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And the winner for "Most tedious flamewar in 2012" goes to.... WEHRKIND! Combining the tedium of semantics with the pedantry of historical nitpicking, he delivers a one-two punch that leaves his competitors reeling in abject disgust!

Yes, because it is too much to ask that people use the correct words to refer to things. Words don't have to mean anything! In fact, we should let language become entirely personal. Everyone can define words exactly as they see fit, and perhaps with such effort we can make language a great barrier to communication! Wonderful!

I do not know which offends me more, your insipid sarcasm or your lack of a sense of perspective.

Probably the perspective, considering you called a two post exchange the "Most tedious flame War in 2012." I suspect a perspective that describes two short posts as tedious, or indeed a flame war, finds any sense of perspective of broader pictures quite troubling.

Just because the meanings of certain words is irrelevant to you doesn't make it irrelevant to other people. That understanding is pretty core to the point here.

zedmeister wrote:Painted Krull spotted on the Banelegions blog.

Brutal

Banelegions wrote:

Byzantia's finest!

Whoooooooaaaa . Is he on a 50mm square base, or bigger?

@Ag- Wehr already said "I apologize if I came across as offensive." to Maelstrom, I think we're good here.

Wehrkind wrote:

Maelstrom Games wrote:Guys,
I think you're getting a bit hung up on the word "falx", especially when you talk about the "Dacian falx". It's actually just a shortened version of "falcata", because "falcata-brute" doesn't sound quite so... brutal.

In the brief, the artist and sculptor were given this image to work from:



...but obviously changed it somewhat and enlarged it.

<shrug> Always remember that this is fantasy. It amuses me that little historical details like this are picked over in the same thread as discussions about giant crocodile-men and mutated humans!

Cheers

Rob

Falx isn't short for falcata. It is Latin for scyth or sickle. It refers to the blade being curved and sharpened on the inside. The blade on that model is sharpened on the outside of the curve, and so is neither falx nor falcata.

Say what you want about it being a fantasy miniature, but you might as well call it an "ax-brute" for all the sense the name makes. Just because the word doesn't mean much to you, doesn't mean it doesn't mean anything to anyone.

PEDANTS UNITE!

Good gravy! When did Sheldon join Dakka!?!?

Valete,

JohnS

We're wandering a little far afield here, folks. Back on the path, and keep it between the lines.

Maelstrom Games wrote:Wehrkind,
Thank you, but it would be impossible for you to know whether a word means anything to me or not. You're being extremely presumptuous, rude and pretty offensive.

Calm down there.

Look, you guys make great miniatures. We've cheered your successes frequently as you have posted them here. I routinely identify you as one of the superior miniature makers out there.

You have named a model in a way that seems misleading to several of us. Now, it's not like this isn't something we can live with, especially since the name doesn't have much of anything to do with what the miniature is. But it's still a name that doesn't match our expectations. And we have every right to point that out on a public forum.

Now you have reason to say the name is not misleading. I don't speak Latin, so I wouldn't know. But if you want a good reputation with the public then you needn't accuse someone of being rude or offensive simply for speaking their mind. You're being oddly defensive here, dispensing criticism at people simply for pointing out their opinions of your product. You guys normally do very good work. Let it go.

Maelstrom Games wrote:Thank you, but it would be impossible for you to know whether a word means anything to me or not.

The beauty of language is that you're able to communicate your thoughts to someone else. Saying that a word's meaning is dependent on what it means to you and not on what the generally accepted meaning of it is defeats the purpose.

Janthkin wrote:We're wandering a little far afield here, folks. Back on the path, and keep it between the lines.

Maybe I wasn't clear enough....

<Further digressions into the origins of words will be deemed off-topic, as will any further bickering between posters. Stay on topic!>

It looks great Maelstrom! Particularly the head.

Catch up time - we've had some stunning paint jobs come in the last couple of weeks, Sebastien Picque has done great work on Talos, Ungefelic and Vilthiss and I'll leave the icing on the cake until last - Wiat till you scroll down and see Ben Komet's Krull!





















PHEW! Well done to Seb and Ben! =D> :mrgreen:

Firstly nice paint jobs.

@Janthkin why is the discussion about the origins of the weapon name on a miniature is considered Offtopic? I may be a minority but I find that bit of knowledge refreshing and useful. Yes some may consider it boring and Maelstrom fella took a really strange dramatic approach to the debate but come on It was totally on topic and for me personally its the these little bits of information that I like to learn everyday.

So yes thanks Wehrkind for some bit of culture.

Whomever painted that Krull is the business. What a great color palette and paint job.

Looks at Krull paint job

Wow. Krull is my fav Banebeast model in the range, and I liked him before he was painted. Painted he's 100x better.

Are those cuts and scrapes on his armour part of the sculpt, or were they painted on? If they were painted on, then that's amazing work.

The Krull paint job looks excellent. it wil sell that model bigtime.
Only thing about the model is it lacks testicles, i think if goat men gets testicles surely a demon servant of Dis deserves a pair

spiraleddie wrote:The Krull paint job looks excellent. it wil sell that model bigtime.
Only thing about the model is it lacks testicles, i think if goat men gets testicles surely a demon servant of Dis deserves a pair

Krulls boys come in a separate kit as they are so huge

AgeOfEgos wrote:Whomever painted that Krull is the business. What a great color palette and paint job.

Yup, I agree with AgeOfEgos wholeheartedly!
This is by far my favorite mini!

Johnny-Crass wrote:

spiraleddie wrote:The Krull paint job looks excellent. it wil sell that model bigtime.
Only thing about the model is it lacks testicles, i think if goat men gets testicles surely a demon servant of Dis deserves a pair

Krulls boys come in a separate kit as they are so huge

They are sold in a new separate line called "Naughty Bits"

Kroothawk wrote:

Johnny-Crass wrote:

spiraleddie wrote:The Krull paint job looks excellent. it wil sell that model bigtime.
Only thing about the model is it lacks testicles, i think if goat men gets testicles surely a demon servant of Dis deserves a pair

Krulls boys come in a separate kit as they are so huge

They are sold in a new separate line called "Naughty Bits"

*Baneballs.

ghosty wrote:

Kroothawk wrote:

Johnny-Crass wrote:

spiraleddie wrote:The Krull paint job looks excellent. it wil sell that model bigtime.
Only thing about the model is it lacks testicles, i think if goat men gets testicles surely a demon servant of Dis deserves a pair

Krulls boys come in a separate kit as they are so huge

They are sold in a new separate line called "Naughty Bits"

*Baneballs.

Gotta catch 'em all!

Wait. Wrong line.

Hahaha!!!

I have absolutely no reason whatsoever to buy Krull. I have no in game use for him, or anything coming down the pipe for something like that.

But dear Lord do I want it. And all the minotaurs.

@Mattlov Super sized Daemon Prince/Bloodthirster, for sure. Do eet. DO EEEET.

All of the stuff in this thread is awesome, and win. With sprinklings of "Oh my lord, look at the detail!".

WaaaaghLord wrote:@Mattlov Super sized Daemon Prince/Bloodthirster, for sure. Do eet. DO EEEET.

All of the stuff in this thread is awesome, and win. With sprinklings of "Oh my lord, look at the detail!".

I play Grey Knights. I'd be buying an enemy!

There's nothing wrong with you'r second army being a nemesis for your first

You could always look at the purchase of Krull as the start of your Banelegions Byzantian warband

Also, more painty goodness spotted:

Banelegions wrote:

Creoda:



Uggurd:

HoverBoy wrote:There's nothing wrong with you'r second army being a nemesis for your first

He wasn't talking about Sororitas

Great looking paint! You lads really found some great artists on both the sculpting and painting sides. Well done!