Which model do you wish GW would bring back?

[Sword Brother Adelard]

The plasma gunner was a bit of a let down there wasn't he.

[Magos Takatus]

Yeah, his head sculpt doesn't fit in with the rest. That head would fit in with a Praetorian army. :p

[Sword Brother Adelard]

I was more looking at the plasma gun which looks way too big for his arms!

[Toxichobbit]

 

 

I'd say either the original pewter hormagaunts, or the original pewter necron model range. I loved both of those.

Wow, I remember my friend having the old metal Hormagaunts. They constantly fell over. What a pain. The sculpts were kinda nice though to be fair.

 

 

 

To be fair, the plastic ones have the same issue ha ha. I loved the old pewter tyranid line. They are what got be into Warhammer. I wish I still had those old models. If I could find an army worth of old tyranids, or Necrons, I would love to have them.

 

 

I have all of the old Tyranids. I've seriously been considering painting them up to a modern standard.

 

The old metal Hormagaunts were a pain, the old metal Gargoyles were hell.

[Slave to Darkness]

Banana helm Eldar Guardians would be nice, IG Human Bombs, Guard Beastmen, Ork-Stealer Hybrids, Ork Madboyz, original Ork Battlewagon, Rough Riders, 1st ed Marine Scouts with mohawks and poofy sleeves. The more I think about it the more good stuff I remember. :wub:

[Magos Takatus]

 

 

 

I'd say either the original pewter hormagaunts, or the original pewter necron model range. I loved both of those.

Wow, I remember my friend having the old metal Hormagaunts. They constantly fell over. What a pain. The sculpts were kinda nice though to be fair.

 

 

 

To be fair, the plastic ones have the same issue ha ha. I loved the old pewter tyranid line. They are what got be into Warhammer. I wish I still had those old models. If I could find an army worth of old tyranids, or Necrons, I would love to have them.

 

 

I have all of the old Tyranids. I've seriously been considering painting them up to a modern standard.

 

The old metal Hormagaunts were a pain, the old metal Gargoyles were hell.

 

Those metal Tyranid Warriors were really odd. They didn't look quite right compared to the old army aesthetic or the new ones. They now look like overgrown Termagants. At the time I didn't think much of the sculpts but looking at them again apart from the oversized weapons I think they look pretty nice.

[Raven1]

There is so much of the old GW stuff I enjoyed.

 

The Kasrkin models were great but so were the even older stormtrooper models.

 

I was a fan of Doomrider too.

 

The old metal demon prince certainly fits the Chaos Space Marine model line better but was an absolute pain to put together.

[Master Umbra]

In a nutshell:

- 3 ed Chaos Raptors 
- Old demon prince
- Diaznettes

 

[Zephaniah Adriyen]

- 3 ed Chaos Raptors

Heyheyhey, dissing current Raptors? They're good, and they fit the modern style.

[Excessus]

The old tentacle horrors... 

[Gederas]

- 3 ed Chaos Raptors

Heyheyhey, dissing current Raptors? They're good, and they fit the modern style.

They do, yes, but the most iconic artwork of Raptors is based on the old 3rd edition ones.

 

Even Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine used that design of Raptors, and that game came out around the same time as the new Raptors kit:

 

It's the helmets, jump packs and taloned feet that make the older ones look more badass than the new ones. Really, if I were to have designed the kit, I would have used that design for the Raptors, and the new one for the Warp Talons

Edited December 16, 2019 by Gederas

[Slave to Darkness]

 

- 3 ed Chaos Raptors

Heyheyhey, dissing current Raptors? They're good, and they fit the modern style.

 

Clearly you have not vowed many of them for the ETL... Horrid nasty modelses... 

 

All that :cussing trim... 

They should have kept the old Raptor style jump pack though, they looked great. 

Edited December 16, 2019 by Slave to Darkness

[Gederas]

- 3 ed Chaos Raptors

Heyheyhey, dissing current Raptors? They're good, and they fit the modern style.

Clearly you have not vowed many of them for the ETL... Horrid nasty modelses... 

 

All that :cussing trim...

And THAT is why I always do trim first on my Chaos Minis now :lol:

[Slave to Darkness]

 

- 3 ed Chaos Raptors

Heyheyhey, dissing current Raptors? They're good, and they fit the modern style.

Clearly you have not vowed many of them for the ETL... Horrid nasty modelses... 

 

All that :cussing trim...

And THAT is why I always do trim first on my Chaos Minis now

 

Trim... *scratches himself uncontrollably*

[Zephaniah Adriyen]

 

- 3 ed Chaos Raptors

Heyheyhey, dissing current Raptors? They're good, and they fit the modern style.

They do, yes, but the most iconic artwork of Raptors is based on the old 3rd edition ones.

It's the helmets, jump packs and taloned feet that make the older ones look more badass than the new ones. Really, if I were to have designed the kit, I would have used that design for the Raptors, and the new one for the Warp Talons.

 

I own the new kit, it's great and I love it. Great bits, fun to build, only kinda single-pose so it's customizable, easy to work with. Also, you just can't find the old one, it's too desirable. The only Raptors I could find for a decent price on eBay were the ones with the weird gross winged jump packs, not the actual Raptor packs. I like the beer-keg design because it's a lore thing, really, and the actual appearance has grown on me since getting the kit.

[Excessus]

Weren't the 3rd ed raptors the ones with the funky wings?

[Zephaniah Adriyen]

Weren't the 3rd ed raptors the ones with the funky wings?

There is no way they meant the funky wings. Has to have been the ones like Dawn of War has, right? Right?

[Slave to Darkness]

Ngl I loved the originals as well. :wub:

[mel_danes]

So the metal Raptors are sought after, the cool ones, not the horrid ones.

I've got a set mostly unbuilt in the og box. Maybe hit ebay. Thanks lads.

[Master Umbra]

 

- 3 ed Chaos Raptors

Heyheyhey, dissing current Raptors? They're good, and they fit the modern style.

They do, yes, but the most iconic artwork of Raptors is based on the old 3rd edition ones.

[OSOM pic 1]

[OSOM pic 2]

[OSOM pic 3]

[OSOM pic 4]

 

Even Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine used that design of Raptors, and that game came out around the same time as the new Raptors kit:

[OSOM pic 5]

 

It's the helmets, jump packs and taloned feet that make the older ones look more badass than the new ones. Really, if I were to have designed the kit, I would have used that design for the Raptors, and the new one for the Warp Talons

 

I wouldn't have said it better, brother. To be fair, they looked kinda spindly (specially the legs, but that was a common thing back in the days). Lucoryphus' portrayal in the NL trilogy is what completely sold me on that look. That sort of mixture between a Resident Evil Licker, the Predator and a Chaos Space Marine is just too badass, yes-yes.

 

If I ever build some Raptors, I will try to convert them following this look, but I cannot find any good feet alternatives ATM (maybe modifying the Havoc ones?).

 

EDIT: How could I forget Zso Sahaal ripping some heads off with his taloned feet in Lord of the Night?

Edited December 17, 2019 by Umbra Lynx

[Zephaniah Adriyen]

 

 

- 3 ed Chaos Raptors

Heyheyhey, dissing current Raptors? They're good, and they fit the modern style.

They do, yes, but the most iconic artwork of Raptors is based on the old 3rd edition ones.

[OSOM pic 1]

[OSOM pic 2]

[OSOM pic 3]

[OSOM pic 4]

 

Even Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine used that design of Raptors, and that game came out around the same time as the new Raptors kit:

[OSOM pic 5]

 

It's the helmets, jump packs and taloned feet that make the older ones look more badass than the new ones. Really, if I were to have designed the kit, I would have used that design for the Raptors, and the new one for the Warp Talons

 

I wouldn't have said it better, brother. To be fair, they looked kinda spindly (specially the legs, but that was a common thing back in the days). Lucoryphus' portrayal in the NL trilogy is what completely sold me on that look. That sort of mixture between a Resident Evil Licker, the Predator and a Chaos Space Marine is just too badass, yes-yes.

 

If I ever build some Raptors, I will try to convert them following this look, but I cannot find any good feet alternatives ATM (maybe modifying the Havoc ones?).

 

EDIT: How could I forget Zso Sahaal ripping some heads off with his taloned feet in Lord of the Night?

 

The Raptors kit actually comes with talons, intended for Warp Talons; just use those.

[Lord_Caerolion]

I was going to say, the Raptor kit already comes with taloned feet, the Warp Talon ones. They're not the splay-toed version that the old models had, but they still fit.

[Chaplain Elijah]

Not GW but FW : Chaplain Venerable Dreadnought. I already got one but the model is too good both as a miniature and rulewise to stay OOP.

[Slave to Darkness]

Original Leman Russ mini, he was tiny but damn he looked angry! Or a resculpt of Calgar sat on his throne. 

Edited December 18, 2019 by Slave to Darkness

[Son of Sacrifice]

A couple of years ago I would have had a long, long list. But the quality of the newest releases has me only wanting new kits to replace old. I'm hoping for new guardsmen of some description next year.