The Horror the horror [basing nightmare]

[Red Orc]

Holy flip.

Obviously, like most of us I've heard of 'lead rot' but never really had much idea what causes it. but below 14C tin starts to degrade? That's not good.

[Garanhir]

Well, starts, yes, but very slowly in general.  It's a physical state change rather than a chemical one, from one allotrope to another.  In this case from a silvery metal to a grey powdery solid.

Low temperatures are an important catalyst in this change, and the preferred range is -40C or lower, although it can be seen as high as 13-14 C (the process is usually incredibly slow at this temperature however, even though tin blight is a self-catalysing change).  The presence of germanium catalyses the change, too.  Most of us should be a lot more worried about the solder in our cars and other outdoor electronics than about our tin soldiers.

Still, storing beloved metal miniatures in a cold, damp room or garage is a bad idea.

[H.M.Stanley]

update chaps ...

http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=28285.390

[MODman]

this reads like a zombie infecton..............and you all know what we do with zombies