Yeah. All those issues you had with your 2d printer jamming and not connecting to the pc add a dimension and toxicity and fire hazards
That's 3d printing. It's a pain in the ass. Worth it if you really love customising your 3d model army just so, or love digital sculpting, but yeah most people end up not using theirs.
Part of that is model painters having a spending problem anyway. But part of it is that 3d printing just is not fun, its perpetually at the 'hobbiest' tier in terms of quality and hassle. You can at least buy a 2d printer that just works but you are expected to have to fix and troubleshoot and deal with all sorts of shit for your 3d printer. It aint fun. It's work, and I immensely dislike it.
But F-me, those minis are ugly. Horrendous. Like out of the 90s. You can very easily get 200x better from 500 different patreons or minifactory 'tribes'. And the skilled-ish painter (looking on their insta, they aint great, but above average) couldnt even save them, I'd hate to see what they look like by joe-average painter.
Tech issues weren't the problem for us. It was the material quality. You just get to the point where it's not worth printing a phone case rather than buying one for example.
Strength issues are intended. It's part of the US govts gun blueprint honeypot. But, using the phone case example, you can't print you own Otterbox without jumping through hoops to get actual tensile strength.
Mate, with the amount of hatred people have for Games Workshop right now, you'd make a KILLING if you can produce 40k miniatures and ship them independently..
My dad bough a high end 3D printer. We have never used it. Not him, not his children, not his grandchildren.
It just sits there.
What brand is it
Idk these days. It's been a while. Not buying cheap material for the 3D printer ended up being difficult.
Yeah. All those issues you had with your 2d printer jamming and not connecting to the pc add a dimension and toxicity and fire hazards
That's 3d printing. It's a pain in the ass. Worth it if you really love customising your 3d model army just so, or love digital sculpting, but yeah most people end up not using theirs.
Part of that is model painters having a spending problem anyway. But part of it is that 3d printing just is not fun, its perpetually at the 'hobbiest' tier in terms of quality and hassle. You can at least buy a 2d printer that just works but you are expected to have to fix and troubleshoot and deal with all sorts of shit for your 3d printer. It aint fun. It's work, and I immensely dislike it.
But F-me, those minis are ugly. Horrendous. Like out of the 90s. You can very easily get 200x better from 500 different patreons or minifactory 'tribes'. And the skilled-ish painter (looking on their insta, they aint great, but above average) couldnt even save them, I'd hate to see what they look like by joe-average painter.
Depends on the printer. I've pretty much never had issues with my prusas but I've had issues with nearly every other brand
Tech issues weren't the problem for us. It was the material quality. You just get to the point where it's not worth printing a phone case rather than buying one for example.
Strength issues are intended. It's part of the US govts gun blueprint honeypot. But, using the phone case example, you can't print you own Otterbox without jumping through hoops to get actual tensile strength.
? I've bought lots of cheap pla. My current fave is like 12 bucks usd on sale regularly
To make dollar store junk? What's the point in making cheap breakable junk that is cheaper to buy?
Mate, with the amount of hatred people have for Games Workshop right now, you'd make a KILLING if you can produce 40k miniatures and ship them independently..
There are way too many people with 3d printers to make a killing
Probably now but it should at least be looked into.
Actually thinking about that, with how stupid a lot of other franchises are, anything else a guy with 3D printer could capitalise on?
You could print terrain, d&d miniatures
Big three are probably wh40k, Warmahordes, and bolt action
If you'd do that with actual 40k miniatures you'd be asking to get sued.
No, you can easily get past that by printing things like Sisters of Battle that look like strong women
Compared to the official miniatures which are teenage boys in wigs.
Nobody prints actual 40k miniatures that's a 1 to 1 copy. They're all inspired by not identical