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opa wuttke:
Recently I´ve made use of some plastic-soldierin 1/72 scale but only for gaming  . If the plastic is not that soft and well molded and there are reasonable poses in the box I do not have any remorse to buy them. For example I bought Caesar miniatures, Waterloo1815 or some old matchbox or esci (with all the re-releases from other manufacturers) for various themes and I´m happy with them. Also I´ve got a few plastics in 28mm but I connot make friend with plastic in my \"favorite scale\". Same reasons for me as axebreaker mentioned .
Perhaps I am just antediluvian... ;)

Neidhart:
For me the things about plastic I hate most are the assembly and cleaning. I have quite a large number of plastic miniatures as I use Conquest Knights and Gripping Beasts Saxons and Vikings in my Dark Age army. I also have Wargames Factory miniatures but will replace them in the future. Those Perry European Mercenaries for the 15th century are nice looking, maybe I give them a try sometime.

I had some Warlord Games TYW troops but cleaning was so horrible that I never started to assemble more than a few miniatures.

Plastic miniatures I like are cast in one piece, may be two. I started a Bavarian Napoleonics Army with HÄT28mm plastics, because I feel they are good looking, but I will mount them on heavy steel movementtrays. In addition I got some 1/72 Italeri Gladiators which are far better looking everything available in 28mm.

DonVoss:
Also ich benutz beides, Metall und Plastik.
Beide Materialien haben für mich Vor- und Nachteile. Für mich überwiegen allerdings die Vorteile des Plastik auf Battallionsebene und daher werde ich größere Armeen nur noch in Plastik angehen (bis auf die Sondertruppen).

Es wurden ja schon oft die ganzen Pros und Contras aufgezählt, allerdings möchte ich zu Bedenken geben, dass durch die Plastikschwemme, das Hobby sicher mehr Zulauf bekommen hat. Es ist eben einfacher mal in eine Epoche reinzuschnuppern, wenn man mit ner Box ein kleine Truppe, inkl. Offizier, passender Fahne und kleinem Bemalguide bekommt.
Dem Hobby tut das Plastik daher mMn gut: wir werden mehr.

Für mich bedeutet Plastik auch, gerade das Aufwendige, einfach auch eine Chance zu mehr Kreativität.
Try to build these of metal...



... :thumbsup:

Cheers,
DV

Garfield667:
Hmmm... well, I couldn\'t agree with you less, pal! ;)

I love plastics. For pretty much the same reasons you hate them.

-Much easier to assemble (no drills and pins for everything) nothing bends and breaks all the time

-Much easier to clean up. Flash on metal miniatures is such a pain in the arse, takes longer to remove than to build 5 plastic figures...

-Much cheaper.

-Easier to convert. Much much more imaginative.

-Feels like a miniature model, similar to a kit, not like some childrens toy (slight pun intended :P )

-Doesnt bend and break multibases because of the weight. And boxes. And shelfs. And my back carrying it.

-Takes paint much better and doesnt flake so easily.

-Pretty good availability. I dont have to order from some remote 1-man oversea company to get some miniatures I want...

-Detail is not as good as character models, but many plastic manufacturers have beaten the metal rank and files long ago. Except if you compare good metal vs. bad plastics.

So, each to his own. I\'m very happy theres this gold rush in plastic historicals. Sorry it didn\'t work out for you!

Cheers,

Garf

hallostephan:
I understand You very good. But-for me, Im looking for Plastics, If I need A lot of Minis And know, that I have to transport them-later!

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