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<blockquote data-quote="ledded" data-source="post: 1226788" data-attributes="member: 12744">I agree, though usually the soft plastic minis have so much less detail than an equivalent metal one that the primer will obscure what little detail is left, though I have done this with good results on several occasions.I am a minis painter and I have fielded several plastic minis, from some clix guys to some SW minis from the Epic Duels game.&nbsp; The plastic did ok, but not worth what the secondary market is going to gouge you for to get the really decent ones.&nbsp; But for fielding mooks and rarely-used creatures, a little touching up with an occasional little conversion/addition of putty and most worked out pretty well, but nobody has ever fielded one as their PC because they just dont have the quality.Hey, you guys who keep yelling at the mini guys about how this stuff isnt aimed for us... please, keep buying it up like crack.&nbsp; And when you have 47 goblin minis that you paid over a buck for each and dont need, I'll buy 'em off ya for 20 cents a piece.&nbsp; Then I'll spent a few minutes on each one and they'll look 10 times as good as they did when they came out of the box.&nbsp; Then maybe I'll sell 'em back to you for a dollar each, so you can save money and know what you are getting, and field something that looks halfway decent&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin&nbsp; &nbsp; :D"&nbsp; data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /> Also, there have been several people touching on the failure of the Chainmail line, and a lot of good reasons for it.&nbsp; IMO, the biggest reason it failed is that it made an inferior product at inflated prices, which is always a recipe for disaster.&nbsp; People were buying Reaper and other manufacturers at lower prices and getting better sculpts/quality.&nbsp; Also, WotC in famous fashion never listened to what people said they wanted till it was too late... the same thing they did with SW minis.&nbsp; You really need to try and give people what they want.Will I get some of the new plastic junk they are hawking?&nbsp; Sure, probably, but I'll wait until there is a box of 'em on the gaming store's counter with the 5 for a dollar sign stuck on it.&nbsp;&nbsp; Or trade some guy a big handful of 'em for a couple of my nice painted ones.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="ledded, post: 1226788, member: 12744"] I agree, though usually the soft plastic minis have so much less detail than an equivalent metal one that the primer will obscure what little detail is left, though I have done this with good results on several occasions. I am a minis painter and I have fielded several plastic minis, from some clix guys to some SW minis from the Epic Duels game. The plastic did ok, but not worth what the secondary market is going to gouge you for to get the really decent ones. But for fielding mooks and rarely-used creatures, a little touching up with an occasional little conversion/addition of putty and most worked out pretty well, but nobody has ever fielded one as their PC because they just dont have the quality. Hey, you guys who keep yelling at the mini guys about how this stuff isnt aimed for us... please, keep buying it up like crack. And when you have 47 goblin minis that you paid over a buck for each and dont need, I'll buy 'em off ya for 20 cents a piece. Then I'll spent a few minutes on each one and they'll look 10 times as good as they did when they came out of the box. Then maybe I'll sell 'em back to you for a dollar each, so you can save money and know what you are getting, and field something that looks halfway decent :D Also, there have been several people touching on the failure of the Chainmail line, and a lot of good reasons for it. IMO, the biggest reason it failed is that it made an inferior product at inflated prices, which is always a recipe for disaster. People were buying Reaper and other manufacturers at lower prices and getting better sculpts/quality. Also, WotC in famous fashion never listened to what people said they wanted till it was too late... the same thing they did with SW minis. You really need to try and give people what they want. Will I get some of the new plastic junk they are hawking? Sure, probably, but I'll wait until there is a box of 'em on the gaming store's counter with the 5 for a dollar sign stuck on it. Or trade some guy a big handful of 'em for a couple of my nice painted ones. [/QUOTE]

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