While board game industry relies on PCV or plastic, much better solution is available here in Europe.

For almost 3 years now, Prodos Games is setting standards in resin casting in the industry. Being the biggest resin manufacturer in the world, we are able to experiment with technology on day to day basis to deliver not only level of quality and detail unachievable for other manufacturers, but also to offer new solutions for our customers. Our latest development is called Prodos UniCast technology.

The vast majority of miniatures cast today either require some assembly from the end user or they are manufactured in such a simplified way that details are lost. As manufacturers who love this hobby, UniCast solves all of those issues.

What is UniCast?

UniCast is a unique combination of plastic injection manufacturing process combined with traditional utherene resin casting. Thanks to this manufacturing solution, Prodos has managed to achieve resin-like miniatures quality that is manufactured in standard injection cycle time.

This technology allow us to reduce tools manufacturing lead time versus PVC or HIPS tools, from 2-3 months to 2-3 weeks! Quality of the cast is equal to resin miniatures and overall costs of miniature manufacturing are lower when compared to other processes, as per table below.

The UniCast process allows Prodos to manufacture pieces in any shape with no limitations on undercuts.

PVC vs UniCast comparison.

Gears of War miniature shown only for comparison purpose. On left Gears of War PVC miniature on the right Space Crusade Nyx miniature manufactured using Prodos UniCast.

Other examples of miniatures manufactured using Prodos UniCast:

Here is an example of a bespoke automotive part manufactured by Prodos using the UniCast manufacturing solution.

List of board games utilizing UniCast process for miniatures manufacturing:

• Space Crusade – in development, 06.2016
• Alien vs Predator TM – in development not announced yet, 2016
• 2 other board games, not announced yet – 2016

If you would like to get your board game miniatures manufactured using UniCast, contact us at: [email protected]