3D 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

3D 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.