New marine minis - poor sculpts?

[Sian]

The quality of the sculpts is not what bothers me, because as any Hcore converter agrees; anything can be modified to suit any tastes.

 

What I have a problem with on a major level is the quality of the casts.

Has anyone else noticed a major drop in the quality of the plastics/ molds that GW has been using recently?

 

I don't mind spending my money to keep some good artists in work, and I certainly enjoy the hobby to no end... but it seems silly to support these artists by purchasing their work if one can't make out the detail and/ or has to spend upwards of 10 mins per mini to clean them of mold lines.

 

seconded!

 

Thirded. When it takes more of my time to clean the mold lines off the mini than to mod it or PAINT it, there's a problem. I'm happy with most everything else. The casting quality is horrific.