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Some whoes from me. I got the new thunderfire cannon 2 weeks ago and found the qualty to be horrible. There were many air bubbles all over the model. There was no way I could make it work. So I emailed the nice people at Games Workshop and they sent me another. Sad part was it was worse. What going on with these guys? Is this isolated or has there qualty control gone to hell?

What do you guys think?

GW is switching many of there metal minis to resin (finecast) which (depending who you ask) are either ok or awefull when it comes to quality.

Suffice it to say that yours is not an isolated incident and you may end up emailing GW several more times before you get a decent model.

Call, don't email, you will probably get an auto email response saying to please call, so save yourself a day or 2 and pick up the phone.

Usually new products are bad quality when they first come out and the thunderfire cannon has only just been re released in finecast, id reccomend sending it back and waiting a while longer before getting one, there will still be the usual few faults but the quality should be a lot better than it is on release.

Oh, this thread again?

Yes, there are problems with FineCast. Yes, we know. Yes, Games Workshop knows. Call them and they will fix it.

SoloFalcon1138 wrote:Oh, this thread again?

Yes, there are problems with FineCast. Yes, we know. Yes, Games Workshop knows. Call them and they will fix it.

It just might take them 10+ attempts. And you'll need to buy some liquid greenstuff.

If it took me three times to get a good Thunderfire, I'd be pretty happy with one good Thunderfire and 2 that would make decent fixer-uppers or terrain/conversion material after some cleanup and liquid green stuff action.

Brother SRM wrote:If it took me three times to get a good Thunderfire, I'd be pretty happy with one good Thunderfire and 2 that would make decent fixer-uppers or terrain/conversion material after some cleanup and liquid green stuff action.

I personally would be happy with one good Thunderfire, rather than waiting for shipping 3 times over.

SoloFalcon1138 wrote:Oh, this thread again?

Yes, there are problems with FineCast. Yes, we know. Yes, Games Workshop knows. Call them and they will fix it.

You mean, call them and they will keep sending you miscasts until you give up.

SoloFalcon1138 wrote:Oh, this thread again?

Yes, there are problems with FineCast. Yes, we know. Yes, Games Workshop knows. Call them and they will fix it.

These are problems that should have been corrected before they left the factory not when I open the box. Doesnt anybody even look at the pieces before they are put in the box?

Like I said I taking it back and want my money back.

mp40guy wrote:Some whoes from me. I got the new thunderfire cannon 2 weeks ago and found the qualty to be horrible. There were many air bubbles all over the model. There was no way I could make it work. So I emailed the nice people at Games Workshop and they sent me another. Sad part was it was worse. What going on with these guys? Is this isolated or has there qualty control gone to hell?

What do you guys think?

Regardless of how bad this kit is in resin I can assure you its better then the metal version.

Catyrpelius wrote:

mp40guy wrote:Some whoes from me. I got the new thunderfire cannon 2 weeks ago and found the qualty to be horrible. There were many air bubbles all over the model. There was no way I could make it work. So I emailed the nice people at Games Workshop and they sent me another. Sad part was it was worse. What going on with these guys? Is this isolated or has there qualty control gone to hell?

What do you guys think?

Regardless of how bad this kit is in resin I can assure you its better then the metal version.

Like the Hellcannon?

Large, complex, multipart metal models deserve their own ring in hell.

helium42 wrote:

SoloFalcon1138 wrote:Oh, this thread again?

Yes, there are problems with FineCast. Yes, we know. Yes, Games Workshop knows. Call them and they will fix it.

You mean, call them and they will keep sending you miscasts until you give up.

They will send you miscasts until you have enough bubbles for an invisible cannon!

These are the joys of Finecast. As it is now, I would just avoid it.

Having put together a metal cannon, I will take a hole-riddled cannon any day.

I'll take neither.

GW really needs to figure out how to make quality resin casts.

Maybe hire Maxmini on as a consultant?

well personally I would MUCH rather have metal models than failcost models :/

at least with failcost I get like 12 models for the price of one XD

But you can kill people with the metal miniature...

mp40guy wrote:Some whoes from me. I got the new thunderfire cannon 2 weeks ago and found the qualty to be horrible. There were many air bubbles all over the model. There was no way I could make it work. So I emailed the nice people at Games Workshop and they sent me another. Sad part was it was worse. What going on with these guys? Is this isolated or has there qualty control gone to hell?

What do you guys think?

Welcome to the wonderful world of Finecast.


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helium42 wrote:

SoloFalcon1138 wrote:Oh, this thread again?

Yes, there are problems with FineCast. Yes, we know. Yes, Games Workshop knows. Call them and they will fix it.

You mean, call them and they will keep sending you miscasts until you give up.

Sadly, that's pretty much what happens. I've given up completely on Finecast, but my adopted policy was the '3 strike rule'. If I didn't have an acceptable model by the 2nd replacement (original + 1st and 2nd replacements), I demanded my money back and moved on.

BewareOfTom wrote:well personally I would MUCH rather have metal models than failcost models :/

at least with failcost I get like 12 models for the price of one XD

When people combine two of the wretched, hackneyed pun names for Finecast into one post, I wretch. Hold on, I just coughed up some bile onto my keyboard and need to wipe it down.

Brother SRM wrote:Large, complex, multipart metal models deserve their own ring in hell.

I heartily disagree. I have dozens of metal models and no less than 4 metal dreadnaughts ( i can't remember exactly how many). I love metal minis especially large ones. Those of us who like and miss GW metal minis are quick to forget that GW wasn't so great at metal either. Orangepeel, heavy moldlines, moldshift, etc. Add resin and those problems remain...plus a few of resins own. The aggrevation comes from the fact that across the bloody street FW seems to do just fine.
TLDR: metal is fine; it's just not perfect.

AustonT wrote: I heartily disagree. I have dozens of metal models and no less than 4 metal dreadnaughts ( i can't remember exactly how many). I love metal minis especially large ones. Those of us who like and miss GW metal minis are quick to forget that GW wasn't so great at metal either. Orangepeel, heavy moldlines, moldshift, etc. Add resin and those problems remain...plus a few of resins own. The aggrevation comes from the fact that across the bloody street FW seems to do just fine.
TLDR: metal is fine; it's just not perfect.

I'm building a Valhallan army using nothing but old GW metal models. I have no problems with metal on its own, believe me! I just think kits like the Hellcannon and Thunderfire Cannon are absolute nightmares in metal that are absolutely punishing to the builder.

Less or more punishing to the builder than switching to a cheaper medium and raising the price. (Finecast is rather a sore spot for me, I have purchased exactly one FC model the anniversary marine, the way GW handled it would have rubbed me the wrong way if they were perfect; they are not.)

Brother SRM wrote:

BewareOfTom wrote:well personally I would MUCH rather have metal models than failcost models :/

at least with failcost I get like 12 models for the price of one XD

When people combine two of the wretched, hackneyed pun names for Finecast into one post, I wretch. Hold on, I just coughed up some bile onto my keyboard and need to wipe it down.

lol, good job typing all that at the same time, and sorry about this:

FAILCOST

BewareOfTom wrote:
lol, good job typing all that at the same time, and sorry about this:

You try typing when you're emptying the contents of your gallbladder on your keyboard, it's not easy! Also the Finecast puns weren't funny a year ago, they sure as hell aren't funny or witty now.

I heard that all Finecast is inspected 100 percent before being shipped off...

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