Miniatures: From Concept to Figure

Here's an interesting couple of pictures showing a pair of Gale Force 9's D&D miniatures both in concept art form and as final plastic figures. The result is very similar to the original artwork.

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[TerraDave]

Are these pre-painted plastic, or unpainted metal (that GF9 has painted for this)?

 

[Nebulous]

good question. they are amazing, but those paint jobs are professionally done.

 

[RSIxidor]

Are these pre-painted plastic, or unpainted metal (that GF9 has painted for this)?

Looks like plastic to me. The first one has a clear plastic stand. You don't typically see plastic stands for metal minis. Doesn't say whether they are prepainted or not, though. However, if you check here you'll see some other minis from this line: http://www.gf9-dnd.com/miniatures/tabid/86/entryid/150/Default.aspx

Those are unpainted resin.

 

[TerraDave]

Yep. Quality is very high, much better then the previews for the wizkid line we have been getting...


...with a professional paint job done by someone who is not me.

 

[Jefe Bergenstein]

Unless they've changed, the Gale Force 9's collector line is resin, not plastic. Resin is far superior to capturing detail than plastic, as the molds allow for deeper undercuts. Its MUCH more fragile, so don't think you can dump them in a ziploc bag like your WOTC/WIzzkids prepaints. These are a premium product, and the price will reflect it (they tend to run about $10 per man sized figure, which is in line w other resin manufacturers)

 

[RSIxidor]

Unless they've changed, the Gale Force 9's collector line is resin, not plastic. Resin is far superior to capturing detail than plastic, as the molds allow for deeper undercuts. Its MUCH more fragile, so don't think you can dump them in a ziploc bag like your WOTC/WIzzkids prepaints. These are a premium product, and the price will reflect it (they tend to run about $10 per man sized figure, which is in line w other resin manufacturers)

The clear bit in the flying mini surprises me. I was under the impression that clear resin wouldn't work well.

 

[Jefe Bergenstein]

Oh, that part is acrylic. I have the Eye Tyrant, and it comes with a separate clear plastic base and flight post which you can also stick in the sculpted resin scenic base.

Mind you, there can be clear resin. Many water effects are created this way for model trains, dioramas, etc. Dark Age in particular uses clear resin figures for ice/air/fire minis.

 

[neobolts]

That angelic figure's face got hit with the ugly stick between concept and final.

 

[DM Howard]

That angelic figure's face got hit with the ugly stick between concept and final.

That's what I was thinking too. Still looks good, but doesn't really capture what the concept art was going for.