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<blockquote data-quote="Calico_Jack73" data-source="post: 1971825" data-attributes="member: 14403"><p>I see some people hate plastic minis but if properly painted plastic minis can be great.&nbsp; If you put a good primer coat on them plastic minis are much more resistant to the paint rubbing off than a similarly primed metal mini.&nbsp; It really comes down to the manufacturer... do they see plastic as inferior to metal because if so the quality of their plastic minis will suffer for it.&nbsp; Many moons ago I purchased Advanced Heroquest and painted the minis that came in the box.&nbsp; All of the plastic heros turned out fantastic and there was plenty of detail to paint.&nbsp; Then again, that was a Games Workshop/Citadel product and historically I have found that their minis (both metal and plastic) are of better quality than most.&nbsp; The point is that the manufacturer has total control on the quality.&nbsp; If they want to put forth the effort a plastic mini can be just as good as any metal one.&nbsp; I'm not a huge fan of the prepainted minis that WoTC has been putting out though.&nbsp; No effort has been put forward to get any detail.&nbsp; I'd rather buy good quality plastic minis that I can paint myself.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="Calico_Jack73, post: 1971825, member: 14403"] I see some people hate plastic minis but if properly painted plastic minis can be great. If you put a good primer coat on them plastic minis are much more resistant to the paint rubbing off than a similarly primed metal mini. It really comes down to the manufacturer... do they see plastic as inferior to metal because if so the quality of their plastic minis will suffer for it. Many moons ago I purchased Advanced Heroquest and painted the minis that came in the box. All of the plastic heros turned out fantastic and there was plenty of detail to paint. Then again, that was a Games Workshop/Citadel product and historically I have found that their minis (both metal and plastic) are of better quality than most. The point is that the manufacturer has total control on the quality. If they want to put forth the effort a plastic mini can be just as good as any metal one. I'm not a huge fan of the prepainted minis that WoTC has been putting out though. No effort has been put forward to get any detail. I'd rather buy good quality plastic minis that I can paint myself. [/QUOTE]

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