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 MajorWesJanson wrote:
The first wave of Finecast was quite bad. But later waves they generally worked out the kinks. The few finecast models I have bought have had no more problems than my average FW models or even a majority of my metal models.

My biggest annoyance wih Finecast is how it spawned people using all sorts of "witty" variations to mock things, like Finecrap, Finecash, Failcast, ect. And now it has moved to the point of "Word® Word®" being used as if it is the height of satire, when it is just moronic.

No.

So how exactly is this the fault of the consumer? If GW had better QC from the get go then they would not be subject to this hilarious ridicule. Is it childish? Of course. But it's also incredibly fething funny.

 Smirrors wrote:
How did GW allow itself to sell the stuff if it was so bad. Surely they would of had to paint and glue the models themselves and experienced first hand what it was like. Poor quality control?

Because they have complete and utter contempt for their customer base?

In all seriousness what I heard was it was a rush job. Allegedly there was a meeting amongst the higher-ups and some of the people running the casting facilities were there. They were asked "Can we roll out Finecast in 2-3 months time?" and some idiot piped up "Sure thing boss!". Now, with GW, being far too much of an entity like the Imperium than it likes to admit; no-one piped up to say it simply could not be done in that time as more testing was needed.

That's what myself and a couple of other have heard talking with some FLGS owners.

On a side note, AFAIK the masters that the studio will paint (and as has always been the case, even with metals) are proper resin, not whatever hybrid mix FC was.