chosen40k Posted August 13, 2014 Share Posted August 13, 2014 All the Ferrus Manus jokes aside, I'm looking to craft some helmeted heads for Primarchs when I get them. So do the ones already released have separate head pieces? Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/295084-do-the-primarch-models-have-separate-head-pieces/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother-Chaplain Kage Posted August 13, 2014 Share Posted August 13, 2014 I own the Mortarion and Horus ones and can confirm the heads are separate. http://i.imgur.com/5o7WxVq.png Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/295084-do-the-primarch-models-have-separate-head-pieces/#findComment-3775468 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vile Siren Posted August 13, 2014 Share Posted August 13, 2014 All of them except Angron have separate heads, you can find pictures online or look up unboxing vids to double check. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/295084-do-the-primarch-models-have-separate-head-pieces/#findComment-3775504 Share on other sites More sharing options...
lokkorex Posted August 13, 2014 Share Posted August 13, 2014 Wut? Is angrons head part of the torso/body? Could've sworn i'd seen a picture somewhere where his head was separate. Hehe, ferrus mannus, lol. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/295084-do-the-primarch-models-have-separate-head-pieces/#findComment-3776012 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother-Chaplain Kage Posted August 13, 2014 Share Posted August 13, 2014 It would be appear to be so. http://i.imgur.com/jjPQb2R.jpg That sucks. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/295084-do-the-primarch-models-have-separate-head-pieces/#findComment-3776061 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mazryonh Posted August 13, 2014 Share Posted August 13, 2014 I always did think that it was a bit odd that despite the need for "dramatic effect," there was no option for the so-far-released primarchs to be wearing helmets and be "all business." About the only Horus Heresy character I know of who has the option to go without or with a helmet is Calas Typhon. I remember seeing Vulkan's sweet primarch helmet on a HH novel cover. It'd be nice if FW gave us an option to use it. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/295084-do-the-primarch-models-have-separate-head-pieces/#findComment-3776259 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daemon2027 Posted August 13, 2014 Share Posted August 13, 2014 Khârn has the option to have a helm or not. Before their fb page was taken down there was some talk of possibly giving the primarch options to have helms. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/295084-do-the-primarch-models-have-separate-head-pieces/#findComment-3776264 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sitnam Posted August 14, 2014 Share Posted August 14, 2014 Is there any fluff resources that mention the Primarchs wearing helms? Seems even in literature they seem bare headed Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/295084-do-the-primarch-models-have-separate-head-pieces/#findComment-3777678 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mazryonh Posted August 15, 2014 Share Posted August 15, 2014 Khârn has the option to have a helm or not. Before their fb page was taken down there was some talk of possibly giving the primarch options to have helms. Thanks for the reminder. It's too bad we can't comment on FW's social media pages or their youtube vids anymore, so I'm at a loss as to how make it known to them that a lot of their customers would like to see the option for Primarch Helmets, short of a bunch of us showing up to a FW convention (like FW Open Day) and telling their designers in person. Maybe e-mail could work? You get to see what should be Vulkan's Primarch helmet on the cover of the HH novella Scorched Earth. It's a pretty sweet design, and I'd like to know what kind of helmet designs the FW could come up with. Some of us like a bit of realism in our modelling as well. As Ferrus Manus proved, even non-Daemon Primarchs cannot survive decapitation (or perhaps even a well-aimed headshot). To look at it from a "realistic" perspective, why wouldn't they wear helmets for the protection they provide? Even a forcefield surrounding one's head area can't provide air to breathe, which is why Guilliman being vented into space during the Battle of Calth was such a dangerous situation to him. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/295084-do-the-primarch-models-have-separate-head-pieces/#findComment-3778037 Share on other sites More sharing options...
chosen40k Posted August 15, 2014 Author Share Posted August 15, 2014 Is there any fluff resources that mention the Primarchs wearing helms? Seems even in literature they seem bare headed Besides the aforementioned Vulkan helmet artwork, there have been some mentions of Primarchs wearing helmets. IIRC in Fulgrim it talks about Curze wearing a skull plated helm and Fulgrim himself wearing an eagle style helmet. Also it's only practical that they have helmets for Void warfare. In Know No Fear when Guilliman is in a vacuum his sons mention in amazement that he was able to survive (and fight) that long without a helmet. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/295084-do-the-primarch-models-have-separate-head-pieces/#findComment-3778265 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt.Sangha Posted August 15, 2014 Share Posted August 15, 2014 even in the novel Fulgrim, when they enter that system with beautiful pristine untouched planets, Tarvitz thinks that his fellow captains were slightly out of line by taken their helmets off before their Primarch Fulgrim did, suggesting that he did wear a helmet. Also doesnt the El Jonson have the Lion helm that he wears? Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/295084-do-the-primarch-models-have-separate-head-pieces/#findComment-3778616 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wyvern Posted August 15, 2014 Share Posted August 15, 2014 also in ravens flight corax is described at 1 point as "having removed his winged helmet" :) Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/295084-do-the-primarch-models-have-separate-head-pieces/#findComment-3778920 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mazryonh Posted August 16, 2014 Share Posted August 16, 2014 Also it's only practical that they have helmets for Void warfare. In Know No Fear when Guilliman is in a vacuum his sons mention in amazement that he was able to survive (and fight) that long without a helmet. How was it handwaved that he survived that long again? It would make more sense if Gulliman took some of the floating corpses around and stole a few breaths through their air supplies (some of them are decapitated, after all, and their air supplies must at least go to their heads. Of course, you'd think that after that incident he'd be in his full armour with helmet (along with the Gauntlets of Ultramar) at all times, but that doesn't appear to be the case since according to those who have read the books he's still ambushed by Alpha Legionnaires without all his equipment later. Isn't one of the organs provided by a Space Marine's gene-seed supposed to protect them against the effects of vacuum exposure (with the exception of the total lack of oxygen) too? Last I heard though, this isn't emulated in RPGs like Deathwatch for some reason. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/295084-do-the-primarch-models-have-separate-head-pieces/#findComment-3779225 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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