IMPACT! MINIATURES

Norse · The One, the Only Joined: 21 Nov 2005 Posts: 2811

Simon, you are being totally wooed by the paint job.. same goes for the recent Griff and Zug models that a lot of people are raving about.. phenomenal 20 hour paint jobs make an average model look good.. the reaper mini looks like a 2 hour paint job to me.. if the same painter had done both minis you would probably like them both equally..

the Grandma Wendy mini has more facial expression, the reaper mini a much more realistic pose.. facial expression wins 9 times out of 10 because humans look at faces first most of the time (yes, even us blokes know how to look up occasionally..

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Darkson · Posted: Fri May 01, 2009 12:15 am Post subject:

Doubt it's the paint job - I didn't honestly think that much of the new Griff, nice paintjob or not, whereas I didn't think much of the paint job on the Zug I did like (the helmet in the air one we're not getting).
Probably because I can't paint for toffee myself, so don't put to much stock on painting.

Still can't put my figer on why I don't like the Reaper one, though you might be right on the facial details - maybe it looks slightly elvish to me.
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Mrs Norse is 5'10" mate, I spend most of my time with a crick in my neck..

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SillySod · Joined: 29 Apr 2008 Posts: 118

I have to say that I think Wendy miniatures are usually better and frequently alot better than their competition. I especially like their plastic ranges... partly because they look good and partly because they're generally easy to mix and match and convert into FF, Gorkamorka, and other stuf.

Having said that I havent bought anything to use for 40k or Fantasy in years, I think the last thing I got was the battle for skull pass box when it first came out. This is partly because I've started doing other things and partly because I just dont want to fork out the increasing amounts of money you need for an army (buying an army in small stages is a recipe for disaster). I do still buy myself the odd plastic boxed set to build FF teams out of (because those are small managable projects with a sensible pricetag) but unless I earn alot of money in the future I just dont see myself ever buying in bulk.

Then again I think its rulebook changes that irritate me the most. The creation of the Apocalypse "OMG buy more stuff to get us out of financial trouble" rules was pretty much the last straw

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Darkson · Posted: Fri May 01, 2009 6:04 pm Post subject:

Never said they were better than Rackham, nor Privateer, though tbh, I've never actually seen any of those "in the flesh", as nowhere I know of near here sells them (and I only go to London for FF tourneys, so no time to shop).

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MidniteXpress · Joined: 14 Feb 2009 Posts: 128 Location: Scotland

DL, can you adopt me? lol sounds like you have a pretty good gaming area where you are (stores and gamers).

i think grandma has pretty much peaked, whereas most of the other companies are still impoving and are surpassing the old gal. it's a bit like D&D. they were the first and best for a long time, and now there are other rpgs of equal or better quality, people still have this nostalgia for the big name.

grandma has become bland (but still good quality) and is far far too overpriced. i can'r see me buying from grandma again unless they freshen up the ranges and lower their prices....which of course they won't do
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