Black Library News & Rumours Thread II, aka Rise of the Bibliophile

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**Kanluwen**

Chains wrapped around his forearms, cybernetic implants forming a kind of 'halo' around his head, the red tinge to his flesh, the bald head, etc are all characteristic of Angron.

Curze has black, stringy hair surrounding a gaunt corpselike face expressing very little emotion.

**dienekes96**

Angron = Kratos
Kurze = Batman

Nice picture. Surprised to see Sanguinius tucked all the way down there. Early HH novels indicated a real closeness between he and Horus.

**KamikazeCanuck**

Maybe. But it does look like his skull has been cut in to.

EDIT: ninja'd and then some.

**Grarg**

I now see the mace that Lorgar is holding, didn't pick that up right away.

The picture of Dorn threw me off a bit because of what seems like a lightening claw on his left hand. I always thought he carried a hammer or a fist...

**reds8n**

Horus and Fulgrim

Jaghatai Khan, Lorgar Aurelian, and Rogal Dorn

Sanguinius, Mortarion, Magnus the Red and Angron

**KamikazeCanuck**

Was this when Horus was declared Warmaster?

**Pacific**

Yes indeed, in this photo you can see the massed ranks of Astartes and also the Titans that were present there - apparently on top of a mountain that had been flattened by Imperial Engineers for just this purpose!

**Temujin**

I just finished Salvation's Reach. It was a great read - the sort of book that you can't help but race through. There was a lot more stuff happening and correspondingly less characterisation, which might sound terrible, but there's so much gripping stuff going on that it's hard to come away disappointed. I've opened a thread to discuss book ruining spoiler stuff, but one that I can safely ask here is do we have any idea when the next book is due? If you've read the book you'll probably understand why I'm a little impatient.

**BrookM**

Working my way through Path of the Seer and I can't help but think that the protagonist is a bit of a bitch. Now now, I've got nothing against women, just this alien one.

**automatonsleuth**

For anyone who still doesn't believe that shorty-in-the-middle is Angron, it's worth taking a look at the following entry of Aaron Dembski-Bowden's blog:

http://aarondembskibowden.wordpress.com/2011/09/30/the-butchers-nails-art-voice-direction-suggestions/

where you can see the cover artwork for the audio drama "The Butcher's Nails" and John Blanche's original concept artwork for Angron. There's no doubt once you've seen them that it is indeed Mr Angry himself.

I know Magnus was "The Crimson King", but I didn't think his skin was quite that red. I thought he was named for his bright red hair, wherelse his skin was more copper. It's interesting to see him beside his brothers though, really puts it into perspective that he was a giant. It's hard to imagine anyone towering over the Emperor, but now I've seen this...

**BrookM**

ANGRON – Ron Pearlman / Hellboy.

LORGAR – Dr. Manhattan.

KHARN – vox-altered almost all the time, similar to Throne of Lies.

CAPTAIN LOTARA SARRIN – Mid-30s, energetic English female. A moronic tabloid would describe her as “posh but saucy”, when they really mean “she speaks like Nigella Lawson”.

IVAR TOBEN – British WWII officer.

VOXMASTER KEJIC (and any other officers) – British WWII officer.

SERVITORS – Just like in Throne of Lies, as they rocked.

ELDAR REAVER CAPTAIN – a rasping whisper, disgusted to even be talking to humans, and with abrasive background noise, like the transmissions in Event Horizon. Also, when he says “mon-keigh”, can it be “mon-kee” and not “monk-eye” like in the DoW games? Otherwise it no longer makes sense and misses the point of why it’s funny.

ARGEL TAL – He speaks in two voices at the same time: one like a normal Space Marine, one lower, daemonic, and eerily resonant.

Interesting to see how the voice actor(s?) will do these.

**1hadhq**

Pacific wrote:Yes indeed, in this photo you can see the massed ranks of Astartes and also the Titans that were present there - apparently on top of a mountain that had been flattened by Imperial Engineers for just this purpose!

Reavers and something bigger ...

different Warlord design? Less cathedral style design of imperators?

**BrookM**

Mind you, this is from a time when the Imperium didn't add bling to everything.

**Alpharius**

Death By Monkeys wrote:Why is everyone thinking that's Angron? I'm thinking it's Curze.

Because I already listed who was in the picture AND because he wasn't at Ullanor?

reds8n wrote:

Horus and Fulgrim

Jaghatai Khan, Lorgar Aurelian, and Rogal Dorn

Sanguinius, Mortarion, Magnus the Red and Angron

Didn't I already sat that?!?

**KamikazeCanuck**

It's not official till reds8n says so!

**reds8n**

Today on the blog, some new artwork from the talented Clint Langley.

Clint has really gone to town on the little touches here. Check out the macabre skull detailing on the Space Marine’s power armour.

This guy is a Silver Skulls Space Marine, a Chapter made familiar to readers of Hammer and Bolter through Sarah Cawkwell’s series of short stories. This artwork will be on the cover of the 'The Best of Hammer and Bolter: Volume One', a compilation of the best short stories from the first twelve issues of Hammer and Bolter. The book will be available in July next year.

If you’d like to own the full versions of issues one through twelve, including interviews, previews, audio extracts and the serialised novel Phalanx, you can download The Complete Hammer and Bolter: Year One as an eBook (the biggest Black library eBook ever, as it happens).

Tune in next Monday to see some new Horus Heresy artwork from Neil Roberts.
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looking very nice indeed.

**Grarg**

Wow.... that picture looks awesome.

**Vermillion**

Love the artwork, though I am sure Sanguinius had black hair in the novels

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**Kanluwen**

Pyro's going Big Time.

**KamikazeCanuck**

You guys remember when GW used to give you little silver skulls like on that guy's armour back in the day for every $10 you spent? Didn't know they made a whole chapter out of that promotional campaign.

**Ehsteve**

Alpharius wrote:Pic, L to R: Sanguinius, Mortarion, Magnus, Angron, Khan, Lorgar, Dorn, Horus, Fulgrim

i.e., all of the Super-friends who were at Ullanor!

You forgot to note down Corax and Alpharius who are somewhere in this picture, you just can't see them

Picture: Y U NO HAVE PERTURABO!?

I can certainly tell Lorgar from his MKII armour, but looks a bit plain for a primarch...

**Kanluwen**

KamikazeCanuck wrote:You guys remember when GW used to give you little silver skulls like on that guy's armour back in the day for every $10 you spent? Didn't know they made a whole chapter out of that promotional campaign.

Don't say that, or Pyroriffic will have you destroyed.

**H.B.M.C.**

I knew Magnus was meant to be big... but I didn't expect him to be that big. And tell me - does Angron have two small chain-blades attached to those chains? Does he whip them around while screaming?

And really, Ron Pearlman? I don't want Angron saying "War. War never changes." I want TC Carson doing the voice, just to get the whole Kratos thing across!

**Kanluwen**

I didn't even freaking notice that.

Ron Perlman in my 40k?

Well, that's one thing to cross off my list of "DO WANT!"...

**H.B.M.C.**

I have no problem with Ron Pearlman. I just think that if you're going to make Angron into the little (angry) engine that could, go the whole hog and get the guy who did Kratos' voice to voice him.

**dienekes96**

Ron Perlman (no "a") would kill the guy who does the voice of Kratos. Great choice. He has actual texture and depth to his voice. I'm sure it won't happen.

Unto the Avil of War

**H.B.M.C.**

Well of course he would. Last picture of TC Carson I saw made him look like a jazz musician, not a big fighty type guy. Perlman on the other hand looks like a caveman lost in time, so of course he'd win!

**Pacific**

'Caveman lost in time' haha I like that..

Have the voice actors actually been confirmed yet?

1hadhq wrote:

Reavers and something bigger ... different Warlord design? Less cathedral style design of imperators?

I believe it is a new design for the Warlord..

**Eumerin**

Perlman's also done the voice of Conan. I've got no issues with him...

**BrookM**

I do believe those were voice actor suggestions, not an actual casting list.