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2008/02/19 19:28:42
Subject: GW's "logical conclusion"
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Joined the Military for Authentic Experience
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Or 10 wolfriders for the same money.
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2008/02/19 19:30:31
Subject: GW's "logical conclusion"
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5th God of Chaos! (Yea'rly!)
The Great State of Texas
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Well that is FW after all...
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-"Wait a minute.....who is that Frazz is talking to in the gallery? Hmmm something is going on here.....Oh.... it seems there is some dispute over video taping of some sort......Frazz is really upset now..........wait a minute......whats he go there.......is it? Can it be?....Frazz has just unleashed his hidden weiner dog from his mini bag, while quoting shakespeares "Let slip the dogs the war!!" GG
-"Don't mind Frazzled. He's just Dakka's crazy old dude locked in the attic. He's harmless. Mostly."
-TBone the Magnificent 1999-2014, Long Live the King!
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2008/02/19 19:54:16
Subject: GW's "logical conclusion"
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Drew_Riggio
Vancouver, British Columbia.
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But, to be fair, Forgeworld is very expensive even in the context of resin models. Fortunately their sculpts are of such quality that they can get away with it.
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2008/02/19 20:05:09
Subject: GW's "logical conclusion"
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Fixture of Dakka
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Triggerbaby wrote:Fortunately their sculpts are of such quality that they can get away with it.
*Cough*
Buy more FW models.
More bubbling, warping, and non-cleaned of agent I have never seen from say FOW.
All of my FW experiences = bubbled, warped, gapped, not cleaned.
FOW = not cleaned, but their agent doesn't repel primer so...who cares?
Sorry, back to topic.
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2008/02/19 20:26:13
Subject: GW's "logical conclusion"
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5th God of Chaos! (Yea'rly!)
The Great State of Texas
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FOW uses resin? I thought they were metal. Learn something every day.
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This message was edited 1 time. Last update was at 2008/02/19 20:28:53
-"Wait a minute.....who is that Frazz is talking to in the gallery? Hmmm something is going on here.....Oh.... it seems there is some dispute over video taping of some sort......Frazz is really upset now..........wait a minute......whats he go there.......is it? Can it be?....Frazz has just unleashed his hidden weiner dog from his mini bag, while quoting shakespeares "Let slip the dogs the war!!" GG
-"Don't mind Frazzled. He's just Dakka's crazy old dude locked in the attic. He's harmless. Mostly."
-TBone the Magnificent 1999-2014, Long Live the King!
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2008/02/19 20:43:38
Subject: GW's "logical conclusion"
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[MOD]
Anti-piracy Officer
Somewhere in south-central England.
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JohnHwangDD wrote:Kilkrazy wrote:Wargames Foundry 28mm Imperial Romans, 18 figures for £27 = £1.50 per figure. (Metal)
GW Fire Warriors, 12 figures for £18 = £1.50 per figure. (Plastic, multipart, poseable.)
If you're going to compare GW vs Historicals, compare with Fantasy, which uses comparable model counts on an army basis. Right now, you get 20 (plastic, multi-pose) Empire Militia for 18 GBP. Less than 1 GBP per model is considerably cheaper than 1.5 GBP.
I don't think there are many historicals that are price-competitive with GW's plastic Cavalry Regiments.
Essex Miniatures cavalry is 86p per figure. That's for 25/28mm metal figures, without any bulk discount.
I'm not saying you are wrong about plastics. They certainly are cheaper to produce if you make large quantities. The popular historical 1/72 plastic sets are cheap compared to equivalent 15/18/20mm metal figures. A lot of people use them. Metal is still very popular, though, partly because there is a much larger range available, and because in the small scale metals figures are pretty cheap anyway, and a lot of players like the weight.
The advantage of metal is you can do very small runs. GW isn't interested in very small runs.
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2008/02/20 13:41:32
Subject: GW's "logical conclusion"
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Regular Dakkanaut
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Polonius wrote:It doesn't change the point that 8 Knights of the realm for $35 is unbeatable, as far as I've seen.
Oh but they are beatable. Very easily, and by a country mile:
20 metal Wood Elf cavalry for $60 anybody?
By Tom Meier.
And each one an eye-wateringly beautiful sculpt.
https://www.thunderboltmountain.com/product_info.php?cPath=25&products_id=102&osCsid=e515b16052c301da35fd02ee384ed7d1
That offer rips the head off GW's and craps in its neck!
When will people learn? GW's plastics are NOT good value for money. They're better value for money than GW's metals, but that's like saying Mussolini must have been a nice guy because he wasn't as bad as Hitler... 
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2008/02/20 18:34:45
Subject: GW's "logical conclusion"
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Rogue Daemonhunter fueled by Chaos
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Well, I stand corrected. Those are nice models, and the sale price is better then Gw's. I mean, factoring in shipping and a readily available GW discount the price might get closer, but all in all it seems like a great buy.
Allow me to restate my assertion, then: GW plastic cavalry regiments are among the best values for cavalry that is readily available.
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