Fenryll Miniatures - Quality?!?

[TobiWan]

Hi there!

I bought my first Fenryll minis a while ago via ebay: Dragon Humans (Code: FM057).
I knew that they were cast in resin but it was like another kind of plastic to me.

Well, I was quite surprised that they are cast with the base... I suppose I\'m simply used to GW and Confrontation slottas.

However, the minis have lots of little caves over it where the resin didn\'t flow into the form and one side of one of the mini\'s teeth is... a blob. The wings are in parts so thin that they have tiny holes in it.
I\'ve done the necessary green stuff repairs on one of them already - but what I ask myself now, did I get a miscast there or is it the usual Fenryll \'quality\' or is it more a matter of resin \'quality\'?

(Sorry for any mistakes - it\'s 2a.m. here).

Good night,
TobiWan

 

[GarnetJubilee]

From all that I have heard and my own experience with Fenryll, they are supposed to be of excellent quality. I\'ve only ever ordered one set, but all three models in it were great.

it might just be your bad luck. That kind of thing even happens with metals now and again..

 

[darthfoley]

I believe you just got a bad batch. I have several Fenryll pieces and they don\'t have pits, etc, like you describe. They do tend to have a lot of flash, and the resin can be touchy/fragile, so my suggestion is handle it with care...

 

[kevd82]

I have a few Fenryll miniatures and at least a couple of them have holes in them where the resin was too thin. And the resin is so fragile I don\'t think you could repair it with greenstuff without breaking it. They are great miniatures, very detailed, but I am a bit leary about them because of this.

 

[finn17]

Resin has its problems

The worst resin kit I bought was a Forge World Bane Blade. It took me a week with a Dremel to get that kit ready for assembly and even then I had to ask for some parts to be replaced because they were miscast.

I have bought some fenryl minis and found them to be OK, within reason. But they are very fragile.

I know that this sounds obvious, but check that some of the very thin stuff is actually meant to be there. There can be a lot of \'flash\'.

Armorcast make lots of great resin kits and there is an article about working with resin on their site. Might be worth checking.


http://www.armorcast.com/

 

[Micha]

well, just what I know

I don´t have experience with this particular company, but I had some resin kits from Verlinden back in my military model times, and from what I know resin is usually of very good quality, although holes can appear; it´s true resin is fragile ( I once broke a sword when removing it from the sprue ) but I think it´s good stuff generelly; perhaps you just had bad luck; @finn17 - doesn´t armorcast do military stuff as well, I think I read something about them in a military modelling journal some time ago?

 

[TobiWan]

Thank you!

Yes, I found out that resin is fragile, too, when I broke off the base - I did\'t like the normal one at all because it was a complete miscast. It was as much regular as \'nice and soft\' is a fitting description for a chainsaw.
Anyway, I got a small fissure into the mini but you don\'t even see this at all now because it was a clean break.

One thing is really cool with resin: It doesn\'t melt when drilling it with a dremel like ordinary plastic.

I just bought the dragon humans because they remind me of Abishais from the Planescape universe. I\'m a big fan of the computer game Planescape Torment and of the best fantasy novels ever written: the Blood Wars triology by J. Robert King.

Most of the older Fenryll minis have an awkward look about them, only the new ones are really good IMO.

When I\'ve finished my exams (and then it\'ll hopefully be less than 30 °C here) I\'ll paint the Fenryll dudes and post them.

Have a nice day,
TobiWan

 

[finn17]

Check them out...

Originally posted by Micha
@finn17 - doesn´t armorcast do military stuff as well, I think I read something about them in a military modelling journal some time ago?

There is a link at the bottom of my post. It would probably be quicker to have a look than for me try and explain

 

[supervike]

I like a lot of Fenryll\'s minis. The mini\'s I have/have had were always cast well.

My Chaos War Mammoth from Forgeworld is resin, and does have a few small \'airbubbles\'. But, I really haven\'t started any real work on that yet.

The cool thing about resin is that although very fragile, it is almost always a clean break and glues back together seamlessly. (at least in my experience)

Didn\'t Grendal used to make all of their stuff from resin also?

 

[Gantalf]

Heat

Tip: don\'t hesitate to put your resin mini in your microwave before working on it !

The mini is then easy to cut or to twist without risk to break it. Once cold again, all is ok.

 

[finn17]

This isn\'t something I would do...

Originally posted by Gantalf
Tip: don\'t hesitate to put your resin mini in your microwave before working on it !

The mini is then easy to cut or to twist without risk to break it. Once cold again, all is ok.

I would hesitate
I feel that using a microwave is taking a big risk, and I certainly wouldn\'t chance it myself without carrying out a lot of experimental work first.

Gantalf is certainly right in his premise however, but I would advocate using a hairdryer or warm/hot water.

Also, you don\'t want to go leaving your resin GD entry on the parcel shelf of your car on a hot day!:flip:

 

[supervike]

microwave....

Actually, I would think a conventional oven at a very low temp would be safer that the microwave, as it would be a more controlled heat.

Hot water does seem to be a lot easier.


@Finn Parcel Shelf of a car? Is that possibly the same as what we call a dashboard?? Or is that the near the rear window?

 

[finn17]

Tomatoes, tomatos, potatoes potatos

Originally posted by supervike
@Finn Parcel Shelf of a car? Is that possibly the same as what we call a dashboard?? Or is that the near the rear window?

This is, theoretically, how wars start, isn\'t itlol

In Blighty:

Dashboard is that thing in front of you when you drive with all the dials and controls on. If you drive like me it\'s also decorated with passenger\'s dental imprints etc.

Parcel shelf is the thing at the back of the car where you chuck roadmaps, tissue boxes, nodding dogs, babies, resin GD entries etc.

I think we aren\'t miles apart on thislol

 

[Gantalf]

Microwave

Fenryll told me they often use a microwave, that\'s why I\'m using it !

I can easily control heat because it take time before my mini is hot. For example, for a standard 28mm, it\'ll take about 3 minutes. So I put my mini in the microwave for two minutes, then I test temperature, then I put it again for one more minute, and so on ...

I think warm water and hairdryer are good ideas too.

 

[finn17]

The trouble is....

I tend to assume other people are as inept as me. Every thing I put in my microwave either gets \'nuked\' or comes out raw. Or worse!!! Like red hot on the outside and still frozen in the middlelol
That\'ll teach me to buy a microwave from \'the bloke down the pub\'.lol

 

[supervike]

what is in a name???

Originally posted by finn17

Parcel shelf is the thing at the back of the car where you chuck roadmaps, tissue boxes, nodding dogs, babies, resin GD entries etc.

you forgot stereo speakers, beer containers, and frisbees!

I am glad we are speaking the same language now.....lollollol

 

[Temperance]

Originally posted by finn17

Parcel shelf is the thing at the back of the car where you chuck roadmaps, tissue boxes, nodding dogs, babies, resin GD entries etc.

Hmm, I\'ve always called it \"the place in the back of the car where you chuck stuff\". I like your phrase \"Parcel shelf\" better. Economy of words.

 

[finn17]

Originally posted by Temperance
Hmm, I\'ve always called it \"the place in the back of the car where you chuck stuff\". I like your phrase \"Parcel shelf\" better. Economy of words.

\'Economy of words\' That\'s not something I am often attributed with in these forumslol

 

[supervike]

That phrase doesn\'t transfer well....

Originally posted by Temperance
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Hmm, I\'ve always called it \"the place in the back of the car where you chuck stuff\". I like your phrase \"Parcel shelf\" better. Economy of words.

We really don\'t have a name for that spot of the car here in America, do we?

Very puzzling.

 

[finn17]

Well from my experience of USA courtesy of Hollywood

Originally posted by supervike
We really don\'t have a name for that spot of the car here in America, do we?
Very puzzling.

I\'d always assumed it was called the \'Shotgun rack\' Have I been misled?:bouncy: