I think GW is going a little crazy now they have the technology to make a lot of spindly part and fragile details . I assembled a legit Sisters of the Thorn , and it ' s fucking fiddly piece of crap and fragile as all hell . Process limitations have always had an impact on the permitted designs look at the old dragons , all thin and ugly because when cast in metal you couldn ' t make anything more solid looking without it costing far too much in materials as well as being to heavy . Now you get hollow plastic kits , and they can be any shape without wasting plastic . The 3 D design and tight tolerances means you can very complicated joining areas instead of just making two flat areas to mash together and hope the glue sets . And yet , the best selling armies are all big solid models that are easy to assemble and paint Space Marines , Stormcast , Bloodbound . I don ' t think GW is deliberately targeting recasters with their designs , I think they ' re just enjoying what they can do with their new new way of making models .