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Another great model!

 lord_blackfang wrote:
It's lucky that enough random nameless Marines are just as big as he is so that he was able to scrounge up a full suit of Mk5 in his exact size from battlefield debris.

To small power armour pants would probably be as bad as butchers nails for temper and anger issues.

That is a proper blackshield! Love how battered they made him look. The detail like the worn down boot plate and the cracked pauldron are excellent.

Perhaps another hint of forthcoming plastic MKV?

The switch to cubic bonding studs instead of spherical may have been done for the purposes of easing plastic manufacture on forthcoming models. Linking MkV to Blackshields with a book that promises rules for Blackshields around the corner is potentially another clue.

Dont like the damage. other wise its a nice pose

Yeah, the damage is a bit cartoonishly exaggerated/dramatic at points but I like the model a lot, could easily imagine using it for another character in my collection with a little modification.

chaos0xomega wrote:
Perhaps another hint of forthcoming plastic MKV?

The switch to cubic bonding studs instead of spherical may have been done for the purposes of easing plastic manufacture on forthcoming models. Linking MkV to Blackshields with a book that promises rules for Blackshields around the corner is potentially another clue.

Why should angular studs be easier to cast than round? It's rather the opposite.

Whatever - nice model (and I like the damage). A bit more complex to drill the barrel of the pistol though...

I'd expect a MK4 revamp before a MK 5 kit.

seeing this model makes me wonder if HH legions gets stuff to work their art around prior to release.

 GaroRobe wrote:
He looks…big?

Maybe it’s the paint job but something seems a bit off with him. He’s got a third party model feel to him

I think it’s because of how big he looks. Like one of those 3d printed true scale models

If I recall correctly, the lore is that he was undergoing the gene mods to become a thunder warrior of the twelfth legion before being diverted to the astartes program. So he had already been modified to be large before becoming an astartes, which carried over. He was part of the twelth before it was called the War Hounds, let alone the World Eaters. So yeah he's supposed to be massive.

Nice model and all (I particularly like the worn out tread on his boots), but that archeotech pistol is just a lazy cop-out. I know Votann tech would probably qualify as Archeotech as far the Imperium is concerned, but to me it just looks like a half arsed weapon swap.

I think this model is pretty good, although he's a bit cartoony (his pose and bulkiness are very Hulk-like). It would be quite difficult to replicate this level of damage on plastic Marines if you wanted a unit with the same aesthetic. It's easy to carve chunks out of Marines, but much harder to reproduce 'realistic' heavy battle damage with exposed internal components. I'm not normally one to say this, but while the recent FW scultps for HH have been really good, GW has a real problem supplying them. The SoH Chamption is still unavailable, and I am sure that the Apothecaries they showed off a little while ago will sell out instantly. Even basic FW upgrades like replacement heads tend to be out of stock.

 Dryaktylus wrote:

chaos0xomega wrote:
Perhaps another hint of forthcoming plastic MKV?

The switch to cubic bonding studs instead of spherical may have been done for the purposes of easing plastic manufacture on forthcoming models. Linking MkV to Blackshields with a book that promises rules for Blackshields around the corner is potentially another clue.

Why should angular studs be easier to cast than round? It's rather the opposite.

Whatever - nice model (and I like the damage). A bit more complex to drill the barrel of the pistol though...

Au contraire. The draft angles needed to make a spherical stud work are obvious and stick out like a sore thumb. It's easier to hide them with an angular stud.

chaos0xomega wrote:

 Dryaktylus wrote:

chaos0xomega wrote:
Perhaps another hint of forthcoming plastic MKV?

The switch to cubic bonding studs instead of spherical may have been done for the purposes of easing plastic manufacture on forthcoming models. Linking MkV to Blackshields with a book that promises rules for Blackshields around the corner is potentially another clue.

Why should angular studs be easier to cast than round? It's rather the opposite.

Whatever - nice model (and I like the damage). A bit more complex to drill the barrel of the pistol though...

Au contraire. The draft angles needed to make a spherical stud work are obvious and stick out like a sore thumb. It's easier to hide them with an angular stud.

Not really, if you have the right mould and the right material. I mean, GW had those studs in their very first Marine kit. And I really can't follow you... 'sore thumb'? While Injection moulding is my job I don't know that much about traditional casting procedures, but I guess that's not the point. These 'Pimples' aren't difficult to cast, and with GW using PS they could produce every surface they want.

 Dryaktylus wrote:
Not really, if you have the right mould and the right material. I mean, GW had those studs in their very first Marine kit. And I really can't follow you... 'sore thumb'? While Injection moulding is my job I don't know that much about traditional casting procedures, but I guess that's not the point. These 'Pimples' aren't difficult to cast, and with GW using PS they could produce every surface they want.

Yeah, I didn't really follow that point either. I don't see any problem for GW in producing plastic Mk V Marines. They will likely need more parts in order to get properly moulded studs, but they've already done this kind of thing on other models (like the jetbike riders).

Right away I was hit by the mismatch of his heavily damage armor and lack of a helmet?

So all these powerful shots hit his shoulder pads and messed them up, but missed his head?

OK I know it's supposed to be salvaged and scrounged armor but looking at the model my feeling is he really needs a damaged and dented helmet.

Maybe the helmet absorbed one of the hits, and is lying in pieces just outside his base. Or this is someone else's armour and their helmet was unusable.

Snord has it right I think. Helmet probably served it's purpose, and as as World Eater he's too pissed off to stop and grab another one.

He might also have an alternate head we haven't seen yet.

 Dryaktylus wrote:

I mean, GW had those studs in their very first Marine kit.

They looked awful though, the ones away from the centre of the shoulder pad had massive undercuts so you really had to paint where the stud should be rather than where it was for it look even half way decent.

For Mk.V they'd almost certainly need to splitting a lot of the panels in two to get decent looking studs (and people already complained about the single shoulder pad like that for the Mk.VI). Another option might be to reduce the stud coverage so that they only appeared in places where it allowed the part to be moulded in one piece, but that would probably look a bit odd (and people would complain). Another option might be to cast them in solid gold and give them away for free (but people would complain).

 Kid_Kyoto wrote:


Right away I was hit by the mismatch of his heavily damage armor and lack of a helmet?

So all these powerful shots hit his shoulder pads and messed them up, but missed his head?

OK I know it's supposed to be salvaged and scrounged armor but looking at the model my feeling is he really needs a damaged and dented helmet.

In all his art his face is held together with staples so he's definitely been hit in the face a few times

The mini’s face is also covered in staples and badly healed wounds. Just, y’know, not in the middle of the forehead.

Sunday Preview – The Dark Angels Prepare to Mobilise

The Siege Breaker Consul is up for pre-order next weekend. That's a quick turnaround.

They forgot about the apothecaries...

 Kothra wrote:
They forgot about the apothecaries...

And the Blood Angels Upgrades, the Dark Emissary, the White Scars Stormseer...

 Kothra wrote:
They forgot about the apothecaries...

They forgot about releasing the Wildercorps and Ogor Gorgers too.

Don't feel bad.

Plastic Basilisk and Medusa with sculpted interior and crew!
https://www.warhammer-community.com/2024/02/22/heresy-thursday-artillery-of-the-solar-auxilia/

Very nice! I like the interior detailing as well, something I enjoy

Well crap. Now my interest is piqued again.

Very nice.


They're both useless in game, right?

Always liked the fully enclosed SA artillery design.