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Are they made exactly how Reaper make their Figures with a wheel or something? If this is so, then how do they make the Tanks and all that? I heard Reaper make 75,000 a day, how much do GW make? Just asking.

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I have never actually looked into it but I believe that they use injection moulding to create the miniatures, at least for the plastic stuff. This would work as well for tanks as it does for infantry.

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You might like these links

Plastic injection molding, all plastic GW models are made in this way as far as I know
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMjtmsr3CqA&t=14s

Metal spin molding, this was used on the older metal models
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEsvsK_dfJ0&list=PLQWXRpU-Uf-tkhCOBXOfDnzoNmoEN8Kqf&index=2

Here is a nostalgic look into the Reaper miniatures factory.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hXxMY1JH8w

Resin / fine cast pressure and vacuum casting also have their own methods but I couldn't find a good clip ( at the moment) of a industrial scale model caster.

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