xa0s Posted December 21, 2012 Share Posted December 21, 2012 Hmm... I personally -LOVE- the way Magnus The Red drawn by our faithful brother, Aerion the Faithful. However, a few years back, I stumbled upon Phil Sibbering's version of Magnus The Red, I most definitely liked how he portrayed what Magnus looks like. Just in case if you're wondering, here are two links to images of Magnus The Red: Aerion The Faithful's version: http://aerion-the-faithful.deviantart.com/...set=24#/d21y9ae Phil Sibbering's version: http://www.philipsibbering.com/wh40k/09-primarchs.shtml So what says you? Which one of all portraits you know of Magnus The Red you liked the most? It doesn't have to be those two. I reiterate what I said, I love BOTH versions of Magnus The Red's portraits. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/268218-appearance-of-magnus-the-red/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olis Posted December 21, 2012 Share Posted December 21, 2012 I must say I'm not so keen on Phil's version, even though I appreciate the effort and thought that went into coming up with that version. Aerion's is better, in fact it's a great piece of art, but I prefer the official illustrations of him, particularly the front cover of A Thousand Sons. The red skin, the Blanche-esque horns and red mane are really quite distinctive, so any version of Magnus that doesn't stray too far from the old Blanche art seems fine by me. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/268218-appearance-of-magnus-the-red/#findComment-3266975 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darog Posted December 21, 2012 Share Posted December 21, 2012 All is bad True http://images4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb2011...l_Bodyguard.jpg Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/268218-appearance-of-magnus-the-red/#findComment-3267049 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShadowMaster Posted December 21, 2012 Share Posted December 21, 2012 All is bad True http://images4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb2011...l_Bodyguard.jpg Now that is bad-ass^ Somehow I can't take Aerion's 40K stuff serious at all. Seen a lot of them on the 40K wiki and always mindslam down a heresy stamp on each and everyone of them. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/268218-appearance-of-magnus-the-red/#findComment-3267148 Share on other sites More sharing options...
E.G.J. Posted December 22, 2012 Share Posted December 22, 2012 Yeah, I can't say I like either of the depictions of Magnus in the OP. Both are a little too cartoony or manga for my tastes. At the same time I can appreciate the inherent difficulty in rendering a believable image of a big red cycloptic super-being, so props still go out to anyone out there who try their hand at this. I know I couldn't do it. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/268218-appearance-of-magnus-the-red/#findComment-3267302 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Augustus Posted December 22, 2012 Share Posted December 22, 2012 Aerion's isn't bad. It isnt accurate, however. He doesn't have two eyes. He was not a REAL cyclops, either. Where his second eye would be, it was smooth and scarred as he never was born/created with one. I agree. Darog's linked example art is best. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/268218-appearance-of-magnus-the-red/#findComment-3267490 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jareddm Posted December 22, 2012 Share Posted December 22, 2012 Aerion's Magnus isn't my favorite. On the other hand, his Dorn will always be the one true rendition. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/268218-appearance-of-magnus-the-red/#findComment-3267621 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt.Sangha Posted December 22, 2012 Share Posted December 22, 2012 I thought he gave his one eye as a sacrifice and so has a scar in place of the other. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/268218-appearance-of-magnus-the-red/#findComment-3267652 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demus Ragnok Posted December 22, 2012 Share Posted December 22, 2012 From what I understand Magnus was born with two looking rather human. He had copper colored skin and grew to be the largest of his brothers(tallest). Supposedly Magnus gave his right eye as part of a deal with the warp to relieve his legion of the flesh change. As for some people getting the impression that magnus was a cyclops like the beast of myth I have a theory. The word cyclopean can mean like a cyclops or very large,huge. I've noticed BL authors using the second meaning on more than one occasion. So if that word was used in referance to Magnus that is were the cofusion starts. It could be a discription of his having lost an eye and being a "cyclops" or it could be a referance to his physical size. Either way he started life with to eyes. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/268218-appearance-of-magnus-the-red/#findComment-3267685 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billuriye Posted December 22, 2012 Share Posted December 22, 2012 Actually Magnus is rather a mystery. His looks are ever changing like Emperor. One moment he's a true cyclops, the other he's a man with a missing eye etc. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/268218-appearance-of-magnus-the-red/#findComment-3267719 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arkangilos Posted December 22, 2012 Share Posted December 22, 2012 It also depends on pre-heresy or post heresy. I can see Tzeentch making him have one centralized eye. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/268218-appearance-of-magnus-the-red/#findComment-3267725 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kol Saresk Posted December 22, 2012 Share Posted December 22, 2012 Magnus is similar to the Emperor in that he has no one true face. Sometimes he will have a blue right eye while his left looks like it was mauled by some bear or wolf. Sometimes it will be a left violet eye flecked with gold while the right is covered with smooth, unblemished flesh as though it never existed. There is no one true description. He has one eye and a place where the other should be. What color that eye is and, more importantly, which eye is still there, always depends on the viewer. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/268218-appearance-of-magnus-the-red/#findComment-3267736 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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