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Kanluwen wrote:The one in the background with the two handed axe looks pretty sweet though.

Yes, and his legs look slightly differently positioned, which may ease my posability concerns.

Reposting for page tick..

Azreal13 wrote:Is it me, or is this pic new to the thread?

I think its just the angle that makes them look different.

Maybe, but either way I think it looks better, and that's a positive.

Different wings too- no chains hanging off them as well as no rips or tears in the membranes.

And here I thought the oversized punch dagger on the 3rd party model was stupid...little did I know that gw would up the ante on an even dumber punch dagger design!

Awesome, I love this head

Soo.. That's Ka'bandha is it?

Holy crap, that is an amazing model. Unreal.

A hammer-whip huh? Yeah, ok, that's just the right amount of silly that I can live with. The axe looks fantastic.

Overall very happy with this model.

Wehrkind wrote:@ Steamdragon the chain/whip part is far too long for a functional flail, relative to his size and the weapon's handle. It is at best a "magic wrath flail hammerer!" thing, nothing that would come close to working.

I should really just change my name at this point...

Considering it's a magical daemon from who knows where, whose tattered wings can still somehow move that huge body, I'm going to give it a pass on the laws of physics.

H.B.M.C. wrote:A hammer-whip huh? Yeah, ok, that's just the right amount of silly that I can live with. The axe looks fantastic.

That's pretty much how I look at it. I mean, I play Skaven. Flank charging a Doomwheel should have it just fall right over.

 angelofvengeance wrote:
Soo.. That's Ka'bandha is it?

Yes, the model fits the artwork for Ka'bandha we have seen in the book leak three(?) weeks ago

Thirsta does not miss leg day!!!

hahahahahahahaha

Love the armor, and the wing/upper torso make it look beefcake. I just do not like that donkey face.

What the hell is wrong with his leg muscles?

I don't think the clearer pics are doing it any favours. I've said previously I feel like I'm judging it too harshly by comparing it to display pieces but GW are claiming to make the best models in the world so I'm not going to cut them slack.

The face still looks silly with a disproportionally large set of horns. The whip hammer is... The least of its problems, fantasy weapons and suspension of disbelief go hand in hand. The axe handle looks like its crafted to look like skulls, since they are all so uniform, but then painted as if they are real. The wings muscle structure looks wrong, and I'm not sure what the hell the holes in it are about. It feels like texture needed to be added and they didn't know how.

Really it just feels like another big plastic kit from GW with all that entails. It looks like a middle of the pack gaming piece which probably works well as a centerpiece of a tabletop standard army, not deserving of the criticisms I'm leveling at it. But then nor does it do anything other gaming companies aren't to earn itself praise, let alone comparing it to non gaming companies making large plastic kits like those Japanese ones with their robots.

Love the Skull axe - pass on the rest of the model

 jonolikespie wrote:
What the hell is wrong with his leg muscles?

I don't think the clearer pics are doing it any favours. I've said previously I feel like I'm judging it too harshly by comparing it to display pieces but GW are claiming to make the best models in the world so I'm not going to cut them slack.

The face still looks silly with a disproportionally large set of horns. The whip hammer is... The least of its problems, fantasy weapons and suspension of disbelief go hand in hand. The axe handle looks like its crafted to look like skulls, since they are all so uniform, but then painted as if they are real. The wings muscle structure looks wrong, and I'm not sure what the hell the holes in it are about. It feels like texture needed to be added and they didn't know how.

Really it just feels like another big plastic kit from GW with all that entails. It looks like a middle of the pack gaming piece which probably works well as a centerpiece of a tabletop standard army, not deserving of the criticisms I'm leveling at it. But then nor does it do anything other gaming companies aren't to earn itself praise, let alone comparing it to non gaming companies making large plastic kits like those Japanese ones with their robots.

I guess I give a lot of room for funky stuff when it comes to Chaos models because, well, they're all chaosy.

The model looks good to me, seems fitting for what it is supposed to be.

Looking at the head, it's the hero quest gargoyle, reborn!

Flosi wrote:
Looking at the head, it's the hero quest gargoyle, reborn!

Which is itself based on one of the the original Bloodthirster:

I Love this model except for the jetpack feet fire thing

I know he is a daemon but why bother with the wings if the soles of your feet provide jet propulsion anyway?

*sigh* is GW so scared of all of us not buying their stuff if we look inside a book it HAS to shrink wrap everything now?

 Stormonu wrote:
*sigh* is GW so scared of all of us not buying their stuff if we look inside a book it HAS to shrink wrap everything now?

GW aint no library

 Stormonu wrote:
*sigh* is GW so scared of all of us not buying their stuff if we look inside a book it HAS to shrink wrap everything now?

This may just be because it was a subscription copy sent through the post?

 Azreal13 wrote:

 Stormonu wrote:
*sigh* is GW so scared of all of us not buying their stuff if we look inside a book it HAS to shrink wrap everything now?

This may just be because it was a subscription copy sent through the post?

I don't know about your shops, but in the US?

The copies of White Dwarf that my local GW store puts out on the shelf are in the same shrink wrap. I thought it was unnecessary too...until I saw someone taking pictures with their camera phone of rules and then just putting the copy back on the shelf.

One thing I will say is that the manager keeps his copy with him and lets people flip through it at the till to see if they would want to buy a copy or not.

I've only bought a couple of paper WD since the re-launch (and maybe the same number of digital) but no, no shrink wrap. It's very uncommon in the UK unless there's something like an insert or free gift that needs to be kept with it.

In order to steal anything from Visions it'd have to be worth something first.

That is a very sweet Bloodthirster on the cover. I think I'm gonna have to buy him, even though I don't usually collect such models.

This is the last bloodthirster I painted (a slightly embarrassing paintjob, but hey, it was a long time ago). Anyone remember where this antique came from ? ^.^

Hint: the base size/type is a giveaway.

Heroquest, right?

 H.B.M.C. wrote:
Heroquest, right?

Yup The Milton Bradley game!

 Platuan4th wrote:

Flosi wrote:
Looking at the head, it's the hero quest gargoyle, reborn!

Which is itself based on one of the the original Bloodthirster:

My how little Bloodtaster has grown....

I have some parts of the old Battle Masters stuff laying around. who knows, it will probably be relevant and become surprisingly new again....

http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/700/battle-masters