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 Lord Damocles wrote:
There is a lot of junk bolted to the front of that Chaplain. Without it he looks pretty cool though - although whatever's going on with the abdomen is a bit odd.

Yeah i noticed that too with the way his torso seems to be twisting sideways REALLY hard.

i dont mind the crazy stuff off his shoulders that much. in fact i think it looks pretty cool and very macab like the chaplain usually looks.

maybe if it was a regular scroll it wouldn't be disliked as much.

There's elements of this guy that look good and that I really like, lkke the sensors/lights on the cowling. Elements of the suit almost look like they're from the Tartaros Pattern. The skulls and scrolls really throw the whole thing off though and make him overly busy. He could've been a really nice figure if he didn't have that junk hanging off of him.

I like that new chaplain. It's not quite as good as the current terminator chaplain, which, to be fair, is a really hard mini to beat. It's possibly the best mini Geedubs have ever put out.

dubovac wrote:
Could someone explain to me why cant I see image. All I see is "excel" table with floppy pic.
Could someone please repost it or point me to other source.

https://war-of-sigmar.herokuapp.com/bloggings/1131

Chaplain or Khorne Champion?

You write the narrative.

Where's this one exclusive to, the opening of the 100th store in Guatemala?

GW's models really are starting to become parodies of themselves aren't they?

That chaplain looks like a blob of parchment. Horrible design to stick on all that crap to what could otherwise have been a decent model.

Yeah... gonna' call this a miss:

pretty cool armor style, but then covered in crap
so... if I drive to 10 stores, at a time-sensitive point, I've earned the right to buy your model? Take a page of FW's book and just stick to con exclusives...

Rather, isn't it that you get a sticker when you spend X-amount of monies?

Impressive model this chaplain is.

 Bi'ios wrote:
I like that new chaplain. It's not quite as good as the current terminator chaplain, which, to be fair, is a really hard mini to beat. It's possibly the best mini Geedubs have ever put out.

Really?
IMO, the stubby, goofy-looking Crozius really ruins what otherwise would indeed have been a great model. I like this new one better. He looks more imposing and his Crozius actually looks like something that could be dangerous. It is a shame though that they added a bit too much decoration to the front of the armour.

It almost looks like it could pass for tartoros terminator armour. Pretty good for 30k players, since that's a good load out for chaplains in 30k. Untill now you would have had to convert that.

I just wish GW would let me buy the minis I like rather than putting up more walls/obstacles to their products.

I don't want to buy stuff to collect something that just gives me the opportunity to buy something else. I'll happily buy the Chaplain, so just let me buy the Chaplain!

Really like the chaplain but I'm not going to buy a bunch of stuff just to have the ability to purchase.

Clearly the chaplain needs more skulls, blood for the blood emperor!

Qualify to buy? So you spend all that money and not even guaranteed to be able to buy the mini? Even if that is not true, not liking that you HAVE to buy stuff to be able to buy more stuff as others have said.

Oh well, the new GW is still the old GW just smoke and mirrors now.

That chaplain doesn't have enough skulls. You still have some blank space on each foot.

 BrookM wrote:
Rather, isn't it that you get a sticker when you spend X-amount of monies?

That's how the Skullz program used to work. There's nothing on that image that explains how this iteration of it works... looks to me like it may be just either completing certain activities at the opening, or attending a certain number of store openings, in order to 'qualify'.


Either way, it's making people jump through hoops in order to be granted the 'privilege' of handing over more money to GW.


The mini is ok, but it's not 'run an obstacle course in order to be allowed to buy it' ok.

 Nevelon wrote:

Jesus H that's fecking dire. What's all that gak all over him obscuring the model, looks like he got toilet rolled at Halloween...

 Iron_Captain wrote:

 Bi'ios wrote:
I like that new chaplain. It's not quite as good as the current terminator chaplain, which, to be fair, is a really hard mini to beat. It's possibly the best mini Geedubs have ever put out.

Really?
IMO, the stubby, goofy-looking Crozius really ruins what otherwise would indeed have been a great model. I like this new one better. He looks more imposing and his Crozius actually looks like something that could be dangerous. It is a shame though that they added a bit too much decoration to the front of the armour.

I can definitely agree that the crozius is a bit stubby on the old terminator chaplain, but something about its face and posing just give it a literal aura of menace. It looks mean, and the new one, with all the stuff on his front, looks like he's come from some sort of ceremony and has yet to change back out of his formal wear. I like the new guy, but it doesn't look combat ready to me. It looks like something he might wear while delivering a sermon prior to battle.

So...I buy a bunch of stuff at a bunch of different stores and I get the "Privilege" of BUYING this horrible model..... fething rly GW...fething rly?

 FabricatorGeneralMike wrote:

So...I buy a bunch of stuff at a bunch of different stores and I get the "Privilege" of BUYING this horrible model..... fething rly GW...fething rly?

Again, there's nothing from what's been shown so far that says that 'qualifying' to buy the model is tied to buying stuff. That's just speculation, for now.

I am in love with this model, damn! Love the overly decorated front, really fits with the vibe of a Chaplain. Pity I won't ever be able to buy it :(

His tassels seem an homage to Grimmauldus? still I see that gw can make all kinds off cool terminator gak so why the feth would you do limited runs. A lot more people live out side of Duddly. Am I supposed to make a pilgrimage to the UK to acquire a plastic trinket? Or I'm left giving my money to plastic scalpers. Makes sense for a games day mini but one for every store? they could for example sell it for a limited time on their website. Make all that eBay money then pass the savings on to us. But nay they are a hobby company and not a hobby business. Seriously though do they read spirit stones make decisions


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Also obviously he needs to quickly reference verses hence the nipple tassels. Example. "Brother Trogdor, what is the proper psalm to recite to your flamer prior to xenos purging?" Trogdor,"Um .....?"
Chaplain "the answer you seek is by my left testie"

It must be a stamp or sticker for each £X spent in the first X days of the store. Not going to be a new store road trip scavenger hunt, that's silly.

 insaniak wrote:

 BrookM wrote:
Rather, isn't it that you get a sticker when you spend X-amount of monies?

That's how the Skullz program used to work. There's nothing on that image that explains how this iteration of it works... looks to me like it may be just either completing certain activities at the opening, or attending a certain number of store openings, in order to 'qualify'.


Either way, it's making people jump through hoops in order to be granted the 'privilege' of handing over more money to GW.


The mini is ok, but it's not 'run an obstacle course in order to be allowed to buy it' ok.

I've heard it's not £££/$$$$ related but is indeed completed by doing various tasks ;; eg a painting lesson, a full battle etc etc.

Idea being to try and encourage people to come back or provide extra motivation for them to finish their armies and so on.


reckon there must a/some financial component too but....

 ThirstySpaceMan wrote:

Also obviously he needs to quickly reference verses hence the nipple tassels. Example. "Brother Trogdor, what is the proper psalm to recite to your flamer prior to xenos purging?" Trogdor,"Um .....?"
Chaplain "the answer you seek is by my left testie"

Bahahahaha,
That perfectly sums up how absolutely ridiculous this model looks.

I would love it if that was the case.
I can still hold out hope reds8n, we still have a long way to go before people don't immediately start thinking the worst of GW.

But that is their row to hoe so hopefully they can get there eventually as it means lots of good things between now and then to justify that future faith.

 Kanluwen wrote:
Or they looked at how well the previous Space Marine Captain that they did in a similar vein(buy X product and get the opportunity to buy a special model) did...

To use a cliche, "Old habits die hard" which was part of my point...

 reds8n wrote:


I've heard it's not £££/$$$$ related but is indeed completed by doing various tasks ;; eg a painting lesson, a full battle etc etc.

Idea being to try and encourage people to come back or provide extra motivation for them to finish their armies and so on.


reckon there must a/some financial component too but....

But then the people who are actually going to want to buy this model are probably vets, so making them sit through a painting lesson by a guy who potentially is a less experienced painter, or stand through a demo battle, really sound like chores. Playing a full game in store may also be hard to achieve, given the size of the stores.

(I never thought I'd say this but) I'd much rather the old system, where you get a stamp per, say, £10 spent*, with the option to buy at the end. It's trivial to spend £100 in GW these days, and you can always share the card.

*Not that awful per £10+ transaction thing.

...well......

.... this is just shooting in the breeze here of course,


.. if one's store does run such an event a manager might have the leeway to run the promotion in such a fashion.