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General Discussions / Re: Q2/17 New Releases - Final Two! 170523
« on: May 29, 2017, 09:48:43 pm »
Finecast was ok, as long as you got a good one. You could definitely see more details. The issue was they were using the same techniques as when they made metal mould and the material was too soft. We had a model on a Horse in the front cabinet of our store (Gandalf I think) and one sunny day he just flopped over!

Now there are companies out there that have proven that you can spin cast resin really wel. (looking at raging heroes with toughest girls in the galaxy. Some of the best resin model IMO. If Rubicon haven't made their mind up yet, I would seriously recommend they make contact and have some dialogue. They're technique and material would be perfect. And raging heroes CAD design everything as well.

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General Discussions / Re: Q2/17 New Releases - Final Two! 170523
« on: May 29, 2017, 06:43:32 pm »
"Consider the Lilly. Ahhhh."

I always prime models before painting them no matter the material, the metal phobia is just a hang over from when I was a kid and never varnished models because I wasn't allowed a spray and painting varnish on by hand was boring. So many hours wasted when stuff got scratched. Add into that the sometime horrendous 1-2mm mould slip you get with some companies that you can fix no matter how you try!

When Rubicon release their infantry I will get some (whatever material). If I like it, then I would consider replacing all my current infantry as I have never been happy with the Warlord (Italieri) plastics. I would prefer it if it was plastic or resin, but metal wouldn't put me off especially as it would be quicker for me to get them to the table!

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General Discussions / Re: Q2/17 New Releases - Final Two! 170523
« on: May 29, 2017, 04:19:52 am »
I'd always prefer plastic, but I think something you need to consider before saying everything needs to be plastic is the time and cost aspect.

To make a mould takes a lot of time, which I think is one of the main reason there has been a bit of bottleneck in Rubicon's releases. A mould also costs a lot, you have to sell a lot of kits to make the money back and have the initial capital to produce them. Warlord's advantage is that they are the game and new players will see their kits. Rubicon on the other hand (despite being better for the vast majority of kits) are discovered either via word of mouth, advertising or at stores.

Metal and resin kits in the other hand, the moulds are relatively cheap and easy to replace. They're great for items you know aren't going to sell in huge amounts (which is a great sign for lesser know and rarer tanks done by Rubicon is resin). its why warlord's infantry are (for the most part) plastic, but all the teams are metal.

Rubicon have not confirmed if the infantry will be plastic or metal, but they have hinted something to do with metal in a previous post. They also showed their design for bases, which have dimples on to assist with gluing (why would you need these for plastic?).

 You could put good money on some tank crews and infantry being metal and not plastic. For a company with experience in making plastic tanks, an initial plunge into infantry in metal would probably be better for them. Making plastic infantry is a whole different ball game than tanks.

Does metal put me off? A bit. I'm not a fan of painting metals, but if I could get US infantry in a Perry Miniatures scale I would use them. No more melon heads and gorilla arms!

But as ripley said, metal vs plastic vs resin... it'll always be debated and no one will be right or wrong whatever you think. It's just your preference. 

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Wish Lists / M4A2 DD tank
« on: May 26, 2017, 02:40:54 am »
A DD tank for the US based on an M4A2 would be nice. There is another DD tank on the market, but it's an M4A4 which the US didnt use (even if that company sell it as a US tank as well as commonwealth...)

Should be "easy" enough to do in resin using existing drawings for your plastic M4A2. Would need some alterations to the lower hull.

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General Discussions / Re: Q2/17 New Releases - Final Two! 170523
« on: May 26, 2017, 02:38:02 am »
Surely the colour is just pigment and can be made lighter/darker?

Back in my GW days, they made it grey or whatever colour they wanted. When we did test frames we'd use whatever plastic was around and would have some interesting tie dye coloured  models sometimes!

Will get some plastic magic. Currently I use Tamiya and it can be pretty hit and miss.

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General Discussions / Re: Q2/17 New Releases - Final Two! 170523
« on: May 23, 2017, 08:18:26 pm »
Is everyone assuming the infantry will be plastic? :p

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Work In Progress / Re: Digital Sculpts - BASES 170512 !!!
« on: May 12, 2017, 03:23:48 pm »
They're very nice. An interesting concept and glad I saw them at salute.

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Showcase & Gallery / Re: M32 ARV (Rubicon M4A3E8 conversion)
« on: May 08, 2017, 08:54:45 pm »
I'll still airbrush the next 4 layers before the wash.

I did think about stowage and I know the yanks piled on as much as possible, but it is a gaming piece and not a display piece, plus I'd rather (in this instance) see the model underneath.

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Showcase & Gallery / Re: M32 ARV (Rubicon M4A3E8 conversion)
« on: May 08, 2017, 01:59:35 am »
Work begins! Used a PSC US armour spray for the base coat.

I used to use Vallejo and and airbrush for base coating, but effort level of cleaning my airbrush loses over cost of spray!

Decided not to put any extra stowage on it, as Richard did such a great job and I didn't want to cover any of it up!

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General Discussions / Re: New Rubicon Sherman
« on: May 07, 2017, 04:05:00 am »
Might of won another Sherman at an event today..

Well that's the start of company number 2...

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Showcase & Gallery / Re: M32 ARV (Rubicon M4A3E8 conversion)
« on: May 05, 2017, 12:46:58 am »
He is indeed!

And I like to give him lots of ideas ;)

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General Discussions / Re: New Rubicon Sherman
« on: May 05, 2017, 12:39:36 am »
The only tanks in there are M4, M4A1 and M4A3 which I'm going to keep it a mix of them, but mostly the A3.

US tankers loved the A1 so tried to keep hold of them as long as possible!

The trenchworx M4A1 isn't actually smaller, it's just the angle of the pic, the curved armour and the fact it's next to an E8.

Will keep in mind the stars being similar. I've got s whole company to play with and move them around and potentially another 2 companies after this one is done.

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Showcase & Gallery / Re: Sherman US medium tank company project
« on: May 04, 2017, 02:36:12 am »
First platoon completed.

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Showcase & Gallery / Sherman US medium tank company project
« on: May 04, 2017, 02:35:07 am »
So I enjoy Shermans. A lot. And I enjoy Rubicon kits. A lot. So I thought why not make a project combining the two?

So here it is. A company of Shermans. It is mostly Rubicon kits with a few Warlord, Trenchworx and Blitzkrieg kits thrown in.


The end goal will probably be a battalion...

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Showcase & Gallery / M32 ARV (Rubicon M4A3E8 conversion)
« on: May 04, 2017, 02:28:56 am »
So with a company of Shermans, I need an M32 recovery tank. As far as I'm aware no one makes one in 1:56 scale, so I asked a friend of mine who's much better at scratch building (he makes stuff for JTFM currently) to make me one.

I am honestly stunned at what he did over the bank holiday weekend!

I collect it at the end of the month, so will get it painted as soon as possible.


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