Now before I get started, I knew what I would be buying, I just wanted to try these resin prints out. Looking as we do on eBay I came across Reconqer Designs 14th centaury bowmen, they do many other of this period, and other ranges I think, they looked great and not expensive. When they arrived, good prompt service, they came as I figured they would still on the resin sprues. From what I hear most manufacturers of resin print items do this as it would cut into their time cutting them off the sprues before sending them on their way and boy can I see why.
These are beautifully animated figures, really nice and lifelike but brother what a chew on cutting the sprues off, you can hardly see the figure inside a web of resin threads, add to this that the resin is very brittle (I replaced the arrows with cut down metal spears) and you can see that however careful I was I still managed to snap off a couple of bows during this process. Now don't ask me the intricacies but my son has a resin 3D printer and the stuff he prints for me isn't brittle at all, you can almost bend it and he knows his stuff.
I'm not here to knock the company, if you can be bothered then you will end up with some very nice figures at a very reasonable price. I won't personally be doing this again but I had to give it a go.
Here's some pics:
I have been working on 6mm Anglo Zulu war stuff so that's next up.
Dave.
