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Hopefully what I also see as bubbles are digitally sculpted holes.

The gun barrel though... that's going to be finnicky. I had to give up on Coteaz' hammer being straight on its own and had to carefully drill it all out and pin it from head to pommel.

 AlexHolker wrote:

 Valhallan42nd wrote:
It's real!

I see bubbles and warping. Fething restic.

Thats more likely Resin, and not PVC.

It reminds me of Finecast...

 Compel wrote:
It reminds me of Finecast...

Also Resin.

I've yet to see an intrusive air bubble in anything cast by MaxMini, Antenociti, Hasslefree, or Mad Robot.

The 'all resin has bubbles' comment by RH is bull, and the subtext of the statement means that we can expect bubbles.

 Dr Mathias wrote:
I've yet to see an intrusive air bubble in anything cast by MaxMini, Antenociti, Hasslefree, or Mad Robot.

The 'all resin has bubbles' comment by RH is bull, and the subtext of the statement means that we can expect bubbles.

Was that really a statement they made?

All Resin has the possibility to bubble, but there are lots of ways to prevent it or lessen it.. and its not like you have to sell garbage casts.

Can you imagine a full army made of finecast?

Let's not jump to conclusions maybe? To my eye it doesn't really look that bad, I assumed those bubbles are actually sculpted holes.

Not that I can do anything, since I ordered everything in resin...

Yup the bubbles are meant to be there, here's a 3D print that shows them. Depending on the exact type of resin the gun barrel may or may not be an easy fix with hot water or a hair dryer, it certainly looks pretty good to me

I think the left ear of the Mickey Mouse hat is either different in the final model or there is a big bubble there, though.

Yeah, all the "bubbles" on Blondie look like they are an intentional part of the sculpt. Did you see some that looked accidental, Alex? (Could you point them out, in case I'm missing them?) And while that gun barrel does INDEED look minorly warped, I'd expect that gun barrel to be warped no matter the medium. (Or broken, if it was plastic.) I'll be more than happy to gently straighten my metal one.


Side note: did I miss this?


What is this coaster thing?! Did I miss out on my opportunity to get it?!

I think people get one or two coasters regardless.

So, every time I take a look at the KS page and see there's new comments I click, intrigued.


Only to find more of those obnoxious base amount guesses. Argh.

That coaster heard that you were feeling ill.
Headache, fever and a chill.
She came to help restore your pluck.
Because she's the nurse who likes...

soldiers, apparently.


I can't imagine the situation where I would feel happy about using that coaster.

I'd sell mine, I hate coasters made out of cardboard, blech.

 Jimsolo wrote:
Yeah, all the "bubbles" on Blondie look like they are an intentional part of the sculpt. Did you see some that looked accidental, Alex? (Could you point them out, in case I'm missing them?) And while that gun barrel does INDEED look minorly warped, I'd expect that gun barrel to be warped no matter the medium. (Or broken, if it was plastic.) I'll be more than happy to gently straighten my metal one.

I'll assume that the holes were just the deliberate ones. However, I still disagree that the warped gun barrel would always be a problem. In plastic, it would be intact unless the mould did not fill properly - the sprue would protect the barrel from being caught on anything that might warp it. Even in metal, it would be less likely to be warped in the first place, and once you bent it back into shape it would stay that way, instead of slowly bending again because some dumbass bent it before the polymer was properly set.

I'm not sure why companies use resin at all.

Isn't plastic better in pretty much every way?

But way more expensive.

I see one bubble at the base of the shorter cape between her legs.

Re: Gun barrel... really? REALLY? the number of times I got bent lasgun barrels on FW DKoK minis is unreal and you're faulting them for one bent barrel? I guess some people will complain about anything.

Well, they did compare it to Forge World quality resin..

And some people complain about...complaining!

All kidding aside, I'm more than happy to wait for more 'in the wild' pictures and reviews before getting too upset.

Oh, and retail too - I'm definitely waiting for retail!

 dan2026 wrote:
I'm not sure why companies use resin at all.

Isn't plastic better in pretty much every way?

Because when it comes to $10k+ to get a single figure in HIPS/PVC, or $50 to get a single figure done in Resin... one of these is the better option.

 Alpharius wrote:
And some people complain about...complaining!

Perhaps some feel that the complaints and grievances in this thread are starting to lag behind those of the Robotech thread?

LOL
Brook, had to exalt this!

 BrookM wrote:

 Alpharius wrote:
And some people complain about...complaining!

Perhaps some feel that the complaints and grievances in this thread are starting to lag behind those of the Robotech thread?

We have a complaint gap! The Robotechers are outpacing us!

But fair point, very tame compared to Robotech.

To the few French in this thread brave enough to face our shameful negativity: Happy Bastille Day!

Off with their heads, I say!

chaos0xomega wrote:
But fair point, very tame compared to Robotech.

 BrookM wrote:
I'd sell mine, I hate coasters made out of cardboard, blech.

How much you want for it?

Let's first see if I'm getting them or not, given my status as anti-backer one.

 Jimsolo wrote:

 BrookM wrote:
I'd sell mine, I hate coasters made out of cardboard, blech.

How much you want for it?

I'll send you mine when they show up if you want. No charge. I'll probably end up tossing them out anyway.

~iPaint