Ian Miller/Osmoticmeld - The Hounds of Hell

Eric said:
Might possibly be Siocast? The first KS minis are lovely, although I've not painted mine yet - partially because as others have alluded to I'm not quite sure how!
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Yeah probably that. Yuck. From the quotes I've got it's not cheaper than my regular metal, probably cheaper than lead free alloy.
 
Slave to Darkness said:
Tzeentch, because the models have tons of detail and you want to go crazy with colours?

Or instead of going for a god aligned scheme your going for something similar to his artwork. The coloured ones obviously.
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I'll obvs try and crowbar them into the Mengil Slaanesh storyline, but maybe they'd be better as summink different? Tzeentch is a good idea - also Khorne
 
Hi folks. I've been in touch with John. He says this about the resin.
It is the Hard version of Soicast we are using BTW
Prices should be very good, just waiting on the costings, gonna keep this as tight as possible.
The siocast is picking up the detail better than the white metal, that's the primary reason we are using it. We used it on the last dragon project and it worked a treat.
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He's also given me a url for the KS. If you use this one to follow and then back KS then I may get an Ian Miller T-shirt! Huzzah

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/osmoticmeld/osmoticmeld-the-hounds-of-hell?ref=6mcm7r
 
Speaking of selling the lung for Osmoticmeld goodies:

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Sadly it's still a no for me if not metal. Really not a fan of siocast. Metal can pick up detail every bit as well, it's down to how good the mouldmaker and caster is. I appreciate these are intricate sculpts.
 
Fimm McCool said:
Sadly it's still a no for me if not metal.
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Same.
Metal all the way.

I prefer the feel and the heft from a practical point of view, they are less wafty and fall overable.
Plus they feel more real from a sort of tangible and physical aspect.

Then there is the nostalgia element, metal was what I grew up playing with.

Detail wise?
Dunno these days, back when I was selling my own stuff I had both printed and resin and metal products.
I have a feeling that maybe my resin was very slightly crisper than metal maybe?
But the level of any extra detail resin had over metal was lost once painted and being resin any such fine details if sticky outy were less durable.

If these were metal I may be inclined, as for me they would be as detailed as I could do justice to, more durable, have more heft and be sturdier and have more nostalgia feels.

It all comes down to peoples taste and preferences though innit, I am happy to accept that my way of hobbying means a good chunk of the models available are out of bounds due to my own imposed restrictions, but I am fine as the restrictions are chosen for reasons I like.

Swings and roundabouts.

They are lovely sculpts though and 100% have the vibe intended.

(Though thinking about it, if these were metal I would not buy them as I think the best way to paint them is as shown, and that does not fit the look of my own stuff)
 
MichaelStockin said:
I have a feeling that maybe my resin was very slightly crisper than metal maybe?
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It often seems that way because the resin is typically grey and not as shiny as the metal. Take a silicone mould of a metal miniature and cast it in resin, it will look much crisper even though it is obviously the same. If a metal model comes out less crisp likely the metal's not hot enough, they haven't used something like chalk or carbon powder to draw the flow into the details or they're not spinning it fast enough.
 
All fair enough. Like I said in the OP, I would have preferred metal, but I will still be dipping my toe into this one. This will likely be a modelling/painting project for me rather than a wargaming project and I have a few ideas on how to approach these that I'm keen to try out.
 
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