Thursday 20 October 2016

Giant Mutated Armoured Nipples?

According to rumours doing the rounds on the Web of False Gossip, the above photo is supposed to be a reasonably accurate facsimile of a new plastic Magnus the Red mini.

It has giant mutated armoured nipples.

I mean how can an evil genius have giant mutated armoured nipples? Did Attila the Hun terrorise Rome wearing a massive steel bra? Did Hitler strike fear into Europe while boasting about the size of his nipples? Did Stalin sign endless death warrants sideways to avoid getting ink on his nipple shields?

Someone at GW has seriously lost the plot of this is true.

12 comments:

  1. Maybe Magnus is simply an unashamed Madonna fan? ;)

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  2. The chest tusks are perhaps a little silly, but have been an iconic part of Magnus's look in the art going back quite a long time. I think it's a case of "can't win either way", if they left them off some folks would complain about their omission, and if they leave 'em on others will poke fun at their inclusion.

    I fall in the camp of "pro-chest-tusks" from a source art standpoint, though from a practicality standpoint I will freely admit they're fairly silly. :)

    Perhaps they give him a moment's advantage, when his opponents pause to think "what the heck are those supposed to do?" then he zaps them with sorcery. Hah!

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    1. Normally I'd agree with you Mordian, but today I can't. I was really hoping the nipple horns would have been edited out of the design. This is true to the artwork as you said.

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    2. Maybe he can belt any opponents while they ate still laughing.

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  3. Well I know where to hang my hat now.

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  4. As Mordian said, but I agree not practical in a melee... maybe they focus his beams from the cyclops eye? No reason why you have to use the nipple-horns, it a plastic kit after all - just leave them off and greenstuff or cover the holes?

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    1. Or magnetise them for the ultimate in flexibility - Magnetised giant mutated armoured nipples FTW

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    2. Magnetised giant armoured mutated nipples......that thought will stay with me all day.

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