40K miniature that stood the test of time the best?

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**Maelstrom808**

Ezekial
Terminator Chaplin
Metal Flayed Ones
Typhus - my issue with the new one isn't so much the pose as to the goofy BS they added to him.

**cox.dan2**

Horst wrote:
The old metal Kasrkin models look much better IMO than the new Scion models. This is a badass model.

This one. Kasrkins were way cooler than Scions.

**LoftyS**

Horst wrote:
The old metal Kasrkin models look much better IMO than the new Scion models. This is a badass model.

100% agree, I really can't stand the Scions just because they're a downgrade. If the Scions were something else I probably wouldn't mind them although their chestplate is silly garbage.

But I also loved Storm Troopers back in their 3rd ed. release. I'd find it difficult to pick a favourite between Storm Troopers and Kasrkin.

Kasrkin were what? 2006? So I can't really call them "old". Old to me is pre-2000

**Grimtuff**

Maelstrom808 wrote:

Typhus - my issue with the new one isn't so much the pose as to the goofy BS they added to him.

Not to sound like I'm harping on here, but the flies are optional and the Nurgling (which is on the original model BTW) is trivially easy to remove.

**Quasistellar**

Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
Ragnar Blackmane. Model is knocking on for 30 years old, and still looks pretty decent.

oof---I would have used that as an example of a model that has aged the worst. It's got that classic "look at these weapons I found while I'm trying to poop" pose and horrific proportion that kept me away from 40k back in the day.

IDK how old Telion is but he's resin so he has to be at least round 8 years old? His pose and proportion and detail all look great.

**Inquisitor Lord Katherine**

The Exorcist.

**Horst**

LoftyS wrote:

Kasrkin were what? 2006? So I can't really call them "old". Old to me is pre-2000

Yea, they're not THAT old, but I took the question to mean something that's either very old or has been replaced by a new line.

**Insectum7**

Much of the 2nd Ed Eldar range.
2nd Edition Calgar is a beauty of a sculpt. Amazingly clean.
The metal Terminator Captain released in 3rd.
A good number of the other marine characters from that era still look great.

The old plastic Tyranid Warrior, if you get the right paint job.

**Jaxler**

The inquisitor with the big hate, flame gun and pointy pistol. One of the best GW models ever made.

**Reanimator**

I was always a fan of the old vindicare assassin, the one looking down the rifle with his foot on an ork skull. The rest of the new plastic assassins are generally improvements IMO, but the metal vindicare still looks great and has a better pose.

The vyper eldar skimmer has also held up pretty well too. I’m fairly sure that was end of 2e.

**greatbigtree**

The original metal version of the Chaos Terminator with Reaper Autocannon. Which this isn't, but I can't find a decent picture of one that is.

**TangoTwoBravo**

Llamahead wrote:
2nd Ed metal guard range and Ezekiel

Can't argue with that! They still look great.

**Quasistellar**

Jaxler wrote:
The inquisitor with the big hate, flame gun and pointy pistol. One of the best GW models ever made.

That is a good one. Artel W makes a great homage to that classic that I've been meaning to pick up.

I've always liked the witch hunter aesthetic for fantasy and 40k. It's a shame that other than Inquisitor Greyfax they seem to have abandoned that aspect of both of their game systems :(

**Talizvar**

The old metal Vindicator I like, I have 3 of them:

My favorite model ever is a 3 piece SM veteran (body, left arm, base), the detail is awesome, he is incredibly easy to paint due to the open pose.

**pm713**

They should remake that model.

**Bobthehero**

Kasrkins and the metals Stormtroopers

**vipoid**

Horst wrote:
The old metal Kasrkin models look much better IMO than the new Scion models. This is a badass model.

The thing I really like about the Kasrkin is that they still looked like guardsmen. Their armour just looked like a bulkier version of the armour worn by the standard Infantry.

In contrast, Scions have this weird pseudo-medieval armour that looks like someone ported a AoS model into 40k. I also hate all the extra crap on them (the antenna, the searchlight, the rucksacks etc.). I knw you can cut some of them off, but I don't see that as a point in their favour.

**Bobthehero**

Kasrkins were part of their regiment, it made sense that they have armor similar to Cadians, Stormtrooper and Scions were their own thing, so make them stand out works for me.

**Slayer-Fan123**

Maugen Ra almost got me to start Eldar just by himself.

**Not Online!!!**

The old kyborgs, no seriously,...
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They always looked ridicoulus

**The Newman**

I like the third editing Hive Tyrant a lot more than I like the current one. The Red Terror is an excellent model too.

http://wh40k.lexicanum.com/mediawiki/images/2/29/Tyranid_Hive_Tyrant_3rd_Edition.jpg

**SlaveToDorkness**

The Newman wrote:
I like the third editing Hive Tyrant a lot more than I like the current one. The Red Terror is an excellent model too.

http://wh40k.lexicanum.com/mediawiki/images/2/29/Tyranid_Hive_Tyrant_3rd_Edition.jpg

Dear God! Really? I hated almost all of that editions Tyranids. The carnifex was definitely the worst though...Ugh!

To each their own I guess...

**An Actual Englishman**

A lot of Eldar models stand the test of time well in my opinion. It's probably the unique aesthetic. Most of the Aspect Warriors, warlocks, guardians and the Vyper all look great and are quite old. Then you have the Avatar lol. Its also not accounting for having to work with failcast.

**Aenar**

Plastic Kroot Carnivores, released in 2001 and yet truly beautiful models.

**Rogerio134134**

Doomrider

**Wunzlez**

Don't ask me why, but I still love Fabius Bile.

He probably needs an update though.

**robbienw**

Ezekiel - Many of the mid 90's 2nd ed metal characters don't look so good these days, but Ezekiel remains an excellent model.

Steel Legion Imperial Guard.

Kasrkin.

Many of the past necromunda models.

The malleus, hereticus and henchmen inquisition models that were released in 2003 and 2004.

**Rolsheen**

The original Harlequin models, Mime, Solitaire, Shadowseer

**Cothonian**

The old demonettes. So much better than the new models.

**PenitentJake**

I second the daemonettes- not the super old ones, but the one immediately before the plastics. I have 20 of them, and I'm kicking myself for not buying more when gw brought them back for a limited run a few years back.