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@redscope The Cadians are the best example to use because there’s so many alternatives and comparators out there. And it’s not as though the next generation of guard models will be less than £30 for 10.
Try comparing the Bulldogs or Les Grognards to the recent Death Korps… Mulipart, separate components, posable compared to the monopose Death Korps. If I was going to build an army of hundreds, I wouldn’t be buying the Death Korps box.
Infinity is not really a fair comparison – individually they’re more expensive but you only need like 10 models. That’s it. And you can pretty much get a full size force for £80. So I deliberately didn’t compare them to 40k because there’s a very different context about what it is you are buying. In Infinity you are essentially buying a small squad, in 40k you need a small army. I also limited comparison to like for like products – multi part, plastic, scifi soldiers
@wurzzel I didn’t say quality didn’t matter, I said you don’t need super quality Miniatures to build an army that looks good on a table – i.e. in large numbers and from a viewing distance of 3-4 feet. That’s not the same as saying it doesn’t matter, only that in a particular context the quality is of no benefit other than to bump the price up. Now, if you are of the view that you don’t want to paint those lesser quality models, that’s fine, it’s your hobby. But people shouldn’t complain about the higher prices having made that choice because in doing so you are also getting extra value out of the product – the value of the enjoyment of painting the higher quality miniatures.
Also, everything is usable in 40k, or any other game for that matter. It doesn’t have to look exactly like the GW model to be used in 40k. 40k is just a rules set, and the stats are just numbers on a page – you can proxy anything in for any unit in the game, you can use lego minifigures it you really want. So Stargrave Miniatures can be used, no problem but Wargames Atlantic absolutely can because they are designed to be astra militarum proxies! They’re a better fit than even Mantic’s Miniatures.
