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| FINECAST... yea or nah? | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Jun 15 2012, 01:14 PM (2,761 Views) | |
| Tekik | Jun 19 2012, 01:28 AM Post #16 |
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Rated ok It has worked just fine for me so far. I had a little bubble on the stomach of my shaggoth but that took all of a minute to fix. The big downside is the weight. I love the weight of a pewter model. This is counteracted by the ease of gluing in my opinion. Over all its ok just different from the previous. |
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| Jediknight620 | Jun 22 2012, 05:29 AM Post #17 |
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I prefer plastic for all models, even the large ones. I really don't enjoy fighting with pewter models, regardless of size and the finecast is a reasonable substitution for the time being. I own a few finecast and haven't had too much trouble with them. I don't like how spears, axes, and other weapons that are long usually are bent and can't seemingly be shaped straight. Also, I have heard rumors of people leaving finecast in their cars and coming back to puddles from exposure to heat. THAT makes me weary. :unsure: Overall, I'll say its OK simply because I then don't have to deal with stupid pewter. :P |
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| LORD VOKUL'NAX | Jun 22 2012, 07:03 AM Post #18 |
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Corrupted Slann
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I have heard this rumor as well, and I've always wondered if it would be true. Admittedly, at the prices they are charging, I'm not willing to test this theory. Does anyone on here have actual first hand experience with this happening? |
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| Archaethus | Jun 23 2012, 08:34 AM Post #19 |
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The Changer
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My friend bought himself another VC character and left it in his car...it was a very sad sight. It wasn't much of a puddle as it was like how a candle melts away. So with that, finecast needs to be stored in room temp! |
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| LORD VOKUL'NAX | Jun 24 2012, 01:31 AM Post #20 |
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Corrupted Slann
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WOW... that is absolutely horrible. :'( I can't see why GW just doesn't produce all of it's models from plastic. |
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| mrtn | Jun 26 2012, 01:08 AM Post #21 |
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That's because a steel mould for a hard plastic sprue cost tens of thousands of pounds, while they use rubber/latex moulds for finecast, and those cost much much less (hundreds?). So they need to sell a hundred times more of the plastic model to get the same profit. |
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| LORD VOKUL'NAX | Jun 26 2012, 02:27 AM Post #22 |
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Corrupted Slann
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I guess that would be a pretty good reason to do so! Thanks |
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| Vermillion | Jun 28 2012, 03:15 PM Post #23 |
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Tended towards the negative here, not had good times when I tried seeing if the material was any good. Oh and GW want you to return either the faulty parts which they replace or the entire which they replace now. I guess that replacing finecast suddenly fgot way too costly for them :P. I am on my 4th rocklobber atm and still emailing them saying "this is not a cast which is acceptable". In theory the material should be great, its easy to cut and convert, bending it is easy just heat it. The upping of the price for "Better detail" (Tom Kirkby) was unjutified as the material is a lot cheaper and the low melting point seems to be causing a lot of problems. |
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| Lord Asvaldir | Jul 3 2012, 03:01 AM Post #24 |
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I'd say it's ok. Easier to work with then metal, but sometimes the model is not in good condition. |
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| Brad | Jul 4 2012, 05:28 AM Post #25 |
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I would like to add that I've heard the horror stories of finecast softening in the heat, and I await with some trepidation our next hot summer (last summer was rather mild here). Three years ago we had a week or so of straight 45º+ temps (that's Celcius - that's 113º+F) - Google the Black Saturday bushfires. My old lead dragon softened to the point where it partially collapsed under its own weight - it now kisses the ground pope-style. If Finecast is as heat-sensitive as that, I won't be impressed. |
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| DAcid | Aug 26 2012, 03:10 PM Post #26 |
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I like working with I'd much rather have a painted Although, I do not like the price increase just because they upgraded their production process. Give your Edited by DAcid, Aug 30 2012, 02:54 AM.
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| theorox | Aug 27 2012, 03:40 AM Post #27 |
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Clanlord
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Finecast is not plastic DAcid, it's a type of resin. :) I do however agree with you that the switch in material shouldn't raise the price. But even with the higher prices I prefer Finecast. I'd never even consider buying units or monsters (or even characters, nowadays) in metal. I bought a few metal models when I first started out and I've regretted it since. Theo Edited by theorox, May 16 2013, 08:26 PM.
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| eugeniusgenx | Sep 5 2012, 12:37 AM Post #28 |
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Warrior of the Chamber
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METAL IS BETTER!!!!!!! WHY DO THEY FIX WHAT IS NOT BROKEN!!!!???? Oh yea I forgot, it's to rip us all off! I HATE finecast. As a model builder of many years their attempt at resin SUCKS. Bubbles, too light on the tabletop, detail is good, but really they are jsut not good enough for me. |
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| Absalom | Sep 6 2012, 01:43 AM Post #29 |
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The Chosen
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I voted OK, i love the detail and the fact it's not pewter. I hate how fragile it is. |
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| nathan1x | Sep 23 2012, 10:20 PM Post #30 |
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I believe that the price increase was in responce to the ammount of miscasts they have with the range. The miscast rate in the finecast range is like 1 in 4 where with the metal ones its like 1 in 100. However it doesnt justify the ammount of miscast models i have seen, and i really dont think that anyone can justify £60 for 5 models I quite like the finecast modles because of the detail but im shocked that they actually make any money from them at all |
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