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Re: Willy-miniatures: tentacle-man (chaos team indiegogo)

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theghr wrote:That GW model is ****.
wow! really? i quite like the old school lewdgrip. willys is quite nice, too. i think the difference is there. certainly different enough to please me :D

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Darkson wrote:Change the face for one.
Secondly (and this can be levelled at most FF miniatures companies throwers) why not put him in a pose that more suits his stats and the role he's going to play. He's AG3, and he's on a chaos team. He's not going to be throwing long bombs. If he does get rid of the ball, it's going to be hands off or quick/short passes. Pose him for that.

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good call. and enough of the "i'm pointing to where i'm gonna throw". the newest gw human team has some nice QB'S with both hands on the ball. i like those.

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Re: Willy-miniatures: tentacle-man (chaos team indiegogo)

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bound for glory wrote:
theghr wrote:That GW model is ****.
wow! really? i quite like the old school lewdgrip. willys is quite nice, too. i think the difference is there. certainly different enough to please me :D
It should be said that i'm in no way in Grannys grip since i only played one game 14 years ago and now finally is in a position again to play. I do love these new more realistic features that some of the independant manufacturers provide.

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theghr wrote:
bound for glory wrote:
theghr wrote:That GW model is ****.
wow! really? i quite like the old school lewdgrip. willys is quite nice, too. i think the difference is there. certainly different enough to please me :D
It should be said that i'm in no way in Grannys grip since i only played one game 14 years ago and now finally is in a position again to play, do i love these new more realistisc features that some of the independant manufacturers provide.
no harm! your opinion, mate! i like the old lewdgrip because i like the wacky 2nd ed muties. kinda have a soft spot for them all.
my favorite is sureclaw!

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Re: Willy-miniatures: tentacle-man (chaos team indiegogo)

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In general, the willy chaos star players don't reflect the work on the team. The minotaur and beastmen are amazing but the chainsaw and borak are a bit under.

Copy or not copy, the tentacle guy is realy bad... You should work more on it. Please don't add a ball it's a non sense...

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I like him, but he is way too close to the original. A new face and even just a mirrored pose is all you need.

I don't get the confusion over him holding a ball in his tentacle though... All of his skills point to him being a star who passes using his tentacle. He has pass, strong arm and sure hands, all relevant to throwers and all that can work well with the fluff of him having a "whip arm" Tentacle that holds onto the ball with its suckers.

If he was just a dude with a mass of pointless tentacles coming out of every orifice he'd hardly match his skills even if it would match the intent of tentacles itself more closely.

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if it were me, I would have him with a normal right arm (well, very muscular) holding the ball and a tentacle left arm.. suitably different from the original model yet still in some ways an "homage"...

besides, how can you trip people up with your tentacle if you're holding a ball in it..??

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Norse wrote:if it were me, I would have him with a normal right arm (well, very muscular) holding the ball and a tentacle left arm.. suitably different from the original model yet still in some ways an "homage"...

besides, how can you trip people up with your tentacle if you're holding a ball in it..??
I like these suggestions. Good call Norse.

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I love your work normally but this is just too big a rip. Why bother making the same model again only slightly bigger. People can get Lewdgrip easily on Evilbay anyway.

I think you should go a different route personally.

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I'm afraid I have to agree. There was a great opportunity here to produce a clawpomb figure here and this has almost just revamped a figure which no one uses!!

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McDeth wrote:I'm afraid I have to agree. There was a great opportunity here to produce a clawpomb figure here and this has almost just revamped a figure which no one uses!!
Seriously?

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Finish , smaller ball and musculature retouched ;)

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Give me a helmeted option and I'd probably buy it, like the pose and torso detail..

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Oh well... :roll:

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stop being anti-Spanish Darkson... :P

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