The Solar Auxilia From Forge World Coming To Warhammer Fest
October 8, 2014 by brennon
The Solar Auxilia that we've seen teaser pictures of over the past few weeks and months will soon be on tabletops thanks to their release at Warhammer Fest this coming weekend by Forge World...
So as you can see they're pushing the boat out when it comes to both infantry and armour at Warhammer Fest. No news on HQ units and the like yet but the infantry is looking rather spiffing and the tanks too. I can see a fair few people with the extra cash to spend diving into this range of Imperial Guardsmen.
If big machinery is more your thing then you could always pick up the Questoris Knight Styrix for your growing Imperial Knight army or the Vorax Battle-Automata that will no doubt find their way into armies other than Games Workshop ones. The Battle-Automata in particular are so very different to other things we've seen I didn't immediately think they were part of the range.
What will take your fancy at Warhammer Fest?
I’ll pick up some Vorax me thinks.
Not keen on the style of the Solar Auxilia infantry, and of course the price doesn’t help. I like the automata, but again can’t justify laying out that kind of cash for a toy. But I’ll definitely use them as a reference when I make my own.
Do you need to justify your hobby then? Liking the sculpt is not enough?
It’s a very justifiable reason. He can’t afford it.
Ah yes, your infamous making your own skills, no doubt using things from the dollar store 🙂
I don’t need to justify anything. If I like a model but not the price I don’t buy it. My hobby is as much about scratch building with plasticard, dollar store toys, or thrift store castoffs, as it is about paying silly money that could be better spent elsewhere.
“I can’t justify laying out that kind of cash”, “I don’t need to justify anything”, I’m confused :/
ROFL
I’m not surprised. I’m sorry it makes you pout when I use my imagination instead of cash.
Also, there are always boxes of 40k bitz for sale on Ebay, so that’s another good source for stuff to scratch build if you’re interested.
“But I’ll definitely use them as a reference when I make my own” that’s not your imagination then…
Not pouting. Laughing 😀
Just borrowing a concept. The rest is imagination.
That sounds exactly like how GW comes up with its ideas…
So when are you going to share some of your amazing creations with us @cpauls1 ?
Most of my sci-fi stuff has been stowed for now due to a lack of work space, and admittedly most of it is half finished. Another reason for not spending a lot of money on the hobby right now is that I’m saving for a 26′ by 40′ outbuilding that will be finished inside and converted to my workshop/mancave/game room. I’m working on a floating castle right now, suspended by three waterfalls, which has taken a fair chunk of my free time since the beginning of summer. When the missus comes home from work with the camera I can post… Read more »
I agree, I want to see a whole thread dedicated to hobby about scratch building with plasticard, dollar store toys, or thrift store castoffs. I’ll be honest, I’ll still go and buy off the shelf, because id rather spend the time I’m saving not scratch building everything going to work and earning money so I can buy off the shelf and then still be financially better off because I’ve been to work instead of gluing popsicle sticks together…
Then by all means do so. I’m retired, and so have time to scratch build and experiment. No one said my hobby had to be your hobby.
Yeah yeah, but you certainly like to point out when it isn’t your hobby don’t you. Got a chip on your shoulder you have.
Look at this thread. I think you’ve got that backwards, son.
“I’m working on a floating castle right now, suspended by three waterfalls, which has taken a fair chunk of my free time since the beginning of summer.”
I have to say that sounds awesome and I’d love to see it.
@vonevilstein I’d be happy to put up some WIP’s, but not sure where to do that on here anymore,now that Terrainorama is gone. I’m just finishing up the 4th level. I was going to wait till I was finished, but I guess a peek won’t hurt. The top will be an open island with the blight ruin and the astromancer place. The missus bought them for me, so I have to use them lol.
I’m out the door right now, but will check in tonight.
@vonevilstein . Thank you for your interest. I’ve just posted some terrain in the forum, but it’s weekend stuff, not my usual work. We play AD&D a lot, so I scramble to make things happen. The problem is, I don’t limit where characters can go. “Oh, let’s visit that exquisite castle over there.” … F*ck! No waterfall pics tonight… sorry. The missus is doing what she does with CFS, and now I understand how it feels when your spouse is deployed. I’ll post the good stuff tomorrow, so @deaddave can appreciate how hard it is to glue two popsicle sticks… Read more »
Ah, now I understand your confusion @erastus . I was working on a query letter and a thesis at the same time before, so wasn’t entirely tuned into the conversation. What I meant was, I don’t need to justify to you or @deaddave what I do. Hope you can sort that now.
Thanks for the instant whiny attack, though. I appreciate that.
Hahahaha, oh come on. You’re the king of the instant whiny attack @cpauls1 I assumed that’s how you like it 😀
I flipping love these. I’m thinking that Solar Auxilia are definately going to play a significant role in my Horus Heresy collection as it grows.
Beautiful models but as with everything Forgeworld, the price makes me do a small vomit in my mouth. The prices don’t look as bad as they have in the past but that’s because of the rest of the industry catching up on price rather than FW getting any cheaper. £76 for one transport is a bit daft though. Can practically get a whole Bolt Action army for that.
Shhhh… the 40k threshold guardians are listening. They’ll attack if you don’t agree with them 😉
Hahaha. The real shame is that’s true. How dare you have a balanced opinion about 40k. Love it all or I will destroy you. :-p
Oh dear, no. You couldn’t be further from the truth. I’m not having a pop at anyone else who criticises GW or FW, or do you choose not to notice that?
@cpauls1 keeps claiming he can scratch build something better using stuff from the dollar store. Well, if that’s true then prove it. Show us what you’ve got. Put up or shut up, as they say.
I already told you what I was working on, and offered to put it up on here. Don’t know where to put it on here anymore, as they’ve taken down the Terrainorama thing, and asked if you knew. I’m off to the university this morning, but if you can respond with dignity before tonight I’d be happy to put up a WIP.
I’m sure you could post pictures in the Hobby and Painting section of the forums.
Joking aside, I would genuinely like to see what you’re working on, it does sound very interesting.
Thank you @erastus . That was very civil. I don’t poke around in the forums at all, and didn’t know there was such a place, but I’ll go have a look-see tonight when I get home, and put something up there. A few people have been asking, and @oriskany can vouch for me actually doing these things. I sent him some pics of a weekend project a while back. But as I said, my sci-fi stuff is stowed until I get my workshop built. Maybe I’ll put together a light grav skimmer out of an empty deodorant stick and a… Read more »
I didn’t mean you @erastus. You’re generally balanced
Alright. ‘Negative Ned’ time. That artillery? Ugly, boxy and as dull as duck! Vorax Battle poultry? Hah! Scary for all of the *wrong* reasons! Then, everything else… Whoa! They look astounding! The Questoris is one of the nicest knight variants yet (and there are plenty of nice ones already!) and then there’s that infantry… Admittedly, whilst not quite to my taste they look absolutely sublime anyway. I wouldn’t mind building a (from the videogame) ‘Bio Shock’ themed army around them, the transport is the best of the lot though. Sure, it suffers from the artillery’s ‘shoebox on caterpillar tracks’ syndrome… Read more »
Handbags ladies, ha ha.
No so keen on the tanks but the Solar Auxilia and Vorax look good to me.
Agreed. Also not keen on the artillery, but mostly because it looks a lot like the older vehicles. Nothing revolutionary in the designs.
Those are really stunning.
Never heard of Solar Auxiliary, whats the fluff? Are they just imperial guard recruited to defend sol system/terra?
They are a Great Crusade/Horus Heresy era formation, and so predate the Imperial Guard, rather being contemporaries of the old Imperial Army. Information is scarce on them, but they appear to be an elite human formation primarily created to defend the Terran system as you say.
It’s good to see a new direction in style, for a change. This is the freshest stuff to come out GW in a long time, IMO.
Of those models, my favourites are the questoris knight styrix and the vorax battle automata. Both have a really strong sense of the ritualised techno-weirdness that I have come to expect from the Admech, and the vorax have an interesting, almost insectoid design that I think would really stand out on the tabletop. The solar auxillia infantry are also strong models that really stand apart from most interpretations of human imperial soldiery, with elememts of their design that could almost be diesel punk or even steam punk inspired, though to be honest their armoured vehicles don’t work as well for… Read more »
With these new solar guard models, will they be doing a Lord Solar Macharius character sculpt? Be nice if they did.
Not really keen on the troopers. The tanks are great though.