Waaagh? Posted December 31, 2024 Share Posted December 31, 2024 You know it's been a rough year for 40k when an upgrade kit for existing models wins! Dark Shepherd, LSM and divad8 1 2 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/384751-miniature-of-the-year-2024/page/3/#findComment-6084109 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waaagh? Posted December 31, 2024 Share Posted December 31, 2024 1 hour ago, System Sound said: 3rd place goes to minis that aren't even for sale... No wonder I forgot they existed... The DA Inner Circle? They've been on sale all year though. ZeroWolf, System Sound and crimsondave 2 1 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/384751-miniature-of-the-year-2024/page/3/#findComment-6084110 Share on other sites More sharing options...
crimsondave Posted December 31, 2024 Share Posted December 31, 2024 I voted for Asmodai, but I’m not disappointed. Ave Dominus Nox. Dark Shepherd 1 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/384751-miniature-of-the-year-2024/page/3/#findComment-6084111 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZeroWolf Posted December 31, 2024 Share Posted December 31, 2024 1 hour ago, Waaagh? said: The DA Inner Circle? They've been on sale all year though. I checked to see if it was a joke on them being out of stock on the website but they're there. Maybe they meant 2nd place with the anniversary model not being available? Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/384751-miniature-of-the-year-2024/page/3/#findComment-6084130 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Shepherd Posted December 31, 2024 Share Posted December 31, 2024 #Justice4Ratlings Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/384751-miniature-of-the-year-2024/page/3/#findComment-6084136 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agramar_The_Luna_Wolf Posted December 31, 2024 Share Posted December 31, 2024 Well, a bit disappointed with W40K I must say,but not much. It was quite predictable seen the last releases. Anyway, make BMoY an upgrade sprue still annoyed me. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/384751-miniature-of-the-year-2024/page/3/#findComment-6084157 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Loss Posted December 31, 2024 Share Posted December 31, 2024 Bit surprised by a CSM upgrade kit winning 40k miniature of the year, but a win for chaos is a win for chaos Agramar_The_Luna_Wolf, WrathOfTheLion and Antarius 2 1 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/384751-miniature-of-the-year-2024/page/3/#findComment-6084163 Share on other sites More sharing options...
dienekes96 Posted December 31, 2024 Share Posted December 31, 2024 I don’t mean to whine or gripe…but what a weak year for 40K. I looked at 2023 for comparison, and even ignoring the two Primarchs, their entire list stomps all 5 of the 2024 choices (the Ratling snipers aren’t bad). Farsight, better. Deathleaper, way better. Anyways, seriously mediocre year. 2025 is already markedly better, with the Death Korps and Phoenix Lords on the way. divad8 1 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/384751-miniature-of-the-year-2024/page/3/#findComment-6084166 Share on other sites More sharing options...
System Sound Posted December 31, 2024 Share Posted December 31, 2024 3 hours ago, Waaagh? said: The DA Inner Circle? They've been on sale all year though. I'm dumb. It didn't show up on the German site for some reason... Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/384751-miniature-of-the-year-2024/page/3/#findComment-6084167 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flaherty Posted December 31, 2024 Share Posted December 31, 2024 I hope 2025 is the year of the upgrade sprue. I wish they were even bigger, but if they could roll out similar treatments for all the non-aligned chaos legions, and the non-divergent chapters, I'll be a very happy camper. Primaris-ization is almost complete, now its time to max out the unique flavor of the chapters. zarkkarn, Dalmyth and sitnam 3 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/384751-miniature-of-the-year-2024/page/3/#findComment-6084169 Share on other sites More sharing options...
skylerboodie Posted December 31, 2024 Share Posted December 31, 2024 Forge World Fulgrim model should've been made available to vote for this year as was absent from last year's vote options Ming the Merciless, 01RTB01, Tymell and 2 others 5 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/384751-miniature-of-the-year-2024/page/3/#findComment-6084172 Share on other sites More sharing options...
grailkeeper Posted December 31, 2024 Share Posted December 31, 2024 There was a post here a while ago saying rhe sculptor of those Night Lords was told to tone them down. I wonder how they looked before? Dark Shepherd and zarkkarn 1 1 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/384751-miniature-of-the-year-2024/page/3/#findComment-6084173 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magos Takatus Posted December 31, 2024 Share Posted December 31, 2024 3 minutes ago, grailkeeper said: There was a post here a while ago saying rhe sculptor of those Night Lords was told to tone them down. I wonder how they looked before? The winged helmets were probably so ridiculously oversized that the models fell over. crimsondave 1 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/384751-miniature-of-the-year-2024/page/3/#findComment-6084174 Share on other sites More sharing options...
No Foes Remain Posted December 31, 2024 Share Posted December 31, 2024 Looking at 40k models vs AoS, kinda glad they split it up to 40k, AoS and Specialist Games. 40k's stuff was kinda naff this year, and I do think upgrade kits (which there were quite a few of for the 40k and Specialist games) shouldn't have been on there. As nice as the Night Lords were, at their core they were the CSM squad with a extra sprue. AoS had some rocking models though I threw my vote(s) behind the new Reclusians and the Griffon Lord (love me some Griffons, no matter the spelling). 40k, I voted for the Inner Circle because out of the very poor list they were the only ones that stood out to me. For specialists I'm glad the TS and AL models were on there as I quite liked them and if they could only stay instock long enough for me to buy them then I would. ZeroWolf, ThaneOfTas and sitnam 3 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/384751-miniature-of-the-year-2024/page/3/#findComment-6084176 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Castellan Wulfrik Posted January 1 Share Posted January 1 Yeah, as harsh as it is on the designer of the Night Lords upgrade sprue who did a good job I don't think it's a crazy take to say it shouldn't have been an option, and I've no idea why anyone would vote for what is a pretty limited upgrade sprue for game of the year. Two of the other most highly rated models being limited editions, one being a very popular undersupplied model in the Celestian is very unfortunate. The Steel Rook also being one of the best miniatures of the year being nigh on impossible to get is another tragedy, I just hate how they're dealing with these limited releases. With the 'Others' the lack of the gnome team being in the top 10 is madness, that was my overall pick for miniature of the year. I suspect it's due to them having a weird name, I had to google what they were actually called when voting as they didn't have anything labelling them as the gnomes blood bowl team on the choice list. Zoatibix 1 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/384751-miniature-of-the-year-2024/page/3/#findComment-6084251 Share on other sites More sharing options...
zarkkarn Posted January 1 Share Posted January 1 1 hour ago, Castellan Wulfrik said: Yeah, as harsh as it is on the designer of the Night Lords upgrade sprue who did a good job I don't think it's a crazy take to say it shouldn't have been an option, and I've no idea why anyone would vote for what is a pretty limited upgrade sprue for game of the year. Two of the other most highly rated models being limited editions, one being a very popular undersupplied model in the Celestian is very unfortunate. The Steel Rook also being one of the best miniatures of the year being nigh on impossible to get is another tragedy, I just hate how they're dealing with these limited releases. With the 'Others' the lack of the gnome team being in the top 10 is madness, that was my overall pick for miniature of the year. I suspect it's due to them having a weird name, I had to google what they were actually called when voting as they didn't have anything labelling them as the gnomes blood bowl team on the choice list. These limited releases should really be made as MTO at the end if the year or something, when it was 1 or 2 models it was a bit more understandable but there must have been at least 10 limited release models this year. HolyPestilience and Dalmyth 2 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/384751-miniature-of-the-year-2024/page/3/#findComment-6084258 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petitioner's City Posted January 1 Share Posted January 1 My main issue with this will always remain that different miniatures (eg those is Brand's oath bound, or those in a Munda gang, or a kill team, or whatever other multitude, etc) are grouped together - when in truth I might consider one of that set as a model of the year (but not the set). It's also how they present it - a list of names, rather than images. Each could be hyperlink to a WHC or Warhammer store page, but more ideally there would be design images, sprue images, painted examples (beyond just the eavy metal one) and even commentary from Latham and the other designers about each. What is actually happening with the mini, intentions, etc. I know that would be work, but it would be good work - and give the community even more of a sense of why each model (or set) is worthy of consideration. And if they continue with categories they should really use more finesse - perhaps using the greater nuance of the Golden Daemon categories (ie by system and different intentions) - but id hope they'd actually split the boxes into component models. Dalmyth and skylerboodie 2 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/384751-miniature-of-the-year-2024/page/3/#findComment-6084279 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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