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I ordered some Bretonnian MTO back in February, about 30 minutes before they were taken off sale. They still haven't shipped and I don't expect them for a while.

I ordered a Marauder Giant within 10 minutes of going on sale this past Saturday, and it has been shipped already.

MTO is strictly first come, first served.

Yes. First come, first served is to be expected

First come first served, but I've also noted that GW will generally provide overseas before UK once they hit made-to-order. Which might be a bias to getting the longest delivery time items out first since UK stuff will generally arrive in one or two days once shipped whilst overseas has to go by slower means

 Overread wrote:

 Bonegrinder wrote:
Holy smokes, I just got a dispatch notice for my MTO Orcs & Goblins. I wasn't expecting to receive anything till the end of the year.

GW normally estimates something around 3 months for MTO - end of year would be shockingly bad.

My last order took 6 months to the day.

Yes, placed an order for the Marauder Giant plus some River Trolls pretty much bang on 10 am Saturday and have also received a dispatch email today. Must admit that it was pretty similar with the Bretonnian MTO I placed in Jan/Feb earlier in the year. It is usually our friend's overseas that have to wait the longer advised times.

 Overread wrote:

 Bonegrinder wrote:
Holy smokes, I just got a dispatch notice for my MTO Orcs & Goblins. I wasn't expecting to receive anything till the end of the year.

GW normally estimates something around 3 months for MTO - end of year would be shockingly bad.

Any MTO I've order have always stated 180 days, no later. So around 6 months or end of October/beginning of November.

WarComm is showing off the new Skaven Jezzail today. Looks pretty spiffy, just needs the correct base for TOW.

 Bonegrinder wrote:

 Overread wrote:

 Bonegrinder wrote:
Holy smokes, I just got a dispatch notice for my MTO Orcs & Goblins. I wasn't expecting to receive anything till the end of the year.

GW normally estimates something around 3 months for MTO - end of year would be shockingly bad.

Any MTO I've order have always stated 180 days, no later. So around 6 months or end of October/beginning of November.

And there I got mixing up the mto time with the marketing window time!

 SgtEeveell wrote:
WarComm is showing off the new Skaven Jezzail today. Looks pretty spiffy, just needs the correct base for TOW.

Yep its lovely - the stupidity of not cross selling astounds me....

I also got a dispatch notice for my Stone Trolls today. I might still order the River Trolls and Giant before the end of the week, but I can wait 180 days for them.

 Mr Morden wrote:

 SgtEeveell wrote:
WarComm is showing off the new Skaven Jezzail today. Looks pretty spiffy, just needs the correct base for TOW.

Yep its lovely - the stupidity of not cross selling astounds me....

The new clanrats look pretty good too. They are even almost the same size. But the poses are a lot more "dynamic" and probably won't rank up too well.

I've got around 80 older clanrats already though, so I'm good for those.

 SgtEeveell wrote:

 Mr Morden wrote:

 SgtEeveell wrote:
WarComm is showing off the new Skaven Jezzail today. Looks pretty spiffy, just needs the correct base for TOW.

Yep its lovely - the stupidity of not cross selling astounds me....

The new clanrats look pretty good too. They are even almost the same size. But the poses are a lot more "dynamic" and probably won't rank up too well.

I've got around 80 older clanrats already though, so I'm good for those.

If they are more dynamic, would it be possible to mix in the old more static ones in between for spacing purposes?

 MajorWesJanson wrote:

 SgtEeveell wrote:

 Mr Morden wrote:

 SgtEeveell wrote:
WarComm is showing off the new Skaven Jezzail today. Looks pretty spiffy, just needs the correct base for TOW.

Yep its lovely - the stupidity of not cross selling astounds me....

The new clanrats look pretty good too. They are even almost the same size. But the poses are a lot more "dynamic" and probably won't rank up too well.

I've got around 80 older clanrats already though, so I'm good for those.

If they are more dynamic, would it be possible to mix in the old more static ones in between for spacing purposes?

With the 25mm bases, almost assuredly.

That Skaven release is shaping up to be perfectly cross-compatible from what we've seen in the trailer and on WH Community. There has been no AoS-style unit overhaul yet.

 Bonegrinder wrote:


Any MTO I've order have always stated 180 days, no later. So around 6 months or end of October/beginning of November.

Curiously, my 'order processing' email for my Stone Trolls MTO said it will ship within 188 days, rather than the usual 180. I wonder if that's to allow for the upcoming UK warehouse closure?

Also, add me to the 'quietly shocked' basket at the surprisingly reasonable price for this round of MTO stuff, which is tempting me to buy more. Peace through War! Save through Spending!

I just received my Lady Élisse Duchaard and I'm starting to see why it took so long to release.

My copy has a lot of little pieces of the silicone mould stuck to it, and the overall quality of the resin casting isn't as high as most recent minis have been.

For whatever reason, I suspect they've had QC problems with this particular mini.

What you mean RoB, does the cast have gaps or soft details?

Yeah I really want to hear more as its one of the models I'm most excited about getting (though I missed the last order window so I'm waiting for the next casting round)

 Bonegrinder wrote:
What you mean RoB, does the cast have gaps or soft details?

A bit of both, and also a large number of bubbles. The casting gates are also in really awkward places which makes it harder than usual to remove them without damaging the mini. I've been finding small pieces of blue silicone embedded in the resin, which can't be a good sign for longevity of the moulds.

It feels like they've had difficulty getting this mini to "work" properly.

 Return_to_Bretonnia wrote:
I just received my Lady Élisse Duchaard and I'm starting to see why it took so long to release.

My copy has a lot of little pieces of the silicone mould stuck to it, and the overall quality of the resin casting isn't as high as most recent minis have been.

For whatever reason, I suspect they've had QC problems with this particular mini.

Finecast problems are back I guess.... no excuses for any of that.

Yeah that sounds like finecast problems not regular resin problems - at least it shouldn't be finecast

WAIT is it finecast --- please tell me its not finecast

It shouldn’t be finecast…

I saw someone’s trebuchet on Reddit earlier this week and one of the shield icons had a huge hole on it

I’ve only got the Black Orc big boss in the new resin and no issues whatsoever I was careful with assembly and didn’t even have to fill any gaps. I guess it depends on the mini and how many casts have been made already.

It's not Finecast, it's ForgeWorld. It's the same high quality resin all of my recent purchases have been made from, and they were great.

The problem, at least for me, seems to be specific to the design and geometry of this mini.

 Return_to_Bretonnia wrote:
It's not Finecast, it's ForgeWorld. It's the same high quality resin all of my recent purchases have been made from, and they were great.

The problem, at least for me, seems to be specific to the design and geometry of this mini.

Perhaps it's why it took a while to get released. Still a shame though. Thankfully I have a metal Fay Enchantress (though sadly stuck in storage other side of the world) from back in the day. Still, enough pile of shame to keep me busy in the meantime.

My Troll Hag had a bit of blue silicone on it, but the cast was excellent. Nothing like the pain finecast was with its huge amount of sprue gates in awkward places and brittle resin.

 Return_to_Bretonnia wrote:
It's not Finecast, it's ForgeWorld. It's the same high quality resin all of my recent purchases have been made from, and they were great.

The problem, at least for me, seems to be specific to the design and geometry of this mini.

So you believe it might be the sculpt itself and not the mould or casting that is the problem? In either case I'd bring it up with GWs customer service, send them pictures and hopefully they can send you a good replacement.

 Bonegrinder wrote:
So you believe it might be the sculpt itself and not the mould or casting that is the problem? In either case I'd bring it up with GWs customer service, send them pictures and hopefully they can send you a good replacement.

I think so. I've done DIY projects with silicone moulds and casting resins, and sometimes you just get specific shapes and details which are a pain in the butt to cast reliably. I think this mini might be one of those. If others have more luck with it that's great, but I saw someone on Reddit commenting that the fit of the parts wasn't great.

It's possible it took so long to release because they've tried everything and this was the best they could do.

That's interesting, I didn't know that.

Thanks for the warning I'll hold off buying for a while to see if they can fix the defects.

I got several Tomb King Resin models (2 scorpions, Giant, Casket, characters, etc) and I had zero issues...and my little bro got the orc boss on wyvern and also didn't have any problems. Wonder if it was just that model?

That's what I think, RtB believes the shape of the model gave GW some difficulty. DaveC got the Black Orc Big Boss with no problems and my own Troll Hag was great.

Garo posted a picture from Reddit of a Bret Trebuchet with a small gap in it, but that looks easy enough to fill with green stuff.