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Yay! Now I can reown fugly 15 + year old models with extra defects for 3 times the price. Thanks Games Workshop!

What do people expect the Lamma and bull are from the OLd Chaos dwarf line.It is a shame that they did not include a Chaos dwarf rider.Heck i might buy one to replace the one i am missing parts to.

gr1m_dan wrote:Akoona-ma-ta-ta!

More like Hashut-a-ma-ta-ta! (Hashut being the god of the chaos dwarfs)

I have both the Lammasu and the Great Taurus sitting, collecting dust on a shelf. I'm a bit saddened by the fact that this is an obvious cash grab and they didn't even bother to make new sculpts just ran resin mix into the old, dusty molds. On the lighter side, I don't have to be jealous of people buying the new ones because, well, they're the same as mine.

I would like to think the inclusion of the Taurus and Lammasu indicates a return of my beloved evil-stunties (outside of forgeworld) but the cynic in my knows that it really is just GW trying to flesh out an expansion with as little cash outlay as possible (ie, reissuing extinct models that they still have molds for, languishing in a box somewhere).

I'd tell them to redo CDs but I simply don't own enough GW stock to make them do anything.

GW
The hobby Porche, fwittened of their image being tarnished by poor quality imitators like Raging Heroes.

Again, the age is not the issue. Other than nostalgiafest for vets the model has bugger all going for it that I can see.

Fair play, they have done something for the vets at last.

The lammasu looks terrible. It always has. The big hat range was pretty awful, so it blended right in. What happened to that range anyway...oh yeah, nobody bought them.

Now, I can appreciate that people have a lot of love for the Dawi'Zhaar, I myself love the background and army concept, but bad is bad is bad, 20 years ago or today.

Fenbeast and the Dark Emissary are old models and they don't suck. Nice to see them back.

SilverMK2, you made me LOL. Hard.

Hey are those un-fixed bubbles in the wing muscles in the lammasu's left wing (the one closest to us in the photo)?

Silver I about died laughing at your photoshop awesomeness...

All of the models look mediocre except for the Cold One.

I really think the main issue with the Lammasu and the Taurus is not so much that compared to most modern figures they, quite frankly, suck Grot bits, it's that they are reissued 20 year old sculpts for more money than the better quality stuff available from others. Saying "Well, they're 20 years old, what did you expect?" should warrant nothing more than "That they be free or for a nominal price since your only defense of their crappy sculpt is 'Hey, they're old.'"

Pointing that out makes the whole actually more insulting, not less. It looks like (as several others mentioned) that this is nothing other than a really transparent grab for fistfuls of cash.

All of THAT out of the way, I like the Albion figs a lot, and the Cold one does look pretty nice. Bit expensive for my blood, but it's slick at least.

7 of the 8 single Lore of Magic Dice sets are already unavailable. Only the multi-color Magic Dice set and the Lore of Light set are still available.

I had no idea they had released that pile of gak years ago with the Chaos Dwarves. But I can't believe they would just re-release it. This was a perfect opportunity to reimagine that utterly HORRIBLE design. But this is just me wishing GW didn't have it's head up its ass. This is just plain laziness...

I genuinely laughed when I saw the Lamassu. It is pretty insulting.

Mr Mystery wrote:
And for it's day, the sculpt was just fine. And until a few weeks ago, it went for a pretty penny in the second hand market. Someone bought my friends one for £50 on ebay. But of course, now it's back in the range, so clearly nobodoy (i.e. yourself) could possibly want it.

Actually, back in the day, the sculpt and figure were generally considered to be a steaming pile. It was a laughing stock, not unlike Nagash. The Taurus was always considered a nice model though. I even have one of those painted up.

Hopefully they can re-release him soon!


Oh wait, it appears that Nagash is still available.

Dice Monkey wrote:Yay! Now I can reown fugly 15 + year old models with extra defects for 3 times the price. Thanks Games Workshop!

This is pretty much what I was thinking.

For GW to pass off the Lameasu as anything other than a tongue-in-cheek low price re-release ("Hey, look at this old model we got out of storage. It's pretty goofy but has a lot of character. Anyone want a cheap monster?") looks to me like an act of desperation. They must be in pretty dire straits to think there will be a market for it (unless they artificially inflate it by making it unreasonably powerful and available to everyone.) I almost wonder if we'll reach the point that Nagash and Squat trikes get mined for release-fodder.

Gymnogyps wrote:Hey are those un-fixed bubbles in the wing muscles in the lammasu's left wing (the one closest to us in the photo)?

Silver I about died laughing at your photoshop awesomeness...

Wouldn't be surprised, they keep recommending that you just leave bubbles alone because "you won't see them when painted" in their Finecast articles (they posted up a new one recently, there's a link to it in one of the What's New Today posts...sadly it had no advice for re-sculpting missing details).

Personally I think that's just part of the "detail" of the wings, because the bull also has them. Kind of an odd detail though, skin doesn't usually just have holes in it.

Sidstyler wrote:Kind of an odd detail though, skin doesn't usually just have holes in it.

Skin has many holes, they're called pores. Finecast is that detailed you see

You silly guys are just jealous at the Lammasu for him being better looking than you are yourself

All joking aside though, the bitching and the whining about every fething little thing has grown to quite pathetic proportions lately. It is degrading the site and it only seems to get worse.

It is perfectly alright to complain a fair amount about quality issues of certain material & price raises, but before anyone feels genuinly insulted by GW re-releasing some old sculpts I sure hope you realize that in this case these are just some extras they are providing us with.

It is also perfectly alright to not like a sculpt, but it is not exactly like this is a new army release full of gak that we now have no alternative to that is being pushed upon us, is it?

This is just some old stuff they are again making available for anyone who might like it, which they did not have to do in the first place, and if you don't like it then there is absolutely no reason to buy any of it, let alone be reason for any self-respecting individual to feel insulted.

Flashman wrote:

Sidstyler wrote:Kind of an odd detail though, skin doesn't usually just have holes in it.

Skin has many holes, they're called pores. Finecast is that detailed you see

TBD wrote:It is perfectly alright to complain a fair amount about quality issues of certain material & price raises, but before anyone feels genuinly insulted by GW re-releasing some old sculpts I sure hope you realize that in this case these are just some extras they are providing us with.

I'm not complaining about their release, I don't care if they feel like bringing old stuff back. I don't see many people buying them though if even back when they were new they weren't very popular sculpts.

So anyway, does anyone have any pics of the regular (Dark Elf) Cold Ones without a rider on them? I was about to buy a box of them for the Cold Ones but didn't realise they come with built in saddles. (not for Storm of Magic, just cos I spotted them and thought they looked cool to use for generic Fantasy/Sci-Fi beasties.

I... like Nagash.

ghosty wrote:I... like Nagash.

Lucky for you then that he'll be re-released shortly as a fine cast at only $50.


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I just took a look at the Raging Heroes Lammasu and Manticore Why would anyone buy the GW offerings when there are scupts of that quality out there?

You silly guys are just jealous at the Lammasu for him being better looking than you are yourself

I admit he is more handsome than I, but am not envious.
I have learned to love the inner me or some such self improving BS

ghosty wrote:I... like Nagash.

Yeah, sounds like they have a problem with flamboyant liches....

scipio.au wrote:So anyway, does anyone have any pics of the regular (Dark Elf) Cold Ones without a rider on them? I was about to buy a box of them for the Cold Ones but didn't realise they come with built in saddles. (not for Storm of Magic, just cos I spotted them and thought they looked cool to use for generic Fantasy/Sci-Fi beasties.

I don't have pictures of them, but they have saddles, reins, and bridles sculpted on. They also have a piece of barding around the front torso.

It's a lot to shave off, and sculpting would be required if you want to just have 'generic' Fantasy/SciFi beasties.

I'm glad to see the albion stuff back. I had a truthsayer somewhere which I used as a tribal shaman/pysker a few times in nercomunda.

Also I do like that tauros /Bull with wings.

Am i the ONLY one who likes the Lamassu?

no
A couple of idio... I mean good folks have proclaim their adoration for the ugly bugger
but you are in a minority

Formosa wrote:Am i the ONLY one who likes the Lamassu?

I liked it when it first came out and I owned Chaos Dwarves.

It is looking its age now mind, much like I find many of the GW mini's from the early 90's do. Probably why I struggle to get excited over certain miniatures some of the other companies out there are producing. The ones that I find when I look at them, they remind me of that period's style, such as a fair few of the figs over at Reaper.

Forgive my ignorance about molding and sculpting, but are they using the old metal molds for these sculpts, or did they create new molds for these 20 year old kits?

As I understand it Puma, they will have created new moulds from the masters of the old kit.

Finecast requires a different type of casting process from metal.

at first i wasn't interested in SOM, but the monsters caught my eye (there inclusion, not rules etc.) i love wierd and wonderful monsters, and the outlandish look of the lamassu suits this, for me anyway, it looks at odds with everything else in the monsters range, love the beard, wings, and its general asthetic.

The paint job however.. is naff, mine will be awesome sauce