Post by Gilvan Blight on Feb 1, 2006 11:31:54 GMT -5
Okay I received my samples quite a while ago and finally got down to painting a bunch of them.
Quickly: nice stuff for a real low price. A great cheap way to add some 'secenery' to your games, whether they be board/mini/rpg.
The Good: some of the pieces are really cool. Like the shield shown below. Most are really well sculpted with a ton of detail. Actually the small detail on some of these blow me away. There is also a collection of pretty generic bits that are great because who wants to model a bunch of window covers, or doors. Many of the parts also have a multi genre appeal. They don't just work for fantasy or sci-fi but can be used in a multitude of settings.
The Bad: Some of the sculpts are better then others. Clay, the modeller keeps improving though and every new set looks better then the last. Most bits are one sided. This is no problem for placing on a building say or in a static piece but there are some that would definately be better if two sided. The plastic he uses (yes that's plastic and not resin) is a little odd. It can be very brittle. Small details had a tendancy to break. It cleaned up well using a Dremel but wasn't as easy to work with as some resin bits or the Games Workshop Plastics.
The ugly: Residue. The parts come coated with a layer of mold residue. This is pretty normal for cast bits, but it just seemed really bad on these. I washed all pieces as directed but I still have some pieces that just don't want to hold paint. I have now been directed to try water and bleech. I haven't done that yet. I know this is a normal thing but it seemed worse then usual. I even used a toothbrush on these. Defects. I have been assued by Clay that this is not normal, and that I received defects due to being shipped a free sample. Many of the pieces had air bubles and holes in them. Others were not quite filled. Much of this was easy to fix with white stuff, but some I just couldn't fill. Again, I am told this isn't the case when you purchase bits, just on the samples.
Overall: actually some really nice stuff. I have seen some more interesting and cooler bits out there but not nearly as cheap as Clay has them. Also he offeres a lot of odds and sods that no one else does, and it's great for the scenery maker who doesn't have the time or inclanation to sculpt themselves.
Here are some pics of pieces I have painted up:
And here is Clay's site:
modeleo.tripod.com/
Quickly: nice stuff for a real low price. A great cheap way to add some 'secenery' to your games, whether they be board/mini/rpg.
The Good: some of the pieces are really cool. Like the shield shown below. Most are really well sculpted with a ton of detail. Actually the small detail on some of these blow me away. There is also a collection of pretty generic bits that are great because who wants to model a bunch of window covers, or doors. Many of the parts also have a multi genre appeal. They don't just work for fantasy or sci-fi but can be used in a multitude of settings.
The Bad: Some of the sculpts are better then others. Clay, the modeller keeps improving though and every new set looks better then the last. Most bits are one sided. This is no problem for placing on a building say or in a static piece but there are some that would definately be better if two sided. The plastic he uses (yes that's plastic and not resin) is a little odd. It can be very brittle. Small details had a tendancy to break. It cleaned up well using a Dremel but wasn't as easy to work with as some resin bits or the Games Workshop Plastics.
The ugly: Residue. The parts come coated with a layer of mold residue. This is pretty normal for cast bits, but it just seemed really bad on these. I washed all pieces as directed but I still have some pieces that just don't want to hold paint. I have now been directed to try water and bleech. I haven't done that yet. I know this is a normal thing but it seemed worse then usual. I even used a toothbrush on these. Defects. I have been assued by Clay that this is not normal, and that I received defects due to being shipped a free sample. Many of the pieces had air bubles and holes in them. Others were not quite filled. Much of this was easy to fix with white stuff, but some I just couldn't fill. Again, I am told this isn't the case when you purchase bits, just on the samples.
Overall: actually some really nice stuff. I have seen some more interesting and cooler bits out there but not nearly as cheap as Clay has them. Also he offeres a lot of odds and sods that no one else does, and it's great for the scenery maker who doesn't have the time or inclanation to sculpt themselves.
Here are some pics of pieces I have painted up:
And here is Clay's site:
modeleo.tripod.com/