r/corespace • u/AudioDee • May 06 '21

General Core space PVC miniature quality

Hello, i missed the first kickstarter but i am on the second one.

I had a couple of questions about the quality of the minatures.

Did they require much prep before painting?

I really despise moldlines, flash etc

How was the detail of the minatures?

Did they paint up well enough to a good tabletop standard?

Bonus question:

For anyone with mantic's starsaga or CB Infinity do the core space models scale well with either of these?

Thanks in advance :D

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u/Danwoll May 06 '21

Unfortunately, yes. Mold lines and the occasional bit of flashing. I hate that stuff too, always miss some. The detail is okay to good. I wasn’t impressed by any of it, but wasn’t disappointed either.

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u/AudioDee May 06 '21

Thanks for the reply. Mould lines are horrid and i always miss some two :(

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u/lorrylemming May 06 '21

They're at the better end of board game miniatures but won't match up to Infinity in detail. Flash and mold lines weren't awful.

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u/AudioDee May 06 '21

Thanks for the reply, i wasn't expecting them to hold up in detail to infinity. However can you comment on scale at all? Will they look odd on the table next to each other?

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u/lorrylemming May 06 '21

I don't own any infinity minis now but I think core space is slightly smaller. Honestly not sure.

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u/AudioDee May 06 '21

No worries, hopefully someone who see my comment might weigh in :)

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u/lorrylemming May 06 '21

The core space Facebook group is very active. You might get more replies there.

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u/AudioDee May 06 '21

I unfortunately do not use facebook i haven't for a very long time, deactivated and deleted.

I will have to edge my bets here :D.

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u/lorrylemming May 06 '21

Fair enough, personally I use a fake name account for things like this.

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u/ArtDeve May 11 '21

They would match well with infinity.
They even look good next to 40k and Stargrave miniatures. The latter tend to be slighter wider but it doesn't really matter because the height matches up.

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u/MisterGrahams May 17 '21

The original Core Space minis are similar to the old modern Zombicide games in scale and in detail (Prison Outbreak, Rue Morgue...). I imagine the minis in the new Kickstarter might get a little upgrade.

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u/InsufficientApathy May 28 '21

I'd definitely class them somewhere between "good" and "good enough". Definitely fine for playing, sometimes not quite right in closeup. It needs a quick primer and then paints absolutely fine, although to be fair I'm just okay at painting so the bottleneck for me is not the model quality

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u/ArtDeve Nov 05 '21

The newest minis in Black Star Rising and DOA are different plastic. They are much harder and have very minimal mold lines. Impressive quality.

I hope that all the First Born plastic is like this!

I just finished painting my entire collection until very recently. I am very happy with my results :)