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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Wofano Wotanto" data-source="post: 9697832" data-attributes="member: 7044704">Me neither when it comes to people I'm teaching (who I often only see for a demo game or three), but tables where I'm a player myself or a long-time GM stand out more for me.  Especially true of people with other interests/jobs that come in handy for the game.Not just RPGs either.  Best miniatures group I was ever part of included two carpenters, an electrician, and (between myself and another guy) two folks with part-time jobs at a resin terrain casting firm.  About the only we couldn't do for ourselves was casting the minis themselves, and the last time I talked to the one guy I keep in touch with he was getting into 3D printing for that.  The custom table setups were something to behold, I'll tell you.I'll grant you, that's tiny.  Assume you have outside creators writing and drawing stuff, but even GZG and Brigade use some freelancers to sculpt masters, although they still do a lot of that themselves.  I note Brigade has gotten a production license from some artist who sells his STLs directly, and are offering physical prints of the models.  Should be interesting to see how that works out.  The STLs are vastly cheaper, especially for larger models (all 28mm scifi so far) but access to 3D printing is along way from universal yet, and paying to have it done on someone else's machine spikes the price too.Thankfully not something most RPG publishers have to worry about much, but STLs are likely to become the pdf option for the whole minis industry over time.</blockquote>

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