Will you use the new Horus Heresy Esoterist Consul to summon powers from the warp, or defy the edicts to hold off the Warmaster’s new powers?
Another shrouded model is coming to light for Horus Heresy, which means there is basically one model left out of all the Horus Heresy New Year’s Preview! The other games aren’t getting revealed nearly as quickly, but it’s nice to see new models constantly.
This looks like it will be coming from Forge World, which means it will be resin. In the post, they also talk about the non-traitor version (which is somewhat weird given the lore), but the model comes with an 8-pointed staff, so maybe we’ll see the loyalist version soon as well.
Let’s check it out!
New Horus Heresy Esoterist Consul Model Revealed By GW!
The model comes from this Warhammer Community post.
With the Heresy in full swing, the Traitor Legions are free to explore the forbidden arts anew – and the Esoterist Consul steps out from the shadows. No matter how fiercely the Emperor suppressed the Primordial Truth, there were always those willing to explore the Immaterium’s secrets – whether to ward off its eldritch denizens, or harness their unnatural power.
We assumed it would be some sort of psyker when looking at the Force Staff, and here we go! The model is pretty cool looking and has a lot of detail.
The Traitors quickly embraced these mind-expanding secrets, spread by robed conjurers through the rituals of the Warrior Lodges – but as the Heresy progressed, even Loyalist psykers drank deep from wells of outlawed knowledge. Desperate to overcome the Warmaster’s strange new powers, gifted lore-seekers and ex-Librarians defied the Edicts of Nikaea – with or without the blessings of their Primarchs.
It looks like the only option for the kit is an extra head, but hey, better than nothing. As we said, this comes from Forge World so it will be resin; let’s just hope it goes on regular pre-order and not MTO, so you won’t have to wait 180 days to get it.
However, both flavours of Esoterist can unleash Void Darts – a powerful psychic weapon that tears open reality itself. With a dozen shots that can chain into extra hits through Deflagrate, it’s nasty enough – but it also wounds Daemons on a 2+ and forces them to re-roll Invulnerable Saves.
Against Daemons, this will be insanely strong! Wounding on a 2+, and then they have to re-roll successful saves. Either way, though, 12 shots are quite strong at S5.
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