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There really is no accounting for taste. I like this a lot, not enough to pay the price and endure the resin, but it is one of the better primarchs for me. The Horus mini is pretty well liked but is one of the worst for me. My favourite primarch is Russ who suffered a lot when photographed. His pose really didn’t come across well in a 2d photo.

I thought it looked a bit weird to start with, but now I've stared at it for a bit and let it sink in it's growing on me. I feel it's one of the better Primarch models, and I suspect it will benefit from some different photo angles.

 MajorTom11 wrote:
Been waiting years for this.... And I hate it. Fek.

I don't hate it, but I don't love it.

It's definitely is NOT what I expected and the pose is weird.

This is definitely made for a case and not for the table.

Sad really, as we've been waiting so long for something to WOW us, and honestly I'm more of a fan of several of the other Primarchs looks.

As someone with no interest in him as a gaming piece I'm still pretty underwhelmed. I think a Ka'Bandha scenic base (probably huge and expensive as it's the first to be split off and charged for) could completely save it as a diorama.

Lol, looking at it I'm glad both Magnus and Lion'el don't fly...

Think I will just stick with my Heresy Miniatures Angel was excited for Sang but its a swing and miss for me.

One of the Best primarch models is still the alternate Fulgrim

Don't like it that much.

It feels like someone posing instead of actually being in motion.

Side note: I know those feather tips will snap off first chance they get!

 MajorTom11 wrote:
Been waiting years for this.... And I hate it. Fek.

My thoughts too. I've been a Blood Angels fan since the 'Space Crusade' boardgame, and I've wanted a Horus Heresy force since I saw Mike McVey's Emperor & Horus diorama. I was hoping this was a 3rd party model and not the actual GW mini.

The hair is the main thing I am disappointed with.

Shouldn't there be a new thread, Forgeworld 2019 releases, as it hasn't been 2018 for almost a month.

Tygre wrote:
The hair is the main thing I am disappointed with.

Shouldn't there be a new thread, Forgeworld 2019 releases, as it hasn't been 2018 for almost a month.

Congratulations on volunteering . I thought the same, but wasn’t willing to take up the mantle.

I've been waiting for this model for 25 years. I don't like it. The hairs bad. The scale of his armor is either too large or too small. The pose looks like he's sitting down. Power sliding down on his enemies; lame. The wings should be huge, absolutely magnificent. They're freaking under whelming.

I think a lot of the negativity preceding this model wad based on two things. One, the whole angel things been done to death. Two, Sanguinious is very popular. They really needed to nock this out of the park, and they delivered a B-

And look close...he has a laurel in his hair...so this must be in the final stages of the heresy...Time of the Imperium Secundus AFTER the Fight against Kabandha.

im thinking of the effort to give him a better pose -- similar to Saint Celestine or something like that ... hell even just standing in a regal manner is better.

Wings are too small IMHO as well.

Sanjay

I think the pose will look amazing in person and once we get different angles, Simon Egan is a brilliant sculptor and great with poses. The photo is very bad though.

Obviously I am easy to please ... I already like the model and it will definitely improve when seeing other angles

The pose is anatomically and positionally correct to me for the kind of lunging strike he is making with his sword, the right like is flexed to allow a lunging action once the sword arm is extended. Much like a superman punch or flying tiger elbow in martial arts.

I think the main issue is the paint scheme, mainly the gold scheme on armour forgeworld tend to use and then the hair just looks super underwhelming due to the tone next to it.

Maybe it is just the paint job and the angle, but I agree that the posing could have been significantly better. I wonder if swapping the base out and using a flying stand (like an Inceptor one but stronger) would make much of a difference – all depends how his body is connected to the base I guess.

I do think if there is a helmet available, I’d 100% prefer to use that as opposed to the current head.

I also think the armour looks pretty detailed, but, the angle makes it feel like it’s all just blurring in together.

Still not sold on the model, but, hopefully we’ll get some fantastic pictures from the HH weekender.

That is a massive miss for me - I'm really disappointed at this.

I think that, particularly when there are other high quality not-Sanguinius models on the market, FW have dropped the ball.

When you can get this kind of quality from a 3rd party, at (probably) a similar or cheaper price...well...

Nice model though bit underwhelming for my expectations but they might have been tad hard to fulfil anyway seeing he's my fav primarch

Will eventually get him though not for a while. Hobby budget too stretched out. Good thing these aren't limited time models.

 Padre wrote:
When you can get this kind of quality from a 3rd party, at (probably) a similar or cheaper price...well...

I can see why the FW Sangiunius doesn't appeal to some players, and that's fair enough.

But to call Cubby McChuff-Face here a better sculpt is grasping for straws really, really hard.

I'm hoping it's just the angle on the angel, but he doesn't look right to me.

Mainly the wings.
Looks as if they stuck the old Griffin wings on him as they forgot.

As I said though, I'm hoping it's just the angle of the pic.
If it's not, I think I'll convert one instead.

 Padre wrote:
That is a massive miss for me - I'm really disappointed at this.

I think that, particularly when there are other high quality not-Sanguinius models on the market, FW have dropped the ball.

When you can get this kind of quality from a 3rd party, at (probably) a similar or cheaper price...well...

I... hmm. That looks like a sumo wrestler with a tiny face. The pose is nice but the anatomy is awful.

I think it's just bad shooting angle from a photography standpoint.
Hope it get better with alternative base.

Where that picture comes from? Does look better that way. Still not fan of hair but clear improvement from the model if that's genuine.

tneva82 wrote:
Where that picture comes from? Does look better that way. Still not fan of hair but clear improvement from the model if that's genuine.

It’s photoshopped.

 Padre wrote:
That is a massive miss for me - I'm really disappointed at this.

I think that, particularly when there are other high quality not-Sanguinius models on the market, FW have dropped the ball.

When you can get this kind of quality from a 3rd party, at (probably) a similar or cheaper price...well...

See, that one, I don't like at all. Why is he tiptoeing across the Daemon? Worried it's not quite ded and doesn't want to wake it up?

 Nostromodamus wrote:

tneva82 wrote:
Where that picture comes from? Does look better that way. Still not fan of hair but clear improvement from the model if that's genuine.

It’s photoshopped.

That's what I was worried about. Skill some people have with photoshop waaaaaay exceeds mine

Well we'll see. Hopefully it looks better anyway in different angles.

IMO, this looks by far better than the Kabuki's one. Lovely model.
Too bad, I've no interest in BA as a legion

I think seeing the raw resin and other angles will make or break this model..... I don't mind it and I hope it looks better with a better paint job and pics.....

And here we goooooooo!!!!