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Post by Quendil on Jun 22, 2021 8:16:13 GMT
From the owner
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Post by Quendil on Jun 22, 2021 8:17:14 GMT
I have said I am not interested in printed or printing files for the models. I would only really want to back cast miniatures
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Post by David N.Tanner 07011959 on Jun 22, 2021 13:24:11 GMT
ugh, I'd rather see them in metal or injection molding. I love 3d printing for some things but 15mm figures is not one of them.
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Post by jmccarroll on Jun 22, 2021 22:38:02 GMT
I believe 3D printing for the large models will be expensive.
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Post by Quendil on Jun 23, 2021 7:06:51 GMT
It seems from Facebook they are pondering using 3D printing to manufacture the products and running a kickstarter. It does seem we are still no way near seeing a 2nd edition yet which is disappointing but on the other hand I don't have any hobby space and probably won't till next year.
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Post by slave2gaming on Jun 24, 2021 19:32:23 GMT
I have to agree, I want plastic or metal figures.
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Post by jmccarroll on Jun 24, 2021 22:11:43 GMT
The 3D printing samples they showed a year or so ago of Germans, were not exciting.
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Post by boxholder on Jun 25, 2021 13:21:02 GMT
3D printing is not really good for volume production. It is slow and expensive.
This makes it better suited to producing "master models" to use for making the molds needed for mass production --Or possibly "one off" specialty items.
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Post by xaxiuscolnier on Jun 26, 2021 21:01:10 GMT
3d printing might be viable for something big like the bodies of the landships, MKIV, and MKV tanks because you can have most of it hollow with internal structural reinforcement and you theoretically wont need to make that many, but for just about everything else it likely wouldnt be worth the loss of quality. the few 3d printing options that are of high enough quality that i am aware of are either too slow or expensive for mass production.
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Post by enakan on Jul 6, 2021 13:34:07 GMT
I am a big fan of cast figures, probably dates to back when I started collecting figures in the 70's. I've had plastic figures also, got my first Airfix 20mm figs for usage in Napoleonic and ACW. When I got my first resin figures back in the early 2000's, I was not impressed about how fragile that material is.
I can understand running a business and would like to have AQMF survive into the future.
So personally, I favor cast figures, metal or plastic. I do not support any resin crapola.
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