Monday the 16th - The End of the World?

[job]

Jus and I already stated but this question goes to everyone else who plays 40k/fantasy:

Who here can say that one day, if the model is cool enough, could think themselves buying a finecast product? Or is everyone just going to stubbornly refuse to buy finecast just because GW is a sh*tty company to them now?

My problem with finecast has to do with the resin. I've worked with resin on the BF tanks, and while it is easy to paint, light and sturdy, it is terrible to have to modify. The stuff is brittle. If you file it, it turns into fine, fairly toxic dust. And it also tends to be prone to miscasts.
This seems all very unfortunate for GW games, which are all fantasy stuff and is a great deal of fun converting and modifying your figures. Resin should make this slightly more difficult. (On the bright side, there will probably be fewer "tip-and-break" accidents.)

[Primarch]

My problem with finecast has to do with the resin. I've worked with resin on the BF tanks, and while it is easy to paint, light and sturdy, it is terrible to have to modify. The stuff is brittle. If you file it, it turns into fine, fairly toxic dust. And it also tends to be prone to miscasts.
This seems all very unfortunate for GW games, which are all fantasy stuff and is a great deal of fun converting and modifying your figures. Resin should make this slightly more difficult. (On the bright side, there will probably be fewer "tip-and-break" accidents.)

A lot depends on the resin they use (there are 1000s of types. Did you know that PET bottles contain resin for instance, or the 'paper' sheet that they use for Niku-man in the convenience stores?) With some resins you really need to scrub them in hot water before paint will stick to them and even then its possible that paint will simply rub off. Likewise, when resin breaks, it tends to do so a lot worse than metal. Whilst I have had metal models break apart into their seperate parts, I have seen resin shatter. As I said, it all depends on what type of resin it is.

Jus and I already stated but this question goes to everyone else who plays 40k/fantasy:
Who here can say that one day, if the model is cool enough, could think themselves buying a finecast product? Or is everyone just going to stubbornly refuse to buy finecast just because GW is a sh*tty company to them now?

Oh, I dont doubt that I will eventually get some, I know I am a total sucker for impulse buying. However, I never really liked metal and I like resin even less. My main argument against buying it is price more than my opinion about GW.

[Colonel Voss]

Well it looks like even Hitler can't stand the prices

http://youtu.be/SXVKj0KcbIQ

[Spevna]

Well it looks like even Hitler can't stand the prices

http://youtu.be/SXVKj0KcbIQ

That was pretty funny.

This one made me chuckle too;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDPi3x0u ... ature=fvwp

[me_in_japan]

a good one, but I like the Doom of Malantai rant best. The timing is..spot on.

[Colonel Voss]

Malantai was the best. But this just fit the bill so well with what is going on.

[Konrad]

I was laughing so hard there were tears in my eyes at the "Hitler finds out about the Blood Angels dex". pure awsome

[Mike the Pike]

More from 'the man' on this Finecast(TM) stuff...

http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/conte ... =16800012a

Seems to answer most folks concerns about it's toxicity and brittleness. The pic of the guy bending the sword = Still doesn't explain why it's more expensive though

[Seb]

Yeah, reading that GW post really got me surprised because it rebuilt my image of resin;
no toxicity
and the bending of that sword is insane.. It would be nice to see and touch a piece IRL just to get a feeling what it is like.

[Spevna]

I was laughing so hard there were tears in my eyes at the "Hitler finds out about the Blood Angels dex". pure awsome

The bit about deep striking LandRaiders was bloody funny.