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idk i appreciate that the imperium follows irken logic
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making the fires better
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there’s a significant amount of AdMech industry devoted entirely to making new furniture for all these loving giants running around
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Shoehead posted:I could honestly do with a few more Ironkin heads per box. One is not enough https://www.taromodelmaker.com/collections/votan-a-i-heads
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With how the Emperor's glamour works he literally has plot height. He will be as tall as he needs to at any point in time. Suspect that the most accurate assessment of his physical appearance comes from the Sisters of Silence who see a withered old man so he'll fit through all the doors no prob despite him appearing 4m tall. Everyone looking at him walk through a standard 2m door probably just see something out of an 80s cartoon with their "flexible" proportions.
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DAD LOST MY IPOD posted:One extremely major and significant thing is that you simply don’t have nearly as many pose options or the ability to kitbash interesting looking characters from multiple kits without much more effort. It doesn’t matter if there’s technically a way to build each option in the codex - that’s just one of many reasons to convert a model, and modeling is a major part of the hobby. It’s a lot more difficult than it used to be. I think this also has to do with the minis already having dynamic poses and lacking the touch of hand the older sculpts had, so kitbashing new minis you have to be a lot more sensible and precise, otherwise it sticks out a lot worse
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Z the IVth posted:I remember how easy it was back in the day to kitbash 10 different marines in the same power squat pose. It was "easy" to kitbash but the variety is the same sort of variety you get with lego figures. Everyone looks the same except for the accessories they're holding. Around a decade ago most of my conversion work was to unlock specific wargear options that weren't included in a kit, or to fit an army theme. These days because units no longer come with 37 potential wargear options my conversions are almost entirely cosmetic & optional. I can still do them, but no longer feel 'pushed' into converting because unit X came with one combi-plasma gun instead of the four it could take. Now if I wanted to run (for example) Dark Angels or Salamanders, there are several unit options that come with enough plasma guns or flamers to fit a consistent theme and don't 'have' to be converted. It's much more approachable for new players. Cease to Hope posted:I do say that the only thing stopping you is the lack of a craft saw or cowardice, but I still have to disagree. The move from powersquat marines to the CAD sliced poses doesn't make it harder to make simple changes to poses, it just gives you less reason to want to do so, since more-dynamic posing isn't as boring. When you want to get out the craft saw, the new plastics are plastic, and thus much easier to saw and repose, and have much more interesting parts to work with because of that greater variety.
This makes it much easier to tell the units apart on a tabletop.
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I don’t care what GW says, my headcanon is that the tallest space marine/custodes tops out at like 250cm. Robert Wadlow built like a power lifter, wearing a tank, is plenty huge without looking too stupid. The primarchs/emo can be like a head taller at most.
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https://www.warhammer-community.com/2023/12/29/warhammer-miniature-of-the-year-2023-brother-vs-brother/?utm_content=minioftheyearresults The results are in, and the top two are about as expected.
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Good thing people in 40k apparently don’t build their hatches and passageways normal people sized or else all these big boys would be pretty owned. Like Blood master Grognark, terminator clad chaos warlord 8ft tall 6 ft wide Lookin pretty foolish when he boards a ship and doesn’t fit in a single hallway.
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That's why terminators teleport everywhere.
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Mr Teatime posted:Good thing people in 40k apparently don’t build their hatches and passageways normal people sized or else all these big boys would be pretty owned. Like Blood master Grognark, terminator clad chaos warlord 8ft tall 6 ft wide Lookin pretty foolish when he boards a ship and doesn’t fit in a single hallway. Naww they just squat down and duckwalk through the whole ship
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Why did you think that firstborn squat like that? It’s from decades or squishing down in doors and corridors. Primaris are just too young to show the effect.
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What do you think chainfists are for
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Tbf they’re probably either walking through purpose-built colossal architecture at peace or just kool-aid manning through everywhere at war.
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Cooked Auto posted:https://www.warhammer-community.com/2023/12/29/warhammer-miniature-of-the-year-2023-brother-vs-brother/?utm_content=minioftheyearresults The Lion is a pretty decent model, but I am surprised it won model of the year. There were a ton of much more interesting and unique models available.
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xtothez posted:I think this is true most of the time, but I will say that the one downside of modern kits is that some are very vulnerable to obviously repeated poses. It doesn't matter so much for the standard troop models where people won't notice the same pair of legs across two groups of five/ten models, but some of the more elite units have an issue. True, but when it does come time to deploy the courage and craft saw, you still benefit from the natural cut points above and below the pauldrons, even with the more-complex poses.  IncredibleIgloo posted:The Lion is a pretty decent model, but I am surprised it won model of the year. There were a ton of much more interesting and unique models available. True, but people love boring marines even if they're boring. It's also the closest thing to an interesting 30K release this year besides that Fulgrim boondoggle.
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The Lion may not be super flashy like a model like Angron or the Norn Emissary is but I think there is something to be said for a simple concept (space knight with big sword and shield) being executed extremely well.
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He's also got Watchers and is essentially a 75mm diorama depicting what 40k is. (Space knights and weird little guys)
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I figured it'd come down to Angron or the Lion this time around. I was honestly surprised to see Farsight rank third. It's not really in the same category as the other two. I assumed the new AoS manticore rider would be up there. I personally voted for the Lion because of how good the face sculpt was. Yeah, the sword is boring and I personally don't like the backpack, but the model is genuinely excellent with a lot of subtle details. Plus, I'm a Dark Angels player so I'm biased as hell.
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Safety Factor posted:I figured it'd come down to Angron or the Lion this time around. I was honestly surprised to see Farsight rank third. It's not really in the same category as the other two. I assumed the new AoS manticore rider would be up there. Was it ever explained why Farsight has the DA tetragrammaton on his armor? I didn't read any of the books surrounding all the campaigns/releases around that time.
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Edgar Allen Ho posted:Tbf they’re probably either walking through purpose-built colossal architecture at peace or just kool-aid manning through everywhere at war. I mean everything in the Imperium is built like a cathedral, huge vaulted ceilings, massive double doors. It probably makes sense if you're 10 feet tall. Back to the original point, it's not just Space Marines that are size=power in the imperium, everything is like that, spaceships, tanks, walkers etc. Like in reality there's a point where size becomes unmanageable/impossible but this is a fictional setting so MAKE IT MOAR BIGGAR.
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I don’t think mini of the year should always just be the Biggest Guy, or Biggest And Most Story Relevant Guy (or lady). Pontifex Zenestra and the Fusil-Major are both more interesting Cities models than Tahlia, and Farsight is a much better sculpt than Angron. I do like the Lion sculpt a lot, so that one might be fair.
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Mini of the Year is heavily skewed by 90% of people voting for their factions big daddy, rather than any sort of technical or esthetic merit.
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Two Beans posted:Was it ever explained why Farsight has the DA tetragrammaton on his armor? I didn't read any of the books surrounding all the campaigns/releases around that time. Hexagrammatic wards are the Tau's only real defense against demons, and they have no idea how or why they work, they just started slapping them on stuff.
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Ashcans posted:Mini of the Year is heavily skewed by 90% of people voting for their factions big daddy, rather than any sort of technical or esthetic merit. This is correct.
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Is the correct way to post images here still to upload them somewhere else (I used Imgur) and embed a timg link? I am a luddite and am on my phone.
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That's how I do it at least
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lion rear end johnson
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Genghis Cohen posted:Is the correct way to post images here still to upload them somewhere else (I used Imgur) and embed a timg link? I am a luddite and am on my phone. There is another way? 
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Genghis Cohen posted:Is the correct way to post images here still to upload them somewhere else (I used Imgur) and embed a timg link? I am a luddite and am on my phone. platinum lets you embed images iirc i don't remember how it works since being punished for QCS crimes
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Shoehead posted:I could honestly do with a few more Ironkin heads per box. One is not enough If I ever build a Votann force I'm gonna have to make so many Ironkin heads
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Cease to Hope posted:platinum lets you embed images iirc Attachment file size limits are so small it can’t handle a photo from a modern phone camera
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Oh yeah, I forgot about attachments. I see them so rarely anyway, probably because of that.
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Improbable Lobster posted:If I ever build a Votann force I'm gonna have to make so many Ironkin heads Apparently people use 6mm plastic BBs or metal ball bearings. Obviously doesn't look the same of course.
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there was a big deal about imgur deleting older files but a goon based alternative never arrived so 
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I use imgbb, which is like imgur but doesn't suck.
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 I've a fully assembled Inquisitorial team that I won't paint until I nail fleshtones and I keep adding weirdos to it. This guy is gonna need a lot of work to get his space helmet to fit the AOS Marshal's helmet holding arm properly..I feel like I had it in play for a second and then the greenstuff shifted a bit and it looks crazy
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I know the feeling, made one somewhat by random earlier with some spare Cadian parts and Enforcer revolver hands that I ended up kind of liking. Going to paint up the body tomorrow. Was going to use Guard pauldrons to cover up the awkward shoulders, only to discover they weren't big enough for the job so I'm just going to let it be.
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Eej posted:Apparently people use 6mm plastic BBs or metal ball bearings. Obviously doesn't look the same of course. You can also make them out of green stuff
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