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Because there's about ten times more conversation about el wierdo ghar guy than the absolutely fantastic C3M4 drone plastic kit.

http://johnstoysoldiers.blogspot.com/2016/05/build-review-antares-c3m4-combat-drone.html

http://volleyfirepainting.blogspot.com/2016/05/warlrod-games-c3m4-combat-drone.html

Which is fantastic, btw.

 Albertorius wrote:
Which is fantastic, btw.

Absolutely!

I love that thing, and it makes me glad that I went with Concord!

That is a lovely model. Still not enough to turn me from Ghar tho!

Biomechanical bug people when tho?

For me the slaves, and the implied sexual predation that goes with it, are far worse than mere stripper costumes. Cheesecake is embarrassing and tacky, but rapey cheesecake? Thanks for sharting the bed so thoroughly, Warlord. I thought I was running out of reasons to despise you as a company.


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 judgedoug wrote:
Because there's about ten times more conversation about el wierdo ghar guy than the absolutely fantastic C3M4 drone plastic kit.

http://johnstoysoldiers.blogspot.com/2016/05/build-review-antares-c3m4-combat-drone.html

http://volleyfirepainting.blogspot.com/2016/05/warlrod-games-c3m4-combat-drone.html

They couldn't have put that out before the trenchcoat-and-fedora bait?

 judgedoug wrote:
Because there's about ten times more conversation about el wierdo ghar guy than the absolutely fantastic C3M4 drone plastic kit.

http://johnstoysoldiers.blogspot.com/2016/05/build-review-antares-c3m4-combat-drone.html

http://volleyfirepainting.blogspot.com/2016/05/warlrod-games-c3m4-combat-drone.html

You mean the 15mm gunship?

 lord_blackfang wrote:
You mean the 15mm gunship?

Help me decipher your snark.

 BobtheInquisitor wrote:
For me the slaves, and the implied sexual predation that goes with it, are far worse than mere stripper costumes. Cheesecake is embarrassing and tacky, but rapey cheesecake? Thanks for sharting the bed so thoroughly, Warlord. I thought I was running out of reasons to despise you as a company.


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 judgedoug wrote:
Because there's about ten times more conversation about el wierdo ghar guy than the absolutely fantastic C3M4 drone plastic kit.

http://johnstoysoldiers.blogspot.com/2016/05/build-review-antares-c3m4-combat-drone.html

http://volleyfirepainting.blogspot.com/2016/05/warlrod-games-c3m4-combat-drone.html

They couldn't have put that out before the trenchcoat-and-fedora bait?

Why play the game and support them if you "despise" them? Put the money somewhere else, its not as if there's a shortage of games out there.

I just cannot wait to see the Algoryn drop pods. The art direction from Warlord means they will fit in with the Algoryn aesthetic, I just hope they are suitably cool.

As for Kaaaaaaargggggggg! I can see why some people would have an issue with it, and it is an oddity given the likes of the strong/positive female inluences seen in the Algoryn and Boromite armies.

Its almost as if the race of disgusting mutated warmongers do horrible things to other races.

It's almost like it's totally in character for a figure depicted as a despot and fiend.

 Albertorius wrote:

 CthuluIsSpy wrote:

 Mymearan wrote:
What's with the strippers?

He's a despotic mutated warlord. Why shouldn't he have strippers?

Well, for starters, he's a Ghar. They are supposed to hate every other "degenerate" species. They are basically bipedal daleks... I wouldn't expect to see a dalek on a carriage with strippers.

Might fly for Rifts, but this game felt different in that regard.

Eh, it sort of works if you interpret less as him liking non-Ghar girls, and more as it being as a form of psychological warfare.
He probably has his own harem of pretty ghar girls at home (are there ghar women? Not too familiar with their biology)
Something like "see these girls here? This is what you are to my empire. You're little more than pets. So roll over like good doggies"
It would also explain why they are on the battlefield; he wants the enemy to see them, he wants them to know what sort of tyrant they are dealing with.

Who knows? Perhaps he makes a point of shooting them if the enemy starts gaining the upper hand.
Sort of like how Tamerlane once built a pyramid of severed heads to scare an enemy city into surrendering.

I like Ghar Jabba.

Ghar are supposed to be bad guys, right?

Now they have a genuine cat stroking Bond villain to lead them.

Do my eyes deceive me? Did they actually design the main turret's gun to be swappable? Why don't more companies do this when their vehicles can take different cannons?

 Albertorius wrote:

 CthuluIsSpy wrote:

 Mymearan wrote:
What's with the strippers?

He's a despotic mutated warlord. Why shouldn't he have strippers?

Well, for starters, he's a Ghar. They are supposed to hate every other "degenerate" species. They are basically bipedal daleks... I wouldn't expect to see a dalek on a carriage with strippers.

Might fly for Rifts, but this game felt different in that regard.

The ghar fluff is pretty contradictory - they refer to basically being programmed for the ghar cause, but all fluff from ghar perspective describes a significant degree of self-interest.

 Fenrir Kitsune wrote:

 BobtheInquisitor wrote:
For me the slaves, and the implied sexual predation that goes with it, are far worse than mere stripper costumes. Cheesecake is embarrassing and tacky, but rapey cheesecake? Thanks for sharting the bed so thoroughly, Warlord. I thought I was running out of reasons to despise you as a company.


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 judgedoug wrote:
Because there's about ten times more conversation about el wierdo ghar guy than the absolutely fantastic C3M4 drone plastic kit.

http://johnstoysoldiers.blogspot.com/2016/05/build-review-antares-c3m4-combat-drone.html

http://volleyfirepainting.blogspot.com/2016/05/warlrod-games-c3m4-combat-drone.html

They couldn't have put that out before the trenchcoat-and-fedora bait?

Why play the game and support them if you "despise" them? Put the money somewhere else, its not as if there's a shortage of games out there.

That was kind of my point. I wanted to buy the drone because I like Sci Fi plastics, especially vehicles with good design. However, now I'd feel like I was supporting PP and Brother Vinnie at the same time, which requires more than just holding my nose like buying GW minis does.


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 CthuluIsSpy wrote:
Its almost as if the race of disgusting mutated warmongers do horrible things to other races.

It's almost as if they could have such a race without giving an already embarrassingly retrograde hobby yet another reason to look bad. I hear people can have movies, books or games about war with dastardly villains that don't involve portrayals of sexual slavery.

This isn't Kingdom Death we are talking about. We are talking about a range that includes goofy rockmen, goofy hobbit-daleks, goofy latex-head aliens, and a faction that panders to Firefly fans. One might consider those to be good indicators that the range isn't going for brutal grittiness or realistic portrayals of the dark side of human conflict. The mindset of the game developers seems to say throwing in a couple of token despoiled women to make a villain look 'pimp' fits into their silly game aimed at regular blokes. It's 2016, but every aspect of this game's development seems to come right out of 1986. It's pathetic.

Well, they are sort of the class of 1986. Still not seeing why you despise them and think they are pathetic, yet want to buy stuff and support them? Things I think are pathetic.......I tend to not engage with or bother giving the time of day.

We now see that Inquisitor Bob doesn't actually own any miniatures, if all it takes is a bad model kit in an entire _range_ to dissuade him from purchasing a good model kit from said range.

Nagash "Meatball" Necromancerman and Space Wolf Wulfen Murderpack Sharpteeth Hairynads are calling; you should quickly dispose of all of your GW models post-haste.

Oh noes - an over the top silly evil villain trope in an over the top sci fi game... I've come to the forum to trash it lest people think that I myself am sexist.

But seriously though.... damn that drone is sexy.

Cryptek of Awesome wrote:
Oh noes - an over the top silly evil villain trope in an over the top sci fi game... I've come to the forum to trash it lest people think that I myself am sexist.

Really. You can't think of even a single other reason people might say they don't like the mini than to avoid that "people think that I myself am sexist".

Really

What's wrong with being sexy?

I imagine someone at Warlord was a big fan of Vect. I've been quite happy with their other models but I dislike this one.

 Albertorius wrote:

Cryptek of Awesome wrote:
Oh noes - an over the top silly evil villain trope in an over the top sci fi game... I've come to the forum to trash it lest people think that I myself am sexist.

Really. You can't think of even a single other reason people might say they don't like the mini than to avoid that "people think that I myself am sexist".

Really

But he didn't just say he doesn't like the miniature. That would be reasonable. He said he is so offended by it that he is going to boycott the company that makes it.

 durecellrabbit wrote:
I imagine someone at Warlord was a big fan of Vect. I've been quite happy with their other models but I dislike this one.

Yeah, I thought of Vect and his girls too when I saw it.
The girls looked happier with Vect, iirc.
I guess Dark Space Elves are better to be with than Jabba with legs.

 Albertorius wrote:

Cryptek of Awesome wrote:
Oh noes - an over the top silly evil villain trope in an over the top sci fi game... I've come to the forum to trash it lest people think that I myself am sexist.

Really. You can't think of even a single other reason people might say they don't like the mini than to avoid that "people think that I myself am sexist".

Really

Hmm... scale creep?

Cryptek of Awesome wrote:

 Albertorius wrote:

Cryptek of Awesome wrote:
Oh noes - an over the top silly evil villain trope in an over the top sci fi game... I've come to the forum to trash it lest people think that I myself am sexist.

Really. You can't think of even a single other reason people might say they don't like the mini than to avoid that "people think that I myself am sexist".

Really

Hmm... scale creep?

too many Not enough skulls?

 durecellrabbit wrote:
I imagine someone at Warlord was a big fan of Vect. I've been quite happy with their other models but I dislike this one.

That's the model I thought of too, but didn't know the name.

I wonder if the girls are molded to the spots they're seated on? If not, one could always replace them with turrets or other little Ghar dudes sitting on the sides.

Ghar pole dancer alternate models when?
Oh, I know, use ork cheerleaders.