The Governor's Chosen

Our Horus Heresy campaign is set in a medieval world that has been influenced by some of humanity's technological developments - a peculiar mix of old and new, superstition and science. Although most battles are fought between the Loyalist and Traitor Legions, their campaign quest originally began as brothers-in-arms, collectively aiming to liberate Thracia Rex from a rebelling Governor and his feudal guard forces. 

For the first stages of the campaign all of our participants worked in co-operation against "non-player character" forces, more precisely the Thracian feudal guard as well as their alien and mercenary allies. To represent these detachments we've made dedicated models and vehicles, painted in the same palette and basing theme as our campaign board. We've had a really inspiring and relaxed approach with the militia forces, as we've just been crafting a unit here and there and completing the paintjob and basing in one sitting. Suddenly we've ended up with a small feudal guard army in our hands!

The Feudal Guard STL files are from @the_makers_cult with some of our own tinkering added as conversions.

Special Ops Intel - The Final Echoes of Thracia

+ INCOMING TRANSMISSION +

+ Establishing connection...

+ Comm-Link activated...

+ Recon element authorized...

+ Picture feed buffering...

The Final Echoes of Thracia Siege Primer

02.04: Ammunition, Fuel, Supplies and Medical resources waiting for an airlift. Coordinates encrypted and transmitted.

04.04: Possible identification of an enemy explosive ordnance laboratory. Civilian hub proximity - air strikes ruled out.

06.04: Thracian southern rail network, Jarran's intersection - potential interception site for the primary target.

07.04: The last intel picture sent in by a remote recon element - accompanying message described undeciphered whispers echoing in the empty ruins.

08.04: Continental missile silo identified - Legion technicians deployed for takeover.

10.04: Clandestine meeting between Thracian underground cells documented by local spies.

11.04: +++ CLASSIFIED +++

The Theatre of Tragedies

Feudal world terrain in a way you've never seen before - Thracia Rex explored in videographic form! We've finally been able to combine our passion in wargaming hobby and cinematography via our YouTube presence and this battlefield feature is a sign of things to come. Be sure to subscribe for more cinematic showcases of miniatures, model terrain and wargaming in general!

Thracia Rex is a feudal world terrain project we produced for the use of our Horus Heresy games, aiming to create a deeply personalized and thematically coherent gaming setting. From the multi-leveled battlefield to the underground catacomb features, each core element has a narrative that has also put a thematic spin to the played scenarios as objectives or special rules. 

We wanted the board to have a bit of a mysterious aura; was the town originally a medieval settlement that was later upgraded with science fiction technology, or the other way around - an advanced society that forgot its ways and deteriorated into primitiveness over centuries? We combined scratchbuilt elements and 3D printed details with plastic and resin parts from Warhammer 40,000, The Horus Heresy, Age of Sigmar, Warhammer Fantasy and more.

Looking back, the entire build between 2020-21 was a pretty mad project, but it's been totally worth it already with all the games and army photoshoots it has provided a setting for! Its value is most importantly in the vibe we still get when we enter our studio space hosting the table - it's the centerpiece for the showroom. Thracia Rex has already set the stage for games of Horus Heresy, Age of Sigmar and Trench Crusade to name a few - who knows what adventures lie ahead!

Destroyer Protocols

Manel's Death Guard patrol was a brilliant display of the core Civil War values - highly thematic list building with out-of-the-box thinking and astounding hobby effort. What I really loved was how the Destroyer theme was brought together so comprehensively in such a compact points limit. Each detail from custom-built Toxin Bombs to the pintle-mounted Alchem Flamer on the Rhino was on point and the dual Bolt Pistol Despoilers were a masterstroke to complete the roster with!

The Moritat as the commanding officer was a brilliant conversion based on Sons of Horus Maloghurst which Manel put his personal spin into (Nighthaunt cloaks and all!). The custom helmets and modular heavy weapons on the infantry have been personally 3D-modeled and printed to form a completely unique Death Guard Destroyer force. Most of these are also commercially available from Madbits3d. 

Dark Stirrings

The Civil War Death Guard by Scott was an underground scout operation turned daemonic cult after their leadership gave an ear to the whispers of a sinister Lodge Priest. Built around character models and powered by imposing Daemon Brutes, Scott's list was again something different and totally unexpected. These were also the first sighting of a full daemon force we're looking forward to seeing more of soon!

It was particularly cool to witness Scott's efforts in conversions and sculpting that make for a very distinctive collection of Traitor and Daemon miniatures. The fiery glow effects work well in bringing the different troop types together.

Scott's Legion Scouts in undercover mining gear.

Menacing Death Guard Esoterist.

The spiritual brain of the operation - Davinite Lodge Priest surrounded by fearsome Daemon Brutes.

Apothecaries are one of Scott's favourite units - nice to have in a Civil War roster as well!

2024 Civil War Champions!

The Final Echoes of Thracia

War Head Horus Heresy

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