Size of the God-Emperor of Man

white_rabbit · Post by **white_rabbit** » 2007-05-02 03:12pm

Kuja wrote:Well, Sanguinius was a mutant, and at least two of his brothers were psykers...perhaps it is not inconcievable that the Blood Angel was a telekine.

The dude has wings and can actually fly despite being built like a superstrong humanoid.

To say he's got a touch of the warp about him is probably an understatement.

I suspect he wouldn't have flinched from digging his hands into the monsters flesh and bone either, after all, the beasty had kicked his ass earlier in the Heresy.

Ritterin Sophia · Post by **Ritterin Sophia** » 2007-05-02 04:14pm

How's this?

Rye · Post by **Rye** » 2007-05-02 05:05pm

Well, I don't know how to get an authoritative figure for you, but he (and Horus) looks to be slightly bigger than Sanguinius, who is more in the foreground. They clearly all tower above the Astartes, so the Emperor is obviously well above average human height.

Academia Nut · Post by **Academia Nut** » 2007-05-02 05:51pm

D'oh! Of course, telekinesis! Especially since Sanginius was said to be precognitive and thus knew he was going to die in the fight with Horus but decided to do it anyway because it was his duty.

Also, I suppose for scaling purposes you could assume that the heads on Horus' belt are normal human heads for the lower end and Space Marine heads for the upper end and then go from there.

Cykeisme · Post by **Cykeisme** » 2007-05-03 08:20pm

Sanguinius broke a Bloodthirster's back over his knee?

Those things are huge!

Ford Prefect · Post by **Ford Prefect** » 2007-05-03 08:57pm

Cykeisme wrote:Sanguinius broke a Bloodthirster's back over his knee?

Those things are huge!

It's only the most badass thing in the entire Siege of the Terra, if not the entire Heresy. Chaos had driven the Loyalists back to the Ultimate Gate, and Sanguinius - who had been kicking ass and taking names all over the show - was the rear guard. Just as the great Primarch was about to back off, a Bloodthrister came right the fuck out of nowhere and latched on. Sanguinius took to the sky, and both angel and daemon duked it out over the battlefield.

This fight was so awesome that everyone stopped killing each other to watch. Sanguinius got dropped, and his impact cracked the road. Then down comes the Bloodthirster, roaring in triumph.

Then up comes Sanguinius and kills the bastard in one move.

Badass.

Cykeisme · Post by **Cykeisme** » 2007-05-04 12:48am

LaserRifleofDoom · Post by **LaserRifleofDoom** » 2007-05-04 01:21am

Rye wrote:Well, I don't know how to get an authoritative figure for you, but he (and Horus) looks to be slightly bigger than Sanguinius, who is more in the foreground. They clearly all tower above the Astartes, so the Emperor is obviously well above average human height.

Even with terminator armor and their stances taken into account, it would seem that Horus is three to five inches taller than the Emperor.

Also, regarding Sanguinius, there is a SM helmet lying directly beside him. Clearly it belongs to one of the Emperor's supporters (from the spike). His head lloks to be twice as big as this helmet (perhaps 2.5 to 3 times larger than a SM's head).
But at the same time, the skulls on Horus' belt look commesurate in size with Sang's head. And the helmet on the ground looks almost out of place due to its tinyness-perhaps it ought to be discounted (seriously, it's in the foreground, but it would barely fit a CSM standing in the background if you just copy-pasted it).

Another measuring stick is standing less than five feet from Horus on the same platform. See the standard chaos space marine, the man directly below the power claw's wrist? This man seems that he would stand about nipple-height on the primarch if they were shoulder to shoulder.