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Title: WK Unpainted plastics coming soon
Post by: Puuka on 17 March 2016, 06:02:51 PM: http://icv2.com/articles/news/view/33979/new-unpainted-miniatures-line (http://icv2.com/articles/news/view/33979/new-unpainted-miniatures-line)

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Title: Re: WK Unpainted plastics coming soon
Post by: Schrumpfkopf on 17 March 2016, 06:17:10 PM: The picture doesn't give too much away, but what I see looks a bit like Bones stuff.
Title: Re: WK Unpainted plastics coming soon
Post by: YPU on 17 March 2016, 07:41:13 PM: I have found there is some variety in the hardness of WK plastics, if this ends up the harder stuff, or even the hardest I have only found in one or two it might be worth a look. If its their soft stuff no point whatsoever.
Title: Re: WK Unpainted plastics coming soon
Post by: von Lucky on 17 March 2016, 09:34:24 PM: There I was thinking WK was White Knight and got a little excited.
Title: Re: WK Unpainted plastics coming soon
Post by: ZeroTwentythree on 18 March 2016, 04:26:40 AM: Quote
The line will come in a variety of three packs: Heron Packs, Monster Packs, and Item Packs.

Sweet! I've got some 28mm geese and chickens, but hadn't found any heron yet. Not that I was looking. But given that my current campaign is set in/near wetlands, these will be great for setting the scene. lol

Quote from: von Lucky on 17 March 2016, 09:34:24 PM
There I was thinking WK was White Knight and got a little excited.

Same here!
Title: Re: WK Unpainted plastics coming soon
Post by: Little Odo on 18 March 2016, 09:06:01 AM: Ditto
Title: Re: WK Unpainted plastics coming soon
Post by: white knight on 18 March 2016, 05:57:06 PM: What's worse, even I thought it and I should know better. lol
Title: Re: WK Unpainted plastics coming soon
Post by: Belgian on 18 March 2016, 06:19:13 PM: Same here (thinking White Knight plastic old hammer miniatures), then remembered the upcoming WizKids range lol
Title: Re: WK Unpainted plastics coming soon
Post by: Puuka on 20 March 2016, 07:23:26 PM: Quote from: Schrumpfkopf on 17 March 2016, 06:17:10 PM
The picture doesn't give too much away, but what I see looks a bit like Bones stuff.
I think that's what they're competing with by putting it out.
Title: Re: WK Unpainted plastics coming soon
Post by: Schrumpfkopf on 20 March 2016, 09:27:24 PM: Quote from: Puuka on 20 March 2016, 07:23:26 PM
I think that's what they're competing with by putting it out.

Yep, D&D branded bones stuff. There's not much on this planet that leaves me this cold.
Title: Re: WK Unpainted plastics coming soon
Post by: Hobby Services on 20 March 2016, 09:51:34 PM: Quote from: YPU on 17 March 2016, 07:41:13 PM
I have found there is some variety in the hardness of WK plastics, if this ends up the harder stuff, or even the hardest I have only found in one or two it might be worth a look. If its their soft stuff no point whatsoever.

Agreed, although I haven't seen truly soft plastic from WizKids in years, not since the early 2000s. Certainly nothing even as soft as Bones is, although Reaper's plastic takes paint better than the best of WK's stuff. There are a surprising number of decent sculpts in the (many) ranges of prepaints, but only the more rigid plastics have enough detail and durability to be worth the effort of repainting to a better standard.

Be nice if these turned out to be as hard as Trollcast or GW plastics, but I doubt that'll be the case.
Title: Re: WK Unpainted plastics coming soon
Post by: zemjw on 30 March 2016, 09:39:54 AM: There are some more pictures up on their blog (http://wizkids.com/blog/2016/03/28/see-what-you-missed-at-the-2016-gama-trade-show/)

Nice dynamic poses, so if it's a decent quality plastic, I could well be tempted.