Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2012 5:35 am
Hopefully, there aren't new and different issues with metal. There have been problems with flattened shapes, ovalized engines, etc., with spin-cast metal minis for many years.
Hi guys,
Rumour Control!
The metals are using the same masters as the resins, so there should be no drop in detail.
Cloaked ships will be done in resin, though Rob has been surrounding himself with test tubes and weird scientific equipment, madly gibbering about a breakthrough see-through metal he has been working on.
The Condor, C8 and bases will be resin. At the current time, the Fed Dread is metal.
No price changes on the metals. _Potentially_ there _could_ be an increase on the larger singles but, as the large models are all resin, we will likely avoid this.
Those who want resin on their pre-orders can have resin - though we would advise one and all to give the metal a try as it will be good. As for the future... it is our intention to be perhaps offer the entire range in resin for special orders, but we cannot promise anything right now, nor can we promise there would not be a premium on such models (they will need completely new moulds for a start). However, the intention is there.
It will take a little time, but I will see if I can get a metal model painted photographed next to an identical resin one, and we can play spot the difference
Lovely test, though we will be concentrating on fulfilling orders first.