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They're still cheaper than a full unit of the FW bikers!

Nice paint job, but not worth $1800. Whoever bought that...why?

Pionts gun at person who brought the nobz
Me "theres a F*****G gobal recession you F*****G D***H BAG"
Him "Wha......."
BANG

That sounds like an overreaction and a half. I don't even understand either, how is some idiot blowing $1.8k on plastic models making the situation any worse? Isn't that exactly what we want, seeing as how that guy will most likely pump that money he got for the models back into the economy by either buying more models or doing something more sensible?

Or pay his bills, like I do with all my commission money!

At that price I should sell mine.

Darkness wrote:At that price I should sell mine.

Dont forget ebay link if you do so we can er bid on it.

I bid 16 internets!

But srsly, no way in hell thats a serious bid.

Thise of you who (like me) are amazed at those prices are the wrong kind of bidders for this auction.

Amazingly enough, there ARE people out there who pay these amounts... regularly...

One of my buddies wins almost every auction he bids on. He uses e-snipe and... Well, the amounts he puts in as his max amount are insane. Few people have ever outbid him.

Why? Because he can easily afford it.
If he saw & wanted either of those auctions, he would have, likely, won them.

There are those out there who gladly put out that kind of money for models they want... Whether they're V. Lamb models or just some guy whose Ork Biker Nobs are only above average.

Eric

Surely with that sort of money your buddy and others would commission work to their exact specs?
Seems silly to buy 'off the peg' as it were?

Sternguard_rock wrote:Pionts gun at person who brought the nobz
Me "theres a F*****G gobal recession you F*****G D***H BAG"
Him "Wha......."
BANG

Yeah, because we want people saving their money... Oh wait...

AffliKtion wrote:

Sternguard_rock wrote:Pionts gun at person who brought the nobz
Me "theres a F*****G gobal recession you F*****G D***H BAG"
Him "Wha......."
BANG

Yeah, because we want people saving their money... Oh wait...

Yeah, that's what I was thinking. The motto is "spend spend spend", money saved is money that isn't being pumped back into the ailing economy.

ok $165 a peice....

whats one of the modles worth ?

how many hours to paint one of them ?

I bet when you do the math its not like this guy made a fortune, in fact i bet even at that price he could not afford to paint mini's for a living

its sounds like a lot, but I dont think it is

Oh and why did i not do the math, cause i dont know the value of the mini's, the paints brush's ( i know good equipment aint cheap) and how man hours those things took to paint. if somone wants to give me the figures I will do the math

The value of the minis is just about $300 for 10 FW nob bikers and 1 FW warboss biker.

AffliKtion wrote:

Sternguard_rock wrote:Pionts gun at person who brought the nobz
Me "theres a F*****G gobal recession you F*****G D***H BAG"
Him "Wha......."
BANG

Yeah, because we want people saving their money... Oh wait...

Yeah, someone here is _painfully_ ignorant that one of the ways you help hasten the end of an economic downturn is by spending money...

And in regards to the op, I'm pretty sure everyone knows those nobz aren't made out of gold, because IIRC, at current value, $1,800 would be 2 ounces, and I'm sure those weigh a lot more than that.

One: Where the hell is Jenks, Oklahoma?
Two: What dumb git would pay that much?

Well... try to look at it this way... Warhammer is both a hobby and a game.

Some people only play, and can care less about finding the hobby part *fun. But that doesnt mean they dont like having nicely painted models.

To many, time = money. For the hours they can TRY to paint ( and seriousely, what normal players can paint better than V.Lamb for example ) .

So its actually cheaper yes CHEAPER for them to spend $2k on stuff .

Just a thought.

I have seen a lot of things on Ebay going for a lot more than what they are worth lately. A nice trend if you are selling stuff, but not so much for the buyers.

What!?! I don't have to paint my miniatures anymore? Or assemble them? and only for 1,800 dollars! Wow! what a steal!!!!

Painting and modeling are the best parts of the hobby IMHO, well, besides gaming with buddies of course.

Cryonicleech wrote:What!?! I don't have to paint my miniatures anymore? Or assemble them? and only for 1,800 dollars! Wow! what a steal!!!!

Painting and modeling are the best parts of the hobby IMHO, well, besides gaming with buddies of course.

Well hey! everyone have their priorities and preferences.

Or else painting services wouldnt exist at all.

Expensive ebay auction for painted are very similar imo.

Both are scams.
Look at the bid history of both auctions. Only bidders are E***i, Z***i, E***n, 9***8, etc. Then look at the bid histories of these bidders. The only transactions they have are with with seller1, seller2, seller3, etc.
My guess is the bidders and the sellers are the same person/company. Not sure why they'd do this, unless they think someone will jump into the bidding caught up in the manufactured flurry, or perhaps they link to the sale when trying to persuade people to pay obscene amounts for commission works. Either way, no money is being transferred, and Ebay certainly isn't getting its cut.

Well look at it this way. That's $1800 to ensure you get a kickass paint score at any tournament you go to!

Luna, I specifically mean the Nob Bikers. Painting services are fine. but $1,800 for those bikers is rubbish.

I don't know how much painting services are though. I could only guess.

grotblaster wrote:Both are scams.
Look at the bid history of both auctions. Only bidders are E***i, Z***i, E***n, 9***8, etc. Then look at the bid histories of these bidders. The only transactions they have are with with seller1, seller2, seller3, etc.
My guess is the bidders and the sellers are the same person/company. Not sure why they'd do this, unless they think someone will jump into the bidding caught up in the manufactured flurry, or perhaps they link to the sale when trying to persuade people to pay obscene amounts for commission works. Either way, no money is being transferred, and Ebay certainly isn't getting its cut.

Really? hmm seems legit to me ( past winners with high prices too ) , the winning bidder have bought different painted armies from around the world.

http://feedback.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewFeedback2&userid=sidstall&ftab=AllFeedback

http://feedback.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewFeedback2&userid=jessedaniel-1977&ftab=AllFeedback

Alex Kolodotschko wrote:Surely with that sort of money your buddy and others would commission work to their exact specs?
Seems silly to buy 'off the peg' as it were?

Sometimes... but that takes longer. Many times, it's "See it. Want it," as opposed to "Want it. Look for it."

That's also why I qualified it with, "If he saw & wanted." It can be a really nice looking unit but, if it's armed wrong... forget it. If it's armed right... cha ching. : )

Eric

grotblaster wrote:Both are scams.
Look at the bid history of both auctions. Only bidders are E***i, Z***i, E***n, 9***8, etc. Then look at the bid histories of these bidders. The only transactions they have are with with seller1, seller2, seller3, etc.
My guess is the bidders and the sellers are the same person/company. Not sure why they'd do this, unless they think someone will jump into the bidding caught up in the manufactured flurry, or perhaps they link to the sale when trying to persuade people to pay obscene amounts for commission works. Either way, no money is being transferred, and Ebay certainly isn't getting its cut.

Do you ever use ebay?
Those names look like that to hide the identities of the buyers. It's been that way for a LONG time.
Look at ANY completed Feebay auction and check out the name of the winning buyer.

Eric

Hmmm...obviously not for a while. Didn't used to do that. Guess they're just nuts.

Nah. It's a privacy thing.

People used to take advantage of people like my buddy... They'd go in, see who was bidding, and bid the bejeesus out of an auction because they knew the guy was going to have a high proxy bid.

It's one of the reasons my buddy turned to e-snipe. The main one, in fact.

Eric

In all seriousness....

How long would it have taken someone to paint those minis ?

that is way too much money, but FWIW they are painted quite well. As mussie has just sort of pointed out, it's probably about worth the hours of a paying job. Good on him, I say, and may all jokes fall on the buyer's head.

I can't wait until someone finds the catch...

"Nob Bikers have been converted to have rubies for eyes"

Now that would be funny!

I'd have to say... That's a lot of teef'. A stupid amount of teef'. And the paintjob is simple, while clean, it's not at all that good. That's a simple dunkin' job if you ask me... I'm thinking that the winning bidder will be disappointed by this "pro" painter...

Just my 2 cents.

-J.