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 Alpharius wrote:
Ferrus Manus, Primarch of...the Tenth Legion.

(Hoping to forestall any more funnies! )

Grimtuff wrote:

 Hereticdave wrote:
His hammer has an x-marks the spot on it

I would presume the "X" is for the 10th legion. He's got a lot of X's on him. That or he's straight edge...

I would guess that we'll have this pointed out to us every new page - but still...?!?

Zweischneid wrote:

BrotherVord wrote:
I love th way the two models fit together, it's a really cool touch. Maybe we'll get the same thing for some of the other primarchs, one can hope.

We'll see. Sanguinius-Horus-Emperor-three-way-set

Still, at the current pace, it'll be a while

Games Day 2012 - Angron
Inbetween GDs - Fulgrim
Games Day 2013 - Ferrus Manus
Inbetween GDs - Corax
Games Day 2014 - Night Haunter
Inbetween GDs - Vulkan
Games Day 2015 - Magnus
Inbetween GDs - Leman Russ
Games Day 2016 - Lorgar
Inbetween GDs - Guilliman
Games Day 2017 - Mortarion
Inbetween GDs - Khan
Games Day 2018 - Rogal Dorn
Inbetween GDs - Perturabo
Games Day 2019 - The Lion
Inbetween GDs - Alpharius
Games Day 2020 - Sanguinius
Inbetween GDs - Horus
Games Day 2021 - The Emperor

I certainly hope that's not the pace, but, hard to argue with the facts to date!

 Hulksmash wrote:
Naming conventions don't put me off amazing models. And this model is definitely my favorite primarch so far. I'm also now super excited for Perturabo when he eventually gets released. The Primarchs have been going from strength to strength.

And I'll second that adding Manus to Fulgrim in a diorama makes Fulgrim even better.

I'd disagree with that somewhat. Adding Manus to the diorama just shows how derpy the Fulgrim model when compared directly with one so well sculpted. Fulgrim looks like a bad space version of a wood elf wardancer circa 1998.


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 Ratius wrote:
Ferrus is the first Primarch model from FW Im disappointed with. His head/face is so ordinary, looks like any old generic Sergent to me. And the paint job, a sort of tan effect on him? isnt he from Medusa a world perpetually gloomy where the sun rarely breaks through? Is he holidaying in Florida?

I suppose he could have headbutted the Great Silver Worm to death in magma instead to get a more memorable face but then we'd all be complaining how he was just ripping off Destro in GI JOE.


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 spiralingcadaver wrote:
Either way, that guy's epic, though, and I might still paint one up.

If I ever got back into building a 40k army (like with a true scale skirmish scale force for another ruleset), that would be a fig I'd desperately want for a techmarine/captain.

 Alpharius wrote:
GW is nothing if not subtle!

But yeah, this one is one of their silliest.

Still, kinda cool nonetheless - and what a model!

Kharn the Betrayer.

Sounds quite cool, kind of similar to Khan (or should I say KHHHHAAAAAAAN?) until you realise......

The word Kharn means "betrayer" in Arabic. Yes, his name is in fact, Betrayer the Betrayer. But back onto the topic, I think the model looks really badass. I do however, wish the Primarch's came with helmet options.

Personally I really like Ferrus and I might just pick one up on GD. He just looks like a proper brute.

Is it just me, or does the paint job makes it look like he has a spray on tan?

Personally looking forward to Book II: Massacre more than anything.

 Lockark wrote:
Is it just me, or does the paint job makes it look like he has a spray on tan?

It's an okay paintjob, but that's it. The face really looks much better unpainted in those photos. The excessive shading simply doesn't work here.

 Alpharius wrote:
GW is nothing if not subtle!

But yeah, this one is one of their silliest.

Aren't you a fan of the Raven Guard as well?

You know, the Raven Guard.

With their Primarch Corvus Corax (aka: The Common Raven).

Who quotes "the Raven" when he leaves forever.

Whose chapter now wears black Raven pattern armor?



There are just some elements of that lovely 80's camp and silliness that they will be stuck with forever...

 d-usa wrote:

 Alpharius wrote:
GW is nothing if not subtle!

But yeah, this one is one of their silliest.

Aren't you a fan of the Raven Guard as well?

You know, the Raven Guard.

With their Primarch Corvus Corax (aka: The Common Raven).

Who quotes "the Raven" when he leaves forever.

Whose chapter now wears black Raven pattern armor?



There are just some elements of that lovely 80's camp and silliness that they will be stuck with forever...

I think his name is 'just' "Corax" but yeah, the Silly.

It gets worse though if you remember the old Index Astartes about him and what his 'final word(s)' were...

 Imposter101 wrote:

 Alpharius wrote:
GW is nothing if not subtle!

But yeah, this one is one of their silliest.

Still, kinda cool nonetheless - and what a model!

Kharn the Betrayer.

Sounds quite cool, kind of similar to Khan (or should I say KHHHHAAAAAAAN?) until you realise......

The word Kharn means "betrayer" in Arabic. Yes, his name is in fact, Betrayer the Betrayer. But back onto the topic, I think the model looks really badass. I do however, wish the Primarch's came with helmet options.

But Kharn isn't the Primarch of his rather angry Legion.

 Alpharius wrote:

 d-usa wrote:

 Alpharius wrote:
GW is nothing if not subtle!

But yeah, this one is one of their silliest.

Aren't you a fan of the Raven Guard as well?

You know, the Raven Guard.

With their Primarch Corvus Corax (aka: The Common Raven).

Who quotes "the Raven" when he leaves forever.

Whose chapter now wears black Raven pattern armor?



There are just some elements of that lovely 80's camp and silliness that they will be stuck with forever...

I think his name is 'just' "Corax" but yeah, the Silly.

It gets worse though if you remember the old Index Astartes about him and what his 'final word(s)' were...

I think Deliverance Lost officially established him to have the full Latin name for the Raven, but maybe it's just propaganda from the Alpha Legion.

Lets not forget the story behind the World Eaters and their Primarch Sparticus, I mean Angron.

 d-usa wrote:

I think Deliverance Lost officially established him to have the full Latin name for the Raven, but maybe it's just propaganda from the Alpha Legion.

One of the biggest 'revelations' from DELIVERANCE LOST is the fact that they've completely done away with what we 'knew' about the Raven Guard and their past, and why Corax went on his walkabout into the Eye.

Completely changed it!

I wonder what else will now change in their background because of this!

 Alpharius wrote:

 d-usa wrote:

I think Deliverance Lost officially established him to have the full Latin name for the Raven, but maybe it's just propaganda from the Alpha Legion.

One of the biggest 'revelations' from DELIVERANCE LOST is the fact that they've completely done away with what we 'knew' about the Raven Guard and their past, and why Corax went on his walkabout into the Eye.

Completely changed it!

I wonder what else will now change in their background because of this!

Deliverance Lost is a disaster of a novel. Turned a tragic story into a other Alpha Legion Mary Sue story. Boring and pointless.

Nosebiter wrote:

 Alpharius wrote:

 d-usa wrote:

I think Deliverance Lost officially established him to have the full Latin name for the Raven, but maybe it's just propaganda from the Alpha Legion.

One of the biggest 'revelations' from DELIVERANCE LOST is the fact that they've completely done away with what we 'knew' about the Raven Guard and their past, and why Corax went on his walkabout into the Eye.

Completely changed it!

I wonder what else will now change in their background because of this!

Deliverance Lost is a disaster of a novel. Turned a tragic story into a other Alpha Legion Mary Sue story. Boring and pointless.

I liked deliverance lost, I thought that it was a solid, it not average story.

Nosebiter wrote:

 Alpharius wrote:

 d-usa wrote:

I think Deliverance Lost officially established him to have the full Latin name for the Raven, but maybe it's just propaganda from the Alpha Legion.

One of the biggest 'revelations' from DELIVERANCE LOST is the fact that they've completely done away with what we 'knew' about the Raven Guard and their past, and why Corax went on his walkabout into the Eye.

Completely changed it!

I wonder what else will now change in their background because of this!

Deliverance Lost is a disaster of a novel. Turned a tragic story into a other Alpha Legion Mary Sue story. Boring and pointless.

No kidding?

And it removes all of the blame from Corax and places it on the XX Legion of Mustache Twirlers.

I still liked it enough, but, I wish they'd only let Abnett write about the Alpha Legion.

Pretty good model, however, (and I'll confess to not knowing an awful lot about Manus when saying this) the bare arms look jarring on such a heavily armoured figure a, with the paint job not helping at all, and the servo harness is too busy.

I remember Manus fighting with an oversized wrench against Fulgrim on the cover of an HH book. It seemed like a unique weapon. Shame they just gave him a hammer.

sockwithaticket wrote:
Pretty good model, however, (and I'll confess to not knowing an awful lot about Manus when saying this) the bare arms look jarring on such a heavily armoured figure a, with the paint job not helping at all, and the servo harness is too busy.

The bare arms are Ferrus's thing... Before he found civilization he was in a back and forth fight with a giant silver worm (Necron Tomb Stalker I believe). When Ferrus finally beat it into submission, he took it in a choke hold and submerged it in lava. When he pulled his hands out, they were that silvery color, coating with that material. Ferrus's hands can craft anything as well as as Vulkan could with a hammer.


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 Harriticus wrote:
I remember Manus fighting with an oversized wrench against Fulgrim on the cover of an HH book. It seemed like a unique weapon. Shame they just gave him a hammer.

The wrench was on the cover of Fulgrim...

The Hammer is Forgebreaker, a hammer forged by Fulgrim when the two met. In the climactic battle between Fulgrim and Ferrus, Ferrus fought with Forgebreaker, and Fulgrim fought with the silver handled Laer sword that was tainted with Slaanesh's 'influence'.

It should also be noted that Perturabo might also be armed with Forgebreaker considering Fulgrim gave it to him after Ferrus's death.

 Alfndrate wrote:

sockwithaticket wrote:
Pretty good model, however, (and I'll confess to not knowing an awful lot about Manus when saying this) the bare arms look jarring on such a heavily armoured figure a, with the paint job not helping at all, and the servo harness is too busy.

The bare arms are Ferrus's thing... Before he found civilization he was in a back and forth fight with a giant silver worm (Necron Tomb Stalker I believe). When Ferrus finally beat it into submission, he took it in a choke hold and submerged it in lava. When he pulled his hands out, they were that silvery color, coating with that material. Ferrus's hands can craft anything as well as as Vulkan could with a hammer.

Fair enough, I thought it'd be part of his character design, though I don't see how that incident means he can't armour up?

sockwithaticket wrote:
Pretty good model, however, (and I'll confess to not knowing an awful lot about Manus when saying this) the bare arms look jarring on such a heavily armoured figure

Be that as they may, they are his constitutionally protected right under the second amendment. I don't normally bare arms but I like knowing I could if I chose to, with proper licensing.

I really like this model so no real complaints. But after reading Fulgrim I was left with the impression Ferrus was taller than Fulgrim and just bigger in general. In the model Fulgrim is clearly standing on higher ground so it's hard to tell but it seems like they are pretty close to the same size?

 Alfndrate wrote:

sockwithaticket wrote:
Pretty good model, however, (and I'll confess to not knowing an awful lot about Manus when saying this) the bare arms look jarring on such a heavily armoured figure a, with the paint job not helping at all, and the servo harness is too busy.

The bare arms are Ferrus's thing... Before he found civilization he was in a back and forth fight with a giant silver worm (Necron Tomb Stalker I believe). When Ferrus finally beat it into submission, he took it in a choke hold and submerged it in lava. When he pulled his hands out, they were that silvery color, coating with that material. Ferrus's hands can craft anything as well as as Vulkan could with a hammer.


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 Harriticus wrote:
I remember Manus fighting with an oversized wrench against Fulgrim on the cover of an HH book. It seemed like a unique weapon. Shame they just gave him a hammer.

The wrench was on the cover of Fulgrim...

The Hammer is Forgebreaker, a hammer forged by Fulgrim when the two met. In the climactic battle between Fulgrim and Ferrus, Ferrus fought with Forgebreaker, and Fulgrim fought with the silver handled Laer sword that was tainted with Slaanesh's 'influence'.

It should also be noted that Perturabo might also be armed with Forgebreaker considering Fulgrim gave it to him after Ferrus's death.

Actully in Angel Exterminatus it's established that Hours took forgebreaker and turned into into a Deamon weapon that he gifted to Perturabo.

It should also be noted that Perturabo might also be armed with Forgebreaker considering Fulgrim gave it to him after Ferrus's death.

There'll probably be two Perturabo, the first one will probably not have Forgebreaker as he'll be based on what he was like at Istvaan v.

 warboss wrote:

 Rayvon wrote:

What "quality control issues" would they be ?
I have been buying FW for years and apart from some old kits that did not fit very well, most of it has been bang on.

While I haven't had an issue with my last two purchased models, I've had issues with pretty most others before that echoed the issues others raised. I once got a icon kit that looked similar to this (but was GK) where the flash was as thick as the icons. Even if the QA person was legally blind, just holding it showed how bad the mold gap was and it never should have made it into a zip lock bag as acceptable. My Inquisitor Rex also had multiple important issues.

Fair enough, I have done over 50 FW kits and only had three miscasts. The biggest problems I have encountered are poor packers giving me the wrong stuff a couple of times and also I have had a few kits missing pieces.
I still would not say they have "quality control issues" myself, as they have thousands of orders each day there will be some mistakes, not that I am sticking up for them, but I can also see your side of the coin too !

This makes me a very happy Tenth legionnaire indeed.

I'll take seven.

I quite like the model but I'm also someone who imagined Ferrus bald for some reason...

I've got to say, I'm not someone who is rushing out to buy any primarches yet. I've got Abaddon and Loken from the series, but that's that.

 Compel wrote:
I quite like the model but I'm also someone who imagined Ferrus bald for some reason...

Actually, you've got a point there; I've always imagined Ferrus as bald, and I think he's bald on the cover of 'Fulgrim' (although he's also wielding a Power Wrench so go figure). I guess it could be to help distinguish him from Perturabo?

Yes I had imagined Ferrus as being bald, with his body and shoulders being very heavily armoured. Although, guess that's always the way when you have been reading a book for years and a film (in this case miniature) comes along.. at least it's not Tom Cruise for Jack Reacher level

sockwithaticket wrote:Fair enough, I thought it'd be part of his character design, though I don't see how that incident means he can't armour up?

I think he's still okay considering that his bare hands literally melted a sword. But then he got the gak kicked out of him by Pretty Pretty Princess Fulgrim.

Lockark wrote:Actully in Angel Exterminatus it's established that Hours took forgebreaker and turned into into a Deamon weapon that he gifted to Perturabo.

Sorry, you are correct. The reason why I thought it was Fulgrim that gave it to him was because Fulgrim was one of the other central characters in Angel Exterminatus.