Necris Posted August 11, 2011 Share Posted August 11, 2011 I've been pondering this one for some time and I'm wondering what weapons and gear each of the Primarchs preferred to use. We know Lion - sword Fulgrim - warhammer ferrus made him Perturabo - foehammer Khan - Russ - Dorn - Curze - lightning claws Sanguinius - Ferrus - Sword made by Fulgrim Angron - Chainaxes Guilliman - Mortarion - weird pistol thing and war scythe Magnus - Horus - Lorgar - Crosius Vulkan - flamer gauntlet thing Corax - so so many but off the top of my head power whip, lightning claws Alpharius - Any ideas? Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/236133-primarchs-and-weapons/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olis Posted August 11, 2011 Share Posted August 11, 2011 The weird pistol thing Mortarion had was called Lantern and the chainaxe Angron had was called Gorefather. Off the top of my head, for now, that's all I can help you with. :huh: Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/236133-primarchs-and-weapons/#findComment-2844830 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hyaenidae Posted August 11, 2011 Share Posted August 11, 2011 Alpharius carried a simple power sword, I guess to blend in with the rest of his Legion. Horus- the Talon of Horus, and if the artwork is to be believed, a giant black and gold mace. Guiliman- the cover art of Know No Fear has Guiliman on the cover (confimed by the author on his blog), so twin power fists Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/236133-primarchs-and-weapons/#findComment-2844850 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sponsra Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 Wasn't Guillmans P-fists called The gauntlets of Ultramar, and later they came into the posession of Marneus Calgar? Edit: Spelling Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/236133-primarchs-and-weapons/#findComment-2845014 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morollan Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 Sanguinius is usually shown wielding a large sword, presumably a power weapon of some kind. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/236133-primarchs-and-weapons/#findComment-2845103 Share on other sites More sharing options...
PanzerSmurf Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 Russ had, among other things, a spear, aptly named the Spear of Russ. Also, he had the first frostblade, I believe. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/236133-primarchs-and-weapons/#findComment-2845113 Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragon950 Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 Russ and Khan both had swords. Guessing the Khan's is more like a scimitar while russ had a bastard sword look to his. Believe that Magnus had a staff, either blunt like a force staff or could add a blade on the end. Might say in Thousand Sons. I see Dorn having some kind of big hammer, not sure why. Like a warrior priest hammer that he could weild in two hands or one. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/236133-primarchs-and-weapons/#findComment-2845115 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coryphaus 101 Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 Dorn had a sword that he broke over his knee when he found the Emperor dead. I think he also had a bug hammer called the Fist of Dorn. I'm guessing Sanguinius' sword was some form if massive Glaive Encarmine. Horus had a storm bolter, a power mace and claw or two claws depending on where you read. Angron has a massive sword, a pair of chainswords, about 100 daggers and short swords, a pair of dueling pistols and I think he has a huge axe. I'm not sure about the other Primarchs that haven't been mentioned. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/236133-primarchs-and-weapons/#findComment-2845124 Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Broker Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 You can be pretty sure all the primarchs used all of the different types of weapons at some point. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/236133-primarchs-and-weapons/#findComment-2845264 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kizzdougs Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 I think you have confused the weapons of Fulgrim and Ferrus. Fulgrim wielded the sword, Fireblade, wich was forged on Terra by Ferrus. Ferrus carried the hammer, Forge Breaker, that was crafted for him by Fulgrim. Forge Breaker was given to Perturabo after the Istvaan V massacre. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/236133-primarchs-and-weapons/#findComment-2845333 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zynk Kaladin Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 Necris, actually, Fulgrim and Ferrus competed to see who could forge the better weapon. As they forged, they would jibe each other like brothers would, each sure they would craft better than the other. For days they sweated in the heat of the forge; Fulgrim made a mighty thunderhammer and Ferrus made a golden sword. Each, impressed with the other's work, declared the other the victor. Very close brothers now, they exchanged weapons. Ferrus got Fulgrim's thunderhammer. Fulgrim got Ferrus's sword. Later Fulgrim got that silver Laern sword and went coo coo for coco puffs. As noted, Sanguinius had a sword and also spear if I recall correctly. I think his knee would also be considered a count as powerfist considering that daemon is going to need back surgery, superglue, ice cream, and a billion man sacrifice to the dark gods to rebuild his spine. Russ hated his spear, a gift from the Big E, correct me if I'm wrong. He got drunk and, pissed off for whatever reason, threw it at a moon. It wasn't found for 4 days on intense searching. I presume it went mach 22 and reached sub orbit. DARPA would be proud. I seem to recall Magnus had some sort of sorcerer-like axe. He killed titans with the force as well. Alpharius used... Alpharius... who used Alpharius to... wait what? On an unrelated related note, I always pictured Khan tearing down Dorn's walls... "It's those goddam White Scars again! Stop tearing down my imperial wall!" Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/236133-primarchs-and-weapons/#findComment-2845345 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lividjoker Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 Sanguinius used the Blade Encarmine and Spear of Telesto. Dorn has supposedly used the Soulspear Horus the Talon of Horus and in pictures is shown to have a power maul/mace of some description Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/236133-primarchs-and-weapons/#findComment-2845679 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ring-around-the-roses Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 I always imagined Magnus's sowrd as some kind of suped-up, pimped out khopesh, which is an egyptian sword if i recall properly, and has a straight bit for half the blade, then a curve for the rest, the end of the curve coming in line with the first half of the blade. If i'm right. And that would look so cool on Magnus' off hand, the staff in his main, and his feather/leather/ceremonial pimp armour. Do any of the primarchs(barring alpha+omega) have non-pimped weapons/armour? Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/236133-primarchs-and-weapons/#findComment-2845689 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coryphaus 101 Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 Magnus had a huge axe (as Zynk Kaladon brought up). I remember seeing it in the Horus Heresy Collected Visions books. I think he also had a staff and maybe a sword. Mist of Primarchs had tons of weapons anywhere. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/236133-primarchs-and-weapons/#findComment-2845738 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ring-around-the-roses Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 But in the final fight with russ, i'm pretty sure he has a khopesh thingymajig. Although he does have a axe in the lot of the scenes. Not sure, quite tired and sleepy...mnn...sleep. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/236133-primarchs-and-weapons/#findComment-2845744 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DuskRaider Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 Mortarion's "weird pistol thing" was actually called "The Lantern". Shenlongi designed energy pistol. Angron had Gorechild & Gorefather. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/236133-primarchs-and-weapons/#findComment-2845765 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khestra the Unbeheld Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 Angron's weapons change depending on source. Some have depicted him with paired chainaxes, others with a chainglaive. I think he just sort of picked through his armory for whatever he wanted to use at the time. Sources also vary over whether or not Gorechild was his or if it was built by Khârn personally. Alpharius isn't mentioned as using anything particularly special. Even in Legion he used a bog-standard combat gladius and bolter. It wouldn't surprise me, though, if that gladius was the same blade he tried to knife Horus with when he was "found". Corax apparently liked combination lightning claws and superwhip. Russ definitely seemed to prefer a frostblade. Mortarion had the Lantern and his Manreaper scythe. Fulgrim, Ferrus and Perturabo have been mentioned already. Curze seemed to like lightning claws, but I wouldn't have put it past him to have a collection of nasty items. Vulkan churned out so many weapons it's hard to tell what his preference was, but I'll bet whatever he liked using also spewed fire. Dorn seems like a hammer or fist kind of guy. Horus is an easy one. The Lion loved his sword. Sanguinius had a spear, but also a sword. Probably used both at the same time. Magnus had his staff and khopesh. Lorgar had his supermace. The Khan also seemed a sword kind of guy. Guilliman probably had several weapons, designed to bring concentric rings of threat radius to bear. He seemed the type to transition through several weapons depending on the closeness of the opponent to himself. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/236133-primarchs-and-weapons/#findComment-2845799 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadDoc Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 Note: I've liberally peppered this reply with official artwork for the Primarchs... links in bold Angron's weapons change depending on source. Some have depicted him with paired chainaxes, others with a chainglaive. I think he just sort of picked through his armory for whatever he wanted to use at the time. Sources also vary over whether or not Gorechild was his or if it was built by Khârn personally. He originally used both Gorefather and Gorechild (BFTA shows that Gorefather was in the possession of the Wordbearers at that point in the Heresy, so Angron had clearly changed his preferred weapon by that point), then he changed his new favoured weapon to his massive chainglaive (which I have yet to see named, hopefully Butcher's Nails will mention it). Alpharius isn't mentioned as using anything particularly special. Even in Legion he used a bog-standard combat gladius and bolter. It wouldn't surprise me, though, if that gladius was the same blade he tried to knife Horus with when he was "found". Their descriptions in Legion gave me the impression that they were both power blades if not master-crafted weapons, overtly plain looking but exceptional examples of what they are. Corax apparently liked combination lightning claws and superwhip. This is the only artwork we have of Corax so far, a single claw, his whip and flight pack. He has definitely seemed to prefer his whip over other weapons in all his appearances thus far. Russ definitely seemed to prefer a frostblade. Leman of the Russ, The Wolf King. Mortarion had the Lantern and his Manreaper scythe. Mortarion, Lord of Death. Fulgrim, Ferrus and Perturabo have been mentioned already. Fulgrim and Ferrus, and the bitter one. Curze seemed to like lightning claws, but I wouldn't have put it past him to have a collection of nasty items. He's only been shown using his claws so far, which is hardly surprising since claws suit his brawling/feral fighting style. Vulkan churned out so many weapons it's hard to tell what his preference was, but I'll bet whatever he liked using also spewed fire. Promethean Sun mentions a massive forge hammer, which he uses to devastating effect. Dorn seems like a hammer or fist kind of guy. He has never been described as using a hammer in any on the novels. A monster chainblade and power gauntlet yes, hammer no. Rogal Dorn (hopefully a later novel will provide some better Dorn art as a cover). Horus is an easy one. Though very much dependent on pre or post Davin revisited. The Lion loved his sword. Another easy one... Sanguinius had a spear, but also a sword. Probably used both at the same time. The spear was mentioned only in the poor (in my opinion) novels by James Swallow. I've only ever seen Sanguinius depicted with a sword. Magnus had his staff and khopesh. They're one and the same, his staff had a telescoping handle. Its mentioned in Thousand Sons. Magnus the Red. Lorgar had his supermace. Ah yes, Illuminarum. The Khan also seemed a sword kind of guy. And he also looks to have carried a horsebow of some kind. The Great Khan. Guilliman probably had several weapons, designed to bring concentric rings of threat radius to bear. He seemed the type to transition through several weapons depending on the closeness of the opponent to himself. Hard call to make on Guillimans weapons, we have yet to see him fight in any of the novels, Know No Fear looks set to remedy that though. The Gauntlets of Ultramar should by rights not come into play until during the Scouring/Post Heresy since they're supposed to have been seized from a Champion of Chaos in the wake of the Heresy, although the cover of KNF suggests he has them (or at least paired power fists) already. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/236133-primarchs-and-weapons/#findComment-2845869 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coryphaus 101 Posted August 13, 2011 Share Posted August 13, 2011 At Istvaan and for a century of the Great Crusade Vulkan used a bolter forged by Ferrys Manus that was beyond perfect according to Fulgrim. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/236133-primarchs-and-weapons/#findComment-2845931 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torvak Kyre Posted August 13, 2011 Share Posted August 13, 2011 Leman Russ had the Blade of Mjalnar (a frost blade). Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/236133-primarchs-and-weapons/#findComment-2846311 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ring-around-the-roses Posted August 13, 2011 Share Posted August 13, 2011 i have always hated that picture of magnus, he needs to look way more pimped and uber deadly. For gods sake, the guys a bloody primarch, not a red fatboy! Get the guy who did KNF to draw magnus, or redraw if it was him. He acutally made me like Guilliman with that AWESOME depiction of roboute kicking WB ass! Ps, thanks for the list and picks, pure awesome. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/236133-primarchs-and-weapons/#findComment-2846320 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Castiel Posted August 13, 2011 Share Posted August 13, 2011 As noted, Sanguinius had a sword and also spear if I recall correctly. I think his knee would also be considered a count as powerfist considering that daemon is going to need back surgery, superglue, ice cream, and a billion man sacrifice to the dark gods to rebuild his spine. Sigged! Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/236133-primarchs-and-weapons/#findComment-2846334 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ring-around-the-roses Posted August 13, 2011 Share Posted August 13, 2011 Following this logic, Curze should get a powerfist 'BOO' attack, as he is just that scary. It hits when Curze deepstrikes(cause thats the only way you can deploy him) and hits everyone on 5D6 inches and hits at strength inverse equal to your leadership. He should also get a 'creepy grin' attack, which made Corax run. It makes all units in 2D6 turn tail and flee. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/236133-primarchs-and-weapons/#findComment-2846339 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olis Posted August 13, 2011 Share Posted August 13, 2011 Mortarion's "weird pistol thing" was actually called "The Lantern". Shenlongi designed energy pistol. Angron had Gorechild & Gorefather. :D Er... did you read post two, brother? I basically said the same thing... Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/236133-primarchs-and-weapons/#findComment-2846408 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trel Posted August 13, 2011 Share Posted August 13, 2011 I've never read a description of Rogal Dorn that had him carrying anything other than a sword of some sort, usually a chainsword. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/236133-primarchs-and-weapons/#findComment-2846479 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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