This one I wanted for a while, saw it only on ebay, and only from over seas, but being impatient I did not wish to wait a month to get my ship, and after calling not one, but three different gaming stores did I finally decide to go back to the store I got my UCM cruisers from, and guess what?, they had this Resistance Battle cruiser, and yes, it is very much resin. Sadly I could not find a black, I bout one assuming it was just an off brand, Vallejo. joke on me it was some kind of wash for an air brush. so I had to use acrylic, luckily i based it in the ever trust worth Citadel paint. Tuesday I am going back for the box of resistance cruisers, or maybe a battleship, or two.