New GW Giant

Originally posted by vincegamer
Just looked at the sprues and I must say I like that you can give him hooves and a horned head.

Where did you see the sprues? I didnt see an image or a link anywhere..did I miss something?
 

Klute

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Sprues


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KingM

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The cloven feet and horned head are for making it into a giant for Beasts of Chaos armies. So I assume the third head is more standard, like the more traditional looking giants that are in Orc and Goblin armies
 

vincegamer

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there\'s 4 heads.
2 in the upper left, including the one shown on the box, and 2 in the upper right, including the horned head.

Frankly the unhorned heads look pretty dull to me.
 

MarkusTay

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I don\'t like the standard pose, but with all those bits he\'s just chock full of potential. If any of you read old folklore (Celtic), the giants were almost always described as \'mishapen\', so I think this definately qualifies as a giant of \'mythic\' proportions (pun intended). ;)

Anja, incredible paintjob, VERY photo-realistic. A great paintjob goes a long way in making even a \'crappy\' model look sweet, and the \'eavy metal guys are lucky to have you.

I think we\'ll all change our minds over the coming months as we start to see conversions of this pop up in the gallery; can you imagine what Scribor can do with this much real-estate? :D
 

Dedwrekka

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Originally posted by Klute
I think my point about anatomy for a giant is who is to say what is right and what is wrong.
Same for all fantasy stuff really.
It\'s a general anatomy thing though. I can understand it being fat, but when something gets fat, it doesn\'t just hang around the gut area. Generaly you see some fat around the arms and legs area too. I love the paint job (And not just because it was done by one of us), but the proportions just throw me off.

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I\'m still probably going to get him and maybe the excessory sprue a few times too :Dlol:D

I\'ve been looking for good conversion potential, and this guy is it!
 

Trevor

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Well, I can promise you it\'s not painted in photoshop. And I know because I painted it.

In which case its a massive compliment that you can paint so smooth it makes me think its been photoshopped... yeah thats it...

runs off to hide...

Seriously, for me its a bit too clean, I like things like this gribbly, but then we know you don\'t have full freedom in the HM team.

That accesory sprue is wicked, love the cloven feet. Whilst I still don\'t like the basic mini, the extras really sell this, its gonna be awesome for the converters out there.
 

StarFyre

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well...

after seeing the new FW giant (the one holding the lever of a trebuchet), can\'t get into this GW one, other than the fact that it has many parts so you can use it for multiple armies easily and mod it).

Sanjay
 

Neil H

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I have to admit I think its way too small, I saw a resin of it a number of months ago & it just didn\'t appeal.
The spares on the sprue are of more interest.

Can\'t wait for the new Orc Wyvern though!

Neil
 

emopainterguy

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I quite like that new giant. Alot of potential in it. Tons of extra bits too. The pose really isnt that bad at all... The only thing that catches my attention is that the base doesnt look like its the standard 50x50 base to me. It\'s too bad I already have a giant for my orcs, and I can\'t see any reason to get this new one...
 

KingM

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Good point about the base size, if I had to guess, I\'d say it was 50x75mm. Which is weird since nothing else GW produces has that size of base, the only other non-square Warhammer bases are the 50x25 cavalry bases and the 50x100 Chariot bases
 

Brokenblade

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Looks a bit in between the cavalary and chariot sized bases, im guessing they have stretched the size of the base to just support the model, it would probably fall considering the pose if it was on a 50x50 base.
 
Here\'s another picture of it without all the bells and whistles of the preview pic

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theres more pics of the giant here its shows some of the different combos for making him
 

KingM

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Looks a bit in between the cavalary and chariot sized bases, im guessing they have stretched the size of the base to just support the model, it would probably fall considering the pose if it was on a 50x50 base.

I\'m not so sure it would, it is all plastic afterall, and most of it is hollowed out


I quite like the \'normal\' head from the pics on that page. Something doesn\'t look right about the horned one though - the hooved feet look good, but I think it needs to be hairier or something lol

Incidentally, I like the ones where they have given the skin more \'texture\', breaks up the large areas of flat skin and looks more realistic
 
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sebrushworth

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Originally posted by QuietiManes
Yeah, I have to agree with the dislike of the gut sentiment. What\'s with GW and their fat arsed figs lately?

Maybe the design team use their own bodies for inspiration lol
 

Dr Death

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I agree with everyone who says the sprues have potential- alot of potential. No longer will you have to scrape about trying to find money for skeleton sprues just to get the single arrow- now we have about 12 of the bastards on one sprue:D!

Personally though, the look of the Giant isnt my cup of tea, personally i like my giants chunky and i thought the 6th ed one was sheer class, if not the most ambitious of poses, i never really was a fan of the \"Albion\" look skinny giants.

That said, the sheer amount of options i think will make this a very popular conversion kit.

Dr Death
 

Dr Death

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I agree with everyone who says the sprues have potential- alot of potential. No longer will you have to scrape about trying to find money for skeleton sprues just to get the single arrow- now we have about 12 of the bastards on one sprue:D!

Personally though, the look of the Giant isnt my cup of tea, personally i like my giants chunky and i thought the 6th ed one was sheer class, if not the most ambitious of poses, i never really was a fan of the \"Albion\" look skinny giants.

That said, the sheer amount of options i think will make this a very popular conversion kit.

Dr Death
 
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