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Hey guys.

I've been looking through the ork dex and i saw that the gun platform Kannon is 18 points. Upgraded goes to 30 pts. The model to buy is like 28 british pounds?! thats almost a pound per point... and its crazy...

i was just wondering if you guys know any other models which would top that cost/point ratio?!

Sister Superior: 13 points, and £7.50.

1.7 points/pound.

The upgraded Kannon is 0.9 points/pound.

Stormsword is 550 points, and £85. 6.4 points/point.

Over in Fantasy, Nagash is 15.3 points/pound.

so far then the kannon is still the most expensive :/

Vostroyans are 5 points apiece, and cost £9.75 for three of them.

That's £0.65 per point or 1.53 points per £.

I'm sure FW guard is even more expensive, if that counts.


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There, I found one worse. The CSM aspiring champion costs £12. Taken naked in a regular CSM squad, he costs 10 points. That's £1.20 per point or .83 points per £.

so a captain upgrade only costs 10 points :/ how much is a normal CSM?

Tyranid Rippers, armed with Spinefists.

Only available on Genestealer sprues, and only 2 per box iirc.

If you need 5 per base, then you need 15 (minimum squad size is 3). That's 8 boxes of Genestealers, at around $40 per box. So, 320 dollars. Then you need 3 40mm bases, not included in Genestealer boxe, so another $12 to GW.

$332 for a 51 point unit, or about $6.50 per point.

Tau Sniper Drones, £24 for 58 points or £1 for 2.4 points or 41p a point

Not as expensive as Ailaros's Vostroyans but unless you make your own drones there's no alternative

DE Beastmasters £11 for a 10 point model. http://www.games-workshop.com/en-GB/Dark-Eldar-Beastmaster

Not that I've ever actually seen the model on the table mind.

Tyranid rippers are still there at the top. But as a stand alone bought outright model i still think its the ork gun platform.

Really interesting to see all these expensive models haha

Heavy artillery carriage with Earth shaker 71 pounds for 75 points.

The official Warrior Acolyte model costs 6.15 £ for 4 points. So a ratio of 0.65 and he does not even seems to be equipped with one of the options.

 Andy140491 wrote:
so a captain upgrade only costs 10 points :/ how much is a normal CSM?

It's not a captain, that's the funny part. Aspiring champions are nothing more than squad sergeants. It's more than strange to me that such a low-level model would get its own character sprue.

As such, the cost was done by taking the base points and subtracting out the by-model cost, the remainder being the "sergeant tax".

The odd thing is, though, that with pretty minimal effort you could easily make the model a counts-as huron or tooled-up lord/sorc for a much better cost to points ratio.

 Ailaros wrote:
Taken naked in a regular CSM squad, he costs 10 points. That's £1.20 per point or .83 points per £.

No he doesn't. As you added above, the upgrade from CSM to AC costs 10. The CSM are 13 ppm, so the AC ends up at 23 points for the model. Just to ensure that is clear. Does make him come ahead of the Sister Superior, for example.

Still not great. I use him as Khârn myself, his equipment is pretty much wysiwyg.

If it had been £12 for just an 'AC upgrade kit' then I would agree.

Only one dkok mention? Look up their range...

 Bobthehero wrote:
Heavy artillery carriage with Earth shaker 71 pounds for 75 points.

You are forgetting that you still need to buy the actual crew for an additional 20 pounds No extra points in there though.

What about rebel grots?

In fantasy Orc mangler squigs are £36 for a 40 ish point model.

You can be smart and turn one into two but still

Excuse me, but...

Forgeworld, Tech Thralls with Las-locks.

3 points per model.

5 models per pack.

56 dollars per pack plus shipping.

.267 points per dollar.

Beat that.

HA, the Tech Thralls are even to expensive to buy from china.

Acolyte model is £6.50. It is 4pts.
Without considering P&P it is 0.61 points/pound.


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 Shadox wrote:
The official Warrior Acolyte model costs 6.15 £ for 4 points. So a ratio of 0.65 and he does not even seems to be equipped with one of the options.

Beaten to it... Should have read it all.

 Gertjan wrote:

 Bobthehero wrote:
Heavy artillery carriage with Earth shaker 71 pounds for 75 points.

You are forgetting that you still need to buy the actual crew for an additional 20 pounds No extra points in there though.

You get 5 guys, a normal HAC has 4, you can buy extra's for 6, that said, you're right.

Well, but if we count FW, then the top 10 bad value units are all going to be from FW.

I mean, if you get cadian infantry with respirators, you're paying about a pound per point as well, and DKoK aren't much better.

Eldar Jetbikes might be up there, talking boxed sets, not blisters.
17pts each 3 in a box.

the_scotsman wrote:
Excuse me, but...

Forgeworld, Tech Thralls with Las-locks.

3 points per model.

5 models per pack.

56 dollars per pack plus shipping.

.267 points per dollar.

Beat that.

Literally came on this thread to suggest this haha. £5 for a 3pt model basically. And if you don't spend over £250 on your order you're also spending an extra 12% for postage.