[The Rumour Thread]

Storm cast are gorgeous, especially the halberd guys. Not a fan of the "Kruel Boyz" though. They look too much like LOTR orcs rather than. Warhammer orcs

[Best of old, Best of New]

16 hours ago, Saturmorn Carvilli said:

It might be the selection of factions I picked, but I'm not really seeing the multiple ways to build older models compared to newer ones.  Sure, the older models have a bit more, but nothing super impressive to me.

My older models are Chaos Warriors and Knights mostly. For the Warriors the bodies are all the same pose which makes sense they are meant for rank and file. And the arm options attach at the elbow with the upper arms being at the side of the body.  There's some rotation that can be done with the weapons and shields (if you go with that option).  Nothing to write home about as far as I'm concerned.  I even clipped the left-handed weapons to vary types as well as used some Knights ensorcelled weapons, but in a unit of 15 there's still likely a lot of repeats.  Just less than a hypothetical new kit (not counting mixing in the new Easy-to-Build Start Collecting ones).  Again maybe its just me, but once a group of 10-15 models form a unit, the details of each model just kinda blend together anyways.

The Chaos Knights offer some weapon angle positioning, but again nothing I would really point out as a feature compared to the newer models. Once you go beyond a few enorcelled weapons or glaives you're going to have repeats.

 

 

 

With kits like the Chaos knights though it's just the options in the kit, it's the cross-combatibility of kits across the range. I've seen some cool looking chosen made from the two kits you just mentioned. 

As for Lumineth, they're lovely models with the sort of poses/detail we would have have only dreamed about when I first got into the hobby (2004) but that's just it, you can only build the exact same models out of the kits over and over again. The frustrating part is GW have shown they can still produce kits like they used too, kits with that sense of individualism between each figure, and kits with cross-combatibility between different kits that made ranges like the "Firstborn" space marines/ Dark Eldar/ Warhammer Empire so special. 

I suppose what I want more of, is kit's that find the best of both worlds like the Blightkings/Troggoths. Those are the type of kits I want to see more of, and those are the kits which represent the best value for money in eyes in terms of sheer quality. 

[Best of old, Best of New]

I thought I'd make a thread to discuss what I feel is abit of a disparity in the quality of new GW kits. Traditional older kits had a lot of variety in the way in which they can be built, but most newer kits can only be built a certain way. As much as the newer kits are high in quality in a sense they lack the magic some of the older kits had. With older kits there were multiple ways to build the same models, meaning their was an incentive to buy more than one of the same kit. Whereas with most newer kits you can only build the models in one way, with no sense of variety or an ability to customise your model in anyway. 

I find myself missing this same ability to customise my models in newer kits, but perhaps what is most frustrating is that it's not like GW isn't capable of creating kits like they used to, at the same standard of sheer detail we become accustomed too in the past few years. For me the best kits GW have realised over the past few are the "Putrid Blightkings" and the "Rockgut Troggoths". Too me these some of the best kits GW has ever produced because they capture the magic of what used to make building models so great, maintaining that scope for originality and flair whilst maintaining the quality we've come to expect from modern GW kits. For me these kits represent the best of the old and the best of the new, and I can't help but finding myself miss the days where GW did more kits, like the Blightkings or troggoths rather than everyone having the same monopose models in their army. 

 

 

[Fyreslayers: discussing their design]

I personally like the fyreslayer models bar their repetitiveness. When you have hordes of them in the same 5 poses things start to get a bit stale. 

[Warhammer - The Old World]

Really interested in this release, but my commitment to it will depend entirely on the models. Hoping any new empire kits, and there will need to be if there is a change setting with all the "Karl Franz" iconography,  will be the Mike Anderson style, rather than forge world style. I used to love forge world's more realistic tone to miniatures but they just can't keep up with the modern Warhammer aesthetic imo. If we get stuff resembling a more gritty style (Like the Blood Bowl) my wallet will stay closed.