forthcoming releases

Here are the others, courtesy of Chris…. All of which are ready since August actually…..

Mz698 Variag draught beast driver

Mz699 Head of Grond

Mz700 Galadriel in the Swan boat

Mz701 Watch guard at the gates of Orthanc

Mz702 Gandalf and Pippin in Shadowfax

Mz703 Eowyn with the head of the Fell beast

Mz 704 Black Numenorean Standard bearer

2021 Christmas gift – Corsair admiral

Not to mention I just received news that Phaeton could also release a lot of new things in parallel

Definitly the show in Nantes in May 2022 could also be a great boost in martking/advertising, I think we should discuss that with Fabrice in more details !

(Chris may attend the meeting in Nantes, FYI)

well there are pros and cons for resin , the way they are done by Chris  let me explain :

the only resin figurine I have ever seen produced by Mithril before was the base of the MB279 Lord of the Nazgul, and it was GREAT in details and the resin was thick and heavy

Since then the only other resin figurines I have ever seen are those produced by Chris himself on his own SLA 3D printer, namely :

PM6  : Thor vignette released by Phaeton Design was the first hybrid :  “Thor” body and the base were good quality resin, and the arms, and dwarves were in metal

a prototype of Palando the blue wizard (well I name it Palando but it could be Alatar, whatever, one of the blue wizards) which is , in this case totally in resin, both body and arm/staff and it is quite fine

As I said elsewhere, it is a 25microns 3D print using professionnal SLA 3D printers (price of such printers range from 4000 to 15000€)

We can see on the market many 3D prints which are very detailed, often more than metal, but they rarely are in the 32mm scale and are not “realistic” but “fantasy style” (Chris is unique in the fact he sculpts realistically in 32mm, which normally is used in 54mm,70mm or 90mm by other brands like Pegaso or Andrea)

now the main problem for me is the unpainting, cleaning of already painted figurines… Until now , when I needed to unpaint I was using industrial V33 paint remover which is really agressive and also the results are great because it dissolves plastics and does not affect metal… if I use that on resin figurines, that will melt down the figurine itself…

Hopefully I read yesterday there were other products that are not attacking resin figurines (provided they are RESIN, and not plastic… because it still dissolves plastic…)

as for the detail, and fragility, I think resin is better but it is amazingly lighter than metal and when holding a figurine while painting it it feels very very odd for painters who are used to metal.