Metal v Plastic

[commodorerob 11076xp 0]

Oki know this has probably been raised a few times before. But I am currently working on some 28mm Second World War British Airborne. I have acquired a combination of figures from warlord and offensive miniatures.

The baulk of the force is in plastic and I really do like gluing plastic stuff together. However when it comes to painting, there is something I find a bit Meh about Painting plastic figures. I have been really enjoying painting the metal figures compared to the plastic figures.

I don’t know if it’s just me or it’s because I paint far more metal figures. Mostly 15mm Does anyone else find this?

Note this is not really about which better, as I said give me a plastic multiparty figure to build anyday over a multi part metal.

[avernosKeymaster 34041xp 2]

makes perfect sense, detail captured on a model goes resin>metal>PVC>HiP

PVC may be a bugger to clean but it captures detail better. While assembling HiP’s minis may be fun the limitations in detail that can be rendered without turning a miniature into a 3D jigsaw is the limiting factor and often you end up having to paint details that just aren’t on the model, webbing, piping and belts often suffer from this.

So generally you get more cohesive detail around a metal model over a HiP one.

[grantinvanman 2246xp 1]

I will always pick metal if I can, I like the weight, the detail; that said, plastics give more “options” and there are some really nice kits out there. Warlord aren’t one of them, unfortunately. Perry plastics (and their metals) are my favourite for WW2.

[athelstaneParticipant 698xp 0]

Plus, and few bother to take this into account, if you put a value on  the time you used to assemble the figures, metal is cheaper.

 

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