Ian's bitterness in the lack of militia rules is palpable. I'm here for it.

"... competitive 40K is ridiculous." Preach it, brother.

I really do hope they bring the Solar Auxilia to plastic form, yeah they can be converted and I'm fine with that. But having them as official plastic models would be really cool! I remember hearing about them then reading their lore and thought they were so awesome

Ian, you are so underrated as a content creator. You are incredibly talented, and your videos are always well done and accurate. I just appreciate you immensely

finding out that there's rules for Leman Russes with one big hull-mounted cannon makes me feel WAY more inspired to do some converting for renegades

*Thunderbolts and Lightnings, Very Very Frightenings!*

Unlike the Cults & Militia, where basically any human-scale models can be proxied in if they've got a gun, third party options for the heavily armored Solar Auxilia require more fiddling. Although I would argue that certain doctrines within the Solar Auxilia, such as the Penal or Feral ones, could be used with "normal" third party plastic kits. The former could be done somewhat well with Wargames Atlantic's "Cannon Fodder" kit, which has the added bonus of coming with space helmets. They're just obviously less armored, wearing little more than a jumpsuit. Feral troops could be made with many pre-modern historical kits, though again they may feel less armored than is appropriate. The lack of armor can be mitigated somewhat by either kitbashing kits with more armored torsos (example: any of the "Knight" kits from Perry Miniatures). Or, if so inclined, by sculpting them on with Green Stuff (though that seems like a lot of work for an infantry-heavy force). Another option from Wargames Atlantic are the "Iron-Core" kits, which are far more armored. They have fewer models per kit than most WA products, but come with a plethora of weapon styles. So you should be able to find something within the kits to replicate all the options for Solar Auxilia squads. If not, they can be kitbashed fairly easily. Various manufacturers put out miniatures in resin that resemble the kind of void combat the Solar Auxilia is known for. Anvil Industry immediately comes to mind for this. I tend to not recommend resin minis in most cases, simply because resin tends to cost roughly as much as GW plastic kits. Third party plastics tend to be a lot cheaper per model. But in this case, we're comparing the price of third party resin against _Forge World_ resin. You're not only paying the GW tax, but the Forge World tax. With that in mind, most third party resin manufacturers are way cheaper. All of this assuming you're buying the models. If you have a 3D printer, everything I've said until now is irrelevant. Just find acceptable proxy STLs, that fit the aesthetic you prefer, and print away. There are hundreds, if not thousands, of people making such STLs online. (Honestly, if you don't mind learning a whole new hobby, buying a 3D printer is comically more efficient than buying from Forge World.)

There are also "evil" solar auxilia 3rd party models called the Lunar Auxilia for those Horus fans.

It's funny, in NZ the Forge World antipodean markup isn't as bad as standard GW so it's actually cheaper to buy the Solar Auxiliary than the Navis Breaches (3rd party sellers notwithstanding)

This is an excellent overview. I’m hoping that the Warhammer Community post today about the despoiler squad arms upgrade kit where they said more plastic infantry is on the way was talking about Solar Auxilia units. Plastic Mk II would be nice & old LOVE plastic breachers, but plastic SA would be such a boon for HH players.

I like that they are drawing from another era of histoy, Tercio's where how the Spanish army was organized in the 1600's and 1700's

Legit I knew nothing about Auxilia! And I have 2 squads veletaris!

You got me champing at the bit for a Sister's of Silence video, keep being awesome.

I see you like your Crassus Heavy transport. Would you like some Crassus heavy transport with your Crassus heavy transport?

Just love all the work you do! Thank you.

Praying every day for militia. Solar auxilia will do for now

As always, an awesome video with lots of useful info! Thank you!

Very cool. Concise and informative videos. Thank you for the kit-bashing selections. Keep up the good work.

Would love to have these guys in plastic so I could afford to make an Imperial Guard army of them, their design is so cool!

Excellent work as always dude 😁❤️👍🏻

Love this Video. I really appreciate the conversion suggestions. I hope you do a video with conversion recommendations for the Legion specific units at some point. I'm definitely going to try converting navy breachers after this.

9:05 I'm glad the GSC connection got a shout, I'm definitely considering the new models for my cult 🤙

I love when you do a video about the Auxilia

I really tempted to buy a bunch of Solar Aux miniatures but every time I see them I'm reminded how brittle the lasguns must be.

thanks for the great video, i realy hope for one or 2 blatis sets of solar auxilia!

Damn... If I was wealthier, I'd be all over this. So cool. Thanks, Ian. You rock. 🤘🙂

I've been eyeing the new Kasrkin to make a Solar Auxilia army

I couldn't find any examples online but hae Solar Auxilia troopers ever defeated Space Marines, even just a single one, in the books?

Rotor cannons are available in the Heresy Weapons upgrade kit, but they're meant for SM's. Might have to do some creative modelling to get them to fit SO models. Haven't tried it yet, but some of them are destined to be carried by my Oldhammer Guard.

With Legions Imperialis featuring SA in the launch box and that "mystery army" for HH coming this winter... we just MIGHT see plastic SA soon (ish).

I hope they make them a multipart plastic kit.

You should do the siege of vraks

man i am jonesing for new militia rules! I have two squads of shotgunners, including my Felinids, who would be great with the old rules and I hope the new ones as well

Awesome video, more important now that Militia is "lagging".... :( Am I the only one scared that Imperialis Militia never comes back in HH2?

You should do this for the actual legions. I don't think there's anywhere that the unit types are readily available

now that the militia rules are back will you make a video about them?

The arvus lighter is no longer available sadly. I was at warhammer world in December and staff said it was gone 😥

It’s sort of ridiculous that we’ve been waiting more than 8 months for the Militias PDF and Ruinstorm PDF. Then again with how badly written the Libers have been in places after the Astartes, we shouldn’t be too surprised, their priorities are with their other stuff.

And hey, we got Militia now!

Thanks for the video. Regular dudes unite!

Hoooooooorah!

They need to come back in 40k

I'm interested in traitor solar auxilia

yay more wholesome 40k content

I want the leman russ incinerator for 40k imperial guard please 🥺

I fear the Arvus Lighter has gone out of production as it's marked as 'Sold Out' and 'No Longer Available', at least on the UK Forge World site. :(

I'm surprised the Arvus is in there. The model is currently "no longer available" from forgeworld.

Is it just meme or are the Tempestus Scions deliberately supposed to look like Solar Auxilia? Like the TS are their modern successors?

Nice mix of ancient Rome and 16th century Spain. God love games workshop for being the gate way to historic wargaming 🤣🤣🤣🤣

No hope of using standard Astra Militarum models as proxies for infantry?

I was literally just debating with myself whether to start Solar Auxilia or Sons of Horus, and I think this video may have swung me. Get out of my head, Ian. I know it's empty and spacious in there but I don't like my thoughts being read

Who’s here after finding a lack of solar content in Legions Imperialis?

these dudes look expensive and complicated

Solar auxilia kill team 😎

Want to lile so much, but we're at 666 and I don't want to be that guy 🤣

I hope they end up going plastic I would buy them if that ends up happening.

Okay... so why didn't you talk about any 3D printing options? You said this was all stupid expensive and you want to get people into the hobby. It is things like this that make people worry about what is in that contract you have to sign with Games-Workshop. I would really love an explaination because this is the perfect force for letting your 3D print or 3 party flag fly because of what they are.

2:30 ... wait, so 30K gets platoons back.. But the new guard codex doesnt?! WTF GW