• mctoasterson@reddthat.com
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    11 hours ago

    I dunno if there is a subculture of printing the models at home. I would think resin printers would have more than enough resolution to make good miniatures. Is that frowned upon? There is no reason to buy overpriced licensed shit.

    • UniversalBasicJustice@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      4 hours ago

      Can confirm, buddy with a resin printer is slowly hooking me up with an Adeptus Mechanicus army and he prints shit for his friends too. Recasts are likely in-between price-wise but pretty solid quality.

    • domdanial@reddthat.com
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      8 hours ago

      Oh there is absolutely a group that prints their own, and before that there were re-molds that were made based on the real ones.

      From what I understand, (friends play) they aren’t allowed in “official” sponsored matches, so if you really want to compete big you have to have real armies. But also they have printed one of those $800 models because most people don’t have the cash to throw at stuff like that.

      So I’m sure there are some diehard people that only think official models should be used but it doesn’t seem common.