It looks like that was a horse on the Imperial Guard Codex cover, as the new Lord Solar Leontus miniature is striding into battle soon!
The Imperial Guard has a new mini to lead them into battle, and he is actually on the cover art for the army box! This is the last of the promised reveals, but who knows what else we’ll get before the new Cadia Stands army box set actually drops.
Just like with the Rogal Dorn tank, they more or less put this in plain sight when showing off the new Army box. so if you want to check that article out to see if there are any more teasers, you can here!
New Imperial Guard Lord Solar Leontus Mini Revealed!
The new model was unveiled by Warhammer Community along with a new rule and the codex art for the book coming in the Cadia Stands army box!
As the Lord Commander Solar, Arcadian Leontus sits among the highest echelons of the Imperium, boasting an unimaginable roll of titles, peerages, ranks, and probably a whole gaggle of attendants tasked solely with ensuring that his horse has enough cyber-hay.
The model itself is interesting, and the base is definitely cool (is that a dead Chaos Reaver Titan Head?). It also looks like they left plenty of room on the cape to really go crazy with some painting effects.
With an army of logistical advisers, priests, tacticians, tarot readers, prophets, seers, confidants, and sub-commanders at his beck and call, Lord Solar Leontus is personally responsible for hundreds of stunning Imperial victories. Though his remit is technically confined to the defence of the Segmentum Solar, Leontus has led campaigns far beyond its boundaries. How else, he argues, can he protect Holy Terra from distant foes?
There are plenty of details all over the model, and if you want someone striding into battle at the spearhead of your forces, why not bring him along?
His steed Konstantin is decades old, now largely cybernetic and clad in gleaming armour. From this lofty perch, Arcadian Leontus commands the men and women of the Astra Militarum as they endure horrifying battles in their mission to protect the Imperium from the heretic, the mutant, and the alien.
Obviously, it was Lord Solar Leonatus on the cover of the Imperial Guard codex. While some thought GW might be trolling us with that one, it turned out true!
Unorthodox use of the tarot readers of The Collegiate Astrolex gives Leontus the ability to change one of his army’s secondary objectives or Agendas on the cusp of battle, reacting to his foe’s plans. Or if he’s feeling secure in his tactical choices, he can proceed with steely confidence and gain an additional Command point in the first Command phase.
Being able to change your secondaries based on your opponent is pretty sweet actually, and if you already like your choices, you just get a command point for free!
New Cadian Stands Army Box Imperial Guard Codex Cover
Lord Solar Leontus (and Konstantin) feature on the cover of the forthcoming Codex Astra Militarum, which will be available first in the Cadia Stands: Astra Militarum Army Set.
The artwork for this book is really cool and just shows off the strength of the Guard as they stand against all forms of invaders!
Lord Solar Leontus 40k Rules
He has a pretty impressive statline, and with S6, eight wounds (plus a 4+ invuln save and halves all damage incoming), six attacks, and 12″ movement, he should be able to survive and hit hard!
Allowing a core unit (like the rough riders) to reroll a hit and wound of one is really strong. Then, you can pick any unit to reroll ones, not just core, but if they are core, they also get the reroll on the wound as well.
Lastly, he can issue up to three orders which is also awesome.
A Less Fantasy & More Sci-Fi Lord Solar Is Spreading Online
The new Lord Solar Leontus is striding into battle soon; here are a few redesigned looks and more on what people are saying about the model!
Spotted on r/TheAstraMilitarum, this half-joke picture of Yarrick on the horse instead has started to gain some traction.
First things first, credit to the photoshop-er, the darker palette does instantly make this model look 100x more grim-dark, and some people on the original post felt the same way.
Valhallan Lord Solar Looks Great!
Mockup of Severina’s head on Lord Solar in my Valhallan scheme
This redesigned and ‘shopped version of Lord Solar by Reddit user mud_goblin gives us the feels as well. It’s really shocking sometimes how just a change in paint scheme can really do so much for the look of any new Games Workshop model.
It seems like the major complaint from most comments is that the horse is robotic sure, but other than that, the original looks very similar to an AoS model! With Lord Solar being the face of the Imperial Guard going forward (he’s even on the new cover), you’d expect him to embody the grim reality of the faction, not some glorious holiness/hope for them going forward.
The versions above really bring back the overall aesthetic of Lord Solar to Warhammer 40k and not Age of Sigmar, in our opinion.
There’s Still Some Love Online for Lord Solar
Our friends at Sepulchre of Heroes are firm supporters of the new model.
The point he made with this meme is clear, the golden/holy theme is and has been in Imperial Guard artwork before! That being said, the design is clearly a point of contention.
Even within our Instagram post, you can find supporters and detractors split about the model’s design…
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Warhammer 40k and AoS are two distinct universes with very clear thematic and era differences. It’s a little bit of a shame that GW didn’t draw on those differences more for this new Solar.
That being said, it’s still a fantastic mini, and if nothing else, will make for a very easy model conversion for anyone who likes it!
At the end of the day, the only thing that matters is whether or not you enjoy the models you hobby and play with!
It looks like the Imperial Guard is getting a slew of new models that may also satiate the discerning treadhead. Dope new rules would be a fantastic pairing to have as well in their upcoming codex.
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Bio: Dark Eldar Dracon and Warhammer 40k hobbyist since the third edition in 1998. He also loves camping because you can only paint so much! He joined the Spikey Bits team in 2019 and has been the main daily writer since 2020.
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