Olaf the Stout Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 1 hour ago, PaganMegan said: One of the things I like about OPR. Consistent rules. GW rules are driven by their exceptions. So many exceptions and one-off rules. It’s like they prefer random rules to a consistent and balanced rule set. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reverend Shartan Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 53 minutes ago, Olaf the Stout said: So many exceptions and one-off rules. It’s like they prefer random rules to a consistent and balanced rule set. To me, it seems GW doesn't completely play test rules before releasing the next "must have" codex. This has been going on since Rogue Trader days (back in the early '80's) In addition to my previous comment, 3d printing also allows me to create/print models to represent units I wish I had, or haven't been able to acquire. Reverend Shartan 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olaf the Stout Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 1 hour ago, Reverend Shartan said: To me, it seems GW doesn't completely play test rules before releasing the next "must have" codex. This has been going on since Rogue Trader days (back in the early '80's) It’s ok, we’ll just sell them another rule book to fix the issues. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reverend Shartan Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 Back on track..... 3d printing has also helped me get out of my comfort zone when it comes to electronics and such. I am not in any way experienced in working with things like these printers, and now I have 2 (an Ender 3, and a Mars). Hopefully, these printers will get me out doing 3d sculpting, and design. Reverend Shartan 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olaf the Stout Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 20 minutes ago, Reverend Shartan said: Back on track..... 3d printing has also helped me get out of my comfort zone when it comes to electronics and such. I am not in any way experienced in working with things like these printers, and now I have 2 (an Ender 3, and a Mars). Hopefully, these printers will get me out doing 3d sculpting, and design. Reverend Shartan Likewise, I’ve learned a heap of stuff about Chitubox as a result of having a 3D printer. I’m not sure I’ll ever do 3D sculpting of my own, but if I do I’ve learned a lot of things that will help me with it. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reverend Shartan Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 Once I get the feel for 3d sculpting, I aim to try my hand at classic automobiles.....from the 1900's to the 1930's, for games like Call of Cthulhu, Gangbusters, etc. Reverend Shartan 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jadeite Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 I have become far more picky. Before, I was willing to use multiples off one model with the only difference being the paint job. With 3d printing, there's a huge number of models to chose from, for common monsters like undead or goblins, but also for stuff like beholders and mind flayers. I'm not sure if I'd ever need to field a couple dozen different models of those, but I totally could if I wanted to. I've also started to really like modular models. There's also the issue of scale which I didn't care about before (not that I had much of a choice), but with 3d printing it's far easier to keep minis in consistent size (it's still sometimes tricky and I did print my fair share of to large and to small figures). I now spend far more money on STLs than I did on physical models, due to Patreon and KS. I've also gotten interested in Wargaming. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glitterwolf Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 1 hour ago, jadeite said: I have become far more picky. Before, I was willing to use multiples off one model with the only difference being the paint job. With 3d printing, there's a huge number of models to chose from, for common monsters like undead or goblins, but also for stuff like beholders and mind flayers. I'm not sure if I'd ever need to field a couple dozen different models of those, but I totally could if I wanted to. I've also started to really like modular models. There's also the issue of scale which I didn't care about before (not that I had much of a choice), but with 3d printing it's far easier to keep minis in consistent size (it's still sometimes tricky and I did print my fair share of to large and to small figures). I now spend far more money on STLs than I did on physical models, due to Patreon and KS. I've also gotten interested in Wargaming. The little trick I use. I know I have some files that are the right size. So I load one of those in Chitubox. Then I load the file I actually want to print and rescale it till it matches the "good" file. Then remove the other file and print the one you want. 5 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jadeite Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 @Glitterwolf That's what I usually do, too, except I use Cura or PrusaSlicer to have more room. I used to have a nice little comparison chart of different Patreons, but I can't seem to find it. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MojoBob Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 For me, 3d printing has made me sloppier at painting, because I always have so much to get through, especially my 15mm wargaming stuff. As far as fantasy figures goes, both characters and monsters, several elements have combined to swing things in favour of 3d printing rather than buying traditionally produced miniatures. The first is the rapid and massive increases in shipping costs — I'm in New Zealand, so we're far away from everywhere, and postage now regularly exceeds the cost of whatever it is that I want to buy. That, combined with the increases in the cost of casting metal, means that the price of physical miniatures from overseas has doubled or tripled or even quadrupled, in real terms, for us at the ends of the earth. Next is the equally massive slow-down in shipping. Not so long ago, I could expect to get an order from the USA or UK or China within 5 to 10 days. Now it's more like 6 weeks to 3 months, and sometimes even longer. I've had orders arrive in the last couple of years that I had completely forgotten about; a pleasant surprise I guess, but I would have preferred to have received them a bit more promptly. COVID has forced changes too, with lockdowns skewering our face-to-face tabletop gaming to a large extent. Not that we've been fully locked down here as much as, say, the UK, but there seems to be a certain timidity in the air about bunches of people gathering around a table to spit in each other's faces. Miniatures just aren't as much fun in a Zoom game, so I'm less likely to bother with them at all unless I really feel like painting something. That's not an issue relevant to choosing 3d printed vs. traditional miniatures of course, but overall. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ced1106 Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 8 hours ago, MojoBob said: Miniatures just aren't as much fun in a Zoom game Can you import .stl files into VTT? Tabletop Simulator has some sort of way to play miniatures virtually! Spoiler 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteWulfe Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 I've been thinking about this again, and I'll say this much - the resin printer, and especially the Howling Horde has reignited my ideas for Midnight Raid, so I'm rather happy about that. Now to just clear a few things off the desk first before I get back to it, but a few things I couldn't figure out are now effectively figured out. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheAuldGrump Posted January 18 Share Posted January 18 On 12/21/2021 at 6:10 PM, Olaf the Stout said: Yeah, my pile of shame is now digital! 😂 And because of the Patreons, that Pile o' Digital Shame grows fast. Epic alone adds over a hundred models a month. We have already decided that our tax return will be named Saturn. The Auld Grump 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olaf the Stout Posted January 18 Share Posted January 18 1 hour ago, TheAuldGrump said: And because of the Patreons, that Pile o' Digital Shame grows fast. Epic alone adds over a hundred models a month. We have already decided that our tax return will be named Saturn. The Auld Grump I’ve made myself a rule for this year to not print more minis than I paint. Given that I just got my first ever 3D printer, I’m going to need to paint quite a bit just so I can use my new shiny! 6 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Posted January 18 Share Posted January 18 Oh, my dear, misguided @Olaf the Stout that is such a noble [self-delusional] idea... 3 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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