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 Hanskrampf wrote:
@sing your life: Where is that female knight from?

It's the 40mm Tiriel from Hasslefree miniatures.

bitethythumb wrote:

No. Let that fade with time.

That's a nice commissar model Paradigm, but this is my favourite I think;

kb_lock wrote:
That's a nice commissar model Paradigm, but this is my favourite I think;

Spoiler:

It's far better than the actual Ciaphas Cain Chimpface mini that's for sure.
For a Cain fix I have trouble picking between that one and this one.

...What can I say, I own a KR tray entirely filled with commissars.

bitethythumb wrote:

Is that the original Nagash??

This:

 Lord Corellia wrote:

bitethythumb wrote:

Is that the original Nagash??

Yep. It sucks doesn't it?

It even looks goofy comparing it to 80s minis... Nevermind the amount of dread the character is supposed to embody!

 Buttery Commissar wrote:

kb_lock wrote:
That's a nice commissar model Paradigm, but this is my favourite I think;

Spoiler:

It's far better than the actual Ciaphas Cain Chimpface mini that's for sure.
For a Cain fix I have trouble picking between that one and this one.

>cain
>bolt pistol

I actually have that brother vinni mini, will be looking to finish it ~one day~

Here is my favorite. When I saw this model I knew I had to have it and whatever faction it was for.
This is Iron Mother Diretrix from Convergence of Cyriss in Warmachine. Hands down my favorite mini of all time. When I gave up 40k and was looking for a new game. I knew my search was over when I saw this.

bitethythumb wrote:

I thought someone would make that joke eventually.

This thing. When I saw the advert in White Dwarf, i knew I had to have it. Perhaps it doesn't stand up to more more modern figures technically, but the impression of movement and sense of threat it conveys in person was so far ahead of anything else at the time and even now is still palpable. An incredible figure.

Had to think long and hard about it.

I can't believe this guy is being missed!!
The Krell scupt is absolutely STUNNING!

Also, I will echo my love for the Terminator Chaplain and Sammael

Lastly, when I first laid eyes on the lord executioner - I immediately fell in love



As you can tell, I have A LOT of trouble picking favorites - I could go on all day about sculpts I love haha

The whole line of GW's newer Legion of the Damned are probably my favourite models, but this guy in particular.

This guy. Liked him so much I promoted him to a chaplain.

+1 vote for the Terminator Chaplain. Also:




Choosing between Curze and Vulkan is hnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnngh

 torgoch wrote:
This thing. When I saw the advert in White Dwarf, i knew I had to have it. Perhaps it doesn't stand up to more more modern figures technically, but the impression of movement and sense of threat it conveys in person was so far ahead of anything else at the time and even now is still palpable. An incredible figure.

I can get behind that! Tom Meier piece, is it?

Minis in general have come on in the last couple of decades, but there were creature sculptors back in the eighties, like - as I say - John Dennett and Julie Guthrie, along with Nick Bibby, Dennis Mize and others, who could put a degree of life and naturalism into their monsters that few have matched ever since. (Heck, look at what Nick Bibby does these days) Lately it seems to be mostly about how big you can sculpt the teeth and scales, and sheer amount of detail is all; never mind how awkward they or the pose, balance/weight/gravity, jarring human musculature, rubbery skin wrinkles etc. etc. look.

I don't know if I'd personally put Tom Meier among my list of best creature sculptors - there are little niggles in some of his sculpts over the years, particularly in his GoT dire wolves for Dark Sword, that suggest he doesn't really 'get' animals and things. He's far from the worst, though, and certainly deserves his legendary reputation for humans.

Speaking of Tom Meier, Dark Sword, and GoT, that reminds me of something else for this topic: The Mountain That Rides...

I came across this beauty recently and felt inspired.

I would love to do Tim Burton inspired Harlequins based off this guy.

Showing my age........



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