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Offline Mason

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Re: The LAF Games Workshop Discussion Thread
« Reply #9195 on: December 09, 2018, 12:55:05 AM »
Well, I painted the entire Iron Claw Space Pirate range at the same time and thoroughly enjoyed it.
And I am not normally one for too many fiddly bits to paint, but I do love Olley's sculpts.

I suppose if a figure or range really takes your fancy you will enjoy it regardless of how much is going on..

Horses for courses, I guess....and being gamers we will never all agree.
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Re: The LAF Games Workshop Discussion Thread
« Reply #9196 on: December 09, 2018, 02:13:09 AM »
Aye plenty of Oldhammer miniatures that are festooned with random bits and overyly busy.

Bob Olley's Iron Claw ranges or Bob Naismiths Dark Elves are all good examples of this  and are bloody busy and can be a  real pain to paint.


Maybe I have a different opinion of what we are discussing but those look like sculpting mannequins compared to some of the recent GW figs

Offline Belligerentparrot

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Re: The LAF Games Workshop Discussion Thread
« Reply #9197 on: December 09, 2018, 10:17:25 AM »
Maybe I have a different opinion of what we are discussing but those look like sculpting mannequins compared to some of the recent GW figs

Seen in the lead, those ranges and the Confrontation gangers are *very* busy, as compared to say the (imho wonderful) skitarii.

Though we could maybe distinguish between detail that makes sense (Confrontation gangers typically have side-arms, knives, optics, bandoliers, ammo pouches, rebreathers, communicators, tassles, piercings and studs, bones/trophies, shin pads, shoulder pads, and other bits of body armour, etc. - everything a hive ganger should have) as opposed to pointless detail (spikes with spikey skullz on them).

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Re: The LAF Games Workshop Discussion Thread
« Reply #9198 on: December 10, 2018, 01:31:15 PM »
It comes to miniature..

Aforementioned confrontation gangers - Brats especially are 100% full of details but they paint wonderfully and look great.
I am fond of classic Space wolves too and not so plain Marines from 2nd edition.
And I think that Primarises are little too plain, that is why I updetailed mine :P

But beauty of difference in our opinions let producers create different styles and find a niche on the market :P
I am all for variety in miniatures!!
« Last Edit: December 11, 2018, 06:37:44 PM by AWu »

Offline mcfonz

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Re: The LAF Games Workshop Discussion Thread
« Reply #9199 on: December 10, 2018, 10:54:36 PM »
Indeed.

The very fact that there are miniatures for all of our tastes out there just goes to show what a wonderful age of tabletop gaming we are in these days.

I wasn't trying to be pro / against loads of detail, sometimes it is distracting, sometimes it's not. It's all down to our own perspectives of course.

I merely feel that GW seems to get a lot of unwarranted flack because it seems so many gamers think of it a bit like an evil ex partner . . .

The best ones are the old ones, like when people say they only target kids but will then happily reminisce about days of yonder when they started wargaming aged 11 after seeing some friends collection of citadel miniatures and walking into their nearest GW . . .   ;D
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Re: The LAF Games Workshop Discussion Thread
« Reply #9200 on: December 10, 2018, 11:48:42 PM »
In other news:

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The first episode of VoxCast, the official Warhammer 40,000 podcast, is here! Join Wade and sit back, relax and enjoy as he chats to Citadel Miniatures Designer and all-round hobby legend Jes Goodwin!

https://youtu.be/Pg7JUtnUT6Y

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Re: The LAF Games Workshop Discussion Thread
« Reply #9201 on: December 16, 2018, 12:20:06 AM »
I like the Idea that omnipresent skulls are visage of Emperror face

And something christmasy from GW
https://youtu.be/pVBg07aXTNs

Offline FramFramson

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Re: The LAF Games Workshop Discussion Thread
« Reply #9202 on: December 16, 2018, 02:47:37 AM »
I like the Idea that omnipresent skulls are visage of Emperror face

In all these years... I never even thought of that.

Wow, I feel even dumber than usual.


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Offline pixelgeek

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Re: The LAF Games Workshop Discussion Thread
« Reply #9203 on: December 16, 2018, 04:24:37 AM »
In all these years... I never even thought of that.

Its been mentioned a few times in the fluff. Specifically in relation to the Space Marine Chaplains. Probably easy to miss if you were not  binging on 40K fluff
« Last Edit: December 16, 2018, 05:22:20 PM by pixelgeek »

Offline mcfonz

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Re: The LAF Games Workshop Discussion Thread
« Reply #9204 on: December 16, 2018, 12:24:01 PM »
So it seems that the new leadership are reaping the rewards of finally engaging with  the realms of social media and generally just online media.

This vid is also worth taking a look at:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3os3i70nAU

I welcome this to be honest. In the past GW have relied heavily upon word of mouth but I have really enjoyed the various painting tutorials - especially for some of the technical paints.

It's bringing a sort of fresher feel with it.

Offline matthais-mouse

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Re: The LAF Games Workshop Discussion Thread
« Reply #9205 on: December 16, 2018, 04:02:03 PM »
So it seems that the new leadership are reaping the rewards of finally engaging with  the realms of social media and generally just online media.

This vid is also worth taking a look at:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3os3i70nAU

I welcome this to be honest. In the past GW have relied heavily upon word of mouth but I have really enjoyed the various painting tutorials - especially for some of the technical paints.

It's bringing a sort of fresher feel with it.

I do enjoy most of their videos and glad they have gone down this route, I also found this one quite fun too...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVBg07aXTNs
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Re: The LAF Games Workshop Discussion Thread
« Reply #9206 on: December 17, 2018, 06:05:46 PM »
Dont know how deep story viable Space Marines will be but GW is returning to film genre.
I couldnt stand their last attempt but it had its fans.

https://www.warhammer-community.com/2018/12/17/an-animated-series-from-the-far-future-yeah-it-isgw-homepage-post-1/?fbclid=IwAR0XLBu5T-nFUhn3IO_jSeBORbvjqTWMB5ObZDcOF1sIC-RO3GBc2ZE7H_U

« Last Edit: December 17, 2018, 06:11:24 PM by AWu »

Offline FramFramson

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Re: The LAF Games Workshop Discussion Thread
« Reply #9207 on: December 18, 2018, 06:40:24 AM »
SPEHSS MAHREENS!

Offline v_lazy_dragon

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Re: The LAF Games Workshop Discussion Thread
« Reply #9208 on: December 18, 2018, 07:01:48 AM »
#atleastitsnotchaos comes to mind?
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Re: The LAF Games Workshop Discussion Thread
« Reply #9209 on: December 18, 2018, 06:13:12 PM »
Are they Space Marines or Primaris, there is quite a bit of difference.

 

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