New Skaven Thanquol & Boneripper Mini Sneaks Online!
January 6, 2015 by brennon
The new Grey Seer Thanquol & Boneripper model from Games Workshop has popped up online and it's looking very good indeed! If you're a die hard Skaven fan then you're going to be very happy with how he's turned out...
Above you can see Thanquol & Boneripper in their original guises alongside a piece of artwork. You'll be pleased to know that the new version is much bigger and Thanquol must have spent a lot of warpstone getting Clan Skryre and Moulder to make him such a majestic gift.
The new Boneripper is huge, appearing around the same size (potentially) as Glottkin and features four arms each with a warpfire cannon of some description. One of his legs is mechanical and the frame as a whole is chunky and covered in muscle. Sitting atop his shoulders is the Grey Seer himself, Thanquol, with some very cool looking horns and an impressive staff to boot.
You can see the full leaked image HERE.
What do you think?
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That mini makes me feel old. In the way that I assume hearing the music kids listen to these days and thinking it’s rubbish compared to how it used to be makes people feel old. To be fair, Boneripper has never been a great mini in any incarnation, but this one is especially ugly. The previous Thanquols were great, though. This one is not. It were much better in my day without all this fancy technological trickery, and will you kids get off my lawn!! lol
I feel the same 🙁 is 27 too young to yell at teenagers ?
Yell as much as you wish, I give thee consent. Grant it I’m in my late 30’s so I may be biased just a bit.
Cheers man lol
It’s a very “impressive” mini..but maybe they should have followed the new artwork more closely when designing it. Why does everything have to look like its on roids lol
Try almost 50. Knock yourself out igotskills. =P
Now I just feel bad 🙁 lol
While it’s not what I thought Thanquol would look like I still really like it. I think the blue armour kinda makes it feel a bit ‘action figure’ looking but otherwise I like the design of Thanquol who still looks mad as a box of frogs.
Boneripper is kinda cool too and the huge hulking look of him is probably what Thanquol would ask for ‘bigger, better, stronger, more fire!’.
BoW Ben
I think ‘action figure’ neatly sums it the whole thing up.
You assume correctly.
Though there was still a lot of crap on the radio back in the day.
But there was too much good music to listen to that commercial radio stations were superfluous.
Now it tends to be constant Radio 3 for me, so I don’t have a clue how crap current music is.
Says me listening to Yes atm lol
Undersized legs with a foot pointlessly resting on a random small rock.
The new model has to be an improvement though the legs still look too small to support the massive upper body. Lose the horn on the shoulder. No idea what that is supposed to be there for.
I think the shoulder horn is a nod back to the original model with it’s broken one. But yes, it still serves little purpose heh.
This looks pretty damn awesome, actually. The upper body is a little fat fat but … maybe he just has a lot of gas eh ? I do wish these models were toned down to dreadnaught size though. That would have just made more sense to me, easier to transport and use in game. Then again, I moaned that the Starter Set griffon was too small, meh!
Skaven are gifted with a lot of great models – though I wish the plaguepriests were updated.
I believe there are rumours that there are 2 Bonerippers; the leaked picture shows the one with flamethrowers, but there might be another that has flails instead. Personally, speaking as someone who has collected Skaven for….a long time….the aesthetics of the current Stormvermin and Clanrats (and thus any other models a long the same lines, so Queek and Snitch) are my favorite and from that blurry picture of Thanquol, he seems to be in a similar vein. Does it make sense if I say I wish the Rat Ogre wasn’t so…beefy? I know Moulder basically just fuses flesh together, but… Read more »
There is also a 2nd image out there if you care to look for it, that does a much better job in selling the model (i.e. my opinion of it has gone up).
From the looks of the better image Boneripper looks to be based on the first version rather than the undead version. I think its a vast improvement from the older versions.
Looking way back to the first Boneripper you can see clearly he has two horns as he is a mutant, one on the shoulder and other on the forehead, like an ugly unicorn. If this new version has a horn in either place, we know its a bit of homage to the original model.
So it’s a boneripper than can’t rip bones? Anyway, just another oversized Action Man toy from GW, not suprising.
Seen the other picture and it’s grown on me, the legs look to short because they are in scale for a single torso not the addition of another. I also like the rolls of skin were it looks like they grafted a bit to much on. On the down side I think it would have looked better with some close combat weapons in addition to the warp fire throwers but hopefully this will be a duel kit.
They didn’t really improve Boneripper. Least not way that poor big guy deserves.
They managed to overdo this classic as well … what am i looking at here?? Save some money and make your own version in play dough, no really ..
Wow, I think I might buy this instead of the Vermin lord now, I just hope GW updates the Warplock Jezzails and the other weapon teams.
Skaven – The Squeakuel.
The paintjob is too bright and cheerfull for skaven.
But i like the model, but i think the plague censer wielding one will look even more awesome.
Sigh… absolutely terrible.
I was teetering on the brink of getting a Skaven army after the Verminlords, I think this probably tipped the balance….Awesome mini for what will an awesome looking army…well apart from my painting that is….
I am in the pro-over muscled, weirdly mutated, quad steampunk (warp-punk?) cannon armed Boneripper (i really like the actual designs of the cannons themselves – all the brass pressure vessels and excessive tubing convey an approach to technology appropriate for the brilliant but unhinged skaven Warplock Engineers, and shares certain similarities with the design of IkIt Claw’s mechanical appendage, which may hint at the weapon’s origin). Yes, it is grotesquely proportioned. Yes, it has the twisted, ill considered design one might expect to come from a mind addicted to powerful narcotics… but this is a Skaven Clan Moulder/Clan Skryre mashup… Read more »
Just to clarify, my issue isn’t with any of those things, all of which I’m fine with. Rather that the final result resembles a child’s poorly designed action figure, lacking of all the character Jes gave them. Once again, will you kids get off my lawn! lol
Fair enough. I don’t see the problem with it myself. Jes always creates incredible minis, but I must admit I feel that this version of Thanquol actually reflects the modern depcitions of the character in various BL novels rather well, in which Thanquol has been experiencing consequences from his unfettered warpstone consumption and advanced age. Even Skaven can’t essentially do lines of Warpstone for decades on end without something bad happening to them sooner or later, and even Grey Seers, while longer lived than most Skaven, don’t have an unlimited shelf life…
More pics of the new Thanquol/Boneripper kit and of the new Skaven Dice set (Warpstone green, but of course, with a Skaven rune on the ‘1’ facing) can be found here:- http://waaaghgaming.de/weitere-bilder-von-thanquol-boneripper-und-skaven-wuerfel/ We get another angle on the quad cannon Boneripper, a picture of the variant version with Warpfire Braziers, and a few closeups on things like the alternet masked Boneripper head (I prefer the ripped chainmail coif myself) and a better look at Thanquol. Interestingly, there is a small piece of english text visible that seems to state that the new Verminlord special character, Skreech Verminking, was involved in… Read more »
That to me is not Thanqoul anymore, I could have respected a more dynamical repose based on the original rather than this “moar horns is ouzume!” approach GW is going for these days. The old miniature had a sense of authority and self esteem despite being crazy. This looks like what youd get if you stuffed warpstone up the a** ; couple of green extra horns and the face of scooby doo. Ikit claw got a superb rewamp more closely based on the original, why not an even more important figure such as Thanqoul? Boneripper may have looked better if… Read more »
Opinions and all that, but the Thanquol I know and love is completely and utterly barmy / deluded, which is saying something considering what Skaven are like as a race. We’re talking about a rat who has been snorting warpstone for ages; he should be a big puddle of chaos spawn. The old Thanquol model was too bulky; he looked like he could handle himself in a 1vs1 fight even when you matched him with the aesthetics of the old one pose fits all Clan rats. This new one is much more in line with the current (and in my… Read more »
To be fair, it has been suggested in some of the more recent novels that deal with Thanquaol that his advanced age (especially for a Skaven) and warpstone snuff addiction have lead to significant degeneration over the last few years in the fictional timeline, leaving hum ever more paranoid and unhinged, so it is possible that they are trying to convey that in the sculpt, with him going ever more from crazy like a (rat) fox to just plain crazy.
really don’t see the problem with this model, at least from the picture. I can’t help but think people are a little to eager to moan at GW.
I really like this model, and can’t really understand the antipathy toward it either, but then again I like a lot of GW’s recent releases, so my aesthetic just seems to be different from that of most people on Bow. Different strokes for different folks, I guess..
I think some people are not able to make the distinction between something they don’t like and something which is low quality. Personally, I don’t like this mini at all, but I can appreciate the skill which went into making it. It’s an excellent sculpt, just not what I’m into.
* I would imagine, ruleswise, 4 cannons is probably overkill for the game itself. Let me guess, it can take out entire £60 units in one stroke….
This is a separate discussion though
I dont think anyone has said it is of low quality, but as you said some skill clearly went into it. Imo thats what makes it a wasted effort as the composition is what is of low quality while some of the individual detail is great. Some detail is not so great, especially the upper body fuse.
My only criticism which you can take to the bank would be, yet again, these models might as well have been made from superior Resin seeing as GW refuse to bother to use the medium of plastic to allow for different poses etc. I’ll bet you all those limbs are fixed and you have no ability to move the arms etc around according to your preference. It’s almost as if they don’t want you to ever alter a single one of their models ever !
You don’t have to convince me to dislike a mini I already dislike @hatamoto 🙂
No, nobody actually used the words “low quality”, that’s just my interpretation of some comments.
Im not trying to convince, thats not what i do .. low quality is subjective btw.
I certainly never said it was low quality, only that it looked especially ugly, which stems from the design rather than the talent of the sculptor. I agree with @hatamoto‘s assessment, it is a poorly composed mini. The eye is drawn two central points, the head and the torso join. The torso further dominates the mini and give the impression of a blob with a head lost within it. Thanquol is an afterthought. On top of that, I personally do not like the style.
@redben if you’re going to say you never said it was low quality then list everything you think is wrong with it, then we’re just arguing semantics which is utterly pointless. You me and @hatamoto agree that we don’t like the miniature, so let’s just, ahem, agree to agree on this one 😉
Our collective opinion on this mini wasn’t really the point, but it is a small molehill at worst so I shall leave it that 🙂 (and feel free to have the final word lol)
Can one *really* tell all that from a blurred picture !? Unless I’m looking at the wrong pics…
I daresay there are plenty genuinely don’t like it and personally I can see why some wouldn’t, it’s all down to taste and all that. But there are others that think that by criticising GW or not supporting them is saving starving children in Africa or something. Kinda like the sort warped idealistic thinking you do between the ages of 15-23, or for life if you’re borderline aspergers.
I bet GWs tinfoil hats are expensive
Not nearly as expensive as the tomes needed to use them 🙂
Turns out they’re about the same price as GCT, Wyrd, PP, etc, etc depending on what you look at.. Damn these companies brainwashing me by selling stuff I want to buy. If only there was some way not to like the stuff they sell. I just can’t take the social guilt knowing that they are running a business, protecting their IP’s and their jobs by murdering baby seals and robbing old grannies. GCT are even using Ninjas to steal kid lunches now!
I can respect protecting jobs and IPs, i just dont think they are going about it the right way. For a company trying to protect their IPs they are doing a fine job raping them. Its not about anyone trying to influence what you buy and play with. Maledrakh further down is 100% right about the love/hate relationship with GW.
“Maledrakh further down is 100% right about the love/hate relationship with GW”
And that’s where I differ from most of the internet. I don’t “hate” anything that, in the grand scheme of things, is utterly unimportant.
well then if only positive views are important BoW might as well close up shop and move to africa?
@hatamoto I think the point @vonevilstein is trying to make is one about the difference between not liking something and hating something. The whole argument that seems to flare up in every other GW post is actually about the difference between genuine criticism and juvenile bashing, hating and general nerdragery.
@erastus. Thank you!..;) You explained that much more clearly than my mad ramblings!
Yes and therefore i think we can also agree that anyone can spot low quality, seeing as its subjective.
Whatever makes you happy @hatamoto 🙂
Cheers 🙂
What is this? A who can have the last word competition? Say one more thing @hatamoto and I’ll let you win 🙂
This isnt a damn competi … doh!
We have a winner! …. umm ……
I prefer the old one…
I would love the figures depicted in the art… rather than the Fisher Price toys scheduled for release. Oh well, the kiddies will wet the bed and scoop them up in droves, and hopefully that will keep the company afloat long enough to do a Bretonnian/Empire release. Still waiting… (and hoping) but it’s not that important anymore. My spouse got me practically everything I need to fill the gaps in my GW based fantasy battle lines at Christmas (all older releases, and outstanding figures at that). Another unit of Bretonnian footmen would be great, as I can also use them… Read more »
Behold! The Skaven Centipede!
yet another massive monster for warhammer.
In many ways it has already become a skirmish game, but for the above massive monsters instead of troops. What is the point in even bringing lowly troops when you can field a few of these instead?
Still, this is much more skaveny than that vermin lord beastman demon-thingy.
Also the head is a good homage to the original jes goodwin boneripper -(not that later undead version pictured above), even down to the rips in the chainmail and that ridiculous horn.) it actually makes it recognizable as boneripper and not just some random ratgiant
Grey Seer looks cool, but I do not like the Ripper…. looks like a rat-octopus.
Although a long time Skaven fan, I think that as with the vermin lord, if I get one of these it will be because I see potential to convert it into a greater daemon or daemon engine… The Boneripper doesn’t convey a very ‘skaven-y’ feel to me. A lot of the model is technically very good, but the overall impression is a bit weird and awkward. It has no soul.
I’ll reserve judgement on Thanquol – need to see him closer up I think, although he looks more ‘action adventure’ than ‘villainous mastermind’ to me.
Although I do not play skaven, I do like it. I will not join the weekly GW bassing what is going on this site. The weekly frustrations of some people everytime their is a topic about GW is tiresome. BoW do something about that!
Oh, come on, join the chant with us old timers: “Keep things the same! Keep things the same!”… For my part, I do play skaven, and I do not like these newfangled monsters that much. No, I am really not too fond of the general movement of warhammer becoming the game of “big actionfigure-like monster fantasy battles” at all. Then again, I am old and started when the game was about troops, not monsters. I think you will find that us old-timers’ (rather intense) love/hate relationship with GW is what fuels the comments of this site more than any one… Read more »
People are of course entitled to their opinions; this model certainly isn’t for everyone, but comments such as Oh well, the kiddies will wet the bed and scoop them up in droves are not productive to any discussion. I don’t know when you started playing Warhammer, but there certainly was a time when it was based on the power of heroes and magic items. I don’t see anything wrong in having these massive points dump for Horde armies which in turn allow you to field a more elite (or lower model count) army. The things I have always found interesting… Read more »
I approve of GW bashing, when they deserve it. But crying about a blurred imagine of a model that has plenty of potential merit makes me slightly sad.
Flying Wolf Head Brick or Wolf Santa Sleigh or Flying Dark Angel Fortress this ain’t.
This is hardly a Stormraven!
agreed, that example is a derogatory slur and unproductive. I am not condoning slagging GW off at every corner, just making an observation to stave off the calls for BoW to “do something” about the “GW bashing”. as I wrote: “And as long as most posts are quite civil here I do not find this problematic at all. It is one of the tings that keeps this community interesting to come back to.” I started playing when the models had stats such as willpower and plastic was drastic, (The other old-timers will get that reference). Sure, there were always some… Read more »
I was around during those willpower days as well. I can’t remember which edition was effectively “herohammer” (4th?), but it was at that point my friends and I decided to limit what items you could buy for your characters (I think we settled on you not being able to buy an item which cost more than 50 points). There was a campaign thing released by GW yonks ago; you rolled for territories a bit like Necromunda and they gave you little perks with regards to how you could build your army. Personally, I think 9th has veered too far into… Read more »