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https://www.warhammer-community.com/2024/03/02/warhammer-world-anniversary-big-meks-get-bigger-in-a-new-ork-codex/





https://www.warhammer-community.com/2024/03/02/warhammer-world-anniversary-a-new-shield-captain-brings-the-heat-for-codex-adeptus-custodes/

 Scottywan82 wrote:
Wait a minute! There are GNOMES in Warhammer Fantasy?!? I've been playing since 1995 and I genuinely have never known that.

I remember the old fantasy RPG (probably enemy within campaign) we met a gnome that tried to introduce paper bills as money currency. Natrually we had a good laugh at this silly con-man since there is no way to make paper as valuable as metal coins.

Love the Gnomes team. Varius animals just add to their awesomeness. The treeman is cool too.

Golden Boy's proportions look like he was designed in a funhouse mirror.

 Lord Damocles wrote:
Golden Boy's proportions look like he was designed in a funhouse mirror.

Yeah. He almost reads like a Dwarf proportionally. Not a great model unfortunately.

 Lord Damocles wrote:
Golden Boy's proportions look like he was designed in a funhouse mirror.

Oh Jesus that's bad. Almost the only thing you want from a custodes character is strong stature. This guy looks so stumpy 😭

Love the mek

Gnomes win for comedy, Darkoath for best reveal

Yeah, banana man look dwarfy, cool spear though.

I love love love the gnome animals.

 Kanluwen wrote:
I love love love the gnome animals.

Same. The sweet little pocupine on their team marker is particularly adorable.

Gnomes win but Big Mek is a second (I am just reading Da Big Dakka novel and am in da tek orky mood).

 Scottywan82 wrote:

 Kanluwen wrote:
I love love love the gnome animals.

Same. The sweet little pocupine on their team marker is particularly adorable.

It's 6am and I already had one person that I paint stuff for texting to say they want the animals done for D&D.

I think this set may be hard to find, lol.

Gnomes? Who had Gnomes?

Absolutely Gnobody.

 Lord Damocles wrote:
Golden Boy's proportions look like he was designed in a funhouse mirror.

I think it's a combination of torso slightly too short, and a really wide cape making his silhouette look dumpy. But the longer I look at it, the stranger it looks. I really can't put my finger on what exactly is wrong with the proportions.

Big Mek looks sick, definitely picking one up.

Those gnomes are fantastic.

 Scottywan82 wrote:

 Kanluwen wrote:
I love love love the gnome animals.

Same. The sweet little pocupine on their team marker is particularly adorable.

Hedgehog. That’s a Hedgehog.

I’d be tempted to swap one of the animals out for a Womble.

Ha ha ha

Gnomes are great

And I'll have to get my hands on the new mek someday, but not paywalled with a second stompa.

 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:

 Scottywan82 wrote:

 Kanluwen wrote:
I love love love the gnome animals.

Same. The sweet little pocupine on their team marker is particularly adorable.

Hedgehog. That’s a Hedgehog.

I’d be tempted to swap one of the animals out for a Womble.

Dammit! I literally waffled between which it was.

Oh gnomes... Thank god we really really needed those since no other company has that.

the issue with the shield captain proportions is that custodes have always been a little wonky in this regard since the range came out just before GW updated the scale. but it's less obvious on the old models because it still "feels" right. they're just standing there, looking big, so even if the legs are a little stumpy, it looks fine. but with a model like this, being in such a dynamic pose that shows off the entire body, it's hard to ignore

Custard looks less wonky with the helmet on.

 xttz wrote:
https://www.warhammer-community.com/2024/03/02/warhammer-world-anniversary-big-meks-get-bigger-in-a-new-ork-codex/

My gut reaction to seeing this was that someone spilled Corvus Belli's Infinity over the Orks accidentally. It reminds me of the larger heavy power armor and lighter manned TAGs from that game... but orkified. I suspect that's probably not a bug but a feature.

I prefer the other head. Orks without big toofy gobs don’t sit quite right with me.

what is an ork doing if he's not yelling. gathering breath for another scream? why would his mouth be shut all the time if he can be screaming in battle. it just doesn't make any sense

Regarding the Shield-Captain, I think the stance is a factor in what people are reacting to. Not sure it'd translate well to 2D photography. I'd like to see it IRL, as I suspect it's going to look better.

 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
Gnomes? Who had Gnomes?

Absolutely Gnobody.

Maybe we did…but they were operating under a Gnome de Guerre?

 StudentOfEtherium wrote:
what is an ork doing if he's not yelling. gathering breath for another scream? why would his mouth be shut all the time if he can be screaming in battle. it just doesn't make any sense

I read the shut gob head as a sign he’s knocked his teef out to pay for some last minute scrap necessary for his toys.


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 Souleater wrote:

 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
Gnomes? Who had Gnomes?

Absolutely Gnobody.

Maybe we did…but they were operating under a Gnome de Guerre?

Boo, Sir. Booooooooo!

Here, have an internet.

Putting out the Gnome Blood Bowl team now to soften up your hearts for the Gnome Army release coming to The Old World.

The Chaos marauders look neat, but they're not trying to pull another [leans forward with eyebrow raised high] Blacktalons box are they? You're not exactly releasing the cast of Friends in miniature form here, it's W+ show, they don't command that high of a price.

 frankelee wrote:
Putting out the Gnome Blood Bowl team now to soften up your hearts for the Gnome Army release coming to The Old World.

The Chaos marauders look neat, but they're not trying to pull another [leans forward with eyebrow raised high] Blacktalons box are they? You're not exactly releasing the cast of Friends in miniature form here, it's W+ show, they don't command that high of a price.

Honestly, I just want the shaman. I’m already working on how to tweak it lol

The Mek model also looks like a miss to me?

Too many clean, appropriately placed, and evenly spaced rivets. A few hodge podge plates that look like they were added later in the design process in a (failed) attempt to make the weapon arms look less clean and factory assembled. The symbols are also cleanly riveted into place as opposed to roughly riveted iron plate with the symbols bashed into them on top of whatever pilfered gubbinz the mek used.

PoorGravitasHandling wrote:
The Mek model also looks like a miss to me?

Too many clean, appropriately placed, and evenly spaced rivets. A few hodge podge plates that look like they were added later in the design process in a (failed) attempt to make the weapon arms look less clean and factory assembled. The symbols are also cleanly riveted into place as opposed to roughly riveted iron plate with the symbols bashed into them on top of whatever pilfered gubbinz the mek used.

Maybe, but it’s the same aesthetic as most recent Ork models. The version with the iron gob looks better than the neo-Kruleboy head. It’s a shame this is all that is coming with the new codex - the Lootas, for instance, are really showing their age.

That Shield Captain is one of the worst WH40k models I’ve seen for a while.