"Are You a Metalhead?" Topic

Are you a gamer who insists on only metal figures?

No.

Nope

Way back I used to be, but not anymore.

No. I prefer plastic to metal in most cases.

Used to be, sneered at plastic I did, but now I actually vastly prefer plastic, easier and faster to assemble and modify.

Definitely not. I've been known to play with metal, plastic, wood and paper. You know…when I game at all.

Definitely not!

No.

no.

Yes. I only have metal for my RPG & skirmish figures. I prefer metal but have a lot of plastic figures in my armies.

I find I prefer metal over plastic, for no logical reason.

I have plenty of plastic, and love the ease of assembly and conversions, but better than 90% of my finished minis are still pewter (or lead).

Absolutely.

I've yet to have a plastic project survive long term storage.
Metal lasts forever.

Kind of.
Back in the day when I played WRG Ancients tournaments, I loved needing two hands to pick up a stand of 28mm cataphracts.
Nothing like the heft of a metal elephant.

And here I was going to talk about Slayer and Cattle Decapitation

No

Not even close. Soft plastic, hard plastic, Lead, Pewter and Resin. I am material neutral I guess.

Insists? No. Prefers? Yes.

No.
I prefer Dean Martin and Michael Bublé

No, but I definitely prefer metal for my miniatures.

I used to stick with metal but the price of metal is rising constantly as is quality of plastic so I'm looking more and more to plastic for the grunts while buying metal for characters, generals, guns, etc.

LT

I prefer metal but will use plastic if I need to.

I like my miniatures to have some heft so I only use metal figures mounted on metal bases.

My preference is resin and plastic just for quality of castings, but I'm honestly not that fussed.

John T

Nope. Started with plastic figures and now delighted with the modern Renaissance of plastic, both hard and soft.

I do have some metal figures too:)

Do they make plastic for 3mm? (Probably not)

6mm? (Possible?)

15mm (this, maybe?) if they were compatible with my current metal, I would consider it.

25+mm? Does Reaper Bones count? If so, then no, whatever fits the intended use is what I would use.

I prefer plastic, will buy metal only if it is a bargain or no other option.

Similar to MB, the scales I do are not widely available in plastic.

I tried assembling one of these multi-pose plastic 28mm and it was such a pain and so fragile I can't see why anyone would bother.

No.

No.

I prefer plastic figures for conversion ease. My most common figure is plastic on a metal washer. Give is a bit of heft and lot of stability. Plus, it's hard to do this…

… with a metal figure.

Hell no! Most of mine are soft plastic…

I started out with Airfix. So plastic's ok. Then I 'graduated' to metal miniatures. So metal's ok. Nowadays plastic's back and I'm ok with both, or either.

No.

I tend to prefer metal for non-vehicles. I find that plastic dudes slide down hills and whatnot, so don't care for them so much. I've also had far more breakage with plastic dudes. Like resin for giant figs and vehicles, and like plastic for aircraft.

Yes for the most part. I have been getting into resin and plastic for the crisp detail for painting.

I find that the plastic and resin figures can be fragile.

No, but:
The perfect fig is a one piece casting of metal.

Yes!

I only have metal figures now but have had both plastic and resin in the past. I'm not anti-plastic and think some on the market today are beautiful, but I like the metal figures better.

When I began this hobby in the early 80s, they laughed at me when I showed up with 1/72nd scale ESCI plastic figures. I was told, real wargamers only used metal. It's a hard habit to break now.

Yes, I have yet to find a plastic figure that paints up as well as a metal figure.

Chris

I'd rather have metal. I have about 40 plastic figs outta 600 or so…

No – I'm even good with paper stand ups.

No. Prefer plastic.

I prefer metal, but I'm not against plastic.

Yes, give me metal, or give me death!

Nope. I buy both plastic and metal miniatures.

Prefer metal, but own a fair few plastics, especially WW2 vehicles.

I but lots of plastic figures but hardly ever paint them…

prefer metal, but will use plastic or resin figures.

YES! No plastic no resin figures. Metal! The way God intended us to play wargames! Did H G Wells use plastic? No!
Plastic is just plain wrong.