Lamenter 40K Posted October 23, 2012 Share Posted October 23, 2012 With the new Chaos Marine codex it's got me thinking of doing an army that I've wanted to do for a long time, a Nurgle themed Marine/Daemon list. I really dig the Forgeworld model but came across this while browsing through Kickstarter (damn that site, I've spent a ton of money on there in the last few months). What do you guys think? It's kinda tall and I'm not sure how tall the Forgeworld model is (haven't seen one in real life). When I saw this though I instantly thought of the Soul Drinkers novel Phalanx. In the novel the ship is overrun with daemons and the Imperial Fists have to grudgingly side with the Soul Drinkers to fight off a horde. There's a greater daemon that's described that seems to match this model (not sure if it was the inspiration or not). I'm not affiliated with Scary Beard Productions or Adam Richards (the company and guy doing the Kickstarter). I don't want anything to think I'm a shill for the company. I just thought it was a pretty cool model and wanted some opinions on it. Here's a link for the Kickstarter page: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/188907...chaos-miniature Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Master of fact Posted October 23, 2012 Share Posted October 23, 2012 It's nice but I prefer my nurgle demons to have a jovial menacing look to them. More options are always a good thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Circus Nurgling Posted October 23, 2012 Share Posted October 23, 2012 I'm pretty sure that was a ginormous spawn that overran the ship. Cool model, but not detailed enough to pay money for imo. Tentacles like that are super easy to do. Skin is way to smooth etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lamenter 40K Posted October 23, 2012 Author Share Posted October 23, 2012 I hear you. I'm not that great of a sculptor and I'm a big fan of squids and octopi so this model really struck me as cool. If I had a complaint it's with the face. I don't like the bloated chin. That's just a personal thing and doesn't stop me from liking it overall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaeron Posted October 23, 2012 Share Posted October 23, 2012 I actually really like it! I wonder what it would retail at though... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lamenter 40K Posted October 24, 2012 Author Share Posted October 24, 2012 The Forgeworld Nurgle Greater Daemon model is $166.50 roughly plus shipping. This one is $90 with free shipping. I imagine it could retail in the $120 range and stay competitive. I have seen third party stuff that costs more than GW stuff, but that seems silly to me. Third party stuff should be a cheaper alternative than official stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaeron Posted October 24, 2012 Share Posted October 24, 2012 Depends on quality etc. - if they're still casting in good resin, looks good and people buy it.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay Taint Posted October 24, 2012 Share Posted October 24, 2012 I like it. I'm not perfectly sure about its face, but I really like it. I'd like to know the actual size of it though ... and I think 90 bucks is quite a bit of money, although I respect that they might not be able to sell it off for less at this stage. I find the pillars more intriguing though. I'll seriously consider to get like 6 of them when the sculpting has been done. Cheers, JT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lamenter 40K Posted October 24, 2012 Author Share Posted October 24, 2012 Sculpting is done. And the kickstarter page says its 8" tall. So it's massive. He has a picture on his Facebook during a game of 40k and it looked impressive. I agree on the face though. I think it's the chin I'm not super thrilled with. It's not enough for me to say no, but there's a little something I can't put my finger on. Not a game breaker though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Circus Nurgling Posted October 24, 2012 Share Posted October 24, 2012 At that size I'm tempted to say it's unusable in a standard game. That's twice as big as FWs GUO, and FWs is supposed to be for Apocalypse games as a gargantuan creature. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lamenter 40K Posted October 24, 2012 Author Share Posted October 24, 2012 I can see your point, but I do think the 8" includes the measurement to the top of the axe which it is holding above it's head. It looks to be about 2" higher than the top of the head. So perhaps 6", 2" taller than the FW model. That doesn't seem so bad. I can't see the extra difference making much impact in a friendly game. Probably not something you would want to bring to a tournament if that concerns you though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Circus Nurgling Posted October 24, 2012 Share Posted October 24, 2012 Yeah, that's true. And the legs raise it up a bit as well, so body mass is probably similar to the FW one. I'm still bothered by the odd proportions and lack of texturing on the skin... I bought the ultraforge one a while back, so I'm not in the market for one anyhow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lamenter 40K Posted October 25, 2012 Author Share Posted October 25, 2012 Cool on the ultraforge model. I love octupi and squid so the tentacles on this really make me like it. The similarity to the description in Phalanx is cool too. To each their own. :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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