Prometheus Rising Studios   Ben Mininberg's models, toy customs, and design work.

Finecast is the newest ‘big thing’ from Games Workshop.  In essence, they are replacing their metal minis with a custom mix resin.  The new material holds very sharp detail, is springy for durability, and cleans up really easily.  Advantages aside, it is actually more expensive than the metal figures, which is absurd.

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This is a squad of Blood Angels Assault Marines I finished not too long ago for my Warhammer 40k army.  For those of you that might not know much about Warhammer 40k, Space Marines are genetically engineered super soldiers, and the Blood Angels are some of the fiercest fighters among them.  I try to aim for a more realistic battle-hardened look to my minis, and these guys were the first group to receive some new ideas I’d gotten from my work on larger scale models.  These are plastic models, except for the Sergeant, who is metal, and all of them have some GreenStuff putty details added, mostly from press-molds of details I made from other models.