Say My Name. (Lord of War WIP) (Patreon)

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And so we come to big evil cheese of Warhammer 40K, the arch-traitor Horus Lupercal himself.  For those unfamiliar with Horus, he is the poster boy of the heresy era traitor legions, and responsible for the nightmarish state of the galaxy that all 40K fans know and love.

To understand why he's such a big deal, one must know Horus was once the most beloved son of the Emperor and trusted with leading the Great Crusade as Warmaster.  The book 'Horus Rising' does an excellent job of showing why he was first among the brotherhood of Primarchs.  You get to see that Horus possessed the diplomatic/tactical acumen, the martial superiority and most importantly the charisma to lead the Imperium's armies and keep his brothers in line.  But despite being superhuman in every sense of the word, all Primarchs harbored the flaws of humanity as well.  In Horus' case it was his secret fear of being inadequate as Warmaster and eventually being replaced by a bunch of bureaucrats.

This is where we see the insidious power of Chaos, which turns Horus' tale into one of tragedy.  Through their machinations, the Primordial Annihilator convinced Horus that the Emperor had abandoned the Great Crusade to pursue godhood and that Horus' achievements would be forgotten.  The irony is that this only happened because Horus turned traitor and started the galactic civil war known as the Horus Heresy.  And the rest is as they say, history.

I've depicted Horus at the height of his corruption, when the Ruinous Powers have completely warped the Warmaster into a nightmarish parody of himself. Accompanying Horus this month is his Justaerin Terminator Elite.  I've always liked their style, probably my favorite of the heresy era Terminators.  Now that I've got the designs fairly fleshed out, I'll be moving onto poses and diorama stuff.  Stay tuned for carnage and other items!