++If I Had it to do all Over Again++

[Frater Cornelius]

Well, one thing comes to mind actually. I would remove mold lines right away. On some of my older models I neglected it. Granted, I do not use them and the TWC is assembled as well as I could've done it, but if I ever go back to PA Wolves, removing those lines after assembly will be a chore.

[Leif Bearclaw]

2. No Metal - over the course of the last two decades, I've gone from loving the lead/pewter to despising it. If I had to do all over again, it would be all plastic, all the time. It's easier to work with, much easier to magnetize, weighs less, is less likely to fall over and break, and easier to get a lasting bond with plastic cement. I'm still trying to rotate out the old metal models that I've still got in my collection. Plastic for the win!

I'm the opposite here. If I could send messages back to past me it would be to grab all the metal stuff I could get my grubby little mits on. While it does indeed have its faults, the pieces are far tougher than plastic (or especially resin), and I miss the weight . Of course this is mainly a symptom of them taking metal away (so now of course I wants it ) and just how awful Finecast was, but the fact remains, I've been hoovering up old metals when I can.

[Frater Cornelius]

2. No Metal - over the course of the last two decades, I've gone from loving the lead/pewter to despising it. If I had to do all over again, it would be all plastic, all the time. It's easier to work with, much easier to magnetize, weighs less, is less likely to fall over and break, and easier to get a lasting bond with plastic cement. I'm still trying to rotate out the old metal models that I've still got in my collection. Plastic for the win!

I'm the opposite here. If I could send messages back to past me it would be to grab all the metal stuff I could get my grubby little mits on. While it does indeed have its faults, the pieces are far tougher than plastic (or especially resin), and I miss the weight . Of course this is mainly a symptom of them taking metal away (so now of course I wants it ) and just how awful Finecast was, but the fact remains, I've been hoovering up old metals when I can.

It's like having British Pounds as opposed to Euros in your wallet. A Pound coin weights a lot more and if you have a punch of those in your wallet, it feels good. The weight indicates that you have something in there. However, a Euro is much more compact. Granted, it does not feel as good, but it does not bloat your wallet. I prefer plastic for the same reason I prefer to have a Euro, it may not feel as nice but that's a small price to pay for a compact wallet and not as much weight to carry around.

[DanPesci]

 

 

4.  Less Yellow - I'd probably avoid the traditional yellow shoulder pads for Ragnar's GC, if I were starting from scratch.  I've seen some terrific Red and Black secondary color schemes over the years that look terrific with the base 'Wolf Grey' and would probably go with that.  The Yellow and several of my disparate units just doesn't match up well and doesn't present the uniform scheme that I would prefer.

 

 

 

That ought to do for now.

 

V

 

haha, funny you should say that, as my one main what id do over again is not decide i didnt liek the yellow about 45 models in, and repainted most of my army to have mostly dark red, or red and black pads...they jsut look so much meaner :D

 

id also have magentised my TWC...have a nice unit of magnetised WGTDA, which is great, would highly recommend that, but now having to go back and rearm TWC is a pain.

 

oh, not buying like 40 grey hunters/bloodclaws about 3 months before the 7th edition codex dropped...thought i needed more troops, was pretty wrong on that one haha...oh well, theyll go someway to fleshing out my full company once i get round to painting them.

 

 

In fact - the one thing i do regret more than owt, is when i was a kid, i played guard, and had a couple of leman russ tanks and some valhallan ice warrior units. Really really wish i hadnt got rid of them as they would thematically work really well with my wolves (had about 10 years out of the game at one point)

[Rune Priest Jbickb]

I think i might go grey if I could do it all over. There are too many epic paint jobs in grey and I wish my blue was half as cool. But I'm committed at this point.

[Baulder]

I'd try not to build my WG in PA to have anything other than very basic equipment. Have about 10 of varying melee weapons that I never use. And because I spent longer than normal painting them I'm reluctant to break them down for parts/re-purpose them. Maybe these will eventually get upgraded to jump packs for fun and games. But for now they will have to remain as WGBL and the odd WGPL upgrade.

[Valerian]

2. No Metal - over the course of the last two decades, I've gone from loving the lead/pewter to despising it. If I had to do all over again, it would be all plastic, all the time. It's easier to work with, much easier to magnetize, weighs less, is less likely to fall over and break, and easier to get a lasting bond with plastic cement. I'm still trying to rotate out the old metal models that I've still got in my collection. Plastic for the win!

I'm the opposite here. If I could send messages back to past me it would be to grab all the metal stuff I could get my grubby little mits on. While it does indeed have its faults, the pieces are far tougher than plastic (or especially resin), and I miss the weight . Of course this is mainly a symptom of them taking metal away (so now of course I wants it ) and just how awful Finecast was, but the fact remains, I've been hoovering up old metals when I can.

Yeah, that's funny. I stayed loyal to metal and resisted plastics for a long time (a lot longer than I should have, frankly). However, once I finally started internalizing the advantages of the plastic sprues, and once Citadel started getting the ability to create plastic sprues with a high level of detail, I just realized how much more I liked the all-plastic army.

I've been unloading the old metal models and units over the past few years though eBay and local trades. I don't plan on keeping much at all, except for the Games Day Wolf Priest, and a few models like that that are not easily replaced.

V