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That was one thing I was thinking 3d printing would gut with respect to that type of gaming. But from what I have seen it did not really stop and the 3d printe
by sumtechguy 3y ago
That was one thing I was thinking 3d printing would gut with respect to that type of gaming. But from what I have seen it did not really stop and the 3d printed stuff is looked down upon.
- comrh 3y agoGames Workshop is famously extremely litigious
- kergonath 3y ago3D printing will get there but at the moment it is much worse than GW’s plastic on basically every metric. They look great in renders but are very disappointing in person. Details are not that sharp, things get warped, printing leaves a lot of imperfections that are often difficult to hide or remove. GW’s minis are expensive but they are good, fantastic even. They don’t have a monopoly, several other companies also sell very good minis, but injection moulding is expensive so scale matters here. So sure, printed minis are better than Warhammer minis from 20 years ago, but none come anywhere near the good recent ones. The main thing going for printed minis apart from price is that it’s easier to have different poses and add some variety.
- twic 3y agoLots of people do print. And there are third-party minature makers who compete partly on cost. But only a tiny number of people who play 40k have access to 3D printers. Also, a lot of people play games hosted in GW stores, and i believe GW have a policy that you can only use their minis in their stores.