RE: [NetEpic ML] Epic A: should we say someting?

From: Kelvin Henderson <kx.henderson_at_...>
Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2002 09:22:42 +1000

>As for epic, like I said before you are probably right. Unfortunately
>(and I haven't mentioned this before), besides the minis being metal
>know they are also PERMANENT. That is the 5 figures are stuck onto a
>strip base like warmaster figs. They are not going to be made
>individually like forgeworld Tau models. So you can kiss making easy
>conversions and keeping square bases good bye. This "gem" of news I
>learned through Paul's site and pictures of these strips are on
>Woodrow's "dropship" site.

To be honest, I understand the problem from Jervis' point of
view. Plastics are expensive to manufacture. Massively expensive. To
make sure they make a profit they have to be guaranteed of selling the
product in its thousands. This they can do with the 40K kits and the
Warhamster regiments and so they can justify the US$15K+ set-up
costs. With Epic, there is no guarantee, just like with Warmaster. Metals
are much cheaper to set-up and as a result they can produce them for the
more specialist games like Epic and Warmaster. Sure, we're gonna hate it
as its going to make putting them onto square bases harder, but I think
they are up against a pretty hard brick wall. These metals are obviously
the way they are going to have to go. So if you're looking to expand your
Epic collection and still want to use square bases, I think investing in
some good quality metal clipper will be the way to go.

Personally, if they can keep the kind of detail the Resins show, I'm just
going to have get myself a Tau army. If they release them in the Metal
that is....


-Kelvin....

IMPORTANT. Antidisclaimer. This email is not and cannot, by its nature, be
confidential. En route from me to you, it will pass across the public
Internet, easily readable by any number of system administrators along the
way. If you have received this message by mistake, it would be ridiculous
for me to tell you not to read it or copy it to anyone else, because, let's
face it, if it's a message revealing confidential information or that could
embarrass me intensely, that's precisely what you'll do. Who wouldn't?
Received on Wed Jul 17 2002 - 23:22:42 UTC