Wreckmaster Posted March 19, 2006 Share Posted March 19, 2006 I will never buy a cav with resin parts! I remember the crap that Ral Partha put out for battletech in resin. I will never torture myself to that again. Poorly cast, hard to work with, and wouldn't hold onto paint. Never Again. Anyway I prefer the taste of pewter over resin any day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivarr Posted March 19, 2006 Share Posted March 19, 2006 I will never buy a cav with resin parts! I remember the crap that Ral Partha put out for battletech in resin. I will never torture myself to that again. Poorly cast, hard to work with, and wouldn't hold onto paint. Never Again. Anyway I prefer the taste of pewter of resin any day. Those CBT miniatures were not resin, they were cheap plastic. there are real differences between the two....(see the forge world miniatures for warhamster) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General308 Posted March 19, 2006 Share Posted March 19, 2006 I will never buy a cav with resin parts! I remember the crap that Ral Partha put out for battletech in resin. I will never torture myself to that again. Poorly cast, hard to work with, and wouldn't hold onto paint. Never Again. Anyway I prefer the taste of pewter of resin any day. They were plastic not resin. They were tough to paint if you actually belived you didn't have to prime them. If you primed them it wasnt so bad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunfighter Posted March 19, 2006 Share Posted March 19, 2006 I will never buy a cav with resin parts! I remember the crap that Ral Partha put out for battletech in resin. I will never torture myself to that again. Poorly cast, hard to work with, and wouldn't hold onto paint. Never Again. Anyway I prefer the taste of pewter of resin any day. Those CBT miniatures were not resin, they were cheap plastic. there are real differences between the two....(see the forge world miniatures for warhamster) Have to agree with Ivarr, I have used ForgeWorlds resin kits multiple times, and I also have a large Flames of War US collection, resin is nothing like plastic. Resin can hold amazing detail, and if used for large parts like torsos or leg assemblies can be very sturdy. Flames of War uses resin for the bodies and turrets of their tanks and metal for the guns and tracks. Tannhauser , I don't know what kind of problems you have had w/ battlefront minis, but aside from prying the turrets off when I first open the blister pack I haven't had any problems w/ the resin. I have heard of problems with it from others, maybe I have been lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tannhauser Posted March 19, 2006 Share Posted March 19, 2006 Tannhauser , I don't know what kind of problems you have had w/ battlefront minis, but aside from prying the turrets off when I first open the blister pack I haven't had any problems w/ the resin. I have heard of problems with it from others, maybe I have been lucky. The problem I had was with a pack of five Shermans. To get the tracks to fit on, I had to trim away some excess resin. Instead of carving away nicely like plastic or Forgeworld's resin, it chipped/broke off, sometimes taking more than I want to remove. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wreckmaster Posted March 21, 2006 Author Share Posted March 21, 2006 I will never buy a cav with resin parts! I remember the crap that Ral Partha put out for battletech in resin. I will never torture myself to that again. Poorly cast, hard to work with, and wouldn't hold onto paint. Never Again. Anyway I prefer the taste of pewter of resin any day. Those CBT miniatures were not resin, they were cheap plastic. there are real differences between the two....(see the forge world miniatures for warhamster) They made a series of cheap grey plastic minis, they are not what I am refering to. I don't even think Ral Partha made them. I am refering to the blueish resin models they made. Someone must remember these. They did not make a lot of them, because of the bad PR. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mad Pat Posted March 21, 2006 Share Posted March 21, 2006 I had them, bought a box of light mechs that were all the brittle blue resin, I don't think anyone in the industry is using that stuff any more. that was also how long ago??? but ya your not crazy there were blue resin mechs with white metal parts. Mad Pat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Jim Posted March 21, 2006 Share Posted March 21, 2006 i have the one that had a marauder, warhammer, battlemaster and a fourth that i don't remember what it was. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint of Sinners Posted March 21, 2006 Share Posted March 21, 2006 I had them, bought a box of light mechs that were all the brittle blue resin, I don't think anyone in the industry is using that stuff any more. that was also how long ago??? but ya your not crazy there were blue resin mechs with white metal parts. Mad Pat Now let's not jump to conclusions... Let's just say yes there was cheap brittle blue resin with white metal parts and leave the psychological diagnosing to professionals The only resin that I've ever used was to make my fingers more stick and to give me a better grip. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nanite Posted March 21, 2006 Share Posted March 21, 2006 Oy, I remeber the Btech plastics included with the boxed sets. I've never seen so much flash in my life. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lars Porsenna Posted March 21, 2006 Share Posted March 21, 2006 Resin is an awesome material to work with, when done well. The problem with the Battletech minis is that it was not well executed... Damon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokingwreckage Posted March 26, 2006 Share Posted March 26, 2006 I've got the 28mm despot and dictator from Hellion Productions here. They were fine to work with. The casts weren't perfect and I had to do some modification- it was not a problem. Sure, dropping them off a table would be bad, but big drops ruin metal too. I'd actually say I found these, and some Terraform scenery, quite acceptable and even enjoyable to work with. Next on my resin list will be some of scotia-grendel's 28mm vehicles and terrain. I look forward to it, although I suspect it's a very different resin. Oh, I see. Okay, I was working on 28mm scale vehicles. Smaller stuff might be problematic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lars Porsenna Posted March 26, 2006 Share Posted March 26, 2006 IME, resin in smaller stuff works just fine. I'm putting together a resin driving compartment for a 1/35 scale model (Wespe), with castings smaller than anything achievable in metal, and it was flawlessly cast... No, the problem with RP resin mechs was poor quality control, poor technique, and poor resin... Damon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawgiver Posted March 29, 2006 Share Posted March 29, 2006 resin rocks, plastic sucks So long as the base is metal and you maintain some wieght to the unit, you're gold. There is just something about the feeling of a heavy mini... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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