Thing is, I don't even get replies from CDPR any more, which is worrying me. At first they were quick to respond and told me to get this forwarded to the corresponding distributor, but now they don't answer a single one of my emails (I'm not spamming them but 3 mails in 2 and a half months and no reply?).
It really does... I'm tempted to try repainting mine, except that it would also need a *lot* of reworking due to the other issues :/
Anyone else having problems with marcin's email? I've tried repeatedly over the last few days to send him email and I keep getting a message that the cdprojektred server cannot accept traffic at this time. This is the address I have marcin.momot@cdprojektred.com . I'd just message him on here but I need to forward all of my emails with WB so I can't get that on here. Any ideas?
hi guys!
my statue was also butchered by the painter,
i thought to repair some damage, but because of the thick layer of paint is difficult to archive a decent job,
i only painted the face and bear, i gave a more paled look and add some veins (no witcher should fight a Griffin without a potion)
keep in mind i´m an amateur.
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my statue was also butchered by the painter,
i thought to repair some damage, but because of the thick layer of paint is difficult to archive a decent job,
i only painted the face and bear, i gave a more paled look and add some veins (no witcher should fight a Griffin without a potion)
keep in mind i´m an amateur.
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I just received a reply from Bandai Namco and it looks like they intend to ignore the issue now:
Seriously, what the fuck?! "...in some ways the quality of that work is in the eye of the beholder." How can anyone look at these statues, see the careless sub-amateur paintwork, shoddy assembly, broken parts of the statue just painted over and think "yep, those look ok"? This is insulting. How can anyone say this with a straight face?
I've been a big supporter of CDPR, I pre-ordered The Witcher 3 at GOG as well as my Collector's Edition and bought several gift keys as Christmas presents for friends. I trusted that CDPR would make things right if there were any problems; they have their good reputation because they've previously been very customer-friendly. Back when The Witcher 2 launched I had pre-ordered it at GOG as well as the CE, and my TW2 CE came with a broken Geralt bust, but CDPR made things right back then. This time however... given the silence from CDPR since my initial emails back in May and Bandai Namco's response here it's not looking good; this is an immense disappointment
Guess I'll be contacting Marcin again :/
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Honestly if it was just a case of poor paintwork I'd probably just repaint it... I have a little basic experience with model painting & the painting by uDock is so atrocious I think I'd have to deliberately do a bad job to do worse. However that isn't really an option due to the physical damage/defects with the statue :/
Seriously, what the fuck?! "...in some ways the quality of that work is in the eye of the beholder." How can anyone look at these statues, see the careless sub-amateur paintwork, shoddy assembly, broken parts of the statue just painted over and think "yep, those look ok"? This is insulting. How can anyone say this with a straight face?
I've been a big supporter of CDPR, I pre-ordered The Witcher 3 at GOG as well as my Collector's Edition and bought several gift keys as Christmas presents for friends. I trusted that CDPR would make things right if there were any problems; they have their good reputation because they've previously been very customer-friendly. Back when The Witcher 2 launched I had pre-ordered it at GOG as well as the CE, and my TW2 CE came with a broken Geralt bust, but CDPR made things right back then. This time however... given the silence from CDPR since my initial emails back in May and Bandai Namco's response here it's not looking good; this is an immense disappointment
Guess I'll be contacting Marcin again :/
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Honestly if it was just a case of poor paintwork I'd probably just repaint it... I have a little basic experience with model painting & the painting by uDock is so atrocious I think I'd have to deliberately do a bad job to do worse. However that isn't really an option due to the physical damage/defects with the statue :/
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Glad I didn't order the Collector's Edition. I'm happy with my standard edition
The collector edition of the witcher 3 is beautiful.
The only flaw is that the statue, which was to be the best thing, is painted in a bad way.
The replacement is unnecessary.They have to make new statues, and they never will.Too expensive.
I hope to repay, with the expansion pass. It seems to me the least we can do.
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I have had my CE for months and pondered whether or not to post to this thread in fear of backlash from the community as it contradicts the OP, but my statue came out rather nice. Its beautiful and I love the bottom of it too having felt pads. My statue from Elder Scrolls online looks hideous next to my Witcher statue lol No paint, cheap plastic and no felt pads on the bottom. Granted I spent 50 less for the ESO CE but still, the Medallion alone is worth 50 if you ask me! Decent ones on Amazon cost that or more and dont look nearly as good nor have a nice chain. Anyways, just wanted to throw it out there that not all the statues were awful. Ive seen the pictures and videos on youtube, its a shame really. My heart goes out to those who got bad paint jobs. I would be pretty sad if that was the case for me but like I said, the real diamond in the CE for me was the necklace. Love it so much! Wear it daily lol
Thanks for reading and I apologize if I offended anyone with my statement. Have a good day fellow Witchers. Farewell!
-Z
Thanks for reading and I apologize if I offended anyone with my statement. Have a good day fellow Witchers. Farewell!
-Z