Estragon wrote:how are you supposed to use this in a game -- magnetize the marine bodies and remove them when not playing against a marine army?
No, the base with the marine is only meant for exposition, that's why he's delivered with a 40mm base (shown on the pics) to be playable. Was perhaps too obvious...
Also worth noting that according to the studio paintjob, the marines he's knocking out of the way are World Eaters - as in, his own legion. Which makes this sculpt even MORE confusing to me.
Sarrazon wrote:Also worth noting that according to the studio paintjob, the marines he's knocking out of the way are World Eaters - as in, his own legion. Which makes this sculpt even MORE confusing to me.
As far as the fluff goes, during the time of the heresy, in most of the chapters there were still some marines who were completely loyal to the emperor and so they were betrayed essentially by their own chapters and pretty much slaughtered.
Plus Angron was a raging psychopath anyway, when he first meets his own chapter he beats the living daylights out of his own marines. I think if it was any other chapter other than world eaters i would have questioned it also.
Arctica is right, plus, when you know that Kharn (who's the first lieutenant of Angron if I'm not wrong) is welknown to slaughter his own fellas when what he wants can't be done/get..., the behave of the Primarch isn't surprising. They're both psychopats who like to slaughter peeps just for their own satisfaction
Fair enough. I did know about Kharn, but I thought he was a bit of a special case in the "slaughtering his own men" regard. I had forgotten that the heresy wasn't a complete split in the traitor chapters, though - thanks for that reminder.
His love of killing is so great that he has actually had a kill counter installed in the lens of his helmet. This kill counter was made from arcane technology and was a gift from the Warmaster Horus himself
Skalathrax
At the Battle of Skalathrax, between the Emperor's Children and the World Eaters, Khârn became both legendary and infamous amongst his legion. When the World Eaters' advance stalled, even though they were close to victory, Khârn became disgusted at their weakness and flew into a berserk rage, slaughtering friend and foe alike. Because of this, the World Eaters were completely scattered into small, individual war bands, and have seldom, if ever, fought as a unified Legion since then. Khârn's actions at Skalathrax earned him the sobriquet "The Betrayer", which he has carried ever since.[1a]
Later Actions
Since Skalathrax, Khârn has become the unstoppable and bloody avatar of Khorne.[1a] He hunted through the Eye of Terror, slaughtering any worthy enough to be killed in Khorne's name. During the Thirteenth Black Crusade his wrath was unleashed upon the Imperium as Khârn, alongside a few of the most insane of Khorne Berserkers were loosed on the Emperor's warriors flocking to the defence of Cadia.
Weapons and Abilities
Khârn is one of the most deadly yet unstable close combat fighters in the galaxy. He is just as likely to attack his own allies in a berserk fury as he is the enemy.[1a]
He wields a Plasma pistol and the ancient chainaxe known as Gorechild[1a] (which, along with its twin Gorefather, was wielded by Angron himself during the Heresy[5]), rimmed with the teeth of a Mica Dragon[1a]. Gorechild is able to tear through armour, flesh and bone with ease.
As Khorne's greatest champion, Khârn enjoys the Blessing of the Blood God, which renders him immune to the effects of psychic powers.
Now, knowing that, you can understand without a doubt why Angron is perfectly able to slaughter his own men to reach ennemies more faster
