Reply To: Plastic is the future!

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Unique is the word for those figures and I did check out the line they come from at Miniature Figurines.

I’ve got to say that they’re not my cup of tea. The vast swathe of sculpts done in metal I find are bog standard horses with various quirks from different sculptors and changes in armor. I will grant that yes there are small producers (such as Dragon Bait) that make interesting pieces like clockwork cavalry for British army women, rocket powered pogo sticks for American cavalry and Prussian guards on steam eagles but I don’t have much need for steampunk at the moment.

Yes, there are figures out there but the primary market is for horses. Smaller sellers may have molds for other things but is a matter of how difficult is it to dig them out of obscurity. Years ago I knew a shop that was happy to make sculpts for all sorts of historicals but the market just didn’t keep them viable. 3D print upgrade kits for Aztec leadership aren’t terribly in demand but it takes less money and space to get them digitally instead of having a whole new figure created in white metal. I lament what appers to be the loss of Gamezone Miniatures that did great metal.

You can kick that up a notch with elephants. Compare what Parabellum do with Conquest’s elephant construct at titanic scale and the cost effectiveness of Victrix’s plastic kits against Thistle&Rose or Gripping Beast. You’re buying a cleverly disguised weapon to induce blunt force trauma when you buy those models.