My issue is the price, these limited edition models ie: Eisenhorn, Sly, some of the Primaris models are just crazy expensive in comparison. e.g. There is no better way to understand the lousy quality of these recasts than by putting them in front of their originals. Lets look at Netflix, people didnt think streaming would have as big of an effect as it did as before that everyone blamed everything on pirating. Instead of looking into the business that are in the climate (and possibly are the reason for the climate being the way it is) we try to cancel culture those in the hobby. Sure, theyre making each box manually. u go to china to get the product made why do you deserve protection from western copy right laws ? After all, they also pay the same fees and have lots of competition. All I can say is that the metal quality is horrible. There wouldnt BE re-castes is the prices were reasonable in the first place. Not the original miniature companies. Do they, as a British company, utilize only products designed, produced, and bought within British home-island territory? there was articular about how GW buys there cast from Chinese companys and they over order and then decide not to pay for amount they decide they no longer need. I bet you steal music and movies. I would agree with most of the points expressed in the comments, that the moral analysis of recasting begins and ends at theft. Ill just download the PDF for free. If you are honestly trying to peddle such nonsense as recast being better than originals you are either seriously deluded or an outright liar! There's several recasters that operate based on email, and the subreddit posts reviews of their products. Finecast is so good, I really dont understand recast buyers ! The surfaces are very rough, have lots of pores and bubbles, there are important burr steps or details covered by extra resin. I hope the author never watches streaming movies or mp3s. I have about 400 original models and tons of scenery stuff etc so ive spent a fortune. Without remorse, there was a supplier that recasted the catalog of Games Workshop and Forgeworld reselling it at a ridiculous price. My FLGS is not GW. What about sculptors that, due to their skill got pay really good money, what about shopfloor operatives, what about other staff, customer service bills etc. Here's his speech in full to read all at once. Adding on to what Shane Rozzell have said and more direct. The assumption that any money spent on recasts would have gone to GW is incorrect. This is How to Play The Conquest Nords Army Faction, Final Changes Are Here For 9th Edition 40k: Balance Datasheet, Good Luck Getting The New Lion, Dante or Azrael 40k Models Now. Games Workshop wont disappear. Many other companies offer products as good as theirs or even better for a lower price. On average every 30 recasts bought is one less miniature to the market. If you dont have the money to afford models, dont buy them. Ill never buy legitimate versions now with the re casts being so good from where I get them from. Nor is an active and enterprising collaborator of many projects related to our community, contributing with ideas, work on social networks and the Internet. FJ was developed by a multicultural team of various beliefs. So, no, thats straight up greed, and while morally not as bad as 700% increase on the cost of pharmaceuticals, its the same mindset. I say choose wisely and ALWAYS go with the origin of the art if possible. That does not mean I only buy from a recast seller , but expensive and big models worth of the discount . Let explain with the simple aim of making you understand it the true depth of your act. Box 2225Southern Pines, NC 28387United States of America. https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2017/09/eu-study-finds-piracy-doesnt-hurt-game-sales-may-actually-help/. Unfortunately, the quality of their products leaves much to be desired. Another person trying to justify theft plain and simple if you dont like the prices dont play the game there are plenty of other great options out there at the moment. Lets say I want a cheap 1k starting army, but Im a college kid who cant justify the outrageous cost ($250 minimum, plus the hobby equipment and paint for at least $300 min). The resin used is crap, brittle, with a lot of detail being lost and probably it is even toxic. Recasters mates, I got a leviathan dreadnought for 40 NZD, Here I was just about to order a god damn Storm Hawk and their page gets ----ing annihilated, Rip, they should be back up in a couple of days. Imo it tells me that they severely overprice their products for maximum GP. 20+ years of Warhammer and I only found out about recasts a few months ago. Totally agree with you, its morons like them who are putting a nail in the coffin of our hobby, I bought a recast by mistake off eBay, I thought I was buying a genuine Pegaso figure, when it arrived I knew instantly of the mistake Id made, everything that is bad in a casting was plain to see, the main thing being it should have been cast in white metal and was instead a poor resin cast instead, thankfully eBay took action and swiftly booted this pirate off. are doing this with the intention to create a well costed, and quality product. Some of our partners may process your data as a part of their legitimate business interest without asking for consent. However, by doing so we are ignoring the damage that this does to the industry . The consent submitted will only be used for data processing originating from this website. After evaluating each and every aspect that could lead us to look for a cheaper product, we see that getting the original product will undoubtedly make our experience with the miniature hobby much better. As a former game store employee I will say this: the amount of players that get discouraged from even trying to enter the hobby because of GWs prices makes me sad (it is a lot). A check of their website shows that it is indeed down, and from the looks of it not coming back. Here in Spain we call it Chinoforge, the one that pretty much everyone has heard of. When GW sells the same models in Australia for 60-90% more than the US for no good reason it is hard to feel sorry for them. Because without these proper companies, our industry would never evolve and improve, and we would probably go back to painting flat detail-less DIY miniature soldiers (with all my respects towards them). And I do not buy the excuse hey, this is an expensive hobby. I got several figs from them, all ended up at GW legal that promptly provided me with a . All of my recasts are better quality that forgeworkd or other manufacturers. The price of the cinema these days is ridiculous. Now it raise an other thing literally pissing me off if I may, due to that misinformation, we legit hobbyist/painters in China are also punished with blatant racism by most of the European brands (especially those from Spainsorry guys). Try to pay a good concept designer, a good sculptor, a good painter for box art, than doing promotion, pay tax, location, bills and what else and dont forget you need to have profit for time and risk you took. Forge world is horribly over priced and shit quality. They tried to go public to get quick capitol and ended up eating it. Take these smaller companies making stunning models for half the price or even less, how is that possible? Case in point: One miniature, slightly more detailed than a normal marine: https://www.walmart.com/ip/Games-Workshop-Warhammer-40k-Space-Marine-Commander/107298737?wmlspartner=wlpa&selectedSellerId=1239&adid=22222222227000000000&wl0=&wl1=g&wl2=c&wl3=42423897272&wl4=pla-51320962143&wl5=1019313&wl6=&wl7=&wl8=&wl9=pla&wl10=113137378&wl11=online&wl12=107298737&wl13=&veh=sem Whos being the thief? And a very recent case of IP theft in Spain as you mention has brought this into the spotlight, but we havent found the time yet to properly talk about this very important matter. As much as I loved the action parts of the 10th edition cinematic, Guilliman's speech was an underrated highlight that goes harder than some might not have realized because it constantly cuts between his speech and badass action. As a result, everyone is losing I, the Chinese, Games Workshop. There was a demand so the pirates appeared they sell cheaper and often better quality. The models they had to sculpt digitally and then cast in a way they would both fit in the box, and be easy to mass produce. But what about the giant press they had to design and manufacture. Recast companies will be making more profit than the small indies as they dont have any other costs. At a glance, recasts appear quite similar, but when looked at closely, important flaws become evident. Genestealer Cult, Ad Mech & Eldar Top The 40k Army Lists. They had major financial crisis, had to take crazy decisions Gone! Thanks for the guys who give chance for better value and access to minis that I will never otherwice will be able to buy. We mainly cover Warhammer 40k, Fantasy, Age of Sigmar, Warmachine, Hordes, X-Wing, Infinity, Horus Heresy, and Star Wars Armada. They stole the right to complain about re-castes when they demand unreasonable prices, and thus stealing the joy of the hobby. I am relatively new to the hobby maybe 4 years now and get the argument from each side. Im having to search now forgeworld has stop so many horus heresy models. Ok fair enough, our companies are small and action costs. The other aspect is quality of product, I know a lot of LoTR players would rather buy metal recasts from ebay rather than finecast versions of originally metal models from gw (basically all the elite troops were switched from metal to finecast when finecast first came out, so its not even the improved finecast). But imo GW are flogging its customers for all its worth while things are good. I need some of the bigger suits for my tau and they are pretty expensive so I would most likely turn to a recast. I wouldnt take a recast even if someone gives it to me for free. But good way to name and shame yourself, although I doubt there is any shame there. They spend hundreds of thousands of dollars creating their cast presses for the units. OK, rightful, dont buy it, but if you buy from a recast is like steal the model. But theyre not paying hundreds of thousands of pounds for a plastic mould. Speaking strictly GW, it is hard to say what effect recasting is having. "R" refreshes comments. Virginia Restless, Miniature Painter & Cat Dad. They are the backbone of the operation and have done this for years to create wonderful minis as well as a great line of paints. Big mistake to highlight just one country for recasting. The resin *can* be toxic, but buying from larger recasters is safe. Its nice to see such mature topics being treated with depth. People who use recast try to paint GW as the bad guy and the others that protect GW dont want to have a conversation or rationalize their thoughts. 1. Someone mentioned looked at Rackham games as if recasts are why they went out of business. Only we can act effectively against miniature recasting! Its even happened with the newer hobbit resin models that are supposedly of better quality (its nowhere near forgeworld quality). Tbh I wish there was a quality metal recaster of late 90s early 2000s WFB, or that gw would just sell the moulds/ip so I could get the models I want. Seriously, if you received the package and looked at it carefully, you would understand what we are talking about. After that no surprise if some brands get copied in the first place, that kind of behavior and answer has no place in a world where international trades are a thing. It is our mission to bring you the latest from the miniature wargaming scene, from narrative missions, hobby how-to tutorials, battle reports, unboxings and reviews, retro flashbacks, news, rumors, and more. We are talking about recasts: illegal copies of miniatures. Both have exactly the same parts. Now, companies like Games Workshop are a ethical grey-area for myself, because their business practices/efforts are not in consideration of the gamer (in my opinion). A quick check of eBay appeared to turn up way fewer listings for "Forge World" than last week at this time. I will always buy the original product when I can, but Im also going to buy high quality recasts for models that I need multiples of. Youre not automatically entitled to them. And thats what will happen if recasts become a thing. And what about the companies (from small to big) that produce miniatures based on comics/movies/books/games/characters/ without paying for a license? Those are the nice guys who brought us age of sigmar, which made great armys obsolete and huge investmenst of time and money into them void. Z Catalog Recast. GWs greed and extortionate prices. enter the latest monthly giveaway for FREE today! As it goes for GW story is different as plastic is better, quality great and models in box sets are not so expensive. I have no remorse whatsoever for GW. Its very easy to make an illegal copy of a miniature, especially if the country where its made has bad labour policies. Because even considering the amount of money saved, it does not make up for the atrocious quality received. Man, either you are some kid, troll or just an idiot with no capacity to think logically. Check out Yoyhammer. Yes, this is a business for me, my only job since 25 years, the way I have to pay my bills and keep doing what I love. The difficult thing is to develop a miniature from scratch, starting with an idea that begins with just a few pencil strokes on paper. Copies from recasters, most of the time from China, are at first glance an option to acquire otherwise expensive miniatures at affordable prices. Warhammer fantasy was half my life and then they did this to me.. fuck them. produce in the country you sell in and not in china.. then we can talk until then you get what you deserve! You have not idea about, a totally ignorant. Youll argue but I havent taken anything and the owner of the IP still has their product. But heres the kicker. We are actually preparing another post about that specific issue you are mentioning because that is a topic that will also lead to a huge discussion! We havent got a global Netflix style service with all movies available. We see three key points to avoid these false copies: And if after reading this article you want to do something positive about this, its quite easy actually. Its material has still some margin for manipulation, as opposed to the one in the recast copy. Soon they will be 3D scanning and 3D printing and mass producing making more profit. Spain (for example) has been famous for doing this for a while. We cant do anything but have thought experiments because unlike other companies, GW wont discuss the affects of recasting and no one has published any kind of reasonable peer reviewed study. Shortcuts: "C" opens comments. 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