Primarch speculation thread. What they'll look like, stats, whatever. I'll start.
>its been a good 2017 for 40,000
>the primarchs all returning, all of them clearly changed by the 10,000 years since the heresy
>rumours of russ
>super hype
>finally gw confirms it
>and then the leaked pictures come in
>and russ is a giant fucking wulfen
>mfw
>>51269530
Leaked pictures?
All Loyalist Primarchs will have achieved some form of ascendency into a higher plane of existence. This will require either being touched by the influence of the Warp or actually being in the Warp.
>Leman Russ died in the Warp, but his soul is preserved by the memory of countless Fenrisians who have ascended him to a god of the materium through power of belief.
>Guilliman will recover as a primarch ascendant - dead in mortal form, but reincarnated as the spiritual vessel of the entire empire of Ultramar
>inversely, Lion El Johnson will die and stay dead because he is kept a secret
>Dorn is probably shackled in chains by Perturabo in secret, mutated beyond recognition, and will be killed during the Last Siege of Terra to demoralize the defenders, but his soul will be absorbed into the Emperor and his consciousness will echo throughout the minds of the defenders, reinvigorating their defense
>Sanguinius is reincarnated as a god who will burn away an entire hivefleet
>Corax has evolved into a raven god
>Jaghatai Khan will return to Terra surfing on Ascended Vulkan, who has obtained the ultimate form of a Space MegaSalamander (also Vulkan's final treasure is a Blackstone Fortress because Vulkan finds cool stuff)
>Saint Celestine is revealed to be one of the lost Primarchs, whose special evolution is reincarnation
>The anti-Chaos forces currently residing in the Webway form a coalition to recover the second lost Primarch's sacred weapon for the final battle against the Traitor Primarchs, which is currentlyheld by Commander Farsight.
>>51269530
Let me guess, they'll all be bigger, bulkier and stronger than Ghazghkull, all of which is ridiculous.
GW needs to pay.
>>51269781
>Stronger than Ghazkull
Everyone is stronger than Ghazkull.
>>51269803
In the game yes. Which is ridiculous.
He's the baddest warboss the galaxy has seen for 10k years, the guy should be the size of a dreadnought.
>>51269803
Orklets, WWTEL?
>>51269734
>will return to Terra surfing on Ascended Vulkan, who has obtained the ultimate form of a Space MegaSalamander
SKAD
>>51269530
>Russ suddenly returns at head of new, mysterious space marine chapter
>pic related
>>51269734
>Corax Raven god
Makes sense with all the golden raven iconography in the 40k rulebook.
What velocity would the Khan have achieved after a 10,000 year webway race with the Dark Eldar?
>>51269840
He is... a boxnaught.
We have contemptors now boy
First of all, they'd probably all get models that are deliberately incompatible with their 30K rulesets, because that means people would have to buy both versions (or buy two of one version and convert) if they want to run them in both systems.
Also, lots of small, fragile parts that make transporting the models hell, as per recent centrepiece kits like Saint Celestine, big whirlpool Sigmarine guy, etc.
Some specific predictions:
>Rowboat Girlyman recovers, tries to pull the Lord Commander of the Imperium thing again, and ends up creating a civil war between him/the Ultramarines/UM successors, and other Imperial subfactions who find a way to take issue with his claim to authority
>Gorillaman also gets the Gauntlets of Ultramar back, both to make his FW model 40K-incompatible, and to give GW an excuse to release a new Marneus Calgar kit with both PA and TDA versions, and new weapon options
>Russ comes back with the ability to shapeshift between (super)human and a giant Wulfen-monster, like Bran Redmaw on steroids, and makes the foes of the Imperium take the knot
>Sanguinius is dead, dead, dead, because we don't need another fucking Loken "but he was actually alive the whole time!"
>Corax has gone full raven, ushering in a new Raven Guard mini-Codex where their raven imagery is knocked up to Space Yiff levels. Shit like Ravenclaw Assault Squads armed with Raven's Talons and Raven Pendants, Scouts on giant ravens, etc.
>Jaghatai Khan never gets a model, because everyone forgets him anyway