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Is It Worth Printing Your Own Miniatures?
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<blockquote data-quote="TheSculptor" data-source="post: 7784014" data-attributes="member: 6999508"><p>In my experience as a modeler, printing your own 3D miniatures at home doesn't worth it unless you have high knowledge about sculpting and printing, and you print hundreds of miniatures. You'll need a good printer, something like Form 2, which cost more than 2000 USD. Printing miniatures with FDM printers is just crap. So many hours testing and changing values like retraction distance or printing speed just to get such poor results. However, there are companies that will print your files for an affordable price. Anyone can print a mini in Shapeways for just 10-15 bucks. How many miniatures would you need to print to amortize buying a printer?</p><p>If you haven't found nice models on the internet and don't even know how to sculpt your own minis, you can also hire an artist -like me <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite6" alt=":cool:" title="Cool :cool:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":cool:" />- to do it and avoid a lot of teeth pain. I'm working now for Furry and the Beast<a href="https://furryandthebeast.com" target="_blank"> sculpting custom miniatures</a>. Gamers just send us pics and we sculpt and print their character. So easy!</p><p></p><p>Anyway, I can say 3D printing at home is quite useful for printing scenery. FDM printers have enough resolution to print cool assets and it could be an affordable way to introduce yourself on the 3D printing world for wargaming. Much easier an worthy than trying printing minis.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TheSculptor, post: 7784014, member: 6999508"] In my experience as a modeler, printing your own 3D miniatures at home doesn't worth it unless you have high knowledge about sculpting and printing, and you print hundreds of miniatures. You'll need a good printer, something like Form 2, which cost more than 2000 USD. Printing miniatures with FDM printers is just crap. So many hours testing and changing values like retraction distance or printing speed just to get such poor results. However, there are companies that will print your files for an affordable price. Anyone can print a mini in Shapeways for just 10-15 bucks. How many miniatures would you need to print to amortize buying a printer? If you haven't found nice models on the internet and don't even know how to sculpt your own minis, you can also hire an artist -like me :cool:- to do it and avoid a lot of teeth pain. I'm working now for Furry and the Beast[URL="https://furryandthebeast.com"] sculpting custom miniatures[/URL]. Gamers just send us pics and we sculpt and print their character. So easy! Anyway, I can say 3D printing at home is quite useful for printing scenery. FDM printers have enough resolution to print cool assets and it could be an affordable way to introduce yourself on the 3D printing world for wargaming. Much easier an worthy than trying printing minis. [/QUOTE]
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