Games Day Mini 2009

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nightsword

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Anyone any thoughts on this:

GamesDay2009-Miniature.jpg


I can\'t decide if I like it or not.

What are other people\'s views? (on a sidenote, anyone know how the hell they painted it? :eek: )
 
alextheartist

alextheartist

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1st of january, 2nd of january, 3rd of january, 4th of january... the list continues...

For which gamesday out of the 11 of so there are...

Alex
 
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Bill

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Looks pretty good to me, I like how they provided such a big photo. There seems to be loads of cool NMM jobs by \'Eavy Metal cropping up lately!
 
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Cleezy

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Think its quite nice, i just wish they would do a bigger job of the gd mini at times, maybe a nice little diorama instead, some sort of little scene.

Its definitely nicer than last years marine and a good base for a lot of top paintjobs and conversions
 
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ScottRadom

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Originally posted by Cleezy
Think its quite nice, i just wish they would do a bigger job of the gd mini at times, maybe a nice little diorama instead, some sort of little scene.

Its definitely nicer than last years marine and a good base for a lot of top paintjobs and conversions
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I disagree, only from a gamers perspective. It\'s nice to be able to play with the figs. \'Course I won\'t be getting any this year for the first time in about 5 years so that sort of stinks!

Even the Harry the Hammer model, which is awesome, just comes with so much stuff I have to leave out to get the fig down to a gaming size.

But that\'s me.
 
Amazon warrior

Amazon warrior

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Originally posted by nightsword
...(on a sidenote, anyone know how the hell they painted it? :eek: )
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With a brush and some paint? :p

It\'s not a space marine, and that immediately raises the interest level for me. Tis rather funky.
 
MPJ

MPJ

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I don\'t see anything special about it... It\'s nice and all, just not \'special. :drunk:
 
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Mr Scream

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As disappointing as last years maybe more so. Nothing special, I remember back in 97 when I got a lead keyring bolt pistol, now that was cool.
 
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Undave

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It looks like a mini with some character rather than \"just a marine\". Hopefully they\'ll come up with a bit of background and maybe some special rules like they did for Badrukk Eadsplitter.

Whilst the bolt pistol keyring was pretty cool (I somehow ended up with two :twisted: ) the metal was too soft for it to be used as an actual keyring and it was ultimately rather useless in the grand scheme of things. I\'d much rather have a characterful mini that I can incorporate into a game or two.
 
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nightsword

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Originally posted by Amazon warrior
Originally posted by nightsword
...(on a sidenote, anyone know how the hell they painted it? :eek: )
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With a brush and some paint? :p
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Oo the wit, from a woman no less! ;) [just kidding]

I agree that it\'s nice to play with a single fig rather than have a diorama, a keyring sounds cheap to me, i\'d much rather the mini, and it\'s defiantely an improvement on the marine. It reminds me of something that they should have released as a chaos champion.

I\'d have rathered of had a Special Character like Valia or Vilitch or something, make them truly collectors miniature. I will be picking this up though. Head swap and it would be great.
 
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fat lad

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I like it apart from the spiky bit on the top of the head.

The model itself was sculpted by Martin Footit and here\'s a picture of it in white dwarf when it had less horns or spiky bits.

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-T-
 
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Jericho

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Just the other day I was wondering if they were going to ever release that Martin Footit model, it looked really good. This guy would be a welcome addition to my collection, but I would definitely have to do something about his weapon combo. XHW is pretty weak compared to any of the other options, and I\'m not a huge fan of axes anyway. Maybe he could be a sorceror, just change one axe to be a staff?

I wonder why they changed the sculpt though. The cloak got a lot bigger, the helmet and axe got spikier, and they added one more impaled skull to his shoulder. Most of the changes are fine by me, but I wonder why they messed with the lines of the cloak so much. The freehand trim really accentuates that strange line.
 
Dragonsreach

Dragonsreach

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Well to be honest it\'s not the most inspiring figure in the world, but no doubt there will be several high quality versions out.
Looking forward to seeing it as a Khornate warrior.

I wonder if GW would ever consider doing, as Salute does, a separate comp for the previous years Gamesday figure?
Might improve the figure.

:innocent:
 
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War Griffon

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As most people have said already really it is a nice model but...

As soon as I saw it I immediately thought of another model because of the two axe pose.
 
mattsterbenz

mattsterbenz

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Brilliant figure. I remember seeing it posted in White Dwarf a while back (the smaller picture that Fat Lad posted). It will be awesome to get to paint this figure. I\'ll probably have to buy a spare or two (or three) :D

That\'s a good idea Dragonsreach.

-Matt
 
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