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Krieg Grenadiers made from flexi-resin
Otterman
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PostPosted: Fri Dec 29, 2006 3:07 am 
I got a squad of Forge World's new DKoK Grenadiers. The cabling on the arm sprues looked very fragile, which in turn looked glossy.

So, being a foolhardy type, I squeezed the cabling, and it flexed. Evidently Forge World is using a new type of resin in some molds.

I checked with Smooth-On, and they have flexible resin, but it is very viscous, so it is unsuited for my kind of simplistic techniques.

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Otterman
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PostPosted: Fri Dec 29, 2006 3:07 am 
And no, I didn't buy them to make duplicates. At least, until matter printers are available.
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Evil and Chaos
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PostPosted: Fri Dec 29, 2006 3:25 am 
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Aye this was adopted a while ago for their more fragile bits, first used about the time that the Elysian Veterans Squads were released, IIRC.

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PostPosted: Fri Dec 29, 2006 8:25 am 
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I wish they'd cast the Tau infantry with that stuff.  :(

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PostPosted: Fri Dec 29, 2006 8:30 am 
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Agreed !  I'd wish they'd have used that on all their 6mm stuff !

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PostPosted: Fri Dec 29, 2006 9:24 am 
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To the uneducated is this a good thing and that means it wobt break?
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PostPosted: Fri Dec 29, 2006 11:29 am 
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And, how does it affect our use - in terms of sanding and taking paint? I imagine that the flexi stuff is more difficult to file down...?

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Evil and Chaos
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PostPosted: Fri Dec 29, 2006 1:41 pm 
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The flexi stuff seems just as good for taking detail, cutting, sanding etc.

I assume that it's simply a more expensive resin, which is why it's not used all the time.

I might fire off an email and see if they'll consider doing the Epic Tau in flexi resin!

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Otterman
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PostPosted: Fri Dec 29, 2006 3:15 pm 
And for that matter, the Epic grey knights.
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Legion 4
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PostPosted: Fri Dec 29, 2006 6:36 pm 
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Again, I agree ... The Gray Knights are among the worse ... Between, cleaning off releaser, Fragile/brittle parts, cost, toxic dust ... ???

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Otterman
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PostPosted: Fri Dec 29, 2006 7:19 pm 

(CyberShadow @ Dec. 29 2006,04:29)
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And, how does it affect our use - in terms of sanding and taking paint? I imagine that the flexi stuff is more difficult to file down...?

Sand? File? Paint? Why would I do that? These things are going into my daughter's dowry.
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