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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Oryan77" data-source="post: 7385689" data-attributes="member: 18701">I have never 3D printed a mini myself, but I have a few of the Hero Forge minis. I believe they are 3D printed? They are pretty darn nice in detail. I have the gray plastic versions which were supposed to be higher quality. The plastic is a bit brittle, so it can't just be thrown into a bag like old DDM minis. They are probably about the same as Pathfinder minis.However, every single picture I see of a miniature that someone custom printed themselves from home looks horrible. No fault of their own. It's just that I'm assuming the currently affordable printers are still not very good for printing something like a miniature. The texture is always very rough and nowhere near to being smooth like an official miniature. The texture makes them look worse once they get painted. The roughness appears to stand out even more.If you don't care about the quality and you just want some hunks of plastic to set up on the table, then you would be fine using a 3D printer. Although, take in to account the cost of the materials needed to make them. I figure it's not cheap, but I really don't know. So the time spent designing minis, paying for the printer and the materials, and then painting them might be more expensive than just buying a miniature or even paying $30 for a Hero Forge custom design.My opinion is that we're still several years away from having an affordable 3D printer that will pump out a good quality miniature for gaming. Still, it's amazing that we can even get what people are doing now. Even if they look rough, it's still neat to make a custom design mini at home.</blockquote>

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