"% Digital?" Topic

Recent? For me, recent is within the last year. The figures have been all been 3D printed. The year before, about 25% printed.

Depends a lot on clarity the poll doesn't provide. Lots of stuff printed out from .stl files--but not by me. Someone else did, and I bought them on Etsy.

In this context, by the way "recent" is a useless word. Last week when I bought used Heroclix from Noble Knight? Two or three weeks ago when I was picking up used microarmor from Wally's Basement? "Last year" or "last six months" have meaning.

I've purchased a handful of 3d printed things on Etsy, but someone else did the printing.

I ordered STL files from Etsy for Western town buildings.
"I have a guy" who printed them for me.

That's it.

I do not have a printer, so I don't buy files, but many of the rule books that I buy are bundled with an electronic copy. So, 0% but get maybe 20% electronic. I don't buy that many figures anymore, but I do buy rule books.

I just put on a 1200 point per side, Bolt Action game. Both sides were 100% printed at home. Great game. Last week I needed a WWII 1940 French mortar for game. I picked up a file, Black Friday sale. Downloaded and printed and painted on Wednesday, on the table by Thursday evening. It can work well.

I haven't bought any in the last year, so 0%, but I've downloaded a few.

A more meaningful question might have been, what proportion of figures I've painted lately have been 3Dprints. (5-10% in the last year.)

I have purchased a few 3D printed figures. The last batch was by accident: I missed the listing's statement that they were 3D printed.

I try to avoid 3D printed figures because all of the ones that I have purchased, were made with brittle resin that breaks when they get dropped onto a hard floor.

I don't want to play games with asking whether flexible resin was used, or not. Flexible, non-brittle resins exist, but they're more expensive, and maybe the seller used a proper blend of brittle resin with non-brittle resin, and maybe not.

I have had too many 3D printed figures snap off at the ankles. Too much frustration with too brittle miniatures. I avoid resin 3D printed figures.

I did buy some FDM miniatures -- I think. They have visible layer lines. Another near-miss in quality.

Gonna have to go with the former First Lady, Nancy Reagan, on these. Back in the mid-1980's, she said: "Just say, No," to 3D printed miniatures (she was actually addressing illegal street drugs). Thank you, Nancy. Cheers!

I have friends who like them and print them but I am leery of anything digital including this machine being used to type this response.

After hearing about and reading about all the problems tech-smarter guys than me had (and continue to have) setting up and operating their 3-D printers, I am smart enough to know that the LAST thing I need is another computer-related set of troubles that I could never manage on my own.

@piper909
👍 As I've said before, I'm too old to teach myself another hobby.

I looked over my son's 3D-printed armies, and said "I know what you can get me for Christmas." But it was 12 figures, not a 3D printer. As noted, I don't need a new hobby.

I've copied the FTL of some games or bits of games so the percentage could be 0.0001. :)

100% digital files for figs.

Thanks.

John

As the 10 Post-Roman Britain project is done, 5 factions totalling 2400 infantry and 500 cavalry, I'm back concentrating on 2mm.

2mm and 3D printing are a match made in heaven so I'm 100% digital again :-)

Printed Roman era city blocks yesterday. £8.00 GBP of resin got me enough to fill an area 450mm x 600mm.