Reddit reviews The Horus Heresy: Collected Visions

I agree. I know there are a number of people who seem to be unhappy with what the Black Library have been doing with the Horus Heresy fluff, but it seems to me like all of the novels they've been pumping out are based on the skeleton of the story described in old graphic novels, "Visions of Heresy." You can still buy the collected works on Amazon, known as "The Collected Visions," and I absolutely love them. Link: http://www.amazon.com/Horus-Heresy-Collected-Visions/dp/1844164241

What it feels like to me, having read both that and all the HH novels to date, is that they're using the HH series to, "flesh out," all the little details glossed over in Visions. I mean, this is a GALAXY-WIDE conflict, there is a lot of story to tell.

The only things I've really been displeased with are the books written about the Dark Angels.

A few years back, Gav Thorpe wrote a book called "Angels of Darkness," in which an Interrogater-Chaplain is torturing one of the Fallen, who claims to be Chapter Master Astelan (The same Astelan mentioned in a HH short story, can't remember which one). Astelan reveals to the chaplain that in actuality, the, "Fallen," were ready and willing to head to Terra, but the Lion wanted to wait and see who won before committing his forces to either side.

This shakes the chaplain to his very core, and in the end, I like to think he believed Astelan, because he was able to put the pieces together and discover the truth for himself: Luther was the loyalist, and the Lion was the traitor.

Alas, The Black Library took their fluff in a different direction. Its not necessarily bad, per say, but after reading Angels of Darkness, I expected so much more.

feel i should start by saying that emperors children are not a chapter they are a legion

these are the actual pre heresy emperors children the guide produced by fw is not the best i find for pre heresy painting examples the best example i like to draw from is the collectied visions book gw and black library made way back when there are plenty of pdf's of it out there but its got the best examples of any and all pre heresy stuff its what my palentine and fulgrim are based from its litterally just a book full of original art work of the horus heresy and if your really interested in why they are the colour they are or want to know more about the legion specififcally i would reccomend this

I recommend this. It's an artbook, but it has several short-stories that are pretty good and gives an over-arching view of the entire heresy. Well worth the price.