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 Ferrum_Sanguinis wrote:
Got-Damn, that new Bloodthrister makes the current one look like a fething playskool toy...

The old bloodthirster made the old bloodthirster look like a toy.

As for the new one... I think GW has continued to show they don't understand anatomy or are unable to translate it to CAD. there is something very wrong with the face and horn structure and a lot of it feels lazy. The armour looks like its been quickly upscaled in CAD from the blood crusher kit and though I'm not familiar with them myself a friend pointed out the wings look like tyranid wings and I kinda agree.

I'm probably judging it too harshly, comparing it to display pieces rather than game pieces, but a company claiming to make the best models in the world should not be proud of this so I hope it looks a lot better in clearer pics and in person.

 jonolikespie wrote:

 Ferrum_Sanguinis wrote:
Got-Damn, that new Bloodthrister makes the current one look like a fething playskool toy...

The old bloodthirster made the old bloodthirster look like a toy.

As for the new one... I think GW has continued to show they don't understand anatomy or are unable to translate it to CAD. there is something very wrong with the face and horn structure and a lot of it feels lazy. The armour looks like its been quickly upscaled in CAD from the blood crusher kit and though I'm not familiar with them myself a friend pointed out the wings look like tyranid wings and I kinda agree.

I'm probably judging it too harshly, comparing it to display pieces rather than game pieces, but a company claiming to make the best models in the world should not be proud of this so I hope it looks a lot better in clearer pics and in person.

Well, by GWs own words they are a miniatures company who makes collectable miniatures, not a gaming company that makes game pieces. So I think your criticisms are fair, if not more than fair.

Deadawake1347 wrote:
So I think your criticisms are fair, if not more than fair.

Also quite premature.

We have two photos of it, both taken by someone who appears to be new to the concept of cameras, so it's a bit early to be making judgements about the mini.

I'm also curious how real-world anatomy has any effect on the facial features and horn structures of a giant demon, which has no real-life equivalent from which to draw comparison.

 Darth Bob wrote:
I'm also curious how real-world anatomy has any effect on the facial features and horn structures of a giant demon, which has no real-life equivalent from which to draw comparison.

Quit yer yammerin' boy! 'Round these parts we don't take kindly to that high-falutin' "logic".

Warhams-77 wrote:
The new Bloodthirster
The new Khorne Chosen
in a full color picture



From 4chan/tg via HereComesTomorrow on Warseer

I cannot make any sense of the models in the bottom third of this picture. Are they the Chosen? Are they seining chains? (With hammers on the ends?)

Can anyone help me out?

It is a bit of a jumbled mess. I just see hammers and chains and the occasional Khorne symbol or head. We need people familiar with the principles of photography to start taking these photos.

Maybe the logic is that, since it's "chaos", you're not supposed to know what it is you're looking at.

But yeah, kinda hard to really comprehend anything in the pic other than Archaeon and the new bloodthirster. I kinda like the new bloodthirster, but I'm not sure if I like the face/head that much and I dread to see how much it's going to cost.

Hey guys, what if its not a Bloodthrister but a Khorne specific monster like The Glottkin?

Don't think anyone will give half a damn if it has a name or not because it looks just like a bloodthirster, and the vast majority of people are probably going to be buying it specifically to use as a bloodthirster.

The FW greater deamons are technically all named characters, too, but that hasn't really meant anything to anyone that I can see.

Those guys with the chains look bludgeony and I'm fairly certain that guy right at the front in the bottom corner is new too.

 Ferrum_Sanguinis wrote:
Hey guys, what if its not a Bloodthrister but a Khorne specific monster like The Glottkin?

It makes three variants apparantly so one might be.

More pics on BOLS

Unfortunately, the person ! Reds8n who posted the pics, partially blocked them with a black box, for reason unknown

Nice they finally brought back the dog-head of the original Bloodthirster







As already mentioned they were posted on BOLS http://www.belloflostsouls.net/2015/02/40k-breaking-tale-three-bloodthirsters.html

Glad they included the old style head, those new style ones are awful.

The black box is making me laugh. That is finely-granulated trolling right there. The model itself looks cool, glad to see that whip & axe is making a comeback.

I like it.

Granulated is appropriate, given it appears to be sandpaper.

I have a feeling a human troll sat there photoshopping those pictures for a while, sniggering to himself that the first images of the Bloodthirster would be so silly, only to find someone had leaked normals pictures a few hours before.

In horror, he stared at the screen, his life's single greatest achievement taken away at its moment of glory.

 Accolade wrote:
I have a feeling a human troll sat there photoshopping those pictures for a while, sniggering to himself that the first images of the Bloodthirster would be so silly, only to find someone had leaked normals pictures a few hours before.

In horror, he stared at the screen, his life's single greatest achievement taken away at its moment of glory.

Maybe he was seeking to remind people of Victor Hardy's BT from Golden Demon several years ago.
http://miniature-art.tripod.com//sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/aut_8905bw144r0q.jpg Link is maybe NSFW, do daemonic testicles count?

 Grimtuff wrote:

 Accolade wrote:
I have a feeling a human troll sat there photoshopping those pictures for a while, sniggering to himself that the first images of the Bloodthirster would be so silly, only to find someone had leaked normals pictures a few hours before.

In horror, he stared at the screen, his life's single greatest achievement taken away at its moment of glory.

Maybe he was seeking to remind people of Victor Hardy's BT from Golden Demon several years ago.
http://miniature-art.tripod.com//sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/aut_8905bw144r0q.jpg Link is maybe NSFW, do daemonic testicles count?

Holy cow! I remember seeing that model is a WD many years ago, I guess they opted to leave that photo out

I can only wonder if the Golden Demon judges inquired this additional sculpting

 streetsamurai wrote:
More pics on BOLS

Unfortunately, the person ! Reds8n who posted the pics, partially blocked them with a black box, for reason unknown

Hes clearly a really funny guy #lolswotajoker

Deadawake1347 wrote:

 jonolikespie wrote:

 Ferrum_Sanguinis wrote:
Got-Damn, that new Bloodthrister makes the current one look like a fething playskool toy...

The old bloodthirster made the old bloodthirster look like a toy.

As for the new one... I think GW has continued to show they don't understand anatomy or are unable to translate it to CAD. there is something very wrong with the face and horn structure and a lot of it feels lazy. The armour looks like its been quickly upscaled in CAD from the blood crusher kit and though I'm not familiar with them myself a friend pointed out the wings look like tyranid wings and I kinda agree.

I'm probably judging it too harshly, comparing it to display pieces rather than game pieces, but a company claiming to make the best models in the world should not be proud of this so I hope it looks a lot better in clearer pics and in person.

Well, by GWs own words they are a miniatures company who makes collectable miniatures, not a gaming company that makes game pieces. So I think your criticisms are fair, if not more than fair.

IDK about that. I haven't spent a dime on GW in about a year, but this new Thirster has me tempted.

Ohh, a HeroQuest head variant. Now that is a pleasant suprize!

 Wilson wrote:

 streetsamurai wrote:
More pics on BOLS

Unfortunately, the person ! Reds8n who posted the pics, partially blocked them with a black box, for reason unknown

Hes clearly a really funny guy #lolswotajoker

In a silly attempt to remove another persons watermark. Warning - spoilers!

I'm not seeing two axes in the builds (so far) suggesting Skarbrand may not be an option.

Seen this yet?

Warning - lots of spoilers for Archaon.

http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a230r.1.14.1.5qAQkz&id=43207727832&ns=1&abbucket=1#detail

(link from Warseer)

The Bloodthirster IS big

So it's everyone vs. Chaos now? I thought it's evereyone vs. Nagash... or everyone vs. the Skaven?

WFB is so fed...

From the first End Times book, Teclis has been engineering an alliance against Chaos. He specifically helped return Nagash, and the vamps have been fighting alongside Empire since book 1. Skaven threw in their lot with Chaos before the end of Thanquol. I think the people acting surprised by that picture haven't really been paying attention.