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What old miniatures do you think still look amazing today. By amazing I mean, compared to new miniatures it doesn't look worse at all, maybe even better.

For me it's Drazhar and the old metal Raveners from 2nd-5th edition (miss me with those 2015 generic Raveners)

Nearly everything by Juan Diaz still looks great today, even if the style of the unit changed (Daemonettes, etc.), the sculpts themselves are awesome.

A lot of the old Space Marine Captains (Terminator, Command Squad Captain with SB, DA Azrael) still look good today, even if too small for newer plastic Marines.

The old Gorkamorka Orks, the metal ones still have so much charakter. Maybe even more than the new models

Kaptin Badrukk and Snikrot. Metal Terminator Chaplain. Be'lakor. Yarrick. Diaz Daemon Prince.

 Eldarain wrote:
Kaptin Badrukk and Snikrot. Metal Terminator Chaplain. Be'lakor. Yarrick. Diaz Daemon Prince.

Be'lakor! How could I forget that beauty!

LoftyS wrote:
What old miniatures do you think still look amazing today. By amazing I mean, compared to new miniatures it doesn't look worse at all, maybe even better.

IMO the metal grey knight terminators had a better look than the plastics in places - same style but no need to compromise for the multi-part kit.

The old 2nd ed sisters also look just as good as those on the website today too :p

Someone from my local gaming group shared a side by side comparison of an old Daemon Prince next to a new one, and the old one was startlingly better.

2nd Ed metal guard range and Ezekiel

Be'lakor still remains a phenomenal example of a timeless, beautiful model!



I LOVE the old metal Bloodletters with axes. truly gold standard 'daemon' models.

SM chaplains have as a lot held up very well.

the late 2nd/early 3rd edition scouts. Not the older plastic mohawk ones.



(rows 2,4,5)

Old Typhus looks much better than the new one.
It has a lot to do with the ridiculous pose of the new version, though. I've seen nice conversions of the new one that look on par with the old masterpiece.

The old metal Space Marine captains released in 1990 still stand up, I think. As are the four Chaos marines made by Jes Goodwin around the same time.

The six captains at the bottom of this page:
http://www.solegends.com/citcat1991a/cat1991ap006smcommanders-00.htm

and these guys:

- SM Terminator Captain
- Emperor's Champion (both versions)
- Black Templar Characters
- Terminators themselves; I think the plastic kit has been around since 4th Edition and it's still in my opinion a great kit.

100% going for Typhus on this one, his old model was a lot better than the new one.

+1 on metal scouts, they were awesome.

The old ork deff dread (metal, again). it has the simplistic ruggedness which orks were brilliant for. The newer kits seem to have a lot of frills and decoration. General rule - if it breaks off in a carry case, it would break off with an ork driving it!

The metal CSM daemon prince. The eldar warlocks.

 slave.entity wrote:
The eldar warlocks.

I really hope when GW comes to redo the Eldar forces and faction with fresh models that they take a lot of inspiration from the Warlocks. To my mind they are the most xeno and alien and really what I hope GW embraces with revamped Eldar.

For me it is either the humble Ork boy or Kroot carnivores, both look as fantastic today as they did in 3rd!

 Kroem wrote:
For me it is either the humble Ork boy or Kroot carnivores, both look as fantastic today as they did in 3rd!

Ah yeah, Kroot look excellent still, but they did come out post-Y2K. I have a couple of hundred of them though, and have zero reason to field more than 10% of them, so for that I hate them....

Eldar Warlocks by Jes. Still fit right in with the rest and look better than some.

Ragnar Blackmane. Model is knocking on for 30 years old, and still looks pretty decent.

IMO, Ork minis looked much better in the Rogue Trader era when they were based on Paul Bonner's and Dave Gallagher's art, rather than the gorilla-looking brutes we got from 3rd edition onwards. Orks were my first 40K army, but I abandoned them when the style changed. Can't stand the modern Ork models.

Necron Warriors and Destroyers.

Their sprue design leaves quite a bit to be desired, but once you've assembled them, their aesthetics still look great.
If they ever get a redesign to replaces the green rods with the tube thingies that Immortals and Ghost arks have, I hop the overall aesthetics stay the same, just with better sprue placement and poses.

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The original Necron Scarabs, especially when magnetized to the base so they function as miniatures and wound counters. I wish I could find a photo to show as an example...

Maugan Ra and Asurman still look great to me. I second the old metal warlocks too, still run one sometimes that I painted twenty odd years ago!

 some bloke wrote:
100% going for Typhus on this one, his old model was a lot better than the new one.

The main problem of Typhus is the pose. The model itself is fine and just as good as its predecessor. Change the pose and he looks as excellent as he should.

kingheff wrote:
Maugan Ra and Asurman still look great to me. I second the old metal warlocks too, still run one sometimes that I painted twenty odd years ago!

Eldar was my first army back in 2nd edition and the first character I picked up was Maugan Ra. Such a boss, and I agree he still looks great today. And the Warlocks too. Not as big of a fan of Asurmen but he works

What really drew me to Eldar back then though was Warp Spiders. Now THEY sure didn't pass the test of time.

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

To me, the golden age was probably mid-late 90's, mostly Jes Goodwin. GW's worst period was early-mid 2000's...when they were ramping up production but brought in some really weak sculptors (see: last gen. Plague Marines, Obliterators, the quickly abandoned Aspect Warrior revamp, etc.)

This guy.

Pricne Yriel