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.
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.