Horus Heresy Arcuitor Magisterium

[Lord Marshal]

Nobody expects the... wait a minute.

 

 

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The forges of Mars were highly prized during the Horus Heresy – a weapons factory on the doorstep of Terra was both a tempting target for Traitors and a point of concern for those defending the seat of the Emperor’s power. Many Tech Priests broke the strictures of the Cult Mechanicum and engaged in profane tech-heresy, but the zealous worshipers of the Machine God are not without their ranks of judges and accusers, such as the Arcuitor Magisterium.

 

Magi and high nobles of the Cult Mechanicum who demonstrate a particularly inflexible approach to the dogma of the Omnissiah are most likely to be elevated to the status of Arcuitor. These individuals tend to be ancient beyond belief, augmented to the point of inhumanity as part of their never-ending quest to become as close to the perfect Machine God they worship.

 

Though they are not deployed by the Prefecture Magisterium in an official capacity, their cachet and notoriety allow them to call on great resources when pursuing their zealous agenda, enough even to mount their own personal crusades against those they believe to have transgressed into tech-heresy.

 

Hunting down Dark Mechanicum operatives and renegade Tech-Priests is busy work even for someone with a technologically enhanced brain and a surfeit of mechanical limbs, and so it is not uncommon for an Arcuitor to be attended by a scribe to aid them in their duty.

 

The Arcuitor Magisterium is made from Forge World resin and has rules in the Liber Mechanicum – Forces of the Omnissiah Army Book, where she can make use of her influence to bring along a Maniple of Arlatax Battle-automata or Vorax Battle-automata without taking up a Force Organisation slot.

 

 

Edited 23 hours ago by Lord Marshal

[StrangerOrders]

Thats awesome! 

 

I can't recall seeing a female Magos before, much less one that made me think of Koriel Zeth!

 

Although the real highlight might be the Quill Minion! 

Edited 23 hours ago by StrangerOrders

[Astartes Consul]

Love it. I have no idea why we're suddenly getting a load of non-essential Mechanicum models. But I'll take it.

 

The quill is perfectly 40k sized (aka. ridiculously large)

[Fire Golem]

I’d rather have seen the Arlatax it mentions she can bring, but a cool model!

[Lord Marshal]

23 minutes ago, Astartes Consul said:

Love it. I have no idea why we're suddenly getting a load of non-essential Mechanicum models. But I'll take it.

 

I think it's because the plastic Mechanicum stuff started coming out only a couple of months ago and Solar Auxilia don't have any individualistic models to release in resin.

 

On another note, it's been pointed out elsewhere she's seems to be at least partly based on this Blanche piece:

 

Edited 23 hours ago by Lord Marshal

[Vassakov]

Delightful little model. Nice to see that the Mechanicum from last week wasn't a one-off, I wonder what else might be coming down the pipe?

Still hilarious that these weren't released alongside the book, although having said that I don't think any of the Marine special characters in there have appeared yet?

[Xirix]

Nice model, I was kinda hoping for the Arcuitor to be a plastic kit though, since it has quite a few options in the Liber.

[Nagashsnee]

She will make a fantastic model to paint, and a great stand in for a 40k skitarii marshal. 

[Robbienw]

Very cool.  Like the little sidekick, big 2004 era inquisitorial henchman vibe.

Edited 23 hours ago by Robbienw

[Bouargh]

Getting an arcuitor model -> great

It comes with its own doomed little servitor -> greater (Can we call him Renfield, or even better Igor?)

 

But, it(she) looks like being taken out of Cyberpunk... I am less convinced bu it that, let´s say, by the Axiarch or the Heretek.

I find it fits curiously with the aesthetic of the rest of the Mechanicus (30k) and Mechanicum (40k) ranges... It is not that I do not like the model, but at first sight I thought it was a Necromunda model for some allied of House Escher...

 

For me its a ok. Small o; small k.

Edited 23 hours ago by Bouargh

[Doobles57]

Love it. It feel like it fills a bit of an aesthetic gap in the way the Mechanicum are sometimes described in the novels and art vs what's actually been available for them.

 

From the description in the article am I right in thinking they're loyalist only? Would be a shame, but I'll find a way to work the model in somewhere I'm sure.

 

Also #everymodelisanecromundamodel 

 

[Astartes Consul]

1 hour ago, Vassakov said:

Delightful little model. Nice to see that the Mechanicum from last week wasn't a one-off, I wonder what else might be coming down the pipe?

Still hilarious that these weren't released alongside the book, although having said that I don't think any of the Marine special characters in there have appeared yet?

 

Yeah, got four (?) named marine chatacters outstanding I think?

[Ripper.McGuirl]

5 minutes ago, Astartes Consul said:

 

Yeah, got four (?) named marine chatacters outstanding I think?

Yeah from the Mars book there are still all the special characters outstanding. What is funny is this is actually from the Mechanicum Index, as was last weeks Skitarii dude. Hopefully they keep rounding out stuff from that book *cough Arlatax cough*.

[phandaal]

1 hour ago, Lord Marshal said:

 

I think it's because the plastic Mechanicum stuff started coming out only a couple of months ago and Solar Auxilia don't have any individualistic models to release in resin.

 

On another note, it's been pointed out elsewhere she's seems to be at least partly based on this Blanche piece:

 

 

Perfect opportunity to use that new Blanche line of colors from The Army Painter!

[Matcap86]

Another home run this one imho. They're really knocking these non-marine releases out of the park.

[Alby the Slayer]

That scribe is "chef's kiss".

[DuskRaider]

This feels more Inquisition than Mechanicum to me. I dunno, the description of “augmented to the point of inhumanity” doesn’t really describe this model at all, IMO. 

[Casual Heresy]

Well I thought I was settled on kitbashing the axiarch into a 2nd Enginseer for my guard. Looks like he’s got competition for the job now. 

[Redcomet]

Great mini. And nice to see an Admech with female biological parts

[WrathOfTheLion]

I like this model quite a bit, will need to somehow fit it in with my Xana II project that I'm working on. I can't remember if there are any restrictions on that profile.

[Naryn]

Love it, reminds me of the tech priestess in one of the Ahriman novels.

[Marshal Mittens]

Looks strait out of Necromunda, but in a good way. I really like it. 

[Corswain]

Couple of nice Mechanicum models recently which I am loving but it would be nice to see a few plastic kits to accompany them soon.

[Petitioner's City]

5 hours ago, Corswain said:

Couple of nice Mechanicum models recently which I am loving but it would be nice to see a few plastic kits to accompany them soon.

 

Sometime this year :)

 

[Astartes Consul]

You know, I prefer it when they do this stuff tongue-in-cheek rather than just ignoring everyone asking or say 'Coming Soon' every time.