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Mortarion Sketch

Mortarion, The Prince of Decay

Magnus in Pirate Goro Majima's outfit for @warhorny-on-main

thank u @myresin for morty request :)c

trying to figure this guy out and his physique and I'm nottt happy with it but hmmm yknow. based on that one sketched illustration of him from the lexicanum. Done on mixed media paper with 0.5 HB graphite in a mechanical pencil and an eraser.

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Primarchs, it is known, weren't all made equal and weren't all equally lucky regarding the environments they had to grow up in. As infants, alone (lacking a true family structure) in veritable hellscapes, Mortarion and Angron truly make my heart ache.

I don't exactly know what it is about Mortarion that strikes me so deeply, but I'm sure his temperament, that translates into the way he conducts war, is a significant part of this kinship. Even in his Chaos form, during the events in "Lords of Silence", I can still find his original essence, the psyche born from toiling in Barbarus for the liberation of his kind (and his own).

I've always believed it to be true that hardships forge our character and that reflects on our temperament. But we also have a duality of paths: we can build on our flaws or on our strengths - and though he made his choice to side with Chaos, I've always seen the Nathaniel Garro in Mortarion.

Now, if this ever reaches a W40k fan it's likely they'd feel strongly against my words but bear with me as I try to explain. As connected as each Astartes is to their gene-father, I think of Garro as the virtuous version of Mortarion, what he could've been if he had chosen (or had been allowed) to build on his strengths. Or maybe I just see in Garro the man Mortarion was as a youngling in Barbarus. After Necare and before the Emperor.

The Primarch's penchant for audible introspection, his love for numbers and his whimsical use of them to add symbolism to his creations, his determination to see things through, unrelenting as a force and as a bastion. I'm not a Chaos-marine player in any way, but I can't look down on the pain Mortarion underwent nor overlook his complete mental and spiritual breakdown by Nurgle before the Siege of Terra.

Now I'm no lore expert, and I don't think I'll ever be, so take this simply as a very personal opinion of a nobody who formed a kind of "bond" with him - even after the change, even after becoming a Daemon Prince.

You draw him so perfectly, I can’t wait to see what your vision is

Aaah thank you! 😭💚 Mortarion's Daemon Prince form is tricky for me because I really like his canonical design, but also could absolutely have a lot of fun trying to do it from scratch. 🫠 I think the main thing I'd change would be to make his facial changes a bit more subtle and keep his features more reminiscent of his pre-daemon form (just so that his face is still recognizable), and lean on the moth motif for the wings more. I only have so many spoons currently and couldn't do a full-on clean design, but here's a try from a few days ago!

moth boy (young version) (needs hugs)

now I really gotta make a Fulgrim 2.0, poor guy is just so small. also finally got a pic of them in good lighting.

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