Harry does Heroquest

[Harry]

The Forces of fantasy is just regular old plastic.
The Grendel stuff is a much more hard and brittle resin.

[Harry]

Whatever it is made of ... it It needed a bit of cleaning up and repair but it painted up a treat.

[Harry]

[ampersand]

I did own a spure of those, from the Advanced HeroQuest paint set. But it wasn't resin, just plain ole white plastic.
Or was it? Did it really feel like regular plastic?

its funny how people think plastic and resin are 2 different things.

water - h20
turf - grass.


resin is just a name to make it sound more spiffy as plastic became a 'cheap' name for minis. ill let someone correct me who knows more about it than i. but as far as i know. both are just variations of the the same
if Gw tried to sell you 1 regular figure for 13 quid that was labelled as "plastic" a lot more eyebrows would be raised than already are.

but that aside..looking very good harry. loving that door

[knightkrawler]

I know that resin is a kind of plastic.
But a regular plastic troop figure from GW and, say, a miniature from Zealot still are two very different things.
The "resin" I mean when I use the word is the brittle stuff that allows for more detail (at least supposedly).

To elaborate: every resin is plastic, but not every plastic is resin. At least as far as I know, which encapsulates everything you need to know when you work with the stuff. Cutting, cleaning, filing, gluing, modelling. There are differences between resin and plastic as I and most other people in the hobby refer to the two general types of stuff when working with them.

Generally, I differentiate between 4 materials. Again, this is not on a chemical basis, but on a layman's hobbyist "I need to work with it, now what do I need to know?" basis:
metal, plastic, resin, and the stuff Reaper uses for Bones.
Maybe the rubbery stuff Fantasy Flight Games and Dungeons & Dragons Miniatures use need an own category.

[Diggin]

water - h20
turf - grass.

Heh.. thats funny.. i distinctly remember my (primary) school teacher telling plastics are partly made of oil ... I learn something new here every day.

Anyhoo that doorway looks awesome, i want one now!

[Harry]

Here's a picture of the doors on the board.

[Harry]

OK ... next up ... best piece of dungeon furniture ... EVAR!!!



I know what you are thinking ... That's just a kitchen stove , Harry has finally lost it, what is he talking about???

Well lets take a look at the back ....



Oh Yeah ... that's what I'm talking about.

[wolfie907]

that thing is sweet who makes it

[Harry]

that thing is sweet who makes it

No idea where it came from or who made it.
No clue having examined it.
If anyone can shed any light ......