Ranking the “new” models

[Blindhamster]

Thought it would be a fun little experiment to see what my fellow frater think of all the “new” stuff. 
 

idea is, list the models in order of how much you like them, and give a brief reasoning.

 

for me:

 

1) mephiston - very faithful to the classic model and original concept art, has a huge amount of presence.

2) Dante - my joint favourite character alongside tycho, a really solid rendition, I like the everything about the model, the new pistol design is excellent, they didn’t go too crazy with it either though.

3) new captain - a really lovely kit, my only issue really is that he’s a little short, rules aren’t what I’d have liked, but model is excellent and a solid successor to Tycho.

4) sanguinor - I really like the model, especially now I’ve started painting it. I think the old wing design was a little better, but otherwise I really like his update. The face is interesting, I bought an alternative but am painting up both to make final decision.

5) sanguinary priest - I love it, the head options are characterful, he’s less ostentatious than the old one, but not in a bad way seeing as they don’t get slicer armour.

6) lemartes - I really like him, the pose is good because the aggression suits him, it’s a good update, I do think it’s interesting that of just about all characters, his redesigns have been vastly different every time.

7) astorath - I like him a lot, though I wanted a different pose. The wings are silly. How would he walk around anywhere.

8) sanguinary guard - I don’t think they’re awful, I actually like the new jump packs, but there’s lots of little issues, the lack of variety in details being the worst, I hate the tubes.

9) upgrade sprue - I still don’t think it’s terrible, it feels pretty in keeps my with the dark angel one to me, but actually the faces are much worse quality than I originally thought, I like the swords, terminator bits are handy. Had it been a case that we could take the stuff on it on any of our units, I’d think it was more useful.

 

[Karhedron]

I would swap the Sanguinary Priest and Sanguinor. Something about the Sanguinor's face just looks off to me, too chunky compared to the previous version.

 

Otherwise I think that you are pretty much spot-on.