Tuesday 8 July 2014

Correcting Resin-Plastic 'Resnic' Miniatures

And now for something completely different:



I made this video a while ago to support Ade in his ongoing venture to turn his hobby into a full time career (which I imagine is everyone's dream), this video deals with some of the issues I found with Mantic's resnic figures, in this particular case for the Deadzone board game. Now all I have to do is paint the ugly brutes.

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  1. Nicely done but we shouldn't have to do this in the first place.

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    1. Good point, well made Fran. I've seen this figure on several blogs/sites which all had the same issue. Mantic, or the author at least, have made a few posts where they claim it isn't an issue (yes it is) and that the material is easy to clean up (no it isn't!).

      If I was new to the hobby I would have probably given up on the Deadzone figures, they are quite hard work to make them look right.

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  2. very nicely done I agree with Fran we shouldn't have to do this

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  3. I use tongs and dip into water that is at a rolling boil. Just for a few seconds. I make my adjustments while the figure is still hot and I have cold water already running out the tap. It pretty quick that way and you can make extreme adjustments if necessary.

    That said, I won't purchase any more figures that require this kind thing.

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    1. Thanks for the tip Anne, using tongs is a good idea. Hopefully Mantic will sort this issue out in the future.

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  4. I've given up on these kind of models. Too much work cleaning/preparing them. I'll stick to resin or metal.

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    1. It's a pity about the material as they are very nice figures, but you're right Wouter they are hard work.

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