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 vipoid wrote:
I'm surprised no one has suggested this:

Spoiler:

oh, good shout. and that puts me in mind of the cathedral titan, which doesn't have a modern model but definitely deserves to be in the conversation

Helbrecht is pretty good. You've got a Space Marine looking all heroic while servators carry his stuff and clean his sword while its still imbedded in an Ork. Lacks some of the rage I think defines the setting, but its in the running for me.

 StudentOfEtherium wrote:

 vipoid wrote:
I'm surprised no one has suggested this:

Spoiler:

oh, good shout. and that puts me in mind of the cathedral titan, which doesn't have a modern model but definitely deserves to be in the conversation

Yeah, it's the Imperator Titan for me.

 Da Boss wrote:
The old box dreadnought I think is a wonderful illustration of the game - boxy aesthetic, chonky, slightly silly, awesome grimdark background.

While there are many good suggestions, this is the only correct answer.

A futuristic warrior monk in power armor, bred for combat in ceaseless war? Now mortally wounded, but made to continue service in an automated sarcophagus, a war machine of even greater destructive capacity, and the warrior now carries on the grim traditions of his chapter in endless conflict? All encapsulated in a top-heavy, articulated washing machine?

No contest.

 amanita wrote:

 Da Boss wrote:
The old box dreadnought I think is a wonderful illustration of the game - boxy aesthetic, chonky, slightly silly, awesome grimdark background.

While there are many good suggestions, this is the only correct answer.

A futuristic warrior monk in power armor, bred for combat in ceaseless war? Now mortally wounded, but made to continue service in an automated sarcophagus, a war machine of even greater destructive capacity, and the warrior now carries on the grim traditions of his chapter in endless conflict? All encapsulated in a top-heavy, articulated washing machine?

No contest.

Respectfully, I'm going to give a counterpoint to this choice.

While I love that model, for me the thing that knocks it out of contention is the fact that all that cool backgound isn't apparent from the model. It's not clear that it's a sarcophagus with all that history, or even a Space Marine thing to someone not familiar with the franchise. It sorta just looks like a robot. (Although a really friggin unique/cool one)

The Imperator Titan is arguably not a great model. It certainly hasn't withstood the test of time in the way the boxnaught has (and may it live forever). But for appreciation of the Imperator, no words are necessary. Everything you need to know about it is readily apparent and self explanatory. Ok it looks like a robot. But it's HUGE! You can tell by all the architectural details. It's gothic! You can tell because it has a friggin castle on it. And it's absurd! Not just because of the castle, but because of all the guns all over it. Plus it has a big metal skull as a head for 40k bonus points.

And while there are other suitably visually bonkers models, like the Exorcist posted above, the Imperator titan has it's implied scale that adds to it's impact, imo.

The Imperator was what got me into Titan Legions and my first ever wargame so I can't argue against it



Save that GW hasn't sold that model since the 90s!

 Overread wrote:
The Imperator was what got me into Titan Legions and my first ever wargame so I can't argue against it



Save that GW hasn't sold that model since the 90s!

I've only been to one Games Day, and it was Baltimore in like 1997 because my family did a small east coast trip. They were selling Imperators for either 10 or 15 dollars a box. No idea why. But I bought two of them and stuffed them into my suitcase for the plane ride home. I still have 'em!

 Insectum7 wrote:

 Overread wrote:
The Imperator was what got me into Titan Legions and my first ever wargame so I can't argue against it



Save that GW hasn't sold that model since the 90s!

I've only been to one Games Day, and it was Baltimore in like 1997 because my family did a small east coast trip. They were selling Imperators for either 10 or 15 dollars a box. No idea why. But I bought two of them and stuffed them into my suitcase for the plane ride home. I still have 'em!

I sold mine a while back - the ywere great models in their day but they were "well played with" and needed a lot of cleaning up. Plus honestly plastics have come so far since then I was happy to part with them. I've still yet to fuilly build my AT warlord but I will and then I'll build more!!

By the way, the greatest model was the old metal Thunderhawk Gunship that came in the wooden crate.

 Lathe Biosas wrote:
By the way, the greatest model was the old metal Thunderhawk Gunship that came in the wooden crate.

I half wish I bought the one that came up on ebay a few years ago. Bucket list model for sure.

 vipoid wrote:
I'm surprised no one has suggested this:

Spoiler:

Well again that's only sort of half - I'd pair that with Abbadon for skulls on spikes on skulls on spikes.

 Insectum7 wrote:

 Lathe Biosas wrote:
By the way, the greatest model was the old metal Thunderhawk Gunship that came in the wooden crate.

I half wish I bought the one that came up on ebay a few years ago. Bucket list model for sure.

Then you can kill yourself in the attempt to build it. I think that's why there's still unbuilt Thunderhawks out there. That much pewter... it must be a nightmare.

 Lathe Biosas wrote:

 Insectum7 wrote:

 Lathe Biosas wrote:
By the way, the greatest model was the old metal Thunderhawk Gunship that came in the wooden crate.

I half wish I bought the one that came up on ebay a few years ago. Bucket list model for sure.

Then you can kill yourself in the attempt to build it. I think that's why there's still unbuilt Thunderhawks out there. That much pewter... it must be a nightmare.

There's still unbuilt metal Thundhawks out there because they were a limited edition item that many bought as an investment.

 Lathe Biosas wrote:

 Insectum7 wrote:

 Lathe Biosas wrote:
By the way, the greatest model was the old metal Thunderhawk Gunship that came in the wooden crate.

I half wish I bought the one that came up on ebay a few years ago. Bucket list model for sure.

Then you can kill yourself in the attempt to build it. I think that's why there's still unbuilt Thunderhawks out there. That much pewter... it must be a nightmare.

Have you watched the Squidmar video where they build one? You probably want to buy one as a present for someone you hate, to make them give up Warhammer...

Even on my worst day I've never hated myself that much.

For me, it is the spaceship on the cover of BFG that defines the "feel" or 40k to me. Massive gothic architecture of grand splendor in a future space war against chaos.

Crispy78 wrote:

 Lathe Biosas wrote:

 Insectum7 wrote:

 Lathe Biosas wrote:
By the way, the greatest model was the old metal Thunderhawk Gunship that came in the wooden crate.

I half wish I bought the one that came up on ebay a few years ago. Bucket list model for sure.

Then you can kill yourself in the attempt to build it. I think that's why there's still unbuilt Thunderhawks out there. That much pewter... it must be a nightmare.

Have you watched the Squidmar video where they build one? You probably want to buy one as a present for someone you hate, to make them give up Warhammer...

I certainly did. I still kinda want one though. It's an extra dumb thing to want knowing that I could model and print one even more to my liking. But that 90's metal monstrosity is still something I covet.

While I think my personal favorite "evocative" model is also the classic box Dread, I'd have to give second place to the Tech-priest Dominus. It just does such a good job of capturing the crazy baroque-cyberpunk death-obsessed technology-as-religion weirdness that I feel is a really core part of the setting. Plus it just looks freakin' sick.