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Arachnofiend wrote:

 mrhappyface wrote:

 silent25 wrote:
I'm mixed on Morty. Agree the pastel paint job does the figure no favors. Like the body, but think the wings are horrible. Some weird feather/insect hybrid which I think just doesn't work. Curious to see how he would look with the terrorgheist wing or even some blight drone fans.

See, I'm the opposite: his wings are suited to his 'Angel of Death' persona as the tattered wings of an Angel but the legs especially on the body look stupidly big. I know DG are supposed to be big and bloated but Morty was notoriously thin (the appearance of death) even as a Daemon Prince: take a look at the original DP Mortarian to see what I mean.

To be fair, the original Mortarian is pretty mediocre. I prefer Morty to be properly bloated with Nurgle's gifts.

I'll take tall, thin Death with a tattered cloak, wings and a rusted scythe over whatever that is supposed to be.

Let's see what Duncan does with him.


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 mrhappyface wrote:

Arachnofiend wrote:

 mrhappyface wrote:

 silent25 wrote:
I'm mixed on Morty. Agree the pastel paint job does the figure no favors. Like the body, but think the wings are horrible. Some weird feather/insect hybrid which I think just doesn't work. Curious to see how he would look with the terrorgheist wing or even some blight drone fans.

See, I'm the opposite: his wings are suited to his 'Angel of Death' persona as the tattered wings of an Angel but the legs especially on the body look stupidly big. I know DG are supposed to be big and bloated but Morty was notoriously thin (the appearance of death) even as a Daemon Prince: take a look at the original DP Mortarian to see what I mean.

To be fair, the original Mortarian is pretty mediocre. I prefer Morty to be properly bloated with Nurgle's gifts.

I'll take tall, thin Death with a tattered cloak, wings and a rusted scythe over whatever that is supposed to be.

That could be a little too close to the Nightbringer model, though.

Honestly to me he just doesn't scream Primarch, just looks like a flying character like the Stormcast have.

So mechanically will Draigo be able to beat this guy?

Morty looks fantastic. A good paint scheme will work wonders on this model. Love the tiny little bloat flies attached to his chains.

 BlaxicanX wrote:
So mechanically will Draigo be able to beat this guy?

He can strangle him with his hood.

 Shadow Captain Edithae wrote:

 Azreal13 wrote:
Not feeling it. Haven't felt it since the very early leaks. Wasnt that excited for it though, and perhaps that god awful paint job is masking a better sculpt than otherwise appears.

What specifically is wrong with the paintjob?

Very pastel, making it blend together and kind of washing the whole model out. Same problem as most of the studio DG forces, especially the plagueburst crawler

 MajorWesJanson wrote:

 Shadow Captain Edithae wrote:

 Azreal13 wrote:
Not feeling it. Haven't felt it since the very early leaks. Wasnt that excited for it though, and perhaps that god awful paint job is masking a better sculpt than otherwise appears.

What specifically is wrong with the paintjob?

Very pastel, making it blend together and kind of washing the whole model out. Same problem as most of the studio DG forces, especially the plagueburst crawler

The Plagueburst Crawler looks good compared to the rest of the DG range: no stupid extra fancy bitz, original DeathGuard colour scheme, just a simple DG tank, nothing too over the top. With a bit of rust and oily effects I'd say the crawler would look great!

 NivlacSupreme wrote:
I'd just use the 30k one and suspend him from two Nurgle drones.

Why not into a Sledge?

 Galas wrote:

 NivlacSupreme wrote:
I'd just use the 30k one and suspend him from two Nurgle drones.

Why not into a Sledge?

Piles of nurglings as roller skates and two bloat-drones pulling him?

 NivlacSupreme wrote:

 Galas wrote:

 NivlacSupreme wrote:
I'd just use the 30k one and suspend him from two Nurgle drones.

Why not into a Sledge?

Piles of nurglings as roller skates and two bloat-drones pulling him?

Someone better kit bash that!

 mrhappyface wrote:

 NivlacSupreme wrote:

 Galas wrote:

 NivlacSupreme wrote:
I'd just use the 30k one and suspend him from two Nurgle drones.

Why not into a Sledge?

Piles of nurglings as roller skates and two bloat-drones pulling him?

Someone better kit bash that!

Or convert Typhus in Logan's sleigh.

Morty......meh to blugh.

Hope its better in the 'flesh'

Skullhammer wrote:
Morty......meh to blugh.

Hope its better in the 'flesh'

A different paintjob would probably help.

 mrhappyface wrote:
I know DG are supposed to be big and bloated but Morty was notoriously thin (the appearance of death) even as a Daemon Prince: take a look at the original DP Mortarian to see what I mean.

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IFC_Casting wrote:
I'm..disappointed, to say the least. I was hoping to have a death guard army but Mortarion looks god awful, those wings don't suit at all and you would think he would be much fatter.

I think this pair of posts (that were back to back) illustrate one of the key points to Morty perfectly.

Aside from suffering from terrible-cellphone-pic syndrome, and a bit too much purple for my own tastes, a lot of people seem to be taking umbrage at the DG/Plaguemarines not being painted in dirty-white and green, despite Chaos Marines not all wearing their "standard" Legion colour schemes 10,000 years later, you have people's duelling mental images of what Mortarion might/should look like, based (in this case) off a rail-thin Epic model from nearly 30 years ago that was nice enough but more of a winged grim reaper than Space Marine Daemon Prince in appearance on one hand, and the stereotypical GUO/Glottkin/Nurgle DP look on the other hand.

 Azazelx wrote:

 mrhappyface wrote:
I know DG are supposed to be big and bloated but Morty was notoriously thin (the appearance of death) even as a Daemon Prince: take a look at the original DP Mortarian to see what I mean.

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IFC_Casting wrote:
I'm..disappointed, to say the least. I was hoping to have a death guard army but Mortarion looks god awful, those wings don't suit at all and you would think he would be much fatter.

I think this pair of posts (that were back to back) illustrate one of the key points to Morty perfectly.

Aside from suffering from terrible-cellphone-pic syndrome, and a bit too much purple for my own tastes, a lot of people seem to be taking umbrage at the DG/Plaguemarines not being painted in dirty-white and green, despite Chaos Marines not all wearing their "standard" Legion colour schemes 10,000 years later, you have people's duelling mental images of what Mortarion might/should look like, based (in this case) off a rail-thin Epic model from nearly 30 years ago that was nice enough but more of a winged grim reaper than Space Marine Daemon Prince in appearance on one hand, and the stereotypical GUO/Glottkin/Nurgle DP look on the other hand.

I think it will probably look better in person with a different paint scheme, for me that purple cloth kills it but so far I'm going on the one blurry shot.

those that want a tall thin skeletal dude might want to have a look at The Others: 7 Sins Apocalypse box (CMON)



65mm to the top of the wings, skeletal, plenty of skulls, just swap in a scythe from FW (and a fancy energy pistol if desired) and you've got a pretty good update to the old epic Mortarion

 BlaxicanX wrote:
So mechanically will Draigo be able to beat this guy?

Well Morty just got done killing the last leader of the Grey Knights before, so probably not. Maybe Draigo's successor can.

;^)

You see, I'm actually a fan of how human he looks. Demon princes generally have a fair degree of control over their form in the fluff, so it makes sense to me morty's function over form sort of mindset would lead to him just looking like a normal human+wings.

At the same time, that's why the really involved armor and weapons with lots of iconography and doodads on every exposed bit annoys me. Feels unfitting, even if it is fairly in keeping with overall chaos aesthetics.

It's still a good model, I think I just need time to move past the image I had been picturing from the less detailed leaks.

about 35 mins until they do a twitch live stream about this codex

https://www.twitch.tv/warhammer

Great model but confusingly bad paint job.

 OrlandotheTechnicoloured wrote:
those that want a tall thin skeletal dude might want to have a look at The Others: 7 Sins Apocalypse box (CMON)

I quite like this one as well. Still very Chaosy without looking quite so cluttered.

https://www.warhammer-community.com/2017/08/10/the-death-lord-comes-aug-10gw-homepage-post-4/

 Karhedron wrote:

 OrlandotheTechnicoloured wrote:
those that want a tall thin skeletal dude might want to have a look at The Others: 7 Sins Apocalypse box (CMON)

I quite like this one as well. Still very Chaosy without looking quite so cluttered.

Spoiler:

While I agree that your example is better than the official version, describing that model using words like "without looking quite so cluttered" is like describing a hoarder's home as an efficient use of space, lol. I think the humourous "none purer" marine meme has only slightly more bobs and bits on his armor than that guy.

Is this a missprint in the german version or are lasher tendrils on maulerfiends really 6 attacks instead of D6?

Trollbert wrote:
Is this a missprint in the german version or are lasher tendrils on maulerfiends really 6 attacks instead of D6?

No idea, none of the CSM codex reviews have mentioned Maulerfiends.

 mrhappyface wrote:

Trollbert wrote:
Is this a missprint in the german version or are lasher tendrils on maulerfiends really 6 attacks instead of D6?

No idea, none of the CSM codex reviews have mentioned Maulerfiends.

Then you heard it here first I guess.

Trollbert wrote:

 mrhappyface wrote:

Trollbert wrote:
Is this a missprint in the german version or are lasher tendrils on maulerfiends really 6 attacks instead of D6?

No idea, none of the CSM codex reviews have mentioned Maulerfiends.

Then you heard it here first I guess.

Can confirm, got my codex today - maulerfiend's tendrils now got a static +6 attacks.. very nice that!

Trollbert wrote:

 mrhappyface wrote:

Trollbert wrote:
Is this a missprint in the german version or are lasher tendrils on maulerfiends really 6 attacks instead of D6?

No idea, none of the CSM codex reviews have mentioned Maulerfiends.

Then you heard it here first I guess.

Hmmm, is 6 extra S6 attacks enough to make up for the poor weapon skill?

 mrhappyface wrote:

Trollbert wrote:

 mrhappyface wrote:

Trollbert wrote:
Is this a missprint in the german version or are lasher tendrils on maulerfiends really 6 attacks instead of D6?

No idea, none of the CSM codex reviews have mentioned Maulerfiends.

Then you heard it here first I guess.

Hmmm, is 6 extra S6 attacks enough to make up for the poor weapon skill?

For 1 CP you get the reroll all failed to hits and to wounds in either the melee or shooting phase.
That makes them pretty impressive. And the are 20 points cheaper than the magma cutters (on which the stratagem is wasted).