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Quick question, although I doubt there's a great deal about it out there.

As part of my general worldbuilding I wanted to know a little more about the mutants/gene-forging that the Raven Guard undertook during the Horus Heresy. I know it was successful at first, but corrupted by the Alpha Legion which resulted in a number of issues with their gene-seed and the creation of a large number of mutant rejects which they armed anyway and used largely as meatshields.

Anyone know anything else about the mutant rejects?

Bonus points for if anyone has actually modelled some

Some of the stories in the 'Corax' HH book detail quite a bit about the Raptors. Might be worth a look if you haven't already.

There's also dark Eldar stories about a Haemonculus Coven that successfully steals Raven guard Gene seed and mutates it spreading it through part of the chapter.

If you are interested in 40k era Raven guard mutants.

Neat! You know I'd scoured Lexicanum and not come across something that mentioned they were called 'raptors'.

With that in the google search I've come up with a load more interesting stuff

The Horus Heresy novel "Deliverance Lost" deals with the origins of the Raptors and the "Corax" deals with their battles and eventual fate.