RE: (OT) What I love to hate was Re: [OT] Mini Pictures

I am somewhat with Daniel here.

I understand wanting to present a professional appearance on a web site.
But
I believe most gamers would be thrilled to have their miniatures
pictured on
the miniatures company's web site. I believe most would GLADLY allow
their
pictures to be used for the high price of giving them credit for the
paint/picture.

I believe that miniature companies would benefit greatly from this,
almost
free, source of pictures. While some of the pictures and paint are of
limited skill (speaking of mine, not particularly anyone else's),
displaying
a miniature with a mediocre paint job is better than making the
potential
customer guess at what the miniature looks like.

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Brian Bell
bkb@beol.net
http://www.ftsr.org
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Casquilho, Daniel [SMTP:Daniel.Casquilho@disney.com]
> Sent: Monday, February 12, 2001 8:39 PM
> To:	gzg-l@csua.berkeley.edu
> Subject:	RE: (OT) What I love to hate was Re: [OT] Mini Pictures
> 
[snip].

> OK, I will try one more time. This started as a discussion on
companies 
> and their lack of such simple things as pictures of their minis on
their 
> web sites. [snip] If I, a single person 
> who sells items once in a while, can have color pictures of my stuff 
> why not someone who has a small business?
> 
[snip]

> If you want to start a small company that sells some figures, go for
it. 
> Once you make them, all it takes is for you to sit down for about an
hour 
> and scan them. Assuming you have made a good looking figure then the 
> pictures will help market your stuff to guys who want to buy, but are 
> unsure of your stuff.
> 
> When a computer with scanner can be had for less then $500 in the US 
> (And I am sure such deals also can be had in other countries) there 
> is no excuse for a company to have "text only" list for their
miniatures. 
> So what does a "Alien with gun" look like anyway? But if I see it, I 
> might say, "Oh that's cool, give me 24 please."
> 
[snip]

> In fact, I will put my money (well time really) where my mouth is. Any
of 
> those small "two bloke" companies who want to send me one of each
figure 
> from their lines, I will scan, clean up, and send the pictures to the 
> server of your choice. Anyone want to take me up on this email me.
> 
[snip]

> :-) In the end I think we all want the same thing. To see our beloved 
> hobby to keep going. I just would also like to see the miniatures too
:-)
>