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I feel like a lot of these were stripped of detail that used to be there. Hmm

As Hector posted the Marie Claude render today



versus



hmm lots of lost details

Looks like some tough painting ahead.

Holy Cow that's a lot of lost detail.

"Restic" fails us all, again.

Her lips, her nose, the texture of her suit... It's all gone! :(

Wow... maybe some primer will help show the details? Sometimes combinations of material and color can really hide details.

And sometimes you think "Hey, why the feth did I spend money on this?" and think of all the things you could have bought instead, like syphilis ridden hookers.

 Sinful Hero wrote:
Her lips, her nose, the texture of her suit... It's all gone! :(

...tears in rain.

I just knew this would happen. Years of waiting for soft detail.

This looks really really bad

From Facebook:

Is it just me, or is that neck just too long.

Mr.Church13 wrote:
Is it just me, or is that neck just too long.

It's the angle I believe. Doesn't change the fact that all the detail is painted on. They did a really good job on the face though (IMO).

Looks like another coolminiornot or not crap festival. Guess the Sebastian model they showed as an example was a an example of quality was a pre-production hard resin cast. Still goes to show I was right to stop backing anything involving coolminiornot. Looks another pile of minis that might follow sedition wars into the bin, will have to see if anything is salvageable.

sigh, should I be surprised of this failure?

I have to say, looking at the renders that HecM delivered, versus how they came out is infuriating.

Marie Clause as she should be...


And the grim reality.


Even looking at the painted model, notice how the details on the back of her legs are completely gone. Ditto on the pin-striping on her suit.


Everywhere one looks, detail has disappeared, proportions look like crap, ach. And I got her as a LE choice!

Seriously, the quality on this stuff looks to be worse then the quality on Super Dungeon Explore pieces.


EDIT: I realized my initial thoughts on the shoulders are much better directed towards other things.

Someone remind me why I contributed too this?

Was it the shoulders?

Christ. I wonder if it is too late to ask for a refund... Super disappointed with what I am seeing, though I suppose the Noh are not too terribly awful.

 Sinful Hero wrote:

Mr.Church13 wrote:
Is it just me, or is that neck just too long.

It's the angle I believe. Doesn't change the fact that all the detail is painted on. They did a really good job on the face though (IMO).

I don't think it's the angle man, that neck is messed up long and her forward facing ankle is twig thin. I hope everyone who gets that model sends it back with an angry letter demanding a do over.

The painted Marie Claude is an early test figure and the neck has been changed on the final production version (from John's comment on facebook)

that said it looks pretty poor in places, I really hope at least some of it is due to it not photographing well without an undercoat

I don't know why I'm surprised about this, but I am.

I am shocked at how bad a lot of these have turned out.

Given how f'in late this one is, the one thing that SHOULD have been good was the overall quality.

But no.

So, after Sedition Wars, Mantic's various things and now this?

I am not kidding - I do not care how great things look in concept art, resin masters, etc. - I AM DONE WITH "RESTIC"/PVC/etc.!

I am So Very Glad I got my refund.

Still waiting for mine...

Most of the Noh stuff looks like it did okay. Black Diamond has some very odd faces, but they seem decent for the most part.

 Sinful Hero wrote:
Most of the Noh stuff looks like it did okay. Black Diamond has some very odd faces, but they seem decent for the most part.

I don't know, the tracks on the tank thing look craptastic. Plenty of mold lines all over it really.

 CptJake wrote:

 Sinful Hero wrote:
Most of the Noh stuff looks like it did okay. Black Diamond has some very odd faces, but they seem decent for the most part.

I don't know, the tracks on the tank thing look craptastic. Plenty of mold lines all over it really.

Ugh, you're right. I was mostly looking at the troopers, but the tank even looks a little warped... Looks like Noh(except for a few), Star Nebula Corsairs, and Shattered Sword turned out the best. Of course we still have quite a few models from each faction we haven't seen yet. Who knows how they'll turn out.

UNCLEBADTOUCH wrote:
Looks like another coolminiornot or not crap festival. Guess the Sebastian model they showed as an example was a an example of quality was a pre-production hard resin cast. Still goes to show I was right to stop backing anything involving coolminiornot. Looks another pile of minis that might follow sedition wars into the bin, will have to see if anything is salvageable.

You must have missed all the other projects that CMoN has done that has yielded fantastic production values like Zombicide, Rivet Wars, and Kaosball.

But it's cool. You're entitled to your opinion.

 cincydooley wrote:

UNCLEBADTOUCH wrote:
Looks like another coolminiornot or not crap festival. Guess the Sebastian model they showed as an example was a an example of quality was a pre-production hard resin cast. Still goes to show I was right to stop backing anything involving coolminiornot. Looks another pile of minis that might follow sedition wars into the bin, will have to see if anything is salvageable.

You must have missed all the other projects that CMoN has done that has yielded fantastic production values like Zombicide, Rivet Wars, and Kaosball.

But it's cool. You're entitled to your opinion.

And I guess you missed the craptastic ones but it's cool. Your entitled to your opinion.

UNCLEBADTOUCH wrote:

 cincydooley wrote:

UNCLEBADTOUCH wrote:
Looks like another coolminiornot or not crap festival. Guess the Sebastian model they showed as an example was a an example of quality was a pre-production hard resin cast. Still goes to show I was right to stop backing anything involving coolminiornot. Looks another pile of minis that might follow sedition wars into the bin, will have to see if anything is salvageable.

You must have missed all the other projects that CMoN has done that has yielded fantastic production values like Zombicide, Rivet Wars, and Kaosball.

But it's cool. You're entitled to your opinion.

And I guess you missed the craptastic ones but it's cool. Your entitled to your opinion.

4 Good to 2 Bad.

The Arcadia Quest and Wrath of Kings figures are looking good as well... so That'll be 6 to 2..

How was Guilds of Cad-something?

Production wise Guilds of Cadwallon is very good - the minis are little more than marker tokens really (they aren't really needed to play the game just a 3D extra, flat coloured tokens would do the job) and are similar quality to Zombicides the cards are good quality (maybe a little thin but they have a nice texture to them) I got the optional board and larger box both are good. The original small box is a very neat little package. No idea how it plays must give it a go some day