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The fact they only showed 1 on the image and that they didn't say plastic in the article makes me think this might be resin? I hope not but they also didn't drill out the barrel as much as on the baneblade, maybe because the resin would break if it gets too thin?

Wondering if that’s resin.

Barrels looking kinda drilled. So I’m expecting resin.

Hmmm, anyone else feel like this one might be resin?

EDIT: Apparently yes some ninjas

Of course, our observations could just be from a resin early cast. Which we know GW tend to do more often than not for sample pieces with the Studio.

 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
Wondering if that’s resin.

Barrels looking kinda drilled. So I’m expecting resin.

Yeah that fact it's in a squadron of "up to 3" implies each tank will be sold separately. Plastic would more likely be a box of 2 or 4.

 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
Of course, our observations could just be from a resin early cast. Which we know GW tend to do more often than not for sample pieces with the Studio.

I would expect that sort of thing to have switched entirely to 3d prints by this point?

Same thing in my idiot mind. Certainly I can see an early 3d Print needing barrels drilled manually.

So it could be plastic - but I’m still expecting resin.

Nice, Stormhammer.

Now, release the damn game already!

Lovely tank, definitely want the releases!

"...as we approach the release..."

I think they need to be honest and just admit that the 2nd edition will be out before this version.

The stormhammer is nice, but yeah without the confirmation its plastic it usually means its going to be resin. Oh well, still a decent selection of tanks in plastic so far.

We already know that a lot of what they've been showing has been stuff slated for expansions. They even mention it a bit in the White Dwarf.

Therefore, a lot of what they've shown here isn't going to be in our hands for like another 6 months or so.

But yeah, I do imagine that eventually some things will be in resin. Not every kit they've shown off has mentioned plastic or resin in the article. Thankfully, FW does a good job at the small resin bits, so even if these are resin, they'll still be a nice simple addition with good detail. I'd hope not, but we'll see. After all, Aeronautica and Titanicus also had a selection of resin things.

The dream of having 3 of these, a bunch of baneblades and leman russes, and then some medusas and basilisks... sooooooon.

 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
Of course, our observations could just be from a resin early cast. Which we know GW tend to do more often than not for sample pieces with the Studio.

Not really, nowadays they 3d print it.


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 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
Same thing in my idiot mind. Certainly I can see an early 3d Print needing barrels drilled manually.

So it could be plastic - but I’m still expecting resin.

It'd really depends on the actual design, you might or might not need to do it.

Just to muddy the waters, the other pic from the article.

Note the Leman Russ battle cannon is solid. Now that I’m fairly certain we know is a plastic kit. Which is suggestive perhaps no hollow barrels in Legiones Imperialis, even in plastic.

Still totally expecting resin.

The pic would help, wouldn’t it?

The barrels on the Stormhammer have been drilled out by hand, and not very skilfully. That suggests a plastic kit, as they can mould resin barrels with hollow muzzles. Perhaps the Baneblade is multipart, like the WH40k version.

I hope its plastic. The stormhammer is my favorite baneblade chassis design. I want nothing more than a full company's worth of these beasts rolling across the table.

patterning on the tracks suggests resin

that design wouldn't work injection moulded from the sides or top/bottom without undercuts, resin will work fine though (I doubt the track bits are individual links either)

the russ looks like each side track could easily be one bit of plastic done from the sides - the lack of detail on the individual links for me is the give away

Hand drilled barrels = resin is a reach. GW at random seem to decide whether something has hollow barrels or not.

If anything, it could be a resin add-on for the baneblades they showed us a while back. The treads are the same on the plastic baneblade and whatever material it is for this thing.

leopard wrote:
patterning on the tracks suggests resin

that design wouldn't work injection moulded from the sides or top/bottom without undercuts, resin will work fine though (I doubt the track bits are individual links either)

the russ looks like each side track could easily be one bit of plastic done from the sides - the lack of detail on the individual links for me is the give away

Same tracks on the plastic Baneblade tho. Probably just the front loop is a separate piece. We know these are overdetailed for Epic scale models.

 lord_blackfang wrote:

leopard wrote:
patterning on the tracks suggests resin

that design wouldn't work injection moulded from the sides or top/bottom without undercuts, resin will work fine though (I doubt the track bits are individual links either)

the russ looks like each side track could easily be one bit of plastic done from the sides - the lack of detail on the individual links for me is the give away

Same tracks on the plastic Baneblade tho. Probably just the front loop is a separate piece.

if thats the case it is the forward three links that are on part, the track cover could be part of the upper hull masking the rest.

ahh well, will see when/if they actually release any of this

That's 100% resin. Look at the golden detailed part that goes over two barrels. Notice the mold line that's specific only to resin

Mallo wrote:"...as we approach the release..."

I think they need to be honest and just admit that the 2nd edition will be out before this version.

They just left out "...asymptotically approach..."

 CragHack wrote:
That's 100% resin. Look at the golden detailed part that goes over two barrels. Notice the mold line that's specific only to resin

This doesn't mean the production model is necessarily resin. The painted examples for plastic models are made of resin because the plastic moulds aren't usually ready in time to get everything painted and photographed for the boxes and the books. As I understand it, they make a 3D print from the digital design and then either paint that directly or, sometimes, if a reasonable number of multiples are needed (for example, to paint a whole army), a mould is made from the 3D print and as many resin copies are made for painting as required.

So, the model in the photos probably is resin but it's not a certain indicator for the kit.

I think that's just one of those weird raised mold lines from plastic production. Dealing with them on the new HH kits, where I can't decide if I should leave the angle or file it smooth. Could go plastic or resin, but man I hope plastic.

Yeah, at least this one is definitely resin.
The mold lines in plastic models (at least in the new ones) are usually very small, sharp and straight. The one here can be clearly named as a resin miscast that would either require filing away (thus leaving uneven surface levels) or evening out with gs/miliput. Plastic does not have this kind of fun

leopard wrote:

 lord_blackfang wrote:

leopard wrote:
patterning on the tracks suggests resin

that design wouldn't work injection moulded from the sides or top/bottom without undercuts, resin will work fine though (I doubt the track bits are individual links either)

the russ looks like each side track could easily be one bit of plastic done from the sides - the lack of detail on the individual links for me is the give away

Same tracks on the plastic Baneblade tho. Probably just the front loop is a separate piece.

if thats the case it is the forward three links that are on part, the track cover could be part of the upper hull masking the rest.

ahh well, will see when/if they actually release any of this

My memory is terrible, didn't they already say that the Baneblade was going to be plastic? And that looks like it has identical tracks.

Well, apparently Joe Vargas from the Angry Joe Show has hinted he will play Legion Imperialis this month on his last tabletop stream - didn't say when exactly, but it's pretty clear the release will be indeed in november.

 CragHack wrote:
Yeah, at least this one is definitely resin.
The mold lines in plastic models (at least in the new ones) are usually very small, sharp and straight. The one here can be clearly named as a resin miscast that would either require filing away (thus leaving uneven surface levels) or evening out with gs/miliput. Plastic does not have this kind of fun

You seen any of the new space marines? Some are pretty damn bad.

Or new iromjaws. The new ardbpyz in particular

Sing Hosannas!

Is plastic!

Also confirmed its two per box