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Has anyone got a 40K/FB mini that you think really needs to be in plastic instead of metal?
Personally, I'm really annoyed by metal Chaos Raptors and Grey Knights. Everything keeps falling off, and they're overpriced too.

THe Brettonian Battle Standard Bearer really needs to be in pastic, he keeps tipping over his gosh darn horse and screwing over my battle lines whenever I move them.

Yeah, I noticed that they tend to be very unbalanced. I stuck on a metal banner to my Chaos Lord and he kept falling over.

Hurricane Bolters, but thats coming.

SISTERS OF BATTLE!!!! i think that they should get plastic minis just so that more people will play them. it is many the time i have heard "i would have started that army but the minis suck and are metal and expensive". so i want some love for the nuns with guns (tho i doubt that it will actually happen)

BLARGAG!!!

I agree with the Sisters of Battle.

Some more of the aspect warriors could be put into plastic, Warp Spiders especially need new models, what good it would do them these days. Plastic Wraithguard might also be nice, I'd actually field some if they were the same cost as Terminators.

Also Raptors and Obliterators as they are two of the most popular Chaos units and yet can be horrendously expensive to field. At the moment I plan to do modded Assault Marine engines on top of regular CSM as stat wise that's what they are nowadays. I supposed you could do Oblits with Terminators, green stuff, and some extra spikes and weapons.

Plastic Broadsides would be good too.

I agree that broadsides and sisters are long overdue.

But my dream projects are:
Imperial citizens (suitable for use as cultists, henchmen, command squads, necro gangs etc)
Inquisitor and henchmen (SO MANY OPTIONS!)
IG Command squads, with all the special weapons
IG buggy
IG command car/armored limo
IG troop truck

Kid_Kyoto wrote:I agree that broadsides and sisters are long overdue.

But my dream projects are:
Imperial citizens (suitable for use as cultists, henchmen, command squads, necro gangs etc)
Inquisitor and henchmen (SO MANY OPTIONS!)
IG Command squads, with all the special weapons
IG buggy
IG command car/armored limo
IG troop truck

I must second this and feel that it would sell rather well. There is certainly dual purpose for the last four items.

Also, plastic sisters would be a nice start. Sure they'd have to redesign the models, but honestly, I feel they could do a bit more for the gamer. Granted GW does have to make a profit.

I would like plastic Ork Meganobz, a box set that would allow you to start with the same basic Ork Boss body and make it into a Warboss, Big Mek, Weirdboy or even a Mad Dok. However, if they put out all the Eldar Aspect Warriors in plastic, and plastic Wraithguard with some weapon options, I would get myself another Eldar army.

Almost all eldar elites, especially wraithguard. my friend hates the metal oblitorators

If I could choose what gets made in plastic:
1. Longcoat Guard wearing Stalhelm & gasmasks
2. Stormtroopers with gasmasks
3. NEW, non-puny Leman Russ battle tank.
4. Valkyrie
5. Sisters of Battle

Also, I'd like to see Jes' new Eldar Jetbike go into production.

Valkyrie/Vulture
Thunderhawk
Rough Riders
Storm Troopers
Reaver Titan

BYE

Aren't Reaver Titans resin, like most FW kits?
Tell you what, I really want plastic Chaos Dreadnoughts. They're so damn heavy, and the arms never stay stuck on.

oh yeah...

HISTORICAL MARINE ARMOR (all marks)
And an updated reissue of the old Beakies

The only thing I want to see in plastic is

EVERYTHING

Daemons!! I hate metal models, and building an all-Tzeentch army is such a pain. All metal all the time.

the lovely steel legion
...
would this make them the plastic legion?
...

ACW infantry and cavalry and artillery
British colonial troops in pith helmets
German 19th century colonial troops
napoleonic (peninsular and later)
19th/early 20th cen. civillians
late 18th century type stuff (AWI, Kettle war, etc.)

Basically, anything that could be used for Victorian Sci-Fi and/or lace wars sci-fi/pulp.

Fortunately, my dreams are already coming true

While I like many of GW's bitz packs, I'd like to see more plastic ones. How about a plastic pack containing various Imperial weapons. The metal plasma gun pack is a start, but I want ones which don't have hand on them already, in addition to plastic-ness.

sirisaacnuton wrote:Daemons!! I hate metal models, and building an all-Tzeentch army is such a pain. All metal all the time.

What... all the new Daemon troops are plastic, blisters are old now.

Cheese Elemental wrote:

sirisaacnuton wrote:Daemons!! I hate metal models, and building an all-Tzeentch army is such a pain. All metal all the time.

What... all the new Daemon troops are plastic, blisters are old now.

Tzeentch and Nurgle are still all metal.

Specialty unit shoulder pads.

They'd be more uniform in the casting and easier to paint.

syr8766 wrote:ACW infantry and cavalry and artillery
British colonial troops in pith helmets
German 19th century colonial troops
napoleonic (peninsular and later)
19th/early 20th cen. civillians
late 18th century type stuff (AWI, Kettle war, etc.)

Basically, anything that could be used for Victorian Sci-Fi and/or lace wars sci-fi/pulp.

Fortunately, my dreams are already coming true

Yee-haw to that!

I want War of 1812 Americans, British, and Indians!

As far as GW goes, plastic Death Korps of Krieg or Steel Legion would be fun. But I'd rather do War of 1812.

Oooh, yes. Indians would be good (either plains or Iroquois nation). So would Plastic Cossacks and early 20th cen. russians (Bolsheviks and White army).

EVERYTHING!

Nuns with guns is a good start. =I= are the only imperial army type that I don't have, mainly due to cost.

Plastic Valhallans+++

I think Sisters would be a lot more popular if they were available in plastic.

Personally, I want to see the rest of the ork line - plastic buggies/tracks, meganobz, battlewagon, grotz, dread, and kanz.

SISTERS! God please SISTERS! I'll take just a box of 3, generic pose, snap-fit plastic 'boosters'. I can make it work from there.

Grey Knights would also be tops.

I also second Meganobz and Raptors. Not because I'd buy them, but I feel sorry for Chaos and Ork players who have to deal with these annoying models. (and playing against raptors is just a bother, waiting for them to pick up all their models.. again).

I second wraithguard:

The models are in simple enough design and structure that they would look really nice in plastic.

Right now we just have the 3 overprices metal models that don't take to conversion well. That's pretty bad considering they are a troop choice.

I heard battle sisters were never made in plastic because GWS was worried that they wouldn't be able to do them properly.

JohnHwangDD wrote:
Also, I'd like to see Jes' new Eldar Jetbike go into production.

New jetbike??? Is there a pic or anything somewhere for us noobs to see? Or was it something just discussed at some point?


Oh, and I second the vote for Wraithguard in plastic. Very much.