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It's alright.

I really like the model, but the paint scheme leaves much to be desired.

Agreed - model is good, paint job is garish

I'm not sure I'll be able to paint that model up in the same color scheme I've been using (varying shades of grey and off white with green and brown stains). It's got so much detail to it, and I'm not sure what I'd do with those wings.

Meh, it's alright I suppose. Not as much of a "omfgbbq must have" as I hoped, which I guess is good for my wallet

The paint scheme does feel a little Slaaneshi, and the pose isn't very dynamic; compare it to Magnus' regal, Lord Darkness look. But it's not horrible. I was originally thinking that I wanted Mortarion to be skeletally thin, to contrast with the rest of the legion and play up his Grim Reaper aspect, but that probably would have been too similar to the Nightbringer.

Kinda glad I've dropped the idea of going Death Guard. I think the model is a bit "meh", but I'd like to see a MUCH better paintjob before I pass judgment completely. Waaaaay too much detail, but if most of it can be clipped/removed...could be something worthwhile under all that silliness.

I will say though, out of the Primarchs we've seen...only Magnus hasn't been a trainwreck of a miniature. That saddens me as it doesn't bode well for future models.

Am I the only one who really likes it? The wings and face mask are particularly excellent. The paint job looks like it is the army painters one and not eavy metal.
I also like the general bulkiness of it. The old skeletal mini was far too much of a cliché. I will wait to see better pics and alternative paint schemes but so far I think this is my favourite of the plastic primarchs released so far.

He looks great, I can't wait to see the rest of this White Dwarf

Oh man im just in the starting process of my Nids and SW but the urge to run Death Guard as my 3rd army got harder to resist.. Anyone wanna buy a kidney? I only need one anyway

Chikout wrote:
Am I the only one who really likes it? The wings and face mask are particularly excellent. The paint job looks like it is the army painters one and not eavy metal.
I also like the general bulkiness of it. The old skeletal mini was far too much of a cliché. I will wait to see better pics and alternative paint schemes but so far I think this is my favourite of the plastic primarchs released so far.

I like the overall model and am very glad they kept him mostly human looking. That was a big worry of mine.

I think it is a bit busy as far as details go, but that's my only complain with the model and it's a bit of s nitpick. I suppose I was just expecting something closer to the amazing Horus Hersey model.

I like him but i'm not terribly keen on the wings as is

(although if you gave him a second pair like the AoS plague drone I think it would look better even though it won't fit the official descriptions of him)

Some bulky... things in the top left

SilverAlien wrote:

Chikout wrote:
Am I the only one who really likes it? The wings and face mask are particularly excellent. The paint job looks like it is the army painters one and not eavy metal.
I also like the general bulkiness of it. The old skeletal mini was far too much of a cliché. I will wait to see better pics and alternative paint schemes but so far I think this is my favourite of the plastic primarchs released so far.

I like the overall model and am very glad they kept him mostly human looking. That was a big worry of mine.

He's definitely still recognizably a Space Marine, whereas Magnus has almost nothing Marine left about him. Interesting contrast.


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Warhams-77 wrote:
Some bulky... things in the top left

Death Guard termies?

Not sure I like him. The model pose feels oddly similar to the Celestant Prime, with the upward wings, downward arms, as if they used the same base model... It's detailed and cool, but... oddily similar to that other model...

Warhams-77 wrote:
Some bulky... things in the top left

They look like Raptors

 Inquisitor Kallus wrote:

Warhams-77 wrote:
Some bulky... things in the top left

They look like Raptors

They do indeed

Warhams-77 wrote:

 Inquisitor Kallus wrote:

Warhams-77 wrote:
Some bulky... things in the top left

They look like Raptors

They do indeed

Actually, theyre the primaris jump guys on closer inspectiom. curved stands and assault white cross on pack. Foetid drone is in center.

Was looking forward t more new stuff. Ae we just gettiny Morty, terminators, death guard and the plagueburster tank?

Looks like a rejected captain planet villain.

Am i the only person looking at his gear he has a freaking gun. It looks like a large plasma pistol to me a very large pistol i want to know what it will do

Blah. Busy and overwrought. And I hate to think of how that is 'attached' to a base.

What are the fiddly purple bits and hammer attached to the chains?

darthryan wrote:
Am i the only person looking at his gear he has a freaking gun. It looks like a large plasma pistol to me a very large pistol i want to know what it will do

It's probably the Lantern, his custom energy blaster. In 30K (based on 7th edition rules) it's S8, AP2, Assault 1 and Sunder.

His Reaper (Silence) is probably a juiced-up Manreaper.


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Voss wrote:
Blah. Busy and overwrought. And I hate to think of how that is 'attached' to a base.

What are the fiddly purple bits and hammer attached to the chains?

They look like thuribles, with purple smoke coming out of some of them.

Voss wrote:
And I hate to think of how that is 'attached' to a base.

I can tell you exactly how it's attached to the base.

By you. Repeatedly. All the time.

That thing looks like it'd wiggle and break from whatever is holding it up, all it'd take is one grilled-chicken fart nearby and it's gonna 'plink'.

The model is very busy. Don't care much for the paint job. But, just glad to see him

darthryan wrote:
Am i the only person looking at his gear he has a freaking gun. It looks like a large plasma pistol to me a very large pistol i want to know what it will do

Presumably is going to be similar to his HH lantern which was a more powerful plasma pistol.

Voss wrote:
Blah. Busy and overwrought. And I hate to think of how that is 'attached' to a base.

What are the fiddly purple bits and hammer attached to the chains?

I think the purpose stuff is smoke and demon fly things but it's hard to tell. Not sure what you mean by hammer.

I actually love him. He's awesome as! I'd paint the robes and hood a dirty white/cream colour though, but he's great! Can't wait to get some more pics of him.

The gas mask looks awesome, his pistol looks really cool, looks like plasma canisters on it, like Darthryan said. I'm also glad that he stayed mostly human.

I could believe, from seeing this, that he's going to have pretty beastly stats.

As with many other people, I am happy with the model, eager to paint him up to match my stuff and dirty him up a bit more.

I so badly wanna see his stats. The models MAGNIFICENT <3 <3