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2010/06/17 20:31:09
Subject: Bloodthirster not all that??
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Size matters - anything WFB can do D&D can do better, new Ltd edition Orcus model.
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2010/06/17 20:33:47
Subject: Re:Bloodthirster not all that??
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Malicious Mandrake
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Me Don't like...
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2010/06/17 20:36:39
Subject: Bloodthirster not all that??
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Why????
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2010/06/17 20:48:02
Subject: Bloodthirster not all that??
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Foxy Wildborne
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jprp wrote:Size matters - anything WFB can do D&D can do better
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2010/06/17 20:58:51
Subject: Re:Bloodthirster not all that??
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Irked Necron Immortal
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looks like the Bloodthirster's slowed cousin!
HAI GYS!
"oh god, its him...look the other way...pretend we did see him...oh crap he walking this way! run!"
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2010/06/17 20:58:58
Subject: Re:Bloodthirster not all that??
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Fixture of Dakka
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I'm sorry... I'm going to have to agree with the other posters. It looks like something made out of playdoh with 2 wings stuck in its back.
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2010/06/17 21:33:07
Subject: Bloodthirster not all that??
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Fixture of Dakka
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Is that supposed to be an alternative or a threat?
"Use the GW model OR ELSE we'll MAKE you use this POS"
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2010/06/17 21:36:03
Subject: Bloodthirster not all that??
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Highlord with a Blackstone Fortress
Adrift within the vortex of my imagination.
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Orcus isnt supposed to be that big anyway.
I do prefer the D&D minitures Balor to the Bloodthirster though.
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2010/06/17 21:44:41
Subject: Bloodthirster not all that??
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Ultramarine Master with Gauntlets of Macragge
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Bigger does not necessarily mean better. That daemon also looks kinda chubby, especially with that thick sausage of an arm.
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2010/06/17 21:56:32
Subject: Bloodthirster not all that??
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Brother SRM wrote:Bigger does not necessarily mean better. That daemon also looks kinda chubby, especially with that thick sausage of an arm.
Thats what Orcus is like in AD&D 4thED he`s on the cover of Monster manual, i posted the pic to draw attention to how puny the GW demons are in comparison - im converting some D&D demons and would appreciate some ideas for source models of about the same size also ideas for Cthulu beasts would be nice.
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2010/06/17 21:57:42
Subject: Bloodthirster not all that??
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Martial Arts SAS
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Wow, I'm really liking the GW version now.
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2010/06/17 22:00:19
Subject: Bloodthirster not all that??
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Erasoketa wrote:Wow, I'm really liking the GW version now.
?details?
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2010/06/17 22:05:21
Subject: Bloodthirster not all that??
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Savage Minotaur
Chicago
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Its because Orcus is worse than Nagash.
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2010/06/17 22:09:37
Subject: Bloodthirster not all that??
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Martial Arts SAS
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jprp wrote:Erasoketa wrote:Wow, I'm really liking the GW version now.
?details?
I knew this had to happen at some point >_<
The gerund of "to like" ¬¬
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2010/06/17 22:10:58
Subject: Bloodthirster not all that??
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Inspiring Icon Bearer
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I perfer the FW one.
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2010/06/17 22:37:00
Subject: Re:Bloodthirster not all that??
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Rough Rider with Boomstick
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Yeah so lucky it wasnt the forgeworld blood thirster in the pic would of made it look even worse
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2010/06/17 22:53:57
Subject: Re:Bloodthirster not all that??
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Calculating Commissar
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Wow... I was thinking about buying one of those DnD Bloodthirsters just to paint up...
Now that I see a user picture of it though, it looks freaking terrible. It's like something that was too ugly even for GW's early days.
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2010/06/17 22:55:47
Subject: Bloodthirster not all that??
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Ridin' on a Snotling Pump Wagon
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So, Bloodthirster model. Quite possibly a model older than many gamers, compared to something fresh....and still betterer than it....
Now, why don't you compare it to Angarrath?
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2010/06/17 22:58:28
Subject: Bloodthirster not all that??
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Savage Minotaur
Chicago
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Orcus looks like the cookie monster on steroids in the middle of a rage-induced seizure.
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2010/06/17 23:15:32
Subject: Bloodthirster not all that??
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Longtime Dakkanaut
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ok I gotta ask... how much is the smelly thing on the right?
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2010/06/17 23:30:45
Subject: Re:Bloodthirster not all that??
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Hangin' with Gork & Mork
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Orcus was a god of the underworld, punisher of broken oaths in Italic and Roman mythology. He was more equivalent to the Roman Pluto than to the Greek Hades, and later identified with Dis Pater. He was portrayed in paintings in Etruscan tombs as a hairy, bearded giant. A temple to Orcus may have existed on the Palatine Hill in Rome. It is likely that he was transliterated from the Greek daemon Horcus, the personification of Oaths and a son of Eris.
Orcus made his first appearance in Eldritch Wizardry supplement for the original (white box) Dungeons and Dragons game (1976). He is described as a grossly fat demon lord with goat-like head and legs, holding the wand of death (Orcus' Wand).
Orcus is the only demon lord detailed in the 4th edition Monster Manual (2008), and he also appears on the cover.
He isn't a rip off of a bloodthirster as he came roughly 10 years before a bloodthirster.
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Amidst the mists and coldest frosts he thrusts his fists against the posts and still insists he sees the ghosts.
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2010/06/17 23:31:40
Subject: Bloodthirster not all that??
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!!Goffik Rocker!!
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Orcus.. What have they done to you? You used to be so cool looking! He isn't a rip off of a bloodthirster as he came roughly 10 years before a bloodthirster. And a bloodthirster is a hypergeneric demon. Nothing was stolen from anyone.
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2010/06/17 23:42:20
Subject: Re:Bloodthirster not all that??
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Decrepit Dakkanaut
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Ultraforge Greater War Demon:
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2010/06/18 00:27:33
Subject: Bloodthirster not all that??
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i started this post because i like the model (that's why i got it) i wasn't saying that it was a copy of BT but drawing attention to its vast looming size and at 50 quid seems better value than most GW stuff.
I seem to be on my own in thinking that it is a nice figure but i get the impression that most of the negative comments come from people who don't know what Orcus is supposed to be.
As has been pointed out by others Orcus is way older than the bloodthirster (which came into existence because GW wanted a Balrog but didnt want to pay royalties on it). Automatically Appended Next Post: MeanGreenStompa wrote:Ultraforge Greater War Demon:
Do you have one of these?
If so how much to get one to uk?
Pics?
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2010/06/18 00:53:01
Subject: Bloodthirster not all that??
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Pewling Menial
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you payed £50 for that...? I could've sculpted you a better one out of a box of sculpey for half of that..
It's disappointing how little originality there is regarding the 'generic war demons' that we're seeing here... I mean really? surely there're deeper depths of inspirational material and motifs that can be employed to the same end..?
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2010/06/18 01:00:12
Subject: Re:Bloodthirster not all that??
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Long-Range Land Speeder Pilot
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man if your going to use that orcus as your bloodthirster might as well use this as your cthulhu
But in all seriousness an all Lovecraftian demon army would be pretty badass. Get a hastur, some cultists, tchoo tchoo, byakhee... this is sounding good
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2010/06/18 01:01:41
Subject: Bloodthirster not all that??
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Consigned to the Grim Darkness
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Size isn't everything. It's all in how you use it.
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The people in the past who convinced themselves to do unspeakable things were no less human than you or I. They made their decisions; the only thing that prevents history from repeating itself is making different ones.
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2010/06/18 01:05:25
Subject: Bloodthirster not all that??
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Ollanius Pius - Savior of the Emperor
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Kryppers wrote:
It's disappointing how little originality there is regarding the 'generic war demons' that we're seeing here... I mean really? surely there're deeper depths of inspirational material and motifs that can be employed to the same end..?
Pay attention to what you said.
how little originality there is regarding the 'generic war demons'
They're the "generic war demons" for a reason. The more abstract and original ones either flop miserably or are too rarely seen for anyone to get used to.
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2010/06/18 01:08:20
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Consigned to the Grim Darkness
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That's kinda why I was disappointed in Daemonettes. They don't look like they belong to Slaanesh-- there's no feel of seduction to them, or hedonism, or pleasure, or even excess... they look like they belong to Nurgle.
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The people in the past who convinced themselves to do unspeakable things were no less human than you or I. They made their decisions; the only thing that prevents history from repeating itself is making different ones.
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2010/06/18 01:11:58
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Automated Rubric Marine of Tzeentch
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Hmm speaking of Ultraforge, do they still exist? I can't seem to order anything from their site (I wanted a Vrock). EDIT: Most of those D&D models look terribad, IMO. That abomination included.
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