Reply To: Open gaming mini license

[maledrakhParticipant 11996xp 0]

My 2 cents:

I am a self-professed whale when it comes to buying miniatures, and have a far too large collection of minis I will never get around to painting. I can’t seem to stop buying minis.

However; after I bought my resin 3D-printer and have successfully printed off a few dozen excellent minis on it, I have lost almost all interest in purchasing physical minis, be it in online shops or through kickstarters. The level of detail and general quality of the mini is really not that far from boutique resin, depending on the design of course. There are alot of really talented designers out there. (Also, it lowers the bar / intimidation levels for painting, as I can experiment more on “expensive” minis. If I screw up, I can always just print off another one.)

Instead all that expenditure has moved to .stl-based digital content kickstarters and patreons instead, my printer is happily printing away as I write this.

I have seen several other miniature enthusiasts already state similar views on other forums.

This means in practice that customer retention -especially the long standing big spenders-  has recently become significantly more difficult for the physical minis companies.