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A bit more? All but one of the prepainted minis I have in my ork horde was repainted completely.

Painting & converting are the most important aspects of the hobby for me - so NO

Any one else remember hero clix? those models looked like butt. The pre painted models are done so badly, You would have to repaint them and convert them to make them look right. And who is painting them? Old eav'y metal? The guys that wanted to paint everything with bright gawdy colors? To end this whole thing. Lets all try and get rid of the three color minimum on most tournaments. Its a hobby, when you take hobby out of it, You are left with grown men standing over a table playing with GI JOEs. I can't think of what the world would be like if that happened.

Well, if they where pre painted, they would have to be pre assembled, wich means it's not a model building hobby, it's a collecting hobby, so i'm out. AND... it would make GW's high prices even higher. Short answer no (but mabey for whfb)

I doubt that they would make it so you couldn't by mini's unpainted (too much detail, that's what they are designed for), but it actually would be nice to see everybody's miniatures painted when I'm playing in public. Never going to happen though.

I had to put otherrr the question could have been a bit more specific for me.

Would I buy pre-painted miniatures if they were mass produced and shelved that way at my GW or LGS?
Probably not, if I did they'd best be paint-over-able because everyone's armies would look the same by default and it would suck, no doubt costing more too!

Would I buy pre-painted i.e commission based models to my specifications or a set that has been uniquely painted by someone else to be sold?
Yes to that I probably would, I like the idea of buying pre-painted to my specifications i.e Commissions for models I don't have the confidence to paint myself.

For me, it really depends on the quality.

"Clix" prepaints sucked, were badly sculpted and made from a poor material.

AT-43 prepaints were awesome, great sculpts, good material.

It's all down to the execution.