New Beastmen

[Sticks]

The following is a copied convo between myself and Kilroy's Boots (with curse words starred out for all you sensitive folk):

carl: new Razorgor, a beastman unit... just looks... unique.
carl: http://www.warseer.com/forums/attachmen ... 1262701027
dylan: LOL... ummm...
dylan: Should be called PorcuGor!
carl: Should be called ****.
dylan: Or ***Gor?
carl: y
dylan: SlaaneshPleasingGor?
dylan: SlaaneshiSaddle?
carl: Nope. I-gots-no-taste-gor
dylan: Yeeehaw! Ride 'em, Sigvald!
carl: Or: I-think-my-customers-are-idiots-gor
carl: basically the consensus is that all the beast models suck.
dylan: Or, Our-Sculptors-Quit-So-We-Took-A-Spare-Boar-And-Slapped-On-Chaos-Spawn-Spikes
carl: ha
dylan: That is ****ing horrible! I would say congrats to that if some kid showed me that as his first conversion and I'd be serious; but not for something that is supposed to pass as a product you are expected to pay for.
carl is typing a message.
carl: yup

[Sticks]

Whoops, this was meant to go in News and Rumours. Please move it there.

[Gub]

The new minotaur faces look like someone took the skin off a cow's head. Without the coolness.

[WuZhuiQiu]

It looks like a still from some low-budget computer animation. In a way, it almost is, since I understand that they use computers to design them these days...

[Feor]

Oh, it doesn't look THAT bad. It's a horrible quality picture to start with, at an angle that robs it of alot of details you can just see hinted at along it's flanks. I don't think it's going to be the nicest model GW's ever produced, but it's not a crime against humanity or anything.

Also, you seem to have been moved to the wrong news & rumors forum, unless the beastman announcement includes something about the Lost and the Damned...

[Henshini]

Well the new minotaurs would make excellent bases for ogryns, does that count?

[WuZhuiQiu]

The razorgor is being called a "pumbagor" on the herdstone, and they're generally devoted players of beastmen...

[Kilroy's Boots]

Oh, it doesn't look THAT bad. It's a horrible quality picture to start with, at an angle that robs it of alot of details you can just see hinted at along it's flanks. I don't think it's going to be the nicest model GW's ever produced, but it's not a crime against humanity or anything.

Also, you seem to have been moved to the wrong news & rumors forum, unless the beastman announcement includes something about the Lost and the Damned...

Yes, it does look that bad. The model isn't a crime against humanity... charging money for it is.

[Feor]

Here's a painted picture of it now that Beastmen are up for pre-order:
http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/catal ... rod460002a

See, not that bad. The concept got some issues to start with, but the execution of the model is decent. One thing to remember is this is on a 50mm base, so that's monster sized.

[WuZhuiQiu]

It still looks cartoony, and has some sharpish edges that betray CAD design, rather than sculpting by hand. I'm going to pass on that model.