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The Dark Elf Cold Ones actually look really awesome. It's beyond me why GW didn't swap out the Puff-The-Magic-Dragon Ones in the Lizardmen line.

I would have to complain about the Kor'sarro Khan model um. . . come one White scars people bike based army its an option to put him on a bike. SO WHY IS THERE ONLY A FOOT MODEL. Not to mention the foot model is from the looks very difficult to actually put on a bike. I'll admit it's a decent looking model but it just makes no sense on the design of him. By no means does he win for most ridiculous model or for worst design but just strikes a personal cord for me

The plastic minotaurs. Don't want to paint giant minotaur butts.

-Loki- wrote:The Dark Elf Cold Ones actually look really awesome. It's beyond me why GW didn't swap out the Puff-The-Magic-Dragon Ones in the Lizardmen line.

Fluff wise they're different animals so they probably kept the Lizardmen ones to help differentiate.

I'd have to say the one that bugs me the most is the old "Elvira Mistress of the Dark" model... er, I mean "Isabella Von Carstein"... He pose is boring, her sculpt is boring, and she's ugly. They need to give us a new one.

I don't understand the hatred for the DE slavegirls... I've gotten them to look quite nice after a good paintjob. I use them as decorations on my Slaanesh Traitor Guard vehicles.

squidhills wrote:I'd have to say the one that bugs me the most is the old "Elvira Mistress of the Dark" model... er, I mean "Isabella Von Carstein"... He pose is boring, her sculpt is boring, and she's ugly. They need to give us a new one.

I don't understand the hatred for the DE slavegirls... I've gotten them to look quite nice after a good paintjob. I use them as decorations on my Slaanesh Traitor Guard vehicles.

The slavegirl hate is mostly against the GW paintjob on the models. "Arrrgh, those eyebrows!!!"

I dont like draigo's face, looks really odd to me, and all the inquisitor models, except the guy with the Inferno pistol.

Necron Lychguard with Shield/sword. Could put that thing into a squard base in a Tomb Kings Army and it'd probably fit in perfectly. Doesn't fit the machine theme at all, though GW has moved away from the idea that Necrons are a machine army.

DE Sslyth's. Get the idea that Commorragh/Archon retinues are supposed to be a kind of den of scum and villainy that attracts lots of renegades/aliens but they just look very out of place in a DE army.

Dreadknight, too ridiculous even for the endearingly ridiculous 40k setting/themes.

Agree with the OP about Tyranid bio-weapons. For a weapon that is grown/attached to the user, they still come off as far too "human" and our concept of what a weapon is, something that an utterly alien race like the Tyranids shouldn't have. Fleshborer, devourer, venom cannons, etc. should be more akin to a part of the models body then a rifle they're holding.

Dire Avengers enormous headpieces also annoy me a bit, though that's a reflection of fluff moreso then modeling. You'd think that these rapid strike troopers who often strike in stealthy fashion wouldn't use these giant hats that would give them away behind any piece of cover from miles away....

Grey Templar wrote:
The slavegirl hate is mostly against the GW paintjob on the models. "Arrrgh, those eyebrows!!!"

I gave mine some rather drastic eyebrow reduction surgery and after that she looked much better!

The Khorne Berserker models. They look fantastic, but when you look at them compared to newer models they make you want to cry, if they updated them I would seriously consider a World Eaters army, because I love the Khorne lord model with the giant axe.

Chowderhead wrote:

His face always gave me a look of "We're the best?"

He reminds me of the end of every Rocky movie ever made...

All the Chaos Greater Demons. They are old sculpts and should be re-designed! And those Tomb king skeletons...

5 pages and no one posted these guys?



Bigwig circa 1999 - Once we made multipart IG kits with all their heave and special weapons. Then we stopped and only made them in metal. But now we shall make them anew!
Sculptor - Yay! Y'know Jess Goodwin did this awesome sketch of a new IG and you'll not he's fully covered which is good for IG beacuse you have paint loads of them and cloth is easier to paint than skin.



Bigwig - I say thee Nay.

Sculptor - alright, OK, that's fine, everyone loves the Cadians y'know



Bigwig - Aye and we shall do the Cadians.

Sculptor - Yay!

Bigwig - In five years.

Sculptor - Oh...

Bigwig - And they shall look nothing like that.

Sculptor - Uh right. OK, fine. Well the Mordians have a cool 19th century vibe



Bigwig - Nay.

Sculptor - the Tallarn are-



Bigwig - Nay.

Scultor - Gotcha, the Valhallans it is, hoards of greatcoated Russian -



Bigwig - Nay.

Scultor - How about we update the RT Necromundan Spiders and-



Bigwig - Nay.

Scultor - But that only leaves one established regiment and they're-

Bigwig - Tell me, what do you know of Rambo? I recently saw a video cassette tape of this Rambo and I feel the kids today will appreciate the chance to have a whole army of Rambo.

Sculptor - But, but lack of realism, lots of flesh to paint, no armor, not suitable for all enviornments, and...

Bigwig - Yes. Rambo. Make it so my good man.

And thus IG players for more than 10 years have had a army of Rambos....



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You know that plastic Cadians have come out since the Catachans and that kind of shoots down your little narrative right?

of course you do. But it didn't stop you.

Worglock wrote:You know that plastic Cadians have come out since the Catachans and that kind of shoots down your little narrative right?

of course you do. But it didn't stop you.

You know he did say they were released 5 years after the Catachan box, so his little narrative still works.

Of course you do, you actually read it. But that didn't stop you.

Didn't stop me laughing either

Great little spat above... on a side not, I hate the metal thunderfire cannon above all models ever.

lol @ catachan!

I'm gonna say the new flayed ones.

Asherian Command wrote:

Samus_aran115 wrote:

THE WORST MODEL OF ALL TIME!

Yep, good old Nagash. For those who don't remember, Nagash is on a 40mm base, and was a powerful character model back when the Undead were just one army. IIRC, Gary Morley (the sculptor) apologized for this one specifically. IMO, this model taught GW that people will buy crappy models if the rules for them are good enough.

He was supposed to have a different, more liche like head, but at the last minute the board said no and made morley change it to skull-a-clown.

That nagash model is plain awful.

Personally, I really dont old ogre models, I mean seriously, you want me to collect an army of obese asians?

I was going to say the Tau suits, but Catachans takes it. The way the Carnifex carapace doesn't line up flush in the back irks me something fierce.

Chaos trolls for fantasy....

I really don't like Mephiston ...

ruminator wrote:I really don't like Mephiston ...

The worst part about it is that he's Soooooo good in game terms! With such a terrible model...

ruminator wrote:I really don't like Mephiston ...

I cut his arms and head off.

Avatar. I really dislike the model, it's far too busy. It simply doesn't fit with the rest of the Eldar who have a sleeker look.

Howard A Treesong wrote:

ruminator wrote:I really don't like Mephiston ...

I cut his arms and head off.

I am starting to get a warm feeling inside ...

biccat wrote:Avatar. I really dislike the model, it's far too busy. It simply doesn't fit with the rest of the Eldar who have a sleeker look.

I dunno, I think the Avatar's pretty good, all runic and arcane and stuff. My only complaint is that it should be taller. But speaking of bad Eldar, Jain Zar is almost painful to look at, with that wierd wicked witch face and giant 80's rock hairdo.

Harriticus wrote:
Agree with the OP about Tyranid bio-weapons. For a weapon that is grown/attached to the user, they still come off as far too "human" and our concept of what a weapon is, something that an utterly alien race like the Tyranids shouldn't have. Fleshborer, devourer, venom cannons, etc. should be more akin to a part of the models body then a rifle they're holding.

I think it's a design choice of that kind of makes sense. The designer has to design something is instantly recognisable as a weapon, is clearly distinguishable from other weapons the unit can have, and allows multiple 'things' on the sprue.

Take the tyranid warrior as an example, it can have devourers, venom cannons, barbed stranglers etc. Now then, if we make the weapon a tube that sticks out of their chest, that is not necessarially a recognisable weapon, whereas a more 'anthropomorphic' design with weapons with clips and barrels, 'held' in arms is almost instantly recognizable as a weapon (because from a human players reference point this is the most recognisable image we have).

Also, how do we distinguish between a devourer and barbed strangler (in, for example, turn 1 of a tournament game to a strict time limit) without having to look at more subtle details. Having 'guns' that look distinct aid this aspect (i.e. a barbed strangler would look like a barbed strangler with or without the warrior carrying it). As a third point, by using 'guns' the designers can use the same generic torsos and legs, without having to make a redesign for each weapon option they can take.

In addition, from a fluff perspective (especially the older stuff), the weapon-symbiotes are more like parasites that 'attach' to the tyranid just after spawning, rather than weapons that the 'nid is innately born attached to.

(can you tell I disagree with the point on tyranid bio-weapons )

As for my most irking model, this guy (NOTE: image is random one stolen from internet as GW is blocked at work, do NOT comment on painting as I have no idea who painted it, where, or when!)


The pose makes no sense to me, it looks like he's showing off his wrist-mounted storm bolter in the same way a teenage girl shows off a large, chunky and garish 'engagement ring' that here equally teenage sweetheart got out of one of those vending machines you see outside grocery stores (the one where you twist the handle and the aforementioned jewellery is in a small plastic pod)

I'll put in another vote for the plastic Catachans, however i was an original Catachan Guard player and they litterally killed my army for me...

On top of that i'll also add the newer Ratskin models.
i mean seriously what the hell was wrong with the original models? the newer ones have gone all grimdark and the earlier ones were full of character!
pssshh

other then that the angry hug monster... sorry Metal Carnifex..