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Alot of the "busy-ness" comes from the paint job. I'd imagine the detail on his robe and scales inlaid into his actual armor plates are just painted. As for the pose, the purity seals or whatever coming off the spear look to be going the wrong direction, as I imagine he is hefting the spear up in the air in preparation to throw it.

However, since his arm is extended, it shouldn't be to hard to cut his hand at the wrist, and have him holding the spear straight up and down in a regal pose, which would make more sense with the rest of his pose. That way, he would be kinda looking off to the side, raising his gauntlet to bbq something, while holding the spear pointing up for all of his brethren to take heart of their master's holy relic. Something like that.

It really is a nice mini though. Much better than just about all of the other space marine special characters. (Cassius, Tigurius and Pedro) Thank god I have a jes goodwin sculpted second edition tigurius.

THAT VULKAN....


is hideous.

I don't think the Vulkan mini is too bad. I kind of like it.

CE

Oh the horror....all over againnnnnnnnnnnn

same sculptor? hope not....

Lemartes was sculpted by Mike Mcvey. You can't possibly think that looks similar to Vulkan. Go look at Tigurius and Cassius again.

I don't think the Vulkan model is too bad.

whitedragon wrote:Lemartes was sculpted by Mike Mcvey. You can't possibly think that looks similar to Vulkan. Go look at Tigurius and Cassius again.

I believe you when you say its different sculptor , but i can still draw same similarities to what makes it bad like Lemartes.

But i just went to see the 2 minis you listed, and all i can say is Tigurius ' s tabard is pretty static as well as all their poses.
But thats my opinion you dont have to agree with me lol.

This vulkan mini is almost as bad as the Ragnar Blackmane Model...

Almost

Having spent a bit more time looking at Vulkan I think I've worked out why that spear is a little off,

First the dangly bits(as others have noticed) are a bit gravity defying,

Secondly, everyone is looking at the spear thinking vulkans going to throw it, but I think he might be going to stab something overarm, like just in front of him or on the floor, when put in that context the gravity defying bits are less gravity defying, and honestly, its a chapter relic, theres no way he's ever throwing that spear.


Still love the model so thats 8 of us, but will have to snip the anti grav parchement.

Guessing at the individual components i'm going to bet it's a 4 piece model, seperate spear, backpack, body and head, with the spiderman 'flameslinger' being a part of the body.

Bottle wrote:The cover looks nice! I really can't wait to play attack and defend scenarios, should prove very interesting! But no doubt most Tyranid players will get fed up of always being the attackers, and the same for IG players almost always stuck on the defense! xD

I hope the new buildings (if they'll be any) will be good for necromunda too!

Why would IG be almost always stuck on defense? We are great ataackers! Static targets for artillery? Yes please...

I love that Vulkan model! . Not the greatest mini ever, but he's still bloody good. Screw Imperial Guard and their new and shiny codex, I'm going to resurrect my Salamanders. Just wish I hadn't sold them to driverbob25 a year ago

ph34r wrote:I actually like that Vulkan mini.

I do too. no thunder hammer gives him a completely different appeal to me. If he readily available, I can see myself buying a few of him, as long as he doesn't ahve a retail price of 20 dollars.. If that's the case, I'll probably settle for one.

I think I need to see the Vulkan model 360 before I can make a judgement. The gun looks kinda clunky to me and the spear arm is a bit weird but that is fixable.

I agree with Fishboy. A lot of the spear problem amy just come from the angle its shot at. Can't decide until I see the arm proper. The "flameslinger" as it's been dubbed () is a little odd but hell at least its different. Something that an army of guys in similar power armour can struggle for sometimes.

karmaiko wrote:That looks familiar Hellfury

It should, its only the same avatar I have been using for a decade posting on dakka.

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I like to take breaks from it now and then though. Smoking skull is only so cool for so long. But I always come back to it.

Hate the hestan model-the spear isnt choppy enough looks nothing like the artwork in the codex
back to the drawing board for my scratchbuild....
like planetstrike though

Sirius42 wrote:Secondly, everyone is looking at the spear thinking vulkans going to throw it, but I think he might be going to stab something overarm, like just in front of him or on the floor, when put in that context the gravity defying bits are less gravity defying, and honestly, its a chapter relic, theres no way he's ever throwing that spear.

I noticed this yesterday. I also noticed that only his left arm is covered in the shields, which only adds to the "Super Hoplite" thing he has going on. When you look at the left arm then the right arm, the pose(minus Grav-defying bits) makes perfect sense, especially when compared Ancient Greek artwork covered in warriors with this exact same pose.

The May White Dwarf devotes a page and a half to Planetstrike. Most of it is a picture of Tyranids assaulting Cadians in some of the spiffy new terrain pieces (walls and multi-story buildings in the pic). The pics from Gamesday are also repeated.

Most interesting is the sentence,"...all squads in the attacking force will Deep Strike onto the table, and an even more exciting prospect is that you can field an army purely made of Fast Attack and Elite Choices."

Edit: "...defenders can take double the usual amount of Heavy Support choices and have access to new and powerful types of defensive terrain."

They promise more information in WD354 (July).

SO it's out in July then, presumably.

That's crazy though. Double HS choices? Hi, say hello to all my LRBTs. That's be a crazy high point game though.

I really see this being cmbined with Apoc, rather than a stand-alone game of 2,000 or less 40K.

You're still thinking too small Scotty. What we need is combining Planetstrike with Apoc and Cities of Death to make the ultimate game of 40k

And Hellfury, I'm glad you got your old Avatar back. That flashing Smegghead thing was pretty annoying.

Gwar! wrote:This vulkan mini is almost as bad as the Ragnar Blackmane Model...

Almost

You've said a lot of ridiculous things in your relatively short time here, but you've managed a new low now!

LunaHound wrote:


Oh the horror....all over againnnnnnnnnnnn

same sculptor? hope not....

Don't mock Lemartes, he's my favorite $1 model because no one else liked him, and proud leader of the Budget Angels, the Thrifty Sons of Sanguinius! He and his brother in arms Chaplain Special Name are deeply offended ;-) I also must say that my Lemartes looks pretty damn good... mostly because I didn't paint him.

Back on topic however, I like Vulkan except for the spear. Not a fan of the throwing pose. I never imagined the spear as a pilum or generic javelin.

Vulkan is just painted too MUCH. The model looks pretty good, I like it quite a bit. A little work and he is instantly a Grey Knight Grand Master with a Nemesis Force Halberd!

From far away that Vulkan looks like Yoda.

Love the Vulkan model and cover for Planetstrike but i hate that flame thing it's hideous (a bit like the pose) but i'm sure a bit of re positioning will do the trick

Love cover, hate model.

sA

Planet strike??? please explain???

The cover says all you need to know on the topic.

Love the book-cover. I'll have to pick up the book even if I never have a chance to use it. Knowing GW tho, I am kinda surprised the cover art wasn't Space Marines teamed up with Space Marines figthing other Space Marines with more Space Marines coming in from the Space Marine reserves.

The model is pretty bad, tho, and in my opinion, the paint-job makes it look much, much worse.

Mort wrote:Love the book-cover. I'll have to pick up the book even if I never have a chance to use it. Knowing GW tho, I am kinda surprised the cover art wasn't Space Marines teamed up with Space Marines figthing other Space Marines with more Space Marines coming in from the Space Marine reserves.

The model is pretty bad, tho, and in my opinion, the paint-job makes it look much, much worse.

I agree, it needs more SPESS MEHRENS!