Sword Brother Adelard Posted September 10, 2017 Share Posted September 10, 2017 After a long crusade to a dark and terrible place filled with the dark souls of past memories and hideous creatures long forgotten. (My parent's loft.) I found the missing pages of my White Dwarf 246. These were the fold out cover announcing the 25th birthday of GW and, more importantly, the Emperor's Champion release. On the reverse were the designer's notes from the original painter and a short story about Sigismund himself at the gates of the Imperial Palace. Considering I couldn't find an electronic version of these pages anywhere, I thought it best to share them with you all. Hope you appreciate it. TheOneTrueZon, Brother Christopher, Marshal Mattias and 3 others 6 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firepower Posted September 10, 2017 Share Posted September 10, 2017 Ahhh, the good old days. :clings: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ciler Posted September 11, 2017 Share Posted September 11, 2017 This is certainly appreciated indeed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acebaur Posted September 11, 2017 Share Posted September 11, 2017 Nice, I actually have that model. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Castellan Doren Posted September 11, 2017 Share Posted September 11, 2017 Wow the original green sculpt. Haven't seen that one in a long time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother_Gneecapper Posted September 12, 2017 Share Posted September 12, 2017 (edited) This has been my favorite Black Templar model for years, back when I first started playing back in 3rd edition this had come out recently before then but was already out of print sadly. I had begged my mom for months for her to finally allow me to purchase one on Ebay, I painted it up to the best of my ability and then had my mom do the the lightening on the sword and script on his shoulder pad because my young hands werent steady enough to trust myself yet. I stopped playing for YEARS but came back recently, I stripped off some of my old models paint to redo them w/ my increased ability but I ended up purchasing a second 25 Anniversary Emperors Champion so that I could paint him and leave my old model for his historical / sentimental value. I havent gotten to painting up the new one yet, I also picked up the re-released one with the one handed sword pose (had one before I stopped playing, not sure where it went). I've also made a few EC's using random bits from Tac / Assault Squads. My love affair is strong cool with the EC, one day I hope to add Sigismund to their ranks in all his glory. If only we could get some rules for him in 40k, though given he's dead I dont expect that will ever happen. Edited September 12, 2017 by Brother_Gneecapper Brother Christopher 1 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Honda Posted September 12, 2017 Share Posted September 12, 2017 Truly the vaults of the Eternal Crusader have opened to bring us this most holy relic. You have my undying gratitude brother, well done! Sword Brother Adelard 1 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redmapa Posted September 12, 2017 Share Posted September 12, 2017 Thats just awesome, I always thought Sigismund was all but a name in the fluff until the Horus Heresy series gave him so character but its great to see at least one short story about him in older stuff. These short stories were always cool to read. Honda 1 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ciler Posted September 12, 2017 Share Posted September 12, 2017 There's always been some amount of fluff about Sigismund, but his status and background have evolved anyway since its inception. I think (because I wasn't around at the time) that originally he was not a ranking officer but a line battle brother before becoming the original Emperor's Champion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sword Brother Adelard Posted September 13, 2017 Author Share Posted September 13, 2017 I looked into this, WD 249 is perhaps one of the best first looks at the Chapter. It has the first Index Astartes article on them in it. In there they describe Sigismund as simply 'Champion Sigismund'. The Codex says this: "Sanguinus of the Blood Angels and Rogal Dorn of the Imperial Fists, together with their bravest warriors, would accompany the Emperor and take the fight to Horus above his battle barge, a mighty starship in orbit above Terra. The majority of the Imperial Fists remained on Terra to defend the Imperial Palace and Dorn charged Sigismund, the finest warrior of his legion, to hold the defences. Sigismund became the first Emperor's Champion, swearing fell oaths that the Palace would not fall and cowing to slay the enemy's mightiest champions.... He chose Champion Sigismund to lead the Black Templars, and the Chapter took upon themselves the black and white panoply of his personal heraldry. ... Sigismund had been chosen as the Emperor's Champion for his fervent faith in the Emperor and his undying devotion to mankind." Nothing there about being first captain of the IF, but lots of fluff has changed as we know. For instance, back when those things were written the Legions were supposed to be way smaller than the modern fluff tells us. (Say, 10 times smaller,) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redmapa Posted September 13, 2017 Share Posted September 13, 2017 First Captain of the Imperial Fists was given to him on the Horus Heresy series when he became a character rather than just a name, the 4th edition codex also mentions Sigismund just as Dorn's best swordsman iirc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ciler Posted September 13, 2017 Share Posted September 13, 2017 As the best swordsman, he would have had significant status within the legion (hell, Lucius was a line captain). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sword Brother Adelard Posted September 13, 2017 Author Share Posted September 13, 2017 Have you read Templar? He regularly bested Khârn in the Cages Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ciler Posted September 14, 2017 Share Posted September 14, 2017 Have you read Templar? He regularly bested Khârn in the CagesThat's in the Heresy series, and the whole point of that scene is to make it quite clear that neither of them is trying to the best of their abilities. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sword Brother Adelard Posted September 14, 2017 Author Share Posted September 14, 2017 That particular fight yes, but that was far from their only match. I thought Khârn's frustration was palpable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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