Huron Blackheart is back! A Classic mini reinvented into 10th Edition lore and he brings with him a plethora of additional characters!

Before we address the new minis... this was his first iteration:

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Axe in one hand and flamer inside fist/claw and a pet that enhances his psychic abilities/foretelling the future.

He still has 100% of those things in the new mini. Heis just bigger and with more detail. None of the Huron stuff was taken away.

Who is Huron Blackheart?

Well, he is a Chaos Space Marine.... but NOT a Legionannary. Unlike Abbadon the Despoiler, Ahriman, Typhus, Lucius or Kharn, Huron was not present at the Horus Heresy nor was he part of a Primarch's Legion.

Instead he was Chapter Master of a Space Marine Chapter called the Astral Claws that server faithfully in the Imperium of man many thousands of years ago.

However, this Chapter Master decided to ignore and defy Imperial law when it comes to the tithing of his Chapter's gene-seed. This is a law required by the High Lords of Terra to give them a resource to create new foundings of Space Marine Chapters and also allows the Adeptus Mechanicus to analyize and check for impurities and possible problems.

Huron decided that he would not share and give away such an important resource. He would not only keep it, but also begin raising his Chapter's fighting strength to far beyond the 1000 Space Marines that would normally be allowed.

What this caused was a civil war probably as big as it gets that isnt the actual Horus Heresy and many Space Marine Chapters and other Imperial forces were drawn into the fight.

Some Chapters of Space Marines fell in with Huron and the Astral Claws and he now leads an army called the Red Corsairs. There are other Chapters like the Mantis Warriors part of this new warband.

In this collection of minis above the Apothecary and Executioner are ex-Astral Claws, the Psyker was a Mantis Warrior.

Then there is a mortal woman, a non-Astartes that is a Fleet Admiral of Huron's forces.

And lastly there is an alien, a xenos follower of Huron. Two of them in fact. The bipedal one belongs to a race that has been in the lore since 3rd edition about. She is a Tarellian Dog Soldier. A minor xenos species.

The doggie with her is actually an adolecent Barghesi, which can turn into a massive and scary murder-beast. The little one is already a massive problem!

Together, the two aliens form a hunting pack that chases down members of Huron's army who become disloyal.

So... interesting minis!

I am not a big Chaos fan... I like to FIGHT against Chaos. One of my friends is starting a Red Corsairs army, so there will be plenty opportunity for that!

More about them soon!

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