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Citadel Finecast

Started by Dolnikan, May 20, 2011, 08:35:05 AM

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DapperAnarchist

Tomorrow I buy the Devout Sisters before they get resined... That might be where I stop.
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The Keltani Subsector  My P&M Thread - Most recent, INQ28!

Kaled

Perhaps instead of complaining (even though it is for very good reasons), we should look at this as an opportunity to recruit a few new players for Inquisitor. If people are thinking 40k is too expensive then maybe half a dozen 54mm models will seem like a more attractive proposition...
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Inquisitor - Blood Bowl - Malifaux - Fairy Meat

DapperAnarchist

what are Warseer's rules for attempts to encourage people to try out a particular game?
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The Keltani Subsector  My P&M Thread - Most recent, INQ28!

Kaled

No idea. What's the worst that can happen..?

I'm working on a leaflet containing shortened version of the FAQ I wrote that we can hand out at Conclave events (or clubs etc) in an attempt to better inform people about the game and maybe convince them to give it a try.
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DapperAnarchist

This should probably move to Community, but that sounds like a great idea!
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The Keltani Subsector  My P&M Thread - Most recent, INQ28!

Ulgavitch

QuoteI'm working on a leaflet containing shortened version of the FAQ I wrote that we can hand out at Conclave events (or clubs etc) in an attempt to better inform people about the game and maybe convince them to give it a try

Dave, I'm a freelance copy-writer and graphic designer, and I'm currently between jobs. If you want any text or design work done (I've done a fair few leaflet and poster campaigns) just ask and I promise you'll get a professional looking job.

I put together a poster to recruit players at my old club, I never got to use it. PM me and I'll show it you as an example.

MarcoSkoll

That is an interesting idea, both parts of it. I'm all for anything that has the potential to raise the profile of the game.

As far as the cost issue, I was looking at the "To play a GW game. What is the REAL cost?" thread on Warseer recently and people were summing up totals of £300-400 or more before books/tools/paint, and those were "standard armies" with no thought to terrain or such.

And all that was running through my head as I was reading was that you could put together a five man Inquisitor warband for £100, or a Necromunda/Mordheim gang/warband from a couple of plastic boxes and maybe a couple of metals to mix it up - all for about £50.

Specialist games are far cheaper to get into - which may be why GW doesn't really like them as much. To me, it would still look like money going into the coffers, but whatever they think.

As prices are going up, yeah, the lesser cost of entry could be one hell of a crowbar.

And leaflets - assuming we're not hidden away in the far corner, then it sounds great. If we can get past many of the misconceptions, then Inquisitor is a very unique offering that can do what you can't elsewhere.
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Inquisitor Octavian Lars

I have to agree with everything you said Marco, all those reasons for starting were actually the same reasons for me starting in the first place. There's a good levering point. Use examples of others who have got started on INQ for those reasons and say how well they have done at it.
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blacknight

I must admit I will be a bit disappointed if the resin models are not that good, based on what you are saying compared to the gw news.  The new tomb king characters are available for advance order now and some of the models are only available in finecast.  They are also more expensive than the metal equivalent characters.

This is especially hard down in New Zealand as the exchange rate has not been altered for a while so that while gw assumes it is 1:3.1 it is actually closer to 1:2.2 at the moment.

Anyway the leaflet campaign sounds like a great idea and would have huge potential with some people still wanting to be in the hobby but not having the funds or inclination to by more expensive armies.  There is not much of a specialist games community here (excluding spacehulk) that I am aware of and gaining more interest in it would have great potential.  There has been a bit of interest in store when I take inquisitor scale models in to paint with alot of people remembering them and wondering if the game is still played and available.

Anyway my 2c

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Blacknight/Marc
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Dolnikan

A leaflet campaign is a good idea. I would certainly hand some out.
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Stormgrad

GW and me, i first got into gw games at school im sure this applies to a few of us currently here on the clave, GW maidstone was a place to go on saturday spend a few hours with 5 or 6 others around a table while your freshly painted death company tear the throat out of your friends khorne bezerkers.

GW to me was christmas and birthdays and pocket money spent well, because of GW games i learned a great many things that help me now (at 12 i walked to the station, and got a train for the first time by myself all the way to maidstone and back again, i did most of my socializing with other GW Gamers, i learned how to do a basic budget and plan purchases because i wanted to work out when i could afford to buy that next unit, i even learned i could save money by cutting things out that i didnt need or want as much as that bike mounted chaplain and most importantly lie about my age so i could go to the pub after for a drink). Now im sure in time i would of developed these skills on my own but i pushed to learn them and be an Independent Young Adult so i could Go to GW on a saturday spend a few hours with my friends.

During this time ive endured price increase and ive fallen in and out of love with GW's games and products but theres a part of me that is perhaps nostalgia that cant help but go into GW maidstone when im in town, ok so the shop has moved (2 doors down) but the manager is still the same guy i used to want to be when i was 13, now i dont want to be him (id need a hell of a better paying job to afford the merchandise his selling) but i still want to go in there set up my poorly painted blood angels and have a few laughs with people i can call friends.

Now im not sure if its that GW has changed so much or that ive grown up as im sure you all will agree as we grow older our attitudes change but prices now are double that of when i started and not even my nostalgia can make that an affordable price hike. Im ranting now but i wish GW the best with there citadel Finecast range, and im sure they will produce one or two peices i see a use for and ill buy but this time last month, when i found out that i was going to be spending 6 hours a day for 3 days a week on the same street as GW maidstone i was delighted now im depressed

so much for that drop troop army i had been planning (or any army)

DapperAnarchist

was in GW Chester today, and the guy behind the counter (who's very good at customer service by the standards of GW - not lunging on top of you to find out all about what you want) said that the Finecast schedule is that all metals will be Finecast in two years...
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Flinty

I've been following this on a few other forums, partly as I wondered if GW would drop the metals altogether, and so either ditch the Inq range or maybe move it to 'plast-resin'.

Quotenot sure if its that GW has changed so much or that ive grown up as im sure you all will agree as we grow older our attitudes change but prices now are double

This was a very common thought on the threads - if GW is based on a pocket-money customer base with a two year lifespan, these price rises are very ill thought out, plus the 'vets' are whinging like hell.

What I find depressing (also part of getting older) was that awful post on the GW website Octavian Lars posted where selected staff pick a model to paint. What were the comments on the new finecast figures? - crisp...err...takes paint well, shows off detail (what? the mold is identical!) and...that was it, repeated 6 or so times.

Sadlly you need very little brain power to spot a tawdry and very half hearted attempt at marketing hype. If they can't even be bothered to be enthuised with thier own products, god help them.

(Having said that I am going to buy one of the Talos variants).
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Stormgrad

to be honest with you flinty i had plans to purchase a few figures recently id even considered collecting a new 40k army (elysian drop troops, not very cheap when your planning on including 18 valkyries) But i dont think i will i think i will make a very few select purchases for special projects, the talos being one of them

Inquisitor Octavian Lars

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My local store has now got finecast in (independant stockist) and the ones I did have a look at were of stunning quality compared to metal. EDIT: good stunning, not bad.
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