Comments on: 3D printed, hand-painted miniatures http://boingboing.net/2012/12/25/3d-printed-hand-painted-minia.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sun, 19 May 2013 11:08:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Daniel Platt http://boingboing.net/2012/12/25/3d-printed-hand-painted-minia.html#comment-1616065 Daniel Platt Thu, 27 Dec 2012 19:26:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=202837#comment-1616065 It's the efficiency in time and how fast 3D printed goods can be distributed that makes the difference. Even if they don't look as good, they can still be popped out of a machine anywhere, on demand, with little labor required (painting?). The same goes for anything else 3D printed. The better the technology gets, the more competitive it will be. This article explains it well: http://empiricalmag.blogspot.com/2012/12/december-excerpt-creative-disruption-by.html.  It’s the efficiency in time and how fast 3D printed goods can be distributed that makes the difference. Even if they don’t look as good, they can still be popped out of a machine anywhere, on demand, with little labor required (painting?). The same goes for anything else 3D printed. The better the technology gets, the more competitive it will be. This article explains it well: http://empiricalmag.blogspot.com/2012/12/december-excerpt-creative-disruption-by.html. 

]]> By: eadipus http://boingboing.net/2012/12/25/3d-printed-hand-painted-minia.html#comment-1615532 eadipus Wed, 26 Dec 2012 19:39:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=202837#comment-1615532 The best use of 3D printing that I've seen for miniatures is having it printed with the intention of recasting it in resin multiple times. A friend has just bought some Battlefleet Gothic scale ships that he's very pleased with that were produced this way and I've seen some excellent barricades/emplacements printed then cast in plaster. The best use of 3D printing that I’ve seen for miniatures is having it printed with the intention of recasting it in resin multiple times. A friend has just bought some Battlefleet Gothic scale ships that he’s very pleased with that were produced this way and I’ve seen some excellent barricades/emplacements printed then cast in plaster.

]]> By: A J http://boingboing.net/2012/12/25/3d-printed-hand-painted-minia.html#comment-1615481 A J Wed, 26 Dec 2012 16:09:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=202837#comment-1615481 I think they have everything to worry about, considering the massive improvements in quality and price that have been achieved in the 3d printing world over the last 5 years.   Were these things being tracked on a graph, I'm confident that the lead that the more traditional miniature companies currently enjoys could be eroded in a few short years. I think they have everything to worry about, considering the massive improvements in quality and price that have been achieved in the 3d printing world over the last 5 years.  

Were these things being tracked on a graph, I’m confident that the lead that the more traditional miniature companies currently enjoys could be eroded in a few short years.

]]> By: Tynam http://boingboing.net/2012/12/25/3d-printed-hand-painted-minia.html#comment-1615454 Tynam Wed, 26 Dec 2012 13:46:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=202837#comment-1615454 For a good enough set of armour I'll fall pretty much anywhere. For a good enough set of armour I’ll fall pretty much anywhere.

]]> By: Tynam http://boingboing.net/2012/12/25/3d-printed-hand-painted-minia.html#comment-1615453 Tynam Wed, 26 Dec 2012 13:39:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=202837#comment-1615453  In some ways, yes.  In others... at the UK Games Expo last year I saw an awesome table full of printed starship miniatures.  The prices were competitive, the quality was adequate-though-not-stunning, and the designs used the printing to do some great gantries and connectors what would be hard to impossible with conventional moulds. 3D print doesn't beat conventional moulding yet... but you don't have to sell 1000 of a 3d printed mini to break even.  I expect to see it being used heavily for 'weirder' designs that are hard to find normally.  In some ways, yes.  In others… at the UK Games Expo last year I saw an awesome table full of printed starship miniatures.  The prices were competitive, the quality was adequate-though-not-stunning, and the designs used the printing to do some great gantries and connectors what would be hard to impossible with conventional moulds.

3D print doesn’t beat conventional moulding yet… but you don’t have to sell 1000 of a 3d printed mini to break even.  I expect to see it being used heavily for ‘weirder’ designs that are hard to find normally.

]]> By: Ryan_T_H http://boingboing.net/2012/12/25/3d-printed-hand-painted-minia.html#comment-1615434 Ryan_T_H Wed, 26 Dec 2012 07:02:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=202837#comment-1615434 Yeah, Reaper miniatures doesn't have much to worry about here. First, the scale and detail are not great. It looks to be about twice the scale of standard gaming miniatures, with less detail than is expected from a nice quality 25mm mini. Also, the cost. This is $60. A higher quality metal version would be half that. An equivalent 25mm scale mini would be a fifth. This is neat, but I suspect miniatures will be one market that resists the advances of printers, at least at character scales, for quite some time. Yeah, Reaper miniatures doesn’t have much to worry about here. First, the scale and detail are not great. It looks to be about twice the scale of standard gaming miniatures, with less detail than is expected from a nice quality 25mm mini.

Also, the cost. This is $60. A higher quality metal version would be half that. An equivalent 25mm scale mini would be a fifth.

This is neat, but I suspect miniatures will be one market that resists the advances of printers, at least at character scales, for quite some time.

]]> By: M S Stanley http://boingboing.net/2012/12/25/3d-printed-hand-painted-minia.html#comment-1615432 M S Stanley Wed, 26 Dec 2012 06:50:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=202837#comment-1615432 Kindar, the bringer of justice... ...and small chocolate eggs containing a small, disappointing toy Kindar, the bringer of justice…
…and small chocolate eggs containing a small, disappointing toy

]]> By: Andrew Singleton http://boingboing.net/2012/12/25/3d-printed-hand-painted-minia.html#comment-1615429 Andrew Singleton Wed, 26 Dec 2012 06:24:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=202837#comment-1615429 Hmm. I could have Goliath and the associated horrors from the Lightning and Iron setting printed out. Nifty. Hmm. I could have Goliath and the associated horrors from the Lightning and Iron setting printed out. Nifty.

]]> By: ifriit http://boingboing.net/2012/12/25/3d-printed-hand-painted-minia.html#comment-1615427 ifriit Wed, 26 Dec 2012 06:09:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=202837#comment-1615427 Hm, they're close, but not quite to modern cast model quality standards.  They're better than GW plastics from the mid-90s, though, Hm, they’re close, but not quite to modern cast model quality standards.  They’re better than GW plastics from the mid-90s, though,

]]> By: Theodore S Lindsey http://boingboing.net/2012/12/25/3d-printed-hand-painted-minia.html#comment-1615425 Theodore S Lindsey Wed, 26 Dec 2012 05:44:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=202837#comment-1615425 TurtleWorks shop link is http://www.shapeways.com/shops/turtleworks?sort=newest Miniatures gallery link is http://www.shapeways.com/gallery/miniatures TurtleWorks shop link is
http://www.shapeways.com/shops/turtleworks?sort=newest

Miniatures gallery link is
http://www.shapeways.com/gallery/miniatures

]]> By: unclegabby http://boingboing.net/2012/12/25/3d-printed-hand-painted-minia.html#comment-1615417 unclegabby Wed, 26 Dec 2012 04:41:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=202837#comment-1615417 Neat stuff but your links are broken, I think. Neat stuff but your links are broken, I think.

]]> By: Conan Librarian http://boingboing.net/2012/12/25/3d-printed-hand-painted-minia.html#comment-1615414 Conan Librarian Wed, 26 Dec 2012 04:06:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=202837#comment-1615414 But they did, didn't they? They took down those warhammer  or whatever ones from thingiverse right? Universal did as well for that movie prop too on the same site. So the lesson here is, when they start requesting for more laws and protection, remind them they have laws and protection already.  But they did, didn’t they? They took down those warhammer  or whatever ones from thingiverse right? Universal did as well for that movie prop too on the same site. So the lesson here is, when they start requesting for more laws and protection, remind them they have laws and protection already. 

]]> By: Marc Forrester http://boingboing.net/2012/12/25/3d-printed-hand-painted-minia.html#comment-1615413 Marc Forrester Wed, 26 Dec 2012 04:00:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=202837#comment-1615413 Welp, here we go.  Should be interesting to see what kind of RIAA style meltdown Games Workshop et al descend into. Welp, here we go.  Should be interesting to see what kind of RIAA style meltdown Games Workshop et al descend into.

]]> By: Conan Librarian http://boingboing.net/2012/12/25/3d-printed-hand-painted-minia.html#comment-1615411 Conan Librarian Wed, 26 Dec 2012 03:53:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=202837#comment-1615411  So he fell from heaven do to his heavy armor? Finally, it all makes sense!  So he fell from heaven do to his heavy armor? Finally, it all makes sense!

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