"Anyone tried 3D Printing Minis for Specialist Games?" Topic
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Joe Rocket | 20 Oct 2016 2:44 a.m. PST |
Looking around at 3D printers for Xmas. I'm a big fan of the old specialist games. Projects I'd get to is designing ships for Man o War, players for Blood Bowl, and vehicles for Epic 40K. Anyone have any experience with 3D printing? How cool would it be to design your own ships, star players, new tanks, etc. Any tips? |
Echoco | 25 Oct 2016 3:18 p.m. PST |
The truth is you get what you pay for. Buy a $2,000 USD 3D printer and you can pretty much live your dream. Skimp a little and you'll realized what you wanted to do is a lot more difficult then you first though. Before buying a printer also helps to have some experience designing miniatures for the printer using the material you want to print. Different materials have different requirement/quirks. Also you'll find that designing figures for Blood bowl and Man o War ships uses different technique. Designing for Epic 40K is as different from the other 2 because of the size and scale. These are pretty vague but I really don't know how to explain it briefly without going into specific details. Also even if everything goes right be prepared to do a lot of test prints before you understand how the printer works and how best to set it up to print your miniatures. |
Andy ONeill | 26 Oct 2016 6:01 a.m. PST |
A client of mine bought a 3d printer for a project. Just getting it set up right took a lot of effort. There was then endless experimentation. The detail was not great. |
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