The turret guns aren’t that hard to magnetize, just cut away the axles and insert magnets in their place, as demonstrated by Chris Frosin here (2nd picture): Magnetizing the Kratos Heavy Assault Tank It’s great to see that all army list options are included in the kit (apart from a flare shield, but maybe this is something that doesn’t need to be modelled on). This sprue has pairs of heavy bolters, heavy flamers, lascannons, and volkite culverins. The final sprue is a generic side-sponsons sprue we’ll definitely see reused for the announced plastic Sicarian and probably for a plastic Predator as well.

This one has hatches, gunner options, pintle-mounted weapons, secondary weapons, a hunter-killer missile, search-light, and smoke launcher. Then we have two smaller sprues, one of which is the generic tank accessoire sprue that also comes with the Spartan Assault Tank and Deimos Rhino. Four large sprues build the chassis and offer all three turret options (the Kratos battlecannon, melta blast-gun, volkite cardanelle), as well as a co-axial autocannon and the bits to build a dozer blade), and the hull-mounted guns (autocannons, heavy bolters, lascannons, and volkite calivers). This behemoth of a tank comes in a quite compact box, which is filled to the brink with six sprues of plastic, an assembly guide, and a small transfer sheet with Sons of Horus and Imperial Fists insignia. Related, yet very different from the tanks of the 41st millennium. I think it looks absolutely amazing, bursting with weapons, but still with that angular and functional design of the Legions that looks really functional and not too cluttered. The Kratos has been name-dropped a few times in the background before, but until now there has been no model for it, which makes the Kratos a completely new addition to the armouries of the Legiones Astartes. The design is inspired by the Sicarian chassis, sharing the characteristic half-covered tank tracks. The Kratos is a completely new model and closes the gap between the small or medium-sized Predators or Sicarian tanks and the large Legion Baneblade variant, the Fellblade. Contrary to some rumours it won’t be a direct-only item, but available from independent retailers as well, with discounts available at our partners Wayland Games, Element Games, and Taschengelddieb. The Kratos Heavy Assault tank has been available for pre-order since 4 June and will be released on 18 June. This item was kindly provided by Games Workshop.

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