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nkelsch wrote:When you boil it down the same people who say "love the game, hate the modeling" are the same who say "the models cost to much."

Are they?

I've played against quite a few people over the years who were more than happy to splash out the cash... but just couldn't be bothered with painting. I would also think, given the usual pricing structure, that the existence of commission painting studios would seem to make this generalisation somewhat dubious.

Mastiff wrote:I was wondering if that was a possibility, but I wasn't sure if the technology existed or not. That's where I could see GW taking the plunge. They have a consistent product and predictable costs. Do you know of any examples?

Not specific examples, no. I believe (from previous discussions) that some Gundam kits have been cast in this manner, but haven't seen any personally.

I would not mind, but personaly would not buy them(and want un painted and assembald ones to go down in price, not that that would happen...)

I owuld certainly buy the pre-assembled models of those that i find annoying (or impossible to assemble) and i'd infact find this very useful. It'd also be useful if i needed something at short notice for a tournament etc...

However most of the models i'd buy would be the regular ones that come as sprues, as assembling and painting are almost as enjoyable for me as actual gaming.

I personally prefer to assemble and paint the models myself.
Im not a great one for customising the models, but I do enjoy sticking them together and painting when I have the time (but I do prefer having a nicely painted army on the table rather than just base coated).

The plus side of them being pre-assembled though for me would be for the models that you spend ages putting together and end up putting so much pinning in it that you are afraid to touch it

GW has released a few products using colored plastics, a long time ago I remember a starter set existing that consisted of blue space marines and purple genestealers. Not to mention that the space hulk figures are all made of colored plastics.

Still I fail to see this as an advantage, pre colored plastics are very difficult to paint over in any other color besides the base, therefore a blue model would have to remain blue and a red model would stay mainly red. I could see how it would help people who play certain chapters and color schemes, but what would determine what color plastics would be produced?

The Night Stalker wrote:GW has released a few products using colored plastics, a long time ago I remember a starter set existing that consisted of blue space marines and purple genestealers. Not to mention that the space hulk figures are all made of colored plastics.

Still I fail to see this as an advantage, pre colored plastics are very difficult to paint over in any other color besides the base, therefore a blue model would have to remain blue and a red model would stay mainly red. I could see how it would help people who play certain chapters and color schemes, but what would determine what color plastics would be produced?

I think I've got some older Genestealers (Possibly a carry-over from an older edition of Space Hulk?) that came in a dark blue plastic (sold in normal boxes from GW) and they primed white just fine. The molds were a little rough by that point, but they're still kind of cool models.

Why don't they make the plastic black then, pre-primed figures would be sweet.