"KS/Indiegogo and resin/plastic 15mm figures" Topic

Basically there are few KS/etc. for 15mm/18mm figures compared to 25+mm and I don't think I have seen any in plastic and resin.

And I can't remember any commercial 15mm/18mm figures in plastic/resin for war games – but I have not actually searched diligently at all.

Have I just missed them or are all the 15mm/18mm figure manufacturers locked into metal from business reasons/tradition/personal preference?

Out of curiosity, would there be any advantage to producing 15mm/18mm figures in plastic or resin?

Yep another set of random thought that I wondered if others might know the answers to.

PSC ran a successful ks for a Borg designed WW1 c&c game, used plastic 15mm.

Wargames Factory, PSC and Battlefront make WW2 figures in 15mm plastic. My guess is it's down to cost against sales. How many boxes could they sell of each. Napoleonic line infantry could be viable, but if one box of any other kind would pretty much fill your requirements, you could find it hard to recover the high initial investment.
This is based on a guess of around 100 foot or 40 cavalry per box.

The advantages of 28mm are a cheaper material and the ability to create multi-pose figures which are easier to stick together and convert than metal figures.

There isn't a market for multipose, convertable 15mm…

Mike

Mike,

Enlighten me, seriously, because I don't have a clue for the numbers but I would think plastic itself would cost less than metal but the molds are where the initial (killer price wise?) costs make the difference?

I have no use for armies of multipart any size figures myself but that is just me I think.

JezEger,

Thanks, if I ever decide to do a WW2 army (unlikely) then I will try and remember to check those lines.

McWong73,

I will have to take a look at that just to see what they created, thanks. Less chance of Ww1 army than WW2 I admit but I would like to see the figures just because.

McWong73, those looked good but, alas, no French. Maybe they were done later? Again, if ever I build a WW1 army…

Nah, that's it.

The universe of plastic 1/72 miniatures is quite rich these days,covering pretty much all periods,from Biblical to Modern and Fantasy.(The only exemption is 1/72 SF,it's almost non existent.)
1/72 makers have all the infrastructure and machines.Some great ones are from the countries where the skilled labour is cheaper.
Maybe someone willing to produce 15/18mm plastics should talk to them and find the mutual agreeable way to utilize their resources.

1/72nd miniatures are in general soft plastic like the old Airfix ones. I believe that the moulds for soft plastic are cheaper than the ones for the harder kit style plastic used on 28mm and 15mm figures.

The downside of the softer plastic is that it is harder to keep paint on them. It is not impossible but it can be a bit of a challenge.

The downside of the hard plastic is that moulds cost more to make although the proliferation of hard plastics nowadays suggest that perhaps not as much more expensive than they used to be.

At the moment there are only hard plastic 15mm figures for WWII but that is going to change soon with the release of the PSC WWI figures and I see no reason that with time other periods will appear in 15mm plastic.