Halandaar Posted December 24, 2021 Share Posted December 24, 2021 I voted for the Bladeguard Veterans. I don't know why people don't rave about them more - they are some of the most impressive Veteran Astartes I could have imagined. Mostly because I'm just tired of Marines in general. Bladeguard Veterans are awesome models and absolutely perfect for what I wanted to do with my army so naturally I got the Indomitus Box when it came out, but I really just don't want to see anything Marine anymore at the moment. Agreed. With such well established design elements dictating a lot of how every Marine has to look, an Astartes model needs to be really special to even get close to the design work that's going on in other ranges. Bladeguard are definitely nice models and I bought a bunch, but "nice for a Space Marine" and "best of the year" are a long way apart. To be honest I don't even think they're the best "Veteran Astartes" unit of the year, which I'd give to Sword Brethren. Opinions eh! Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/372691-miniature-of-the-year-2021/page/4/#findComment-5775445 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firedrake Cordova Posted December 24, 2021 Share Posted December 24, 2021 (edited) I went with the new Ork Kommandos. I've been finding some of GW's modern output tending to over-detailed/over-the-top (especially the centre-pieces) and a bit "sterile" - the Kommandos have tonnes of character, and are well-detailed without any of it seeming superfluous or "over the top". As someone who generally prefers the low-fantasy of The Old World to the sci-fi of 40k and high-fantasy of Age of Sigmar, the ven Densts, skeletons, and Cursed City models were right up there for me ... as were the Aeronautica Imperialis Space Marines and Eldar. Edited December 24, 2021 by Firedrake Cordova Akylas, 01RTB01, Lord Marshal and 1 other 4 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/372691-miniature-of-the-year-2021/page/4/#findComment-5775632 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Posted December 31, 2021 Share Posted December 31, 2021 Be'lakor took first place, followed by Duinclaw and Helbrecht in second and third place respectively. Iron Father Ferrum and Special Officer Doofy 2 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/372691-miniature-of-the-year-2021/page/4/#findComment-5778116 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Special Officer Doofy Posted December 31, 2021 Share Posted December 31, 2021 Be'lakor took first place, followed by Duinclaw and Helbrecht in second and third place respectively. As well he should have. Chaos reigns Supreme! techsoldaten and Iron Father Ferrum 2 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/372691-miniature-of-the-year-2021/page/4/#findComment-5778122 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Marshal Posted December 31, 2021 Share Posted December 31, 2021 Be'lakor took first place, followed by Duinclaw and Helbrecht in second and third place respectively. If anyone was surprised by these please raise your hand. Anyone there at the back? No? Alright. Fire Golem, Panzer and Iron Father Ferrum 3 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/372691-miniature-of-the-year-2021/page/4/#findComment-5778127 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Posted December 31, 2021 Share Posted December 31, 2021 Be'lakor winning does mark the first time that a dual-system model has won as well - admittedly, it would be nice to see an exclusively Age of Sigmar kit win next year. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/372691-miniature-of-the-year-2021/page/4/#findComment-5778129 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Special Officer Doofy Posted December 31, 2021 Share Posted December 31, 2021 I don't want an age of sigmar model to win for the sake of an age of sigmar model winning. That's equity not equality, if they want that they should have two separate polls then. skylerboodie, Interrogator Stobz, Iron Father Ferrum and 2 others 5 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/372691-miniature-of-the-year-2021/page/4/#findComment-5778131 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fire Golem Posted December 31, 2021 Share Posted December 31, 2021 (edited) They should be 2 polls anyway, or AoS is never gonna get a look in just through sheer popularity differences (bar meme votes like the crab). I also don’t think an AoS model winning is just ‘for the sake of it’ either, AoS has a lot of excellent models and a lot of creativity that I think 40k is missing atm. Edited December 31, 2021 by fire golem Toxichobbit and Panzer 2 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/372691-miniature-of-the-year-2021/page/4/#findComment-5778134 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Casman Posted December 31, 2021 Share Posted December 31, 2021 Be'lakor winning does mark the first time that a dual-system model has won as well - admittedly, it would be nice to see an exclusively Age of Sigmar kit win next year. Yeah, a lot of the AoS models are real contenders for best mini of the year. In any case, I'm curious to see where GW goes next year. Joe, Fire Golem and Panzer 3 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/372691-miniature-of-the-year-2021/page/4/#findComment-5778135 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Special Officer Doofy Posted December 31, 2021 Share Posted December 31, 2021 (edited) Never said an AoS model winning would only be "for the sake of it", only saying I don't want one to win because it is an AoS model and one hasn't won yet. If an AoS model wins it should be out of merit, not out of a lack of representation. Edited December 31, 2021 by Putrid Choir Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/372691-miniature-of-the-year-2021/page/4/#findComment-5778137 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fire Golem Posted December 31, 2021 Share Posted December 31, 2021 Never said an AoS model winning would only be "for the sake of it", only saying I don't want one to win because it is an AoS model and one hasn't won yet. If an AoS model wins it should be out of merit, not out of a lack of representation. I’m pretty sure Joe wasn’t suggesting one should just win because it’s an AoS model. Khornestar 1 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/372691-miniature-of-the-year-2021/page/4/#findComment-5778139 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Special Officer Doofy Posted December 31, 2021 Share Posted December 31, 2021 (edited) Never said an AoS model winning would only be "for the sake of it", only saying I don't want one to win because it is an AoS model and one hasn't won yet. If an AoS model wins it should be out of merit, not out of a lack of representation.I’m pretty sure Joe wasn’t suggesting one should just win because it’s an AoS model. Really? Because that's how it reads to me: it would be nice to see an exclusively Age of Sigmar kit win next year. We don't even know what the models are for next year, he's saying he hopes an AoS one wins. What if the 40k ones are all great and the AoS ones are all flops? That's AoS winning for the sake of it being AoS. Edited December 31, 2021 by Putrid Choir Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/372691-miniature-of-the-year-2021/page/4/#findComment-5778141 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fire Golem Posted December 31, 2021 Share Posted December 31, 2021 (edited) Yes I’m sure it’s very likely that there will be no AoS models worthy of being mini of the year next year, none at all. It’s fairly obvious what they meant. Edited December 31, 2021 by fire golem Arbedark 1 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/372691-miniature-of-the-year-2021/page/4/#findComment-5778142 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Posted December 31, 2021 Share Posted December 31, 2021 I'd appreciate it if you didn't put words in my mouth, Putrid. As for whether or not the models next year are all "flops" that's entirely subjective - there's many models that have been released over the course of this year that I wasn't particularly fond of that made it onto the article either as special mentions, or as a contender for winning. Notably Morvenn Vahl, Helbrecht and the bloody crab. WrathOfTheLion, Arbedark, Halandaar and 1 other 4 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/372691-miniature-of-the-year-2021/page/4/#findComment-5778143 Share on other sites More sharing options...
WrathOfTheLion Posted December 31, 2021 Share Posted December 31, 2021 Be'lakor made a solid win as a nice centerpiece model. As for the game system, I thought some of the honorable mentions from AoS (Sigvald, Lord Kroak) were much better than Helbrecht at 3rd place for instance. 1ncarnadine, Joe and Castellan Wulfrik 3 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/372691-miniature-of-the-year-2021/page/4/#findComment-5778145 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malakithe Posted December 31, 2021 Share Posted December 31, 2021 Meme or not the krab did take #2. Thats pretty much the collective AoS community coming together right there Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/372691-miniature-of-the-year-2021/page/4/#findComment-5778146 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Posted December 31, 2021 Share Posted December 31, 2021 Meme or not the krab did take #2. Thats pretty much the collective AoS community coming together right there It probaby helped that Warhammer Community themselves were meme'ing people to vote for him on a regular basis. Lord Marshal, Fire Golem, Malakithe and 1 other 4 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/372691-miniature-of-the-year-2021/page/4/#findComment-5778149 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Special Officer Doofy Posted December 31, 2021 Share Posted December 31, 2021 (edited) I'd appreciate it if you didn't put words in my mouth, Putrid. As for whether or not the models next year are all "flops" that's entirely subjective - there's many models that have been released over the course of this year that I wasn't particularly fond of that made it onto the article either as special mentions, or as a contender for winning. Notably Morvenn Vahl, Helbrecht and the bloody crab. Didn't mean to put words in your mouth Joe, sorry. Literally hit the quote button using your exact words then prefaced it with that's how it read to me. Also prefaced the example of the flops with "what if", not "they will be". My original statements never mentioned you or quoted you, fire golem inferred that I thought you meant that and I stated that's how it read to me. Edited December 31, 2021 by Putrid Choir Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/372691-miniature-of-the-year-2021/page/4/#findComment-5778159 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halandaar Posted December 31, 2021 Share Posted December 31, 2021 (edited) The crab placing second (and WHC encouraging people to vote for it) undermines the whole exercise for me. Is it a cool, fun mini? Sure. But it shouldn't be anywhere near the top of a best minis of the year list, it's not even the best Underworlds mini of the year. Be'lakor is a worthy winner though, so there's that I guess. Edited December 31, 2021 by Halandaar Toxichobbit, skylerboodie, Fire Golem and 1 other 4 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/372691-miniature-of-the-year-2021/page/4/#findComment-5778177 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Triszin Posted December 31, 2021 Share Posted December 31, 2021 Crab the best! Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/372691-miniature-of-the-year-2021/page/4/#findComment-5778183 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Rohr Posted December 31, 2021 Share Posted December 31, 2021 The Crab winning second place proves the Reddit and 40K community have an outsized influence on what is considered a ‘good’ model. Glad Be’Lakor won overall. That would’ve been truly ridiculous if the crab beat one of the best miniatures ever made by any company. Son of Sacrifice, Halandaar and 1ncarnadine 3 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/372691-miniature-of-the-year-2021/page/4/#findComment-5778185 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redcomet Posted December 31, 2021 Share Posted December 31, 2021 People are taking this far too seriously techsoldaten, Valkyrion, brother_b and 2 others 5 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/372691-miniature-of-the-year-2021/page/4/#findComment-5778191 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burni Posted December 31, 2021 Share Posted December 31, 2021 Sad the Kommandos didn’t even get a mention, it’s such a great kit and makes the new Boyz kit look pathetic in comparison. evilhomer and Lord Marshal 2 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/372691-miniature-of-the-year-2021/page/4/#findComment-5778202 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Special Officer Doofy Posted December 31, 2021 Share Posted December 31, 2021 Sad the Kommandos didn’t even get a mention, it’s such a great kit and makes the new Boyz kit look pathetic in comparison. They were kind of mentioned: "The latest edition of Kill Team launched with a boxed set packed with new miniatures. The Death Korps of Krieg models edged out the Ork Kommandos in the voting, and we can’t blame you – who can resist carrying a shovel to war?" Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/372691-miniature-of-the-year-2021/page/4/#findComment-5778206 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scribe Posted December 31, 2021 Share Posted December 31, 2021 Chaos once again. That crab thing is just a meme I take it? Iron Father Ferrum 1 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/372691-miniature-of-the-year-2021/page/4/#findComment-5778218 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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