WARHAMMER 40K Vehicles

[Binkerman]

@ DCB:

Ahh yes, ... I believe that's the > Steptoe & Son variant, from the Chapter SITTING DUCK that has about as much protection as a Fishnet Condom ... whereas mine is the Tempest variant with a tad more protection that holds only ONE Space marine ....

Jas

[Elowan]

Yeah but Fishnet Condoms are so ... fashionable.

[Freak]

Wow, I just skimmed your thread, and I have to say that I loving what I am seeing.
Makes me wish I had carried on Collecting WK40. But then I remember how expensive it was to buy the models!!

When I started collecting the Rhino Tank cost £4.99 within six months it had jumped up to £19.99. The set did not have any metal on it nothing in the set had changed to warrant the high cost.

[Meph]

Fishnet condom... LOL

Originally Posted by Freak

When I started collecting the Rhino Tank cost £4.99 within six months it had jumped up to £19.99. The set did not have any metal on it nothing in the set had changed to warrant the high cost.

The contant cost increases probably is due to an increased quota of daily kitten and puppy sacrifices at the HQ of GW. I can't imagine much else that can drive such success to have hundreds of shops all around the world and one in nearly every godforsaken village in the UK and still drive up the costs of the models...

[Armondikov]

Originally Posted by Meph

Fishnet condom... LOL



The contant cost increases probably is due to an increased quota of daily kitten and puppy sacrifices at the HQ of GW.

Damn those Slanneshi bastards!!!!!!!!!!

I can't imagine much else that can drive such success to have hundreds of shops all around the world and one in nearly every godforsaken village in the UK and still drive up the costs of the models...

As I know a few people that work for GW, I can offer a partial explanation.

1) The cost of a single plastic mould is at least 5 figures, the machines to pump in the plastic can be up to millions. They spent a massive amount recently on getting new casting technology and sculpting technology (see some articles on the new Dark Angel veterans to see how good this is). Essentially, GW has the most advanced casting technology of any mainstream toy shop. This is not cheap ass, weak China/Indoesia/Taiwan made crap (well, not anymore at least, I've just seen that old landspeeder...) and they're near enough constantly upgrading their equipment.

2) You don't pay for the product really. If you look at the younger demographic, GW works like a cheap babysitting service, i.e., the price of a tank pales in compason to the fact you get your kid out of your hair for 6 hours. A lot of kids just hang around the store, some of them acting as time vampires. Basically, you pay for the staff to be awesome (and it's very seldom that they're boring, they're usually off their nut and crazy).

3) If you look at the quality of the supplements, it's obscenely high. GURPS, D&D and Shadowrun are fairly popular RPGs, but their artwork and quality has absolutely nothing on the stuff produced by Games Workshop. If you flick through the rulebook there's usually at least one image or diagram or some kind of figure on every page and they're top quality.


Anyway. That's technically where the money goes. No doubt Andy Chambers just blows the rest on hookers.

[Freak]

yeah I never meet a member of staff in GW that was not a nutcase.
One of the things I like about the shop while I was collecting was, that if you had any problems painting your modell, the staff where more than happy to help out.

they would do a workshop of teaching you to paint, followed by a few hours play the game on the boards they have set up in store.

Anyway back onto topic.

[Firelode]

This is really great work Binkerman, are you using a range of reference media; images, games, models or just miniatures as they stand?

Also and I found this kinda funny:

Originally Posted by Binkerman

fopar

It's spelt 'faux pas' I'm sure you can appreciate the irony!

[chrono]

Actually fopar is a slang word. Same thing though

[Binkerman]

@Elowan:

What was I thinking, .. Fashion is definately at the top of the list when you're in the middle of a WarZone ...

@ Freak:

Thanks Dean , .... Yikes, a £15 price jump in 6 months sounds like Greed to me ... GW & FW are big enough companies that can afford to look after their customers ... not sting them ...

@ Firelode:

Thanks mate !!, ... If you're meaning the Tempest, ... Ive used a mixture of Refs, ... Exterior is based on the Forgeworld Miniature, ... but for the Cockpit, I wanted to flesh that out a bit, so Ive mixed real-world aircraft cockpits with the Miniature layout, ... so hopefully it will look a little more interesting when its done ...

heh .. Fopar is a word, .. but you're also right, it is spelt that way too, ... don't know its origins, but Im also from the UK, so I hear that term alot when someone screws up ...


I should have an update to post on the weekend, ...

But for now, to coincide with the completion of the Tempest Model, .. I'll be releasing a Book for Would-be Pilots ....

Cheers Guys

Jas

[Freak]

Hehehe, nice Idiot's guide.