I think the Mortis Engine of the Vampire Counts may just be the worst miniature, or at least top 5

What even is a mortis anyway
#warhammer #miniature #model #review #vampire #counts #undead

[@James-de2hp]

Bet you're fun at a party

[@Forsaken.Wanderer]

Nobody has invited me to a party before but I hold out hope that an invitation is on it's way

[@TheRoark]

Counterpoint: it looks cool as hell

[@Forsaken.Wanderer]

what part of it sells you on the model?

[@YksiSuomalainen]

I disagree on this one. I think its a great looking model. The price is just insane.

[@Forsaken.Wanderer]

Fair enough but yes the price is egregious. I saw a homebrew version where someone had stuck together a bunch of models on the base and painted them all ghostly-like, it looked pretty good and probably saved a lot of money.

[@Kaidan5]

mate you can`t be serious... well you like what you like I guess

[@Forsaken.Wanderer]

I'm 159% serious

[@seileen1234]

That's... an opinion

[@Forsaken.Wanderer]

That's just a theory. A game theory

[@sevatarlives185]

Not sure where I come down on this particular mini. I will say that I have often *hated* a miniature (or even entire factions!) because the Studio picked a bad paint scheme. I think the wispy ethereal pastel-y palette they have chosen can look good, but not on a plain white background. It also looks less good when the miniature or composition is too busy visually. I'd like to see this one done with high-contrast blacks and saturated colours, like a Frank Franzetta illustration or a Dario Argento movie to really make up my mind.

[@unrealassasination]

You know you can remove any excess detail by just snipping it off?

[@geordan4951]

i like the old models more as well lol

[@soffren]

I kind of like it, though. I think I could make it very funny

[@Forsaken.Wanderer]

In what manner could you make it funny?

[@veisticon91]

Those 90's era skeletons are awful tbh. I would say the entire Soulblight range is a massive improvement over the old Vampire counts models

[@Psychobabas]

Totally agree with you bro

[@WorldOfWeebcraft]

Disagree but cool

[@Forsaken.Wanderer]

Do you at least like the old black coach?

[@WorldOfWeebcraft]

@@Forsaken.Wanderer i like the old black coach. Had that classic goofy halloween vampire feel to it. The new one still looks better though, more detailed and dynamic. Fits the nighthaunt much better.

[@kdhlkjhdlk]

I look at the army in AoS, and I have no idea what anything is. It's the blue one that looks like a bomb went off in a glass factory right? Can't tell anything apart. It's visual noise. The entire army.

[@T0mm3n]

The CAD sculptor had a seizure and kept hitting ctrl+V over and over

[@Forsaken.Wanderer]

Exactly, there is so much going on with every model that it's just a mess of jutting plastics and colors. I couldn't tell you what any of those wood elf stand ins are meant to be. I think with whatever this model is they put super glue on a brush and then rammed it into a bits box.

[@Forsaken.Wanderer]

@@T0mm3n Before the seizure they had 10 different undead models open in separate CAD instances, afterwards there was only one large file.

[@jacawandersmok9043]

intresign opinon; but i fell AoS vidbe is like that is more like full of magick evry were; if youu wahnt more army like go to Old wold style is for you

[@Forsaken.Wanderer]

AOS is certainly very high fantasy. The problem with the Old World is that they are bringing in more minis that have a high fantasy look as well. The Mortis engine was originally a WFB unit.

[@massqueraider]

Terrible take bro what. Sure its a mission to build but it's not even close to being the worst mini

[@AspectPL]

That's true, but the ship has sailed a long time ago. I'm too young to know this old black coach miniature you've shown but it's definitely better than the new one in its vibe, pose and composition. I can't stand most of the AoS range.

[@Forsaken.Wanderer]

You sadly missed out on much better times but there is a growing movement of people that are playing previous editions and seeking out the older models. There are very few AoS models I can stand also, I'd much rather the old gothic look over the overly cartoony look.

[@veisticon91]

@@Forsaken.Wanderer Because the skeleton horses on the old Black coach model weren't cartoonish at all