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7/10/2025, 5:00:55 AM
>>96050792
Regardless of which one you go with, the TTCombat cardboard terrain/tile set is a spectacular value for anything from 10-12mm. They also have a free print-at-home version on the website you can use as templates to build a more 3-D version.
That said, TTCombat has been fucking the dog pretty badly on the rules side for a while. They've let the original Dropzone creator back onto the project, apparently, but I'd keep a sharp eye on things.
>>96051107
>What is siocast and why is it bad?
A hybrid bioplastic that has similar properties to tin when melted. Unfortunately, it's also grainy, extremely soft, and shreds when you file it. It's got the exact same kind of casting issues as metal (although scrungly sculpts tear up the mold a lot less than metal ones), the problem is it's much harder to correct them in the finished model. Most of the companies that have tried it have invested heavily, then eventually transferred to either bulk 3D printing or a PVC mix like Reaper did.
Pic related for some of the casting and cleanup problems I've had with Cyberpunk Red minis. Note the mold slip on the woman with the subgun in particular (and yes, I cut off some of the extraneous red crosses on the models on purpose)
>>96051581
>the system to cast it is way cheaper than traditional spincasting.
The important part is that it uses the same (cheap) molds and equipment as metal, but the material costs about a twentieth as much as tin. Which is still skyrocketing in price as we speak, because Philipino drug lords and the Taliban control the only functioning large-scale tin mines.
Regardless of which one you go with, the TTCombat cardboard terrain/tile set is a spectacular value for anything from 10-12mm. They also have a free print-at-home version on the website you can use as templates to build a more 3-D version.
That said, TTCombat has been fucking the dog pretty badly on the rules side for a while. They've let the original Dropzone creator back onto the project, apparently, but I'd keep a sharp eye on things.
>>96051107
>What is siocast and why is it bad?
A hybrid bioplastic that has similar properties to tin when melted. Unfortunately, it's also grainy, extremely soft, and shreds when you file it. It's got the exact same kind of casting issues as metal (although scrungly sculpts tear up the mold a lot less than metal ones), the problem is it's much harder to correct them in the finished model. Most of the companies that have tried it have invested heavily, then eventually transferred to either bulk 3D printing or a PVC mix like Reaper did.
Pic related for some of the casting and cleanup problems I've had with Cyberpunk Red minis. Note the mold slip on the woman with the subgun in particular (and yes, I cut off some of the extraneous red crosses on the models on purpose)
>>96051581
>the system to cast it is way cheaper than traditional spincasting.
The important part is that it uses the same (cheap) molds and equipment as metal, but the material costs about a twentieth as much as tin. Which is still skyrocketing in price as we speak, because Philipino drug lords and the Taliban control the only functioning large-scale tin mines.
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