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Specialist Games General Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: morkolo on August 07, 2015, 01:06:03 PM
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Hi at all. I need your opinions.
I received some miniatures and I think they are recast.
The bases are not original and there are some flaws like this.
What do you think?
[spoiler](http://orkz.altervista.org/WHF/WP_20150807_001.jpg)[/spoiler]
Other examples. The Dark Elf Witch
2 units. It isn't possible have only 1 version, because the witch strip contains 3 witches every strip
[spoiler](http://orkz.altervista.org/WHF/20150807_171652.jpg)[/spoiler]
Thanks :)
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I wouldn't consider the miscast alone to be an indicator for the lizardmen, but the overall cast quality does seem a little low and, probably more importantly, they seem unusually shiny- unless you've just taken them out of their packet or just washed them in soapy water (what do you mean I'm weird?) originals would usually appear pretty dull in colour by now.
The Witch Elves look a lot better, though the single stand issue is interesting. I'd be interested to know the source and how they arrived- if it's spares of someone's army then it's completely reasonable to have odd ratios. I always mix multiple blisters of the same type and work out how to add as much variety as possible to each unit. My spares, therefore, may look a bit like that lot.
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I bought a Dark Elf army from an Italian guy. The army is complete but i think it is a miscast. Together i bought 3 saurus units; they aren't new.
Only 19 bases are original GW, the others 30 bases are made home
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Have you contacted the seller with your worries? I contacted a seller on eBay about a purchase and he refunded half my money without me having to ask.
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Imho, the fact that you bought an entire army of dark elves, makes them being recasts less likely. Also note that the sculpts of dark elves and vampire counts are in general of lesser quality compared to the other armies. They are still nice miniatures ofc :)
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The WE are OK, I did that to mine too, they were cast to be split that way rather then on a side-by-side strip
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Impressive poor quality recasts if you want my opinion.
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I contacted the seller. I sent back all the miniatures and he has refunded me.
Maybe he will sells on ebay
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The Lizardmen strip was a partial fill. I've seen a few of those from GW in the past. Does the entire army look like that?
The Witch Elves look fine to me.
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I contacted the seller. I sent back all the miniatures and he has refunded me.
I think it's the best thing you could do, halas.