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@phaidknott unless those sculptors are already getting paid royalties for every sculpt for everyone that is manufactured I’d say nothing will change. Software industry is similar … the average grunt won’t see things change because they weren’t getting any royalties anyway.

The top tier talent has nothing to fear as people are going to want their products and they probably want to get them as close to the source as possible. Heck, all they need to do is find a way to provide something unique (maybe signed and hand cast from a 3D printed mold in unique/distinct materials?).

It’s kind of like the music industry. They simply need to produce more content and form a cult of personality if they want to stay relevant, because the barrier to entry is going to get lowered.

There’d be no way in heck to compete when your output is just a bunch of barrels or something else non-descript that has no real unique character of its own (like rank&file troops or vehicles).
There is a market for unique and distinct sculpts with character.

It all depends on wether or not the industry is going to be stupid like the industries who continue to try to force restrictions on sale and use of digital content. It may depend on what the consumer wants, but they rarely get to say anything as the masses vote for the cheapest product of the lowest quality and rarely care about who made it under what circumstances.