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user-inactivated  ·  2972 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: 3D Printing Is Going to Turn the Miniatures Gaming Market Into a War Zone

You're right that casting your own miniatures was never very hard, they're not that overpriced, and 3d printing isn't cheap. On the other hand, 3d printing has some advantages beyond bootlegging. Tabletop gaming really is one of the places where 3d printing is actually worthwhile.

But Vice can make anything sound stupid by being enthusiastic about it.





kleinbl00  ·  2972 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I don't disagree. That's the whole point: rapid prototyping. If your production run is 1, might as well crank it out... particularly as you can just export an .obj from Daz3D and be done with it.