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VikingScott wrote:

Gorskar.da.Lost wrote:Meh. I like to pretend all this glitzy daftness never actually happened and that good ol' Sanguinius was a badass, just like in the old days. Say what you will, OP, but when the Space Wolves came out at least they kept to their original theme of Vikingness... mostly. There are, of course, exceptions.

Sorry but this is untrue. They've strayed far from being Space vikings of awesome. Their now just space werewolves. Every other thing is wolf something. And I played them in thier last codex before the current.

I thought this was the official bag on twilight thread, not the bag on teenwolf thread

The Thunderwolves I don't mind. It;s just the lackluster effort at the name of the wargear. Everything is wolf something. At least the name of thier planet (Fenris) is a piece of Viking Saga even if it is wolf-based.

VikingScott is sad that his 3rd favourite marine chapter isn't as kewl as they used to be. If only they went back to being Vikings instead.

Homebrew chapter, dude. Homebrew chapter all the way, using the Space Wolves 'dex. Maybe not even the Space Wolves 'dex, it's entirely possible Vanilla might fit better. Use some Space Wolves bits for the furs and beards, and leave the rest of it behind.

This is a thing I was considering doing, until I ran out of cashmoney.







The truth is that at any given time I've got at least ten lists I WANT to work on, but can't afford.

tgf wrote:

VikingScott wrote:

Gorskar.da.Lost wrote:Meh. I like to pretend all this glitzy daftness never actually happened and that good ol' Sanguinius was a badass, just like in the old days. Say what you will, OP, but when the Space Wolves came out at least they kept to their original theme of Vikingness... mostly. There are, of course, exceptions.

Sorry but this is untrue. They've strayed far from being Space vikings of awesome. Their now just space werewolves. Every other thing is wolf something. And I played them in thier last codex before the current.

I thought this was the official bag on twilight thread, not the bag on teenwolf thread

Point, and Vikingscott's assertion is incorrect anyway. MOST of it is wolf somethings.

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To be fair, he did say "ever other thing," not "everything."

SaintHazard wrote:Seriously? You're going to tell me, with a straight face, that Fabio and Fabio's Brunette Brother here look menacing?

My grandmother could take these pansies in a fight.

By that logic all Space Marines look like total wimps then. Abbadon is just an angry mime with too much bling and Calgar looks like a bad dancer. I will leave it at that.

SaintHazard wrote:To be fair, he did say "ever other thing," not "everything."

Did he? Whoops, I need to read good.

andrewm9 wrote:Abbadon is just an angry mime with too much bling and Calgar looks like a bad dancer. I will leave it at that.

Correct.

I'm going to get a lot of flack for this, but I think the new models are beautiful and would be very interesting to paint. I was particularly struck by the new sanguinary guard.

Yes I am a Twilight fan, too. I also read paranormal romance novels that are full of hot vampires, both male and female.

Perhaps pretty 40k models will draw your women into the warhammer/40k hobby? That could be a good thing.

andrewm9 wrote:Abbadon is just an angry mime with too much bling and Calgar looks like a bad dancer.

Um.

Yeah?

Abaddon and Calgar both look like complete tools. So do most Space Marine special characters.

But few are as bad as the Big Sparklies.


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loranafaeriequeen wrote:I'm going to get a lot of flack for this, but I think the new models are beautiful and would be very interesting to paint. I was particularly struck by the new sanguinary guard.

Yes I am a Twilight fan, too. I also read paranormal romance novels that are full of hot vampires, both male and female.

Perhaps pretty 40k models will draw your women into the warhammer/40k hobby? That could be a good thing.

And that's your prerogative.

I'm still going to make fun of you for it.

Don't take it personal.

or


Them... those can be the model vampires im looking for that this chapter should have been based off. Grrrrr... I blame trueblood too for glamorizing the vampiric image. .....Im going to go sprinkle some more gore on my flesh tearers.

loranafaeriequeen wrote:I'm going to get a lot of flack for this, but I think the new models are beautiful and would be very interesting to paint. I was particularly struck by the new sanguinary guard.

Yes I am a Twilight fan, too. I also read paranormal romance novels that are full of hot vampires, both male and female.

Perhaps pretty 40k models will draw your women into the warhammer/40k hobby? That could be a good thing.

As Flexo from Futurama would say...

"I hate everything you stand for...
Nah, just kidding, you're all right."

In the interests of debating, I put it to you that models in 40K shouldn't be the kind of pretty that we see with the Sanguiniary Guard. This is the GRIMDARK future, after all, and though we can have beautiful models (which the Eldar do an excellent job of providing) there must be something that reflects this. With Eldar, this is their enigmatic and mysterious nature. What do the BA have? Nipples.

I'll grant you that Vampire Counts model looks pretty sweet, but that picture of Seth is just... eugh.

I mean, if it looked like he was actually charging at the enemy and not strolling along in a leisurely manner, it might look more menacing. If he wasn't green, more so. But as it is...

SaintHazard wrote:
I mean, if it looked like he was actually charging at the enemy and not strolling along in a leisurely manner

I was strolling through the park one day, in the merry merry month of May...

Laughing God wrote:

Them... those can be the model vampires im looking for that this chapter should have been based off. Grrrrr... I blame trueblood too for glamorizing the vampiric image. .....Im going to go sprinkle some more gore on my flesh tearers.

Vampires have been glamorous for much longer than that. Blame Bram Stoker for it. England loved his "journals" for the erotic imagery it gave about ..you guessed it.. vampires.

He's just strollin' down the street, smokin' indo, sippin on gin and juice.

(With his mind on his money and BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD - er, I mean, EMPEROR)

andrewm9 wrote:

Laughing God wrote:

Them... those can be the model vampires im looking for that this chapter should have been based off. Grrrrr... I blame trueblood too for glamorizing the vampiric image. .....Im going to go sprinkle some more gore on my flesh tearers.

Vampires have been glamorous for much longer than that. Blame Bram Stoker for it. England loved his "journals" for the erotic imagery it gave about ..you guessed it.. vampires.

Yes but then it wasnt glamor. It was a dark, sexy, seductive feel; with the knowledge that under neath that Image was a horrible bloodthirsty monster, literaly could turn into a monster... and rip you in half.




Please regail us with tails of who in your opinion are badass, grimdark, LOOKING special characters?

Cause although I agree the pic could use some work, I think its a badass model.

Lucius the Eternal gets my vote. More "creepy guy sticking his tongue out at you like he wants a taste of that delicious milkshake" than "badass," but IMO it fits the GrimDark bill.

Also, anyone with a helmet inevitably looks way more badass than anyone without one, with the exception of a few IG special characters (Straken and Harker spring readily to mind). For example, Ahriman? Looks badass. Abaddon? Looks like a tool.

However, Blood Angels are largely exempt from this due to those silly-looking masks they wear in lieu of helmets.

But this is just Space Marines. Most Space Marines look bad.

Ask me about Orks sometime.

SaintHazard wrote:Lucius the Eternal gets my vote. More "creepy guy sticking his tongue out at you like he wants a taste of that delicious milkshake" than "badass," but IMO it fits the GrimDark bill.

Also, anyone with a helmet inevitably looks way more badass than anyone without one, with the exception of a few IG special characters (Straken and Harker spring readily to mind). For example, Ahriman? Looks badass. Abaddon? Looks like a tool.

However, Blood Angels are largely exempt from this due to those silly-looking masks they wear in lieu of helmets.

But this is just Space Marines. Most Space Marines look bad.

Ask me about Orks sometime.

Orks are silly and look silly IMO. Any Warboss with a power klaw looks like he will injure himself more than the enemy with it since he will club himself in the head. Harker does cool however. Straken looks malformed though maybe I just have a bad model of him.

Lucius just looks gross and not badass to me. A good model is in the eye of the beholder I guess.

You can't tell me you wouldn't crap yourself if you found out this guy was your doctor.

Laughing God wrote:

Yes but then it wasnt glamor. It was a dark, sexy, seductive feel; with the knowledge that under neath that Image was a horrible bloodthirsty monster, literaly could turn into a monster... and rip you in half.

Please regail us with tails of who in your opinion are badass, grimdark, LOOKING special characters?

Cause although I agree the pic could use some work, I think its a badass model.

When did this become about me? I think I already offered my opinion. It was belittled so I'm done with subject. We are discussing opinions so I can't "prove" myself right anymore than you can.

is it just me but that paint job on mephiston makes him look like brock Samson.

andrewm9 wrote:When did this become about me? I think I already offered my opinion. It was belittled so I'm done with subject. We are discussing opinions so I can't "prove" myself right anymore than you can.

He was talking to me, chill out.

SaintHazard wrote:

andrewm9 wrote:When did this become about me? I think I already offered my opinion. It was belittled so I'm done with subject. We are discussing opinions so I can't "prove" myself right anymore than you can.

He was talking to me, chill out.

He was replying to my post though so you see my difficulty in determining that. I'm not upset but moving on as its a little silly for my tastes.

andrewm9 wrote:

SaintHazard wrote:

andrewm9 wrote:When did this become about me? I think I already offered my opinion. It was belittled so I'm done with subject. We are discussing opinions so I can't "prove" myself right anymore than you can.

He was talking to me, chill out.

He was replying to my post though so you see my difficulty in determining that. I'm not upset but moving on as its a little silly for my tastes.

Fair.

It was more obvious before the edit.

SaintHazard wrote:Lucius the Eternal gets my vote. More "creepy guy sticking his tongue out at you like he wants a taste of that delicious milkshake" than "badass," but IMO it fits the GrimDark bill.

Also, anyone with a helmet inevitably looks way more badass than anyone without one, with the exception of a few IG special characters (Straken and Harker spring readily to mind). For example, Ahriman? Looks badass. Abaddon? Looks like a tool.

However, Blood Angels are largely exempt from this due to those silly-looking masks they wear in lieu of helmets.

But this is just Space Marines. Most Space Marines look bad.

Ask me about Orks sometime.

I'd say that Kharn the betrayer was pretty cool, too, given the age of the model. I'm still not sure what his objection to simply replacing the armour on his right arm is, though.

It's his left arm.

Gorskar.da.Lost wrote:

I'd say that Kharn the betrayer was pretty cool, too, given the age of the model. I'm still not sure what his objection to simply replacing the armour on his right arm is, though.

That arm is for the kittens and congratulating the Rivers of Blood IG troopers.

SaintHazard wrote:You can't tell me you wouldn't crap yourself if you found out this guy was your doctor.

If you think this crap yourself, hve you seen Catachan's medic???


In the OP... well, i'm not fan of vampires in general, i think they are the snobs of undead.... anyway GW did a great fail with the new minis....i mean, okay you can do a cool thing about "vampiric marines" but.... shiny armor with niples? a lot of guys with doubtful sexuality????? strange "angels" with an ambiguous look??? maybe in Dragonlance could fit.... not in the GRIMDARK 40K.... their new range of minis fethed an awesome chapter (even if i don't like it)