Emperor’s Children Wave 2 is here with the brand new plastic Fulgrim erupting into realspace! On the back of the recent Emperor’s Children Army Set, the rest of the releases are now here with Fulgrim, Lucius and the Flawless Blades up for pre order alongside the kits from the army set and the Codex!

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In this full unboxing and review we’ll be checking out the new kits, seeing how they go together and checking out just how big Fulgrim is against other daemon primarchs – We’ve also painted up all the new kits from Emperor’s Children Wave 2 to see what they look like in the flesh.

We’ve also filmed a full unboxing and miniature showcase video which you can see just below or over on YouTube

So let’s check out the releases in Emperor’s Children Wave 2 and see how the models stack up and how they look painted up! Don’t forget we previously checked out the full Emperor’s Children Codex in our full review too, which you can check out here.

Emperor’s Children Wave 2

So it’s not been long since the Emperor’s Children army set dropped, and already the second wave is on the way! Many people, including myself have been excited for this wave as it not only contains one of the coolest units in the book, the Flawless Blades, but also includes Lucius the Eternal, the Lord Kakophonist and the primarch of the Emperor’s Children himself, Fulgrim!

It only seems fair that we start with the main attraction himself, Fulgrim. We’ve previously seen him in resin in both his pre and post daemon form, but this is the first time we’ve seen him in plastic, and he looks absolutely fantastic!

The kit was actually quite a difficult build, with the tail in particular needing quite a lot of cutting and dry fitting to make sure it was going together correctly. With the tail supporting both the weight of the model and being the basis of how the model sits, it’s super important to make sure it’s gone together correctly. I found I had to try a couple of times to get the pieces to fit correctly, so I’d recommend making sure you have the pieces in the right place before you glue – with the size of the model you’ll find that any gaps are amplified if any of the previous steps are not assembled correctly, and I actually had to go back at one point just to adjust how the parts were sat before they fully dried.

My advise here would be to just take your time and don’t try and rush it, as the finished model is gorgeous and well worth the effort here.

Another thing you’ll want to think about is sub-assemblies. Because the model is leaning forward with wings swept out behind him, you’ll find that if you build it as a single assembly you’re going to find it very difficult to get to all the detail.

To get around this I built the model as a number of separate sub assemblies – the tail, the body, the backpack and wings, the head, cape and Emperor’s Children crest. the tail I left attached to the base with the others attached to painting stands to make it easy to get to all the detail. As you work your way through the model you’ll find that there will be points where you can start to stick it together as you go, this also gives you the chance to make sure colours are consistent across the model and that the final model pops. Just like earlier I’d recommend dry fitting any parts before you glue them – thankfully all those sub assemblies clip together quite well, so it shouldnt be too tricky to put him together once painted

So how does Fulgrim stack up to his brothers? Well he’s a similar size, with only Magnus really towering over him, but he is on a much bigger base in order to support his coiled tail. From a mass point of view though he’s very much in line with the other Daemon Primarchs, and looks brilliant on display alongside them. I’ve not actually built the resin Fulgrim yet, but with him being on such a big base I feel it’s going to be difficult to use the plastic one in place of the resin one or the reverse.

I reckon you could probably put a magnet in the backpack to allow that part (attached to the wings) to be removed for storage and transport, as there’s lots of space on the backpack and his back to support that.

This has been my favourite model in the Emperor’s Children range to paint up, but the rest of Wave 2 is also pretty impressive

The Flawless Blades are probably one of the most powerful units in the new Emperor’s Children Codex, and as such one of the ones I was excited to paint in the second wave of releases. With these being able to be taken in units of 6, I’m happy to share that there’s about 7 or 8 distinct builds that can be made from the box. This means that in a unit of 6 you’ll have 6 different looking models, which is great for an elite unit that you want to stand out on the battlefield!

We were lucky enough to be sent two boxes, so I wanted to make sure there were all built in different poses and painted up to show what they look like in the flesh. I’ve replicated my scheme from the Army Set, with some very hot and vivid pinks and golds shaded with purple contrast paint. This is a scheme I’ve used previously with an Age of Sigmar Slaanesh army. and it translates just as well to the Emperor’s Children.

I think a lot of people will probably be running a unit of 6 of these, so the fact that there’s so many poses available for these is a great win in my books.

Who better to lead the Flawless Blades than Lucius the Eternal himself, and he is an absolutely jaw dropping model!

At first I was a little concerned about his whip being prone to snapping, but there’s actually part of the scenic base that is attached to it in order to make it more stable – you can just about see the metal piping on the picture above that stands up from the stone and just touches the whip in order to support it.

Like with the rest of the army I wanted to give him a move vibrant and pink scheme in order to tie him in with the rest of the models. Games Workshop have gone for a black scheme for their box art, but I felt that the pink just added a bit more pop that ties him into the rest of the army.

He stands a little taller than the Flawless Blades too, which helps him stand out on the battlefield.

The final model in Emperor’s Children Wave 2 is the Lord Kakophonist, who is a leader choice for your Noise Marines. This is another great model that takes some of the traits seen in older Emperor’s Children kits but modenises them with modern miniature design.

Like with the other models in this wave, he was an absolute joy to paint up, and actually has a number of different weapon options. I opted for the duel pistols for rule of cool more than anything, and I’ll most likely pick up another one to add to my other Noise Marine squads!

In summary, the Emperor’s Children have had some excellent kits and even with a rather limited range you can already put together an absolutely gorgeous army. I’m sure we will see more kits for them in the future, but this is one of my favourite new army releases for Warhammer 40k, and I’m sure a lot of people will be starting new armies on the strength of these models!

The Emperor’s Children range is up for pre order today and is released Saturday 26th April

Games Workshop provided Sprues and Brews with free copies for review purposes.