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by me_in_japan » Sat Sep 22, 2012 2:22 pm
Its a bit vexing, as I do actually have a CSM army, and if I want to use it I need the codex. However, 6800yen is a ridiculous amount of money. That's 3000 yen more than the exchange rate makes it, which is just rude. I'm going to have to find a way to get a hold of the UK book. That, or give up on my CSM, which would be a shame, as I rather like em. I'm getting sufficiently fed up of being shafted by GW that I'm actually considering just not bothering with 40k anymore. I mean, its not like I actually play it these days anyway...
oh, and having taken a good long look at the new CSM models, I can say:
The daemon engines, all 3 of em, are irredeemably bad. Seriously. Not one of them should have made it out of the concept sketch phase. They look like children's toys. They remind me a lot of the big monstahs from WHFantasy, actually (mooaarr teeth!). The sculpts themselves are not terrible, but the concept behind them is pure crap. Doesnt matter if youve got Michaelangelo sculpting it, if its a stupid idea, its a stupid idea.
The raptors/warp talons are decent models. I still maintain that they look far too generic to be used in a mono-legion army, but in and of themselves theyre ok. I'm curious as to what the difference is in fluff terms between a raptor and a warp talon, and, critically, what my floaty nurgle guys will be proxying as this edition...
the mutilators/old oblits were and still are gash. Of all the models in the old chaos line up these were the worst, and yet GW persist in using them. Worse, they use them as the basis for a new troop type. Horrible sculpts. Horrible.
The aspiring champ I rather like, especially since he's not finecrap. Dynamic pose, nice detail, looks chaosy without being just spikeymarine. Likewise the sorceror. Bit generic for my tastes, but fine for what he is.
The hellsmith is the best of the bunch. The studio paint job does nothing for the mini, but theres a lot of nice detail in the sculpt and with a bit of jiggery pokery he could look quite menacing and scary. The dark apostle is a close second. Nice sculpt, nice pose. Amusingly analogous to the Imperial equivalent.
current (2019) hobby interests
eh, y'know. Stuff, and things
Wow. And then Corona happened. Just....crickets, all the way through to 2023...