Not understanding the hate for the rumored lord of battles.

[MrBo]

As a long time player ( i.e. old man) that started with epic 4ok in the 90's i think the new lord of battle looks much better than the epic version.
I own the epic lord of battle, really, its unpainted, never primed, i intend to use the parts for decorations for a chaos themed terrain.
So with the old version in my hands, and a pic from the interwebs in the other,the new one looks much better.

Is it the whole "body on a tank thing" that drives people off? I can understand that, but if it's the quality of the model I just cant see how anyone can judge until you see it on the board.
Thats all i got, what do you think?

[Caitsidhe]

As a long time player ( i.e. old man) that started with epic 4ok in the 90's i think the new lord of battle looks much better than the epic version.
I own the epic lord of battle, really, its unpainted, never primed, i intend to use the parts for decorations for a chaos themed terrain.
So with the old version in my hands, and a pic from the interwebs in the other,the new one looks much better.

Is it the whole "body on a tank thing" that drives people off? I can understand that, but if it's the quality of the model I just cant see how anyone can judge until you see it on the board.
Thats all i got, what do you think?

I don't hate it. I just don't like it. Too cartoon for me.

[calamitycal]

I don't hate it. I just don't like it. Too cartoon for me.

Yea, I don't hate it, I just think it's downright silly looking. I know it's from old school stuff but if I didn't know that, I would think in the current look of 40K it looks like the equivalent of bad fan-fiction.

[bfmusashi]

Stay puff'd!

[DarkLink]

It looks like a 5-year old was like "i wanna guy with an axe and a tank body, mommyyyy". It's almost as dumb as the castle-with-legs titan.

[daboarder]

It looks like a 5-year old was like "i wanna guy with an axe and a tank body, mommyyyy". It's almost as dumb as the castle-with-legs titan.

while I agree on the LoB assessment, the Imperator ROCKS, its an awesome visual link between titans and the floating cathedrals they call spaceships. Definitely evocative of 40k

[Pendragon38]

As a long time player ( i.e. old man) that started with epic 4ok in the 90's i think the new lord of battle looks much better than the epic version.
I own the epic lord of battle, really, its unpainted, never primed, i intend to use the parts for decorations for a chaos themed terrain.
So with the old version in my hands, and a pic from the interwebs in the other,the new one looks much better.

Is it the whole "body on a tank thing" that drives people off? I can understand that, but if it's the quality of the model I just cant see how anyone can judge until you see it on the board.
Thats all i got, what do you think?

I'm with you on the old school models. I love the fact that there digging out the stuff from 1st-2nd Ed and epic line, so bring it on.

Perry

[Rev. Tiberius Jackhammer]

My 2 cents: 40k's filled with exaggerated body-proportions - that's fine, since the minis are pretty small, having big head/hands can help - and that's part of 40k's image. But, the Blood Knight is closer to natural proportions. Makes it look "off"/less 40k-ish. Probably why all the other humanoid machines in 40k (titans, decimator etc), have even more inhuman proportions than the standard miniatures. 40k's visual style (for Imperial/Chaos, at least) has giant robots that are a pile of machinery that look kind of like a guy. But this is just a big guy (riding the world's pimpingest wheelchair, but whatevs.)

[OrksOrksOrks]

Because some people think hating everything that GW makes them cool.

And yet still play GW games regularly.

[Lexington]

Because some people think hating everything that GW makes them cool.

Or because its just an ugly model that people dislike. God, how unlikely would that be?