For the same reason I'm going to use mechs that I have the minis for and that I like to have specific models that match variants: I like it when I have the "right" stuff for my space historicals and it's frustrating to have such a difficult barrier to being able to do that.
You might as well ask why bother painting a unit in BT at all, no one is making you.
Very much this. For folks who actually like painting stuff to match a canon scheme, having an entire faction gatekeeped behind an expert-level scheme is incredibly disheartening.
The 'All Sudeten Falcons use this' part is what I hate. I don't mind expert patterns for elite units, top-level command formations, or unique pilots. You don't see me complaining about
Legend-Killer or
Phantom, even though both have absolutely
insane paint jobs. Those are single machines, not entire brigades or whole factions marked "big kids only, all others need not apply".
What bothers me most is that there are lots of tutorials. Lots and lots and lots of videos for all skill sets, to help people improve. But people won't watch them.
For me at least, there's two issues:
1 - There's no advertising. This forum is where I get 99% of my information, so if nothing's posted here when one gets put up, I have no idea they exist.
2 - They're videos. Videos are a pain in the ass. Now a tutorial posted somewhere with pictures and text? I'm sold!