Manufacturing costs

MattShepherd · Post by **MattShepherd** » Thu Jan 27, 2005 9:40 pm

I have absolutely no problem with markup, first of all: sculptors work hard, companies need to make money, people need to eat!

But I am curious as to how much actual cost is on a "regular" BB-type figure... your typical Orc blitzer or WElf lino.

bound for glory · Post by **bound for glory** » Thu Jan 27, 2005 10:32 pm

yeah, like 9$us for the new skeleton with chainsaw

whats that all about? he does'nt look like hes got much "meat" on his bones. greed workshops pricing is insane.

hoomin_erra · Post by **hoomin_erra** » Thu Jan 27, 2005 10:38 pm

You got the new skellie over there?

Haven't even been released over here

drunkdwarf · Post by **drunkdwarf** » Fri Jan 28, 2005 3:03 am

I used to work in the biz for black orc games (100 kingdoms) and still work with sculptors regularly as a freelance artist.
I wondered this thing myself and asked the boss one day to break down the actual cost of a figure, including labor expenses. Turns out, the cost of your average man-sized figure is about 20cents, and with packaging, around 50. Thatâ€™s right, on average, the packaging costs more than the figures inside! You wouldn't believe how small the puddle is when you melt these guys down into liquid pewter...

Chairface · Post by **Chairface** » Fri Jan 28, 2005 4:18 am

Including labour? Man thats cheap.

I enjoy some of the black orc figs btw.

Fondu77 · Post by **Fondu77** » Fri Jan 28, 2005 10:01 am

Well maybe I can help.

First 1 mini for little casters like me is around 1.5 euros per piece in plastik, and around 2 in metal.

So 100 mini is 150 euros ok?

If you want to make some minis you need some cash, so like in every bussiness you need to get some cash... How? sell minis less cheaper than 1. euros.

Then you need to pay the sculptor (if it's not you)

Then you need to pay for packaging.... (GW usually send you minis in a normal box wich cost a little.

Then you pay the website (if it's not you) if it's not you an advetising like fanatik or white Dwarve magazine.

Then you pay tools (15 euros for tools, and 15 more to get greenstuff).

Fondu77 · Post by **Fondu77** » Fri Jan 28, 2005 10:02 am

price are for rookie sculptor...

boondog · Post by **boondog** » Fri Jan 28, 2005 1:16 pm

Where does one find a "producer"? I wouldn`t know where to send a finished green for actual casting.

drunkdwarf · Post by **drunkdwarf** » Fri Jan 28, 2005 1:21 pm

Check on the miniatures page - http://theminiaturespage.com/

They should be able to point yah in the right direction.

Melifaxis · Post by **Melifaxis** » Fri Jan 28, 2005 3:16 pm

http://www.miniaturemolds.com/mainframe.htm

Then click on make your own mold

Don't know a lot about it as I haven't done it yet, but this is what I was thinking of using.

bound for glory · Post by **bound for glory** » Fri Jan 28, 2005 5:52 pm

i got my skeleton from a very dear friend who works for gw us baltimore. he hooks me up with early bloodbowl stuff.