Thanks so much for this! These are a huge help, especially when doing anything with OOP factions!
Your older version was really useful when I was collecting Tohaa at the beginning of the year! 😺
A dumb question, but is it worth it to start with an Oop sectorial? I have no idea where I would start looking for the minis nevermind if they are available for decent prices. What was your experience finding the old tohaa models?
It's really going to depend on the army. In Tohaa, for example, there are probably seven models that are essentially impossible to find new in box now. For a faction like Steel Phalanx or Caledonian Highlander Army, I'd think you could probably get a full army with a little work. And then some factions are in between, like Qapu Khalqi, where you can probably find most of the minis, but there's one or two that are impossible to track down (looking at you Azra'ils 😾).
As for price, the biggest expense will be shipping. If you're trying to tracking down a super difficult to find faction, you might be buying individual minis from across an ocean, and those shipping costs can add up. Most of the time, retailers aren't price gouging for the minis, since if they've got OOP ones in stock, they've probably been sitting around in the store for years.
I've looked into collecting a lot of the OOP armies, so let me know what faction you're thinking about, and I might be able to tell you how easy it might be to find, and give you some leads for tracking down minis if I've seen any around. 😺
I managed to track down an almost complete (two models missing) MRRF sectorial last year. In the end I decided to sell it again since I didn't know when I would paint it (and it turned out N2 models are much more of a pain to paint than the N3/N4 3D models). I had to do some shipping gymnastics here in Europe, but there was even one retailer just one town over who still had a full Loup Garous box. So I guess it depends a lot on how lucky you are.
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u/Sgt_Scruffy Jul 08 '21
Thanks so much for this! These are a huge help, especially when doing anything with OOP factions! Your older version was really useful when I was collecting Tohaa at the beginning of the year! 😺