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I was there for the original Coteaz with Daemonhunters. I think this new one, twenty plus years later, is…quite bad.

 xttz wrote:

 Gibblets wrote:
It doesn't matter what it is the whales will buy this

Are these whales in the room with you now?

While the Sisters box will probably sell because people want the tank, the other two boxes are going to be competing with the Kroot one for which battleforce gets left collecting dust on FLGS shelves longest.

I’m tempted by the malleus box but have all of the models in the other boxes (even though Ordo Hereticus is my jam)

Damn, hard to understand how this one got past quality control (if there is any). What a terrible downgrade compared to the previous one

I actually kind of hope I'm somehow able to get the Xenos box. I've wanted the Elucidian Starstriders for a while (such cool models, plus some actual Voidsmen for my 40k needs!), I wouldn't mind having the Inquisition Kill Team set (the models are awesome looking), Kyria Draxus and those Deathwatch wouldn't go amiss with me either. The Corvus Blackstar might be the sexiest Imperial flyer of all time!

I have to join the pile-on regarding Coteaz. What a dreadful model. He looks like he's wearing armoured diapers. The face lacks any character, and even the pose is lifeless. I suspect it's another trainee effort. This book looks like a very low-effort product all round - I guess they don't expect it to be popular.

At first I didn't mind Coteaz, but the more I look at it the more I realize how cursed it is...

 ZergSmasher wrote:
I actually kind of hope I'm somehow able to get the Xenos box. I've wanted the Elucidian Starstriders for a while (such cool models, plus some actual Voidsmen for my 40k needs!), I wouldn't mind having the Inquisition Kill Team set (the models are awesome looking), Kyria Draxus and those Deathwatch wouldn't go amiss with me either. The Corvus Blackstar might be the sexiest Imperial flyer of all time!

Agree. While I don't really have any interest in the DW squad, everything else in the box.... It'll depend upon the price.

Coteaz looks like he's wearing wading pants.

Ok, so twenty years or later... new Coteaz.

* Armored Diaper - check
* Impossible thigh armor to allow movement at the hip - Check
* Weird grimace face... - Check
* Ultra INQ symbol lazy no clipped onto front of crotch.. - Check!

Definitely beats FW Hector Rex! I'd say... $75 CAD or so?


This new Coteaz is the worst model I have ever seen from GW. In direct competition with the new Wulfen.

With all the hate against the new Corteaz, I just hope that people are going to sell him cheap-ish on eBay. Because I really like the model, mostly as source for kitbashing material.

I can see that for some people he would have benefitted from a more ornamental armor or some additional details, like the purity seal wrapped around his leg, but:

Overall I think the model is good, better than all the haters make it appear. I actually like the blandness and chunkyness, more than another model drowned in tabards and purity seals. Pose and proportions seem like an easy fix for me as seasoned kitbasher.

You just need to put the head, cloak and hammer on a Primaris body to fix the model
Not that hard to do but nothing that cannot be already done with existing parts or 3rd party bits

 OrlandotheTechnicoloured wrote:
Is he meant to be in some sort of Artificer Armour ? That might explain the odd 'he ate all the pies' take on his looks

(no real forgiving the face though)

They're trying to recreate theTyrus look, as they did before with the Draxus model, but they've again failed.

 kodos wrote:
You just need to put the head, cloak and hammer on a Primaris body to fix the model
Not that hard to do but nothing that cannot be already done with existing parts or 3rd party bits

Actually, I think a part of him looking the way he looks now is because they dont want him confused with a marine. Because many people historically assume he is just another marine, they might have opted for an armour that would actually stand out among the marine range.
I wonder if the bird has some abilities tied to the actual model now, forcing you to be creative if you want to use the old model.

 Fayric wrote:

 kodos wrote:
You just need to put the head, cloak and hammer on a Primaris body to fix the model
Not that hard to do but nothing that cannot be already done with existing parts or 3rd party bits

Actually, I think a part of him looking the way he looks now is because they dont want him confused with a marine. Because many people historically assume he is just another marine, they might have opted for an armour that would actually stand out among the marine range.
I wonder if the bird has some abilities tied to the actual model now, forcing you to be creative if you want to use the old model.

They could have started by not making him as tall as a Marine, then. Could have made him slimmer as well instead of a brick like Marines tend to be.

 Fayric wrote:

 kodos wrote:
You just need to put the head, cloak and hammer on a Primaris body to fix the model
Not that hard to do but nothing that cannot be already done with existing parts or 3rd party bits

Actually, I think a part of him looking the way he looks now is because they dont want him confused with a marine. Because many people historically assume he is just another marine, they might have opted for an armour that would actually stand out among the marine range.

But his proportions, especially the legs, are more marine like than they were before...

To me, that new Coteaz feels like it was designed and painted by Raymond Briggs. Dunno why, it just has that same feel to it.

And for the self proclaimed best miniature company in the world, it really sucks. (No offense to The Snowman)

I hope GW see the error of their ways and re-make the original one.

Not too fond of the head and belt (definitely in need of a headswap, preferably the original) and maybe could do with one greebly on the left leg (the purity seal wrapped around was nice), but I actually quite like it. I actually especially like the thicker legs and chunkiness of the armour, as I feel that non-Sororitas human-tier power armour should look clunky and chunky. I'm a fan of the legs, honestly.

All they had to do was make the codex cover miniature form. Coteaz will have to be converted from something else, as it isn't even a great base model to me.

GW apparently was envious of WGA's giant zippers and wanted to counter with a giant belt.

 Geifer wrote:

They could have started by not making him as tall as a Marine, then.

1. Re-scale Marines
2. Re-scale everyone else to negate the re-scaling of Marines
3. ???
4. Profit (?)

Hmm I don't normally like to sound negative when new minis are revealed but Coteaz definitely seems off, or at least very different.

His legs look like he got elephantiasis with the swollen ankles and feet. His leg thickness seems the same all the way down which doesn't help. Guess in the far future there's still infected mosquitoes spreading parasites that affect the lymph nodes. Anyway I'm sure he'll put his thickened legs to good use kerb stomping or head stomping some unfortunate daemon soon enough.

One of the heads on the eagle seems fatter than the other too. Mind you I do like that sculpt a fair bit.

I noticed an hourglass under the left arm of Coteaz which is a nice touch. Maybe some more icons/glyphs or even ornate transfers on his plain looking armour panels might lift him a bit.

 Flinty wrote:
Surely the best thing ever is for GW not to release new inquisitor models so people can make their own ones up. Alternatively, ask ally the whole of the Necromunda resin line would make for pretty awesome inquisitors.

Then no inquisitor rules only thing that keeps rules outside legends is model on sale

lost_lilliputian wrote:
One of the heads on the eagle seems fatter than the other too. Mind you I do like that sculpt a fair bit.

I think that's just the angle combined with the bionics. The left head is angled down and closer to the camera. The organic parts are probably the same size. Probably even just the digital asset copy pasted.

 rokksville wrote:
With all the hate against the new Corteaz, I just hope that people are going to sell him cheap-ish on eBay. Because I really like the model, mostly as source for kitbashing material.

I can see that for some people he would have benefitted from a more ornamental armor or some additional details, like the purity seal wrapped around his leg, but:

Overall I think the model is good, better than all the haters make it appear. I actually like the blandness and chunkyness, more than another model drowned in tabards and purity seals. Pose and proportions seem like an easy fix for me as seasoned kitbasher.

If anyone on this planet can make it work it is you. Keen to see you attack it.

Also welcome to Dakka !

Keep looking at it, and I think I’m softening a bit.

I like the unornamented look. It suggests a no-nonsense wearer and it being purely practical rather than ornamental.

The proportions do look a bit off, but my head canon is not being Astartes and so no black carapace, that extra bulk is a larger underlying armature to better help with the weight and movement, quite possibly increasing his height.

But that fur looks awkward. Like it’s not something meant to be there, but landed on his armour like a wet plastic bag.

 GaroRobe wrote:
I wish that exclusive Inquisitor was re-released. More plastic options isn't a bad thing

That would be ideal.

 Fayric wrote:

 kodos wrote:
You just need to put the head, cloak and hammer on a Primaris body to fix the model
Not that hard to do but nothing that cannot be already done with existing parts or 3rd party bits

Actually, I think a part of him looking the way he looks now is because they dont want him confused with a marine. Because many people historically assume he is just another marine, they might have opted for an armour that would actually stand out among the marine range.
I wonder if the bird has some abilities tied to the actual model now, forcing you to be creative if you want to use the old model.

While not the ideal answer, Malifaux does sell a kit that includes a pair of two headed eagles:

https://giveusyourmoneypleasethankyou-wyrd.com/products/survival-of-the-fittest?_pos=2&_sid=3321733d6&_ss=r

 Lord Damocles wrote:

 Geifer wrote:

They could have started by not making him as tall as a Marine, then.

1. Re-scale Marines
2. Re-scale everyone else to negate the re-scaling of Marines
3. ???
4. Profit (?)

1. release re-scaled Marines
2. profit
3. release Nu-Marines that are bigger than than the re-scaled ones
3. profit
4. re-scale everyone else
5. profit
6. release re-scaled Nu-Marines
7. profit

 kodos wrote:

 Lord Damocles wrote:

 Geifer wrote:

They could have started by not making him as tall as a Marine, then.

1. Re-scale Marines
2. Re-scale everyone else to negate the re-scaling of Marines
3. ???
4. Profit (?)

1. release re-scaled Marines
2. profit
3. release Nu-Marines that are bigger than than the re-scaled ones
3. profit
4. re-scale everyone else
5. profit
6. release re-scaled Nu-Marines
7. profit

Release 1:1 scale marines.

You guys have missed the other trick - cease production and simply licence everything to JoyToy (or whatever they are called) to keep making Marine action figures!