Absolute Madness, sculpting Magnus the Red (huge!!!!)

[Gonfrask]

Hi Warseer fellows, I must confes that I´m sick, because I have been infected by the same sicknes that affects the lad Freakforge. The Primarch Fever!!!
And were I can star? For a character wich none of the models in sale made him justice, the mighty Magnus The Red!!!!

The real inspiration came one day that I was looking this set in a store:



Yesssss, the space marine, that big, huge (enorme!!!) space marine. In the background it is said that Magnus was twice or three time taller that a standar space marine, taller that his brothers Primarchs even. So I think that it can work (and as Freak says: Size DOES matter!).
Also I will keep some ideas of the old backgound, the first of all: Magnus was a Cyclop!!!! not one-eyed. So with this in mind I draw this



And well, in a week all I could do was this:



We´ll see if I am cured of this...

[FreakForge]

All right friend !

This gonna be very interesting, I will be watching this project closely.

[the damned artificer]

I'd personally go for the Inquisitor scale space marine, Artemis as he is a much more detailed model and roughly about 3-4 times bigger than the GW standard 28mm marine. On the other hand I totally understand your urge to use the statue marine, and the fact he's in plastic makes it a bit easier, so I wish you luck on your daring adventure

[The_Dark_Raven]

I'll be watching this project with serious interest.

[ArchHeretic]

Very cewl. I expect psychic flames in his other hand? Oh I know, have him holding a book. But wait, there's more.The book is partially on fire with psychic flame (I imagine blue) with the text on the pages glowing.
I just went googly eyed there

[thebaz]

Actually if I recall in the older fluff he was Magnus the One Eye, or Magnus the Red. But with the Horus Heresy rules they have revealed/changed some things in lore and fluff of the different chapters.

[Gonfrask]

Well, a little comission of 2000 points Space Wolves army, some Space Wolves Termis for my club´s Spanish Games Day table and work in the Hospital were I work have keeped me away of this project. I have done some more draws, and I take your ideas (I was thinking in a book but attached to his belt, but in the hand is also interesting)

[Tokamak]

I'd personally go for the Inquisitor scale space marine, Artemis as he is a much more detailed model and roughly about 3-4 times bigger than the GW standard 28mm marine.)

He's twice as tall as a standard marine.

[Wulfen_Kind]

Don't forget Magnus had x1 eye as he willingly traded the other one with a chaos god/daemon for knowledge of magic/power like Odin, king of the Norse gods did!

[the damned artificer]

He's twice as tall as a standard marine.

Yeah pretty much but a lot beefier than the 28 mm as the =I= models are made to be true 54mm scale.

Any way a picture is more correct in showing the difference in scale, so here you go

[Gonfrask]

Don't forget Magnus had x1 eye as he willingly traded the other one with a chaos god/daemon for knowledge of magic/power like Odin, king of the Norse gods did!

That´s "new Background", and I don´t like it. I prefer the Cyclops idea

[Nehemiah]

That´s "new Background", and I don´t like it. I prefer the Cyclops idea

I to much prefer to remember Magnus as a cyclops rather than a pirate as the new fluff would have people believe.

[FreakForge]

How do you know that you´re getting old?

40K Horus Heresy novels. Where the background history it´s killed every page.




I wait for the updates.

[Gonfrask]

Hello fellows, I know that I´m very slow with this project, but I´m working in it in the "free time of my free time" (XD)...but well, an update is always wellcomed, isn´t it?

But, let´s go for the pics, how the model looks now



Not glued of course, there is a lot of work yet




Now I have a doubt, I´m thinking of doing the bare arms but only the biceps, because it comes in the ilustrations of Magnus and perhaps is a good idea to keep that detail

[FreakForge]

Really interesting work mate.

I see that you began to work with the epoxy mixed putties... niiiiiiiice!.

[FreakForge]

Really interesting work mate.

I see that you began to work with the epoxy mixed putties... niiiiiiiice!.

[Dreffbuilder]

**** that looks gigantic!

Cheers
Dreff

[Deffgob]

I just read about Magunes the red as i was looking at some thousand sons marines! looking good so far!

[Nexus Trimean]

Even Rough form like that he looks very impressive

[Gonfrask]

Very very very little update, Magnus is now more Cyclop than before XD