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AgeOfEgos wrote:I don't know if it's the prison nurse makeup, the dynamic bosom, the greenstuff armpit hair or the anatomically correct squig pom pom.....but the following models make me farking lol everytime;

http://coolminiornot.com/18049

http://coolminiornot.com/139906

Oh my God.

Why would you even click on those, given the text descriptions above?

ProtoClone wrote:Maybe an overdone classic but I have seen bloodletters modeled with pipecleaners. They took the pipecleaners and bent them each to be a seperate letter in the word "blood".

Hey, guess what pic I found today?

It's not an individual model...but a damn lot of them, here's the link http://media.photobucket.com/image/Crazy%2040k%20pic/Dannage/Leviathan/volpone175.jpg

That's pretty cool, because it's painted!

Comment says it all...

Whats Elmo.dib
not a virus rigiht? o_O

The .dib extension looks like some sort of oddball image format...

JohnHwangDD wrote:Why would you even click on those, given the text descriptions above?

Because it is absolutely, positively, fething funny.

On topic: GW's Dark Eldar Mandrakes

Ultra mortalitas wrote:

JohnHwangDD wrote:Why would you even click on those, given the text descriptions above?

Because it is absolutely, positively, fething funny.

On topic: GW's Dark Eldar Mandrakes

OMG....mandrakes....

Flashback to like 97 or 98 when the DE line was brand new and we didnt have much internet presence to berate figs like we do now. And I pre-ordered some mandrakes because they sounded cool fluff wise- like eldar ninjas.

So, the day comes when they arrive and me and my gamer buds go down to the store- and I get my long awaited mandrakes. Now- at this time I was pretty new to 40k- I didnt know the sculptors by name or who Jervis or Andy chambers was etc etc.

So the first thing I say when I see the mandrake models 'Wow...these suck....its like they hired somebody with one hand to sculpt them...'

The store went silent, and like 12 nerd heads in unison all slowly pivoted to stare at me like I was the biggest reject ever. My freind Mark 'Thats really messed up' and then no one would talk to me.

I was clueless, I was like- no- they really do suck that bad! Look at them!!

So, then like two months later I see the article in a WD with the Perry Brothers detailing the cannon accident and how he lost his hand but was still sculpting- and suddenly that whole awkward incident made alot more sense.

So- for one handed sculpts Mandrakes are pretty awesome... anybody want some? ^_^

Muahahahaha... fear me now, mere mortals!


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note: on the right is a chaos titan of the same size.

One that made me stare at it for a little while and wonder where i had seen it before. This guy was playing daemons and brought a soul grinder well it was different but i remember seeing it before and i thought to myself holy crap "Toy Story" the doll that had spider legs underneath its head. Couldnt look anymore like unless he wanted Disney after him. I wish i had taken a picture of it.

Mistress of minis wrote:

Ultra mortalitas wrote:GW's Dark Eldar Mandrakes

So the first thing I say when I see the mandrake models 'Wow...these suck....its like they hired somebody with one hand to sculpt them...'

So, then like two months later I see the article in a WD with the Perry Brothers detailing the cannon accident and how he lost his hand but was still sculpting- and suddenly that whole awkward incident made alot more sense.

So- for one handed sculpts Mandrakes are pretty awesome... anybody want some? ^_^

Thanks, tho I'm gonna pass on that offer.

IMO, it's wierd (and foolish) that a sculptor would involve in any sort of hobby that could destroy his livelihood. I mean, you don't have John Holmes playing with his pecker in a blender...

JohnHwangDD wrote:

Mistress of minis wrote:

Ultra mortalitas wrote:GW's Dark Eldar Mandrakes

So the first thing I say when I see the mandrake models 'Wow...these suck....its like they hired somebody with one hand to sculpt them...'

So, then like two months later I see the article in a WD with the Perry Brothers detailing the cannon accident and how he lost his hand but was still sculpting- and suddenly that whole awkward incident made alot more sense.

So- for one handed sculpts Mandrakes are pretty awesome... anybody want some? ^_^

Thanks, tho I'm gonna pass on that offer.

IMO, it's wierd (and foolish) that a sculptor would involve in any sort of hobby that could destroy his livelihood. I mean, you don't have John Holmes playing with his pecker in a blender...

Do you work to live,

or live to work?

Do what you love to do when you can, ya never know when you might not be able to. It was just an accident, and a pretty rare one. He probably had a greater risk of losing that arms driving to work than in a cannon accident.

Disclaimer-pecker+blender is a bad idea even if its not your blender. Or pecker.

Given that he lost his arm playing with the cannon, and he and his brother still have 3 arms between them driving to work, I'd have to say that no, the risk of losing an arm driving to work is much less.

JohnHwangDD wrote:Given that he lost his arm playing with the cannon, and he and his brother still have 3 arms between them driving to work, I'd have to say that no, the risk of losing an arm driving to work is much less.

You're right there. Anyways GW should really update the codex and models for DE, i seriously could not believe that DE still only have their 2nd edition codex and old models.

Its like they want to get rid of them without angering people with DE armies. It annoys me a lot, and i'm not a fan

Mistress of minis: I would hate to be in your shoes, what were the odds of that happening?

GundamMerc: Someone should make a motivational with that image, that would be funny

JohnHwangDD wrote:Given that he lost his arm playing with the cannon, and he and his brother still have 3 arms between them driving to work, I'd have to say that no, the risk of losing an arm driving to work is much less.

So clever. Maybe look up the % of lost arms/cannon vs auto accidents.

All things considered, even with a mechanical hand he still sculpts better than you or I. He didnt let the accident stop him from doing what he enjoys.

Ah yes, but how many people play with cannon compared to driving to work?

On topic, my friend and I were in the local GW buying paint and I got talking to a redshirt about the imminent nids releases. He said he had a Trygon in store and went to get it. When the guy brought it out it looked terrible. Gappy, badly glued and mangled paint job. Keeping a straight face while telling him it looked good was hard.

@M/M: if we compare odds, the number of arms lost to driving is negligible - there are millions of people who get in their cars every day, and none of them lose their arms.

But the handful of times people play with cannon? yeah, somebody loses an eye (or arm).

And as for him sculpting better than me? If I had decided I wanted to be a GW sculptor as my profession, I have no doubt I'd be a better one than him.

Ultra mortalitas wrote:

JohnHwangDD wrote:Given that he lost his arm playing with the cannon, and he and his brother still have 3 arms between them driving to work, I'd have to say that no, the risk of losing an arm driving to work is much less.

You're right there. Anyways GW should really update the codex and models for DE, i seriously could not believe that DE still only have their 2nd edition codex and old models.

I'm still amazed by the quality of the Perry bros.' work. With 3 hands between them they sculpt better than almost anybody I can think of.

And that's 3rd edition DE models and codex! They weren't around in 2nd. Of course I do have models from 2nd edition that are much better sculpts than anything found in the DE range...

JohnHwangDD wrote:@M/M: if we compare odds, the number of arms lost to driving is negligible - there are millions of people who get in their cars every day, and none of them lose their arms.

But the handful of times people play with cannon? yeah, somebody loses an eye (or arm).

And as for him sculpting better than me? If I had decided I wanted to be a GW sculptor as my profession, I have no doubt I'd be a better one than him.

Last I checked-looking at all the work they did on the LoTR line, I dont think Michael ruined his 'professions as a GW sculptor' . The Perry's are way into historical arms and armor, its always shown in thier sculpting, as well as thier other non GW work.

And until you are a better sculptor- you're still just making half arsed jibes at a fellow who not only does what he loves- he does it well and over came adversity to keep doing it.

So, you'll spin this around into some passive aggressive retort you think is witty Im sure. But it doesnt really matter- in the end you're trying to mock a guy that lost part of his arm in an accident. You're questioning his judgment for having a hobby with dangerous elements. But the facts are still present that hes successful at what hes doing and enjoys it. So your opinion of 'endangering his livelihood' are sort of hollow.

I once saw a BA Missile launcher with the missle in it which wasn't painted silver, but red. I told him it needed a couple of black hoops around it and Crayola written on it. Feel the wrath of the Crayon Launcher!

@M/M: I'm very good at those things I choose to do. I don't want to be a minis sculptor because I don't have any passion for it. Whether or not I'm a better sculptor is simply meaningless dig by you at me, "passive-aggressive" or not. If you want to throw stones, how about you step out of that glass house, first?

And point in fact, he chose a hobby that endangered his livelihood. That shows questionable judgment, regardless of how lucky he is to still be alive, and still have a hand to use.

JohnHwangDD wrote:And point in fact, he chose a hobby that endangered his livelihood.

Hm. Accidents happen. You can screw up your capabilities to work doing pretty much anything if you get unlucky enough. He didn't deserve it any more than a guy who loses an eye playing pub darts.

JohnHwangDD wrote:@M/M: I'm very good at those things I choose to do. I don't want to be a minis sculptor because I don't have any passion for it. Whether or not I'm a better sculptor is simply meaningless dig by you at me, "passive-aggressive" or not. If you want to throw stones, how about you step out of that glass house, first?

And point in fact, he chose a hobby that endangered his livelihood. That shows questionable judgment, regardless of how lucky he is to still be alive, and still have a hand to use.

Its not a meaningless dig- you said you could do it better, but you cant or arent, hence, hollow. And Im not throwing stones, nor do I live in a glass house- I think Im stating my intent quite clearly, although I could use smaller words if necessary.

I have no doubt you are good at things you choose, but belittling someone elses achievements by stating you could do it better, but you dont want to- I think thats the sort of thing anyone could say about anything. And its flawed logic, you have no clue if you'd be as good of a sculptor because you've never done it- you might be technically proficient but lack the art or vice versa. So, I'll agree you might be as good a sculptor, but you waste too much time arguing online :p


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Cheese Elemental wrote:

AgeOfEgos wrote:I don't know if it's the prison nurse makeup, the dynamic bosom, the greenstuff armpit hair or the anatomically correct squig pom pom.....but the following models make me farking lol everytime;

http://coolminiornot.com/18049

http://coolminiornot.com/139906

Oh my God.

And I think we now see why GW decided to make Orks the big green eunuchs of the galaxy....

ok people lets stop arguing and get back on subject

now, on topic this:

Orksorksorksorksor-WTF?

Emperors Faithful wrote:Orksorksorksorksor-WTF?

Dont you just love the stompa head

I can just imagine a gretchin inside screaming

DIS. IS. MY. ANGRY FACE!!!1!!

Emperors Faithful wrote:I can just imagine a gretchin inside screaming

DIS. IS. MY. ANGRY FACE!!!1!!

true. anyways on topic:

FEAR DA BUNNY FEX!