Klod Posted September 20, 2020 Share Posted September 20, 2020 Hello, does anyone know where this model comes from? If this is a conversion, than I'm solely interested in the vat/tank. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/366599-looking-for-a-model-from-an-image/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
BadgersinHills Posted September 20, 2020 Share Posted September 20, 2020 From the Sector Imperialis Objectives. Klod 1 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/366599-looking-for-a-model-from-an-image/#findComment-5604757 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fajita Fan Posted September 20, 2020 Share Posted September 20, 2020 40k objectives before this new one with the Necron bits. The tracks look like Kataphron destroyer tracks or the bit from the old Space Hulk box. Image from Pinterest: https://i.pinimg.com/originals/53/bf/cd/53bfcd10e6a7192aa8f2f77496b1c14d.png Klod 1 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/366599-looking-for-a-model-from-an-image/#findComment-5604758 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klod Posted September 20, 2020 Author Share Posted September 20, 2020 Looks like they are gone. Sad. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/366599-looking-for-a-model-from-an-image/#findComment-5604760 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urauloth Posted September 20, 2020 Share Posted September 20, 2020 Oh damn, I missed out on those too. Seems like I'm saying that a lot lately... I'll have to snap up anything I want from this edition quickly I guess. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/366599-looking-for-a-model-from-an-image/#findComment-5604772 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fajita Fan Posted September 20, 2020 Share Posted September 20, 2020 I wanted to make a human torso in one to represent a disabled inquisitor, never finished it. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/366599-looking-for-a-model-from-an-image/#findComment-5604793 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karhedron Posted September 20, 2020 Share Posted September 20, 2020 Oh damn, I missed out on those too. Seems like I'm saying that a lot lately... I'll have to snap up anything I want from this edition quickly I guess. It used to be that once GW started making something, they would continue selling it indefinitely. Not really a fan of this splash release paradigm. :/ Bat33.1 and Firedrake Cordova 2 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/366599-looking-for-a-model-from-an-image/#findComment-5604827 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fajita Fan Posted September 20, 2020 Share Posted September 20, 2020 (edited) Plastic molds are a huge sunk cost but I guess their business strategy has shifted to where if they make things limited they ride the big sales spikes. It's a pity because there are some great plastic kits not being made (and sadly some armies being phased out), this objective box included. Where you at, OP? Edited September 20, 2020 by Fajita Fan Firedrake Cordova 1 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/366599-looking-for-a-model-from-an-image/#findComment-5604961 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klod Posted September 20, 2020 Author Share Posted September 20, 2020 I've found one on ebay, but it is in the US, so the shipping to Germany is around 20€. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/366599-looking-for-a-model-from-an-image/#findComment-5604978 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karhedron Posted September 20, 2020 Share Posted September 20, 2020 Plastic molds are a huge sunk cost but I guess their business strategy has shifted to where if they make things limited they ride the big sales spikes. Possibly. I wonder if they have different grades to tooling. A hard steel tooling is expensive but good for hundreds of thousands of mouldings. An aluminium tooling is a lot cheaper but may only be good for 10,000 mouldings. Maybe some of this stuff was made using life-limited toolings? Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/366599-looking-for-a-model-from-an-image/#findComment-5604994 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arkhanist Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 Plastic molds are a huge sunk cost but I guess their business strategy has shifted to where if they make things limited they ride the big sales spikes. Possibly. I wonder if they have different grades to tooling. A hard steel tooling is expensive but good for hundreds of thousands of mouldings. An aluminium tooling is a lot cheaper but may only be good for 10,000 mouldings. Maybe some of this stuff was made using life-limited toolings? That would explain a lot. There's a whole bunch of stuff (new store/convention models, the reviewer necron&intercessor sprue, low-volume stuff like the objective markers, blackstone fortress expansions, space marine heroes) that comes and goes relatively quickly in plastic. I always assumed plastic sprues had to be super-expensive to do limited runs of, but if cheap alumnium tooling is an alternative, that would explain why there's so many limited-life-by-design plastic releases these days. Urauloth 1 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/366599-looking-for-a-model-from-an-image/#findComment-5605267 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karhedron Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 Just speculation on my part of course. I looked into get some injection moulding toolings made some years ago and the different grades of metal were one factor discussed (needless to say, the economics did not work out). GW's manufacturing strategy is more of a mystery to simple minds like mine. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/366599-looking-for-a-model-from-an-image/#findComment-5605283 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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