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Editor in Chief Bill ![Workbencher Fezian](boards/icons/workbencher.gif) | 03 Apr 2024 6:57 p.m. PST |
You were asked – TMP link Which are the five tabletop wargaming companies that are essential to your hobby enjoyment? And in the final round of voting: 15% of the votes: Osprey 14%: Vallejo 12%: Old Glory 11%: Perry Brothers 9%: Wargame Vault |
UshCha | 04 Apr 2024 4:03 a.m. PST |
They would not be on my list. Rino and Prusa would be on top of mine. Kallistra maybe. |
Louis XIV ![Supporting Member of TMP Supporting Member of TMP](boards/icons/sp.gif) | 04 Apr 2024 4:13 a.m. PST |
Companies or Products? Anyway, I would say Games Workshop. As a Company they have a complete product: models, rules, paint, tools, fiction, etc. You can get rules from Osprey, models from the Perry's and paint from Vallejo. Gathering hobby essentials can almost be a second hobby. |
nnascati ![Supporting Member of TMP Supporting Member of TMP](boards/icons/sp.gif) | 04 Apr 2024 4:47 a.m. PST |
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forrester | 04 Apr 2024 8:23 a.m. PST |
Its difficult to determine what is really essential. If the five companies in the list didn't exist, you could probably get what you needed elsewhere. Id probably say Crooked Dice; I am not a big spender there but their range is unique albeit very niche. Im not into GW but if I were, they would be essential if you wanted to play their games. Which they are well aware of! |
Andrew Walters | 04 Apr 2024 9:30 a.m. PST |
I'm not sure you can have such a poll without Games Workshop. I buy something from them about once every ten or twenty years, but without them what would we *talk* about? Also, Home Depot, Amazon, Michael's… |
TimePortal | 04 Apr 2024 9:35 a.m. PST |
On the book side Osprey and Concord have been great sellers. Of course, I do sell my new PB books at $10. USD Paints Apple Barrel unless the fantasy stuff is on sale. The thickness and coverage is good with this craft paint. Miniatures Ares for pre-painted. Unpainted would be Old Glory or 19 Century. |
Old Glory ![Sponsoring Member of TMP Sponsoring Member of TMP](boards/icons/sponsor.gif) | 04 Apr 2024 8:47 p.m. PST |
I personally am still very very fond of Foundry figures! Best regards Russ Dunaway |
HMS Exeter | 04 Apr 2024 9:23 p.m. PST |
8 posts and not 1 brewery or distillery. Inconceivable… |
Sgt Slag ![Supporting Member of TMP Supporting Member of TMP](boards/icons/sp.gif) | 05 Apr 2024 7:17 a.m. PST |
If you had included non-wargaming companies in the poll, I would have chosen… Harbor Freight, a tool company. LOL! I use their foam floor mats for making terrain base mats; I use their disposable razor knives, with snap-off blades, for crafting, and cleaning up my miniatures; I bought a replacement moto-tool from them, which is indispensable for removing mold seams, and metal/plastic injection sprues from my miniatures, with a cut-off wheel (grinding bits quickly get clogged with metal, but a cut-off wheel just shrinks with usage, and it takes material off like nothing else!); I use various clamps from them, for terrain making, and to hold plastic figures, to straighten them, leaving them in their desired positions, within the clamp, for weeks/months, until the plastic 'remembers' the new position. There are so many tools that I get from HF for my crafting… I would also add Michael's Craft Stores, and Wal-Mart, to this list. They all supply me critically necessary tools and items for my crafting/modeling needs. Sorry, Bill, never thought about them until now. I suspect if we had them listed in the polls, they would have ranked pretty high. LOL! Maybe you could run a non-wargaming store poll… Cheers! |
Old Glory ![Sponsoring Member of TMP Sponsoring Member of TMP](boards/icons/sponsor.gif) | 05 Apr 2024 8:20 a.m. PST |
The poll states clearly "Five TABLE TOP WAR GAMING companies" specifically????" Not companies used? I suppose I could then mention my utilities providers? Regards Russ Dunaway |
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