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Thanks for sharing!I’m really liking 15mm. I note a lot of pitting on the side of the elephant. I wish the prices were cheaper. 1) It’s plastic 2) There is no overhead for a sculptor. 3) Moulds are already made (?). 4) They are priced for the perception of the gamers’ market. I know, I know, they’re half the price of metals. They’re still expensive.
Working on the basis that the one photo shows pre-production figures, there are flaws not pointed out in the review: incomplete reins, incomplete bow (short lower section), what appears to be mould wear on the horse of the rearmost figure above the front leg, besides the pitting on the elephant that you point out (which will be a legacy of the metal masters from the original range). And that's the issue: Siocast isn't using machined moulds pantographed from 3-ups; it is using production masters from original 15mm metal ranges, and it will reproduce all the casting flaws of those masters. If the mould lines on the figures are caused by incorrect pressure (too much), the incomplete parts are caused by too little pressure or inadequate venting.
Just to point out, as it may not be clear from reading, but the last picture isn't what I reviewed so my comments are really only in relation to an earlier batch which the slinger was part of. The others arrived after I had written the above, a week later.
When children cannot play with toys because the costs are too prohibitive, there is something seriously wrong.
Thanks for clarifying: it wasn't obvious. Of course, I am in a difficult position: as a rival manufacturer, I shouldn't really comment. But I trained as a materials scientist, and that interest in new materials and methods still excites me (those who read what I write will also know I love exploring what can be done with an old Saunders casting machine; one of my favourite bits of kit doing materials testing was a Hounsfield tensometer, which out Heath-Robinsons a Heath Robinson drawing). And then I switched to journalism in a highly critical capacity, so it's particularly hard to stop commenting. But I try to do so impartially: if Will at PSC ever asked me what I thought of his pre-production samples, I'd give the same opinion voiced above.