WH40k game Dante leak

[Aramis K]

Oh I think we'll get a video for lunchtime, probably blaming Vashtorr for corrupting the machines 

Edited March 16, 2023 by Aramis K

[Quantum]

Not a fan. I hate his pose.

It looks like he is delicately landing on his tiptoes after a jump-pack boost (where he somehow flew sideways ), instead of smashing from the heavens onto the ground like a comet; like an proper angel of death.

Edited March 16, 2023 by Quantum

[Halandaar]

6 hours ago, Mumeishi said:

Well thats' a shame for GW's suprise show !! , although if I was revealing an unseen model....I'd have put more effort into painting it nicer... 

 

Honestly I'm pleasantly surprised it didn't just go immediately on eBay

[Karhedron]

I really like the new model. Finally time to retire my original 1996 pewter version. Might try a Sanguinary Guard backpack instead but that is not a big deal.

 

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[shabbadoo]

The detail is good.

 

The pose? A bit undynamic. Imagine taking footage of a really awesome action sequence, and looking at it frame by frame. As you do so, you select a sequence where one awesome action pose transitions through a number of frames to another awesome action pose. Then, you move a few frames to in between either pose to one that is not exactly devoid of dynamism, but is certainly lesser in that regard. This is Dante's pose.

 

I don't loathe the pose, but I'm not a gushing fan. Some very minor reposing would work wonders.

[Xenith]

Looking more at it, the head is a missed opportunity. The Mask is supposed to represent Sanguinius's rage, and that death scream is somehting iconic to the model, and lacking from this model, like you see in this art:

 

 

It just...doesn't look like Sangiunius? Unless the idea is that it's now the Death Mask of Dante after he died when crossing the Rubicon, then was revived or coming back to life? I can see them doing something like that to satisfy both Mephiston's predictions and have a thematic ressurrection for a BA character, and to satisfy Guilliman telling Dante he no longer has to wear his brother's face. 

[lansalt]

The new mask also looks snarling with under-eye wrinkles instead of the classy tragic open mouth mask.

[Ayatollah_of_Rock_n_Rolla]

12 minutes ago, Xenith said:

Looking more at it, the head is a missed opportunity. The Mask is supposed to represent Sanguinius's rage, and that death scream is somehting iconic to the model, and lacking from this model, like you see in this art:

 

 

It just...doesn't look like Sangiunius? Unless the idea is that it's now the Death Mask of Dante after he died when crossing the Rubicon, then was revived or coming back to life? I can see them doing something like that to satisfy both Mephiston's predictions and have a thematic ressurrection for a BA character, and to satisfy Guilliman telling Dante he no longer has to wear his brother's face. 

 

The classic head design is better, but I don't think they would dare to take away the death mask of Sanguinius. However, to go a bit off rails with your "Death Mask of Dante" idea, it would be pretty funny if Dante truly died during Rubicon and someone else took his identity and memories like they used to with Ishidur Ossuros and now we would have immortal "Dante" wearing death mask of his predecessor..

[lansalt]

Technically all marines that cross the Rubicon die for a moment before they're revived with the Belisarian furnace during the process, if I'm not mistaken.

[Lord_Ikka]

Just like Azrael, a good Primaris-fying of a classic model that keeps the original's pose and style while integrating modern Primaris sensibilities. Interesting that someone who could paint as good as we've seen "accidentally" got it early, but maybe strange things occasionally happen...

[Brother Captain Arkley]

13 minutes ago, Lord_Ikka said:

Just like Azrael, a good Primaris-fying of a classic model that keeps the original's pose and style while integrating modern Primaris sensibilities. Interesting that someone who could paint as good as we've seen "accidentally" got it early, but maybe strange things occasionally happen...

 

Stop I can only take so much common sense in one day.

 

As with all Primaris releases some will never be happy unless they too fall to the black rage.

 

[Brother Casman]

The article: https://www.warhammer-community.com/2023/03/16/the-legendary-commander-dante-crosses-the-rubicon-primaris/

[WrathOfTheLion]

Very nice. I personally like that helmet is like an actual mask and not just a Stormcast helmet. I think I'm just not as keen on how they've painted it.

[Robbienw]

Very cool model, minimal Primaris features, nicely done.

[TrawlingCleaner]

I feel bad for the underpaid video editor, artists and social media servitors that put together a cool hype building video that would've been played on stream, only for it to be ruined by robit packers

 

[lansalt]

I like the mini, but the helmet is not good IMO. Maybe it needs a better paintjob to make it closer to the original, but the Death Mask of Sanguinius is too small, the facial expression is not as it should, and the primaris ear flaps are too prominent.

 

[Triszin]

So he's on a 60mm base right?

[Handsome Fred]

Just now, Triszin said:

So he's on a 60mm base right?

 

More like 50mm

[Brother Captain Arkley]

Not sold on the paint job but that might be more I am not a huge fan of NMM.

 

Its amusing seeing him next to the old Sanguinary Guard.

[Quantum]

52 minutes ago, Lord_Ikka said:

Just like Azrael, a good Primaris-fying of a classic model that keeps the original's pose and style while integrating modern Primaris sensibilities.

 

And also Calgar.

 

But in my opinion that do not make these models better. With the primaris Calgar model I already thought that punching the sky like the classic model did not work; on the old model one could get away with a wargaming miniature version of milking the giant cow, but with the increased details and realism of the new model it looked goofy. Azrael was less bad in that regard, but recreating the cliché 'stab the sky' pose made it look uninspired and boring.

 

Dante is the worst of the bunch; it looks like GW wanted to use his classic pose in a dynamic situation (landing from a jump, I reckon) and the two just do not work together.

[Fire Golem]

I’m still not sure on the mask and how it looks like a relatively small mask slapped over the front of a helmet, but I like the rest of the model. 

[Blindhamster]

4 minutes ago, Quantum said:

 

And also Calgar.

 

But in my opinion that do not make these models better. With the primaris Calgar model I already thought that punching the sky like the classic model did not work; on the old model one could get away with a wargaming miniature version of milking the giant cow, but with the increased details and realism of the new model it looked goofy. Azrael was less bad in that regard, but recreating the cliché 'stab the sky' pose made it look uninspired and boring.

 

Dante is the worst of the bunch; it looks like GW wanted to use his classic pose in a dynamic situation (landing from a jump, I reckon) and the two just do not work together.

 

to me, the pose is excellent, but it shows that it’s in the eye of the beholder

[darkhorse0607]

I'm hoping the old Dante head doesn't look too small when put on this one because I definitely think that swap will happen, I also plan to swap out the base. I'm ok with the pose, but I think that it would have benefited from having not a pointy tactical rock, but maybe a tactical brick instead so that his leap to the side doesn't look as weird like he climbed on the top of the pointy rock and jumped, but just side stepped and hit the jump pack

[Karhedron]

I will probably not bother attempting NMM on my one as all my attempts have been very disappointing (see my old Dante). I will go for Retributor armour as I did on my Sanguinor. 

[Lysimachus]

With better pics, I don't mind the mask and the jump pack actually has some nice little details that reflect his old version.

Edited March 16, 2023 by Lysimachus