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The_Real_Chris wrote:

 H.B.M.C. wrote:
There's only one person who thinks plastic is bad...

I mean there are a lot of people who think plastic has a lot of negatives for our environment.

I don't think resin is any better on that front. Polystyrene is at least recyclable.

T'other day I was mulling over the idea that GW stores should have sprue collection bins for people to dump empty sprues in. They can then use their existing distribution networks to return the sprues to their factory for recycling back into the product manufacture.

Single use plastics are a problem, but wargaming models are not meant to be disposed of, and the sprues can be recycled.

 Haighus wrote:

T'other day I was mulling over the idea that GW stores should have sprue collection bins for people to dump empty sprues in. They can then use their existing distribution networks to return the sprues to their factory for recycling back into the product manufacture.

That would be excellent!

Personally I think GW's plastic kits are fantastic in terms of detail - and, unlike resin, at least they're consistent about them. You can fault them for a lot of things, but the quality of the detail on their plastic kits is absolutely not one of them.

You don't need to recycle your sprues, just cut them apart and make weird cursed terrain out of them.

Aren't there people that make terrain out or recycled sprues?

 Crimson wrote:

 Haighus wrote:

T'other day I was mulling over the idea that GW stores should have sprue collection bins for people to dump empty sprues in. They can then use their existing distribution networks to return the sprues to their factory for recycling back into the product manufacture.

That would be excellent!

My old local GW used to have exactly that, people would drop off old sprues, some even with bits still on and you could come along and pick them clean.

 Gert wrote:
You don't need to recycle your sprues, just cut them apart and make weird cursed terrain out of them.

I'm mincing them into rubble, but I'm sure most sprues go in the bin.

You could melt them down and use them to recast FW models

The_Real_Chris wrote:

 H.B.M.C. wrote:
There's only one person who thinks plastic is bad...

I mean there are a lot of people who think plastic has a lot of negatives for our environment.

There a whole lot of people who don’t know that plastic isn’t a material, but a quality of a material.

 Haighus wrote:

The_Real_Chris wrote:

 H.B.M.C. wrote:
There's only one person who thinks plastic is bad...

I mean there are a lot of people who think plastic has a lot of negatives for our environment.

I don't think resin is any better on that front. Polystyrene is at least recyclable.

T'other day I was mulling over the idea that GW stores should have sprue collection bins for people to dump empty sprues in. They can then use their existing distribution networks to return the sprues to their factory for recycling back into the product manufacture.

That would be great. I personally keep my sprues and use them as conversion fodder.
You can also use acetone to melt them down into "sprue goo" and use it to make stuff like capes and whatnot, but I haven't tried that myself.

 Haighus wrote:

T'other day I was mulling over the idea that GW stores should have sprue collection bins for people to dump empty sprues in. They can then use their existing distribution networks to return the sprues to their factory for recycling back into the product manufacture.

A (few?) companies tried to did this about ten years ago and the issue that was encountered was that the environmental cost of shipping empty sprues back combined with the recycling process (which iirc involves burning away an additive that is not present in the pellet source) is greater than the benefit.

Codex Daemons just got announced today, so we're getting closer!

The_Real_Chris wrote:
I mean there are a lot of people who think plastic has a lot of negatives for our environment.

And isn't what was being discussed...

 Kanluwen wrote:
Codex Daemons just got announced today, so we're getting closer!

Close is relative :p
World eaters and squats can be before guard :/
But the pic leaks show the marketing pictures are already being printed.. sooo

 H.B.M.C. wrote:
There's only one person who thinks plastic is bad...

That's not true. I strongly prefer pewter to either plastic or resin.

gungo wrote:

 Kanluwen wrote:
Codex Daemons just got announced today, so we're getting closer!

Close is relative :p
World eaters and squats can be before guard :/
But the pic leaks show the marketing pictures are already being printed.. sooo

OK_E has Guard after Chaos+Daemons and before WE and Leagues.

General Hobbs wrote:


I came here for Imperial Guard rumors, not one guy bitching about the quality of plastic kits.

And yet here we are, discussing plastic death riders despite the most credible source saying they don't exist. Why? Because people want to dream about plastic kits. So yes, the quality issues with plastic are entirely relevant when the only reason for discussing plastic death riders is whether or not plastic would be better.

 MajorWesJanson wrote:
Single use plastics are a problem, but wargaming models are not meant to be disposed of, and the sprues can be recycled.

I would like more information on Sprue recycling, as I've tried taking my leftover sprue to Rcenters and I always get turned away.

Bandai does sprue recycling for Gunpla, in Japan.

Plastic recycling in general is a mess as its hyper-regionalized and localized, etc. DIfferent countries, regions, states, even municipalities have different recycling contracts with processors that have different capabilities, depending on the type of plastic and the form its in (some will recycle one type of plastic only if its in the form of a bottle but not if its in the form of a take-out container, etc.). Generally speaking, HIPS like GW minis/sprues isn't recycled, and where it is its done only for specific products. IIRC certain yogurt container brands were the big/mainstream recycled HIPS product, but they will only accept HIPS yogurt containers from certain brands with certain markings on them, they won't recycle your discarded sprue into a yogurt container. Bandais sprue recycling in Japan is another example - they will only recycle Bandai sprues and sprues that htey produce for others under license, etc. because they (like most HIPS product producers) have their own proprietary HIPS blend and recycling sprue from other manufacturers would screw up their blend and cause quality defects.

"Oh, 2 new pages of rumours, maybe something new has been added!"

Holy gak guys, take this to off-topic or something...

OK_E wrote: was going to mention this You can have two guards with special weapons in the cadian shock troop unit and no heavy weapon so it makes sense to combine it with the kasrkin

This was, for context, in a Reddit thread about someone speculating after seeing the Angron v Cadian photos.

It has rather solidified my thinking that whereever OK_E is in relation to upcoming releases? It's not somewhere that they see physical products but rather see book related material.

 H.B.M.C. wrote:
There's only one person who thinks plastic is bad...

Indeed why would anyone want resin when we could have METAL

Pewter is acceptable, but if only we could go back to lead, the one true casting medium.


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 Wha-Mu-077 wrote:
Aren't there people that make terrain out or recycled sprues?

Terrain?

I remember a guy making a Necron army out of sprues.

 Kid_Kyoto wrote:
Indeed why would anyone want resin when we could have METAL

I for one, would absolutely welcome the return of metal character minis. Plastic is nice and all, but i want those crispy detail for my characters.

I remember a guy making a Necron army out of sprues.

The spruecrons? I have a picture of spruecrons somewhere. Don't know if it was a guy of /tg/ or not who made them, but thats where I remember seeing them years ago.

Pipecleaner Khorne army was better.

 Kid_Kyoto wrote:
... if only we could go back to lead, the one true casting medium.

Me too. That stuff was delicious.

 Snrub wrote:

 Kid_Kyoto wrote:
Indeed why would anyone want resin when we could have METAL

I for one, would absolutely welcome the return of metal character minis. Plastic is nice and all, but i want those crispy detail for my characters.

I remember a guy making a Necron army out of sprues.

The spruecrons? I have a picture of spruecrons somewhere. Don't know if it was a guy of /tg/ or not who made them, but thats where I remember seeing them years ago.

I think a bunch of people who've made spruecrons over the years, it's a dead simple hobby project and a great way to get rid of sprues if you're not using them for terrain/supports/whatever.

 H.B.M.C. wrote:
Pipecleaner Khorne army was better.

The one true bloodletter army...

The bloodletters army is a piece of proper comedic art and I would happily play against them any day of the week.

 Chairman Aeon wrote:

There a whole lot of people who don’t know that plastic isn’t a material, but a quality of a material.

People sometimes use words in a colloquial sense, and it's obtuse pedantry to protest it when they do.

 H.B.M.C. wrote:
Pipecleaner Khorne army was better.

The Tzeentch cubes army still reigns supreme. I vaguely remember the person who made it got death threats from angry GW consumers, but I hope that's just embellishment added to memory by my dying brain.

Do you think the new cadian kit will include optional units? Like the eldar with oldschool guardians and those storm guardians.