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Considering that Forgeworld is a charity to which the sculptors, casters, accountants, writers, and so on donate their time, it must be the resin because the models are produced at cost...

Nurglitch wrote:Slinky:

That was quick. When did you order those?

I placed the order on the 6th Aug, pretty soon after they were announced - maybe I was fairly high on the list?

First come first serve.

Nurglitch wrote:Considering that Forgeworld is a charity to which the sculptors, casters, accountants, writers, and so on donate their time, it must be the resin because the models are produced at cost...

Is that true?

Fetterkey wrote:

Nurglitch wrote:Considering that Forgeworld is a charity to which the sculptors, casters, accountants, writers, and so on donate their time, it must be the resin because the models are produced at cost...

Is that true?

Sarcasm dripped from that thing, so take a guess.

Got the first 2 assembled:



Waiting for some combi-weapons to arrive for the others...

Corrr, gotta love those combat attachments.

Every time I see those... so tempted to do pre-heresy Deathguard. I almost half keep expecting GW to change their mind and take these away. It seems like something people have wanted forever and I'm not used to them being so accommodating.


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H.B.M.C. wrote:

cadbren wrote:All that excess resin suggests to me that resin is dirt cheap and it's easier to do the moulds that way. The cost would be from some bean counter saying they can get away with selling them at that price, not the quantity of materials involved.

Nah. I'm gonna go with the 'excess resin driving up the price' theory.

Even if it isn't the main price driver it is a major one. My Raven Guard had so much excess material it could have been used to make 2 or 3 more sets.

aka_mythos wrote:Every time I see those... so tempted to do pre-heresy Deathguard. I almost half keep expecting GW to change their mind and take these away. It seems like something people have wanted forever and I'm not used to them being so accommodating.


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H.B.M.C. wrote:

cadbren wrote:All that excess resin suggests to me that resin is dirt cheap and it's easier to do the moulds that way. The cost would be from some bean counter saying they can get away with selling them at that price, not the quantity of materials involved.

Nah. I'm gonna go with the 'excess resin driving up the price' theory.

Even if it isn't the main price driver it is a major one. My Raven Guard had so much excess material it could have been used to make 2 or 3 more sets.

QFT! I'm aching to do some pre-heresy Imperial Fists. Or maybe something with those Iron Hands transfers....

Thanks for the pics Slinky, I now want that Iron Armour even more, can't wait to them painted.

I cannot get those Red Scorpion Honor Guard and Librarian models soon enough!

Sure, there will be some surgical removal of RS symbols, but it will be well worth it.

And just so the history books will show the truth:

Kanluwen wrote:

Alpharius wrote:Or it is a Sergeant for a Red Scorpion Honor Guard squad...

Or is it just a highly elaborate shoulderpad for a Sergeant for a generic Honor Guard kit released, intended as an upgrade to make SM Commanders and their retinues look really good...

Which one would net the most money, y'think?
(It's not the one with Red Scorpions)

Ha!

Actually, it IS the one with Red Scorpions!

My Mark III order arrived last night. They must have shipped them pretty early.

Hopefully others are seeing their orders arrive early as well.