The LAF Games Workshop Discussion Thread

[AWu]

It has two Ghouls.

- 2 Mummies
- 2 Wights
- 2 Ghouls
- 4 Zombies
- 4 Skeletons

Yes but you want 4 ghouls probably.
There were nothing stoping them with adding those instead of skellies but they decided not to

[mcfonz]

That's not what I said though.

It is sorta. The old patriarch model is a) old, b) a patriarch and therefore male. There is a male magus.

[thenamelessdead]

Yes but you want 4 ghouls probably.
There were nothing stoping them with adding those instead of skellies but they decided not ot

You want 4 ghouls eventually but I think the undead box is reasonable.

I have heavily criticised the GW range in the past but have now received a Nurgle team. The only reasonable way to get this team right appears to be to get an entire additional box and sell the surplus bloaters. The FW booster is bound to include only one beastman if it ever comes out. I am sure GW know exactly what they're doing and I'm sure it works for them. I just hope it works for me...

[JamesValentine]

It is sorta. The old patriarch model is a) old, b) a patriarch and therefore male. There is a male magus.

That's not.....
Forget it...I'm tired of banging heads on walla with 40k fans

[TWD]

That's not.....
Forget it...I'm tired of banging heads on walla with 40k fans

And yet here you are on a thread explicitly about Games Workshop and therefore 40k.

Maybe it's just me but if I didn't want to *bang heads" with 40k fans I think I'd steer clear of 40k/GW threads.

[mcfonz]

And maybe not bring 'attractiveness/sex' into it?

But I suppose skinny and tits sells miniatures and requires less thought...like skinny bimbo eldar snipers.

Comments like that really wont enhance any position you are trying to make.

[JamesValentine]

And maybe not bring 'attractiveness/sex' into it?

Comments like that really wont enhance any position you are trying to make.

I'm not the one who sculpted the pin ups porn stars.  So I didn't bring it into it

[Sir_Theo]

I'm not the one who sculpted the pin ups porn stars.  So I didn't bring it into it

I'm with you on the pin ups but that's a Magus. The Patriarch was a Genestealer patriarch, so why would the female magus model hark back to the Patriarch? The old male magus was also skinny.

[mcfonz]

Agreed Sir Theo.

But I'd add that we already have a Patriach and male Magus models - and it seemed odd to me to make this remark about the female magus.

Patriarch:


Magus:


The comment about pin-ups is misplaced. The female magus clearly isn't a 'pin-up'. GW largely don't do pin-ups either.

So far as I can tell the new female magus fits all of the aesthetics of the existing cultist range. Nothing any different apart from being female.

[Lost Egg]

The stance of the Patriarch seems really off...why would a creature tuck its tail between its legs? I know dogs do it but thats a submissive gesture not something they'd do on the hunt. It looks very unnatural and phallic. Tails are primarily for balance so it should be stuck out back, especially when balancing on the end of a pipe.

[FionaWhite]

The stance of the Patriarch seems really off...why would a creature tuck its tail between its legs? I know dogs do it but thats a submissive gesture not something they'd do on the hunt. It looks very unnatural and phallic. Tails are primarily for balance so it should be stuck out back, especially when balancing on the end of a pipe.

It looks to have a Space Marine helmet in its hand so I'm kind of getting the impression it's plucking the thing off its tail after a successful kill.
Or maybe it's impaling the helmet there to show off to everyone or make a puppet act to fool any remaining marines into a trap.

[JamesValentine]

Obviously overweight characters is too much of a stretch for some to imagine.

Forget it. Let's just stick to tits shall we. That appeals to today's mentality

[mcfonz]

Yeah, I would say given that stealers were influenced by xenomorphs from Alien, it is probably likely to be what Fiona has said. To be fair though,



The broodlord's aren't that far away and could be converted to be more alike quite simply I think.

The only other reasoning would be that the tail is connected to the pipe on the model as if to support more weight that way? Would still be a bit odd.

[mcfonz]

Obviously overweight characters is too much of a stretch for some to imagine.

Forget it. Let's just stick to tits shall we. That appeals to today's mentality

If you had just said that you would have liked to see more variation in body shapes in sculpts in general I would probably agree with you. Hasslefree are one of the few companies I know of that have that kind of coverage in their range.

However, as with this time, you just have to bring up physical attributes with sexualised terms which makes it sound a lot like you want miniatures of women YOU find attractive. Tbh it's more than a bit odd at this point that you keep on with that line of argument.

[JamesValentine]

I really don't give a shit any more