Reply To: Plastic is the future!

@athelstane – I remember a time when the average price for a metal figure was around $ 2.00, plastics about $ 1.00 per basic infantry trooper. And I am still highly suspicious of anything that goes beyond that – which today is everything….Plus, we now have the very bizarre situation that plastic figures often cost MORE than metal figures, which, I suppose, is something you have to expect living in upside-down Clown World…I have several of Featherstone’s books, including Complete Wargaming and do cast figures on occasion when it’s warm enough to have the windows open. Which brings me to

@pagan8th – I have LOTS of Prince August molds, almost all of the 25mm Fantasy ones, some 32mm and most of the 40 mm Holger Eriksson Karoliner. They are very well made, last a long time and if you have trouble with them, there are tutorials on the PA website as well as on TheirTube. If thin pieces are the issue, maybe you need to vent the molds or make sure they are somewhat warm before casting.

@limburger – I’m not sure what the advantages of resin minis are. They often claim that the detail is crisper, but I don’t see a difference. For example, Demented Games offered most of their Twisted figures in both a metal ‘gamer’s’ and a resin ‘collector’s’ edition and they look equally crisp to me. Same applies to the few metal figures you can get from Raging Hormones, erm, Heroes. 3D prints have the advantage of being completely independent of any mold-related considerations, but that produces the already mentioned painting difficulties. I have talked to several 3D manufacturers onEtsy marketplace and they have all said that no one gives any thought to how hard it would be to paint a particular figure when it is designed.