Ye Olde Inn

by **Patroclus** » March 5th, 2012, 4:20 pm

I painted the one mage and the orc in black. I think the black color shows the details of pewter better, when I use camera with flash.

Soon I’ll post more pictures from the other expansions.

I think recasting the rare miniatures is the best that anyone can do for someone who cannot afford the extremely overpriced original ones.
It's not devaluing the original HQ models. It's because their value is so high that drove us to search for cheaper alternatives.
Recasts are a cheap alternative to the rare figures and if more alternatives are available, maybe the price of the original will drop a little.
People who own the rare pieces take advantage of us die-hard fans of HQ and selling them at crazy prices. If more of us acquire recasts then the demand of the original will drop and hopefully so will their price (not their value).

by **mako-heart** » March 5th, 2012, 6:30 pm

I'm contemplating contacting Patroclus about sending my rares to him , But i'm scared i'd never see them again. i want a pewter sinestra...

by **Nephew of Mentor** » March 6th, 2012, 1:29 am

I think we need to be careful in treating value and price as synonymous. As far as recasting and dropping the prices, I hope like crazy that the prices drop. If there is anyone out there worried about the price of their game dropping I'm sorry to say that maybe you own the game for the wrong reason. If this game is just a money maker to you then you kind of deserve it. Games should really have their value measured by their being played. I empathize with those who want to own the game as a collector's item, but I empathize even more with those who want to own the game as a game. I feel a little like those who own it but don't play it are a little selfish. And those who treat it solely as a means of making money are especially selfish.

It makes me sad to see the pieces on ebay being sold and to know that someone out there purchased a complete game for one set amount only to part it out(making it even rarer and more expensive) and then to sell the pieces for a combined total even greater than what they originally paid. I understand that's how the trade of money for goods and services works, but damn, it's just sad that the more this happens the closer this game is to extinction.

by **Nerrad72** » March 6th, 2012, 4:41 am

I would love a pewter or original set. Having none of the rares, I've had to use my imagination and convert mini's I alrady had.
Recent conversations include; warhammer 40k imperial guard ogre and one orc shamen with commissar yarik?(sp) banner pole for wand.
Pictures up when i've finished painting-um

by **Ethica** » March 6th, 2012, 6:41 am

The WoM figrues aren't that hard to come by. I picked up a set for £25 the other day.

Also, I agree with Nephew of Mentor. And If perfect reproductions were widely available I think they would have high value but realistic cost. Costs of original sets would initially fall but would eventually rise again when players die out and the only people interested are collectors who want unpainted originals on sprues in sealed boxes.

by **Patroclus** » March 6th, 2012, 9:12 am

Yes, I know. The bases are the weakest point of the minis and I am not sure if I could do it better

About devaluing, I agree about the difference of value and price. But even if we talk about the price, Picasso has millions of illustrated copies but the prices of the original paints will never fall. I want to say that the originals are always what we are looking for, and want to have, and that is enough to keep the prices extremely high for just a bunch of minis and some tiles. Even if I give them for free, this will never change, because all of us want one day to have the original, and the next time we find a box at low price, we all going to bid and raise the price again.

by **Goblin-King** » March 6th, 2012, 9:44 am

mako-heart wrote:also do you think recasting is devaluing the real HQ models? I think so....

I hope so!

by **Daedalus** » March 6th, 2012, 5:39 pm

mako-heart wrote:the base is all sorts of wanked. also do you think recasting is devaluing the real HQ models? I think so....

Good spot- you get what you pay for. That kind of casting flaw should be easily cleaned up with a hobby or utility knife and small metal files--and perhaps some epoxy putty such as Greenstuff. Of course, if you've never worked with modding metal minis before, it may not be so easy. Cutting away from the fingers is paramount.

cynthialee wrote:The mercinaries would be the hard part I think. You would have to make a full set of each mercinary type, because there is no way you are going to be able to make the merc's with interchangeable weapons in pewter.

There is a way pioneered by a 40K fan, but it requires modding. Replace the interchangeable weapons' pegs and Mercenaries' sockets with rare-earth magnets superglued into place. You'd need to cut out the peg and drill out the socket to accommodate a pair of tiny ones. I think they go for about a quarter each.