, though have significant differences in the paints required (detailed below). You can find all of the required paints in the 'recommended paint' section below, whether you simply want to get it out onto the tabletop ASAP (i.e. 'Battle Ready'), or want to take your time and make it a masterpiece (i.e. 'Parade Ready'):

1. Classic Method - uses acrylic paints to build layers of colour and depth. Usually topped off with a shade paint to really make the shadows pop. Probably the most beginner friendly method as mistakes are often easy to fix.

2. Contast Method - uses ink-like contrast painsts which sink into recesses, providing depth in highlights and shadows with a single layer of paint. It can take some practise to get this method to look great, but it's highly satisfying when it does work. Less forgiving when mistakes happen, though arguably the quicker method of the two options.

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