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 Grimtuff wrote:

 timetowaste85 wrote:
I was wondering who would show their “not in the face” plasma Marine first. I think since it’s inception, most marine players have made one of him because ‘how can you not?’

Because some of us have sense of decency. It's a fething stupid conversion and it's not funny.

There, I said it.

Humor is subjective. And it's a little funny, though since you don't die 1/6th of the time it's less relevant I guess.

 Grimtuff wrote:

 timetowaste85 wrote:
I was wondering who would show their “not in the face” plasma Marine first. I think since it’s inception, most marine players have made one of him because ‘how can you not?’

Because some of us have sense of decency. It's a fething stupid conversion and it's not funny.

There, I said it.

Sense of decency? How is the view up there from your high horse? It’s supposed to be fun; anyone got the fun police meme pic for captain grumpy-pants here?

Not to be overly critical of players' creations, but one thing I've noticed is that a lot of people who buy kits- namely stuff like the various Primaris kits- they tend to make a sort of 'mistake'.

Granted, I've built enough of them to know and I've developed my own method- because I also made those same mistakes at first. My first batch of Reivers had a few of them looking like they were doing aerobic exercises or falling face-first and flailing guns around like idiots.

So, the lesson here is- build your dudes all the way up to where they have no arms and no head. THEN start matching up arms and such to the bodies to figure out a pose. You'll get a LOT more dynamic poses from your kits. And yes, I know that seems obvious to some but I see it often enough that I consider that sound advice.

 Adeptus Doritos wrote:
My first batch of Reivers had a few of them looking like they were doing aerobic exercises or falling face-first and flailing guns around like idiots.

Wait... You mean Reivers aren't supposed to look like that?

 Grimtuff wrote:

 timetowaste85 wrote:
I was wondering who would show their “not in the face” plasma Marine first. I think since it’s inception, most marine players have made one of him because ‘how can you not?’

Because some of us have sense of decency. It's a fething stupid conversion and it's not funny.

There, I said it.

I think its funny, but its a conversion, but what this topic is about.

 Grimtuff wrote:

 timetowaste85 wrote:
I was wondering who would show their “not in the face” plasma Marine first. I think since it’s inception, most marine players have made one of him because ‘how can you not?’

Because some of us have sense of decency. It's a fething stupid conversion and it's not funny.

There, I said it.

Wow, who pissed in your Cheerios?

 Valkyrie wrote:

 Grimtuff wrote:

 timetowaste85 wrote:
I was wondering who would show their “not in the face” plasma Marine first. I think since it’s inception, most marine players have made one of him because ‘how can you not?’

Because some of us have sense of decency. It's a fething stupid conversion and it's not funny.

There, I said it.

Wow, who pissed in your Cheerios?

So he didn't eat Khorne Flakes for breakfast?

The ork deffkopta


Dude looks like some nerd who decided to go on a drive-by shooting in a sled. Not to mention he's not even holding a slugga- that's a grot blasta in his hand.

Chaplain Lemartes sculpted by Ben Jefferson. Possibly the worst mini in the Marine range at the time.

 Vitali Advenil wrote:
The ork deffkopta

Spoiler:

Dude looks like some nerd who decided to go on a drive-by shooting in a sled. Not to mention he's not even holding a slugga- that's a grot blasta in his hand.

Well, back in the GorkaMorka days, there was a gun called the Six Shoota (or something similar), which in the fluff was stated as oftwn being the first weapon a Yoof is given. Some fully grown Orks were known to keep their Six Shoota as a memento.

 Just Tony wrote:
Chaplain Lemartes sculpted by Ben Jefferson. Possibly the worst mini in the Marine range at the time.

While I agree with you... I still love my Oldmartes. He is so derpy and tiny, like the rest of my all metal Blood Angels army.

Russian Ballerina company vs. Circus D'Solei

I don't really think you can count the harlequins because that is 100% intentional.

Intentional or not, it's still silly to see them on a battlefield.

In Sharks vs. Jets leather jackets, no less.

 Stormonu wrote:
Intentional or not, it's still silly to see them on a battlefield.

In Sharks vs. Jets leather jackets, no less.

They're xenos, they're meant to stand out. They look no more out of place than a tau mech does. Hell, the harlequins match the primarily european inspired imperium/chaos better than eldar grav tanks and the dark eldar skimmers.

I just Googled the old Chaplain Lemartes and nearly spat tea everywhere. He looks hilarious, the stark white skull reminds of the Urak Hai that detonates the explosive charge at the base of Helm's Deep.

I'm angry! Let's fight!

I think in particular for me it has to be the Karate Kid kung fu werewolf squad leader for the Wulfen. The single stupidest pose GW has ever gone for in a recent mini.

They did a similar pose with the Callidus assassin, and I think they were going for the same "leaping down on prey" feel, but they didn't direct the intent of the mini downward or provide any basing to imply the mini was somewhere up high. So it just turned into crane stance kung fu.

 ClockworkZion wrote:

 vaklor4 wrote:
I laughed audibly at the SoB picture. How have I never seen that.

You mean you never noticed ol' Velma from Scooby Doo hanging out in 40k before?

Man you need more Sisters players in your area.

Lol late reply but man the Scooby Doo girl was exactly the first thing I thought of too.

Also it seems like Courtney Love took enough drugs to survive and become a soldier in the 41th millenium

A.T. wrote:

 ClockworkZion wrote:
She was an Inquisitor Retinue model who moved over to the Sisters of Battle army.

Technically a sisters unit that was pinched by the inquisition to fill out their retinue options, along with the hospitaller.

Both first appeared in the 3rd edition Codex: Witch Hunters; only later moving over to the 4th edition Sisters of Battle army list.


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 Vitali Advenil wrote:
The ork deffkopta

Spoiler:

Dude looks like some nerd who decided to go on a drive-by shooting in a sled. Not to mention he's not even holding a slugga- that's a grot blasta in his hand.

Is that the original? Because that was a Gorkamorka special character, pretty clearly based on the autogiro pilot from Mad Max 2. He's got an oversized revolver, which is good enough for a slugga for me (I can't even remember if grots used different weapons to the Orks in Gorkmorka).

 Grimtuff wrote:

 timetowaste85 wrote:
I was wondering who would show their “not in the face” plasma Marine first. I think since it’s inception, most marine players have made one of him because ‘how can you not?’

Because some of us have sense of decency. It's a fething stupid conversion and it's not funny.

There, I said it.

My one seemed to blow up a bit less than the normal plasma gun guys, completely anecdotal but just saying.

 Duskweaver wrote:

 Adeptus Doritos wrote:
My first batch of Reivers had a few of them looking like they were doing aerobic exercises or falling face-first and flailing guns around like idiots.

Wait... You mean Reivers aren't supposed to look like that?

Spoiler:

It looks more like he's trying to decide where to stab them this time.

 Duskweaver wrote:
Wait... You mean Reivers aren't supposed to look like that?

LOL, my first batch was worse. I had maybe one or two guys that had a really awesome dynamic and aggressive pose that was really cool... and a couple of guys standing bowlegged that looked like they were doing cheerleader poses, arm stretches, karate katas, or throttling a knife handle while they were having a bowel movement. It was goofy, some of them- almost like some of the old weird 'flat' metal model poses from the 90's.

I got used to building Shorty Marines after so many years, that I was just used to chopping out parts and putting an entire model together at once. Now I just build everything except arms and heads, then cut out the arms and heads and just make comparisons to each pose to see what looks the best on each model's pose.

Bring! Me! HE-MAN!!!


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 n0t_u wrote:

 Duskweaver wrote:

 Adeptus Doritos wrote:
My first batch of Reivers had a few of them looking like they were doing aerobic exercises or falling face-first and flailing guns around like idiots.

Wait... You mean Reivers aren't supposed to look like that?

Spoiler:

It looks more like he's trying to decide where to stab them this time.

I vote for "in the face".

 Duskweaver wrote:

 Adeptus Doritos wrote:
My first batch of Reivers had a few of them looking like they were doing aerobic exercises or falling face-first and flailing guns around like idiots.

Wait... You mean Reivers aren't supposed to look like that?

So Embarrassing - you fall over a corpse one time and THAT is when the servo skull take's its picture.

I always thought Brother Claudio looked like he was in the middle of doing the Running Man dance.

 alienux wrote:


I always thought Brother Claudio looked like he was in the middle of doing the Running Man dance.

Or aggressively demanding a hug.

Nah, thats a Wolverine phose. I imagine hes doing that move at the same time hes lighting his lighting claws. Or, if they can, as hes drawing them out.

 Galas wrote:
Nah, thats a Wolverine phose. I imagine hes doing that move at the same time hes lighting his lighting claws. Or, if they can, as hes drawing them out.

It is not super weird looking, but it doesn't really work on a terminator. Terminators are heavy lumbering blocks. Trying to pose them 'dynamically' often doesn't look natural.

IronBrand wrote:

 alienux wrote:


I always thought Brother Claudio looked like he was in the middle of doing the Running Man dance.

Or aggressively demanding a hug.

\
HUGS FOR THE HUG GOD!

The Karate Kid Crane Kick Wulfen wins this thread IMO. But to add my own input:

Hmm, I never liked the way Ghaz is posed in this stiff action figure stance. I guess hes supposed to be lunging? I dunno but I re-positioned mine so his Klaw and gun are actually pointing forward.



I like the Huron Blackheart model, but to me he looks like hes got a hand out, asking you for some spare change.



You got the High Five action pose Solitaire. Maybe hes gonna give a little skin to Huron there?



And then, theres the groin splitting, break dancing, Saturday Night Fever Guilliman.