Alexis Polux -- when did he paint his power fist crimson?

[Krikey]

Gave away my question in the topic title. Did Polux paint his power fist red before the Second Founding or was it only after the Crimson Fists were founded that he did so? I know Sigismund painted his armour black for the Battle of Terra, so the Black Templars were named after characteristics of Sigismund. I am wondering if the Crimson Fists took their name similarly, but can't find anything.

It's sad that I'm too OCD to just paint his fist red because I like it that way.

~K

[Grand Master Belial]

I don't know either but it really shouldn't be a problem to go ahead and paint the fist red. The story may not be written yet so you can create your version. Since he would typically pulp his foes on the field of battle there was never a time when he didn't leave the battle without his fist being red with blood. Another version could have him and his unit run dry of ammo and had to result to beating his foes with his fists in order to achieve victory. When relief arrived to the unit, Pollux and the remnants of his unit all had crimson fists and they were painted red to commemorate that battle and all the brothers lost. The designers intentionally left a lot of room for individual creativity and you can do what you want with your models and the characters that are created.

[Krikey]

I do like to paint blood spatter. I may paint him with blood-drenched fist -- I've got a good mental image of that now. Thank you!

 

~K

[apologist]

There's a mention in Unremembered Empire of Polux's hand:

 

 

 

'Instead of a simple augmetic replacement, the Apothecaries had elected to fix a flesh graft grown from seeded organics, vat-culltured[...] Polux wore a new hand and arm of living flesh which had been bio-typed to his own. It was still growing, still forming, the new bones still knitting. Flooded with oxygenated blood, the hand was almost crimson.'

 

Beyond that, I don't think the source of 'Crimson Fists' had been touched on yet. It's entirely possible there's a novella or something I've missed that goes into the subject, of course.

[Calas Typhon]

I would imagine it would be on the founding of the chapter rather than during the heresy.

 

I expect that he will gain a reputation in the Siege of Terra and would gain the title crimson fist or something along those lines for being a nails hard individual.

[d36williams]

I was under the impression the crimson fist was a result of some ritual he did with Dorn, at a ceremony for the founding of the Crimson Fists chapter. That's all I've ever read on it. In my head cannon, they dipped their fists in the blood of fallen heroes and comrades

[Zopha]

There's a mention in Unremembered Empire of Polux's hand:

 

 

 

'Instead of a simple augmetic replacement, the Apothecaries had elected to fix a flesh graft grown from seeded organics, vat-culltured[...] Polux wore a new hand and arm of living flesh which had been bio-typed to his own. It was still growing, still forming, the new bones still knitting. Flooded with oxygenated blood, the hand was almost crimson.'

 

Beyond that, I don't think the source of 'Crimson Fists' had been touched on yet. It's entirely possible there's a novella or something I've missed that goes into the subject, of course.

 

His red grafted hand appeared in Pharos as well. He looks at his hands and frowns, one of them is still crimson. It could be the arm graft went wrong and kept it's deep blood colour. It sounds like his title will come later, probably when he meets up with Dorn again or by one of the other primarchs on the road to Terra.

 

The Pharos book described him having a broken legion style squad, 20 marines of mixed legions call the Lightkeepers, maybe we'll see him pop-up in the broken legions FW HH book.

 

I was under the impression the crimson fist was a result of some ritual he did with Dorn, at a ceremony for the founding of the Crimson Fists chapter. That's all I've ever read on it. In my head cannon, they dipped their fists in the blood of fallen heroes and comrades

 

From what I remember of the 40k codex Dorn and the recruits would slash their palms and share blood in a bonding ritual when they where promoted to full battle brothers. The new chapter was made up of mainly new recruits, just having their bonding ceremony complete so I took it they named the chapter after the ceremony.