Jazz is for losers
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That fragile piece of plasticresin crap cost you £14.50?
GW changes to cheaper materials and puts up prices.
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Master of fact
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Yea dont remind me. Grumble grumble
BPI
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I popped in on Saturday to take a peek at the Finecast. The poster in the window showed some new Tomb King characters that are quite nice but none left. Too expensive really but I thought I could justify a single purchase to try out the material 
Checked out the LotR stuff and it's all gone! All of the metal blisters removed & a handful of Finecast in their stead (plastic boxes are still present). They've already partitioned off half the store so that browsing blisters is only possible if you're prepared to be jostled by giddily gaming kids like all the other stores I've been to and now they're reducing stock levels again! I guess once the lease is up my current store will be at least moving if not vanishing entirely
I wonder if GW had a deal in place to sell a chunk of their metal so despite the production issues had to rush this release in order to strip metal from the shelves for the big meltdown? Or maybe decided not to buy any more & needed fresh stock for the non-Finecast Mordheim, Blood Bowl, etc. miniatures? Why else not sell through the stock on the shelves? Particularly for minis that don't have a Finecast release?
It all seems a bit half-arsed and rushed to me
I spent the remains of my Birthday money on orders from BeDerken, Otherworld and Heresy instead
Cheers, B.
Checked out the LotR stuff and it's all gone! All of the metal blisters removed & a handful of Finecast in their stead (plastic boxes are still present). They've already partitioned off half the store so that browsing blisters is only possible if you're prepared to be jostled by giddily gaming kids like all the other stores I've been to and now they're reducing stock levels again! I guess once the lease is up my current store will be at least moving if not vanishing entirely
I wonder if GW had a deal in place to sell a chunk of their metal so despite the production issues had to rush this release in order to strip metal from the shelves for the big meltdown? Or maybe decided not to buy any more & needed fresh stock for the non-Finecast Mordheim, Blood Bowl, etc. miniatures? Why else not sell through the stock on the shelves? Particularly for minis that don't have a Finecast release?
It all seems a bit half-arsed and rushed to me
I spent the remains of my Birthday money on orders from BeDerken, Otherworld and Heresy instead
Cheers, B.
Anyone remember the old 'blow-out' sales GW used to have? Tons of stuff, piled up on tables going for about 80% off. It's what got me back into painting and collecting sometime last century. I know loads of people who either got into gaming, or got back into gaming, because of those sales.
This is not boding well. You went from defending to deserting GW all in one quick brush stroke.
Wait a minute Jimmy - you're suggesting that the launch of resin on the 28th of May and their financial year end being 29th of May ties into a sinister back alley transaction to sell off a mega-shit-ton of metal, pocketing a modest earnings boost and a goodly amount of cash in time to pay the 20p dividend on the 25th of May.
You, Sir, are mad. These events are entirely unconnected. It is well-established that GW management's decisions are dependant on nothing more than lunar cycles.
PegaZus
Stealth Freak
I was really rather certain it was chicken entrails rather than the lunar cycles. I mean, come on! Lunar cycles are much too regular!
freakinacage
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Hahaha...Imagine that happening after spending several dozen hours on a paint job.
Would a display cabinet have a similar effect?
Will all the Golden Demon entries melt before the judges get a chance to see them?
Even if they don't collapse catastrophically, what will temperature fluctuations have on a painstaking paintjob?
SkelettetS
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first time in ages i seriously laughed at a youtube video freak, good stuff
Master of fact
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omg Breath! that vid was funny!
funnymouth
Active member
man that was funny. good vid.
i was at the LGS a few days ago and i scoped some of the "finecast" and got to talking with the store owner. he was pissed. the models looked like crap, sooo much flash and one of the handful he received was missing and arm. an $18 smurf without an arm. no metal, so no bits, cant be fixed. i mean, $18 for a freakin commissar? it was kinda like a joke it was so ridiculous. when compared to the competition its flat out outrageous. for that price you can get some seriously amazing minis - minis, plural - from other companies, including shipping. seems like a shot in the foot to me. i wouldnt be surprised at all if proxy armies became all the rage. who the hell plays at "sanctioned" GW events in the states anyhow?
i was at the LGS a few days ago and i scoped some of the "finecast" and got to talking with the store owner. he was pissed. the models looked like crap, sooo much flash and one of the handful he received was missing and arm. an $18 smurf without an arm. no metal, so no bits, cant be fixed. i mean, $18 for a freakin commissar? it was kinda like a joke it was so ridiculous. when compared to the competition its flat out outrageous. for that price you can get some seriously amazing minis - minis, plural - from other companies, including shipping. seems like a shot in the foot to me. i wouldnt be surprised at all if proxy armies became all the rage. who the hell plays at "sanctioned" GW events in the states anyhow?
nels0nmac
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Yep that vid is one of the best versions that I have seen in quite a while. Very nicely done.
On the subject of heat when I was in my local GW store and the salesman was giving me the whole "how simply great are these new finecast" spiel, I mentioned that you wouldn't want to leave them near a radiator or in direct sunlight. His reply was " well not until you've painted and sealed them". Like that will make such a difference to whether or not it melts. TWAT. The only difference is the level of Pissed Off that you attain when it does melt.
On the subject of heat when I was in my local GW store and the salesman was giving me the whole "how simply great are these new finecast" spiel, I mentioned that you wouldn't want to leave them near a radiator or in direct sunlight. His reply was " well not until you've painted and sealed them". Like that will make such a difference to whether or not it melts. TWAT. The only difference is the level of Pissed Off that you attain when it does melt.
Avelorn
Sven Jonsson
My review:
+ Superb detailing. Really shows the skills of the sculptors.
+ Relatively easy to clean
+ Takes super glue extremely well.
+ LESS fragile then ordinary resin. I did actually try bending the swords and it worked!
+ Non toxic, less hazardous then the usual resin.
- Lots of flash and mouldlines.
- Miscasts, miscasts, MISCASTS! Really really look at the miniatures before buying. They can even have full blown holes in their heads or be warped, even if the warping thing seems more uncommon. Can it be that older minis are worse off then newer? I have heard some with no issues what so ever, 2 out of 3 minis I bought had severe issues and they were a bit older sculpts. The third was almost perfect though. I will return the other two.
- Price! *grumble*
All in all, I'm positive to the change but the casting quality is abysmal at the moment. If they change that... I will buy my annual dozen of GW minis in finecast for sure.
+ Superb detailing. Really shows the skills of the sculptors.
+ Relatively easy to clean
+ Takes super glue extremely well.
+ LESS fragile then ordinary resin. I did actually try bending the swords and it worked!
+ Non toxic, less hazardous then the usual resin.
- Lots of flash and mouldlines.
- Miscasts, miscasts, MISCASTS! Really really look at the miniatures before buying. They can even have full blown holes in their heads or be warped, even if the warping thing seems more uncommon. Can it be that older minis are worse off then newer? I have heard some with no issues what so ever, 2 out of 3 minis I bought had severe issues and they were a bit older sculpts. The third was almost perfect though. I will return the other two.
- Price! *grumble*
All in all, I'm positive to the change but the casting quality is abysmal at the moment. If they change that... I will buy my annual dozen of GW minis in finecast for sure.
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freakinacage
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well this was just left in an ex staff members window, in brum i might add, not malaysia or somewhere actually hot! no direct heat applied. this would spell disaster for anyone taking their minis somewhere in a hot car in the summer. madness
