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Kanluwen wrote:
The majority of the differences that people are claiming are not evidence of FW altering their resin formulations to match Finecast's. Take this thread for example.
The OP claimed that his models were Finecast because they had miscasts and were on a sprue.
Wrong. Read my first post more closely. I said that they look like FC, because of the extra flex and consistency of the resin.
Cadaver wrote: If you want GW to know what you think, write them a letter directly.
Luckily, I don't care if GW knows what I think. I vote with my dollar, and finecast is an inferior product for a vastly inflated price. So it doesn't get my dollar. What I'm saying is not that I want GW to know what I think, GWshould want to know what its customers think. This thread conveys useful information. White knighting for GW and demanding that threads like this get closed doesn't serve the community.
This thread is not about GW, it is about FW, and the fact that it has been made clear FW is not using Finecast, any posts about GW or their company policies or products are irrelevant to the thread.
Forgeworld isGW.
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While it is clear that FW does not use the finecast process, it is also clear, to the OP at least, that the product he received resembled finecast. If this is the direction that FW is moving toward, (using a resin or casting method somewhat like finecast) then it is something that people should be aware of.
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azreal13 wrote:Dude, each to their own and all that, but frankly, if Dakka's interplanetary flame cannon of death goes off point blank in your nads you've nobody to blame but yourself!
Cadaver wrote: If you want GW to know what you think, write them a letter directly.
Luckily, I don't care if GW knows what I think. I vote with my dollar, and finecast is an inferior product for a vastly inflated price. So it doesn't get my dollar. What I'm saying is not that I want GW to know what I think, GWshould want to know what its customers think. This thread conveys useful information. White knighting for GW and demanding that threads like this get closed doesn't serve the community.
This thread is not about GW, it is about FW, and the fact that it has been made clear FW is not using Finecast, any posts about GW or their company policies or products are irrelevant to the thread.
Forgeworld isGW.
I'm sure GW has a pretty good idea of what their customers think and how profitable Finecast has been for them. I'm sure they will adjust their practice if it proves to not be profitable.
This thread started with someone saying that FW was now using Finecast. Several people provided direct quotes from FW that is was not switching to 'Finecast." Those people get shouted down, called white knights and finally by you, compared to Nazis. So do us all a favor and don't pretend to care about "the community" when you mock those you disagree with with Nazi references. That is doesn't serve the community more than anything else in this thread.
Forgeworld is not Games Workshop. They have separate organization, employees, and products. They operate independently and for all intents and purposes are completely separate entities. I'm sure you are well aware of that, but being hyerbolic and ignoring facts hasn't stopped you so far, so why start now?
You can never beat your first time. The second generation is shinier, stronger, faster and superior in every regard save one, and it's an unfair criticism to level, but it simply can't be as original. - Andy Chambers, on the evolution of Games Workshop games
I have bought a lot of forgveworld over the years and during such time I have seen a vast variance of resin. They vary in hardness/flexabilaty, color and even size. I own 6 hazard suits bought over a two year timespan. One the resin is so brittle that he actually shattered where the mold resin was carefully being removed. Another one is suprisingly smaller in every respect. I also have two winged Tyrants where one is riddled with mold holes due to not enough pressure. I can cite a myrid of other examples but they all came before there was even a fincast.
So let's move to the post finecast launch items. The best comparison here is the four contemtors I have bought over the last year. Two are the regular body ones and two the relic pattern. All of the bodies are the same in color and consistancy (actully near flawless). The difference is in the arms. One of the twin lascannons is more flexable than the other. The two relic ones both have the assault cannons. The first one they were of same quality as the body. Now the second one (I just got him a week ago and have yet to assemble him) happens to have one arm in the usual fw bag we all have seen, where as the other is in a blister. I was/am excited to see this because the extra expense of packaging to me says they are looking for store stock possabilities.
To get to the point, forgeworld has had quality control issues since before gw coined finecast. Also there should be no assumption that on peice will be the same as the next. Lastly, none of this should deter you from buying some nice models from a company that has a great design team.
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False. GW and FW are both owned by Citadel, but that does not make them the same company. That is like saying PizzaHut IS KFC or Taco Bell.
You need to take a closer look at GW's investor relations page. Citadel is a brand owned by Games Workshop PLC (traded under GAW.L on the London stock exchange). Forgeworld is just a division of GW. It is not a separate company.
Balance in pick up games? Two people, each with their own goals for the game, design half a board game on their own without knowing the layout of the board and hope it all works out. Good luck with that. The faster you can find like minded individuals who want the same things from the game as you, the better.
I stand corrected on several issues. Not going to go into them cause it will drag on. However, as pointed out last page, how is this thread relating to rumor or news now? I realize its Good Friday and Easter Sunday is around the corner but there must be a Mod that isnt taking vacation right now that can close the thread.
I'm sure we've all learnt a lot here, possibly on levels that the standard human mind cannot really comprehend or understand.
But we will, no doubt, soon discover this thread having a powerful affect on both mind and body.
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