Worst Looking GW model?

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**Poly Ranger**

You have a point there Murrdox.

**zedmeister**

Murrdox wrote:

Okay I'm going to defend Santa. Watch out.

I don't think this is a good example of "worst model". I think it's actually a really WELL DONE model. Only the CONCEPT of the model is totally ridiculous. It's sort of like the Dreadknight. Yes, the concept is completely stupid. It's a Space Marine wearing some kind of huge exo-skeleton. But the model itself is pretty good quality for what it is. Now take Centurions for example though. The model just doesn't work. It doesn't look like it can even walk or move its arms. It has "hands" but clearly would not be able to pick anything up. The included heads look goofy. That's just bad design.

Now let's look at Santa.

It's a chariot pulled by space wolves. Yes, the concept is crazy and should never have been approved.

But look at the MODEL!

The Chariot is pretty cool. There's lots of relief molding. Lots of added detail like the shields on the side of the chariot, giving it a fun Norse feel. You've got the Wolf reliefs that look cool.
Logan himself looks awesome. Check out all the details on the shoulderpads, the cape flowing behind him, the facial expression, his beard, his axe. He looks great!
Look at the wolves. What cool poses! They're literally leaping off the base, and look really dynamic. I'll give you some goofy points because the actual harness for the wolves securing them to the chariot doesn't look like it would really work. I think a dog-sled type harness for the wolves would have worked better than this odd thing they came up with.

So Logan Grimnar? I would nominate for most ridiculous model concept. But as a model, it's actually REALLY well done.

Supposed someone had to be buying them...

Granted, its not a blob and there are details, but good lord is it poor. Take Logan off the santa sleigh and he'd be fine, but the badly sculpted wolves running in opposite directions and the silly sleigh, regardless of details is just, well, its an embarrassment. It's hard enough selling the war gaming hobby as a creative endeavor and a worthwhile pursuit. But models such as this set any goodwill and acceptance back years. The box may as well come with labels such as "Now with large axe, batteries not included..."

**j31c3n**

Who could forget Captain Cortez?

**Talizvar**

Ah! Finally, you have all forgotten the true "derp" of the chaos bat wing jump pack! (guy on the right)

I field a squad of these guys for "fun" as people point and stare shocked and even ask me if I made them myself!
The models that followed (guy on left) could not have come fast enough.

**deviantduck**

**Harriticus**

Obliterators for sure. Look like Fisher Price stuff.

**Matt.Kingsley**

Oblits are bad, but at least they aren't as bad as their cousins the Mutilators.

I can't understand how GW managed to make their Combat-Oblits more ugly than the much older shooty version...

**War Kitten**

I would have to say the taurox

**vipoid**

Matt.Kingsley wrote:
Oblits are bad, but at least they aren't as bad as their cousins the Mutilators.

I can't understand how GW managed to make their Combat-Oblits more ugly than the much older shooty version...

ROFL

Those are some amazing faces right there.

**j31c3n**

Wow, I didn't even know those models existed. Jeebus.

**Buttery Commissar**

Murrdox wrote:
Okay I'm going to defend Santa. Watch out.

Well the original post said "Not old models from the 90's, those were obviously horrible looking models." so I was judging concept over sculpting.
Most of GW's models these days are technically beautiful, ornate and well finished. One Skitari weapon contains more detail than one of my 1980s guard figures.
I think visually it's pretty impressive. Just ignoring the pants-on-head concept behind it is impossible.

They have taken three beautiful things (I'd buy those wolves individually, and the chariot as you say is beautiful, as is Logan) and made a visual frankenstein's monster.
If only due to us having to suspend the disbelief that two wolves capable of bearing the weight of a Space marine in full armour wouldn't rip that axel in half the moment they started running at 45 degree angles to one another.

But mostly it's because there's on display in Tabletop Tyrant in Leicester painted up like reindeer.

**Haruspex**

The first line of Dark Eldar minis.

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Okay technically these are from 1999. Out of the current crop I hate ork tankbustas the most. You want tankbustas, you gotta convert.

**Buttery Commissar**

Haruspex wrote:

Spoiler:

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Futuristic fantasy race my arse. ...Those are just goths. My brain is struggling to deal with how uncannily similar they are to the folks you find coming out of a late night gig.

**Vitali Advenil**

Honestly, I think the gork/morkanauts look better than the stompa. The stompa just looks like some orks made a skirt out of metal and put a head on top of it. It would look so much cooler if they removed the skirt and showed all the clanging gears and roaring engines, to see how that beast really moves.

**Johnnytorrance**

The 90's one mold complete models were atrocious. they all have the same pose, looking to the side with arms up

**TheCustomLime**

The Taurox. An abomination against armored warfare.

**aka_mythos**

The original Nagash... The sculptor was ordered by higher ups to make two versions of the model, he made one version intentionally ugly to force them to release the one he really liked and had put loads of effort into. GW in all there wisdom released the intentionally ugly one.

**Ellethorn**

I'm torn between the taurox and the stormwolf. They both have so many things wrong with them lol. The taurox could not function period. The stormwolf might be able to work in a very low gravity location, looks more like a boarding ship to me.

**Harley Quinn**

There's not a single model I hate. Don't know why people hate so many good models.

**Slayer-Fan123**

aka_mythos wrote:
The original Nagash... The sculptor was ordered by higher ups to make two versions of the model, he made one version intentionally ugly to force them to release the one he really liked and had put loads of effort into. GW in all there wisdom released the intentionally ugly one.

What did the good one look like?

**Jayden63**

Ellethorn wrote:
I'm torn between the taurox and the stormwolf. They both have so many things wrong with them lol. The taurox could not function period. The stormwolf might be able to work in a very low gravity location, looks more like a boarding ship to me.

The Stormwolf is a boarding ship. Thats why it rocks. Its, big, bulky, and looks like its ready to unload a world of SW furry out the front hatch of wherever it lands. The model also has antigrav thingys on the bottom just like a land speeder. So maybe thats why it doesn't have any real wings and just needs the engines for forward thrust to literally punch through the enemy lines.

The Admech stuff and even Logan claws are not bad models. Lots of detail, some good motion, so I wouldn't call them the worst. The mutilators are really bad as infantry models and the Taurox for vehicles.

**Hanskrampf**

Slayer-Fan123 wrote:
aka_mythos wrote:
The original Nagash... The sculptor was ordered by higher ups to make two versions of the model, he made one version intentionally ugly to force them to release the one he really liked and had put loads of effort into. GW in all there wisdom released the intentionally ugly one.

Spoiler:

What did the good one look like?

Never heard this before, now I would like to have some source and a pic

While Coteaz is really bad, my personal ugliest model by GW is

This thing looks so derpy, I would never field it.

**zedmeister**

Here's the proper nagash

**Hanskrampf**

zedmeister wrote:
Here's the proper nagash

Spoiler:

So it's just a different head? Doesn't look any better than the other one imo.

**vipoid**

aka_mythos wrote:
The original Nagash... The sculptor was ordered by higher ups to make two versions of the model, he made one version intentionally ugly to force them to release the one he really liked and had put loads of effort into. GW in all there wisdom released the intentionally ugly one.

I'll get you next time, He-man!

**TutorialBoss**

Replace the treads on the Taurox with wheels and you've got a damn fine looking model. I thought most people did that already.

Santa is a nice model with a too ridiculous concept.

It's between Centurions and Obliterators/Mutilators for me. What swings it is that I can pretty easily convert the Oblits into something cool looking (or the Mutilators if for some inconceivable reason I wanted to use them). But there's no good way to salvage the Centurions. Everything is massively out of proportion and overly chunky on those abominations.

Special shout out to the Fantasy Chaos Forsaken. It's like they got the exact same sculptor who did the old possessed models. So bad.

**Talizvar**

Well, I did not like the Centurions initially, a "simple" fix makes them better.
Just hack-up the crotch-guard: remove the middle plate and shave flat and glue the side plates on the tops of the legs:

Makes their legs look a bit longer and they now look like they could walk.
If I was to do anything different I may cut the between the legs "toes" since they look like they really get in the way.
I must admit that having hands is rather useless with the under-slung guns.
The detail on the back of them looks cool with the tube frame: it looks like something a marine can step into and get going in a minute.

As for the Taurox, Victoria Miniatures fixed that for you:

Spoiler:

**vipoid**

Talizvar wrote:
Well, I did not like the Centurions initially, a "simple" fix makes them better.
Just hack-up the crotch-guard: remove the middle plate and shave flat and glue the side plates on the tops of the legs:

Their heads still look silly to me. It just looks like a space marine put on the armour of a much bigger person.

**Murrdox**

Talizvar wrote:
Well, I did not like the Centurions initially, a "simple" fix makes them better.
Just hack-up the crotch-guard: remove the middle plate and shave flat and glue the side plates on the tops of the legs:

Makes their legs look a bit longer and they now look like they could walk.
If I was to do anything different I may cut the between the legs "toes" since they look like they really get in the way.
I must admit that having hands is rather useless with the under-slung guns.
The detail on the back of them looks cool with the tube frame: it looks like something a marine can step into and get going in a minute.

As for the Taurox, Victoria Miniatures fixed that for you:

Spoiler:

That's a very solid conversion. You're right, removing the codpiece does make it look like they are now capable of at least wobbling across the battlefield.

That Taurox expansion kit is really cool. If I played Imperial Guard, I'd be buying lots of those lol.

**RazgrizOne**

While Coteaz is really bad, my personal ugliest model by GW is

"Coteaz" and "bad" are two words that just don't fit together.