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2009/01/10 17:36:33
Subject: wierd stuff you found on Ebay.
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Junior Officer with Laspistol
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From pro painted minis that look like  ,the rare accually really well painted models.So what weird stuff have you found(these must relate to warhammer or warhammer40k)post pics if you have.
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"I refuse to join any club that would have me as a member."-Groucho Marx
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2009/01/10 19:10:30
Subject: Re:wierd stuff you found on Ebay.
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Shas'o Commanding the Hunter Kadre
Missouri
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I don't have pics, but some fool put a scratchbuilt warlord (?) titan for sale on eBay a week or two ago. It was very simple-looking, PVC pipe/toilet paper roll weapons, completely smooth surfaces with no detail at all, that kinda thing, and a very "meh" green paintjob. Looked like it was made out of cardboard.
$650 starting bid. That's more than a real titan from Forge World. And it looked like crap.
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2009/01/10 19:16:51
Subject: wierd stuff you found on Ebay.
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Junior Officer with Laspistol
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I once found a so called"Pro painted" mini that look like a 3 year old painted it!
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"I refuse to join any club that would have me as a member."-Groucho Marx
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2009/01/10 19:19:12
Subject: wierd stuff you found on Ebay.
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Executing Exarch
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completely custom armies that go for crazy money are kinda funny, I can't find the listing but recently there was a rattonian army on ebay for like 1,500 USD.
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2009/01/10 19:46:54
Subject: wierd stuff you found on Ebay.
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Foxy Wildborne
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A Wraithlord made out of sprues and spare bases. It came complete with 3-4 sets of tiny clothes which included a poncho, pimp hat and purse. It went for about 5 bucks.
EDIT: Ah yes, here it is.
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The old meta is dead and the new meta struggles to be born. Now is the time of munchkins. |
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2009/01/10 19:52:12
Subject: Re:wierd stuff you found on Ebay.
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Longtime Dakkanaut
The ruins of the Palace of Thorns
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Something very cool - An old citadel miniature (I think. From before GW went entirely in-house) of Johnny Alpha, Wulf Sternhammer and The Gronk. They are characters from the British Comic 2000AD and are the main characters of the Strontium Dog stories. Very awesome. Almost certainly worth far more to the right person than I paid for them, which was £5.70 inc P&P.
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2009/01/10 19:52:55
Subject: wierd stuff you found on Ebay.
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Junior Officer with Laspistol
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O___O ......aaaaah,that is strange!
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"I refuse to join any club that would have me as a member."-Groucho Marx
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2009/01/11 00:20:51
Subject: wierd stuff you found on Ebay.
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Crazed Spirit of the Defiler
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Is that some kind of cosmic future squirrel?
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2009/01/11 05:53:44
Subject: wierd stuff you found on Ebay.
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Anti-Armour Swiss Guard
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No, gronk was an alien with a suction cap-type nose/proboscis. I don't think they ever explained where he/it was from. I only ever saw a few pics of the gronk, and never a detailed one (and never saw the mini - I've got one of each of the rest of the 2000AD stuff though).
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This message was edited 1 time. Last update was at 2009/01/11 06:00:33
I'm OVER 50 (and so far over everyone's BS, too).
Old enough to know better, young enough to not give a ****.
That is not dead which can eternal lie ...
... and yet, with strange aeons, even death may die.
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2009/01/12 05:07:05
Subject: Re:wierd stuff you found on Ebay.
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Roarin' Runtherd
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Sidstyler wrote:I don't have pics, but some fool put a scratchbuilt warlord (?) titan for sale on eBay a week or two ago. It was very simple-looking, PVC pipe/toilet paper roll weapons, completely smooth surfaces with no detail at all, that kinda thing, and a very "meh" green paintjob. Looked like it was made out of cardboard.
$650 starting bid. That's more than a real titan from Forge World. And it looked like crap.
I saw that.......it wasn't a great looking piece.
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2009/01/12 06:01:20
Subject: wierd stuff you found on Ebay.
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Lone Wolf Sentinel Pilot
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Just saw it today some one has the best painted Commissar I've ever seen, looks like a picture of a real person its so good, but the idiot is asking for $100 for it. Forget that.
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My Blog http://ghostsworkfromthedarkness.blogspot.com/
Ozymandias wrote:
Pro-painted is the ebay modeling equivalent of "curvy" in the personal ads...
H.B.M.C. wrote:
Taco Bell is like carefully distilled Warseer - you get what you need with none of the usual crap. And, best of all, it's like being a tourist who only looks at the brochure - you don't even have to go, let alone stay.
DR:90S+GMB+I+Pw40k01-D++A++/areWD 250R+T(M)DM+ |
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2009/01/12 06:03:00
Subject: wierd stuff you found on Ebay.
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Owns Whole Set of Skullz Techpriests
Versteckt in den Schatten deines Geistes.
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I saw that Titan as well. The price was stupid.
BYE
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2009/01/12 06:04:45
Subject: wierd stuff you found on Ebay.
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Regular Dakkanaut
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Ghost in the Darkness wrote:Just saw it today some one has the best painted Commissar I've ever seen, looks like a picture of a real person its so good, but the idiot is asking for $100 for it. Forget that.
Why does that make him an idiot? People will pay heaps for well painted character models, 100 dollars is actually pretty low if its as good as you describe it to be.
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2009/01/12 06:15:08
Subject: wierd stuff you found on Ebay.
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Lone Wolf Sentinel Pilot
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My Blog http://ghostsworkfromthedarkness.blogspot.com/
Ozymandias wrote:
Pro-painted is the ebay modeling equivalent of "curvy" in the personal ads...
H.B.M.C. wrote:
Taco Bell is like carefully distilled Warseer - you get what you need with none of the usual crap. And, best of all, it's like being a tourist who only looks at the brochure - you don't even have to go, let alone stay.
DR:90S+GMB+I+Pw40k01-D++A++/areWD 250R+T(M)DM+ |
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2009/01/12 06:35:43
Subject: wierd stuff you found on Ebay.
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Regular Dakkanaut
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people will pay alot for little painted army men, its pretty sad to be honest.
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2009/01/12 08:42:35
Subject: wierd stuff you found on Ebay.
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Pyromaniac Hellhound Pilot
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That's a lot of url. Try http://tinyurl.com/a7x9mo.
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It's better to simply be an idiot, as no one can call you on it here. -H.B.M.C.
Cap'n Gordino's instant grammar guide:
"This is TOO expensive." "I'm going TO the store, TO get some stuff."
"That is THEIR stuff." "THEY'RE crappy converters."
"I put it over THERE." "I'll go to the store THEN."
"He knows better THAN that." "This is NEW." "Most players KNEW that." |
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2009/01/12 08:55:41
Subject: wierd stuff you found on Ebay.
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Lord Commander in a Plush Chair
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There's a woman who sells a lot of Hasslefree stuff on eBay and it sells for hundreds of dollars. The quality is astonishing.
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2009/01/12 13:29:38
Subject: wierd stuff you found on Ebay.
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Stormin' Stompa
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Just take a look through some of the homemade wargames terrain sold on Ebay. Some of it is absolutely fugly.
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2009/01/12 17:14:51
Subject: wierd stuff you found on Ebay.
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Nasty Nob on Warbike with Klaw
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That Commisar is painted by Sonny Bundgaard in Denmark. He is an amazing painter and modellor.
He almost always gets insane prices.
Honestly, at $100 BIN, I'm surprised it's still available.
Eric
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Quote: LunaHound--- Why do people hate unpainted models? I mean is it lacking the realism to what we fantasize the plastic soldier men to be?
I just can't stand it when people have fun the wrong way. - Chongara
I do believe that the GW "moneysheep" is a dying breed, despite their bleats to the contrary. - AesSedai
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2009/01/13 08:10:35
Subject: wierd stuff you found on Ebay.
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Inspiring Icon Bearer
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lord_blackfang wrote:A Wraithlord made out of sprues and spare bases. It came complete with 3-4 sets of tiny clothes which included a poncho, pimp hat and purse. It went for about 5 bucks.
EDIT: Ah yes, here it is.
I laughed pretty damned hard at this one. I wouldn't pay for the model out of principle, but I would buy the guy a beer.
I've definitely seen some absolutely embarassing "pro painted" armies though. Why are all pro-painted models absolutely stock too? Is it just a cost-benefit thing?
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2009/01/13 11:28:19
Subject: wierd stuff you found on Ebay.
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Ridin' on a Snotling Pump Wagon
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Pretty much.
With Ebay, combined with my old Staff Discount, upon leaving the Company I was able to sell off my Tomb Kings, Iron Warriors and Empire armies for more than I bought them for, without reaching their full price.
One of my local opponents is one of those swine blessed with the ability to paint very competently, very quickly. Rather than doing as a business per se, he likes to buy a new, slightly unusual force, paint it, whip everyone silly with it (he is also a damned good gamer!) then flog it on, pocketing the profit he makes, and then using the same initial outlay to reinvest in yet another force.
Doesn't exactly pay the bills that way, but it's a system of sorts.
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2009/01/13 21:38:50
Subject: wierd stuff you found on Ebay.
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Pestilent Plague Marine with Blight Grenade
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its not that good i could do that if i really tried still its well painted
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2009/01/13 21:46:32
Subject: wierd stuff you found on Ebay.
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Deff Dread red Edition wrote:I once found a so called"Pro painted" mini that look like a 3 year old painted it!
That's not exactly a rare thing on eBay, actually...
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2009/01/14 16:36:26
Subject: wierd stuff you found on Ebay.
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Long-Range Black Templar Land Speeder Pilot
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Deff Dread red Edition wrote:I once found a so called"Pro painted" mini that look like a 3 year old painted it!
I have to say that that is my number one pet hate for ebay, people should learn the meaning of pro painting.
Anyway wierd stuff found on ebay: theres someone trying to sell a still in packaging Khorne Terminator lord
Zhufor from forgeworld for £29.99+p&p, rrp for that mini from forgeworld is £ 14.70 +p&p, its been re-listed
like 6 times since gamesday (i've been watching it in case anyone is silly enough to buy it) i know it has a best
offer option but i've offered asking price and been turned down twice. Another one that amuses me is that theres
someone still collecting pre-orders on ebay for the individual minis from AoBR.
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2009/01/14 16:41:07
Subject: wierd stuff you found on Ebay.
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Fixture of Dakka
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Sirius42 wrote:Deff Dread red Edition wrote:I once found a so called"Pro painted" mini that look like a 3 year old painted it!
I have to say that that is my numer one pet hate for ebay, people should learn the meaning of pro painting.
It has meaning? I figured it ranked right up there with "3v3 Pros only" in RTS games.
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Quis Custodiet Ipsos Custodes? |
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2009/01/14 16:42:28
Subject: wierd stuff you found on Ebay.
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Rampaging Furioso Blood Angel Dreadnought
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A fool and his money are soon parted. Or partying, sometimes it's the same thing.
Ol Sonny may cmmand insane prices for his minis, and I can respect that becuse he appears to have spent the time and effort putting together his skills AND clientele. But I'll be damned if I am contributing to his kids college fund.
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2009/01/14 17:58:45
Subject: wierd stuff you found on Ebay.
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Decrepit Dakkanaut
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Sirius42 wrote:I have to say that that is my numer one pet hate for ebay, people should learn the meaning of pro painting.
Actually, by a technicality, they HAVE learned the meaning of pro-painted: if painting is how they make money, they can indeed be called a professional painter, even if they're not that good. Professional is a loaded word when you think about it. Shaq isn't technically that good at basketball, just very tall, but he's still a pro-basketball player. We just assume that pro-painted = well painted.
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2009/01/14 19:00:16
Subject: Re:wierd stuff you found on Ebay.
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Crazed Savage Orc
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I have a great one that has ever made me cautious of ebay...
A friend of mine got a good deal a while back for a resin baneblade varient. I don't remember what it was called but it had a huge plasma cannon for the main gun. ANyway the guy put up pics of the box that the actual model came in but what was sent was so horrible as to be slightly funy. The guy took what we can only assume was a hacksaw and lopped of a resin baneblade's main gun. Then he did the same to some poor titan's plasma blastgun. He then..HOT GLUE GUNNED the to pieces together. Ork mekboyz shook their heads sadly at that piece of crap. It was truly craptastic!
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2009/01/14 19:39:54
Subject: Re:wierd stuff you found on Ebay.
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Inspiring Icon Bearer
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Gobstomp420 wrote:I have a great one that has ever made me cautious of ebay...
A friend of mine got a good deal a while back for a resin baneblade varient. I don't remember what it was called but it had a huge plasma cannon for the main gun. ANyway the guy put up pics of the box that the actual model came in but what was sent was so horrible as to be slightly funy. The guy took what we can only assume was a hacksaw and lopped of a resin baneblade's main gun. Then he did the same to some poor titan's plasma blastgun. He then..HOT GLUE GUNNED the to pieces together. Ork mekboyz shook their heads sadly at that piece of crap. It was truly craptastic!
Yikes, i hope he reported the gak out of that guy <shudder> I would do it just out of principle, for fething up such a beautiful model
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2009/01/15 00:58:48
Subject: wierd stuff you found on Ebay.
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Regular Dakkanaut
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grizgrin wrote:A fool and his money are soon parted. Or partying, sometimes it's the same thing.
Ol Sonny may cmmand insane prices for his minis, and I can respect that becuse he appears to have spent the time and effort putting together his skills AND clientele. But I'll be damned if I am contributing to his kids college fund.
He lives in Europe dude, no need for a college fund 
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