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 Talizvar wrote:
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-The new Deatwatch Torsos. Why are they all carrying ammo around for a weapon that doesn't seem to exist?

Supposedly they can insert at any given point into the bolter the special ammo as needed.
I suppose that is what those fancy little tabs at the side are for.

The shells on their chests are too large to be bolter ammo, too short and wide to be heavy bolter ammo, and too small to be frag cannon ammo. they look like ammo for a grenade launcher, bu tI don't think that's in the list. I'm also not sure why they'd want to carry live ammo on their chests where it's likely to get set off by incoming fire.

 Talizvar wrote:

 Weboflies wrote:
Are you talking about the original tiny terminators or the newer released metal GKs?

Talking about these guys. Still prefer all the old metal Terminators to what's out now. They looked way less cartoonish and silly.

The old Grey Knights were pretty cool, but they were also cool because they weren't an army.

 Weboflies wrote:
The shells on their chests are too large to be bolter ammo, too short and wide to be heavy bolter ammo, and too small to be frag cannon ammo. they look like ammo for a grenade launcher, bu tI don't think that's in the list. I'm also not sure why they'd want to carry live ammo on their chests where it's likely to get set off by incoming fire.

I agree the shells are pushing past what is believable for "heroic" scale but that would hold true for the barrel size vs magazine size: a typical sickle mag holds what, 6 rounds tops going by size?
They are indeed meant to be hand fed rounds for the bolter.
Well, the ammo on their chests are rather reminiscent of a dual bandolier, very manly, who says it has to be safe?
I am putting together a DW army and seem to agree with you: I am only using those pieces for SMs with the combat shotguns.
This is warfare where leaders do not wear helmets!
We laugh in the face of danger!
When has realism ever got in the way for 40k?


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 Weboflies wrote:
Talking about these guys. Still prefer all the old metal Terminators to what's out now. They looked way less cartoonish and silly.

Hey! I have that guy (my only one of that type).
I really liked my metal terminators, the new ones certainly make you wonder how the marine fits inside but what the heck (Though the serious hunchback for the head was weird).
I was rather impressed with the much disliked Centurions because you can at least see from the back how the marine fits in there.

These guys I have an issue with:

When you have bits of tank and terrain wall lying around nothing but the best for our ab-human troops!
Funny, the guns almost look like the ones where you punch someone and it goes off if not for the barrel sticking out.

I'm with you to a point on the Ogryns/Bullgryns.. I found the tank bits part a bit amusing.. it's the heads I have issue with. They look so horridly ugly.. a guy on Warseer had a good idea, he used the Ogre Bulls heads on them, worked out quite well.

Really not a fan of the Ogryn models...I don't even know I'd seen those (haven't been into 40K for quite some time). Those are...extremely meh.

 Talizvar wrote:

This is warfare where leaders do not wear helmets!
We laugh in the face of danger!
When has realism ever got in the way for 40k?

Excellent point. I guess I just don't like esthetic, and I'm rationalizing that. That said, I'm quite certain it said in some bit of fluff somewhere many moons ago that the Marine officers who don't wear helmets have a small Iron Halo type power field bubble that protects their head.

I haven't seen those Ogryns, but I kinda like those models. I think it fits the fluff as well with the scavenged look, as I'm sure the Imperium would be loathe to allocate much of a budget to protect the abhuman filth.

I wasn't truly a big fan of the centurion models, but some conversions can do it right. I rather find SOB models to be GW's response to complaints about a lack of strong female models, IMO. Also, the Stardrakes from SE look fine, but the posing is just horrible. My big cringe is obviously...
CHAOS
SPAWN.
I MEAN WHY.
PLS NO GW.

The spawn look freaky, as well they should, no?

I think probably the worst figures ever produced by Games Workshop have got to be the Beastmen figures they replaced the cool old metals with - the new plastic Minotaurs, the hideous mutated pig thing...

 Gen.Steiner wrote:
I think probably the worst figures ever produced by Games Workshop have got to be the Beastmen figures they replaced the cool old metals with - the new plastic Minotaurs, the hideous mutated pig thing...

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The razagor in person is not so bad. Like the skele horses, on the website their legs are huge and horrible. In person they are soooo thin.

These are fairly awful IMO, mostly for the missed opportunity

They suposed to be arco-flags? Never ever seen them before. As you say...serious missed opportunity, esp considering the awesome ones they did for Inq54 :/

The flagellants could use better sculpting, but the paint job and the whole photo aren't helping at all, either.

Tau Crisis suits - looks too much like an upright chicken with no feathers.

 He_Man_Russ wrote:
The flagellants could use better sculpting, but the paint job and the whole photo aren't helping at all, either.

So if we fix the sculpting, painting and photo, everything else is fine?

 Cap'n Facebeard wrote:

 He_Man_Russ wrote:
The flagellants could use better sculpting, but the paint job and the whole photo aren't helping at all, either.

So if we fix the sculpting, painting and photo, everything else is fine?

Yeah, golden demon stuff, basically.

I was never really a fan of the catachan sculpts. Too Rambo for me

The arco-flagellants are limited by the technology of the day, but that said they are actually pretty cool in my opinion.

He says. Without owning any.