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Plexiglass Warriors Range | World of Fun (Wofun) | Unboxing
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 10 มิ.ย. 2020
- What we have here is something a bit radical. Peter Dennis has been working for a while on his ‘Paperboys’ series of cut out and construct figures, from which you can form ranks of two dimensional wargames soldiers. Now with the help of Romanian company “World of Fun’ (or simply Wofun) Peter has transformed his paperboys into plastic boys!
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After nearly 50 years of painting miniatures, my old eyes are no longer up to the task. These miniatures are a blessing! I just ordered my first batch of hoplites and other ancient Greeks!
how are they in person?
@@4_am They are quite nice. I ordered the 18mm units. The 10mm look good as well.
@@j.b.macadam6516 ta I am humming and hawing over buying some, that for the info!
I play a lot of Command and colors ancients .... with slightly larger hexes .... you can substitute a stand of WoFun figures for a wooden block of Command and Colors Ancients .... fantastic look .... take care .... Mike
The cost is not great... I feel like we are back where we started.
Hope they keep trying new stuff though, these are cool to see.
Great Idea and realization! Good review, ty.
Our pleasure!
These look great. Just had a look on the website and I think they are actually great value and save hundreds of hours without need to glue and paint. I am a beginner in the hobby and bought loads of 28mm plastic figures and spent weeks making 100 figures. It was fun initially but I got bored and just wanted to spend time playing. I think a full set of 800 18mm figures ready made for 175 pounds is great.
Glad you like them!
I’m not a figures painting fan. I’d rather be playing, so these are a fantastic way to get a historic period on the table immediately! I have two Punic War sets and the mass battles look amazing.
I do not understand the comments about "how expensive" these plexifigs are. I bought my grandson two ACW 25mm armies, 6 24-man units plus two artillery batteries for $150. Ready to put on the table and play. The same lead army from Perry Miniatures would be $250. Plus higher postage. Then to paint the Perry figs would take a couple months. Or hire painting at $4 each = $600. So which is cheaper?! Do it in 18mm at about half the cost.
Half of the fun of a tabletop army is the painting/converting part. You cant compare full sculpts with a 2D painted image stuck on a plexi glass. Although a clever idea they ruined it going for a ''premium'' version. They could have those printed on acetate film or 0.2mm styrene sheet and keep the cost reasonable. And when I say reasonable that is no more than 50 euros for 2 full armies.
@@joek600 Maybe? But who has time to paint? I like to play games, not engage in an arts and crafts hobby.
It's not terrible, and you bring up good points.
I will stick with the paperboy 😊 these are cool and great though
@@joek600 Made my own years ago with laser clear sheets and thick lamination pouches. Cost next to nothing but no where near as good as 3d models.
@@jeffreycavanaugh1693 Tend to agree to some extent and just used paper cut outs or counters.
Use Junior General artwork, colour laser print onto clear plastic sheets (designed to go through lasers). Align the front and back sheets and glue (make sure all soldiers are covered by the glue), then laminate inside a really thick pouch. Trim and re-glue side as needed. Quite tricky but it works to a degree! In the end decided I still prefer conventional 3d models despite the hassle of painting (in my case badly) and the expense.
Love your videos, wish you would add links to the companys you mention in the videos
Very nice review. went to the site and found all the armies you mention. I ordered some ACW frames for my grandson. If I like them, I will get some for myself. I am thinking of getting figures for the classic wargame book --"Charge." By the way, the name "plastic boys" is strange to me. "Paperboys" was a nice pun for the paper cut outs. How about "plexifigs."
For that price you might as well use normal 3d models. The only point i can see in these is to try out a period for cheap but at that price its out of the question.
I think it's as much ease of modelling but yeah- I think something like Perry is actually cheaper.
The point is you have an instant army with almost no effort.
Some of us take years, yes years, to paint up suitable forces.
Outrageous prices...
Good idea but blimey the price cost more than a plastic historical force of minatures
Hopefully the price will come down if it catches on. Economy of scale...
I don't think this is quite as expensive as it appears at first glance. It averages out at about 35p per 28mm figure- a lot less for 18s. A basic painted army of the same size in 28mm metal/plastic would probably set you back about 10 times that- and upwards for a vg paint job.
They could go for acetate film instead of plexiglass which is an expensive material and now whith the whole covid thing in high demand and make 2 sided silkscreen prints for less than a euro a sheet.
£200 for an army thats a lot pennies...!!! x 2 £400 to get 2 armies ouch......
it's relative. You couldn't get a painted army for $400.00
@@StackingLimit, Will make it hard for a beginner to enter the hobby...Manufacturing rule of thumb is usually the box costs more to produce than the items inside. Printing colour picks onto mdf or plastic or card should not be that pricy, but it is the way of things...
I would rather buy his paperboys than this
Andrew Franke you cant compare a real miniature army with flat print outs. I mean they look nice and could be great for playtesting various rules before you commit to a real miniature army. But only if the cost is very low. Two armies should not cost more that 50 euros.
@@joek600 - Agreed. I guess if you just want a ‘dry run’ you could use the paper armies, which come in at well under €50. These plexifigs seem to be intended to replace 3-D figs and all the kerfuffle they entail.
Needs a sci fi and a fantasy range, make it the product for wargaming with a friend in a setting you dont want to paint models for.
The fact is this is made solely for historical fans who don't like fantasy and sci fi cause most historical fans tend to see them as enemies. And the fact that miniature wargaming was made for historical fans but it just stayed out and instead fantasy took off..
Too bad they are so expensive...
Good idea but too expensive for my wallet.
Yes, just push out and play! For years I dreamed of a fully painted army !
Less work but way too expensive compared to paperboys from peter dennis.
...don´t get me wrong the idea is cool but not the price policy to pay additional for bases and for 18mm scale.
"Quickly" yes, but "cheaply"....