The Whirlwind and Spartan Prometheus roll into the armouries of the Legions Astartes in the latest release for Warhammer The Horus Heresy. In this article we check out both kits, see how they go together and paint them up to see what they look like in the flesh!

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They are not the only tanks up for pre order today though, as we’ve also unboxed the mighty Falcion Super Heavy Tank Destroyer, which you can check out here

We have also filmed a full unboxing of the Whirlwind and Spartan Prometheus which you can see just below or over on YouTube

So without further ado let’s check out the kits!

Whirlwind

First up we have a blast from the past in the form of the Whirlwind! Any fellow Warhammer 40k players from the 90’s will have fond memories of this, and it’s great to see the tank return for Warhammer The Horus Heresy

This kit is £42.50

As ever, I decided to paint this one up for my Sons of Horus, and had a great time working on it! The main chassis is based around the Rhino and feels very similar to the construction of a Predator. If you’ve build any Rhino chassis tanks you’ll know what to expect here! The top panel is a new part, and the Whirlwind missile launcher can be built and simply sits on the top ring so that it can be rotated during battle. Maybe it’s just rose tinted glasses, but I would have liked the rockets to be on an array of stalks like the original Whirlwind from way back when, but this still looks fantastic alongside the rest of your army!

The turret itself has quite a few parts, but most people can probably build a Rhino with their eyes closed now, so you shouldnt encounter any problems here!

Spartan Prometheus

The other new tank we’re looking at in this article is the Spartan Prometheus which retails at £74. When the new edition of Warhammer The Horus Heresy launched you may have noticed that Spartans now have new sponson options. Based on the new ones that come with the Fellblade and Falcion, this gives Spartans the option of taking heavy bolters or Laser Destroyers.

The Battle of Tallarn book also introduced a new Spartan varient, the Prometheus – a dedicated command tank for the Legions Astartes

As I have a massive tank company, it made sense that I built this as the new command tank! Now first up we need a couple of disclaimers here – I suspect the Prometheus profile may be tweaked. Firstly, it can only take the heavy bolter sponsons, which seems an odd pick considering this is meant to be leading tank vs tank battles. The kit of course comes with both options, so you can build the laser destroyers and use it as a standard Spartan.

Secondly, the Prometheus profile doesn’t actually have a hull weapon either – I think this is an oversight, but just to be safe I built it with Heavy Bolters in the hull, which I can easy count as the pintle version. To be fair, this pairs quite well with the sponsons to give it a lot of anti infantry firepower.

In order to make this stand out further compared to my other Spartans I also gave the tank a couple of aerials. These are made out of lengths of paperclip and just drilled into the top surface. It’s subtle, but a nice way of representing the better communications gear that this variant would have!

Again, this is 99% the Spartan, which is already a great kit – it’s worth noting too that the new super heavies actually come with two sets of Spartans, so if you have an old one you can equip it with the new weapon options too!

Both of these tanks are up for pre order today and are released Saturday 6th June

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