Reply To: Overpriced GW

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@cazboab in many ways, GW Miniatures are “premium luxury”.  Ignoring anything subjective like aesthetics, the quality if the plastic kits is extremely high. The details are generally nice and crisp and the way they fit together and how the joins are either well disguised or virtually non existent is market leading.  And when I say that I am comparing them to other plastic model makers, not miniature makers.  So yes, I absolutely think GW make amazing models even if I don’t really like the whole Grim Dark aesthetic.  But therein lies the problem;. “Premium Luxury” models are totally unsuitable for mass battle games and are more appropriate in smaller games like Infinity or Necromunda.  For creating large armies you need lots of relatively cheap models for the rank and file and then some more special ones for elite units and characters.  For me that’s the big problem with Games Workshop – they charge too much and expect you to buy too many