Re:[DS] Stone mountain mini sci fi line

>I've got some of those (thanks Mr Tuffley), the 6mm figs are reasonably
>detailed compared to GW epic scale plastics, but the casting quality
>left a little to be desired: lots of flash and a (very) few missing
>limbs, heads and malformed weapons (just try and spot the one missing
>head in 20 stands... I can always call it a very recent casualty :-)

6mm infantry with that amount of detail is not easy to cast - you'll
always
get a LOT of vent flash (the little lead "threads" attached to the
figures)
because if the mould is not heavily vented it just won't cast.
I've always found Dark Star's stuff to be pretty well cast in the UK,
don't
know what the licensed castings from Stone Mountain are like.

Jon (GZG)
>
>They're worth it. $6.95 for 60 infantry (12-15 stands) is reasonable

In the UK, they're packed 40 per pack for £1.95. This is actually very
cheap, compared to the rather expensive vehicles - I really don't know
how
Leon does them cost-effectively, but then Adler are an even smaller
outfit
that us (ie: 1 man instead of 2!). They come in strips, without the
element
bases that we do for our infantry, so you have to base them yourselves,
but
for this extra effort you get a lot more infantry per pack.

Jon (GZG)
>
>At 2:05 PM -0800 3/9/99, Los wrote:
>> http://members.aol.com/stonmtnmin/darkstar.html
>>Is anyone familiar with the above 6mm Sci-Fi line?
>>
>>I have the denizen 25mm line and they're quite good. Was wondering if
>>the same applied to the micros...
>>
>>Los
>
>
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