"Perry Plastics at Salute" Topic
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| YankeePedlar01 | 21 Apr 2008 2:03 a.m. PST |
I took a few shots of the game at Salute.
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There are more in the Show Gallery on my site.
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I liked the metal figures a great deal, but not the plastics I'm afraid. |
| jrbatso | 21 Apr 2008 6:10 a.m. PST |
What didn't you like about the plastics? |
| WarWizard | 21 Apr 2008 8:18 a.m. PST |
Are all those in the gallery from Salute 2008? |
| YankeePedlar01 | 21 Apr 2008 8:47 a.m. PST |
jrbatso,
The plastics are soft on detail to my eye compared to metal figures. That may just be my age. They have no 'heft' in the hand when painting, just preference I know. Don't like officers with no badges of rank because they 'must do' for both sides.
War Wizard,
No, those on pages 4{lower part} & 5 are from Salute. I don't like the 'industrial scale' of Excel halls, it tends to dwarf the games and spoil the look of the event I think, it has no soul that building. I always end up underwhelmed by the whole day really. Still, I go again the following year, always in hope I will enjoy it more… |
| Gecoren | 21 Apr 2008 11:17 a.m. PST |
While I respect your opinion YankeePedlar, I must disagree with you. I had opportunity to see the plastics at Salute and they seemed just as sharp as the metals. This can be seen here: picture As for the officers, that is a very good point. I'm sure we'll be buying metal officers which I suspect the Perrys will provide in due course. As for painting, I usually base my miniatures and then paint them on top of a paint pot (or similar) stuck down with blu tack or similar, so weight is not an issue for me. Once I have them magnabased, it'll be even less of one. I know of a local gaming club which all together bought 60 (!!!) boxes (both infantry and cavalry) for their members. Cheers, Guy |
| YankeePedlar01 | 21 Apr 2008 11:25 a.m. PST |
Guy,
Enjoyed your reply. I based my opinion on painting some I was given. Having recently finished painting hundreds of their Sudan figures I found the plastics a disappointment by comparison. Obviously they were doing brisk business at Salute, so I'm clearly in a minority ~ for now at any rate. I di nt mean to imply the figures were poor, just that I did nt like them as a painting experience. |
| Gecoren | 21 Apr 2008 4:02 p.m. PST |
That's a fair comment. My experience comes from painting plastics before (mainly GW Empire, now converted into Renaissance HRE). Sudan eh? Nice! That is a period I'm doing my best not to think too hard about… Guy |
Frederick  | 22 Apr 2008 5:39 a.m. PST |
The lack of rank insignia is a good point, although especially late-war officers in the Eastern Theater took to wearing insignia-less tunics and coats, while in the West they were much less formal about the uniform thing |
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