tigrifsgt | 26 Apr 2016 1:45 p.m. PST |
I have bought all of the FF plastic sets except for one. I really like the FF plastic, but not a fan of resin at all. I was waiting for FF archers, heavy mongols, and Russians. All came out in resin. I believe that the last 14 FF releases were all resin. They were blister packs and single figures. All very nice figures, but, I don't like resin. To me all it is is a figure that is hard to work with, at metal plus prices. |
Col Durnford | 26 Apr 2016 1:49 p.m. PST |
Short answer is no – as in no plastic or resin – all metal. But, then I'm old and set in my ways. A few years ago I sold off all my Airfix ACW and rebuilt the force in metal. |
foxweasel | 26 Apr 2016 1:59 p.m. PST |
I can live with plastic, only had one resin figure, far too brittle. |
Doms Decals | 26 Apr 2016 2:12 p.m. PST |
Similar here – I'm a fan of plastics, but can't abide resin figures – I simply don't trust that they'll last. |
Mako11 | 26 Apr 2016 2:26 p.m. PST |
Nyet, comrade\, for the reason foxweasel cites. In my state, they'll melt in the Summer, if left in the car during extreme periods of heat, which does happen pretty regularly. Even in the house, things can get bad. Also had some rubber straps melt to the shag carpeting in the closet of the house too, once, when A/C was unaffordable. |
MajorB | 26 Apr 2016 2:37 p.m. PST |
"Would you make the switch from plastic to resin?" Sorry, I do not understand the concept. I have metal, plastic and resin models. The material they are made of is whatever best works for that particular model. So I wouldn't use resin for man sized figures, it is much more suitable for big and chunky vehicles and such like. |
javelin98 | 26 Apr 2016 2:51 p.m. PST |
Absolutely not. Even the exorbitantly-expensive Forgeworld models are sometimes warped or skewed, and may have bubble-holes in them. I would always buy in hard styrene, if such were available. |
Striker | 26 Apr 2016 3:19 p.m. PST |
I would switch if that's what was available. From what I understand some of the european companies go to resin because the shipping is too much for metal. For the record I've never bought any resin wargame minis (just don't need more) but have many for 1/35 modelling. |
Pictors Studio | 26 Apr 2016 3:28 p.m. PST |
I have a lot of resin figures in a variety of sizes from individual figures all the way up to giant dragons and big tanks. I've transported them around in cars, heck my Dropzone Commander stuff went to Historicon twice and sat in a car in the parking lot there in the hot sun all day for several days. They aren't inherently fragile. It depends on the resin but a lot of the companies that are using resin today are using some pretty bouncy stuff. It isn't brittle like it used to be for the most part. The DzC figures can fall off the table and just bounce along the floor like plastics. They are frequently far less fragile than metal if you consider the effect of chipping. Again this isn't all resins but many are like this. Plastic is better but resin works pretty well too. I would recommend you try a blister pack or two. If you don't like them you are out a few bucks but if you do then you can go ahead and buy the figures you want to buy. |
tigrifsgt | 26 Apr 2016 3:42 p.m. PST |
I tried one blister pack of FF Mongols and a piece broke off as I was holding it in my hand looking at it. And as far as size, the FF heavy mongols are way oversized compared to the plastic mongols. You could put them on the table together, but not next to each other. And, mongol battle strategy had the light archers follow right behind the heavy archers. |
Puster | 26 Apr 2016 3:46 p.m. PST |
No problems here with most resins. Resin does have some advantages, mainly that it can be produced in smaller numbers with a quality that metal needs spin casting for to match, and so offers a wide variety that otherwise would not be available. In details (swords, daggers, etc) it also can be sturdier then metal. Plastic usually carries less detail and needs much larger numbers to calculate out. Once produced, plastic is usually far cheaper per miniature. The quality difference from resin to good metals is rarely notable – though for normal casts I do prefer resin, and a lot of castings DO show that difference. I sometimes pay a few bucks more to get the resin version instead of metal – like with Hasslefree and their "master castings". Not often, though. To sum it up: the material is of tertiary concern to me, after sculpt and price. I am glad that resin exists for it enables miniatures that would otherwise not exist. |
Zeelow | 26 Apr 2016 4:05 p.m. PST |
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miniMo | 26 Apr 2016 4:58 p.m. PST |
¿FF? All of my Fantastic Four figures are plastic Hero Clix, I don't think I'ld switch them to resin. |
Disco Joe | 26 Apr 2016 6:46 p.m. PST |
I would not make the switch from metal to plastic or resin as far as figures go. |
Ragbones | 26 Apr 2016 6:51 p.m. PST |
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tigrifsgt | 27 Apr 2016 5:05 a.m. PST |
miniMo, FF is Fireforge Games a former I should say plastic figure company which now only makes figures in resin. |
sma1941 | 27 Apr 2016 5:51 a.m. PST |
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Ceterman | 27 Apr 2016 6:51 a.m. PST |
I'm with VCarter, for the same reason. All metal for me. Although I do have a few resin casualty figures. I made them myself. So there's that… |
Rdfraf | 27 Apr 2016 6:54 a.m. PST |
I will buy plastic but not resin. |
GarrisonMiniatures | 27 Apr 2016 10:22 a.m. PST |
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bombersmoon | 27 Apr 2016 11:28 a.m. PST |
An interesting thread. I really like the FF plastic sets, and have been looking at trying some of the resin packs….not too sure now …maybe I'll try some of their character figures and see how they assemble and paint up. |
79thPA | 28 Apr 2016 6:27 a.m. PST |
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BelgianRay | 28 Apr 2016 2:26 p.m. PST |
Yes,Major B got it right. And tigrifsgt, I do noet agree, they fit perfectly with the plastics. |
tigrifsgt | 28 Apr 2016 5:08 p.m. PST |
I have both of them (plastic and resin mongols) on my ready to paint table, and I'll stand by my opinion. |