Editing Betrayal at Calth (section)

==The Real Reason to Buy it==
This is all well and good, but the real reason people picked it up is because of its contents: It's the first of hopefully many HH sets that can now be bought as plastic as opposed to the more delicate [[Forge World]] resin. A single box contains the following models:
* A Terminator Captain
* A Chaplain (technically a Dark Apostle)
* 30 Mark IV Marines, with a large array of guns to arm them with
* 5 Cataphractii Terminators, also armed with some guns as well as chainfists.
* A Contemptor Dreadnought, able to take either a kheres assault cannon or multi-melta.

Also on top of that, each of the non-character sets can be customized with the FW stuff (A notion FW itself has caught on by packaging marine conversion kits for each Legion) and become combined as a small army at a cost considerably less than buying the same contents as resin, or even the equivalent kits from the regular store for that matter. Let's run some [[Crunch|numbers]]:
* 1 Terminator Captain: There isn’t one available, so let’s just go with the librarian in termie armour cost, which is [[Heresy|$31]]
* 1 Chaplain: $16
* 30 Tactical Marines (3 Tactical squads): $120 
* 5 Cataphractii Terminators (1 terminator squad): $50
* 1 Contemptor Dreadnought: $46.25 (Albeit a better looking one - the plastic one is a bit...off looking).

So, you are getting about $263.25 worth of models for “only” $150 (around the value of a single [[Baneblade]] or [[Imperial Knight|Knight Titan]]), plus the board game.

Including the Burning of Prospero box is even better, as it costs the same as Betrayal at Calth, but include even more miniatures. Sadly, this box is more sensitive to legions and allegiances. So if you want to make, or start, a Legion army with it, you may not use all the box depending of the legion you want. Let's see what's within:
* 30 Mark III "Iron" Marines. With Plasma Gun, Melta gun, Heavy Bolter, Legion Vexillia and assorted character wargear.
* 5 Tartaros Terminators, they come with ranged weapons and power fists convertible into lightning claws. The sergeant has specific guns, a Plasma blaster and a Volkite charger.
* [[Ahriman]], a Thousand Sons specific Praetor Librarian
* Geigor Fell-Handed, a Space Wolves-only Praetor
* 5 Custodians armed with either Guardian Spears or Sentinel Blades and Storm Shields
* 5 Sisters of Silence armed with either broadswords, bolters, or flamers

As you can see, Traitor legions cannot use the coolest toys in the box save Ahriman, because Geigor, the Custodes and the Sisters are off limit as are Loyalists ([[Awesome|but usable in 40k, thankfully]]). Loyal legions on the other hand can use the box almost entirely, save Ahriman and Geigor if you're not into wolves. Regardless, with both boxes you get the wooping number of '''sixty marines''', two units of terminators, a Contemptor dreadnought and two or three characters, so it's a nice start.

====Legion Armies====
As the armies in the Horus Heresy are wildly different from the [[Space Marine Chapter|Chapters]] we know and love, let's see an example of what army can we get with the boxes as-in, without exchanging weapons with other people (even if it's HIGHLY recommended) or picking bits in Forge World (Again, recommended):<br>
'''Characters & H.Q.'''
* '''Legion Praetor''' in Cataphractii Terminator Armour with Combi-melta and chain-fist.
* '''Chaplain Centurion''' with plasma pistol (can be converted into a vanilla centurion without much trouble)
* '''[[Ahriman]]/Librarian Centurion''' (''Thousand Sons only'')
* '''Legion Centurion''' with Lightning claw (''Space Wolves only'')<br>
'''Troops'''
* 10-man '''Tactical Squad''' full bolters.
* 10-man '''Tactical Squad''' full bolters.
* 10-man '''Tactical Squad''' full bolters.
* 5-man '''Tactical Support Squad''' with Plasma Guns (combining boxes you'll have 6, more than enough).
* 5-man '''Tactical Support Squad''' with Melta Guns (the same as plasmas, but flamers cannot have such luck, as MkII doesn't have them as long as doesn't convert the sisters' ones).
* 5-man '''Heavy Support Squad''' with Heavy Bolters (you'll have 6 of these, but missile launchers are only 3 as for some reason MkII doesn't include them).<br>
'''Elites'''
* 5-man '''Terminator Squad''' with Cataphactii armour and whatever weapons you want them to have.
* 5-man '''Terminator Squad''' with Tartaros armour and even moar weapons abaliable than the cataphractii.
* 10-man '''Veteran Tactical Squad''' with a lot of options for them (because the basic units doesn't use equipment beyond their special or heavy weapons and even there there will be a spare of whatever weapon you want, it's a free buffet here for them)
* 5-man '''Veteran Tactical Squad''' with whatever you desire for them (the same as above, and this sive screams a suicidal melta/plasma squad with outflank)
* '''Contemptor Dreadnought''' with either Kheres assault cannon or multi-melta<br>
'''Non-Astartes Elites'''
* 5-man '''Adeptus Custodes Squad''' with extra-blessed goodies (self contained unit, so do your worst. ''Loyalist only'')
* 5-woman '''Sisters of Silence Squad''' with broadswords, bolter or flamers (one of the three, but have more than enough for all of them. ''Loyalist only'')

So as you can see, a sizeable Legion Army. Lacking in the vehicles section, especially [[Rhino|trans]][[Drop Pod|ports]] and in more specialised units like [[Assault Squad|assault squads]] or [[jetbike|jetbikes]]. But it's a good start and great foundation for expanding it into a greater force.