Just got this in the GW newsletter



This one gets a resounding meh from me Put your hands up in the air, like you just dont care ....

I don't get it.

...what the hell is it?

Bray shaman?

no idea :/

Sidstyler wrote:...what the hell is it?

Exactly!?

Um... I would assume a Chaos Sorcerer of Tzeentch of some kind. Looks like he's sporting four arms too. Pretty cool fig IMHO.

Interesting...............................................

Just got the email myself.

"The 2010 Games Day miniature is a wonderful Warhammer Chaos Sorcerer sculpted by Dave Thomas. Resplendent with tentacles, skulls and a book of forbidden lore, it oozes character."

Cool. I think the head could be better, but it's still a pretty nice mini. Definitely very Chaotic.

Umm, unless I missed something, isn't this year due to be a 40k mini?

To be honest the model just seems very bland.

Aduro wrote:"it oozes character."

Yay for spirit fingers...

You're missing the point of it. Chaos isn't spiky guys with XBAWKS HUEG pauldrons and Sauron armour, it's supposed to be a bunch of loony guys worshipping the forces that threaten to destroy the world.

This is a Chaos Sorcerer done right.

Cheese Elemental wrote:You're missing the point of it. Chaos isn't spiky guys with XBAWKS HUEG pauldrons and Sauron armour, it's supposed to be a bunch of loony guys worshipping the forces that threaten to destroy the world.

This is a Chaos Sorcerer done right.

/Archaon shouts to Cheese Elemental/:
HERETIC! YOU SHALL BE PURGED!
Ups. What did I say again?

They obviously need multiple angles because man this is weak....


if I was playing WOC I'd convert a model before buying that.

At least he's not a Space Marine. imo, it looks fine, but not really the usual Gamesdays 'wow'-factor.

Aduro wrote:"Resplendent with tentacles, skulls and a book of forbidden lore, it oozes character."

He oozes something alright.

as a veteran chaos player, i like it. not 100% sold on the position of the right arm, but it fits the barbarian sorceror meddling with dark powers theme. I can also see it fitting well with the old chaos cultists i've got lying around somewhere.

Considering the wonderful lord on jugger, the slaanesh champion and special character...

This boy is a poor addition indeed.

Cheese Elemental wrote:You're missing the point of it. Chaos isn't spiky guys with XBAWKS HUEG pauldrons and Sauron armour,

Chaos is ALL about XBAWKS HUEG Pauldrons and Sauron armour, Heretic! (I'm kidding, i'm kidding, it's a joke. )

Anyway, I'm in two minds about this one-on the one hand, the cloak, chestplate and book are v.nice in my opinion. On the other, the Head is positively dire. Gets a 'maybe' from me.

This concept could've been realized so much better.

The model looks pretty naff to me.

Dont like the pose , dont like the proportions , dont like the bracelet , dont like the ring on his horn ( its just weird to put something on horns that usually grow )

Long story short , Dave Thomas is better at making

They should do a Chaos Octopus and have it with a load of human arms coming out of it and a big book of forbidden love.

That would be cool.

....hmm....well, good luck with that!

I like the belly plate with eyed star, but thats about it.

Would prefer a 40K GD miniature tbh ;/

I actually really like that- it seems like the sorcerer is blessing the warriors before battle, rather than a huge guy with a sword.

I also think they've done a good job expressing subtle tzeenthian themes; his horns are in the shape of the tzeenth symbol, the eye coming out of his hand is a nice flourish, his skin is multi-layered and broken, and the subtle introduction of extra arms shows the mutating power of chaos without having a tentacle for a head.

So I'm going against the grain and saying that IMO its a good representation of a Chaos sorcerer.

It's not awful, but it's very meh. Just doesn't thrill me.

meh its a "nice" model but i think it could be better for the SUPER AWESOME GAMESDAY WE MADE!!!! (by cancelling out chicago >=[ )

I think it'll look good in my LatD army.

I like it.

Another Warriors of Chaos figure?
Stubby fingers, forehead horns, odd muscles.

It's probably not too bad in its original scale but the horns coming out of the front of the head looks weird to me

wow thats cool! finally a real chaos sorcerer!

H.B.M.C. wrote:I think it'll look good in my LatD army.

A who does what now? What is this LatD? Is there an offcial Codex for it?

Chaos Warhammer/40k is ALL about XBAWKS HUEG Pauldrons and Sauron armour

Fixed.

Flachzange wrote:

This one gets a resounding meh from me Put your hands up in the air, like you just dont care ....

You mean, of course, put your hands in the air and WAVE THEM like you just don't care, right?

LunaHound wrote:
Dont like the pose , dont like the proportions , dont like the bracelet , dont like the ring on his horn ( its just weird to put something on horns that usually grow )

Long story short , Dave Thomas is better at making

I think Dave Thomas is all about Wendy's, actually...

Would look good on an Altar of Chaos methinks.

Huzzah, more Chaos! Two Chaos miniatures for Games Day two years in a row is a good Chaotic thing!

I dig it. It's OK.

I for one can't wait for next years Space Marine, and all the accompanying complaints of "Yet another Space Marine".

Its okay, not sure if its a exciting as previous figures from a few years back.

In fact tbh the last two have not made me think, damn I need to get to Games Day just for the figure, even if in the end I didn't go.

niceguyteddy wrote:I for one can't wait for next years Space Marine, and all the accompanying complaints of "Yet another Space Marine".

Very salient point.

First thing that caught my eye was the ring(?) on his right arm. Very Captain Planet. Or Green Lantern. Or...

"Wonder Twin powers, activate!"

Ah well. Hopefully GW's BIG NEW ONLY ONE GAMESDAY OMG! will still give you the option to just buy a ticket, and not the model.

honestly I like it.

Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:Would look good on an Altar of Chaos methinks.

....Or a warshrine. I think i've found the model i want on the front of my conversion. Here's hoping i can get a decently priced one off Ebay.

Alpharius wrote:

Flachzange wrote:

This one gets a resounding meh from me Put your hands up in the air, like you just dont care ....

You mean, of course, put your hands in the air and WAVE THEM like you just don't care, right?

Well, I was quoting Dr. Cox lol

I was thinking earlier I might try and and one for a Chaos warband in Mordheim. Even though I'm not sure he's a great WoC figure, he's a beauty for Mordheim's style.

It's pretty cool.

It'd look good in almost and Chaos Army, (Except Beastmen and Daemons, of course)

If they had a Games Day in LA, hell, I'd buy it.

I actually like it.

Good thing that there's a GD in LA so I can drive down to get one!

didnt they cancel all o 'em except baltimore

if you are like me and will have to fly to gamesday preorder your 25$ ticket and all that for one day of gamesworkshop stuff (which probably wont be any good) you should get a battleforce

deffskullz wrote:didnt they cancel all o 'em except baltimore

Yeah, it was a joke.

Just a really bad joke.

Teek wrote:First thing that caught my eye was the ring(?) on his right arm. Very Captain Planet. Or Green Lantern. Or...

"Wonder Twin powers, activate!"

I'm glad I wasn't the only one, lol.

I want it
But no GW does not give us a LA games day

As said before: Give it a round base and we've got ourselves a magister for Dark Heresy purposes.

Alpharius wrote:

Flachzange wrote:

This one gets a resounding meh from me Put your hands up in the air, like you just dont care ....

You mean, of course, put your hands in the air and WAVE THEM like you just don't care, right?

LunaHound wrote:
Dont like the pose , dont like the proportions , dont like the bracelet , dont like the ring on his horn ( its just weird to put something on horns that usually grow )

Long story short , Dave Thomas is better at making

I think Dave Thomas was all about Wendy's, actually...

He died
Fixed that for you Alpharius
and he worked for KFC before he opened Wendy's

Sidstyler wrote:

Chaos Warhammer/40k is ALL about XBAWKS HUEG Pauldrons and Sauron armour

Fixed.

*High fives Sidstyler*

Alpharius wrote:

Flachzange wrote:

This one gets a resounding meh from me Put your hands up in the air, like you just dont care ....

You mean, of course, put your hands in the air and WAVE THEM like you just don't care, right?

LunaHound wrote:
Dont like the pose , dont like the proportions , dont like the bracelet , dont like the ring on his horn ( its just weird to put something on horns that usually grow )

Long story short , Dave Thomas is better at making

I think Dave Thomas is all about Wendy's, actually...

I LOL'ed!

Aduro wrote:Just got the email myself.

"The 2010 Games Day miniature is a wonderful Warhammer Chaos Sorcerer sculpted by Dave Thomas. Resplendent with tentacles, skulls and a book of forbidden lore, it oozes character."

The problem with this quote is the word 'wonderful'

God it's fugly

I personally think he'd make a great Chaos sorceror for a WOC army or even a character for a Traitor Guard army.

I wouldn't pay a buck or even a quarter for it.

does the beard seem fake to anyone else?

lord marcus wrote:does the beard seem fake to anyone else?

Looks like he glued his pubic hair to his face.

niceguyteddy wrote:I for one can't wait for next years Space Marine, and all the accompanying complaints of "Yet another Space Marine".

BrassScorpion wrote:

niceguyteddy wrote:I for one can't wait for next years Space Marine, and all the accompanying complaints of "Yet another Space Marine".

Very salient point.

So...

You two are complaining about the lack of complaining because it isn't a Space Marine?

OK.

People will always complain, because that is what they do best.

BrookM wrote:People will always complain, because that is what they do best.

You forgot the part about where this is the internet. But yes, you are correct.

In other news, I think it is a pretty nice figure and I will have no problems adding it to my WoC collection. I might see about getting more for the conversion possibilities. I mean, anyone who hasn't imagined something in his right hand just is not thinking.

I would like to see a mounted sorcerer in the near future, but that is for another thread.

BrookM wrote:People will always complain, because that is what they do best.

Just as there are praises, there will naturally be complaints.

Looks like the bad guy from Legend. Tim Curry's character, I think.

You two are complaining about the lack of complaining because it isn't a Space Marine?

No, we were pointing out that people complain about the model no matter what it is, at least that's what I got out of it and what I meant when I chimed in. People are complaining "not another Fantasy Chaos mini" but even when GW does a mini that is in their most popular range, Space Marines, they get a ton of complaints on forums about that. It's a no-win situation for them with some people. If they do a range other than Space Marines they get complaints about the model being of marginal interest and the like, if they do Space Marines then a vocal part of the forum crowd will complain they are bored and want something else. Given the popularity of most Games Day models, it's likely a vocal minority that does the complaining, but that small part of the fan base is extremely vocal.

yeah,
I think the mini is very nice but Two WHFB GD minis in a row!? There isn't much the can be done with this guy in 40k...So again I'm not interested. I think with some love he could be squeezed into a traitor guard army?

meh...

I think he was made for the beasts of chaos codex... Then he didn't fit in... not beasty enough?
So they decided to use him as a easy out for next years gamesday mini...

Also the preview seems a bit premature. I wonder why they are showing this guy so soon?

Panic.....

This miniature makes me sad, is this the best GW can really do? Fail...

What was this year's mini? The last one I remember was the space marine with a thunder hammer tripping over a rock.

Pretty weak sauce. If they hadn't given it the special "Games Day" restricted/limited edition cachet, then it just wouldn't have sold in the numbers they need models to sell to justify wall space.

Kanluwen wrote:I don't get it.

Ooh... BIG!

"What's fun about that?"

JohnHwangDD wrote:

Kanluwen wrote:I don't get it.

Ooh... BIG!

"What's fun about that?"

I just don't get it! Explain it to me John! EXPLAIN IT! Ahhhh!

But all seriousness:
The model is...meh. But all the Games Day ones have been, in my opinion, since that Rune Priest years ago.
I would LOVE to see a Guard model as the Games Day one, but we all know how likely that is

What was this year's mini? The last one I remember was the space marine with a thunder hammer tripping over a rock.

It was also a fugly chaos fantasy minature.

Then again, when was the last GD fig that wasn't fugly or silly.

Kanluwen wrote:

JohnHwangDD wrote:

Kanluwen wrote:I don't get it.

Ooh... BIG!

"What's fun about that?"

I just don't get it! Explain it to me John! EXPLAIN IT! Ahhhh!

But all seriousness:
The model is...meh. But all the Games Day ones have been, in my opinion, since that Rune Priest years ago.
I would LOVE to see a Guard model as the Games Day one, but we all know how likely that is

They had Cadian models for GD around the EoT campaign IRC, but those were just two dudes standing at ease.

Obviously this means that the rumors of a new edition of Warhammer Fantasy in 2010 are true.

Thread is meh. Horn bracelet aside, fig will fit perfectly with WoC line/tone.

rear shot, didn't expect the hair

Wow... the hair just magically appears...

Chaos at work alright...

Sidstyler wrote:

Teek wrote:First thing that caught my eye was the ring(?) on his right arm. Very Captain Planet. Or Green Lantern. Or...

"Wonder Twin powers, activate!"

I'm glad I wasn't the only one, lol.

Holy crap that's exactly what I thought, and that's why I like the model so much!
Ever see the 3 part (I think) episode of Captain Planet where the villains make their own rings and make an evil Captain Planet?

I ddn't belive it till i checked my email this model just looks darn odd. Pretty sure it will grow on me. But I wonder (hope?) that another model will be released for UK games day '10?

Flesh coloured power armour? Where's his backpack? What chapter is he?

BrookM wrote:People will always complain, because that is what they do best.

I think I'm going to sig that.

I think it looks pretty good honestly. I agree with Cheese on this one. In full. Which is pretty odd for me

I know BrookM, I have six or seven unopened blisters of them sitting in a cabinet

Someone could use this as a 40k tzeentch Sorc, but I personally don't like the model.

I think that you are all spoilsports, the new gamesday model is the coolest model I have seen!!!!

Kanluwen wrote:I know BrookM, I have six or seven unopened blisters of them sitting in a cabinet

For what nefarious purpose?


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BrookM wrote:People will always complain, because that is what they do best.

I think I'm going to sig that.

I feel.. gosh.

Well, I use them to test color schemes actually. I had something like sixteen originally.

Those extra arms/tentacles are just creepy.

If you imagine what he looked like before the horns, the hair makes sense.
He probly had a Peyton Manning forehead.
Also, the angle of the picture restricts any view of the hair from the front.
The bracelet on the horn is stupid though.
I would use him for WoC or LatD.
Occasionally you want a Sorceror that looks like a flunky, and he fits that bill.

Could make a good daemon host I guess....

So, I disliked the last space marine they did, looked like he was tripping. I remember seeing the previous GD chaos fig and I liked and still liked that one. I like this one. Are they super oh my god awesome figs? Nah, but they're cool.

big_bloo wrote:I think that you are all spoilsports, the new gamesday model is the coolest model I have seen!!!!

I have to say I thought it was fine however, as I regard all Chaos and indeed (C)SMs as camp nonsense, my opinion isn't in tune with the majority of 40K fandom.

So I've decided to go to Gamesday four times, to get lots of spares.

I was very bummed by it :( and last year's was a chaos warrior with the double axes, which I didn't buy either...

This model kicks ass.

not sure if this was said, since i didnt read all the responses.

its definately a chaos zealot, they never wear shirts!

I believe this to be an interesting take on the Chaos Sorcerer idea. Instead of having some massive bastard in full plate with a staff, they throw out this barbarian wearing a robe and let him have at.

I like this mini a lot. I have plenty of Chaos Sorcerer models in arcane looking heavy armor, so this one is a nice addition to the collection with a different look. The mutations are great.

US Games Day tickets go on sale online on Friday, November 27.

lord marcus wrote:does the beard seem fake to anyone else?

It's beard-shaped chin armor.

Hmmm... blue and gold... could be a University of Michigan fan. However, he's also got horns shaped like Tzeentch's symbol, bird skull flair, magic book with key, mutations like and extra eye and a pink and blue tentacle... This guy is definitely a sorceror of Tzeentch. I like him. In honor of the release of Forge Worlds LoC maybe?

Flachzange wrote:

reds8n wrote:

Awesome


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How come all the games day models are chaos?