Talk:Jack Scruby

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The previous version had two errors: (1) molds have to be heat resistant and cannot be made of a material like rubber. Hence I interpret the Courier Timeline as saying that Jack's first figures were made of rubber. (2) Jack's fantasy line did not predate Chainmail. See my two references for this.

Also, I removed the references to Little Wars and Fletcher Pratt. If the reader wants to get the history of miniature wargaming, let them click through the provided link. I hope everyone agrees the article will be stylistically better if we get to Jack's achievements immediately. —User:Grubbiv

Nope! The molds were made of a type of rubber. I don't really understand it myself (I had the same thought), but I've seen (decades ago, darn it), a how-to peice he did that talked about it, and it was definately lead miniatures from rubber molds. The point is that the RTV rubber was cheap and easy to make, as opposed to a normal mold. The rest of it sounds good. --Rindis 19:06, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

In 1977 CBS aired a 3 minute segment on "war games, their manufacture and following" which features Jack Scruby. Maybe this is the segment you saw. I ordered a copy. Hopefully it will have some good info for the article. —User:Grubbiv

Um, no, this was in print, in a dark, dim, corner of my Dad's collection of ancient magazines, newsletters and such.... 0.0 --Rindis 02:18, 1 June 2006 (UTC)