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<blockquote data-quote="ced1106" data-source="post: 7880619" data-attributes="member: 7551"><p>As you've noticed, plastic quality is all over the place. The situation with plastic (and another miniature casting material, resin), is that the better the plastic holds details, the more brittle it is. Hence, GW polystyrene plastics, which are meant for painting and thus details, are different from boardgame plastic, meant for handling during gameplay. (Plastic used for toys holds even fewer details, but isn't, of course, used for 28mm miniatures.) Prepainted plastics are also meant for both handling and factory painting, so are on the vinyl side, holding less details than GW. Bones plastic, however, originated from the plastic used for prepaints. Reaper now is moving towards Black Bones, a more brittle plastic for details. Ask this question again on the Dakka Dakka Discussion forum! I haven't even mentioned the various plastic acronyms, like PVC, ABS, HIPS, and whatever else I'm missing... <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ced1106, post: 7880619, member: 7551"] As you've noticed, plastic quality is all over the place. The situation with plastic (and another miniature casting material, resin), is that the better the plastic holds details, the more brittle it is. Hence, GW polystyrene plastics, which are meant for painting and thus details, are different from boardgame plastic, meant for handling during gameplay. (Plastic used for toys holds even fewer details, but isn't, of course, used for 28mm miniatures.) Prepainted plastics are also meant for both handling and factory painting, so are on the vinyl side, holding less details than GW. Bones plastic, however, originated from the plastic used for prepaints. Reaper now is moving towards Black Bones, a more brittle plastic for details. Ask this question again on the Dakka Dakka Discussion forum! I haven't even mentioned the various plastic acronyms, like PVC, ABS, HIPS, and whatever else I'm missing... :D [/QUOTE]
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