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 Troike wrote:

JWhex wrote:

 Troike wrote:

Daniel_Holmes wrote:
Sisters of Battle. I want a SoB army so bad but to me the SoB should be beautiful, graceful, etc, and the current (if you can even use 'current' and SoB in the same sentence) models are just... hideous.

I look forward to the day they redo the SoB... if ever.

 Sigvatr wrote:
Sisters. Their normal troops look fugly.

Nah. Sisters aren't supposed to be pretty. They're dedicated soldiers who see a lot of combat, it makes sense for them to not be attractive.

Anyway, my vote goes to the Nurgle Daemons. But in a good way. Their models do a great job of representing what a plague god's forces would look like.

Plaguebearers creep me out.

I agree with you about the sisters but I am sure a lot of the male fans fantasize about the sisters so need them to be "pretty"

I think they should be harsh looking because of their fanaticism and scarred up from their wars

I wasn't sure if I should bring that point up since it might not go down well, but since you've said it anyway yeah I agree that they do get that sort of thing sometimes purely because they're a mostly female army, which is a shame.

I really hope that GW will keep them "harsh and scarred" if they decide on a redesign.

 asimo77 wrote:


Gritty and battle-hardened is fine. The problem is (at least for me) that the porportions are all wacky. They look like really poorly animated cartoon characters.

Could you be more specific? What 're you seeing on them that makes them look cartoony? Not seeing it myself.

I would prefer some more elegant sisters. If you played dawn of war they seemed to have more grace to them. they dont need to have massive tits hanging out or anything but the current angry lesbians with a bondage fetish is about as terrible as it could possibly be.

I dont get the dark eldar witches either. theyre the most ugly looking drow elves ive ever seen. does their fluff say that theyre supposed to be bodybuilder women on steroids or something??

Come on guys,leave my beloved baby ogryns alone.As for ugly check out this,oh yeah it's in finecast too WTF.

kb305 wrote:

 Troike wrote:

JWhex wrote:

 Troike wrote:

Daniel_Holmes wrote:
Sisters of Battle. I want a SoB army so bad but to me the SoB should be beautiful, graceful, etc, and the current (if you can even use 'current' and SoB in the same sentence) models are just... hideous.

I look forward to the day they redo the SoB... if ever.

 Sigvatr wrote:
Sisters. Their normal troops look fugly.

Nah. Sisters aren't supposed to be pretty. They're dedicated soldiers who see a lot of combat, it makes sense for them to not be attractive.

Anyway, my vote goes to the Nurgle Daemons. But in a good way. Their models do a great job of representing what a plague god's forces would look like.

Plaguebearers creep me out.

I agree with you about the sisters but I am sure a lot of the male fans fantasize about the sisters so need them to be "pretty"

I think they should be harsh looking because of their fanaticism and scarred up from their wars

I wasn't sure if I should bring that point up since it might not go down well, but since you've said it anyway yeah I agree that they do get that sort of thing sometimes purely because they're a mostly female army, which is a shame.

I really hope that GW will keep them "harsh and scarred" if they decide on a redesign.

 asimo77 wrote:


Gritty and battle-hardened is fine. The problem is (at least for me) that the porportions are all wacky. They look like really poorly animated cartoon characters.

Could you be more specific? What 're you seeing on them that makes them look cartoony? Not seeing it myself.

I would prefer some more elegant sisters. If you played dawn of war they seemed to have more grace to them. they dont need to have massive tits hanging out or anything but the current angry lesbians with a bondage fetish is about as terrible as it could possibly be.

I thought the Catholic church has been sexy for a long time now.

My top 3 worst looking armies: Imperial Guard, Chaos Daemons and Sisters of Battle

My top 3 best looking armies: Dark Eldar, Nicely Painted CSMs and Eldar.

Of course I am not biased

When it comes to the daemonettes, it's all in what the pose says.

The Diaz models say; "I dance on air, mesmerize the weak, and slaughter with equal parts lust and joy"

The new ones say; "When is that bus coming?"

I gotta say.. Eldar :/ Many of the sculpts are SO old! And all the Phoenix Lords have that weird squatting pose from like.. 3rd Ed .-. They just don't seem to look right

kb305 wrote:
I dont get the dark eldar witches either. theyre the most ugly looking drow elves ive ever seen. does their fluff say that theyre supposed to be bodybuilder women on steroids or something??

Yes. They are infact bodybuilding women on steroids.

 DeffDred wrote:

kb305 wrote:
I dont get the dark eldar witches either. theyre the most ugly looking drow elves ive ever seen. does their fluff say that theyre supposed to be bodybuilder women on steroids or something??

Yes. They are infact bodybuilding women on steroids.

grose

the kabalites look great atleast

kb305 wrote:

 DeffDred wrote:

kb305 wrote:
I dont get the dark eldar witches either. theyre the most ugly looking drow elves ive ever seen. does their fluff say that theyre supposed to be bodybuilder women on steroids or something??

Yes. They are infact bodybuilding women on steroids.

grose

the kabalites look great atleast

LOL, yeah but the Wyches look fine too. They just have male arms. If they had made an extra set of female arms they wouldn't look so butch.

But as far as the fluff goes it fits perfectly.

Orcs.

 Mythra wrote:
Orcs.

Orks*

kb305 wrote:

 Troike wrote:

JWhex wrote:

 Troike wrote:

Daniel_Holmes wrote:
Sisters of Battle. I want a SoB army so bad but to me the SoB should be beautiful, graceful, etc, and the current (if you can even use 'current' and SoB in the same sentence) models are just... hideous.

I look forward to the day they redo the SoB... if ever.

 Sigvatr wrote:
Sisters. Their normal troops look fugly.

Nah. Sisters aren't supposed to be pretty. They're dedicated soldiers who see a lot of combat, it makes sense for them to not be attractive.

Anyway, my vote goes to the Nurgle Daemons. But in a good way. Their models do a great job of representing what a plague god's forces would look like.

Plaguebearers creep me out.

I agree with you about the sisters but I am sure a lot of the male fans fantasize about the sisters so need them to be "pretty"

I think they should be harsh looking because of their fanaticism and scarred up from their wars

I wasn't sure if I should bring that point up since it might not go down well, but since you've said it anyway yeah I agree that they do get that sort of thing sometimes purely because they're a mostly female army, which is a shame.

I really hope that GW will keep them "harsh and scarred" if they decide on a redesign.

 asimo77 wrote:


Gritty and battle-hardened is fine. The problem is (at least for me) that the porportions are all wacky. They look like really poorly animated cartoon characters.

Could you be more specific? What 're you seeing on them that makes them look cartoony? Not seeing it myself.

I would prefer some more elegant sisters. If you played dawn of war they seemed to have more grace to them. they dont need to have massive tits hanging out or anything but the current angry lesbians with a bondage fetish is about as terrible as it could possibly be.

I dont get the dark eldar witches either. theyre the most ugly looking drow elves ive ever seen. does their fluff say that theyre supposed to be bodybuilder women on steroids or something??

Eh. Just don't think that grace suits them at all. They're hardened soldiers, and when they're not fighting wars, they're training to fight them or praying. I don't think that just because they're women they should have any expectations of being graceful or whatever put on them.

Soulstorm's Sister's were allright, though. If GW itself is taking this stance, then Soulstorm-eque Sisters would be acceptable.

And where the heck did you get that they're all lesbians from? Just becuase they're fairly unattractive? Though I'll admit, I'm sort of with you on the repentias. Sure their attire suits their fluff, but it cleaves a little close to fetishistic for me. Maybe give them some simple robes instead?

 asimo77 wrote:
but at the the same time they have this bright red lipstick which is just silly

Not particulalry seeing the rest of what you're saying, but yes their lips on the GW website are awful! They look fine with Pink Horror lips, though.

The current Slaanesh models are miserable across the board. Pretty much nothing conveys lust or excess. NOTHING. It's like one of their defining features is crab claws...???

Raumkampfer wrote:
The current Slaanesh models are miserable across the board. Pretty much nothing conveys lust or excess. NOTHING. It's like one of their defining features is crab claws...???

They make you lust for Diaz versions to make a return and they are excessively ugly.

 Troike wrote:

Eh. Just don't think that grace suits them at all. They're hardened soldiers, and when they're not fighting wars, they're training to fight them or praying. I don't think that just because they're women they should have any expectations of being graceful or whatever put on them.

Soulstorm's Sister's were allright, though. If GW itself is taking this stance, then Soulstorm-eque Sisters would be acceptable.

And where the heck did you get that they're all lesbians from? Just becuase they're fairly unattractive? Though I'll admit, I'm sort of with you on the repentias. Sure their attire suits their fluff, but it cleaves a little close to fetishistic for me. Maybe give them some simple robes instead?

In regards to the Repentia, I could definitely go for them having cloth robes. No armor though, they are basically a repent-by-death-in-battle unit. Also, perhaps a hood like the DA vets have, so GW's sculptors don't have to create bondage masks or shaven heads. Plus I think it'd look nice with the robe. And more importantly on the hood, we could kitbash those heads onto power armored Sisters.

But then we'd have to ignore all the previous art of Repentia. Of course, the previous art of Repentia pretty much universally shows scrolls sewn onto their bodies, even onto their tongues and... more tender areas. Fortunately, that's not represented on the models.

 Icculus wrote:
I'm probably alone on in this one but I think the imperial guard infantry armies look so boring. I like this game for the high fantasy and future tech, and then someone comes In With their ww2 IG. On the other hand, the tank models are pretty cool and a mech guard army does catch my eye.

You aren't alone: I think IG infantry look like gak. Sure, paint jobs on them can be great, but the models themselves are boring and crappy. Tanks are cool though. I also hate Fire Warrior helmets and shoulder pads. Everything else is great on them. Not a huge fan of Crisis suits either.

 DeffDred wrote:

Raumkampfer wrote:
The current Slaanesh models are miserable across the board. Pretty much nothing conveys lust or excess. NOTHING. It's like one of their defining features is crab claws...???

They make you lust for Diaz versions to make a return and they are excessively ugly.

Hehe, don't you get it? LUST. That may have been the best pun I have ever read!

For e, the new (not really new) plastic Catachan models. The older metal ones are better by far. The only down side with the metal catachans is you get one pose with special weapons.

http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/catalog/productDetail.jsp?catId=cat660004a&prodId=prod1300014a

This - end of discussion!

Craftworld Iyanden.

Chock up another vote for sisters. Their models look worse than some aborted fetuses that I've seen. Their vehicles are mutated versions of space marine tanks, but with the chaos marines problem that it looks like someone just dumped a load of laundry on top of the nice clean rhino. Its like someone sat down to design it and never fething stopped adding bits. Then we get to the issue of their infantry. Aside from being sloppy poorly rendered figures, they have arbitrary tits nailed to their power armor for what reason exactly? Women in service don't have corset shaped flack jackets, what purpose dose wearing their bra on the outside accomplish? Then there's the BDSM clad sisters, that are suppose to be what exactly? Ultra devout worshipers of the emperor's johnson?

Y'know, for being a total anime and even mecha fan, I really can't stand most Tau models. I know I should like them, I'm totally their target demographic, yet I just can't get into basically any of the range. I don't care for fire warriors, battlesuits don't trigger any mecha fanboyism, the tanks do nothing for me.

I really like SoB artwork, but till the model range gets plastic kits that are better than the current line, I can't see myself buying any.

I absolutely love space marines chaos or imperial!!! How can you not? This is probably going to make me unpopular with the recent update and all that but I can not for the life of me bring myself to like the eldar. Dark eldar? yes I like them but eldar? NO!! The rest of the xenos stuff is fine tyranids,dark eldar,tau,orks and necrons i like them, but eldar just seem boring to look at (well to me they do anyway). My apologies to any eldar players i have offended.

Ultramarines. Plain models, uninspired color scheme, not much customization.

Catachan's. Their arms are just silly looking. If they were sized correctly, I think they'd be an interesting army, though.

^ What he said. Roided up rambos and my personal vision of the Grim Darkness of the Far Future don't mix.

Also, pre-update necrons. The Monolith, to be exact. A flat, big shoebox standing upright with a wiggly-wobbly-timey-whimey mystery door on one side and a plastic green diamond on top looks like many things, a kids' jewelry case amongst them, but certainly not like a futuristic alien armored vehicle. GW's crowning moment of blandness IMO.

Worst
#1 Necrons: Many of their models look the same, just some variation of "emotionless metal statue" or "differently shaped flying hieroglyph", typically a boring paint job though when they're done in a scheme that isn't black and green and metal they can look pretty cool.

#2 Imperial Guard: I personally have a hugely different opinion to the above posters, in that I find the Imperial Guard to be amongst the most interesting factions. Sadly though, their infantry look bland and undersized, and their armies are generally just made up of a dozen differently sized mud coloured vehicles. Dull as hell.

#3 Space Marines: Very little personality on the models, lots of wide open bits with chapter colour on them and little detail. Boring.

Best
#1 Orks: The models have buckets of personality and most players add their own on top of that. However, their basic infantry are amongst the worst in the game IMO (forementioned Gorilla Ass poses, and little variety of models). Not a big fan of many of their vehicles either. But for me, personality is king and this faction has it in spades.

#2 TIE Eldar/CSM: Less the actual models of the army, which are a mixed bag, but rather the fact that for some reason these two armies in my area get some incredible paintjobs.

Half the Eldar range, Jet Bikes, Warp Spiders, they just need updating, especially since they have just had a new codex it is crazy how outdated some of thier units are.

I'd Say normal Space marines are pretty boring and ive never been a fan I just think they look too similar and there is little way to make them all look different from each other, but the SoB are bad they just don't look the way you imagine them when you hear the name and it's kind of a let down , the Eldar Are ok there are some good models there but the colour scheme's I've seen are pretty bland normally just One Colour for the body then a different for the helmet. But quite a few of the Armies look nice and there are definitely more good ones than bad ones

Orks are the worst. They're like green smurfs with big teeth and guns and stuff. Might have liked them if I was still 9 years old.