September 2025 review
That was September. We attended the second-to-last event of the year for us - the Rhein Main Multiversum (including a loot post)!
Next time we'll be out and about for our hobby will be the Paint Meeting in Lützensommern (you can find a recap of last year's event here).
This month we released the 500th review on this blog! That is certainly a milestone and we managed to schedule it in a way, that this special review would be of the Super-Heavy Tank Fellblade! On the same day, we reviewed the Mk II Assault Squad for Horus Heresy. I am really glad that I have been able to present so many articles on the blog over the last 15 years..
Age of Sigmar – Stormcast Eternals Praetors
Let's continue on the Age of Sigmar coverage from the Stormbringer subscription with some more Stormcast Eternals. Today, we will be looking at the Praetors from issue 15, which are available as a regular kit in the Age of Sigmar range.
Depending on where you purchase them, you will either pay 10.99 EUR via Stormbringer or 44.00 EUR retail for a box of three.
But who are the Stormcast Eternal Praetors? They are elite bodyguards who are soul-bound to protect their commanders with unwavering loyalty and magical oaths. To become Praetors, Stormcast Eternals must have a profound soul connection with their commander, whether through shared adversity or family ties in their previous life. They are reforged as a unit using the highest arts of the dwarven god Grungni, which distributes the burden of reforging and strengthens their spiritual link. This connection can result in the Praetors resembling their commander and displaying unwavering devotion, sometimes at the cost of their individuality.
Warhammer Fantasy – Forge World Ruined Chaos Temple
I was able to pick up another Forge World terrain pieces, and this time it was the Ruined Chaos Temple. This one was initially released in 1999, as TR WFB S 017 (while the old online shop listed it with the Reference FWW019/MO and sold through the 2000s.
It started at 38 GBP but quickly was moved to another price bracket, at 42 GBP / 71 EUR / 84 USD for the eight resin pieces. The Chaos Temple was designed by Simon Harris, who did quite a few pieces for Forge World, among them some of the scenery pieces later collected under the Warhammer Forge brand.
The ruined chaos temple is made from a large base, which is roughly 18 x 23 cm in foot print, along with six pillars in different height and a ring for the pit.
Warmaster – A Fortress
Forge World used to offer terrain for Warmaster, you can find some pictures of it on the Collecting Citadel Miniatures Wiki. But these are incredibly rare and you can't really get your hands on them anymore.
Some reached out into the historical wargaming ranges, picking up medieval castles in 10-15mm scale and used those. But with 3d printing the opportunities moved and casting up larger pieces as a solid block of resin became less attractive.
We went with Dark Realms STL files for the Deth Wizards table, and they offer an interesting range of walls, towers and buildings under the name of Castle Argent as well. These should be printable at 40% and I gave the Dark Realms Castle Argent Gate & Walls and Keep a try on the BambuLab A1.
I checked the scale beforehand in chitubox, if they would properly fit the Warmaster bases and they turned out great!
Age of Sigmar Warcry – Stormcast Eternals Lord Aquilor
The Stormbringer subscription included some impressive characters for Age of Sigmar, such as the Stormcast Eternals Lord Aquilor, who was delivered with issue #23 of Stormbringer.
Lord Aquilor is a character from the second edition of Age of Sigmar, released in 2017. A similar pose of a Lord-Arcanum on a Gryph-charger was included in the Soul Wars starter set. Games Workshop describes the Lord Aquilor as follows:
Commanders of the Vanguard Auxiliary Chambers, the Lord-Aquilors are masters of the hunt, tracking their foes across the Mortal Realms as they ride the winds aetheric. When the foe is cornered, the Lord-Aquilor will strike with their starbound blade, channelling their hatred of the enemies of Order into every blow as their Gryph-charger savages the opponent with beak and claws.
This multi-part plastic kit contains the parts necessary to assemble a Lord-Aquilor, mounted on a Gryph-charger and armed with a starbound blade, shock handaxe and heavy boltstorm pistol. He comes with a choice of bare or helmeted head, and a selection of accessories – a rope, grapple and bed roll – that can be used to decorate the Gryph-charger’s saddle. A magical astral compass can be attached to the pommel of his saddle.
Horus Heresy – Legiones Astartes Mk II Assault Squad
Along with the Fellblade Super-Heavy Battle Tank, a new infantry plastic box set is introduced for the Legiones Astartes in Horus Heresy: the Astartes Assault Squad in Mark II armour.
This new boxed set of ten Legionaries as an Mk II Assault Squad is available to pre-order for 44,50 GBP / 57,50 EUR from today, 20 September, with an official release date of 4 October.
As we haven't yet covered the standard Mk II tactical power armour, I would like to provide you with a brief description of this piece of equipment's lore. Mk II armour, also known as Crusade armour, was the first fully enclosed, mass-produced power armour widely used during the Great Crusade. It featured environmental systems and life support, enabling Space Marines to fight in the vacuum of space and on hazardous worlds. The armour patterns were then further developed, enhanced and streamlined to suit the needs of battles beyond the Great Crusade, through the Horus Heresy and beyond. The Mk III power armour pattern was a modification of the Mk II, featuring heavy armour plating at the front (including larger chest, groin and shoulder pads), intended for use in boarding actions, tunnel assaults and void warfare, for example. It was never intended to replace the previous Mk II, but rather to provide an optional variant for certain operations. This boxed set is therefore the perfect addition to your force if you use Mk II or III and want to field assault squads in matching power armour patterns.
Horus Heresy – Legiones Astartes Fellblade Super-Heavy Battle Tank
More than 15 years have passed since I last covered a Super-Heavy Tank kit in 'full scale' on this blog. When the Fellblade teaser was shown at the Dropsite Preview, I was really excited about this kit. You know what that means: we're not doing things by halves here, so we've gone for a full review and build report with 100 (!) pictures!
But let's dive in. The Fellblade Super-Heavy Battle Tank of the Legiones Astartes for Horus Heresy is available for pre-order today, September 20th, and will be released on October 4th. It is a full plastic kit and has an RRP of 125 GBP / 160 EUR.
Rhein Main Multiversum 2025 – Loot!
It has been a while, since last did a loot-post! Actually 2,5 years ago for Hamburg Tactica 2023. And today I want to show you, what I brought home from the Rhein Main Multiversum 2025!
Usually when I went to an event and I picked some things up, I shared them with you. But the last few years my shopping endeavours changed a bit in habbit, and thus less reason for that kind of post - or my loot was manageable and I just covered it in one of my monthly recap.
A few things at the Bring & Buy caught my eye, like two old copies of the Space Marine Codex of the 6th and 8th Edition. This is not for any gaming project, but rather an addition to my wargaming library, as they cover quite a bit of illustrations and lore and cover the transition from First Borns to Primaris Marines. As well as 9 Imperial Credit coins from the Skullz campaign for a proper deal.
At Spielkontor I picked up a tower from the Renedra Castle range, I already have a few items from that range and the price was decent so I couldn't say no!
Warhammer 40,000 – Leman Russ Imperial Battle Tank Assembly Instructions
As part of our retro projects and coverage, I'd like to give you some throwbacks and vintage insights on the older kits. And today we're covering the Leman Russ Imperial Battle Tank.
While the Leman Russ Imperial Battle Tank is still around in a pattern / design that is very close to the vintage kit, there are some differents. We're going to look into it in one of the upcoming classic reviews, but here for now are the assembly instructions, as a first piece of guidance and check up to see if you got all the pieces you need or something is missing.
This is the instruction that came with the mid to late 90s boxed set of 2nd edition of Warhammer 40k. It was gray-scale and did not only provide the build instructions across eight pages but the data fax as well. All of it in four different languages, English, French, Spanish and German.
Rhein Main Multiversum 2025
The 11th instalment of the Rhein Main Multiversum, hosted by the Tabletop Club Rhein Main, took place in Nidderau, in the state of Hessen (about half an hour north-east of Frankfurt).
Entry was free, and the show took place on 13th and 14th September last weekend.
The venue was the Kultur und Sporthalle Heldenbergen, which has plenty of parking right outside. However, as they share the car park with the surrounding stores, this can be an issue on Saturdays.
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