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.
Nicely done but we shouldn't have to do this in the first place.
ReplyDeleteGood 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!).
DeleteIf 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.
very nicely done I agree with Fran we shouldn't have to do this
ReplyDeleteThanks V, you're not wrong.
DeleteI 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.
ReplyDeleteThat said, I won't purchase any more figures that require this kind thing.
Thanks for the tip Anne, using tongs is a good idea. Hopefully Mantic will sort this issue out in the future.
DeleteI've given up on these kind of models. Too much work cleaning/preparing them. I'll stick to resin or metal.
ReplyDeleteIt'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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