Warhammer The Horus Heresy: Mechanicum - Thallax Cohort

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Key Features:

  • Six cyborg Mechanicum shock troops for use in games of Warhammer: The Horus Heresy.
  • Blast foes apart with lightning guns and an arsenal of special weapon options.
  • Leap across the battlefield with Incunabulan jet packs.

The Thallax are hulking, heavily augmented cyborg shock troops originating within the Ordo Reductor faction of the Mechanicum. They are distinguished by the Lorica Thallax which encases their major organs, nervous system, and cerebrum, and entirely replaces the skeleton and limbs with armoured mechanical systems. Carried into battle by their Incunabulan jet packs, the Thallax operate with a surgical lack of emotion, leveraging their remaining capacity for independent thought to destroy the enemies of the Omnissiah.

This multipart plastic kit builds six Thallax, elite bionic destroyers created by the Mechanicum in the age of the Horus Heresy. Each Thallax is armed with a powerful lightning gun, which can be outfitted with a chain bayonet. The kit includes optional melta bombs for every model, as well as an arsenal of special weapons to replace the lightning guns – you'll find a pair of phased plasma-fusils, photon thrusters, and multi-meltas.

The kit includes five different designs of faceplate, as well as three poses for legs and arms, which you can mix-and-match to squeeze more variety out of your terrifying cohorts.

This kit contains 232 plastic components, and 6x Citadel 40mm Round Bases. This set also includes 1x Mechancium Constructs Transfer Sheet containing 558x high-quality waterslide transfers for you to use to customise your miniatures.

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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