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2015/02/21 04:33:43
Subject: End Times: V, Archaeon (new bloodthirster model, pg 7)
So the new one was going to be the basis of a Skarbrand conversion, perhaps if I was utterly Bloodthirster-less I may feel differently....
Nah.
This just makes me more excited for the Banebeasts Kickstarter to ship out. I think the new BT kit looks pretty awesome, but this model is just brilliant. Hoping there's some good options in the plastic kit, though.
the model is cool but that punch dagger is absurd.. How do you expect to hit anything with a dagger the size of your arm? You wouldn't be able to stab anything close to you! which defeats the purpose of a punch dagger.
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2015/02/21 04:37:27
Subject: End Times: V, Archaeon (new bloodthirster model, pg 7)
Kirasu wrote: the model is cool but that punch dagger is absurd.. How do you expect to hit anything with a dagger the size of your arm? You wouldn't be able to stab anything close to you! which defeats the purpose of a punch dagger.
Well, it's a blade, so it could just as easily be used for cutting as stabbing. Plus he's got a giant demon's strength behind it, so he can use it to make broad, sweeping cuts through enemy infantry that would just as easily bludgeon/crush as chop them in half.
Kirasu wrote: the model is cool but that punch dagger is absurd.. How do you expect to hit anything with a dagger the size of your arm? You wouldn't be able to stab anything close to you! which defeats the purpose of a punch dagger.
Perhaps the axe is for human-sized opponents and the dagger is for $100 fantasy centerpieces.
2015/02/21 07:47:43
Subject: End Times: V, Archaeon (new bloodthirster model, pg 7)
So the Paint Splatter in this weeks WD has axes and chains as a hint for next week so we will either be seeing the wrathmongers or the big stompy Bloodthirster of Khorne
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Kirasu wrote: the model is cool but that punch dagger is absurd.. How do you expect to hit anything with a dagger the size of your arm? You wouldn't be able to stab anything close to you! which defeats the purpose of a punch dagger.
Yeah I'm pretty sure if he brought that thing down on your head you'd reconsider your stance.
To put it another way: Dude's big enough that he doesn't need to stab you.
We,re talking about it in the context of another model that traditionally proudly strides onto the battlefields of the 41st millennium with a whip.
A whip.
So let's not get bogged down in a debate about practical choices in weaponry!
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Yeah, I was aiming that more at the "that 50ft tall angry man-bat summoned from an alternate dimension has a slightly impractical sword" crowd.
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I play CSM so a Bloodthirster kit is very relevant for me.
Yeah, £70 puts it firmly in the sights of some of the excellent 3rd party models out there (Mierce, Creature Caster, Ultra Forge) and depending on your personal tastes, you may even have to have a personal discussion with yourself if the FW version was worth the extra.
I'm yet to make up my mind on this one, I've not been massively thrilled with the pics, but I don't consider I've seen good pics of it yet, but it's going to have to make up a lot of ground to justify £70 for me. If it had landed at £50 I was going to pre order one.
But then, I have this guy..
So the new one was going to be the basis of a Skarbrand conversion, perhaps if I was utterly Bloodthirster-less I may feel differently....
Nah.
Holy gawd, how did I miss that. Thank you for linking creature caster.
That possessed dragon is everything I could ever want in a chaos dragon model (I hate galrauch).
I wonder if I should wait on the vague rumours of a new chaos dragon....
2015/02/21 15:38:17
Subject: End Times: V, Archaeon (new bloodthirster model, pg 7)
I don't think any of the CC stuff is on general sale yet (it was a Kickstarter and I don't think backers have received all their kit yet) so you'll have a wait whichever!
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Azreal13 wrote: I don't think any of the CC stuff is on general sale yet (it was a Kickstarter and I don't think backers have received all their kit yet) so you'll have a wait whichever!
Not even close to receiving it yet. He fried his computer October/November time so there was waiting for that and we're only just seeing the Vulture Daemon test cast now.
BallinWitStalin wrote: I wonder if I should wait on the vague rumours of a new chaos dragon....
Pretty sure the chaos dragon rumors were shot down by one of the more prominent rumorfiends on Warseer. I may be mistaken though.
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2015/02/21 16:19:09
Subject: End Times: V, Archaeon (new bloodthirster model, pg 7)
dan2026 wrote: I really surprised one of the 3 Bloodthirster varients isn't Skarbrand. Doesn't make sense to me.
It does in the context of named characters without models (and some with!) have largely disappeared from recent Codex updates. I wouldn't be surprised to see Skarbrand and Kugath disappear with the next update.
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Skarbrand was still in it after the CHS debacle. He survived the purging, as he was just another BT with a second axe and torn wings. Ku'Gath stayed too, as most people use the Forgeworld kit to represent him. So GW was still making good money on both of them.
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2015/02/21 16:49:07
Subject: End Times: V, Archaeon (new bloodthirster model, pg 7)
I don't think either Daemon book has been updated since the CHS case has concluded? So it's probably a bit too soon to call that.
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Well, for me, if I get one it will solely be to convert a Skarbrand, and it will be because I want a Skarbrand. It will be more about the hobbying aspect than the gameplay, but ultimately, I can always field it as a regular BT if I want to and Skarbrand has been written out.
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I don't understand why they didn't seize this chance to officially get him a model.
Probably because they didn't want to include an entire other set of wings, since they're described/pictured as being tattered and ripped up, rather than completely missing. It'd be a pretty simple conversion, honestly. Drill out irregular holes in the wings and smooth them out/texture them with GS. Then give him two axes. Boom, Skarbrand.
I don't understand why they didn't seize this chance to officially get him a model.
Probably because they didn't want to include an entire other set of wings, since they're described/pictured as being tattered and ripped up, rather than completely missing. It'd be a pretty simple conversion, honestly. Drill out irregular holes in the wings and smooth them out/texture them with GS. Then give him two axes. Boom, Skarbrand.
And there is the fact that he was killed/banished/whatever by Malekith. Though that does bring up an interesting question of which is done first, the project brief for the plastic kit or the manuscript for the book?
2015/02/22 15:25:21
Subject: End Times: V, Archaeon (new bloodthirster model, pg 7)
dan2026 wrote: I really surprised one of the 3 Bloodthirster varients isn't Skarbrand. Doesn't make sense to me.
It does in the context of named characters without models (and some with!) have largely disappeared from recent Codex updates. I wouldn't be surprised to see Skarbrand and Kugath disappear with the next update.
Given that Ku'gath got meltified by Leoncoeur's golden blood, I wouldn't expect to see him back...
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