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Overread wrote: Tyranids in general are very chunky models compared to a lot of modern sculpts. It's one thing I think could happen with a remake of them is less of a design change and more of a diet thinning them all down some.
Yeah, Gaunts of all kinds could be made smaller to fit their fluff decription better.
A hormagaunt is meant to be great dane > horse sized iirc?
JSG wrote: What is wrong with peoples brains that they think every rumour pic is GSC? We've literally just had a new GSC character. Do they believe that range is going to rival the SM in size/scope? It's even weirder when the almost certainly correct rumours say there's a bunch of Traitor Guard releases on the horizon.
the black/yellow hazard stripes are a common GSCGW paintjob characteristic.
JSG wrote: What is wrong with peoples brains that they think every rumour pic is GSC? We've literally just had a new GSC character. Do they believe that range is going to rival the SM in size/scope? It's even weirder when the almost certainly correct rumours say there's a bunch of Traitor Guard releases on the horizon.
the black/yellow hazard stripes are a common GSCGW paintjob characteristic.
They've been a common GW paintjob characteristic in general for about thirty years now.
Overread wrote: Tyranids in general are very chunky models compared to a lot of modern sculpts. It's one thing I think could happen with a remake of them is less of a design change and more of a diet thinning them all down some.
Yeah, Gaunts of all kinds could be made smaller to fit their fluff decription better.
A hormagaunt is meant to be great dane > horse sized iirc?
Here's the official gaunt size:
Spoiler:
Which shows that the current models are too big.
Yeah a little, it wouldn't do any harm to scale them in a little better and gives them more of a horde feel. Likewise it makes the mid sized bugs seem a little more intimidating.
Overread wrote: Tyranids in general are very chunky models compared to a lot of modern sculpts. It's one thing I think could happen with a remake of them is less of a design change and more of a diet thinning them all down some.
Yeah, Gaunts of all kinds could be made smaller to fit their fluff decription better.
A hormagaunt is meant to be great dane > horse sized iirc?
Here's the official gaunt size:
Spoiler:
Which shows that the current models are too big.
Those heads are already a pain to assemble - I don't want them to be smaller...
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Overread wrote: Tyranids in general are very chunky models compared to a lot of modern sculpts. It's one thing I think could happen with a remake of them is less of a design change and more of a diet thinning them all down some.
Yeah, Gaunts of all kinds could be made smaller to fit their fluff decription better.
A hormagaunt is meant to be great dane > horse sized iirc?
Here's the official gaunt size:
Spoiler:
Which shows that the current models are too big.
Yeah a little, it wouldn't do any harm to scale them in a little better and gives them more of a horde feel. Likewise it makes the mid sized bugs seem a little more intimidating.
Exactly. Warriors surrounded by the ''see'' of smaller/better sized ''gaunt'' models would look much better and more scary.
Overread wrote: Tyranids in general are very chunky models compared to a lot of modern sculpts. It's one thing I think could happen with a remake of them is less of a design change and more of a diet thinning them all down some.
Yeah, Gaunts of all kinds could be made smaller to fit their fluff decription better.
A hormagaunt is meant to be great dane > horse sized iirc?
Here's the official gaunt size:
Spoiler:
Which shows that the current models are too big.
Those heads are already a pain to assemble - I don't want them to be smaller...
A new kit would almost be guaranteed to have the heads be a single piece.
"Tabletop games are the only setting when a body is made more horrifying for NOT being chopped into smaller pieces."
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Years ago I experimented with making smaller Guants using Lizardmen Skinks. I mainly did this to differentiate the units that were spawned. And because you could get a box of 24 Skinks cheaper than 16 Guants
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Galef wrote: Years ago I experimented with making smaller Guants using Lizardmen Skinks. I mainly did this to differentiate the units that were spawned. And because you could get a box of 24 Skinks cheaper than 16 Guants
endlesswaltz123 wrote: I wonder if the new Nid will be able to be dual built as the red terror?
Yeah, my dream kit = dual Raveners/Shrikes box that allows also to build Parasite of Mortrex/Red Terror.
Why do people keep asking for a Ravener kit when it already exists? I dont get it.
It can look kinda fugly on GW's website if you look at the first, rather unflattering promo picture, as it emphesizes just how thick it's claws are viewed head-on, and how goofy the face can look, not to mention the paintjob itself is vaguely dated.
The claws are meant to be thicker, because they’re tunnellers.
Overread wrote: Tyranids in general are very chunky models compared to a lot of modern sculpts. It's one thing I think could happen with a remake of them is less of a design change and more of a diet thinning them all down some.
A full redesign would be really good but I dont expect it to happen though.
As it stands being the same model just in different sizes most of the times, makes the range specially boring.
Honestly, I think the biggest and most important thing for the Tyranid range is to simplify down the 'horde' stuff. The Lil' Gribblers could stand to be a bit more streamlined for parts breakdowns.
Hopefully whatever this new thing is makes an interesting addition to the range.
Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:I can’t wait to see the Avatar in its full glory.
Also intrigued as to whether it might be usable in AoS for Daughters of Khaine.
I'd not expect it too. Historically there's never been a connection save for the name - Khaine. The Khaine of Eldar and the Khaine of Old World were very different and the AoS version is even more different. Heck the recent lore has Morathi starting to make statues in HER image now that she's managed to steal some godlike powers of her own and doesn't have to only rely on syphoning the energies from the Heart of Khaine (the only part of Khaine that remains in the Mortal Realms)
I remember that there used to be cross compatibility with the moving fantasy Altar and the oldcast from 40K.
Crimson wrote: The stuff looks potentially interesting, especially the Avatar and Maugan Ra.
That being said, I find previewing stuff this way mostly infuriation. Either show them properly or not at all.
It's a teaser, that's sort of the point. To give you enough to get you excited, then show you the full package at a later time, most likely I'd say we will see a lot of this and more at LVO this year at the end of the month.
Now they've been teased I'll bet that we could see at least one or two of these as New Model Monday reveals before LVO. Fingers crossed for Maugan Ra, GW like showing off character models with that.
First Monday of the year tends to be the store anniversary models though.
I hope so. I've been dreaming about an Aspect project for Eldar since I started playing the game back in 2014. I found the style and artwork to be just so cool but back then everything was Wraith Knights and Jebikes. I'm hoping that with new models will come lots of good and playable rules.
Overread wrote: Tyranids in general are very chunky models compared to a lot of modern sculpts. It's one thing I think could happen with a remake of them is less of a design change and more of a diet thinning them all down some.
Yeah, Gaunts of all kinds could be made smaller to fit their fluff decription better.
A hormagaunt is meant to be great dane > horse sized iirc?
Here's the official gaunt size:
Spoiler:
Which shows that the current models are too big.
I have never seen a single piece of art work that showed Hormagaunts or Termagants as being large dog sized. They are people sized. It's terrifying that they come in those numbers while being the size of men.
BTW, those pictures are comparing a termagant, not a hormagaunt.
Here is an example.
Bottom left corner. They are in fact space marine sized.
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Overread wrote: Tyranids in general are very chunky models compared to a lot of modern sculpts. It's one thing I think could happen with a remake of them is less of a design change and more of a diet thinning them all down some.
Yeah, Gaunts of all kinds could be made smaller to fit their fluff decription better.
A hormagaunt is meant to be great dane > horse sized iirc?
Here's the official gaunt size
Which shows that the current models are too big.
I have never seen a single piece of art work that showed Hormagaunts or Termagants as being large dog sized. They are people sized. It's terrifying that they come in those numbers while being the size of men.
BTW, those pictures are comparing a termagant, not a hormagaunt.
Here is an example.
Bottom left corner. They are in fact space marine sized.
Yeah but it might be chalked up to artistic license. The faux in-universe documentation does feel somewhat more grounded then the heightened "reality" of a big battle spread.
Plus, shouldn't all individual Hormagaunts/Termagants be slightly different in size ? (depending on the Hive fleet and environmental variations) At this point the model on the table are supposed to be abstractions of the "real" thing right ? So the size of the minis should be the in universe average for them (in relation to the other mini's already slightly skewed proportions).
Overread wrote: Tyranids in general are very chunky models compared to a lot of modern sculpts. It's one thing I think could happen with a remake of them is less of a design change and more of a diet thinning them all down some.
Yeah, Gaunts of all kinds could be made smaller to fit their fluff decription better.
A hormagaunt is meant to be great dane > horse sized iirc?
Here's the official gaunt size:
Spoiler:
Which shows that the current models are too big.
I have never seen a single piece of art work that showed Hormagaunts or Termagants as being large dog sized. They are people sized. It's terrifying that they come in those numbers while being the size of men.
BTW, those pictures are comparing a termagant, not a hormagaunt.
Here is an example.
Bottom left corner. They are in fact space marine sized.
Because the artist based them on the current, too big models.
The trend of GW recreating iconic artwork continues. I wonder what else they'll draw inspiration from
That's the one, just hook it up to my veins. Damn I miss Mark Gibbons artwork, he made both worlds come alive. His 40k pics where just bloody amazing. I also love the khorne berserker on the field of skulls.
Hope to see more of the new Avatar, it's about time the Eldar got some major love.
Heh I was gonna link that one yesterday but cba since i was on my phone. Also, the Blood Claw sgt another favourite of mine. But yeah it was all good - WFB undead & Skaven, all the Necro stuff, the 2nd ed SM codices, the list goes on.
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