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As Ed says the more people that know the better.
Figure companies put a great deal of effort into producing their figures.
If its anything like my process.
Ive sculpted my own figures though amature in nature
and cant be compared to the professionals,
they do take a lot of work just for one figure
theres the research
the sculpting...this can take ages
just sculping a head takes hours and hours
and mines only amature stuff.
Preparation for moulding
making the moulds
and finaly casting
Then theres all the marketing
and the figure parts have to be numbered in some way
all complicated.
its so easy to take a resin figure and copy it
I was once tempted to copy resin figures for my own use
I could have saved a fortune
but ive always felt it to be wrong
and very disrespective to the original Artist
and believe me anything can be moulded.
Instead i buy them and i enjoy having a good look at them
totaly from an artistic point of view
The problem is i cant bring myself to paint them
so ill have to buy some more just to build
so my solution was to try to sculpt my own stuff
Is almost a separate hobby in itself
Figure companies do a great deal of work on a small figure
only to have some guy spend a few hours sticking it in a mould
and selling it a purely mechanical process
this is what makes figure companies particulary vunerable
So what can we do
What i do is only buy from big firms who are reputable and
well known agents
I cant think of anything else
accept if any of our members finds fakes just let us know
It does Pxxx me off though
regards Andrew