28mm plastic ancients

[archangel1]

Children, play nice or I'll hide all your brushes!

[Poliorketes]

If the pics show the right anatomy, these will be orc (or dwarf) romans. Even compared to Crusader they look to broad.

Apart from this, why not plastic? Especially for large units you can convert the minis much more easily than with metal. Most metal rank&file look similar, just other heads or belt attachments. With plastic you can easily change poses. Just don't open your window in weather conditions like today (in germany), or you can sing 'blowing in the wind'

This doesn't mean that I don't prefer lead. Plastic does break more easily, but on the other hand, once broken you can fix it as easily, with tin it's more difficult, and don't tell me your Perry sabres or GWM bajonetts don't break.

[Prof.Witchheimer]

Apart from this, why not plastic? Especially for large units you can convert the minis much more easily than with metal. .

That's the practical aspect of plastic, I think for the "follower of Lead" it's more a matter of belief  

[wolfgangbrooks]

"my kids have loads of GW stuff, 40K and LOTR mainly."

How chunky are the designs they have? Chunky lead holds up pretty well to abuse, but as soon as it gets thin it bends and breaks so much easier than plastic.  Give your kids anything metal with a thin sword, rifle barrel, or bayonet and see what happens. Heaven forbid they get their hands on a lead/pewter spear.  :)

And if they're just leaving their stuff around to be stepped on, ya need to teach 'em to respect all their toys. You never know when one of 'em will save your life. That tiny plastic sword you could poke an attacker with might not be there when you need it. And trust me, the plastic ones are way sharper than the metal ones. :)

"Both materials have their place and they are both vastly better than the bendy pre-paints. Talk about toys....."

And don't make me start on you. I should post the pics to prove you wrong.

Edit: Here you go, and they're tougher than any metal. CMG Avenger away!

[Argonor]

Plastic 'figures' give you cancer.

This is the 'LEAD' Adventure Forum. :x

Maybe so, but as most countries have banned the use of lead anyway because of the health risk it imposes (ever heard of lead poisoning?), this is hardly an argument  ::

I think we'll see an ever-growing number of plastic wargaming minis, as it seems that the initial cost of producing molds have been reduced by some new techniques.

And especially for 'battle' games, I think it's no bad thing to be able to get lots of cheap rank-and-file, whereas 'skirmish' players will still be able to get those characterful single minis made of metal.

That's just my opinion.

[PeteMurray]

I haven't commented on this thread so far because I am sort-of an insider of the project.

I have another design project for Wargames Factory in development right now, and I'll be asking for volunteers shortly here at Lead Adventure  :wink:   H

Congratulations, Howard! They chose well.

[Argonor]

I have another design project for Wargames Factory in development right now, and I'll be asking for volunteers shortly here at Lead Adventure  :wink:   H

I'll be volunteering - and this time I'll have better time to actually work on the project  :wink: