Characters and Units with no Miniatures

[Grim Dog Studios]

Apologies if this has been covered before, however with the preview of Saul Tarvitz it got me to thinking.

What Characters and Units from the Legions have yet to receive an official miniature? Is there a list that I can look at somewhere as I’d be really interested in seeing it!

 

I’ll be honest, I only really pay attention to Ultramarines stuff so all I can think of from the top of my head for the Ultras are:

 

Remus Ventanus

Locotarus Storm Squad

Fulmentarus Terminators

 

Cheers

James

[Joe]

I actually stuck together a spreadsheet for this a while back - it's been available on the Warhammer 40,000 Discord for some time.

 

I might, at some point, get around to doing non-Astartes factions.

[StrangerOrders]

I actually stuck together a spreadsheet for this a while back - it's been available on the Warhammer 40,000 Discord for some time.

 

I might, at some point, get around to doing non-Astartes factions.

Holy moly, it just struck me how little of the UM stuff actually has models 

[sarabando]

Id really like the Ravenguard whispercutter

[Deadass]

Beyond what's already mentioned in that spreadsheet, the astartes are also missing models for the Nemean, Marduk Sedras and Endryd Haar. Geigor Fell-Hand is technically without a model too as the one from Burning of Prospero is OOP.

 

@Joe - Qin Xa was previewed at the LVO earlier this year, just in case you want to add that.

[sarabando]

Also recon marines in non PA, nullificators, Warmonger, armistos,esoterist,mortificator, primus nullificator all dont have minis.

[Gederas]

Also recon marines in non PA, nullificators, Warmonger, armistos,esoterist,mortificator, primus nullificator all dont have minis.

Well... The first ones do.

 

It's just no one wants to use those ugly as hell Scout models :lol:

 

[Dagoth Ur]

The one that irks me the most is the continuing lack of Iron Havocs - now sure, you can just build easy peasy proxies out of heavy support squads, but I'd actually like to have some power armoured marines with some Olympean detail like the tyrants, robots and perty.

[Beren]

In terms of the Mechanicum:

Archmagos Draykavic

Caleb Decima (though he's quite similar to a standard tech-priest)

Inar Satarael

Secutarii Axiarch

Arlatax Automata

Thanatar Cynis Automat

Technically some of the Ordo Reductor Siege tanks, though I wouldn't really count them.

[Gederas]

In terms of the Mechanicum:

Archmagos Draykavic

Caleb Decima (though he's quite similar to a standard tech-priest)

Inar Satarael

Secutarii Axiarch

Arlatax Automata

Thanatar Cynis Automat

Technically some of the Ordo Reductor Siege tanks, though I wouldn't really count them.

Uhhh..... Those two first ones do have models. Draykavic's even sold as that on Forge World:

 

Archmagos Draykavac/Archmagos

 

Decima is a weird one, but iirc, it was stated somewhere by a Forge world member that the Titan Tech Priest is supposed to be Decima.

[Beren]

Ah, I forgot about the former. I was sort of ware of the latter. just wasn't sure how much that counted.

[bluntblade]

I imagine we may see Satarael soon, with his Siege appearances. 

 

I doubt we'll ever see Shabran Daar, Tybalt Marr or Crysos Moturg.

[Gorgoff]

The one that irks me the most is the continuing lack of Iron Havocs - now sure, you can just build easy peasy proxies out of heavy support squads, but I'd actually like to have some power armoured marines with some Olympean detail like the tyrants, robots and perty.

That.

I'd love to have that unit.

[okonomiyakimarine]

I‘d love to see the Arlatax. Should be a nice assault and melee unit in an iron hands force.

[Aztek]

Argel Tal would be great to see.

[Deadass]

I imagine we may see Satarael soon, with his Siege appearances. 

 

I doubt we'll ever see Shabran Daar, Tybalt Marr or Crysos Moturg.

I could see Marr happening, tbh. Considering how often he's appeared throughout the novels, I'd imagine he could very well get a model like Tarvitz did, i. e. without a display base.

[First_Among_Brothers]

As a 16th legion player, I’m patiently waiting for the Lupercai... they’d actually be a pretty popular unit in terms of sales if they’re made to look as terrifying as the descriptions from he novels make them out to be (plus Sons of Horus badly need some kind of new unit that is at least semi-competitive). The Saul Tarvitz release (great model) is making me hope that something more may actually happen for the legions from Book 1, though of course Tarvitz is actually in there whereas there are no rules for Lupercai.

[StrangerOrders]

As a 16th legion player, I’m patiently waiting for the Lupercai... they’d actually be a pretty popular unit in terms of sales if they’re made to look as terrifying as the descriptions from he novels make them out to be (plus Sons of Horus badly need some kind of new unit that is at least semi-competitive). The Saul Tarvitz release (great model) is making me hope that something more may actually happen for the legions from Book 1, though of course Tarvitz is actually in there whereas there are no rules for Lupercai.

SoH are pretty damned brutal in my experience so maybe its a local meta thing?

 

You will probably see more units, they've said that they are aiming for 20-ish books in total and we have already seen with the Word Bearers, Night Lords and Emperor's Children that they are fond of adding new units in later appearances.

 

Heck, the SoH have gotten a few characters this way.

[Marshal Loss]

Alan Bligh intended the Luperci to come as part of a mid-heresy push, themed around the Sons of Horus' turn after Molech, where their fall intensifies markedly. Whether or not the new writers intend to stick with this plan is unknown. There was some talk of just doing a generic "Possessed" unit (this was prior to the Ruinstorm list entry) that all Traitor Legions could access instead though.

 

They certainly should be making an effort to showcase the ongoing fall of the original Legions either way; the World Eaters have had a bit of time in the limelight but the Sons of Horus, Death Guard & Emperor's Children are still stuck thematically at around Isstvan V.

[Lord Lorne Walkier]

The Saul Tarvitz model really triggers me.  I have been keeping a candle burning for him to return, alive.  Reading the story from Space Marine brings me back.  This and a side bar of an old book i can't think of, are the core of belief that Saul survived Istavaan III.  The comments later, he may not have survived... , really gnaw at my bones.  May not...  Its like they are leaving the door just a bit cracked.  If they had said, he did not survive..., i could have kept quite. Why, at this point, go through the effort of creating this modle, an naming him the First Loyalist?  I get that there are those who play the Istvaan III camping.  For them its a great option.  Im sure there are modles for dead guys who where less known, important, liked.  

 

 

The Emperor protects.  If this is true, none deserved His Devine Intervention more then Tarvits and those who stood with him, at the end.

 

 

 

"you’ll be able to see what might have happened if he had – could the last loyal captain of the Emperor’s Children help to turn the tide against the traitors? That’ll be up to you.". /eye roll

 

Why add this?  Why not let sleeping dogs, lie?  What other dead  Dramtis Personae gets teased out with hypothetical glory?  This is smoke.

Edited April 29, 2020 by Lord Lorne Walkier

[1ncarnadine]

Why add this?  Why not let sleeping dogs, lie?  What other dead  Dramtis Personae gets teased out with hypothetical glory?  This is smoke.

So they can sell you a miniature and hopefully spark off a buying spree for a whole force to go with it, and because people have demanded Tarvitz for so long that they were certain of sales if they made a mini. I don't think there's another example of a "dead," model-less 30k character with the kind of meme energy as Tarvitz. Maybe Argel Tal, but he has no rules anyway.

Edited April 29, 2020 by LetsYouDown

[SkimaskMohawk]

I'm sure if Ferrus was released during the age of warhammer community then they'd have similar stuff about seeing "what if he had survived the shop site massacre" . I'd have to see if alpharius had any reference to praetorian of dorn, but with omegon and how the XXth operate it's not as important.

[Johanhgg]

White scars Falcon’s claws would i like! Im thinking about converting palanite enforcers since i dont think FW Will put the effort in.

[sarabando]

Alan Bligh intended the Luperci to come as part of a mid-heresy push, themed around the Sons of Horus' turn after Molech, where their fall intensifies markedly. Whether or not the new writers intend to stick with this plan is unknown. There was some talk of just doing a generic "Possessed" unit (this was prior to the Ruinstorm list entry) that all Traitor Legions could access instead though.

 

They certainly should be making an effort to showcase the ongoing fall of the original Legions either way; the World Eaters have had a bit of time in the limelight but the Sons of Horus, Death Guard & Emperor's Children are still stuck thematically at around Isstvan V.

personally it makes  me think we need almost 2 army lists for each legion an early war and late war which add restrictions of certain units and characters.

[MegaVolt87]

 

The one that irks me the most is the continuing lack of Iron Havocs - now sure, you can just build easy peasy proxies out of heavy support squads, but I'd actually like to have some power armoured marines with some Olympean detail like the tyrants, robots and perty.

That.

I'd love to have that unit.

 

 

Also WTB, IW Termi and power armor praetors, IW levi dread. Also how do we end up with rules for that chump Golog but not Forrix? Or that rando loyalist guy I can't even remember (not Narik, he is my boi I never forget him), instead of Dantioch ? I will weep for NL players if their next character is Straviok.