I’ve finished yet another Primarch of the Space Marines Legions for Warhammer 30,000. By now the Horus Heresy battlefield is getting a bit crowded.
This time around it’s Lion El’Johnson, Lord of the Dark Angels. First Primarch, grand strategist, knightly warrior, and apparently a real beast in close combat, as evidenced by the bodies piled around him.
The Lion’s armor is fairly simple, compared to some of the other Primarchs, but it still has plenty of details to have to worry about.The black plating is offset by metal ribbing (it looks like a artificer version of Mk 2 power armor?). Befitting a knight, he wears a surcoat wrapped around him, along with a giant cape with lion’s fur trim.
The first pics include the scenic base his 40mm base clips into. Depicting the Lion in the middle of the fight, he cuts rebel Night Lords Marines down left and right. It should be said, in all the scenic bases covered in slaughtered Marines I’ve done (more than you’d think), this is the one with the most gruesome carnage. Severed arms, legs, disembowelment, even a head mid-bisected. Their armor is pitted and bullet-ridden, and they lay sprawled in a heap of rubble at the Lion’s feet. One lone survivor valiantly (insanely?) levels a volkite pistol at the Primarch.
The Primarch has 2 options for heads, one with helmet, one without, and 2 sword options, the Lion Sword, a broadsword, and the Wolf Blade, a giant chainsword. I added detail pics featuring all the options. All the optional parts got rare earth magnets to allow them to be swappable.
Like all the Primarchs, this miniature was a beast to paint. Being a Forgeworld piece, it was highly detailed. Also, because it was Foreworld, there was the inevitable casting problems. I have yet to see a complicate Forceworld piece that fit together properly without some work. The extremely narrow tolerance for fitting is often undone by wonky casting. The cape and fur coat were especially hard to fit right.
Only a few more Primarchs to go. Next up will be the Khan. If he gets a bike, it will be as big as a Rhino.
