I was talking with some friends, and it hit me. How are the official tournies able to tell whether your models are official or 3rd party? Are they weighed? Is it a visible thing? Can't really find a solid answer to this question so maybe you guys know.
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If you look closely and if you know what you are looking for then you can tell something is 3d printed... unless the guy makes his paints thick as frick.
No you can't. That rule comes from an era before 3d printers, and even then it was made-up crap propped up by greed and autism, 3d printing makes it even funnier.
>3d printing makes it even funnier.
In what way?
>go slightly thicker with the base coat around the more obvious print lines
>sand if needed
>give it basing to throw off the weight of an official
GG no RE judges.
3dprintgay here. There are no files that are 100% accurate, even the ones that get close are just reasonable facsimiles. There's also printing artefacts that can be seen under close scrutiny.
The people who are 3d printing aren't the type of people who go to tournaments, they're people who don't want to pay stupid money to have fun with their friends or people who want to play with stand in models.
That makes sense. I saw that rule in particular float around for long enough that I assumed some moron made a complete ass out of himself at an official tourney with 3d printed models, so the rule was enforced.
im sure he has anon, but yeah, the models are made to be proxies, similar but not exact. you CAN get exact models if you scan a figure, like how they scan israeliteelry or whatever, but the quality suffers
Dentalgay here, there are 3D scanners out there accurate to .01mm. Once the tech comes down in price and people can do 16k scan and print, any games companies that haven’t moved to an STL model (or have a business model like GW’s) are basically fricked. I can’t wait.
where do you live where tournaments get prize support on the reg and force TOs to pretend to care about bootlegs?
lol. lmao even.
You can't post that without sharing
If anything I'd like it for terrain or Necromunda
Literally just search "Chimera" on Telegram. Everything is on there. I have 8 terabytes of files just from there.
I miss the old megas so much.
Are there any files for the new Horus Heresy marines? I want to edit them for custom helmets
>3D Printing
How expensive is it to 3D print these things?
Literal Pennies*
*after you set up with around 400usd
You forgot the energy cost of running it for 16 hours a day
okay 2 pennies
Nobody's using FDM anymore old man, resin printers are basically a phone screen, a fan, a UV torch, and a raspberry pi the power cost is marginal.
> Noooooo! What about the hecking dollar store gloves, alcohol and paper towels! When you add that in it's just as expensive as GW!
Honestly with all the presupported and plug and play printers today, beside the initial printer cost and whatever frick you do. It might be cheaper than trying to print a rulebook in paper and full colours today.
It's a hobby in and of itself. It takes time and if you don't have a dedicated workspace that'll be even more so. Worth doing, but definitely for the more enthusiast hobbiest.
There have been entire 3D printed armies in GW Grand Tournaments. Hell there have been several recasted armies in those too.
Outside of shills not even GW cares
1.Outside GW stores or events no one gives a single frick if your army is official, 3ed party, recast, or printed
2.Many units lack any kind of half decent print file, being stuck with files that are wildly off style or are simply crap. Very very few units have print files that are 1:1 to matches of the official model. Outside /maybe/ loyalist marines or HH you have no chance of passing off a printed army as official since the sculpts are simply obviously different.
If you want a printer, get it as a bits factory, not an army replacer.
Hey for a recast and 3D model can we have painted versions? Because unpainted it's kinda obvious.