The Primarchs: Lion El'Jonson

[mc warhammer]

sure, but that’s one reading of it. for some reason he never comes off as a sharrowkyn to me. akur was a singular being and it was revealing to see what affect that one astartes could have on a rival/bff legion’s ego rather than just “who was da bestest”

 

as a character study, i enjoyed it. it’s worth the price of admission alone for the final chapter with ferrus and fulgrim.

Edited October 16, 2019 by mc warhammer

[b1soul]

Yeah...to me, he came off as far more singularly superior than Sharrowkyn. The latter's antics are relatively tame in comparison.

[Marshal Rohr]

I’m reading Ferrus now. I tend to avoid buying the Primarch novels because they’re so short with varying degrees of enjoyment, but so far I enjoy Guymer’s authorial voice. It’s a good mix of the deep expository style that Haley has that can sometimes feel disingenuous in dialogue, and the clipped staccato of an Abnett novel that has a more narrative flourish. Edited October 16, 2019 by Marshal Rohr

[b1soul]

"the clipped staccato of an Abnett novel"

 

Yup, to me, that is definitely Dan's trademark voice

[Indefragable]

From the BL Weekender reveals, as posted by warcom David Guymer is getting this one.

Cover art:

 

https://www.warhammer-community.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/BLWeekenderReveals-Nov10-LordofFirst8sehrdfxc.jpg

 

(sorry, can't get the actual image to copy into B&C)

Edited November 10, 2019 by Indefragable

[Guest Triszin]

His art is ace!

[Tymell]

Great cover art, hopeful for the book itself but with some concerns. On the one hand, Guymer's Ferrus Manus book is thus far my least favourite of the Primarchs series, and the blurb describing the story sounds like it risks being another bland "the Lion is all secretive, oooooo" story. On the other hand, it -could- be made interesting if done right, and I did enjoy Guymer's Dreadwing novella.

[b1soul]

Never been a fan of bearded Lion

[Kelborn]

So, Release is scheduled for May.

 

Did we already know that Guymer's wrote it?

 

Seems like I missed it.

 

Eager for it, nonetheless. I enjoyed Dreadwing. :)

[Tribune Dominus]

Does anyone know the date that the lord of the first limited edition will be released I’ve got all the others from the series

[Knockagh]

Join the queue and the club. It’s a state secret

[Taliesin]

Does anyone know the date that the lord of the first limited edition will be released I’ve got all the others from the series

 

Mid February.

[Grey Angel]

Does anyone know the date that the lord of the first limited edition will be released I’ve got all the others from the series

29th February

[Taliesin]

[Jareddm]

Is this the first image we have of all six wings?  I can't recall them being shown anywhere else.

 

Also, I was initially expecting black and green, but the red makes sense for the time.

And just to make sure I've got it right...from left to right, Ironwing, Dreadwing, Stormwing, Firewing, Deathwing, Ravenwing.  I think.

Edited February 5, 2020 by Jareddm

[Darkwrath121]

Is this the first image we have of all six wings? I can't recall them being shown anywhere else.

 

Also, I was initially expecting black and green, but the red makes sense for the time.

And just to make sure I've got it right...from left to right, Ironwing, Dreadwing, Stormwing, Firewing, Deathwing, Ravenwing. I think.

You can somewhat make out the symbols on the 30k transfer sheet, but this is the first clear look.

 

And yes, that's the correct order!

 

I'm really considering trying to get a copy. I like the use of the legion symbolism.

Edited February 5, 2020 by Darkwrath121

[Jareddm]

Guymer's expansion of the Wing structure and characterization of the Lion in Dreadwing were wonderful, and the reason I'm really looking forward to this one, even though I wasn't really impressed with any of his other works.  Except Cold Blood.  That was awesome.

[Fire Golem]

I really like the box art, got a really like cryptic symbolic feel that is very Dark Angels.

[Knockagh]

Is this the first image we have of all six wings? I can't recall them being shown anywhere else.

 

Also, I was initially expecting black and green, but the red makes sense for the time.

And just to make sure I've got it right...from left to right, Ironwing, Dreadwing, Stormwing, Firewing, Deathwing, Ravenwing. I think.

I was hoping at the start of this series the books would be matching. It never made sense to start with Gulliman and it not being blue and then making random ones coloured. The Fulgrim and Vulkan books are particularly vile looking. Gulliman, Corax, Khan, Perturabo and Manus are all sort of similar colours but not really, the collection all looks rather messy.

[Tribune Dominus]

Can anyone give me the preorder date the limited edition lion el’jonson Lord of the first is

[Fire Golem]

29th Feb. There’s an existing Lion novella thread a couple down from this one btw. 

[Brother Tyler]

29th Feb. There’s an existing Lion novella thread a couple down from this one btw. 

 

Not anymore. I've merged fire golem's question topic with the existing topic (for the second time - see his prior post and Grey Angel's reply above).

[Fire Golem]

 

29th Feb. There’s an existing Lion novella thread a couple down from this one btw. 

 

Not anymore. I've merged fire golem's question topic with the existing topic (for the second time - see his prior post and Grey Angel's reply above).

 

Not mine ;)

[Brother Cruoris]

In the warhammer community post it say, quote

"This deluxe numbered hardback will be available in very limited quantities in Warhammer stores – so get to your local store early if you want to get it!"

 

Does that mean they will have a physical copy in the store and that it can't be ordered online?

[theSpirea]

If you can’t make it to a Warhammer store, fear not! All the books and merchandise listed above will be available online – and you’ll get the free Celebration anthology with your order!