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Metal To Resin Confirmed

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#1 ·
GW will start the switch to resin on the 28th of may my sources have confirmed just now.
here is the list with prices


41-60 COMMANDER DANTE £10.50
53-60 LOGAN GRIMNAR £14.50
55-61 THE EMPERORS CHAMPION £9.50
48-63 SPACE MARINE CHAPLAIN WITH JUMP PACK £10.50
44-60 DARK ANGELS COMPANY MASTER £10.50
48-61 SM LIBRARIAN IN TERMINATOR ARMOUR £14.50
53-61 NJAL STORMCALLER £14.50
41-61 ASTORATH THE GRIM £12.50
43-60 ABADDON THE DESPOILER £14.50
43-61 HURON BLACKHEART £10.50
50-61 ORK WARBOSS WITH ATTACK SQUIG £14.50
50-63 ORK BIG MEK £14.50
50-65 ORK PAINBOY WITH GROT ORDERLY £10.50
46-61 ELDAR AUTARCH WITH POWER WEAPON £10.50
46-62 THE AVATAR OF KHAINE £22.50
46-63 HARLEQUIN DEATH JESTER £10.50
46-64 HARLEQUIN SHADOWSEER £10.50
47-61 COMMISSAR YARRICK £10.50
47-63 IMPERIAL GUARD LORD COMMISSAR £9.50
51-61 TYRANID ZOANTHROPE £15.50
51-63 TYRANID TYRANT GUARD £15.50
51-64 TYRANID HIVE GUARD £15.50
51-65 TYRANID BROODLORD £15.50
57-61 BROTHER CAPTAIN STERN £14.50
57-60 LORD KALDOR DRAIGO £14.50
57-62 CASTELLAN CROWE £10.50
57-63 INQUISITOR COTEAZ £10.50
45-60 DARK ELDAR ARCHON £9.50
45-64 LELITH HESPERAX £10.50
45-63 URIEN RAKARTH £10.50
45-61 DARK ELDAR SUCCUBUS £9.50
56-60 TAU ETHEREAL WITH HONOUR BLADE £9.50
83-62 CHAOS EXALTED HERO £9.50
83-63 CHAOS KHORNE EXALTED HERO £10.50
86-60 EMPIRE CAPTAIN WITH HAMMER & PISTOL £9.50
92-60 WOOD ELF HIGHBORN WITH GREAT WEAPON £9.50
84-60 DWARF LORD WITH HAMMER & SHIELD £9.50
84-61 DWARF RUNELORD WITH GREAT WEAPON £9.50
90-60 SKAVEN WARLORD £9.50
90-61 QUEEK HEADTAKER £10.50
90-62 DEATHMASTER SNIKCH £10.50
91-61 VAMPIRE LORD £9.50
89-60 GRIMGOR IRONHIDE £10.50
89-62 BLACK ORC BIG BOSS £10.50
87-60 CARADRYAN £10.50
85-61 DARK ELF ASSASSIN WITH TWO HAND WEAPONS £9.50
81-60 MALAGOR THE DARK OMEN £12.50
10-61 URUK-HAI WITH CROSSBOWS £14.00
10-62 URUK-HAI BERSERKERS £14.00
08-61 GOTHMOG (PELENNOR) £20.50
05-60 ELROND AND GIL-GALAD £15.00
10-60 SARUMAN AND GRIMA £15.00
02-60 GANDALF THE WHITE £20.50
04-60 ARAGORN (THE BLACK GATE) £20.50
04-62 THEODEN (HELM’S DEEP) £20.50
04-61 BOROMIR (ITHILIEN) £20.50
09-60 SULADAN THE SERPENT LORD £20.50
08-62 THE DARK MARSHAL (RINGWRAITH) £20.50
05-61 DAIN AND BALIN £15.00
97-60 SKULLTAKER £14.50
48-40 MARNEUS CALGAR AND HONOUR GUARD £36.00
48-41 SPACE MARINE TECHMARINE WITH SERVITORS £25.50
55-40 BLACK TEMPLARS SWORD BRETHREN SQUAD £25.50
48-42 SPACE MARINE STERNGUARD VETERAN SQUAD £25.50
48-43 SPACE MARINE VANGUARD VETERAN SQUAD £25.50
53-40 CANIS WOLFBORN £30.00
43-40 NURGLE DAEMON PRINCE £21.50
43-41 CHAOS SPACE MARINE RAPTORS £25.50
43-42 DEATH GUARD PLAGUE MARINES £25.50
50-43 BOSS ZAGSTRUK £14.50
50-40 GHAZGHKULL THRAKA £22.50
50-41 ORK TANKBUSTAS £25.50
50-42 ORK BIG MEK WITH SHOKK ATTACK GUN £23.00
46-41 ELDAR RANGERS £20.50
46-42 ELDAR DARK REAPERS £23.00
46-44 ELDAR STRIKING SCORPIONS £23.00
46-40 ELDAR FARSEER AND WARLOCKS £20.50
51-42 TYRANID LICTOR £15.50
51-40 TYRANID HIVE TYRANT £36.00
51-41 TYRANID PYROVORE £21.50
45-40 DARK ELDAR INCUBI £23.00
45-41 DARK ELDAR MANDRAKES £20.50
56-40 TAU SNIPER DRONE TEAM £23.00
83-42 ARCHAON THE EVERCHOSEN £30.00
83-43 CHAOS LORD ON DAEMONIC MOUNT £22.50
83-41 CHAOS DRAGON OGRE SHAGGOTH £36.00
86-41 LUDWIG SCHWARZHELM £22.50
86-40 KURT HELBORG £22.50
82-41 THE GREEN KNIGHT £22.50
82-40 KING LOUEN LEONCOEUR £30.00
92-42 WOOD ELVES TREE KIN £30.00
92-40 ORION KING IN THE WOODS £22.50
92-41 WOOD ELVES TREEMAN £36.00
84-40 THOREK IRONBROW £36.00
84-41 DWARF GYROCOPTER £23.00
84-42 DWARF BOLT THROWER £23.00
90-40 SKAVEN WARPLOCK JEZZAILS £30.00
91-40 VAMPIRE COUNTS VARGHULF £21.50
91-42 COUNT MANNFRED £22.50
91-41 VAMPIRE COUNTS BLOOD KNIGHTS £61.50
88-41 KROQ GAR £40.00
89-44 GOBLIN SPEAR CHUKKA £18.50
89-43 SAVAGE ORC GREAT SHAMAN ON WAR BOAR £15.50
89-41 ORC WARBOSS ON WYVERN £40.00
89-42 GOBLIN ROCK LOBBER £23.00
89-45 GORBAD IRONCLAW £30.00
89-40 AZHAG THE SLAUGHTERER £55.00
85-41 DARK ELVES REAPER BOLT THROWER £18.50
08-40 THE DARK LORD SAURON £25.50
08-42 GULAHVAR THE TERROR OF ARNOR £30.00
08-43 MORDOR TROLL CHIEFTAIN £25.50
02-40 THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING £37.00
97-42 FLAMERS OF TZEENTCH £15.50



 
#4 ·
fuck it anyway. I can't believe they are putting prices up on this stuff. The resin had better be good quality or gw will have a very angry email from me. if ir is forgeworld quality, i will be very disappointed. Thanks for the info B&K
 
#8 ·
silly to actually switch to resin... they have millions of children who do not know how to handle it and will poison themselves with it then GW will get millions of law suits over it and our game will go down
 
#28 ·
I'll level with you, that's why I've been picking up bits from FW for a while. Years ago the price gaps was massive. A few weeks ago I was considering Bjorn the old dreadnought, then realised it wasn't much cheaper than the FW ven dread so i got the FW one instead.

Although armies won't feel as pleasantly weighted, I'm glad they're going to resin (albeit not about he price creep), metal one's have always been a pain in the ass for me.
 
#11 ·
However I am sure that switching to resin would be a rather bad idea. I mean consider the fact that they have so much money invested into pewter casting technology combined with the fact that resin can be quite haemful, especially to little kids.

I also notice that the entire range has not been converted to resin yet. One can only hope that this means more new models to come out soon. If wraithguard were to increase in price again it would be a proper pisstake. £120 plus warlock is faaar too much for a single troops choice. Nothing should really be that expensive (assuming they are raised to such prices. They are currently priced the same as harlequins so they could be £12 each after increase.
 
#32 ·
However I am sure that switching to resin would be a rather bad idea. I mean consider the fact that they have so much money invested into pewter casting technology combined with the fact that resin can be quite haemful, especially to little kids.
Not strictly true, there is lots of different types of resin, not all of them are harmful, some of them are pretty much like plastic basically.

GW products are sold to people "above 36 months" I do think they'll raise this to around 13 years old though.
 
#18 ·
I can't believe this either given all the problems of Resin.... I can see GW loosing business and money if this is really true...

Not Doubting you Bits, just when I've had every GW staff member I've spoken to swear blind its a load of bollocks, seems weird to suddenly have it confirmed.

That, and if its really happening on the 28th of may, you'd think they'd have posted something on the website about it by now.
 
#21 ·
this is an interesting move in any case, if they use the plastic non toxic resin, aslong as the molds come out with high quality it will be interesting to see, it may become pricier but at the same time converters will have an easier time putting models together. if this 'shift' fails though, they will lose ALOT of business, especially with the price hike.
 
#24 ·
hm another interesting thing to note:

RAGNAR is NOT getting updated to resin... does this mean a new ragnar model is in the works?
 
#29 ·
I also noticed this, and Ulrik seems to be missing also, unless i overlooked him, I didn't see njal in PA either, this gives me some hope
 
#25 ·
Well I will say this much, when it comes to plastic they have really upped the ante if you look at some of the detail on releases like the Sang. Guard, the SW upgrade sprue, all of the Dark Eldar plastics that is currently available and those that are Incoming. As long as it is not any worse for you than asbestos is I think the switch to resin could be good. I hate my "2 Ton" Dreadnought that is all metal and when it takes a fall is going to shatter instead of bouncing around. Same goes for Mephiston and all of the metal models. Hell metal models were the main reason I stayed away from the Bolter Bitches, not because of cost although that did not help, but because of them being so friggin heavy.
 
#27 ·
I don't know abou you guys but i am excited, never done a resin kit before, at least if Maelstrom is allowed to send to Aussie i'll get the new CSM IC's and retire my metal figures to the retirement cabinet.

As for resin dust i ain't worried, my lungs have copped a hammering for 45 years and i have excellent lung capacity.
 
#31 ·
I don't know about you guys but i am excited, never done a resin kit before, at least if Maelstrom is allowed to send to Aussie I'll get the new CSM IC's and retire my metal figures to the retirement cabinet.

As for resin dust i ain't worried, my lungs have copped a hammering for 45 years and i have excellent lung capacity.
Not much worried about the resin dust myself. I recently had to go do a pulmonary test for the company I work for and myself and another guy went. The other guy is about 6 years younger than me and has never smoked anything in his life, no cigarettes, no weed, or pickle:biggrin:. I have smoked Camel cigarettes since age 12 and have literally smoked a pack a day since I started, I am 37 now.

We take the test and the doctor goes over the results with us, and turns to me and says:
Doc: I can see by the results that you don't smoke.
Me: Sure I do.
Doc: Well you must not smoke that much.
Me: A pack a day.
Doc: Well you must not have been smoking for that long.
Me: 25 years.
Doc: Well, you have better lungs than that kid that you brought in with you and he has never smoked. If you quit now your lungs will have very little damage to heal up. I must admit, I have never seen this sort of lung capacity or power from someone that has brutalized their lungs for such an extensive period with virtually no damage whatsoever.
Me: Thanks ... do they have a full face respirator that I can smoke in?
Doc: Ummmm no.
Me: Dammit, ok thanks then.

My lungs could filter any damn thing ... still I am afraid of asbestos though.:scare:
 
#36 ·
Its not just the price that is a little irritating, some of us just like the metal models, even if they do have a few issues. The feel is completely different and actually makes me feel I got my moneys worth when purchasing them. If the quality goes up that's awesome but for the price why would I not just buy the Forgeworld stuff as has been previously mentioned? Not to mention they are charging more for models that are most likely significantly cheaper to produce.

I'm not a doomsayer by any means and I am not gonna quit the hobby because of said change but it seems as of late that the company in general is making some pretty bad decisions, seems a little off to me.
 
#39 ·
well now the shock has subsided, i got to wondering how this is going to work? GW metal casting was pretty spot on for the most part, FW resin casting i have to admit has come a long way too, but resin is fragile and can be brittle and warps alot, is the fine cast stuff gonna be different to FW resin? will the packaging change? will it paint up as easy and most importantly are GW prepared for the customer service aspect of this change?

Time will tell i guess, im wondering if they intend to sneak this through or if they are going to promote it? when they changed to white metal they made a fuss about it and to be honest it was the first and last time i remember GW having a sale (to clear the lead models)



 
#95 ·
well now the shock has subsided, i got to wondering how this is going to work? GW metal casting was pretty spot on for the most part, FW resin casting i have to admit has come a long way too, but resin is fragile and can be brittle and warps alot, is the fine cast stuff gonna be different to FW resin? will the packaging change? will it paint up as easy and most importantly are GW prepared for the customer service aspect of this change?
It will probably be more like the Warmachine resin, it's tougher and better to work with also it isn't toxic I believe. GW will have to be prepared, if not it's a massive money sinker.
 
#43 ·
I beg to differ, i have cut many resin pieces and never had one shatter. You just have to be gentle and patient. I have kitbashed some forgeworld stuff with plastic and had great results.
 
#41 ·
hm sale at GW for metal models before they go OOP... could be good for us who have 'metal' models we want still... might have to buy some chaos chosen if they have a sale
 
#42 ·
That really depends on what the definition of resin is. The brittle resin of FW models isn't exactly the same as the new PVC type resin that PP uses on their new "plastic boxes". Technically that's resin as well. I'm just hoping it'll be more like the PP style resins then the FW stuff.