warhammerbros... you actually pay these prices? It's a cool, detailed kit but no way is it worth more than even half that

>>96030126 (OP)
it doesnt have a 40k logo so no. Also suck it aussie nerds

>>96030126 (OP)
Who cares about Cathay, also those might be Australian dollars, it's 190 Can

>>96030126 (OP)
Yes it's expensive. Buy recasts if it bothers you. Or wait for someone to scan it, and start printing.

>>96030147
you dont want that recast

>>96030139
>>96030133
Do Aussies really buy Warhammer these days? That costs like half a 3D printer

>>96030161
You can get a decent printer for below 200 here.

>>96030283
200 dollarydoos or real dollars?

>>96030293
>>96030293
Real money of course, in a real country, not some oversized prison colony.

>>96030151
I don't want that model at all, but I also don't care about games workshops fantasy prices. Alternatives exist, and they can charge 500 for that weird balloon or any other set for all I care.

>>96030126 (OP)
>dollarydoos
No.

>>96030161
Minimum wage here is 60k.
It's not as expensive as you think

When I got into WHFB in 03, it was already kinda on the pricy side.

When I got back into it after a long time away in 2020, I did some quick maffs and found that the per model price (even for old sculpts) had gone up like 270% (don't remember exactly), even after adjusting for inflation.

I still build and paint the odd model I find cheap somewhere, but I'm more or less done with GW as a company nowadays. I just can't bring myself to spend this kinda money on plastic dudes.

>>96030298
tough words from an overgrown slave plantation that was only colonised so anglo fops could get more cotton doilies

>>96030161
Granted I don't live in upsidedown-land but every time I've spoken to any of them about warhammer they're either getting recasts or printing. Honestly I can't blame em.

>>96030390
Pretty much this. Chinamen it is. 9€ for a character is still a bit expensive, but certainly cheaper than 30-35 for a marine sized guy.

>>96030126 (OP)
Archon Games will eat GW alive with Starcraft

>>96030390
ever since i got my 3D printer i cant justify spending on GW products. i love a lot of their sculpts but i can print stuff as good for significantly less money. and the only downside is i cant use em at official tournies which i dont go to anyway

>>96030520
maybe in Korea

>>96030542
And basically all of Eastern/Central Europe. Do not underestimate the post-WPO brand loyalty towards Blizzard - the fact they never paid a cent for the games they pirated only makes the loyalty greater.

>>96030552
>eastern/central europe
they dont buy GW products anyway, they buy recasts from rural kazakhstan

>>96030161
Growth stopped here in 2020, my guess is theres less and less every day. I dont know what its like in other cities but the flagship GW here recently moved to a smaller storefront and the last time i went in it was empty (despite the redshirt's best efforts i didnt buy anything)

>>96030560
For some reason they insist on making aussie GW stores shitty little shoeboxes with one (1) table they wont let you play on and a few shelves worth of crap. I was astounded to learn that UK and US stores are big and have actual communities like an actual LGS

>>96030126 (OP)
groggrogs, we got priced out and replaced, normalfags will be buying this model in droves...

>>96030834
It didn't use to be like this, but then of course they weren't squeezing our market so hard as they do now. It's a slow death they deserve, but I can't say I don't miss the Friday Games Nights with my mates at the local GW. Those were good times.

>>96030520
I never cared much for StarCraft (played the campaigns and that's it) but I will 100% collect some terrans and zergs, simply because I know that archon plastics are great quality. Will this stop me collecting GW (recasts)? Probably not, but I might buy more StarCraft stuff for a while for sure.
But StarCraft as a game needs solid rules too. It's still undecided I think.

>>96030139
>it's 190 Can
What a steal

>>96030361
>*slurp slurp, hngg yeah daddy GW, hurt me again, call me a whore *slurp slurp

>>96030161
Even an outdated Mars 2 Resin printer will run you less than 100 USD if you catch it on sale from the manufacturer. For 265 you could have plenty of resin, all the safety supplies, silicone mats, gloves, isopropyl, and a decent window fan for ventilating that you would need to get started resin printing.

>>96031170
The rules are nostly decided but they are waiting for Blizzard to rubberstamp them before full reveal. Current idea from what they teased is scale slightly larger than AoS Spearhead where your army can get wiped out a few times and you bring in replacement units - same minis, different unit. Upgrades are going to be a big part and apparently the minis you bring back to the table might play way different from those that died depending on the rules you choose for them.

>>96030126 (OP)
I play Cathay in TW Warhammer 3, so the lantern is pretty tempting to have, even just as a display model. but not for that kind of money.
I'm sure there's an STL of something similar somewhere, but what's the point of printing a knockoff, when I'm not playing Old World

>>96032148
Stop being poor. It's cheaper than most other hobbies

>>96030161
Enough must still do that they could expand those dogshit single man stores into regional cities. That said, the last reason for people to give a single fuck about 3rd party models died in the late 2000s when GW started using any excuse to pull prize support for independent tournaments, and its completely unnecessary for me to buy a 3d printer anymore because so many people have them.

>>96034472
I should also say that prize support rugpulling happened around the same time that GW region locked sales so people couldn't mail order direct from UK retailers anymore, which used to be the workaround for fucked local pricing.

At least the upside is we seem to have a pretty healthy wargaming scene. /tg/ is never going to be the place to get an accurate assessment of what things are like oversees but seems we have pretty healthy specialist games, historical, and alt wargaming scenes. A lot of good clubs out there even in small regional cities.

Dorks like this:
>>96034235
basically don't exist IRL or have the good sense to keep their trashy opinions to themselves. I've never come across anybody IRL that treats Warhammer like Cuban chains for doughy childless IT workers or whatever, the culture doesn't support it.

>>96031149
that still exists, its just at LGS now

>>96034472
my guess for places like ballarat or whatever having a GW store is it's half idiot paypigs who dont know they can get it better/cheaper elsewhere and half 50 year old toms who have the money and dont care

at the end of the day GW will continue to sell things for insane prices because the 5% of their customer base who are whales more than cover lost profits from the 95% who arent

>>96030552
The same groups that branding all their tanks with Khorne, Ork and Imperial symbols?

>>96038635
>>96034472
>>96030161

I'm an AusPost delivery driver in a small regional town in Victoria. Been doing it for over 8 years.
I can count on one hand how many times I've seen/delivered parcels that come from Games-Workshop in that time. Something like Lego, I see at least 1 parcel a week from them. A lot more if you include sets coming from K-mart/Big W/Bricklink. Hell there are a couple of guys I regularly deliver Gundam stuff to, but stuff from Games-Workshop, like name/logos on the parcel box and listed as sender? Yeah, I see fuck all from them.

But that said, having just got back into 40k after a decade or so out of the hobby and having learnt about all the "cheap" online stores like Combat Company and War for Less, I have started to notice quite a few parcels coming from them, going to multiple different people.

>>96030560
Which city?

>>96053335
Not that anon but I'm guessing Melbourne, the cbd store changed locations a few years ago to a tiny little shop

>>96030126 (OP)
>>96030139
Its 160 USD

>>96030126 (OP)
Fuck no, the only times I got models were either from helping my friend's family who worked for Games Workshop with chores, splitting the costs of battle sets like Macragge with my friends, ebaying parts for conversions and pocketing a couple of special character singles during a convention. You know, basic hobby stuff.

>>96030126 (OP)
This is literally more expensive then my electric and internet bill together lolol

>>96030139
That changes everything lol

If anything called to be scratchbuilt from a real lantern it's this stupid thing

>>96030834
That's no longer the case for most UK stores. They've done the same shoebox tactic with a single staffer to keep the high street presence and get Timmy hooked but with the lowest possible cost.

>>96030298
You have to be more specific

>>96035600
>basically don't exist IRL or have the good sense to keep their trashy opinions to themselves
i dunno i've met mtg people like this.
but i got a printer and no time for snobs.

>>96034235
>it's cheaper than
You know there's a lot of things i can point out but here's the thing.
why don't you act like your money is worth it?
GW is a billion dollar fucking company, they cannot be bothered to write good rules, proofread their shit or support their games.
Price it's immaterial you people are such self hating consumers that you use your tongue to clean GW's fucking toilet seat.
Every decision GW does by and large is to fuck you, make your games worse to benefit them and you people will eat it up.
this is not sustainable in the long run.
I feel bad for Horus heresy players because they're experiencing this right now.
its' really time to leave GW like a bad girlfriend.

>>96030161
Are there 3D files of the sky lantern yet? Genuinely curious. I'm not sure if Fantasy has people who make new sculpts that fast.

>>96056216
>>96030126 (OP)
It's also gigantic, as big as the stone sentinel without the flying base

>>96059398
Old world rules were decent before the errata and I dare say are great now considering the errata was more like a new edition with how much changed and how they listened to community feedback.

>>96060008
Kyoushuneko had one planned for release probably in the coming months. I like his Chinese Cathay stuff, once I've printed my chorfs I may start with his Cathay proxies

>>96030126 (OP)
AUSprice posting should be a bannable offence.

>>96062025
ty, this guy's stuff looks good. I like that he has a bunch of Chinese units that aren't just from Total War.

>>96061908
And how are the rules going to be in 2-3 years when they release the COMPLETELY NECESSARY next edition?
This is aside the point though, people swear up and down about necromunda, i play MESBG (the new edition is mostly bad) if we add that then what do we have 3 games?
the vast majority of GW's resources are going to things that suck and are done poorly.

>>96062025
>printed my chorfs
who's your chorf provider?

>>96059398

My money is worth it. The only GW games I play are Necromunda and Warcry anyway

>>96070179
>my money is worth this side game that is not shit.
i mean enjoy, i felt that way about MESBG before the new edition. and they will ruin it after a while.
how do self respecting people play any of the mainline games?

>>96034235
It's a piece of massproduced plastic. It's worth like five bucks.

>>96059398
>i dunno i've met mtg people like this
MtG players are not people. Not disagreeing with your post, I just felt the need to state the facts there.