Outdated products?

[Leman (Andy)]

No longer using Humbrol enamels, plasticine, banana oil, beer mats, spray varnish and home made counters. 20mm plastics are also a thing of the distant past for me as well, as are all things 20mm.

[martin goddard]

I remember using china graph pencils upon laminated record sheets. 
Fine at the time though. 

martin

[Radar]

'Ere, got some of them floppy discs, all the cool kids are using them to store their army stats on... three for a pound

[Si B]

I agree Simon.

3D printing is the next big thing (I guess???).
Maybe, one will buy  a file and be able to change the animation of the figure.
Thus, you buy a file to print napoleonic infantry. Then there are options within the file to change the animation a lot  or a little.

Like action man??  Then you could have his scar as an option.

And Eagle Eyes.

martin

[Leman (Andy)]

Yes indeed; I recently saw an extensive online advert for 3D printed Napoleonic armies and their accompanying scenery and buildings. I think they were 6mm or maybe smaller. Wasn't tempted as I have very little confidence when confronted by new technology of that nature.

Andy

[martin goddard]

I agree Andy.
3D print may need another 12 years to get easy for non specialist folk like myself?
I think it was mooted that computer games would "kill off" miniature games.
I don't think that happened. In fact computer moderated rules, with a few exceptions, have not achieved any traction in the miniatures hobby.

martin

[Leman (Andy)]

I have tried a couple of computer games. One had superb graphics, set in what looked like the C18th with cossacks and what have you. Could I actually get the units to do anything? Nope. Never touched a computer game since.

[Matías]

I agree Simon.

3D printing is the next big thing (I guess???).
Maybe, one will buy  a file and be able to change the animation of the figure.
Thus, you buy a file to print napoleonic infantry. Then there are options within the file to change the animation a lot  or a little.

Like action man??  Then you could have his scar as an option.


martin

It's already possible to do this in some cases, look at this twitter post, he downloads a generic orc, gives him an armature like a stop motion puppet, animates it in the position he wants and prints that, all in 10mm:
https://twitter.com/Adam_Clark_/status/1266646762791604225

[martin goddard]

That sounds really exciting Matias.
A new age.


martin

[Brian Cameron]

I still prime figures with Humbrol Enamels but not a lot of use otherwise.  Obviously replaced by non-smelly acrylics.  Cheap brushes are a thing of the past, much better off with good brushes which last a long time when properly cared for.

I remember vac formed Bellona, I may still have a bridge and c couple of tents somewhere in the toy cupbiard but I don't think anyone uses the technique these days.

Liquid solvent rather than tubes of glue.

Superglue and aliphatic glue rather than whatever could be found round the house (like smelly woodworking glue made from boiled down horses hooves and Gloy!).

Otherwise I still use card, balsa, styrene sheet, polystyrene though often now replaced by foamboard, foamed PVC (for bases) and the textured styrene sheets from the likes of Wills and Slaters.

Brass, nickel-silver, soldering, casting resins are all materials and techniques I use now but are additions and not replacements.

I tend not to use plastic figures, I know they're much better at holding the paint but the trauma of watching the paint flake off my Airfix still endures!  Which reminds me of a (possibly apocryphal) tale from the early days of wargaming.  Observer asks "Which are the light infantry?"  Reply "They're the plastic ones"

Brian

[Andoreth]

I too have stopped using 20mm EXCEPT for my vac form Bellona bridge and river sections, which were always a bit small but have had a new lease of life for 15mm AWI and WW2.