Reply To: Is NewGW returning to old ways?

[phaidknott 7023xp 1]

If you’re spending $300 dollars on GW terrain, then you’re near the cost of buying a 3D printer and making your own.

In this day and age 3D printers are really putting the squeeze on producers of wargaming terrain (both in plastic, resin, and MDF), so the only way they can compete is to make their packages MORE value for your buck.

GW may be pricing themselves out of the market as there’s lots of files that produce “similar” looking products available. They used to do some really nice packages a couple of years ago (the first killzone box set, the first Warcry etc etc), but of late they seem to be penny pinching on recent releases (like how many conduits do you need?). The first release of the  Sector Mechanicus (with things like the ferratonic incinerator) terrain in the box set (sorry can’t remember the name of the game that came out as a precursor to Killzone) was fantastic value. But after that box set went OOP, all the terrain became extremely expensive (for a plastic sprue). So 3D printers seems to be the way to go until GW get their head out of their ass and realise they DO have some serious competition that they can’t just take legal action against to take them out of the market.