Warmaster Heavy Battle Titan with Plasma Destructor Legions Imperialis The Horus Hersey Warhammer

Hello there! My name’s Paul Catindig and this is my first ever article for Loisirs vers le soleil! You may know me from the store itself, or on our social media accounts! That’s because I’m actually part of staff! Angelo knows that I’m passionate about the hobby and thus, encourages me to write for the blog! It’s about time!

This kit seemed to be a permanent fixture on our Warhammer shelves! I’m not sure if it’s the intimidation factor, the price, the scale (I’ll get to this in a second), or just pure aura that caused people to avoid this behemoth! Regardless, I bought this from our shelves way back in October 2025 (shoutout to the employee discount) because I’ve always been intrigued about building my own Titan miniature!

And yet, the invisible force that’s affected our customers had an effect on me as well! It’s taken me 9 months (October to July) to even open the box for this review! Before we see what all the fuzz is about, let’s talk about the weird scale of this kit! This isn’t your typical Warhammer 40k kit

Regarding the scale, this kit is part of the “Legions Imperialis” line of models! These models are Epic Scale miniatures, which means that these miniatures have been shrunk down! This allows for larger scale battles on the table, where genuine armies can be fielded against each other due to the smaller scale of the miniatures!

An Imperial Knight, in lore, is roughly 12 meters tall! In Warhammer 40k, a full sized knight model (Canis Rex or the pictured Destrier on the middle left) is around 6-7 inches tall! An imperial titan is another matter entirely. A warmaster titan (the model kit I’m reviewing) is around 45-50 meters tall in the lore! That is a massive difference in height. To “accurately” portray a warmaster titan in 40k’s scale, the model kit will genuinely be the size of an infant, at around a foot and a bit long! Probably longer

A new scale was needed for these behemoths to be brought to life on your gaming table! Hence, epic scale miniatures! Epic scale sits roughly at around 1:200 scale!

Space marines, that are regularly based solo on a 32-40mm bases, are now based in squads! Per base! A space marine, or any infantry for that matter, are about the size of an ant in epic scale, hence the need to put entire squads on a single base! 40k gameplay is just company to platoon level combat at the most. It’s actually possible to field an entire battalion in Epic Scale.

Size of the Titan

The back of the box for Warhammer kits like these typically displays the actual size of model kit once fully built! To make sure, check if your Warhammer box has a magnifying glass symbol with a 100% on it! For this box, the magnifying glass is just above of the finished model, on its shoulder on the top left!

Dimensions:

• Height: 6.75-7 inches approx.
• Width: 4-5 inches approx. depending on how far apart the main guns are displayed!

To compare it to a Warhammer 40k model that I have ready and painted, this Titan will be of a similar height, and stature as Fulgrim! Fulgrim, Daemon Primarch of the Emperor’s Children, is available on our website right now! sunwardhobbies.ca

I’ve never built a 40k knight before, so I find it slightly amusing that I’m gonna be building a Titan before a knight, just shrunk down. Is that more impressive or less? Let’s find out by looking at the sprues, parts and general contents of the box!

Contents (Sprues, parts, and misc)

This model kit surprised me because it only has 4 sprues!! Insanely economical! If you’re one of those people who does sprue spreads on your table, then only having 4 total may disappoint you. However, the parts count is through the roof!! Games Workshop knows how to maximize shelf space for stores like Sunward, which are official 3rd party retailers! That’s why it only has 4 sprues! Economical!

It also comes with the rules, instructions and rules cards, neatly packaged in a sealed plastic bag! In addition to the bag, it also comes with a ruined city base and a decal sheet full of titanic and Sons of Horus iconography!

Here’s a look at the rules of the Warmaster Titan that comes in the form of a command terminal, where you can place the blue or red weapons cards! Players place the weapons cards on matching slots on the command terminal during play! This is a sleek interface and one that reminds me of Yugioh or magic the gathering. This allows for maximum immersion while allowing players to play without having to grab a rules book because the relevant stats are all there! It’s little things like this that elevates a kit from great to excellent! It truly makes you feel like a titan princeps or moderati (Titan pilot and commander respectively)

The level of detail

Here’s a closer look at the front shoulder armor of the Titan! The details on it are breathtaking! Ive always said that Games Workshop is up there as some of the best ever to do it, especially when it comes to moulding details like these! No, Games Workshop didn’t make a mistake regarding the writing on the scroll (or the lack of sculpting there). Games Workshop has always made these scroll details on armor very customizable by leaving them blank! Time to practice my penmanship

Here’s a look at the eye of Horus that’s on the armor plates of the Titan! That is an insane level of detail, especially for plastic! The eye is perfect!

Lore Snippet Regarding Horus

For those not in the know, the eye of Horus is the symbol of Horus Lupercal, son of the emperor of mankind, Warmaster of the great crusade and Primarch of the Luna Wolves Space Marine Legion! They’re also known as the sons of Horus space marine legion depending on where we are in the timeline of the Horus heresy! In fact, the Warmaster moniker of this Titan is dedicated to Horus himself (hence the eye) because Horus was named Warmaster of the great crusade right before he rebelled against the emperor

Here’s the leg plate in all its glory! Just perfection in plastic form! From the intricacies like the bolts, to the perfectly sculpted armored flange on the edges of the plates, it genuinely doesn’t get better than that!

Here’s a look at the coils on the main guns of the Titan, the plasma destructor! Simple and yet, beautifully sculpted!

The three faceplate options of the Titan! My favourite might be the one on the left! I just love the knightly feel of the faceplate! The other two options seem more menacing though, which is all well and good for a traitor legion army that’s been corrupted by chaos! All three options are stellar and incredibly well detailed!

Looking at the flaws

Despite all the praise I’ve given, this kit isn’t perfect! It’s close to being perfect! Please take a look at the two images above! There are lines above the eye of Horus (on the top left of the eye) and the leg plate that’s barely visible! They’re only really visible under certain angles, and made visible by glare! These are called flow lines!

Flow lines are imperfections caused by molten plastic being injected into different spots and directions! The moment the molten plastic meet, they form a line that’s only visible under certain angles of the light! You can ignore these by simply using polishing sanding cloths or primers on your models!

What can’t be ignored, however, are the myriad of scratches on some of the surfaces! In particular, the protruding armor plates and curved surfaces! This one in the image is probably the worst culprit of them all! Especially that nasty circular flow line in the middle of the piece! There’s no need for different angles for that circular flow line. That one is just visible.

These do have to be sanded and polished! When it comes time to building it in Part 2, I will be using tamiya 87010 sanding abrasives (600 or 1000 depending on the severity of the scratches) and tamiya 87024 (2000). Afterwards, the pieces should be smooth! My primer will cover the rest! These two tamiya products are available right now on our website, sunwardhobbies.ca

I inspected the parts for anything major like warped plastic or flash marks but there are none! Aside from the flow marks and scratches, this kit is clean!
I foresee little to no putty usage here unless I decide to alter the pose of the knight!

Initial reaction and review – 9.5/10

My initial reaction is that this kit is close to being perfect! Oh so close! My initial impression gives this kit a 9.5/10! I’ve deducted .5 because of the amount of random scratches all across

the armor pieces that needs to be sanded and polished down. I’m not sure if this is because of the somewhat tight packaging it was in, stress during transit or a manufacturing defect but it’s definitely enough to deduct a .5 off of the score

That’s about all I can deduct though as the rest of the kit can only be described as a masterpiece of model kit engineering! The fact that it’s only 4 sprues deep without sacrificing the amount of parts or the level of detail is insane from Games Workshop! And that’s just the engineering of the parts. The details on the parts are another matter entirely and completely elevates the model kit! This is a centerpiece model and is sure to captivate anyone looking at the display cabinet or the gaming table!

I’ll be reviews this kit again AFTER the building process is complete, including the paintjob! It would be fun to compare the two reviews and see if my mind’s changed regarding its positive score! Though I can also foresee me falling in love with the kit and giving it a perfect 10. 🤷

What’s next?

In part 2, the building process begins! While I can’t say for sure how many article parts it would take to build this kit, the low sprue count is giving me hope that it won’t take a long time! Till next time!

-Paul

About the Author:

Paul Catindig As someone who’s been building model kits since he was 8 years old, Paul is very knowledgeable and adept at model kit building! When he’s not building or painting kits, he spends his free time cooking, playing video games with friends, or at a restaurant patio somewhere. Hopes to make his very own movie one day.

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