Horus Heresy Space Wolves Caster of Runes

[Lord Marshal]

Who let the MKV dogs out?

 

 

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The Caster of the Runes is himself cast from Forge World Resin, and comes with a choice of heads: bare or helmeted. He isn’t the only power-armoured reveal waiting to deploy: check back next week for another Heresy Thursday, which is guaranteed to feature pauldrons.

 

Edited November 28 by Lord Marshal

[Faminus]

The staff is pretty cool

[darkhorse0607]

I like it

 

Feel like it's a super random release but it looks good

Edited November 28 by darkhorse0607

[Borbarad]

Oh yes, nice looking totally-not-psyker

[Mr Farson]

Lovely model

 

Maybe should have been a legion without a release this edition but good show anyway 

[Doobles57]

Nice. Not entirely surprised following the Esoterist, Librarians, and Stormseer to see another psyker get a release. It's not a mind-blowing model, but it's a good one.

[Matcap86]

I like how it incorporates elements of a variety of armour marks to create a sort of amalgamation, very fitting for Mk5-ish. 

Mk2 chestpiece, Mk3 Shins, Mk4 Kneedpads, Mk6 backpack exhausts, similar shoulder pad stylings to 40k chaos marines, 

 

Edit: also someone on the design team played the Witcher 3 Hearts of Stone expansion 

Edited November 28 by Matcap86

[Lord Marshal]

For reference, this knocks another Legion-specific Consul off the list, it seemed FW were working through them prior to Heresy Thursday going on hiatus. We're still waiting on:

• DA Paladin
• EC Phoenix Warden
• IF Castellan
• WB Diabloist
• SW Speaker of the Dead
• SW Caster of Runes

Edited November 28 by Lord Marshal

[StrangerOrders]

That head sculpt is really, really good.

 

The model itself is generally continues the lovely etched patterns from the SW Praetor, the unique helmet is also wonderful. It has the suggestion of wolfishness without being ridiculous.

 

I really hope the 40k SW range takes some cues from this and the Praetor, especially the etching.

Edited November 28 by StrangerOrders

[Marshal Rohr]

Now that’s a cool character

[Joe]

25 minutes ago, Lord Marshal said:

For reference, this knocks another Legion-specific Consul off the list, it seemed FW were working through them prior to Heresy Thursday going on hiatus. We're still waiting on:

• DA Paladin
• EC Phoenix Warden
• IF Castellan
• WB Diabloist
• SW Speaker of the Dead
• SW Caster of Runes

 

Also the Pack Thegn.

 

2023 ended with a slew of Consul resins. Stands to reason 2024 will as well.

[Cyrox]

Very nice indeed!

 

Love that helmet, and the bare head is excellent - kudos to whoever painted those eyes as that is some fantastic work.

 

 

[RS1169]

Great model. Even with it being resin I’ll pick it up. I’ll echo what others have said, the helmet and bare head are excellent. 

[grailkeeper]

The helmet is quite angular. The bare head looks like half the guys who drink in the Thomas House pub in Dublin.

Edited November 28 by grailkeeper

[Naryn]

The most Darth Vader-y helmet yet. Love it.

[Fire Golem]

Really like this model. Between this and the Praetor they’re starting to make up somewhat for some of the not so good SW sculpts. 

[TheWarmaster]

I really miss the way Heresy stuff used to look and feel.

It's a fantastic model, but it just doesn't feel Heresy to me.. at least the way it used to feel before plastic.

I don't know if it's the super clean lines or what, but it just doesn't feel like 30K to me. 

Maybe it's the paint job, I don't know. Maybe it's just an unpopular opinon. 

[Borbarad]

2 hours ago, Matcap86 said:

 

Edit: also someone on the design team played the Witcher 3 Hearts of Stone expansion 

Isn’t that just David Backham? 

[Northern Walker]

2 hours ago, Lord Marshal said:

Who let the MKV dogs out?

 

 

 

Looks really good, if shame its resin so cannibalising a second one for parts will be expensive.

[Lord Marshal]

3 hours ago, Matcap86 said:

Edit: also someone on the design team played the Witcher 3 Hearts of Stone expansion 

 

It also makes for a better Fafnir Rann head than the plastic one imo.

 

 

[Evil Eye]

I like it! Really into that helmet.

[SkimaskMohawk]

50 minutes ago, TheWarmaster said:

I really miss the way Heresy stuff used to look and feel.

It's a fantastic model, but it just doesn't feel Heresy to me.. at least the way it used to feel before plastic.

I don't know if it's the super clean lines or what, but it just doesn't feel like 30K to me. 

Maybe it's the paint job, I don't know. Maybe it's just an unpopular opinon. 

 

The sculpting style has changed from the old metal/FW proportions and fine FW detailing to being broadly a bit larger and chunkier. This probably wouldn't be super obvious, but it's also painted in the studio method to emphasize everything very cleanly. 

 

Its a pretty awesome modern model, but I also kinda miss the first gen heresy stuff. I think it's fine to feel both ways.

[Ripper.McGuirl]

Yes the sculpting style is definitely different, but I think things being presented Eavy Metal style rather than Military Modeling is the big vibe difference.

[Doobles57]

56 minutes ago, TheWarmaster said:

I really miss the way Heresy stuff used to look and feel.

It's a fantastic model, but it just doesn't feel Heresy to me.. at least the way it used to feel before plastic.

I don't know if it's the super clean lines or what, but it just doesn't feel like 30K to me. 

Maybe it's the paint job, I don't know. Maybe it's just an unpopular opinon. 

The paint job is a big part I think. The original 30k stuff was done in Forgeworlds style which felt much more military modelling inspired. Grittier, more "realistic" (as absurd a term as that is in Warhammer). Now being painted in Eavy Metal style makes it feel much more 40K and less distinct. 

 

The details are also now a lot cleaner and crisper. Which is definitely a sign of better quality (and FWs resin feels much better than it used to) but also a bit less characterful. 

 

It's similar to how the writing has changed from 1.0 to 2.0. It's less sci-fi historical wargaming and much closer to 40ks ott style. 

[Wispy]

That's a handsome fella, does not look tormented by the warp at all. Maybe the Space Wolves are onto something with this 'not pskyer' thing.

 

Anyways I can't wait until Joytoy turns him to an action figure.

Edited November 28 by Wispy