 Editor in Chief Bill   | 01 Jun 2018 7:05 p.m. PST |
Article from Pinshape: link Apparently, minifig is the new term for a 3Dprinted figure??? |
| The Beast Rampant | 01 Jun 2018 8:05 p.m. PST |
Just like "gamer" somehow implies the "video" prefix is somehow understood? |
| mjkerner | 02 Jun 2018 6:02 a.m. PST |
Where did the article use that term, Bill? I saw "3D printed figure", "miniature", and some other terms, but if "minifig" was used, I missed it. |
| UshCha | 02 Jun 2018 6:25 a.m. PST |
To be honest it seemed a bit over the top for a figure tyou are goint to play with. We just spray black matt Hycote (its cheap in the UKand effective) and then standard acrylics,I use Tamiya. For PLA I normaly dont wash it and have not had a problem. Sanding ia a wate of precious gameing time, is only worth it if you are doing display models, at wargame ranges at 0.1mm layer height its invisible. How do I know? We have been to convetions and set up displays at wargameing ranges and the pattern on the print NEVER comes up. I you are 6" away you are not playing a wargame you are time wasteing and that is unacceptable when you are supposed to be playing. It the same as playing with your phone when you are in the middle of a game. |
 chicklewis  | 02 Jun 2018 8:43 a.m. PST |
The painting information seems good. Really a shame the photographer doesn't know what he is doing. |
| Winston Smith | 02 Jun 2018 9:04 a.m. PST |
LEGO calls their little dudes Minifigs too. |
| Gwydion | 02 Jun 2018 11:30 a.m. PST |
A shame Miniature Figurines aren't as litigous as some more commercially minded companies. Minifigs has only meant one thing to me since the early 1970s. |
| Winston Smith | 02 Jun 2018 8:09 p.m. PST |
My guess is that Minifigs doesn't have the deep pockets and lawyers on retainer that LEGO has.
You can sue for whatever justification you want, but deep pockets will always win. |
| Dagwood | 03 Jun 2018 5:18 a.m. PST |
Wasn't Minifigs just a nickname, a shortened form of the real company name, Miniature Figurines, so no official status at all ? |
| Andrew Walters | 04 Jun 2018 10:09 a.m. PST |
I think Lego is going to have words with someone. |
| Andrew Walters | 04 Jun 2018 10:44 a.m. PST |
Indeed! "Minifig" is not on that web page. It's as if someone removed it. I guess our Editor was not the only one with a sharper eye than the writer and editor on Pinshape. That's why he's got "Editor" right in his name. Other than that this is a straightforward painting article, right? My experience so far is that once you spray them with primer 3D printed figures are just like pewter and plastic. I don't know of any special considerations in painting, except that they're so light the spray primer can knock them off your box lid and into the garden if you're not careful. I tape down 3D printed stuff or it moves when you prime it. |
| UshCha | 04 Jun 2018 1:18 p.m. PST |
Spoilsport! its the new game chase the mode with the spray can. Add humor to an otherwise tedious job. |
| Andrew Walters | 04 Jun 2018 4:25 p.m. PST |
My half-primed female necromancer lost in the ivy is humor for everyone but me! |
