Inspired by the top ten lists on the Oldhammer blogs/Facebook group, I thought I'd try it here. I guess my list is pretty biased towards my favourite era of GW: the mid 90s. What are yours?
1. Glade Lord with Bow. Graceful and ready to pounce. Utterly feral and full of danger.
2. Morg 'N Thorg. Blood Bowl is my favourite game. I think of Morg (along with Griff Oberwald and Varag Ghoulchewer) as the poster boy for Blood Bowl, especially when I first got into it. You can just imagine him tearing into a bunch of hapless linemen.
3. Forest Goblin Boss. The 80s goblins were funny and cruel, the 00s Goblins are all nose and too warlike. The 90s Goblins, however, temper the sneakiness with a certain sort of anarchic mischief. And this was my favourite of the bunch. It would easily have been a Night Giblin Fanatic or a Spider Rider but the big grin wins it for me.
4. Baharroth, The Cry of the Wind. This model is about 20 years old and still looks great and contemporary today. This might well be Jes Goodwin's masterpiece. Apropos of nothing, Maugan Ra and Jain Zar are my second and third favourites, respectively.
5. Vindicare assassin with Exitus Rifle. You just know that seconds later some unsuspecting fool has just slumped dead, a single bullet wound in his forehead.
6. Bounty Hunter 3. He looks arrogant as hell, kitted up to the eye balls and ready to kill. The Necromunda miniature range was really strong - the gangs all had a very solid visual identity so I couldn't pick from the gangs, it would have been Delaque or Escher if I had. When I think Necromunda I think of this model or the squatting Ratskin scout with shotgun.
7. Dwarf Lord with Great Weapon. Such a wonderful single piece sculpt. It certainly harks back to the Marauder Dwarfs of the 80s but looks great among the current range too. It was between this, the Marauder pikemen and the previous sculpts of Longbeards. There is something so stoic and brave about this miniature.
9. Tuern Redvenom. Forget Hubris, Jordell, Prince Moranian... This is THE Blood Bowl elf. And he is going to kick your teeth in, score a touchdown AND take your team's cheerleaders home.
9. Squat Adeptus. Marries the nobility of the Squats (something that's mentioned often in the fluff but the minatures make them look like biker types) with the ancient tech-lore of the Techmarines.
10. Empire hero with Halberd. You just know this man's soldiers would follow him into hell. And they probably have.
Notable mentions: Morglum Necksnapper, Aekold Helbrass, the original Carnifex/Screamer Killer, the original Ikit Claw, the Dwarf Blood Bowl referee, and the Ork Bad Moon Boss 1.
1. Glade Lord with Bow. Graceful and ready to pounce. Utterly feral and full of danger.
2. Morg 'N Thorg. Blood Bowl is my favourite game. I think of Morg (along with Griff Oberwald and Varag Ghoulchewer) as the poster boy for Blood Bowl, especially when I first got into it. You can just imagine him tearing into a bunch of hapless linemen.
3. Forest Goblin Boss. The 80s goblins were funny and cruel, the 00s Goblins are all nose and too warlike. The 90s Goblins, however, temper the sneakiness with a certain sort of anarchic mischief. And this was my favourite of the bunch. It would easily have been a Night Giblin Fanatic or a Spider Rider but the big grin wins it for me.
4. Baharroth, The Cry of the Wind. This model is about 20 years old and still looks great and contemporary today. This might well be Jes Goodwin's masterpiece. Apropos of nothing, Maugan Ra and Jain Zar are my second and third favourites, respectively.
5. Vindicare assassin with Exitus Rifle. You just know that seconds later some unsuspecting fool has just slumped dead, a single bullet wound in his forehead.
6. Bounty Hunter 3. He looks arrogant as hell, kitted up to the eye balls and ready to kill. The Necromunda miniature range was really strong - the gangs all had a very solid visual identity so I couldn't pick from the gangs, it would have been Delaque or Escher if I had. When I think Necromunda I think of this model or the squatting Ratskin scout with shotgun.
7. Dwarf Lord with Great Weapon. Such a wonderful single piece sculpt. It certainly harks back to the Marauder Dwarfs of the 80s but looks great among the current range too. It was between this, the Marauder pikemen and the previous sculpts of Longbeards. There is something so stoic and brave about this miniature.
9. Tuern Redvenom. Forget Hubris, Jordell, Prince Moranian... This is THE Blood Bowl elf. And he is going to kick your teeth in, score a touchdown AND take your team's cheerleaders home.
9. Squat Adeptus. Marries the nobility of the Squats (something that's mentioned often in the fluff but the minatures make them look like biker types) with the ancient tech-lore of the Techmarines.
10. Empire hero with Halberd. You just know this man's soldiers would follow him into hell. And they probably have.
Notable mentions: Morglum Necksnapper, Aekold Helbrass, the original Carnifex/Screamer Killer, the original Ikit Claw, the Dwarf Blood Bowl referee, and the Ork Bad Moon Boss 1.