again folks,
I've not yet seen a finished article, so I'm keen to hear what a fellow Minis player/customiser has to say.
if they're making some minis, maybe later there'll be some aliens or vehicles... or MOAR DROIDS.
as far as concept sketches go,
this is an ambitious project,
so I'm looking forward to seeing how it materialises.
As outlined in a separate thread (when I'd misunderstood what was on offer),
there's a supply chain etc,
a 'viability manifold' yada yada
- a lot of potential third party steps into the chain, which may complicate things...
so, what I intuit may have happened here, is
someone was prematurely sounding a thought-bubble,
thinking ahead and maybe, getting a little ahead of ones self;
nothing at all wrong with that - this is how awesome stuff can happen -
you don't ask, you don't get hehehe
So, the premature floating of a thought/sketch-bubble
has maybe also led to
a little extra pressure/expectation being put onto Atlas's shoulders.
Folks are quick to the "talk the talk, walk the walk" line of thinking, because YOLO?
but... how do we learn or make minis if we don't have some conversation eh?
So, no pressure but what we make for ourselves,
and, looking good so far.
apologies if I led folks on a technical tangent,
as I'm always wondering how folks actually make their whatever-it-is they're making,
because I'm always trying to improve how I make models/minis myself
(you should see a few of my minis hehe, some of the early ones, they're stinkers
)
This is why I was upfront in stating a limitation and personal reservation on those hypothetical materials,
because they are quite brittle compared to other miniatures,
and a lot of folks conscientiously avoid that for a number of reasons.
not to mention, CyanoAcetate (garden variety superglue) can melt and discolor it if a 'all-clear' finish is required -
and some sealers such as krylon seem to also lead to warpage.
I learned that one the hard way with some R2 brain bots (for modding your R2 miniature),
or the abortive effects-sprue project (hint-hint, that might be something to BlooMail about) - it's on the backburner, but those levels of finish were a key decider along with
cost and lack of demand/interest.
PS,
I also find how folks are finding value here to be an insightful discussion;
(and I'm chuffed my guesstimate valuation I thought "the market would bear" was not far off...)
this is why negotiation is key,
so as folks in a case by case basis pay the price that's right for them,
and get the best deal/value proposition possible...
long story short,
comparative analysis can help;
some comparison between objects of a similar value - both fan made elsewhere and 'official' run,
can help posit where value might be.
It seems the market is signalling in the region of 30 provisional on what the final thing looks like;
recalling I have no 'interest' personally in this set as such.
If higher guesstimates also anticipated steps in a chain such as "postage", and were a guesstimate for say, continental US in USD etc...
that's approaching the high end, but might explain the higher guesstimate.