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This was a great suggestion someone had a while back:





That plastic looks thin, bendable and shiny - which screams 'paint flaking' to me. Anyone got round to painting one yet, and if so what's the verdict for gaming robustness?

for the 10$ or so these things cost, does robustness really factor in?

Can always squirt some spray foam into them to toughen them up.

Ok, what are they?

Looks like a container for a toy or confectionery. No idea what though.

Theya re fairly rigid. If properly based you will get no flex. IF primed well paint will stick to them fine. Be sure to give thema good washing.

I picked up a bunch about six months ago on the cheap and plan to make some alien jungle terrain pieces out of them.

wat's that?

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/272802.page

Thanks for link Aduro, no objections from me if mods wanna lock thread with that link there.