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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Marc Radle" data-source="post: 9822141" data-attributes="member: 93511">This is from a recent thread on the Reaper Forums and is extremely helpful!I thought it might be helpful to have a thread detailing the ever-growing number of choices in plastic at Reaper (that i find confusing). One of  the artists was kind enough to write it up, so i thought I would post here and also ask for corrections in case something  needs more clarification.  <ol> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Bones Classic / original is the flexible plastic cast in a steel mold but it doesn't hold fine detail on the smaller figures (see the infamous "missing noses" of some early human-size figures), and is imported from Reaper's partner-factory in China.  The first Bones were white, but later castings are light gray, and I think some figures listed as Bones Classic are cast with translucent plastic or in colors other than white, as you can see in the photos or in the package.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Bones Black (not actually black, but a dark gray) is a different material that is less flexible and holds better detail, produced in a steel mold, but is also imported from China.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Bones USA / Siocast (gray) is a different plastic, somewhat flexible, holds excellent detail (like pewter), is produced with two-part molds similar to traditional pewter casting, on machines at Reaper's HQ in Texas.  If you buy these figures, they're made from this material. </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">"RMPrint" is produced on high-capacity and high-resolution 3D printers at Reaper's HQ in Texas .A substance called  "resin" but  different from the resin used in typical "resin casting"; usually gray but sometimes with other colors; excellent detail; not limited to flat poses like traditional casting and you don't have to clean a mold line, but you may still have to cut off the remnants of 3D-printing supports.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Cast resin is a rigid material, generally gray, also holds excellent detail (like metal or Bones USA), cast in a mold but not necessarily a flat or only 2-part, at Reaper's HQ in Texas (?).  (resin-casting requires more labor and therefore the figures are more expensive, so it's for limited-edition or otherwise special figures.?)</li> </ol></blockquote>

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