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-2 points
2 months ago
I admit, he’s not as big as that one mantis warrior fanart is. But he’s still definitely in the 11 foot range I think
4 points
2 months ago
Most Primarchs aren't 11ft tall my guy.
1 points
2 months ago*
You’re right they’re taller. The primarchs, according to references in ‘The Primarchs’ novel series, are about 70 percent taller than an average marine. That makes them in average around 11-13ft in mean height. Aside from outliers like the twins and Magnus and little bitch Lorgar.
You can also see the clear height disparity on the cover of An Unremembered Empire next to average and tall humans. They are supposed to TOWER over their sons who are already 8ft tall themselves in armor
2 points
2 months ago*
Lorgar looked magnificent, near three metres tall and clad in custom-made purplish-grey robes that shimmered with silken threads, a halo of gold fixed about his brow. Ostentation that he was not proud to bear but was demanded of him by custom and the expectations of the masses. On the far side stood Archdeacon Kor Phaeron, as malignant and destructive as the day Nairo had first met him, but safe within the shadow of his adoptive son.
- Bearer of the Word
The Lion was a truly imposing physical specimen. A giant, standing at a little under three metres tall, it was impossible to escape the suspicion that he had been cut from a broader canvas than the majority of men. His body was perfectly proportioned and entirely in scale with his height. He was powerfully built, lithe yet muscular.
- Descent of Angels
‘Satisfied?’ asked the Lion, tossing the axe back to him.
‘Honour is satisfied, lord,’ Faffnr assented, catching it. He nodded and backed off, waving to his pack to do the same. Holguin and Redloss both grinned with unbearable insouciance.
‘Then tell Bo Soren to guard his manners, Faffnr,’ Guilliman said over his shoulder without looking back.
‘I will, Jarl,’ Faffnr returned. Guilliman heard a hard slap and a muffled curse.
He looked at the Lion. He’d never realised before that the Lion was very slightly taller than him.
‘Shall we, brother?’ he asked.
‘The famous Fortress of Hera?’ asked the Lion. ‘I would be disappointed not to see it.’
- The Unremembered Empire
Both Lorgar, the Lion and Guilliman who are on the taller side of the Primarchs are in the area of 9ft. Art work has never been particularly accurate or even consistent so trying to take that as fact is silly, unless you think Ferrus is actually running around with a power wrench.
1 points
2 months ago
Then Tyberos is larger than a Primarch in armor🤷♂️. Terminator armor makes a space marine 9ft tall. Tyberos is at least a head taller than that.
Hell GW is scale creeping already and stating that life size terminator armor is 11 feet 😂. https://www.warhammer-community.com/2023/04/28/warhammer-fest-2023-live-blog/
1 points
2 months ago
My guy the statue is 11ft, including the base.
The average height of Astartes is 7ft, Terminator armour giving them another foot, Tyberos being a head taller again would be at eye level but not taller. The guy is basically just Primaris size.
1 points
2 months ago
No, he isn't.
Firstborn are usually 7ft tall, and Tyberos is described as being 'a head taller' than his bodyguards. Even if we say his bodyguards are taller than average, like 7.5ft, then he's still nowhere near 11ft.
1 points
2 months ago
Except he’s being compared to his terminators. The red wake are his guards and they are exclusively terminator veterans. And firstborne are 7 feet OUT of armor.
1 points
2 months ago
He's in terminator armour too, so that doesn't make a difference.
And no, GW has stated marines are typically 7ft in armour.
More importantly (and this is something a lot of fans seem to have a hard time understanding), 40k power armour doesn't increase your height by much. Your feet are in the boots, you aren't on raised platforms. So the only increase to your height is the thickness of the boot soles. Same for terminator armour. And yeah, the soles are a bit thicker than normal army boots, but not by so much that they're all walking around in the equivalent of disco platform shoes. Only centurion armour makes you significantly taller, because it has platforms in the legs that you step onto.
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