How Dare You Interrupt My Photoshoot! (Grimdark WIP) (Patreon)

Hello!

Diorama time, and there can only be one fitting for this month's characters!

Fulgrim vs the Avatar of Khaine.  Yes, this actually happened during the Horus Heresy and it started with a bit of Eldar diplomacy.  It will not surprise you to learn that Eldar diplomacy in the books is atrocious because it almost always results in dead bodies.  They really don't understand the concept, probably due to their superiority complex.  

Anyways, Eldrad Uthran, (the only Eldar character I can ever remember) met face to face with Fulgrim to deliver a warning for the Emperor.  Basically he said, Chaos is bad and Horus is totally going to backstab the Imperium.  Unsurprisingly, Fulgrim took this news pretty badly.  By this point, that pesky Daemon sword had a pretty good hold on Fulgrim and goaded him to kill Eldrad and his entourage.  Eldrad, despite being his race's premiere space wizard couldn't see the damn Greater Daemon of Slaanesh right in front of him.  This seems to be a pattern with this character.  He was also blind as a bat before his 'gobbled by Slaanesh' retcon so yay for consistency I guess.  

Anyways, Eldar diplomacy went tits up as usual and it culminated with them summoning an Avatar of Khaine to take on Fulgrim.  Fulgrim wins because one of the books actually says 'Only a Primarch can kill another Primarch.'  If it's any consolation to the Eldar fans, I'm pretty sure Khaine took out some redshirts before inevitably succumbing to Primarch plot armour. 😄

BTW, you might think the post title is hyperbolic but I can assure you it doesn't take much to set Fulgrim off.  The Phoenician makes statues as a hobby and once asked a human sculptor what he thought of them.  The guy said Fulgrim's statues were 'too perfect' like in an uncanny valley sort of way.  Fulgrim got super pissed and eventually ended up killing him.  Ironically the human sculptor's statues were better than Fulgrim's precisely because they were not exact replicas of their subject.  Oh yeah, he also made a sculpture of the Emperor which Chaos corrupted Fulgrim did not appreciate.  

So for Fulgrim's melee pose, I went with a more flamboyant style vs the traditional attack poses for Primarchs.  Fulgrim is definitely one of those fighters that prioritizes style over substance (y'know with flashy pirouettes and dazzling flourishes of the blade to intimidate his opponents).  I'm not saying this is a good fighting technique.  Fulgrim tried this shit with Rogal Dorn and the Praetorian turned Fulgrim's face into a Picasso painting.  Then Fulgrim tried to flex on Dorn by turning into his giant snake form.  But the Phoenician rolled a natural one on his intimidate check and slinked away like a whipped dog.  

The community asked for it so I've included a Fireblade option for Fulgrim.  For Khaine I went with a hand outstretched pose so you can kitbash that dripping blood on his hand if you so choose.  Sister poses are next!  There are also a bunch of other surprises in store as well.  Stay tuned!