A blast from the past

[cheddarmonger]

Very well, "gixers"  :icon_razz: - deep shading, very pronounced contrasts between light and dark producing very solid, 3d effect; Cheddar - bright colours, shading not as deep or as blended as Matt's but good harmonious colour schemes, sometimes converted, perhaps a little whacky; Wristy - subtle, natural tones, attention paid to flesh tones, inventive combinations of miniatures, often monstrous.

That's on the spot, off the top of me head wittering.

Somehow I missed this post.  Thanks for those observations!  I do see myself as harmonious and whacky!

[Keeper]

For those few of you who are interested, I've posted some more of my Rainbow Warrior force in my Cheddarmonger's gallery:

[Fabian]

The days when orks was orks and space marines weren't 8ft tall superhuman aryan wet dreams.

[Baldemyr]

As a Space Marine fan-the newer minis the better I must simply say:


"Ouch"

[Keeper]

As a Space Marine fan-the newer minis the better I must simply say:

"Ouch"

Whilst I have a lot of nostalgia assiociated with these guys, I can't really disagree with you.  :shrug:

BTW, is that "Ouch! My eyes!" for the paint scheme, or "Ouch" in general at the sculpts? Or both? :D

I could use the same colour scheme on some new marines, if you prefer  :icon_twisted:

[Baldemyr]

Lol..NO NO NO.  Its "ouch" in regards to the comments about Space Marines.

I WANT them 8 feet tall...I WANT them superhuman....I certainly dont desire them as Aryan (even with my SpaceWolf army(germanic-not Aryan damnit-lol) wet dreams.  Im strictly a ladies man/space marine fanboy(note my sig picture) .


Your paint jobs are great (with the one exception being the gloss..but you know that already).

[Fabian]

Hehe I suppose I'm more of a Rogue Trader fan, in which it was their training, indoctrination and a few implants that made them the 'special forces' of the Imperium, and where the sculpts were a bit more cartoony and exaggerated. Each to their own, heretic.  :icon_razz:

[Baldemyr]

I actually still have those origional RT era beakymarines.



  To be honest, I love everything RT era EXCEPT the marines.  Funny eh?  I run a W40k campaign where one major bad guy is a rogue Imperial Army commander and his Zoat bodyguard(it confuses young GW fanatics).  The monolithic scale of RT was better IMO to what is produced now.

  Except for the marines lol.  I see the marines now as one of the two only logical extensions of the 40k universe from RT days.  The re-casting of Marine from Sardukar/psychopath(which still exists in the lore of some chapters) to a scifi superhuman held in check by ancient oaths and a battle brother mentality is awesome(along with the religious rift formed by their ancestor worship vs the Imperial cult).  The other cool thing that has "advanced" from RT days are the Adeptus Sororitas(from Sister Sin).  Other then these two things-I would go back to the old days ANY TIME.


  Necrons and Tau?  Makes me want to vomit. :icon_sick:

[Keeper]

I WANT them 8 feet tall...I WANT them superhuman....I certainly dont desire them as Aryan (even with my SpaceWolf army(germanic-not Aryan damnit-lol) wet dreams.  Im strictly a ladies man/space marine fanboy(note my sig picture) .

I totally agree with all you say here.  I guess that is why I've been drifting towards Hasslefree over the last couple of years.  Much more available there for those of us who like the ladies :)

Space Marines still hold that unfulfilled niche of "I want to be a soldier when I grow up", though.

Your paint jobs are great (with the one exception being the gloss..but you know that already).

Stop it already!  :icon_redface:  I posted them to show my exuberant teenage painting: the stuff we all normally just keep hidden in the cupboard, or just sell off.

[Fabian]

Sardaukar - those are the fellas... couldn't remember the name!

I like all incarnations of the Eldar, from their early pirate days to their current form (except for the Dark Eldar who had a rubbish concept and several terrible sculpts) and despite myself, I rather like the Tau. A match-up between RT era nut-job marines with needlers and shuriken catapaults and Tau would be hilarious, like slamming death metal against Japlish pop.

[Baldemyr]

The Dark Eldar are terrible.  "LOOK AT US-WE ARE EVIL.  LOOK LOOK.  EEEEVIIIILLLL. LOOK. IM PUNCHING A BABY"

Yeah.  Whatever you goddamn Emo. 


   The Tau are good if you ignore their battlesuits.  They really look silly with the simple triangular shaped bodies.

[Fabian]

LOL! And also don't forget "Ooo we lurve pain! I really enjoy whips and spikes and stuff! We're so edgy!" Chris Fitzpatrick's sculpts are good, but Gary Morley's sadly are not. Strange considering I think his Wood Elves are the nuts.

[Keeper]

Sardaukar - those are the fellas... couldn't remember the name!

Not as hard as the Zensunni Fremen, though  :geek:

I like all incarnations of the Eldar, from their early pirate days to their current form

For reasons I can't quite remember, I picked up a copy of this month's White Dwarf for the first time in about two years, and I was really quite impressed with the new Harlequins.  For me, they seem to have managed to keep the flavour of the old minis, whilst updating them successfully.  Am I losing it?  Or have GW actually managed to produce something I want to buy again?

http://uk.games-workshop.com/storefront/store.uk?do=Individual&code=99110104113&orignav=10

[Baldemyr]

Yeah-those are some nice sculpts...although ive been told that some of the origionals were so good they werent changed-but since I gave all mine away I have no way to check :(

[Keeper]

The originals are so good I've never been able to part with mine! :)