In fact, I think we need Diaz and Goodwin to do these. Alas, I'm not expecting them to. Do we even have a clue who's sculpting them?Originally Posted by Azazyll
In fact, I think we need Diaz and Goodwin to do these. Alas, I'm not expecting them to. Do we even have a clue who's sculpting them?
@Silvertongue:
Well.. Ghost said they "look like men" (still hoping for more of a description, btw). As both Jes and Diaz have proven their ability to sculpt convincing women (I think?), it shouldn't be either of them...
OK This is why I was confused ... as Juan Diaz is defo still there ...
.... and still sculpting gals.
Personally I liked the 4th edition muscle Marys with the strap on tentacles.
Joking aside having seen Juan Diaz daemonette sculpts I am not sure why he wouldn't be first pick for Witch Elves.
Which would be Ok but its a bugger to paint.
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Wost comes to worst, I'll just keep the current metals as my front rankers and use plastic witch elves (or plastic Avatars of War girls) as the back rankers.In the case of the plastic core, GW looked at their past and made the daemonettes, bloodletters and horrors sort of a mix between the newer and older shapes.
The Cold one knights and corsairs were similar. They both lost the silly 6th edition weapons and in the case if the knights, lost the battle cows for older style mounts and had options for both the 6th edition headpieces and the older style.
I imagine future DE plastics will contain elements of the current and previous models.
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Eldargal said she heard they looked bad. Shame, I wonder if I should buy some metal ones.
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Buy them if you like the models. That way, even if better ones come out, you will still have models you like the look of. And if the future ones are worse looking, you won't have to search the internet for metal ones...
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I wouldn't be surprised if those kinds of models would take a turn for the worse. It seems like the naked manly minis are flourishing amongst GW (orcs, ogres and so on), while the feminine ones just seems to get more manly and covered up as well.
I for one, hated the wyches for Dark Eldar. They seemed to me like some mutation between the necromunda Goliaths and elves, which just was very un-eldar to me. The new witches SHOULD be something closer to Lelith Hesperax when it comes to the build of body and looks though (Except not so much armor as Lelith has.......)
Anyways, if GW lets us down, there's always other minis out there which can represent the deadly dark elf ladies. I for one crosses my fingers and hope that they will make something closer to the old daemonettes.
@Omnichron:
You're angry because warriors are wearing armour now?
wow...
Honestly, having your little ladies run around naked just ruins the immersion for me. Limited clothing? Sure, that works fine, but removing all of it "just because" doesn't actually add anything to the model - quite the opposite, in fact.
/rant over, for now.
Last edited by theJ; 22-12-2011 at 14:17.
If he did Lelith then he has my vote but there is also Aragorn Marks (formerly at Rackham) who has joined or is joining GW. He might be interesting to get on the project too.
http://aragornmarks.blogspot.com/
He did sculpt Lelith. I find his female sculpts variable, they are nice but the hairlines are too high, they look like they have croyden facelifts.
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While Aragorn has done some nice models, I personally found his Soda Pop mini's to be weak and far from his best work. Though that one of them appears to have been done in 3D. Might mean we can expect some nice plastics from him
Don't forget Jes Goodwin as always and Brian Nelson did sculpt the plastic dark elf sorceress.
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Heart Juan's sculpts.
Indeed, if Avatars of War comes out with Witch Elves as I think has been rumored, and they are good, anything GW comes out with isn't nearly as important at that point.
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I've got all of Avatars of War Dark Elf sculpts and the hag queen is the least impressive of them. I hope they do a little better on their plastics.
By the same token, GW would have to do pretty well with multipart plastics to match their own plastic DE sorceress. I'm not looking forward to green stuffing all the shoulder joints on either company's products.
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Wait...
The guy's name is really Aragorn?
That's what i was thinking too...
Everytime i read "Aragorn this" or "Aragorn that" i feel strange....
Yes, I don't understand this. I don't know why my savage orcs are running around naked.I wouldn't be surprised if those kinds of models would take a turn for the worse. It seems like the naked manly minis are flourishing amongst GW (orcs, ogres and so on), while the feminine ones just seems to get more manly and covered up as well.
I don't want a bunch of naked witch elves either, but I do want them to be attractive and not looking like men like the dark eldar wytches do.
The Lelith dark eldar model is great. I actually bought one(metal) to be the general for my dark elves. I don't know why they can't be consistent.
(But it will be a little while longer before we see very much of what he has done since his arrival).
He is not the only 'new' sculptor they have taken on.
Steve Buddle (Eolith/Spyglass) is back at GW and he is great at sculpting girls. (Naked or clothed.
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new dark elf chariots that can make sth else too (unsure on what though)
Well, that's interesting and would have both HE and DE with a dual chariot kit. Although, for my life, I can't guess what can that "other thing" be, unless another type of chariot (pulled by different beasts or manned by different Elves).
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