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very nice work

The sphinx is carved from light foam, as are the obelisks and other rubble pieces on the display. They've been working on the window display for quite a long time, on and off. Probably between other projects.

Thats epic!

that is amazing, one thing I think you should suggest to its makers is a FW tomb crawler or two climbing down the sphinx, maybe one mauling a termie, that would be awesome.

Hum. I think the idea is quite good, and I really like the board (although it looks like the sphinx was askew, but I think that is perspective).

But while the models are arrayed nicely, the poses strike me as odd, and somehow reducing the drama inherent. Most of the Marines have a kind of 'at ease, stand by for orders, nothing's happening atm' kind of stance. Bolters held sideways, not pointing anywhere specific, heads scanning the area. BUT.. boys, the enemy is right there! They should all be in firing positions, pointing their bolters at the necrons, there should be muzzle flashes, and all that.

And that is not there at all, which somehow diminishes the epicness, which is sad, because otherwise it is a great thing. I'm far from being a hobby hero, sure, but if the people at this store put in so much effort, I think it would be worth putting in that extra bit of effort and not ignoring the poses, but making them all dramatic. I would really like to see that.

Looking really good!

But blurry pictures of awesome things make me sad.

The Destroyer Turrets are awesome, and totally Necronesque. The warriors are also positioned just right, they look like an implacable tide of undead machines.

Agamemnon2 wrote:The sphinx is carved from light foam, as are the obelisks and other rubble pieces on the display. They've been working on the window display for quite a long time, on and off. Probably between other projects.

Finns FTW!...

Anywho, armgeddon is right.

Aquaterry wrote:My money(what little there is) is on the necrons, and I really want to see a monolith pop out behind the BA
The plasma guns are waiting for a chain reaction...

Time to roll for Red Thirst.
This is one awsome piece of work. When do we get to see it with drop pods?

Capt. Rex wrote:

Aquaterry wrote:My money(what little there is) is on the necrons, and I really want to see a monolith pop out behind the BA
The plasma guns are waiting for a chain reaction...

Time to roll for Red Thirst.
This is one awsome piece of work. When do we get to see it with drop pods?

well... it's hard to say. One of them is ready I think...

WOW!!!!!!!!!!
that is awesome!
kindof makes me want to start necrons

That looks great, I agree w/ the previous poster regarding the minis poses, but its a minor annoyance. Do you have any more WIP pics of this? I'm curious to see how you actually built the sphinx.

You know what would be even cooler?

Gaming on that table

That diorama is sufficiently awesome though.

chaos0xomega wrote:That looks great, I agree w/ the previous poster regarding the minis poses, but its a minor annoyance. Do you have any more WIP pics of this? I'm curious to see how you actually built the sphinx.

I'm guessing you didn't read the thread... I didn't build it, it was my local GW.

Simply jaw-dropping! Well done

nice...

UPDATE!

Must get of my arse and visit gw Helsinki sometime, seems to be worth it..

WOW. I really like the blast craters with all the bits and pieces from the blast scattered everywhere. They need 3 or 4 wolf priests with Jaws of the World Wolf. LOL

Shouldnt there be a necron lord somewhere in there?

Excellent diorama, lots of tension, drama in there, very epic.

Holy crap thats epic!

crimsonmicc wrote:Shouldnt there be a necron lord somewhere in there?

Nah, it would detract from the uniformity of the Necrons if there was a Lord.

Thunder, thunder, thundernecrons HO!



It is pretty awesome though.

nice.

That Necron Sphinx is fantastic!

It's seeing models & scenes like that, that remind me why I play Necrons.

Reminds me of the opening to DoWC. Loving it!

Epic, when I saw the first picture I really hoped that was the direction it was going.

Incredible...

Wow...just wow!!

The crons got this one in the bag! But you know what? Thats why I like space Marines. They're going to lose. They KNOW they're going to lose. But they're going to melt as many of those space skeletons down into recycleable tin cans as possible before they do!

Really catches the flavor of both armies. The Marines, fighting against all odds, the Crons an unstoppable iron tide, bent on annihilation!