I have noticed since the loss of heavy metal masterclass articles people tend to not set such lofty aspirations for thier paintjobs, and seem happy playing paint splatter quality models ( I base this on a friend of mine who , when he started he was never done painting, there was always some other detail he could add to his models but since we forgot about heavy metal has been satisfied with just fielding painted models. He's an Ork player so the change was probably for the best, no more hair loss due to OCD type expectations). I haven't kept up on my White Dwarf since the format change, but I would be interested to know if this has affected the quality of Golden Demon models.