hey guys jay here welcome to ion's battle it's the meme of all memes at least twice a day games dark
shop comes out with a new primaris lieutenant sure tao and dark eldar are really hurting for
some new models but the space marines really need another model in between sergeant and captain
i knew there were a lot but i decided to finally track down every single primaris lieutenant
ever made so let's go through these and rank them starting with dark imperium space marine
lieutenant one from 2017. this was the first ever primaris lieutenant and it's not bad it's simple
the pose is good and he has one whole purity seal to let you know that he's somebody important
see tier moving on to dark imperium space marine lieutenant two yes one box contained
two primaries lieutenants and this one is a little bit on the lame side he's got a gun
and nothing in particular that would make him stand out from a normal primaris intercessor
maybe he could be a primary intercessor sergeant but he's actually a primaris lieutenant
d-tier next up is a model we all know and love the primary lieutenant with power sword from 2018
or as i think he should be called sortie up guy classic classic primarist model this is the jokey
one that everybody puts on their memes because his pose is kind of static he looks a little bit
silly he's holding his sword perfectly upright and also he's got like a a pearl necklace that's
got a little dangly jewelry hanging off of it it's a little weird the only thing going
for him is the laurel wreath on his helmet but i don't know if that's enough to save him from
deterior next up we got blood angel's primaris lieutenant tolmaron from 2017 and he's not bad
he's kind of cool he's got a really nice sword and he's got a nice discount bargain bin iron halo
also his dick towel is on point a tier after that we got primaries lieutenant zechariah from 2017
and he's also not bad he's got a tactical rock i like that he does have a plasma pistol and it kind
of looks like he's wearing a bathrobe esteer next up we got conquest magazine's primarist lieutenant
calcius from 2017 and he's pretty good he's pretty much a completely normal standard intercessor
space marine but he does have ultramarine logos so you can't use them for other chapters
and he's got a pretty cool sword that i can't tell if he's putting it away or taking it out
but overall he's fine be tier next up we got the primaris lieutenant in fobo reaver armor in 2019
technically you could call this two models cause sometimes he's called the phobos and
sometimes it's called the reaver but i'm counting him as one primaries lieutenants or as i think he
should be better known as the sneaky mcjumperson lieutenants and he's pretty good probably one of
the most dynamic models that games workshop has made well particularly for primary space
marines the most dynamic model he's not bad and i like his little smoke grenade b-tier
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have merch link in the description next the primaries lieutenant and phobos armor from the
vanguard space marine box from 2019 this guy is also pretty good there's something about the fobo
slash reaver armor that just kind of looks really tactical and nice and it looks really
really good on important guys like lieutenants and he's not bad i would say he's asked here
after that we have the 500th store opening exclusive primaries lieutenant primarist
lieutenant from 2018 and you know even though he's pretty average and normal he's kind of got a good
attitude to him he's he just took off part of his helmet he's kind of got his gun at his side
and i like the gigantic bullet hanging off of his shoulder pad like honestly that bullet is
almost the same size as his hand it is hilariously oversized but i like it overall it's a neat model
i also love his super weird widow's peak haircut where it's like he doesn't have any hair on the
sides and it's all coming in the fronts i don't know damn that paint job really makes him look
intimidating man those are some brooding eyes and i think i gotta give those brooding eyes
ester after that we have primaris lieutenant emulius from 2019 and this guy this guy should be
the standard primaries lieutenant in my opinion i really like his his proper cool roman dick towels
he's got his his uh he's got his helmet tucked under his armpit he's got a proper iron halo and
he's just looks cool i feel like this guy totally stands out from a normal primaries intercessor
and for that i'm gonna give him b tier next up we have the indomitus primaris lieutenant from 2020
and this guy is a little bit weird because he is just a blade guard veteran like just a blade
yard veteran he has the blade guard veteran helmet he's got the all of the blade guard
veteran kit he's got the blade guard veteran's shield the only thing cool is the vocai pistol
i mean the model is kind of cool by itself but it doesn't really make any sense that he is wearing
the exact kits of an entirely different unit it's a little bit weird and wacky but it's
really good fodder for conversion i've seen tons of people take this guy because he is
cheap online and turn him into some really really cool stuff so i'm going to give him d tier next
up we have the mcfarland warhammer 40k seven inch figure blood angels primerous lieutenant 20 20. uh
i'm not a big fan of the mcfarland figures i think they look weird and chunky and buzz lightyeary but
i suppose this one's as good as it gets the paint is pretty atrocious the gold is reasonably shiny
eh ester and the joy toy warhammer 40 000 ultramarine's heroes of the chapter primaris
lieutenant erastus 1 18 scale action figure i'm sure these are way more expensive but at least
they actually look fairly well proportioned if still a little bit on the bland side it's not bad
it's a nice little lieutenant and i think how big is this 1 18th scale i have no earthly idea
hopefully it's small i would like a smaller figure 7 inch is way too big but overall it's
not bad and i wouldn't mind this particular pose on an actual primary lieutenant model maybe if
i wish upon a star games workshop will make that figure for me d tier and there you go since 2017
we've gotten 13 primaries lieutenants and honestly it seems a little low i thought there'd be more
if you discount the non-toy minis it's only 11. sure there have been a few captains and sergeants
thrown in there here and there but specifically primaries lieutenants i think we could use a few
more now i would ask you guys what do you think of my ranking but clearly i nailed it nobody
could possibly argue so i hope you guys enjoyed the video and as always thanks for watching