JoeGKushner Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 Anyone using the Heroforge for miniatures? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xauhaudoom Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 Yeah I tried it with the cheaper miniatures. Was not impress with them. The miniatures details were bumpy and it seems the features of them were smaller then most of the 25mm metal models and even the bones. This new tech. still needs improvement and have the cost low in my opinion. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rgtriplec Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 They kind of say the cheaper one looks like a plastic army man or game piece, with little definition and detail. The example photo looks like a plastic army man as well. IMO $25 is not too much for a self designed mini, when the price of a "hero" in most games is almost that much. Maybe not a feasible option to build an army, but its perfect for pretty much every core rpg race and class genre wide. But, even at the ungodly high prices for the 54mm and 120mm figs. You could still probably build an entire army cheaper with HeroForge than with new GW models. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arc 724 Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 I haven't ordered anything yet just because the reviews i see here on the forums are not great - not bad, but not great - and I not impressed with the options right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morari Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 (edited) I haven't ordered anything, so I have nothing to offer on the quality of the product... but man, that figure creator is fun to play around with! It's like the best part of "The Sims", but with the promise of a physical item. :) Edited March 12, 2015 by morari 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeGKushner Posted March 12, 2015 Author Share Posted March 12, 2015 Yeah, I've been messing with it as well. if it had 'dragonborn' style characters? I'd be all over that and have probably already ordered one. The lack of an ability to do a character with a two handed sword in both hands seems missing though. Maybe I'm just missing that one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rgtriplec Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 Yeah, I've been messing with it as well. if it had 'dragonborn' style characters? I'd be all over that and have probably already ordered one. The lack of an ability to do a character with a two handed sword in both hands seems missing though. Maybe I'm just missing that one. That's an addition they are working on. I ordered one for a friends birthday. He has a D&D character he's been playing off and on for twenty years. I thought it was pretty nice. He loved it. I'll have to get a picture of it from him. I will probably order 2 Hero Forge for my brother's birthday in a few weeks. I may order one for me as well. I'll dig this thread out and post them when I get them. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikem91 Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 I bought a couple of the higher quality plastic ones. The novelty of being able to design many aspects of the mini is cool. The material and detail though are diappointing. Even after washing, getting primer or paint to stick is rather tricky. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheAuldGrump Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 And some parts - the chain weapons in particular - are nightmarishly fragile at the higher resolution. The material is coarse enough that even at the high resolution I had to use liquid green stuff on the smooth areas to make them actually smooth. Part of the problem might have been the pose - chain weapons and the arched back flight pose on a female figure. The graininess was noticeable on the bewbs even before priming. (The rest became apparent only after priming. Cool idea... but maybe a couple of generations of tech too soon - both the printer and the material need work. Disappointed, but not sorry that I gave it a try - it is good to have a company making the attempt. The Auld Grump 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pinkymadigan Posted March 13, 2015 Share Posted March 13, 2015 (edited) I have a pretty thorough review in my WIP. Lemme dig it up and link it. EDIT: http://forum.reapermini.com/index.php?/topic/58969-my-custom-mini-from-heroforge Edited March 13, 2015 by pinkymadigan 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeGKushner Posted March 13, 2015 Author Share Posted March 13, 2015 Thanks for the review. SOlid. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordJosh Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 I backed them on KS, and was excited when the mini came in, and then disappointed when the rapier broke off at the hilt, and my superglue wasn't working to stick it back together. I hadn't even attempted to paint it, yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pinkymadigan Posted April 13, 2016 Share Posted April 13, 2016 So, Hero Forge just released a new material, they're marketing it more like a traditional hard plastic. I went ahead and ordered another mini so I could compare. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morari Posted April 13, 2016 Share Posted April 13, 2016 I saw the update about the new material. They have sooo many new parts and accessories now, too. The price hasn't changed too much, either. I ordered a mini in the old "Ultra Detail Plastic" last November and have been pretty please with it. The figures can certainly be fragile, but really only if you drop them. And the details are certainly good enough for tabletop quality paint jobs... maybe even more if you're an experienced painter and spend the time to fully prep them. The company seemed to have pretty good customer service, too. They promptly fixed a mistake I made with the order, and shipped the figure much quicker than estimated. I'd say the new "Gray Plastic" is even better, given it specifically addresses the issues of durability and detail. I'll have to wait to find out, though. Only particularly unique character can really justify the purchase. That said, I do have a few dozen figures saved on the site. Simply building the character is pretty fun in itself! :) 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pinkymadigan Posted April 13, 2016 Share Posted April 13, 2016 Yeah, I have about 10 queued up, but when I went to find one to order to test the new material, I couldn't pull the trigger. I didn't really have any use for any of the figures I had queued up. Instead, I built a new one for a project I have coming down the pipeline. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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