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Re: Dropzone Commander

Postby killmaimburn » Mon Aug 19, 2013 2:41 pm

As I pointed out in the space marine thread (because 40k= promote everything else instantly :roll: )
I reckon over the last 2 weeks they've slashed their pricing but just not told anyone..
For about 3 days the (solid) buildings said they were on sale.. they now just are, and are sticking at the not £130 level.
I never looked at actually buying the models so couldn't say.. I know the paper town has always been somewhere around £30 a friend bought it for one of those gozilla vs army games.

If i really cared I'd figure out how to do a rollback internet to compare their site 2 months back to now.(but I don't :wink: )
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Re: Dropzone Commander

Postby BDA » Tue Aug 20, 2013 12:19 am

i am hoping they will do all the basic starter sets in plastic to make things more affordable for us.
price wise the game is not cheap but you don't need tones of stuff and like you said you can get a nice cheep cardboard terrain set. :)
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Re: Dropzone Commander

Postby Baragash » Tue Aug 20, 2013 9:49 am

I think, given that every (non-Shaltari?) unit needs it's own ride at the start of the game, having a plastic drop-ship set would make a real difference to overall cost.
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Re: Dropzone Commander

Postby hunter101 » Tue Aug 20, 2013 10:14 am

Think I need a air brush.
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Re: Dropzone Commander

Postby BDA » Thu Aug 22, 2013 11:57 pm

you don't need an drop ship but it dose help. saying that the scourge are fast enough not to worry :)
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Re: Dropzone Commander

Postby cgra1 » Fri Aug 23, 2013 11:25 am

I've done a rough budget calculation and as long as you factor in the starter set and paper terrain this looks to be cheaper than any fow (excluding plastic soldier company cheapness) or 40k army I've ever bought. My problem is ill have to buy two, one for me and one for my son. The starter set really pushes the costs down though I've pre ordered the starter and am looking forward to playing. Were going to have our first go of Ronin by Osprey this weekend which is another skirmish game set in the time of the samurai.
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Re: Dropzone Commander

Postby hunter101 » Fri Aug 23, 2013 11:37 am

Phr in plastic would be ace. Ye for a 150 you could have a good starter set up and a few extras. Name another game system that gives u that. GW certainly do not.
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Re: Dropzone Commander

Postby cgra1 » Fri Aug 23, 2013 11:54 am

What are the PHR models like detail wise? Are they on a par with GW?
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Re: Dropzone Commander

Postby mattjgilbert » Fri Aug 23, 2013 12:12 pm

All the resin DzC models I have seen have been very very good.
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Re: Dropzone Commander

Postby cgra1 » Fri Aug 23, 2013 12:17 pm

The Starter doesn't ship till September but I'm tempted to buy a couple of extra units to check out the models. Problem is I don't know what to add to make the starter armies viable.
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Re: Dropzone Commander

Postby hunter101 » Fri Aug 23, 2013 12:25 pm

From the few that Iv just got In I'm quite impresed. One or 2 air bubbles or a little resin over spill on the odd bit. But not in a way that it would right the kit off. Not like failcast or forge world. From what Iv been told as well is that if u were not totaly happy with the minor cast discrepancys hear n there hawk them selfs will simply replace the parts. Faster than FW can. It's resin and it's very hard to get 100% perfect casts. But by jo there very good. Another note. All there models that thay have done in the books is with army painter spray paint and inks.
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Re: Dropzone Commander

Postby Spack » Fri Aug 23, 2013 5:12 pm

killmaimburn wrote:If i really cared I'd figure out how to do a rollback internet to compare their site 2 months back to now.(but I don't :wink: )


If you ever do decide to, try http://web.archive.org :)
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Re: Dropzone Commander

Postby cgra1 » Fri Aug 23, 2013 10:23 pm

Just seen the starter set is selling for £48 on totalwargamer. Not bad if you are willing to take a chance.
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Re: Dropzone Commander

Postby mattjgilbert » Fri Aug 23, 2013 11:23 pm

Spack wrote:
killmaimburn wrote:If i really cared I'd figure out how to do a rollback internet to compare their site 2 months back to now.(but I don't :wink: )


If you ever do decide to, try http://web.archive.org :)

I've used that before to check stuff I did years ago and had lost.
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Re: Dropzone Commander

Postby cgra1 » Mon Sep 02, 2013 10:38 am

Ive justed recieved some UCM units and terrain for this game. The Units I got are scouts so are really quite small but the detail is amazing, and they are really quite sturdy for the price, the Wolverine Scout cars have 2 types of turret that can be swapped over, for this scale I think these are fantastic. They paint up nice as well.
The terrain pack is very good, you can get a very good 6X4 table out of it.
My starter set doesn't ship till end of Septemer and im really looking forward to playing. Ill try and put a Battlerep together for my first game.
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