Games Workshop has introduced new models for Warhammer 40,000. In line with the current set of the Horus Heresy, there is more from the arsenal of the Great Brother War, including: armors in the Saturnine pattern. If you thought Warhammer had reached absurd dimensions before, you might find yourself shaking your head now…
These are the new models: During the Dropsite Preview on May 23, 2025, Games Workshop revealed new box sets for the Horus Heresy. Since the Heresy is one of the greatest tragedies in the history of the Imperium and Space Marines play the main role there, the new models are correspondingly designed for Space Marine armies:
- Cybots (or “Dreadnoughts”), Terminators, and Praetors in Saturnine pattern armors
- the Araknae Quad Acellerator, a standing quad gun
- Space Marines in Mark 2 “Crusade” power armor
- the Fellblade Super-Heavy battle tank, a kind of Apocalypse tank with two guns, extra heavy bolters, and about as big as a row house
All of this may sound exaggerated now, but for Warhammer fans, it is more of an ordinary Tuesday. Except that the sizes were also compared during the presentation – and those are just absurd.
How big are they really? The Saturnine Terminators (and some of their weapons) are roughly twice the size of “normal” Space Marines, as you know them from Warhammer 40,000. The same goes for the Cybots, which are the hefty walkers that Space Marines can continue to serve in even after death. In numbers:
- the model of a Leviathan Dreadnought, the largest cybot so far, is 9 cm tall
- a Saturnine Dreadnought is another “shoulder plate”, so about 1–2 cm taller
- for comparison: the Leman Russ tank, the standard tank of the Astra Militarum, is also 9 cm tall
- the model of a standard Space Marine is 4 cm tall
In the show, the hosts even compared Vulkan to one of the new Cybots. Vulkan is the Primarch of the Salamanders and is considered a giant even among demigods, standing between 3.20 and 3.50 meters tall (depending on the source). The cybot is nearly twice as tall, making it about as big as an Imperial Knight, the largest battle suits of the Imperium.
Saturnine armor is a mystery and is almost unknown today
The Horus Heresy takes place nearly 10,000 years before the current events of Warhammer 40,000, and much of the technology from that time is lost. Saturnine armor is part of that, though it was already more of an exception back then.
Unlike most technology, Saturnine armors do not originate from Mars, where the Adeptus Mechanicus is based, but from Saturn. Their main use was in the unification wars of the Imperium. They were eventually perfected by Vulkan and made accessible to all Space Marines – including the legions that later betrayed the Imperium.
If you are interested in the models, it might be exciting for you to know that you can customize your models as you wish. The Terminators each carry two weapons, and in the box, you get a selection of plasma cannons, disintegrators, and power fists.
If you are interested not only in the dark future but also in the (equally dark) fantasy world of Warhammer, there were also recent news: The fantasy version of Warhammer is getting its first new army in over 15 years, exciting even fans of Warhammer 40,000
