Horus Heresy Alpha Legion Saboteur

[Lord Marshal]

The Legion-specific Consul train continues chugging.

 

 

Edited December 7, 2023 by Lord Marshal

[Nagashsnee]

Love it! Simple enough to fit into 30k but enough bling to denote seniority and legion. 

[Orion]

Interesting armour choice(s)

Kinda has a MKV vibe.

[Loquille]

Looks great, now I just have to remember how I painted my Alpha Legion so I can add him.

Would this be the first MK5 in the new scale?

[Joe]

1 minute ago, Loquille said:

Would this be the first MK5 in the new scale?

 

Technically, the first of 2E. The Praevian is the same size as the new Mark III / VI, so that'd be the first "new scale Mark V" overall.

[Matcap86]

Love the idea, but the gigantic World of Warcraft pauldrons make this again a miss for me. Creates an egg silhoutte which I really don't like.

Edited December 7, 2023 by matcap86

[Marshal Rohr]

Oh great another Imperial Fist!

Edited December 7, 2023 by Marshal Rohr

[Astartes Consul]

Another lovely model IMO. And the cut down bolter variant is a nice touch.

[Lord Marshal]

For those keeping track at home,

• DA Paladin of the Hekatonystika
• EC Phoenix Warden
• WS Stormseer
• SW Speaker of the Dead
• SW Caster of Runes
• IF Castellan
• WB Diabloist
• SoH Dark Emissary
• AL Saboteur

Iron Father/Jarl/Thegn/Warsmith being upgrades rather than 'Consularis' I assume won't get their own, new models (unless you count Legion-specific Praetors as being such).

 

Edited December 7, 2023 by Lord Marshal

[Urauloth]

Very nice model, extremely nice paintjob. Love the way the cloak is subtly taking on the colour of the armour.

 

(Paladin soon, please!)

[Fire Golem]

5 minutes ago, Astartes Consul said:

Another lovely model IMO. And the cut down bolter variant is a nice touch.

Isn’t it a shotgun?

[OttoVonAwesome]

And now we get an idea of mark 5 will look like... Nice.

[Agramar_The_Luna_Wolf]

It is amazing! I love AL miniatures and this one is fantastic. About FW stuff, AL is my favourite 

[Astartes Consul]

13 minutes ago, fire golem said:

Isn’t it a shotgun?

 

Oh yeah, it is! Actually doubly cool because its an Astartes Shotgun that doesn't look goofy.

[Guest Triszin]

Not a fan

[Stitch5000]

25 minutes ago, matcap86 said:

Love the idea, but the gigantic World of Warcraft pauldrons make this again a miss for me. Creates an egg silhoutte which I really don't like.

Have you considered that maybe you don't like space marines, given these shoulder pads are an intrinsic part of their design and have been forever?

[LSM]

38 minutes ago, Lord Marshal said:

...Iron Father/Jarl/Thegn/Warsmith being upgrades rather than 'Consularis' I assume won't get their own, new models (unless you count Legion-specific Praetors as being such).

 

 

Thousand Sons did get a Legion-specific Librarian, so... maybe?

[01RTB01]

47 minutes ago, Lord Marshal said:

For those keeping track at home,

• DA Paladin of the Hekatonystika
• EC Phoenix Warden
• WS Stormseer
• SW Speaker of the Dead
• SW Caster of Runes
• IF Castellan
• WB Diabloist
• SoH Dark Emissary
• AL Saboteur

Iron Father/Jarl/Thegn/Warsmith being upgrades rather than 'Consularis' I assume won't get their own, new models (unless you count Legion-specific Praetors as being such).

 

Although a praetor, the EC Tartarus praetor works for a Phoenix warden too. 

[de Selby]

With this and the assault marines, they seem to have gone back to the 'space marine squat' pose as the default, and I wish they hadn't.   Most of the details are nice, but I'm not convinced by the belt thing around the sheath of the knife.

[OttoVonAwesome]

Man I love analyzing these new mark consuls, Exposed midriff like chaos, absolutely no gorget whatsoever on his very low collar, seems to have a fancy variant of the generic heavy weapons and despoiler arms, love that the leg cables go into the armour but I'm still skeptical this can be rendered in plastic faithfully although I would buy mark 5 in resin if they would just produce them.

[WrathOfTheLion]

1 minute ago, de Selby said:

With this and the assault marines, they seem to have gone back to the 'space marine squat' pose as the default, and I wish they hadn't.   Most of the details are nice, but I'm not convinced by the belt thing around the sheath of the knife.

In this one, he's stable and leaning forward/crouched a bit as he's drawing the knife for a strike. You can see the blade is starting to come out of the sheath.

[Sky Potato]

Lovely model, I'll definitely be grabbing one.

 

I'm a little gutted its not in MkVI like all the rest of my Alpha Legion dudes, but I think this is awesome.

[MoriyaSchism]

57 minutes ago, matcap86 said:

Love the idea, but the gigantic World of Warcraft pauldrons make this again a miss for me. Creates an egg silhoutte which I really don't like.

Yeah, I'm with you on this. The proportions feel off. Maybe it's just the new scale used for the characters but they give off a feeling of their arms being too short. I might have to see the model in person to get a more accurate feel for it, but at first glance it doesn't look right.

 

31 minutes ago, Stitch5000 said:

Have you considered that maybe you don't like space marines, given these shoulder pads are an intrinsic part of their design and have been forever?

The pauldrons on the Horus Heresy characters recently seem to have odd variations in terms of proportions. If you have your Age of Darkness models on hand you should compare the Mk VI pauldrons to the one that belongs to either of the Praetors that came in that set. You'll see why people have some issues with these.

[Doctor Perils]

Looks cool - AL not particularly my thing but nice to see a model that embodies their spirit so well (imo)

 

A kneeling pose might have looked better though ?

[Marshal Rohr]

This is our second peek at the CAD for mark 5, and I’m pretty excited 

 

 

edit: might actually be the first peek at what the plastics will look like, that backpack is new

Edited December 7, 2023 by Marshal Rohr