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Plah! OK, back for a brainbreak away from model building and painting.
The thing I’ve seen in sitting and looking over the TC buildup with the hype train is what makes it tick. I think it was good to have The Doomed brought in as well because I think these things are very much related. Both are kitbash heavy and dig into the weird and grotesque. Perhaps it touches on something innate in the deep seated psychology of gamers, modelers or men in general to make these games popular in the niche corners that they inhabit. The horror elements are far removed from the blase slop the majority of the minigaming industry offers. To touch on music, from the note @grantinvanman put up, “The Filth and the Fury” as a title comes to mind. The title alone gets my head into what makes those games interesting. The subject matter the film documenting The Sex Pistols latches onto what subconsciously might be where GW has fallen off. There is a ‘spiritual vitality’ that is primal and residing in the core of the matter which we’re literally playing with.
Having a set of Blanche inspired paints makes me think that the timing really has come that the roots of GW are pushing back from their sanitized present state. In a way it seems the fluff of the Eldar is coming to roost on the company and it’s present competition for the grimdark crown. is trying to live out in its Craftworld while the challenger of Player 2 revels in the things that first made 40k appealing. The lame attempt at reclaiming that glory with the latest release of Slaanesh inspired minis doesn’t quite do justice to what the ideas used to be. The Edgiest Boy no longer resides in Nottingham.
Er.. yeah.. brain break to break brains I think. Sorry for the long post.
