What Should the Daemon-Primarchs Look Like?
We know a lot about what the Daemon Primarchs DID, but very little on what they look like.
Ok, some notes here – we are putting out the “official” story of what happened to each Primarch. Some of these stories are vague and may of these stories are quite old. In any case – you can bet that if GW wanted to bring back a full set of plastic Daemon-Primarchs, they could retcon the heck out of all these stories. I’ll mark the dudes who are dead in italics. Let’s get started in sets of good guys and bad guys:
Horus
Horus – Heresy Era
Horus – now…
Horus was killed by the Emperor of Mankind, and his soul was obliterated. His corpse was completely destroyed by Abaddon the Despoiler, who also took over his place as overall leader of the Chaos Space Marines.
Magnus
Daemon Primarch – 2016, OH YEAH!
Daemon Magnus – EPIC 1990s, he’s come a LONG way.
Magnus rose to the rank of Daemon Prince of Tzeentch. He’s moved out of the Eye of Terror back to his original home, and has the first plastic mini! All Hail Magnus!
Angron
Angron – Heresy Era
Daemon Angron – EPIC – 1990s
Daemon Angron
Angron rose to the rank of Daemon prince of Khorne. I think we can assume that after his scantily clad EPIC days Daemon Angron has gotten some fancy clothes aside from a necklace. I think we can assume the light gladiator armor, insanity-dreads and and axe will all be there. I would expect a Magnus sized mini that is even angrier than Skarbrand with a lot more gold trim. It BETTER have a bunch of dead dudes/skulls on it’s scenic base.
Mortarion
Mortarion – Heresy Era (Daemon Status Unknown)
Daemon Mortarion – EPIC 1990s – Note the cute tail!
Daemon Mortarion – Black Library novel cover
Mortarion rose the rank of Daemon Prince of Nurgle. He’s not too hard to put your finger on, and we have multiple images to use as a guide. The top one is from the Horus Heresy Card Game, the middle from EPIC, and the lower one is from the post heresy “Mortarion’s Heart” novel from Black Library. I would expect him to be of Magnus’ size, with membranous wings, the giant scythe, and lots of Plague censors atop his ornate if corroded armor and possible tattered cloak.
Fulgrim
Daemon Fulgrim – EPIC 1990s
Daemon Fulgrim – Post Heresy
Fulgrim rose to the rank of Daemon Prince of Slaanesh. Luckily he have very good art of exactly what the serpent of Slaanesh looks like. He’s a 4 armed serpent with wings, 3 swords 1 whip and a totally arrogant face. What’s not to love. His armor is perfect and extra ornate – just like he’d want. If they just made that image in plastic at the same scale as Magnus it would be awesome!
Lorgar
Lorgar – Heresy Era
Lorgar – Daemon Prince – Horus Heresy Card Game
Lorgar rose to the rank of Daemon Prince of Chaos Undivided. Here it starts to become a detective case as the official information is very scant. The only official artwork shows that Daemon Lorgar keeps his mace, and has four large horns sprouting from the four cardinal points of his head, almost like a crown. In one piece of artwork has has large grasping daemonic hands. The Aurelian was never the largest or most potent of Primarchs on the battlefield and I would not expect him to be as a Daemon Primarch. I would expect a slightly smaller than Magnus mini looking like an upright proud Daemon Prince. I would expect his mace and armor coated head to toe with Colchisian runes, books and tattered scrolls flowing in the wind. I would personally love to see him atop a pulpit-like scenic base with his arms outstretched in oration with an expression of fervent benediction.
Perturabo
Perturabo – Heresy era
Maulerfiend ???
Soulgrinder???
Perturabo rose to the rank of Daemon Prince of Chaos Undivided. Here is the greatest mystery of all, as there are no images of Perturabo post Deamon Prince. He was pretty much a “man in the machine” when he was mortal and I would expect to see GW take that theme and amp it up to 11 on a Daemon Primarch mini. GW could go almost anywhere with Perturabo, but I would expect to see a Magnus sized part-man-part-daemon-engine flowing with gears, hydraulics, mechadendrites, his giant hammer, and plenty of firepower. Basically a grimdark Chaos Decepticon.
Megatron – minus the tires, triple the guns. Please and thank you!
Night Haunter
Night Haunter Heresy Era
Night Haunter – Now…
Konrad Curze, aka Night Haunter, was assassinated by Callidus assassin M’Shen. He allowed her infiltration, apparently wanting to die.
Alpharius Omegon, Alpharius was apparently killed by Rogal Dorn during the Battle of Pluto, and Omegon assumed his title afterwards. After the Heresy, Alpharius (or perhaps in reality Omegon) was reported killed by Roboute Guilliman on Eskrador. But the source which reported his death may have been manipulated. It is not known if Alpharius or Omegon is the Primarch killed in the report. Due to the report’s unreliability, neither may have been killed.
Good luck on this one. I for one thing think he should never be given a mini and stay lost in the shadows of legend and folklore forever. I AM ALPHARIUS!
Tally:
- 3 Dead (1 presumed, Alpharius)
- 6 Deamon-princes
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