Hello!
The Grimdark Poll is here! All items are taken from the Grimdark Suggestion Box. It is a combination of new items and popular items from last round that did not win. Here's the link to all the items in the poll (attached to post as well).
Grimdark Voting is now one Imperium/Chaos and one Xenos poll running simultaneously. You can find the Xenos poll here.
A couple of things to note:
Fareseer/Bonesinger style proxy is guaranteed in the March queue. Therefore I will only take one or two suggestions at most from each poll.
So I'm going to delay adding the remaining Primarchs to a poll for a month. Now, I know what the reaction is going to be but please hear me out. I have a couple reasons for this delay but hopefully I can give a reasonable compromise:
1. Primarchs will always win the polls - they historically have a 100% success rate. The result is other good suggestions will always be pushed into the background. Community members have voiced their concern about this and I do agree to an extent. There are tons of other interesting characters in the Grimdark universe that deserve attention. Gaunt's Ghosts pretty much set the standard on how to do Imperial Guard. The Bequin Trilogy is probably going to be the next series that shakes up the setting in a significant way. And I'm sure there are lot's of other good characters even if I personally haven't read that much about them.
2. I've basically made three Primarch proxies in a row for the past months and the Pre Heresy Magnus proxy didn't even need a vote. So I feel like the remaining Primarchs can wait for a bit. There's basically no doubt all of them will eventually get done and I'm pretty sure I'll never stop doing Primarch related stuff every Grimdark Month.
3. Speaking of which, last year I said I would eventually make revisions to previous banhammered characters so they are GW proof. And next month, I've finally decided to start this long and arduous journey. Which is why in March I'll start my second take on the Super Smurf/The Taxman/Giant Walking Excel Spreadsheet (I'm not saying he'll get completely done next month but I hope to make significant progress). But he'll be bigger, better and definitely won't look like Cawl stole parts of the armor from the Thousand Sons. 😄 I've also gotten some good suggestion who would be a good actor for him in my theoretical casting segment. Top contenders so far are Aaron Eckhart and Anthony Starr.
4. I'll put the remaining Primarchs in a special exclusive poll just for them in March. Depending on the results, I'll adjust the schedule accordingly.
Each poll will be open until February 28th, 6:00pm EDT.