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Well that's a solid swing and a miss for me, has the same problem as fulgrim

JSG wrote:
I just wish it were smaller, plainer and generally more boring.

 Azreal13 wrote:
Oh.

The wings lack any sense of life and are too small, and he looks like he's falling, not flying/diving.

There would perhaps have been a time when this model would have been absolutely top of my wishlist, but thankfully my disappointment these days is a lot more muted.

FW really miss the guy who did the first few primarch sculpts.

Simon Egan? This looks like one of his tbh.

Would appear so, although I thought the guy who did most of the early ones had a non-English sounding name, must be conflating it with something else.

If it is his I guess he was just in a Fulgrim mood.

I thought Sanguinus had black hair....then again I thought super Viking wolf guy had a beard

Ahhhhhahahahahahahaha jesus....That was the best laugh I've had in a long time, thank you Forgeworld.

I love that his posing and expression from the FW studio paintjob perfectly capture the expression Sanguinius would have milliseconds after landing nuts-first on a pointy chunk of volcanic rock.

I really like it me, I particularly love the angelic pose although I think they over did it a tad with the hair.

Yeah not feeling sanguinius at all there.

Dunno why but it I were a blood Angel player I'd be ticked.

 MeanGreenStompa wrote:
I love the pose, the sculpt and the pre-raphaelite facial expression.

"Fiery the Angels Fell..."

I wonder if his 'special edition' giant base will be a bloodthirster, a'la gandalf and the balrog?

I think you are more likely to be right than me...

 Azreal13 wrote:

FW really miss the guy who did the first few primarch sculpts.

Simon Egan? He sculpted this as well I believe.

 MajorWesJanson wrote:
Sounds like they are just letting us opt out of the massive display bases that add to the cost.

If that's true and we actually see the price for just the miniature go down to, say, 40 pounds because it doesn't have the ludicrous big lumps of resin display bases in there, that would be a fantastic move.

Sadly I can see them charging 60-65 for just Cupid there, and tacking on an extra 20 quid for the base. I hope my cynicism is misplaced.

EDIT: And don't judge the facial expression just yet folks; recall what their usual painter did to Kria the Huntress...

That...is a piss-ugly Primarch model.

They’re all Simon Egan except Lorgar who was by Edgar Skoromovski or something like that

I suspect the angle is very bad- the model looks to be twisting into the thrust, but you don't get any of that movement from this direction- his entire right thigh is hidden, for example. Will reserve full judgement for the 360.

Kdash wrote:I agree, I think it’s a mix of the angle and the right leg which just feels a little “off” for a pose that’s supposedly him charging down from above.
Also, I don’t know why, but, to me the model just also doesn’t look like 30k Sanguinius should do, in my mind. I’m just not getting the “regal/angelic” vibe from it.

Also… Why does it look like he has several Eyes of Horus on his chest plate?!? They aren’t, but they look so similar from the whole paint scheme of them.

They are- the armour was a gift from Horus I think, when they were best buds before Horus goes Chaos.

Malika2 wrote:Primarch on high heels?

I am fairly sure the "heel" is the tip of his sword scabbard hanging from the belt. The angle they have chosen is probably terrible

Azreal13 wrote:

JSG wrote:
I just wish it were smaller, plainer and generally more boring.

 Azreal13 wrote:
Oh.

The wings lack any sense of life and are too small, and he looks like he's falling, not flying/diving.

There would perhaps have been a time when this model would have been absolutely top of my wishlist, but thankfully my disappointment these days is a lot more muted.

FW really miss the guy who did the first few primarch sculpts.

Simon Egan? This looks like one of his tbh.

Would appear so, although I thought the guy who did most of the early ones had a non-English sounding name, must be conflating it with something else.

If it is his I guess he was just in a Fulgrim mood.

I think you are thinking of Skomorowski, IIRC. He did a few Primarchs, including Mortarion I think. Most of them are Egan.

 Azreal13 wrote:

JSG wrote:
I just wish it were smaller, plainer and generally more boring.

 Azreal13 wrote:
Oh.

The wings lack any sense of life and are too small, and he looks like he's falling, not flying/diving.

There would perhaps have been a time when this model would have been absolutely top of my wishlist, but thankfully my disappointment these days is a lot more muted.

FW really miss the guy who did the first few primarch sculpts.

Simon Egan? This looks like one of his tbh.

Would appear so, although I thought the guy who did most of the early ones had a non-English sounding name, must be conflating it with something else.

If it is his I guess he was just in a Fulgrim mood.

Only Lorgar, and maybe Mortarion was a different guy.

I’m super impressed with Sanguinius. I’m pretty surprised at the reaction to him.

Been waiting years for this.... And I hate it. Fek.

 ImAGeek wrote:

 Azreal13 wrote:

JSG wrote:
I just wish it were smaller, plainer and generally more boring.

 Azreal13 wrote:
Oh.

The wings lack any sense of life and are too small, and he looks like he's falling, not flying/diving.

There would perhaps have been a time when this model would have been absolutely top of my wishlist, but thankfully my disappointment these days is a lot more muted.

FW really miss the guy who did the first few primarch sculpts.

Simon Egan? This looks like one of his tbh.

Would appear so, although I thought the guy who did most of the early ones had a non-English sounding name, must be conflating it with something else.

If it is his I guess he was just in a Fulgrim mood.

Only Lorgar, and maybe Mortarion was a different guy.

I’m super impressed with Sanguinius. I’m pretty surprised at the reaction to him.

From a FW newsletter in 2014:

Mortarion the Reaper - Primarch of the Death Guard is a complete multi-part resin kit, designed by Edgar Skomorowski

So with Lorgar that is at least two.

I agree about this having the fulgrim problem. Ironically considering who he is, a grounded model would have served him better.

But then I always did prefer Horus and Vulkan over Fulgrim and Corax.

To me, it looks like he's surfing his way down the rock. I look forward to multiple surfing conversions now.

 Tannhauser42 wrote:
To me, it looks like he's surfing his way down the rock. I look forward to multiple surfing conversions now.

Boom. Swayze. Point Break. Done.

*shrug* Its a nice enough model. But I've never personally felt the need to own any of the 30k Primarchs.

I'm more interested in what FW have up there sleeve's that they are ok with showing off Sanguinius the Monday before the HH weekend.

*shrugs*

Does nothing for me. Shame.

 MajorWesJanson wrote:
Sounds like they are just letting us opt out of the massive display bases that add to the cost.

That's a very good idea.

 H.B.M.C. wrote:
*shrugs*

Does nothing for me. Shame.

 MajorWesJanson wrote:
Sounds like they are just letting us opt out of the massive display bases that add to the cost.

That's a very good idea.

The wings make this an especially big model already. I would not be at all surprised if it costs as much as other Primarchs do without the base, and that may be why they have separated the base to a collectors version.

 Haighus wrote:

 H.B.M.C. wrote:
*shrugs*

Does nothing for me. Shame.

 MajorWesJanson wrote:
Sounds like they are just letting us opt out of the massive display bases that add to the cost.

That's a very good idea.

The wings make this an especially big model already. I would not be at all surprised if it costs as much as other Primarchs do without the base, and that may be why they have separated the base to a collectors version.

Yeah, I’m not expecting him to be any cheaper sans base.

I wonder how hard/easy it will be to magnetize the wings.

Most of the primarch models suffer from terrible posing. Sanguinius is one of the worst, in my opinion.

I dont like the Sanguinious AT FIRST, but I am really starting to get behind the classical art angel style. I'd be on board for one if I can find a suitable replacement mask/helmet for the head.

I need to see a 360°, the waist and up looks great to me in general but the legs and wings look goofy from that angle.

I observe similar reaction to Sangi, as when Horus was first shown, from an less than flattering angle

Let's see if new angles can improve that angel.

Here a minor change; but it does a lot for me since he now looks leaping instead of falling.

Honestly I don't think there's really a bad Primarch, and the worst one (Fulgrim) is at least presentable.

It's better but it still has the ridiculous Fulgrim-esque mullet.

I like this and Fulgrim, Must have bad taste :p