The LAF Games Workshop Discussion Thread

[Argonor]

Well, if one prefers the 'classic' style, these are something to aim for:

http://www.wargamesfactory.com/webstore/myths-and-legends/wgf-ml002

[Dr. Zombie]

Yes those are nice as well. However they are a pain in th **s to assemble. I put one of them together and decided I liked my sanity more, so the rest of the box will be used as decorations for scenery.

[Argonor]

Yes those are nice as well. However they are a pain in th **s to assemble. I put one of them together and decided I liked my sanity more, so the rest of the box will be used as decorations for scenery.

Haven't seen them in the flesh, but I do remember havng read that each one is assembled from 8 pieces - which is a bit much. 

[nic-e]

Haven't seen them in the flesh, but I do remember havng read that each one is assembled from 8 pieces - which is a bit much. 

They reworked them, they're actually 5 pieces plus weapons now.

If mantic did release a big but not huge necromancer, it would make sense for it to be less ostentatious since large units with a big footprint are just big targets in Kings of war.

[Major_Gilbear]

or the Quality,these are nice  Much better than the Spine is the new Skull sillyness 

I... Don't really like the Mantic Undead all that much, and I feel that their Skellies are amongst the worst of their Undead plastics.

Well, if one prefers the 'classic' style, these are something to aim for:

The Wargames Factory ones are the worst IMO - just look at the picture above! Who has a ribcage that goes around the spine like that?! And that's before you consider their spindliness.

I think that if Andy at Heresy ever gets around to it, his Skellies have the potential to be the "best" IMO:



As for an alternative Nagash, I found this 54mm model that might suit from Andrea Miniatures:



Pricey at 28 Euros, but I think it's rather nice and a better size.

[matthais-mouse]

The above alternative looks great 

[Vermis]

Aye, it does.  And aye, the WGF skellies don't. Strewth, it's like the old WGF standard of sculpting one side of a torso and just mirroring it.

I'm waiting patiently for both Andy's plastic skellies and troopers. The current kickstarter makes me hopeful about their success.

[Gibby]

I love the Mantic skellies!

[carlos13th]

Yeah I am a fan of most of the mantic undead including their skeletons.

[Major_Gilbear]

I just find the Mantic skellies rather goofy-looking - considering the comments levelled at GW in this forum, I personally find that somewhat ironic!

The rest of the Mantic undead is generally better though, especially the ghouls.

The current GW skellies are okay in-hand. I think they look less stylised than the Mantic ones in many ways, but there we go.

I do think that the first company to make really nice-looking cheap plastic skeletons will do very well out of them, and I wouldn't mind if it was Heresy Miniatures either.

[beefcake]

I went as far as to favourite the Andrea miniatures "nagash" the the computer broke down, had to get a new one and promptly forgot about it. Tempting me again.

[Pijlie]

We have to admit that discussing animated skeletons and dismissing some for anatomical shortcomings at the same time is rather funny though....

[Major_Gilbear]

We have to admit that discussing animated skeletons and dismissing some for anatomical shortcomings at the same time is rather funny though....

Well, sort of! I'm not sure that magical animation suddenly excuses them from looking mostly right though - bad sculpting is bad sculpting and I will call it out.

What bothers me about the Mantic ones is (1) they are *very* obviously fantasy and cannot easily be used for anything other setting, and (2) their skull looks weird. Example of what I mean below.

Normal skull:


Mantic style skull:


I guess it makes them look more "evil", but then they are skeletons; and what good wizard would raise skeletons?

[beefcake]

Ewe if you are doing an elderscrolls mini game you could possibly have good wizards using skeletons. The dunmer use them quite regularly.  but yeah generally bad guy use which is fine by me.
I like the mantic ones because they actually look as if they were part of an army before being raised from the dead, not just: raised up, found my skull faced shield and my bat hilted sword, off a chopping I go.

[Momotaro]

Mantic skellies are none the worse for being stylised - I get an Army of Darkness vibe off them.

If we judged all our models on anatomical correctness, how many lines of bobble-headed, pineapple-fisted gorillas would we be discounting?  And I say that with the greatest affection  

Having said that, the GW ones are really good, with some great freatures like caved-in skulls.  They manage to avoid a number of pitfalls seen in older models, like a massive round head on the upper arm bone where the arm pegs onto the body.  No, I'm not being humerus...  

That Andrea model...