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i'm a little disappointed in the NL Contempter sad.png ..... i think it needed a bit more "Night Lordy-nesss"

Really? It has a big Night Lords emblem, skull-head, skull/head trophies hanging from it, some flayed skin for the final touch, plus it's midnight clad with lightnings painted on it. What else does it need?

My favourite Contemptor is still the Sons of Horus one, but yeah I like these two. And yeah the NL one looks pretty damn NL to me... My only complaint is maybe it's a little obvious, formulaic... 'Skull helm, bat wings and severed heads. Done.'

i'm a little disappointed in the NL Contempter sad.png ..... i think it needed a bit more "Night Lordy-nesss"

Really? It has a big Night Lords emblem, skull-head, skull/head trophies hanging from it, some flayed skin for the final touch, plus it's midnight clad with lightnings painted on it. What else does it need?

I think the thing looks amazing. :)

i'm a little disappointed in the NL Contempter sad.png ..... i think it needed a bit more "Night Lordy-nesss"

Really? It has a big Night Lords emblem, skull-head, skull/head trophies hanging from it, some flayed skin for the final touch, plus it's midnight clad with lightnings painted on it. What else does it need?

How would you make it more Night Lord-y?

My favourite Contemptor is still the Sons of Horus one, but yeah I like these two. And yeah the NL one looks pretty damn NL to me... My only complaint is maybe it's a little obvious, formulaic... 'Skull helm, bat wings and severed heads. Done.'

SoH and Death Guard are my two faves, but again with the NL one, I mean... what else could they do? People are going to expect something to decisively mark it out as Night Lords, but then when they do that, there's one side saying it's TOO Night Lord-y and another saying it's not Night Lord-y enough. I think they problem is that the Night Lords are one of those Legions where everyone has a very different idea of what makes them look like Night Lords.

Me personally, I hated the look of the old Night Lords prior to FW stepping in, with the ridiculous and cartoony bat wings, especially on the helmets.

http://www.games-workshop.com/resources/catalog/product/600x620/99800102022_NightLordsConversionPackNEW01.jpg

How is anyone supposed to take those helmets seriously? They'd make me fall over laughing, not run in terror.

FW took that G-rated Disney villain silliness and cranked up the darkness to something bordering on R-rated. Now, I have my own ideas for my VIII Legion appearance, and I'm generally not a fan of gory trophies on models, but I can't deny that the FW NLs look awesome.

If you wanted to make it more 'Night Lord-y' you could carve some of the runes from Massacre into the more plain panels & paint the covered with gore?

 

 

 

Like the one on this guy's torso:

http://img2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20131019010529/warhammer40k/images/9/9c/NL_Contemptor_1.jpg

 

 

i'm a little disappointed in the NL Contempter sad.png ..... i think it needed a bit more "Night Lordy-nesss"

Really? It has a big Night Lords emblem, skull-head, skull/head trophies hanging from it, some flayed skin for the final touch, plus it's midnight clad with lightnings painted on it. What else does it need?

How would you make it more Night Lord-y?

i suppose i'm pitting it up against the Sons of Horus Contemptor and wished it was that awesome looking. drool.gif

I'm not looking at paint so much. More the detail on the model itself. Yes, it has the Legion symbol and a couple of head, but i feel it needs more. Night Lords are suppose to he terror in the Flesh....literally lol and its for that reason that their ways of warfare and the Legion itself were called into question.

i would add some draping flesh from each shoulder or even skinned faces. Make them look like Purity seals or Oaths but out of flesh. The shoulder itself could have a legion symbol on one side and the Roman Numeral 8. OR even Bother Heinrich's Contemptor idea of having a full torso chained to the shoulder. That could even be on the shin.

All a matter of preference i suppose. tongue.png

 

 

 

i'm a little disappointed in the NL Contempter :( ..... i think it needed a bit more "Night Lordy-nesss"

 

Really? It has a big Night Lords emblem, skull-head, skull/head trophies hanging from it, some flayed skin for the final touch, plus it's midnight clad with lightnings painted on it. What else does it need?

 

How would you make it more Night Lord-y?

 

i suppose i'm pitting it up against the Sons of Horus/Word Bearers Contemptor and wished it was that awesome looking. :drool: 

I'm not looking at paint so much.  More the detail on the model itself.  Yes, it has the Legion symbol and a couple of head, but i feel it needs more. Night Lords are suppose to he terror in the Flesh....literally lol and its for that reason that their ways of warfare and the Legion itself were called into question.  

 

 i would add some drape flesh from each shoulder or even skinned faces. Make them look like Purity seals or Oaths but out of flesh. The shoulder itself could have a legion symbol on one side and the Roman Numeral 8.  OR even Bother Heinrich's Contemptor idea of having a full torso chained to the shoulder. That could even be on the shin. 

 

All a matter of preference i suppose.  :P

Word Bearers contemptor?

i'm a little disappointed in the NL Contempter sad.png ..... i think it needed a bit more "Night Lordy-nesss"

Really? It has a big Night Lords emblem, skull-head, skull/head trophies hanging from it, some flayed skin for the final touch, plus it's midnight clad with lightnings painted on it. What else does it need?

How would you make it more Night Lord-y?

i suppose i'm pitting it up against the Sons of Horus/Word Bearers Contemptor and wished it was that awesome looking. drool.gif

I'm not looking at paint so much. More the detail on the model itself. Yes, it has the Legion symbol and a couple of head, but i feel it needs more. Night Lords are suppose to he terror in the Flesh....literally lol and its for that reason that their ways of warfare and the Legion itself were called into question.

i would add some drape flesh from each shoulder or even skinned faces. Make them look like Purity seals or Oaths but out of flesh. The shoulder itself could have a legion symbol on one side and the Roman Numeral 8. OR even Bother Heinrich's Contemptor idea of having a full torso chained to the shoulder. That could even be on the shin.

All a matter of preference i suppose. tongue.png

Word Bearers contemptor?

i edited my post :P. goofed on that one. was thinking of the Normal Dread lol wallbash.gif

Wow, I am really bummed about the IW contemptor. Between the resin hazard stripes and orky armor? At least the head is cool, but what other contemptor could I possibly stick that head onto sad.png

Even the FW team seems to agree- they gave it silly army poses, two of the images are duplicates, no back view, and they didn't even paint it up. Yup, hard to get crazy about that model.

I actually like the mid-siege repaired armour, and the head is awesome. My only complaint is the premade hazard stripes. But that is really a minor note.

I'm ordering two, with dual Kheres and dual autocannons.

 

Now I just want Perturabo to stand between them.

Yeah, not blown away by the IW contemptor. I really like the head, but the rest of it looks like a bunch of different ideas all got thrown together in one big, jumbled mess. I also agree that the pose they chose to display the model with is... not endearing. In fact, it made me think of this:

 

 

http://i.imgur.com/B0sGB1O.png

At least the Contemptors are reposable.

Us World Eaters are stuck with the Red Butchers and their silly poses. Same goes for the tap-dancing Ashen Circle for the Word Bearers. tongue.png

It worries me what they'll do with the IW torsos and bodies, given this direction with the Contemptor. The old CSM IW bits are what I hoped they would do an homage to... but it looks like Iron Hands got that treatment instead. Instead they are going for the pragmatic battle repaired look (almost exactly the opposite of why I picked that legion in the first place).

This is turning into a rant. Sorry dudes. This is just my first experience with a design retcon that will probably affect me.

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