The Carvers will have masks - and mutations.

_________________
ONSLAUGHT MINIATURES onslaughtmini.com

First one that I dont really like. Too manga / Anime like. Pose is good but the cleaver looks too big. Actually the whole presence of the figure bugs me.. Something in my brain echos " pokemon" when I look at it.. So I will stop looking

But... Thats first one that I dont like so that can be forgiven :p

_________________
Shapeways store: https://www.shapeways.com/shops/tinywares

Blogging about 6-15mm wargaming: http://www.lead-space.net

Wonderful model very characterful although i'd probably down size the chopper a bit.

_________________
Vanguard Miniatures

Link, http://vanguardminiatures.co.uk/

Stockist of:

Vanguard Miniatures
BattleGroup Helios
Onslaught Miniatures
Pyrkol Gaming Markers
Gregster's Lab
Microworld Games
Troublemaker Games

Well, like lead space, the whole rest of Strygians is awesome.

This model is, for me, too manga-like for me: I saw for this model a more armoured one. The legs are great, but it's the chest...

Nooo......a Clever can not be big enough...

I like the modell without any shoulderpads

I'm a little surprised that the "style" of the mini is throwing some off. I'm not going for manga - but I can see how it looks that way. The "chunky" hair and other simplistic details are modeled in a way to show up at scale, but does come across as cartoony when presented this large. In actuality, we're dealing with this:

_________________
ONSLAUGHT MINIATURES onslaughtmini.com

Yup, its better in actual size I know, but the cleaver is silly even then. Almost the size of the figure and wielded by one hand. But as we know, this is not about realism just my thoughts!

_________________
Shapeways store: https://www.shapeways.com/shops/tinywares

Blogging about 6-15mm wargaming: http://www.lead-space.net

Looks brilliant at scale.

I think people too easily forget that we're still talking 6mm minis here...

The final poses may help with this - its meant to be a two-handed cleaver, capable of splitting a man in two with relative ease. Hopefully the actual poses will get the proper "weight" across. That said, I may tone it down a bit.

_________________
ONSLAUGHT MINIATURES onslaughtmini.com

Well, personnaly, it's the naked chest that for me make it very manga-like... the weapon is just very cool, in my opinion...

In fact: line infantry of strygian is in full armour. The first close combat troops were lightly armoured, it was very interesting. The bike troops are full armoured, and daemons are lightly armoured, so are daemons in all minds...

But for me, butchers were a heavy close combat troops. That's why i'm a bit suprised to see them naked... what give them a manga-like style, for me. Perhaps there is an other elite close combat troops to be prepared, but I thaught it was them, as the last elite troop is a rifle troop. i'm wrong?

yes - the Phantom Guard are heavily armored close combat troops, armed with large blades which incorporate firearms.

Basically, the closer the Stygian are to their demonic queen, the more they rely more on their dark arts for protection rather than conventional armor. The Slayers and Butchers are zealots on their way to demonhood - the Succubi and and Carvers are already there.

_________________
ONSLAUGHT MINIATURES onslaughtmini.com

Demonic queen sounds interesting, hope we are going to get a figure for this one too.

_________________
Vanguard Miniatures

Link, http://vanguardminiatures.co.uk/

Stockist of:

Vanguard Miniatures
BattleGroup Helios
Onslaught Miniatures
Pyrkol Gaming Markers
Gregster's Lab
Microworld Games
Troublemaker Games

Ok...
I thought Butchers would be the last close combat troops....so my opinion, right now with this kind explanations that an other heavy troop will be talentually created is: great, great, great!

Not the queen herself, but her massive and terrifying hand-maidens, yes. That's for a future wave.

_________________
ONSLAUGHT MINIATURES onslaughtmini.com

It's not being wielded in with one hand, it's just being held in one hand. Dude is posing in a pin-up pic, that's all.

_________________
http://thorvirshobbydumpster.blogspot.com/

Tau Empire, Mymeara Eldar, Tallarn Desert Raiders