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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2019/12/17 12:05:23
Subject: Least favourite sculpts?
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Procrastinator extraordinaire
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Not a massive fan of most of the Chaos Daemon range in general, but especially the Slaanesh range, they're not my cup of tea.
Not a fan of the majority of the Space Wolf range either, too cartoony.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2019/12/17 12:10:32
Subject: Least favourite sculpts?
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Longtime Dakkanaut
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Any sculpt posed with jamming a sword point into the ground...
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2019/12/17 12:58:08
Subject: Least favourite sculpts?
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Shadowy Grot Kommittee Memba
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Where are the military gsc? You...make them out of the kits for guard and scions yall. Gsc is imo the very last range that will ever be designed with player creativity in mind even a tiny bit. There are tons of kits for professional military units in 40k already, and basically no civilians.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2019/12/17 13:37:12
Subject: Least favourite sculpts?
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Oozing Plague Marine Terminator
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Space Wolves.
Love the old metal Wulfen, and iron priest.
That's it. The whole model line gets me dizzy from all the eye rolling I have to do. Cartoony Thunderwolves. Freeze Rays. The action pose 80s hair metal wulfen. The Falcor flyer. And snow bases every time.
All the heads. The beards. Bald heads with a single braid. Flat top haircuts. Blow out. A crooked mohawk? Ulrik the Slayer. Awesome helmet... but hes holding it?
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2019/12/17 18:36:49
Subject: Re:Least favourite sculpts?
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Mighty Vampire Count
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Space Marines:
Centurions - I mean look at them - truely horrible models
Pretty much all of the toy flyers
Santa Logan
the new Wulfen (old ones are fine)
Murder Mc Murder the Murder Dreadnought - ugg it looks awful and the lore is as bad.
Special mention though for the Grey Knights Dreadknight - horrible and the Tauros - same
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2019/12/17 18:51:23
Subject: Re:Least favourite sculpts?
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Been Around the Block
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For me it's probably the shining spears. The rider sculpt is so terrible even compared to other ancient models like Warp Spiders.
Warp Spiders might be ancient, but the design is very good for something that was originally made in pewter c. 1994
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2019/12/17 19:21:10
Subject: Least favourite sculpts?
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Ancient Space Wolves Venerable Dreadnought
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Nightlord1987 wrote:Space Wolves.
Love the old metal Wulfen, and iron priest.
That's it. The whole model line gets me dizzy from all the eye rolling I have to do. Cartoony Thunderwolves. Freeze Rays. The action pose 80s hair metal wulfen. The Falcor flyer. And snow bases every time.
All the heads. The beards. Bald heads with a single braid. Flat top haircuts. Blow out. A crooked mohawk? Ulrik the Slayer. Awesome helmet... but hes holding it?
I imagine Ulrik to be standing off in the distance surveying the battle - since 40k scale is screwed up six inches could be six metres or six miles.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2019/12/17 20:31:56
Subject: Least favourite sculpts?
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Regular Dakkanaut
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Deadshot wrote:I think the Kroot, Vespid, Hammerhead, Devilfish and Piranha models are from 3rd/4th ed are they not?
Kroot and Devilfish/ Hammerhead from 3rd edition
Vespid and Piranha from 4th
Yeah I mostly agree, though paint scheme matters a lot with Kroot and Vespid and can bring them out of eyesore territory IMO. But a lot of people paint their Kroot the same browns or greens. They look nice in a bright red. Vespid have static poses which is lame. But I quite like how mine turned out with a Dark Angels green base drybrushed with Ice Blue. Probably bias lol but it was a paint scheme I surprised myself with.
the_scotsman wrote:Where are the military gsc? You...make them out of the kits for guard and scions yall. Gsc is imo the very last range that will ever be designed with player creativity in mind even a tiny bit. There are tons of kits for professional military units in 40k already, and basically no civilians.
Yeah I understand that, but people have been asking for new Adeptus Arbites (police) models ever since original Necromunda got axed and GSC would have been a nice opportunity to bring them back. Stuff like that. There's a lot of non-military but still officio arms of the Imperium that could have models in the GSC. And the variety of civilians provided is also one-dimensional here, not gonna lie.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2019/12/17 20:36:19
Subject: Least favourite sculpts?
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Longtime Dakkanaut
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Nightlord1987 wrote:Space Wolves.
Love the old metal Wulfen, and iron priest.
That's it. The whole model line gets me dizzy from all the eye rolling I have to do. Cartoony Thunderwolves. Freeze Rays. The action pose 80s hair metal wulfen. The Falcor flyer. And snow bases every time.
All the heads. The beards. Bald heads with a single braid. Flat top haircuts. Blow out. A crooked mohawk? Ulrik the Slayer. Awesome helmet... but hes holding it?
Agree with almost everything but some of the heads are cool. They really missed the chance to make cool Wulfen but their fluff has really changed. I made a full 13th Company army with Thunderwolves sans riders that look far better IMO.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2019/12/17 20:50:23
Subject: Least favourite sculpts?
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Monster-Slaying Daemonhunter
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LoftyS wrote:Since we had a thread with the opposite question; what currently on sale models make your teeth itch?
Also added a poll to see what faction contains the most models you disliked once you've given it some thought (versions of the same base model do not count separately, for example the Tau Razor Shark and Sun Shark would count as 1 model, same with Chaos Maulerfiend and Forge Fiend etc)
Grey Knights omitted, don't want to kick someone lying down, also any faction with less than 5 separate unique kits
Phew, when I started this I didn't expect Space Marines to get so much shade. I just kept remembering all kinds of repressed memories as I went.
Least favorite models:
Centurions
Terminators
Aggressors
Least favorite overall aesthetic:
Chaos Daemons.
Space Marine helmets get honorable mention here, since I dislike them intensely, but the rest of the model is generally ok. Fortunately, my space marines come with enough unhelmeted heads for everybody, but the wild haircuts are starting to get pretty repetitive now.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2019/12/17 21:28:25
Subject: Re:Least favourite sculpts?
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Regular Dakkanaut
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Catachan Jungle Fighters infantry squad. Their arms are misshapen and don't match the torso. Not to mention that their faces look like they got hit with a shovel. Ugly as sin. Period.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2019/12/17 21:41:02
Subject: Least favourite sculpts?
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Fresh-Faced New User
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In terms of design it's basically all things Primaris for me. The repulser vehicles, dreadnought, and the moon boots especially. They are just such a thematic slap in the face to look at, like some cheap third party brand trying to make everything just different enough to get around copyright law.
...Although that description fits GW pretty good too.
I give the FW repulsor superheavy a pass though. It looks distinct and reasonably proportioned enough to be an ancient relic vehicle.
On the topic of FW, the GW Leman Russ tank sculpt is pretty rubbish, with huge sections lacking detail and god awful proportions, in the turret especially. It looks just like a toy rather than a model. Forgeworld's sculpts absolutely put the GW version to shame, and show just how good the design behind the model can be.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2019/12/17 21:52:12
Subject: Least favourite sculpts?
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Slaanesh Chosen Marine Riding a Fiend
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Worst sculpt...R&H upgrade kits from FW for one simple reason...
They were discontinued!
Other than that:
Any of the Militarum Tempestus stuff...one large bollock dropped there as they could have just given us plastic Kasrkin lookalikes and winner.
Finecast Grotesques
Vespid
But if I have to pick one overall winner...the new stock Typhus. Appauling.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2019/12/17 22:53:22
Subject: Re:Least favourite sculpts?
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Stalwart Tribune
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Death Guard/nurgle demons - too busy with horrible silhouettes.
A bunch of the Marines lines - SW are really goofy (Santa & Wulfen anyone?), the flyers are terrible, and the new primaris are too clean/non-gothic feeling.
Tau Riptide & Stormsurge etc. - again they do not really fit the army looks.
Catachans.
Scions - I want the Karskin back...
Characters on fiddley bases or with lots of unnessary detail, mainly from a practical transportation point of view.
GK Dreadknight - because duh.
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Praise the Omnissiah
About 4k of .
Imperial Knights (Valiant, Warden & Armigers)
Some Misc. Imperium units etc. Assassins...
About 2k of |
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2019/12/17 23:01:48
Subject: Re:Least favourite sculpts?
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Longtime Dakkanaut
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Scions - I want the Karskin back...
I understand you but of all the models that have been replaced with fancier plastics I think the Scions are among the best but every single sprue I've bought has a giant mold line across it that's annoying as hell!
In terms of design it's basically all things Primaris for me.
What's sad is that all of their vehicles look like copies of the 3rd party copies of GW's original vehicles.
I'm actually really enjoying this thread.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2019/12/18 01:27:12
Subject: Re:Least favourite sculpts?
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Regular Dakkanaut
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Fajita Fan wrote:Scions - I want the Karskin back...
I understand you but of all the models that have been replaced with fancier plastics I think the Scions are among the best but every single sprue I've bought has a giant mold line across it that's annoying as hell!
Strongly disagree, Scions are "fine" but they have zero of the tacticool operative feel of the Kasrkin and even the original Storm Troopers. Scions look like they belong guarding some palace with their silly chestplates. And the leader not being able to take a rifle is boneheaded stupidity.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2019/12/18 01:40:04
Subject: Re:Least favourite sculpts?
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Regular Dakkanaut
Vancouver
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ccs wrote:I voted DE.
But this is true only because I really really dislike the the original sculpts. To the point where there wasn't enough I'd spend $ on to make a force.
While the current line is improved, the originals still exist & so earn the faction my vote.
Isn't the poll specifying the models currently on sale, though? Pretty much every faction has had some awful sculpts in the past. And the current Drukhari range is fantastic.
I voted IG. I love their vehicles, I love their lore, I love the commissars, I love the fiction about them, but… lord in heaven do they ever need new infantry models. The Steel Legion and Catachans look AWFUL, and they're not even bothering to sell Valhallans, Vostroyans or Mordians anymore. Also, if any Imperial faction is in desperate need of some gender parity in the range, it's the IG. I'm not sure genital configuration is all that important when your main job is just to hold a lasrifle and soak up enemy fire. At least there's Anvil Industries and Victoria Miniatures in the meantime
And the Taurox is, obviously, stupid as all get out. And not the FUN kind of stupid like the Lord of Skulls, Inquisitor Karamazov, or the new Exorcist.
I also really hate a lot of Craftworld stuff, like the guardians, the wraightknight, the hopelessly dated aspect warriors, etc.
Berserkers and Noise Marines also badly need new models.
And as much as I love 90% of the AdMech range, the electro-priests and kataphron are just… bad. Really, really, really bad. Like… skitarii over here SPECIFICALLY putting everything on legs to walk over harsh terrain, but then they put the combat servitors on… big clunky tank-treads??? For some reason??? Are they taking design cues from the Daleks now???
Anyway…
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2019/12/18 01:40:59
Subject: Least favourite sculpts?
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Fixture of Dakka
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Orks b.c i dont like Twerking butts
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2019/12/18 01:44:49
Subject: Least favourite sculpts?
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Ship's Officer
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Pretty much the whole primaris range. The intercessors are okay, mostly because they just look like bigger mk IV. But the other ones especially flying ones are just cringe, same with the skull mask scouts. As someone who grew up fond of the first two Dawn of War games (I consider that look and era as the ideal 40k) the primaris are like an abomination to me.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2019/12/18 01:55:44
Subject: Least favourite sculpts?
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Regular Dakkanaut
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Tyranid Horde wrote:Not a massive fan of most of the Chaos Daemon range in general, but especially the Slaanesh range, they're not my cup of tea.
Not a fan of the majority of the Space Wolf range either, too cartoony.
Lot of hate for Slaanesh demons on this thread. I think that mostly has to do to how awful demonettes look. I don’t think Ive met a single person who likes them. But If you can get past them, I’ve found the rest of range to pretty good. Fiends appear weird, but elegant. Seekers (despite being ridden by demonnettes) are very sleek. The standout IMO are the keeper of secrets. I Just built one yesterday, and she looks incredible. Extremely elegant look, despite clearly conveying a horrible monster vibe. All the new characters look good for the most part. At least IMO
Agree with space wolves distaste though. They just look too silly, even by 40k’s standards
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2019/12/18 03:33:42
Subject: Least favourite sculpts?
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Noise Marine Terminator with Sonic Blaster
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As I said before. For me the Juan Diaz daemonettes sculpts are the pinnacle of awesomely designed, thematic, beautiful models, that reflect what they are.
The entire Slannesh demon range before and after has been awful though.
And it was probably ruined because of some Timmy's mom and a stern letter. >_>… (note the author of this statement has nothing against Timmy's NOR does he know if this is true or not.)
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2019/12/18 03:42:29
Subject: Least favourite sculpts?
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Keeper of the Flame
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Literally every model with that stupid "Rictus Grin" crap. It doesn't look at all like what you're aiming for, and having grim dour faces fit the tone of the model much better.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2019/12/18 04:07:33
Subject: Least favourite sculpts?
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Heroic Senior Officer
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Don't like the Orks style, so pretty much anything from their line.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2019/12/18 04:19:04
Subject: Least favourite sculpts?
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Regular Dakkanaut
Vancouver
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Salt donkey wrote: Tyranid Horde wrote:Not a massive fan of most of the Chaos Daemon range in general, but especially the Slaanesh range, they're not my cup of tea.
Not a fan of the majority of the Space Wolf range either, too cartoony.
Lot of hate for Slaanesh demons on this thread. I think that mostly has to do to how awful demonettes look. I don’t think Ive met a single person who likes them.
I like 'em!
I think they could be better… like it'd be cool to see more variety in the kit, like some leaning more scary, some leaning more sexy, some looking more female, some looking more male, etc. Like to reflect their mutative and androgynous nature. And yeah, they aren't as cool as the original Ackland designs, but still they're a hell of a lot better, IMO, than the weird noseless porn ones Diaz did. And they're cool anyway!
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2019/12/18 05:26:34
Subject: Least favourite sculpts?
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Longtime Dakkanaut
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KingmanHighborn wrote:As I said before. For me the Juan Diaz daemonettes sculpts are the pinnacle of awesomely designed, thematic, beautiful models, that reflect what they are.
The entire Slannesh demon range before and after has been awful though.
And it was probably ruined because of some Timmy's mom and a stern letter. >_>… (note the author of this statement has nothing against Timmy's NOR does he know if this is true or not.)
You can totally not like the aesthetic but lets be clear - that IS and always has been slannesh's aesthetic.
The diaz models as nice as they were, were a departure from the original design. Hermaphroditic design has always been at the core of slannesh design, not just space bewbs.
I think the current slannesh aesthetic is totally on point for what slannesh is. Not liking it is fine but it means you don't like the slannesh a we aesthetic in general, which is also fine.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2019/12/18 05:52:19
Subject: Least favourite sculpts?
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Regular Dakkanaut
Vancouver
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Hellebore wrote: KingmanHighborn wrote:As I said before. For me the Juan Diaz daemonettes sculpts are the pinnacle of awesomely designed, thematic, beautiful models, that reflect what they are.
The entire Slannesh demon range before and after has been awful though.
And it was probably ruined because of some Timmy's mom and a stern letter. >_>… (note the author of this statement has nothing against Timmy's NOR does he know if this is true or not.)
You can totally not like the aesthetic but lets be clear - that IS and always has been slannesh's aesthetic.
The diaz models as nice as they were, were a departure from the original design. Hermaphroditic design has always been at the core of slannesh design, not just space bewbs.
I think the current slannesh aesthetic is totally on point for what slannesh is. Not liking it is fine but it means you don't like the slannesh a we aesthetic in general, which is also fine.
100% agreed. Daemonettes aren't just "hot girl demons". They, and Slaanesh daemons in general, are supposed to be beautiful AND monstrous, and to incite desire in EVERYONE, not just straight guys. The Diaz designs were completely one-dimensional and totally removed all the complexity and ambiguity and duality of them.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2019/12/18 08:27:20
Subject: Least favourite sculpts?
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Regular Dakkanaut
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Astra Militarum (Imperial Guard) definitely most in need of freshening up.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2019/12/18 08:32:53
Subject: Re:Least favourite sculpts?
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Decrepit Dakkanaut
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nataliereed1984 wrote:I voted IG. I love their vehicles, I love their lore, I love the commissars, I love the fiction about them, but… lord in heaven do they ever need new infantry models. The Steel Legion and Catachans look AWFUL, and they're not even bothering to sell Valhallans, Vostroyans or Mordians anymore. Also, if any Imperial faction is in desperate need of some gender parity in the range, it's the IG. I'm not sure genital configuration is all that important when your main job is just to hold a lasrifle and soak up enemy fire. At least there's Anvil Industries and Victoria Miniatures in the meantime
Just to clarify - did you mean the Steel Legion, or did you mean the Cadians, as you've not referenced them at all?
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2019/12/18 08:39:17
Subject: Least favourite sculpts?
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Keeper of the Flame
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nataliereed1984 wrote:Hellebore wrote: KingmanHighborn wrote:As I said before. For me the Juan Diaz daemonettes sculpts are the pinnacle of awesomely designed, thematic, beautiful models, that reflect what they are.
The entire Slannesh demon range before and after has been awful though.
And it was probably ruined because of some Timmy's mom and a stern letter. >_>… (note the author of this statement has nothing against Timmy's NOR does he know if this is true or not.)
You can totally not like the aesthetic but lets be clear - that IS and always has been slannesh's aesthetic.
The diaz models as nice as they were, were a departure from the original design. Hermaphroditic design has always been at the core of slannesh design, not just space bewbs.
I think the current slannesh aesthetic is totally on point for what slannesh is. Not liking it is fine but it means you don't like the slannesh a we aesthetic in general, which is also fine.
100% agreed. Daemonettes aren't just "hot girl demons". They, and Slaanesh daemons in general, are supposed to be beautiful AND monstrous, and to incite desire in EVERYONE, not just straight guys. The Diaz designs were completely one-dimensional and totally removed all the complexity and ambiguity and duality of them.
The allure is psychic/pheromone based, not physical. If you play the physical appearance card, you're asserting that every person in the galaxy is into intersex punk rockers, and I'd say that is probably not the case.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2019/12/18 09:08:43
Subject: Least favourite sculpts?
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Regular Dakkanaut
Vancouver
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Just Tony wrote:nataliereed1984 wrote:Hellebore wrote: KingmanHighborn wrote:As I said before. For me the Juan Diaz daemonettes sculpts are the pinnacle of awesomely designed, thematic, beautiful models, that reflect what they are.
The entire Slannesh demon range before and after has been awful though.
And it was probably ruined because of some Timmy's mom and a stern letter. >_>… (note the author of this statement has nothing against Timmy's NOR does he know if this is true or not.)
You can totally not like the aesthetic but lets be clear - that IS and always has been slannesh's aesthetic.
The diaz models as nice as they were, were a departure from the original design. Hermaphroditic design has always been at the core of slannesh design, not just space bewbs.
I think the current slannesh aesthetic is totally on point for what slannesh is. Not liking it is fine but it means you don't like the slannesh a we aesthetic in general, which is also fine.
100% agreed. Daemonettes aren't just "hot girl demons". They, and Slaanesh daemons in general, are supposed to be beautiful AND monstrous, and to incite desire in EVERYONE, not just straight guys. The Diaz designs were completely one-dimensional and totally removed all the complexity and ambiguity and duality of them.
The allure is psychic/pheromone based, not physical. If you play the physical appearance card, you're asserting that every person in the galaxy is into intersex punk rockers, and I'd say that is probably not the case.
It's not meant to suggest they *literally* look like intersex vampire dominatrices, it's just a better visual *representation* of their androgynous, shifting, and somewhat disquieting allure then a bunch of boob-demons are. Heck, in the lore, they're each supposed to look different from one another, and also to only shift into a more monstrous appearance once you get close enough for them to start killing you. So yeah, the current daemonettes aren't a 1:1 example of what the things actually look like, but they represent their nature and concept, and of Slaanesh in general, vastly better than the Diaz sculpts did.
Also, IIRC, one of the things that's supposed to be disquieting and uncomfortable about seeing them is that you find them beautiful even if the androgynous, masculine, or feminine aspects (depending on your orientation) aren't what usually attracts you. Automatically Appended Next Post: Dysartes wrote:nataliereed1984 wrote:I voted IG. I love their vehicles, I love their lore, I love the commissars, I love the fiction about them, but… lord in heaven do they ever need new infantry models. The Steel Legion and Catachans look AWFUL, and they're not even bothering to sell Valhallans, Vostroyans or Mordians anymore. Also, if any Imperial faction is in desperate need of some gender parity in the range, it's the IG. I'm not sure genital configuration is all that important when your main job is just to hold a lasrifle and soak up enemy fire. At least there's Anvil Industries and Victoria Miniatures in the meantime
Just to clarify - did you mean the Steel Legion, or did you mean the Cadians, as you've not referenced them at all?
I meant Steel Legion and Catachans look particularly bad. The Cadians are still pretty bad, but nowhere near as bad as Steel Legion and Catachans.
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