Possible new manufactured miniatures idea.

Rick's picture
Rick
April 20, 2010 - 5:43pm
Has anyone come across this company before: www.shapeways.com

Looks like they will take a 3D image that you create with their software and make a metal or plastic model of it for you.

Was wondering if there was a market here for redesigned Star Frontiers ships. Maybe do a series of standard ship models that we could order?

"But, Sir," the bosun said, regretting the words even before they left his mouth, "we don't have any thumbscrews."

"That, Bosun," the XO replied in a low, mad whisper, "is why they give us machine shops!"

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Rum Rogue
April 20, 2010 - 6:18pm
interesting idea.  
Good catch.
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jedion357
April 20, 2010 - 7:08pm
there are already a bunch of ship designs up loaded to that site
 hard to tell if they are a good buy for the price but I did notice that some of the D&D style miniatures that were comparable in size to what you'd expect from Reaper were about what you'd pay for a Reaper miniature so this seems like a good idea to explore.
I might not be a dralasite, vrusk or yazirian but I do play one in Star Frontiers!

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Rick
April 21, 2010 - 5:41am
Looking around on various forums, it looks as though there are a few other companies offering a similiar service. Some are more expensive, but offer finer detail, so I think they're reasonably priced. One forum mentioned that shapeways are good for detail on ships and 28mm figures, they can go down to about 0.7mm thickness on a model, which I think would be good enough for what we would want.

"But, Sir," the bosun said, regretting the words even before they left his mouth, "we don't have any thumbscrews."

"That, Bosun," the XO replied in a low, mad whisper, "is why they give us machine shops!"


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umungus
April 22, 2010 - 6:59am

The surface of the figures is rough. Look at the up close pics. That is my only complaint about that type of figs.

At least I got to scare an alien rabbit thingy......