Reply To: Open gaming mini license

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Professional 3D printer shops as the mainstay might be the outcome rather than home printing. There’s already something of a 3D printer shop cottage industry. If the quality, speed and cost combination were right i could imagine Games Workshop stores becoming 3D printer shops with employees trained in professional 3D printing, enabling a customer to order their (3D printed) miniatures online and either have them delivered or collect them from the store just as soon as they’ve been printed at that store on the same day.

One of the things that tempts me most about 3D printing is the possibility of designing miniatures myself. There is a middle ground here with the possibility of modification of miniature designs. I could imagine Games Workshop doing something along the lines of Hero Forge’s custom miniatures, giving customers the options of additional details and equipment, heroic or realistic (or even chibi) proportions, and even a range of scales.