Games Workshop - Warhammer 40,000 - Command Edition

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Thus began the battles between Roburte Guillethwaite’s Space Marines and the Necrons of the Lizzekh Dynasty. Warhammer 40,000 Command Edition Starter Set Review – Battle Report Introduction

FauxHammer already took a very comprehensive look at the sprues included in the Starter Set in his Indomitus Review for Miniature Painters which also includes some very handy guides for assembly. (The Elite Edition Starter Set includes sprues A, B, D, E and F from the Indomitus set.) Gone are the days of playing with starter sets on bare tables, having to source your own boxes to use as terrain! FauxHammer messages me on Discord mind-search, asking how I’m getting on. The ping sends a shiver through my spine. It’s like he knows!Given some of the contents in this box, it might be more accurate to consider this a child of Indomitus. If the Recruit Edition is its toddler and the Elite Edition is its teen, then the Warhammer 40,000 Command Edition is its golden eldest child. It’s good. It’s almost there, but it’s in danger of struggling to get out of the long shadow cast by its super-successful (and, let’s be honest, probably super hot) parent. Any sense of triumph for the Space Marines was short-lived, as moments after slaying his foe, the hero intercessor was gunned down by the indomitable and steadfast Necron line. With each mission, new rules and features are slowly introduced so that by Mission 6, the opposing players are able to have a go at battering each other’s sides into submissions in a proper game of Warhammer 40,000. So, whilst these are based on Estimates (especially on the Necron side as we don’t have comparable unit prices yet), it really puts into perspective the value of the boxed sets above and what each sprue is worth were you to buy those models individually.

This version is designed to be easy to collect and easy to play. Combat Patrol pitches small preset and balanced forces against each other, with the armies made of Combat Patrol boxes! It is a little strange that the Starter Sets are tipped in the favor of the Necrons – at least on paper. If you remember from the point breakdown for the Indomitus Box’s Necronsand Space Marines, those ended up being really close. They even ended up at the exact same Power Level in the end. But to be fair, at these smaller point games, it’s harder for the Space Marines to find units that fill that small point gap as they just don’t have Primaris Units that would slot in easily. I guess their faith in the Emperor (and their Power Armor saves) will have to make up the difference! Or an extra CP. Whatever… I had a few near breakages whilst I was assembling the Necron Warriors in particular and I had one that broken completely. This wee guy broke right at the left wrist but I amanged to patch him up.Which also means it’s a good idea to have some basic terrain included in the set so that you have everything you need to play. This terrain piece is literally the box the game comes in turned upside down.

He’s easy to put together. Like everything else in this box, he’s more-or-less push-fit, but his fabulous sculpt and dynamic base is what truly sets the Primaris Captain apart from everything else in this box.The Overlord looks amazing! This one has a couple of gaps, so even though it is also push-fit, you may want to use a tiny bit of glue to meld those parts together. Or you can just clip off the push-fit stuff and glue it together like normal. We previously had a similar breakdown of versions with Dark Imperium (8th Edition) in the form of 3 named boxes; First Strike (is succeded by Recruit Edition), Know No Fear (succeded by Elite Edition) and Warhammer 40,000 Dark Imperium (Now Command Edition). It’s similar with Soul Wars too. The Space Marines take a few tenuous steps away from the Destroyers now rounding the fuel pipe and raise their pistols to fire again. This time, a volley of bolt-shot comes ripping forth from four of the five Intercessors’ weapons. So, compared to Indomitus, the Warhammer 40,000 Command Edition is down the Space Marine Judicar, Primaris Chaplain, the Primaris Ancient, the Blade Guard Veterans, Eradicators, and the Necron Canoptek Reanimator, Cryptothralls, Plasmancer and Skorpekh Lord. There is a menacing synchronicity in the unit: ten skeleton-like space robots fearlessly marching ahead, driven by pure mechanical desire. Their contrast to the Space Marines is stark, but they have their own unique dark energy.

Fresh from one of the larger sprues in the box come three bike-mounted badasses. You get no options with these guys: its two guys in helmets waving chainswords about, and a dude brandishing a bolter with his head uncovered. But these guys look so nice that I don’t care. It’s not much to look at, though, and there’s a little gap under its alien space probe-y thing that I assume is supposed to be its face ( FauxHammer, the big nerd, tells me this is actually called a proboscis, so we all learned something today). There are also a couple of mould-lines you’ll need to deal with, but nothing you haven’t already faced by this point in the box. If you’re an absolute Warhammer novice, the Recruit Edition is a great option. It contains two starting armies – a Space Marines Lieutenant and a squad of Assault Intercessors to pit against a Royal Warden, Warriors, and Scarabs for the Necrons.

Mission 2 is all about phases three and four: Charge and Fight, so introduces close-quarters combat The way core information on a datasheet is presented has changed, and with it we took the opportunity to re-stat every unit in Warhammer 40,000.