Post by mnnorthstars on May 12, 2017 21:54:48 GMT
To clarify "Shapeways are more brittle," let me say that Detail plastics are more brittle. These include Frosted Detail, Frosted Ultra Detail, etc. Because modelers can put more details into the Shapeways minis, they do include them on a lot of the models. These (Shapeways calls them) thin-walled surfaces are more likely to break than any piece you'd buy out of a booster. So if you drop a mini, no, it won't break into a million pieces, but you probably will snap off that cool-yet-delicate mast or crane or antenna.
Anecdote time! I was playing my buddy in his second or third game and wanted to show off some pieces so I put out my custom-painted USS Texas. Just by picking it up, he broke the crane off of one of the sides. He felt so bad about it that I had to tell him it wasn't a big deal and that I could fix it. He offered to pay for the ship and I said not to worry about it. What I didn't tell him was that he broke my favorite ship.
Anecdote time! I was playing my buddy in his second or third game and wanted to show off some pieces so I put out my custom-painted USS Texas. Just by picking it up, he broke the crane off of one of the sides. He felt so bad about it that I had to tell him it wasn't a big deal and that I could fix it. He offered to pay for the ship and I said not to worry about it. What I didn't tell him was that he broke my favorite ship.
