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[–] cybervseas@lemmy.world 32 points 2 weeks ago

Reminds me of when people share pictures of fast food ads versus the actual food you get served.

[–] 7355608@lemmy.world 22 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

As someone who has had to paint mini faces before, this isn't aweful, not great by any means but could have been much worse. They definitely need to thin their paints, probably use a smaller brush, and go slower. But in the person would painted this' defense, faces are so hard to do well, and even harder to fix if you fuck it up.

[–] RightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.world 24 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)
[–] 7355608@lemmy.world 21 points 2 weeks ago

"Or I shall thin your ranks"

[–] Blueberrydreamer@lemmynsfw.com 10 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

This has got to be machine printed right? They're no worse than Wizard's usual minis, but yeah they always suck. The biggest problem IMO is the sculpt, they look like they're made out of mud. I assume it has to do with the rubber they use. I don't know, I'm way too spoiled by printing my own to consider buying something that looks this bad.

[–] 7355608@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago

Their plastic/resin is garbage, and you're right that the sculpts are flawed, especially in the finder details. I bet if they tried this in metal it would have worked out better.

[–] glimse@lemmy.world 10 points 2 weeks ago

I think about half of them are pretty awful. And painting aside, I wouldn't have recognized Gale (guy with the beard) if not for the context

[–] Don_alForno@feddit.org 9 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Those are ok-ish for your own stuff if you don't care too much. If you want to sell a product you have to do better.

Also, paintjob aside, those mold lines are insulting.

[–] leaky_shower_thought@feddit.nl 18 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] Regrettable_incident@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Didn't realise the village had cashed in on that incredible fuckup, fair play.

[–] MarcomachtKuchen@feddit.org 10 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Honesty they are pretty average for prepainted miniatures. Painted miniatures at this scale is just not something that's easy to do or cheap.

[–] ghostlychonk@lemm.ee 9 points 2 weeks ago

The quality wouldn't have been an issue I'd imagine if the pre release images hasn't shown high quality minifigs. This is now typical WotC fuckery.

[–] ms_lane@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Which is surprising in this day and age.

Laser scanning is possible, 6-axis milling machines exist and on a subminiature scale.

Why is there no 6-axis painting machine? I understand there are 3D printers that can do this, but 3D printing costs more than just making a die (or reusing a similar die from another model) at a certain scale.

Money. 6-axis isn't cheap to run or maintain, especially at this scale with the desired precision. Add in the inherent issues of working with a variety of paint colors (especially aerosolized), subtract the ability to mask features from over spray. Their prices would have to make Warhammer look bargain bin in order to recoup the costs of the machine, maintenance and consumables.

[–] AlexisFR@jlai.lu 4 points 2 weeks ago

They don't care, same reason they still use casting and resin and don't move to 3D printing.

[–] MarcomachtKuchen@feddit.org 2 points 2 weeks ago

Archon Studios recently introduced a mayor new technology into the hobby with Prismcast. This "printer" basically paints curved 2,5 D surfaces which you glue together to make a fully 3D model. AFAIK there is no way to make this technology in 3D

[–] A_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

Painting them yourself is easier than ever though! Contrast paints and washes alone can accomplish amazing things. Trust me, if you've thought about trying, do it. You can absolutely do a better job than that in no time.

And everyone's hands shake, you work around it :)

[–] TallonMetroid@lemmy.world 9 points 2 weeks ago

Is that supposed to be Shart? Wow, they did her dirty, holy shit.

[–] ChickenAndRice@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Judero lookin' asses

(Judero is actually an amazing game and a work of art. Go play it, if you like the idea of a game made fully in clay + spare pieces laying around the creator's house)

[–] simple@lemm.ee 1 points 2 weeks ago

This is exactly what I was reminded of. It looks like a clay doll.

[–] SplashJackson@lemmy.ca 7 points 2 weeks ago

I know nothing about the miniatures space, but I heard that Wizards of the Coast put more effort into paying their lawyers than paying their artists

[–] BlameTheAntifa@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago

I’ve seen worse.

But I don’t mean that as a compliment.

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 4 points 2 weeks ago

Oh, these are like, an industrial product. I thought everyone was just shitting on something a fan sent in.

[–] orenj 2 points 2 weeks ago

I can't tell (and didn't read the article lol), is the first one supposed to be Shart, and the second one Withers?

[–] DaCrazyJamez@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

As an aside, how hard would it be to extract the games 3d assets and make my own STLs of the characters to print?

[–] catloaf@lemm.ee 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Someone has probably already done that.

But regular PLA printing doesn't work well at this scale, I've tried.

[–] DaCrazyJamez@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 weeks ago

Thats why I have a resin printer for my minis

[–] fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com 1 points 2 weeks ago

The featured picture looks horrible, the others look fine for pre-paints (to me).

[–] SoftestSapphic@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago
[–] gradual@lemmings.world -5 points 2 weeks ago

Downvoted for shitty headline

[–] catloaf@lemm.ee -5 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

The only one that actually looks bad is the one at the top of the article. The others look fine.

The one of the red woman (I haven't played the game so no idea who is who, edit: karlach, the tiefling) looks like it might be bad, but the pictures are also terrible so it's impossible to say.