I would like to welcome everyone to Custom Minis, and as a small gift Custom Shoulder Pad Designs will only be $12 for a short time. That's over 50% off the normal commission fee.

In addition to the shoulder pad design sale, one set of 10 shoulder pads will be raffled off for every 10 shoulder pad commissions during the duration of the sale. All you need to do to enter the raffle is complete a commission purchase for your Shoulder Pad design, follow the Custom Minis website, and provide your following user name in your commission form.

Winners of the raffle will receive 10 shoulder pads matching their custom commission design.

The sale and raffle entry is good until end of day Sunday, July 17th. To be eligible for the raffle your payment must be received by 11:59 pm on Sunday, July 17th. All shoulder pads must also meet the Terms and Conditions listed on the Custom Minis website. For any questions feel free to contact Custom Minis.

http://custom-minis.blogspot.com/2011/07/custom-shoulder-pad-sale-and-give-away.html

-Custom Minis

These are very nice I cant wait to get a set or 6.

is it possible to commission designs other than those featured already on the site? specifically, i am looking for ones with Cyrillic (Russian) letters, like и, я, п, й, etc.

I have asked the same thing on their site and it seems you can all you do is fill out a fourm and they will get back to you. I believe they can do other things like storm shields and etc. Hopefully they do!

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Chapterhouse wrote:
I call it fuzzyness, but the shapeways prints I have seen in the last month or so have had a very hard time with good edges (they are very soft) and its almost like its powdery (like a bad priming job maybe?). I think you can see what I mean in the actual photo the OP showed.

Could be a result of the process/material they use. I know Shapeways offers several options.

Don't a lot of the 3d printers essentially use a process where tiny 'beads' of material are melted together to make the design? I know a friend has a home-built 3d printer and the stuff he's printed looks kind of like the styrofoam that's expanded pellets, albeit very, very small pellets.

catharsix wrote:
is it possible to commission designs other than those featured already on the site? specifically, i am looking for ones with Cyrillic (Russian) letters, like и, я, п, й, etc.

Yes most definitely. I've already done a couple of custom pads for others, an example of which can be seen here. http://www.shapeways.com/model/276634/28mm_shoulder_pad_custom_sunburst_blood_moon.html?gid=ug

Russian letters would not be that hard to do either, feel free to contact me through the Custom Minis website and we can discuss what you would like further.

Lysenis wrote:
I have asked the same thing on their site and it seems you can all you do is fill out a fourm and they will get back to you. I believe they can do other things like storm shields and etc. Hopefully they do!

Storm Shields should not be an issue, I've shot a email back to you regarding your questions.

Chapterhouse wrote:
I would be interested in seeing an actual product detailed photo from this vendor, if so I may end up using shapeways finally.

I call it fuzzyness, but the shapeways prints I have seen in the last month or so have had a very hard time with good edges (they are very soft) and its almost like its powdery (like a bad priming job maybe?). I think you can see what I mean in the actual photo the OP showed.

I wish Shapeways was a good source for 3D print, as their prices are awesome compared to the 50-200$ we have to pay for our CAD designs to be printed up (and thats for a small shoulder pad or arm size piece), and we still have to clean and polish them up to remove the "stepping" or print lines.

The photos above are actual pictures of the product. I apologize for the lighting but it's the best I can do at the moment. Depending one what material you use, you will get that fuzziness, but they have recently released a polished material for models using the "fuzzy" material in which they polish it down to a smooth feel.

For the shoulder pads we use a completely different material, it lays out a thin layer of plastic material at either .2mm or .1mm (which is considerably small) and leaves little to no striations. On the shoulder pad tests I've done so far I've seen no striations, but depending on the size of model you are looking at getting printed with this material you could easily reach the $50-$200 mark.

As the commissioner of the pads in the above post I can say that my dealings with Custom Minis have been excellent. I don't yet have the pads in hand, but I'm happy to post pictures when I do.

Is there going to be any love for the terminators?

I've been waiting for GW to release pads like these for years. Well done!

Mad4Minis wrote:Is there going to be any love for the terminators?

Cough cough... Not sure what terminators are but I do have an experiment run of larger shoulder pads able to fit miniatures of a larger status So we'll just have to wait and see if the test run fits correctly.

Vladigar wrote:I've been waiting for GW to release pads like these for years. Well done!

Thanks!

I will email you a some pictures of terminators.

Lysenis wrote:I will email you a some pictures of terminators.

No need, I've got my own

can you do other items , custom guns or blades?

Custom Minis wrote:

Mad4Minis wrote:Is there going to be any love for the terminators?

Cough cough... Not sure what terminators are but I do have an experiment run of larger shoulder pads able to fit miniatures of a larger status So we'll just have to wait and see if the test run fits correctly.

Something similar to the "heresy" style but not quite as large would be cool.

Synthetik wrote:can you do other items , custom guns or blades?

Yes they can, here is a link to a custom Storm Shield I had designed.

It is rather cheap for the design fee and it is a one time fee as far as I have found.

The "mech dual gun" arms are sweet, I bet they'll be selling a few of those

These are real cool im gonna have to check it out.

Hi everyone, I just wanted to give an update of some of the work that's been done. Over the last two weeks I had a sale on Custom Shoulder pads and some of you guys took fool advantage of it. I'm quite pleased with the way they have turned out and have gotten some great feed back so far.

http://custom-minis.blogspot.com/2011/07/product-update-shoulder-pads.html

Custom Minis wrote:

Hi everyone, I just wanted to give an update of some of the work that's been done. Over the last two weeks I had a sale on Custom Shoulder pads and some of you guys took fool advantage of it. I'm quite pleased with the way they have turned out and have gotten some great feed back so far.

http://custom-minis.blogspot.com/2011/07/product-update-shoulder-pads.html

ZOMG...the jester skull ones...WANT WANT WANT!!!!!!

Very interesting....

Any pics on actual mini's?

Tose are actually pretty excellent, from the most recent pics. Everyone start designing your custom Chapters!!

Oh yes, if I can get both Terminator Shoulderpads and then Infantry (thus making a fluid looking shoulderpad image) count me in.

whitedragon wrote:Any pics on actual mini's?

As soon as mine arrive I'll take some photos.

Mad4Minis wrote:

Custom Minis wrote:

Hi everyone, I just wanted to give an update of some of the work that's been done. Over the last two weeks I had a sale on Custom Shoulder pads and some of you guys took fool advantage of it. I'm quite pleased with the way they have turned out and have gotten some great feed back so far.
http://custom-minis.blogspot.com/2011/07/product-update-shoulder-pads.html

ZOMG...the jester skull ones...WANT WANT WANT!!!!!!

So glad to see you are interested in starting a successor chapter......

Seriously though, if you like the 2D jester skull he did for me, there is another on his site in 3D that is amazing. That one is reserved for my officers...

I'll post pics when I get my order in.

The beautiful thing is that the more people that take apart of this the more interesting and amazing pieces of work that appear!

I would love to see some 'orky' shoulderpads for ork looty guys and deffskulls.

Wow, this looks like it has a lot of potential!

The stuff one could do ... custom banner poles ... custom weapons (unique army relic?) ... and apparently even custom heads? :3

Lots of people have shapeway stores for warhammer.

Like Chapterhouse was saying 3D printing often leaves a "stair step" effect, which needs to be manually fixed. Also its basically powder stuck togeather, so even after things you get rapid prototype'd are finished, they are not as strong as resin or plastic models.

The stairstep problem is mostly for rounded and curved surfaces on small objects. At a distance it looks sort of grainy sometimes.

That said, some people have made very nice models with 3d Printing, though most print a single master, which they then have a sculptor clean up and produce molds using the item. I believe this is how Spartan Games produces their new Dystopian Wars stuff.

Anywho, its a really cool technology, and while I don't know if shapeways has figured out a way to overcome the problems associated with it. And again if you cast stuff, rapid prototyping is great for getting you 90% of the way done with a model, and you just fix it up, smooth it out and cast a crap ton of copies.

Just my 2c on the subject.

Peoples 2c is always good to know.

Tabitha wrote:Lots of people have shapeway stores for warhammer.

Like Chapterhouse was saying 3D printing often leaves a "stair step" effect, which needs to be manually fixed. Also its basically powder stuck togeather, so even after things you get rapid prototype'd are finished, they are not as strong as resin or plastic models.

The stairstep problem is mostly for rounded and curved surfaces on small objects. At a distance it looks sort of grainy sometimes.

That said, some people have made very nice models with 3d Printing, though most print a single master, which they then have a sculptor clean up and produce molds using the item. I believe this is how Spartan Games produces their new Dystopian Wars stuff.

Anywho, its a really cool technology, and while I don't know if shapeways has figured out a way to overcome the problems associated with it. And again if you cast stuff, rapid prototyping is great for getting you 90% of the way done with a model, and you just fix it up, smooth it out and cast a crap ton of copies.

Just my 2c on the subject.

At .2mm the stair stepping is almost not noticeable and at .1mm of Ultra Detail material there is no stair stepping, but I've seen the effects before a couple years ago when I was doing tests, especially at .5mm and up.

Shapeways also now offers to polish models that use the powder like material, which is default for products using this material.

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I recently did a 3D shoulder pad for a customer, which should help his army stand out quite a bit. Enjoy!

http://custom-minis.blogspot.com/2011/07/product-update-3d-shoulder-pads.html

Tabitha wrote:

some people have made very nice models with 3d Printing, though most print a single master, which they then have a sculptor clean up and produce molds using the item. I believe this is how Spartan Games produces their new Dystopian Wars stuff.

Thats what DreamForge Games does as well. CAD render, 3d print, lots of sanding/smoothing, mold, cast.


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DarkJester wrote:[

So glad to see you are interested in starting a successor chapter......

Seriously though, if you like the 2D jester skull he did for me, there is another on his site in 3D that is amazing. That one is reserved for my officers...

I'll post pics when I get my order in.

I saw those too.

Successor chapter eh...Hmmmm...DA robed bodies, CSM berserker skull helmets, ideas are coming in...

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Chapterhouse wrote:

I know Mark at Dreamforge spent weeks if not months prepping his printed masters for molding and we do the same prep work as well.

I just finished assembling one of his Leviathan Crusader models. I can only imagine the amount of finish smoothing that went into the master. I give him major credit for an awesome kit. If I was much more wealthy Id buy another and send it to a professional for building and painting. In the right hands the Leviathan kits have potential for unrivaled magnificence.

I'm curious how those 3D Jester caps are going to look when fully printed. Anyone can design a shoulderpad in zBrush. However, the printing may be a problem with all those fragile extension outcroppings.

Also, not to feed your competitor Chapterhouse's concern, but we still haven't seen an actual photograph yet.

If it looks great, you have me as a customer.

http://i.materialise.com/

the above Has a high detail resin that seems to take care of much clean up work and shapeways has a transparent resin that cost more ( to the point you get one done and metal cast) but is decent if you are not a perfectionist -- Still has lines but with paint doesnt show unless you look close

These are a friends and not going into any sort of production by me - he sent these photos as an example of what shapeways can offer as I have been looking for a new material to cut down on clean up work -- There are currently many GW add on companies out there and some are doing it well for me to even attempt it. I remember when Green stuff became readily available to hobbyist -- it changed the industry overnight and now the availability of the 3d printer is doing the same --

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Chapterhouse wrote:I It is taking a bit longer then they advertise.. I ordered it on July 10th, they said it would ship by July 22nd, and it is still in "building" or "processing".

Sounds similar to rhe experience I had when ordering a certain hull extension kit from a particular online store....

For my rogue trooper statue I had the gun and helmet Viper SLA printed, which was the top technology then (2008). When I got the parts out I didn't think the stepping would show up but a coat of primer proved me wrong. Just recently me and Ed visited a company that has a Perfactory system which is the current top technology (GW has 2 in house to do their printing on). I had a real close look at their bits on display (this was in the machine room), while there was a noticeable difference between the finish now and then, there was still slight stepping visible in places. Ultimately it comes down to how much of a perfectionist you are or how good your eyes are.

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Mad4Minis wrote:

Tabitha wrote:

some people have made very nice models with 3d Printing, though most print a single master, which they then have a sculptor clean up and produce molds using the item. I believe this is how Spartan Games produces their new Dystopian Wars stuff.

Thats what DreamForge Games does as well. CAD render, 3d print, lots of sanding/smoothing, mold, cast.


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DarkJester wrote:[

So glad to see you are interested in starting a successor chapter......

Seriously though, if you like the 2D jester skull he did for me, there is another on his site in 3D that is amazing. That one is reserved for my officers...

I'll post pics when I get my order in.

I saw those too.

Successor chapter eh...Hmmmm...DA robed bodies, CSM berserker skull helmets, ideas are coming in...

Keep the ideas coming Lots of fun stuff coming out of that head.

Absolutionis wrote:I'm curious how those 3D Jester caps are going to look when fully printed. Anyone can design a shoulderpad in zBrush. However, the printing may be a problem with all those fragile extension outcroppings.

Also, not to feed your competitor Chapterhouse's concern, but we still haven't seen an actual photograph yet.

If it looks great, you have me as a customer.

No worries, I completely understand. Page 1 has photos of the first round of shoulder pads that were printed up. The white material is at .2mm and has a very very slight stepping, while the clear yellow material has a detail level of .1mm and barely any stepping noticeable. Both are definantly not noticeable for table top viewing while Golden Daemon painters might not think it's perfect, but then GW and FW (and others) isn't perfect either

As soon as I get the new set of pads in I'll have some pictures taken, and then have them painted up and take some pictures. I'm hoping to find a better lighting setup to help take better photos, but white and clear materials are pretty hard to capture clearly.

Hekal Xul wrote:

Chapterhouse wrote:I It is taking a bit longer then they advertise.. I ordered it on July 10th, they said it would ship by July 22nd, and it is still in "building" or "processing".

Sounds similar to rhe experience I had when ordering a certain hull extension kit from a particular online store....

That happens to the best of us, I heard Privateer Press was a couple months behind on there goods and halted new production to do the back flow. Then the GW metal to resin sure did put some things behind on stuff I ordered.

From discussions I've had with Shapeways recently, they had a very large surge in demand recently, and have purchased more machines and changed their pricing structure to meet demand so hopefully that will help things out.

Hello everyone,

I recently got an order in so I took some pictures to show off the level of detail reached. Enjoy.

 

 

hey man throw some black wash on the parts and take pictures again!

The pads look excellent. Is that pitting on the inset part or just a trick of the translucent material.

The mini is impressive, but a bit hit and miss in terms of texture.

Have to agree on the mini. Looks a bit grainy in parts. Maybe a black wash on those and the shoulder pads will help some of the details stand out.

Custom Minis wrote:Hello everyone,

I recently got an order in so I took some pictures to show off the level of detail reached. Enjoy.

 

 

Nice, those are Shapeways stuff? how durable does it seem? I was looking at a set of minis on their website similar to Terran marines, but am bit concerned about the "flexible" part of the material description. I dont want something soft like the green toy army men.

These look good to me... They can't be worse than the 40 metal ultramarine pads I got from GW. Between miscasts, rounding on metal detail, and tags needing to be cleaned, I only got about 30 usable pads out of the 40.

While I just finished up my 45 lootas with these pads, I would have loved to have gotten orky pads like this. I think they show promise.

I'm dying to see these primed.

Nice shoulder pads. I'm glad someone can take up the slack when certain parent companies are too busy to give us what we want. I'm curious on pricing, for shoulderpads now. How much would it be for 10, 20, 50, or 100 pieces of the same shoulder. If it varies by design, then quote for something easy like a tactical or assault arrow design. Ballpark estimates, I realize nothing is set in stone.

pics with paint would be most awesome.

Just waiting for mine, ups said they were shipped yesterday but I think are now held up in customs. :(

Prices are normally set in stone for the Ultra Quality for 20 you pay $7 less than a SM tactical squad.

Shileds are the same $3 for 1 and $40 for 10 but the 10 is Ultra quality.

The normal wreath, squad marking pads are $1.25 each. waiting for him to make sets of 20. . . .

He is a great worker. he gets stuff done quickly and he is very professionsal. He will soon have dual arm claws and fists, as well as left and right bionics the arms will be posable.

Commisions are cheapish but worth it because once they are commisioned everyone can order them and you will get them for that price for life.

Lysenis wrote: He will soon have dual arm claws and fists,

As in power fists? For power armor or terminators or both?

Id love to have some right hand power fists for terminator armor.

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the fists and claws are for normal marines but I can likely see someone commisiong him for right handed power fists.

hey Guys,

Got a new set of stuff in yesterday, just wanted to share some of it with you guys.

The first 3D pad, a 3D Jester Skull, and the first Character done, a Female Character carrying a sword.

I'll be painting some stuff up over the weekend to show some of the other things done, and provide some better pictures other then the clear material.

Enjoy!
Custom Minis Website

I recently received a new shipment of shoulder pads from Shapeways and have had the chance to paint them up.  Enjoy!


 

 

Those look really good!

So these are straight from Shapeways and painted up? No sanding or anything?

Not perfect, but good enough. You can expect a commission from me in a few months when my finances stabilize.

whitedragon wrote:Those look really good!

Thanks

lord_blackfang wrote:So these are straight from Shapeways and painted up? No sanding or anything?

Not perfect, but good enough. You can expect a commission from me in a few months when my finances stabilize.

Yup straight up shapeways with Rust-oleum primer from Home Depot, some GW paints, and what painting skill I have. (Mostly being able to stay in the lines, mostly)

Look forward from hearing from you though!

Yeah those are seriously nice

you really should prime or devian mud the samples when you get them because im sure the semi transparent pics that you cant see anything in turn some people off

These look great, I can't wait to see more out of them.

hmm, i'll defiantly be buying the skull with the halo simply cus it's the preheresy death guard symbol

Custom Minis wrote:I recently received a new shipment of shoulder pads from Shapeways and have had the chance to paint them up.  Enjoy!

 

My comission is the Bird and Moon pad. Cant wait to get my order. . .

Grundz wrote:Yeah those are seriously nice

you really should prime or devian mud the samples when you get them because im sure the semi transparent pics that you cant see anything in turn some people off

I agree, a brown or black wash would really help assess them.

These look terrific!

If he does not when i get my set in I will prime them black and post what I think along with pics

Ouze wrote:These look terrific!

Agreed. There are a few things on the Shapeways site Ive been eyeballing, but have been hesitant to buy. After seeing these Im gonna go ahead and place an order as soon as possible.

Lysenis wrote:If he does not when i get my set in I will prime them black and post what I think along with pics

a wash first would help us determine how smooth the surface is most easily.

I will do a shield and a pad in both badab black and devlen mud. That should work right? I have a number of other washes or could just make my own. . . I will post pics of both the effects from primer and washes.

Got the pads and shields in. Will have them tooled up and ready to go by tomorrow about 2000 PST

Orinoco wrote:

Lysenis wrote:If he does not when i get my set in I will prime them black and post what I think along with pics

a wash first would help us determine how smooth the surface is most easily.

For some reason I've not had much luck with the washes on the clear plastics, maybe because it doesn't define the shadows well enough.

Lysenis wrote:Got the pads and shields in. Will have them tooled up and ready to go by tomorrow about 2000 PST

Looking forward to it.

Could not find my badab black and there was a mix up on the shoulder pads I ordered so I am only using my shield for a wash example. This is 1 thick wash coat.

Cool idea! I wish you success in your venture.

In those shields, there's a noticeable rough texture indicative of additive-process "3D Printers".

Absolutionis wrote:In those shields, there's a noticeable rough texture indicative of additive-process "3D Printers".

is that texture as noticable with paint on it? Maybe a thicker base coat

No, no, no. I have no first-hand experience in the matter. I'm simply looking at Lysenis's images.

The raised areas look to have a texture across the length of the shield, and even the recessed areas do to a lesser degree.

There is a line like texture to the shields. I have painted one of these just yet so I will post pictures when I do. As a heads up these are extremely easy to file at least the out side raised areas. . .

So, if I wanted to commission some shoulder pads with an eagle head on them, can you give me a rough idea of cost?
Basically, the whole pad would be a 3-d eagle head with the raised "band" around the edge of the shield.
I'd be ordering 100 or more.

Note... this is not an order. Just an inquiry. I've got 2 or 3 projects to save for before this would be on my radar. I'm just getting an idea of cost so I know if this is something I can fit into that schedule, or if it would need to be something with it's own "slot" at the end of my current schedule.

Thanks.

Eric

MagickalMemories wrote:So, if I wanted to commission some shoulder pads with an eagle head on them, can you give me a rough idea of cost?
Basically, the whole pad would be a 3-d eagle head with the raised "band" around the edge of the shield.
I'd be ordering 100 or more.

Note... this is not an order. Just an inquiry. I've got 2 or 3 projects to save for before this would be on my radar. I'm just getting an idea of cost so I know if this is something I can fit into that schedule, or if it would need to be something with it's own "slot" at the end of my current schedule.

Thanks.

Eric

It's roughly $25 for a commission to create the design, and then whatever shapeways sells them for (which should be the same as other pads really)

So, by looking at your site that's.... $2 a pad?

Eric

For 3-d pads it 45-50$ for the commission. And pads would and can be sold in sets (ask) and it will generally cost roughly 2$ a pad easy.

So, for 100 pads with generally the same level of detail as your jester, around $225 would be expected, then?

Thanks for taking the time to respond to all these queries.

Eric

No you get 20 for 30$ so with commission if normal than 175 for 3d its 200$

Nice Easter decoration

MagickalMemories wrote:So, for 100 pads with generally the same level of detail as your jester, around $225 would be expected, then?

Thanks for taking the time to respond to all these queries.

Eric

Hey Magicka,

The commission fee for a 3D eagle head would be $50

They are then uploaded to Shapeways where you can purchase them choosing 2 different material types.

The first material type is white detail, and has a level of detail down to .2mm - for 3D shoulder pads these would be $1.75 each.
Example - http://www.shapeways.com/model/297670/28mm_custom_shoulder_pad_3d_jester_skull_spikes.html?gid=sg74430

The second material is the Ultra Fine detail, it has a level of detail down to .1mm - I have to bundle these because they have a startup cost of $5, so I usually bundle them in 20, to round the cost per pad down, which at 20 models is 25 cents a model, bringing us to $40 for 20 pads, or $2 a pad.
Example - http://www.shapeways.com/model/297669/20_28mm_custom_shoulder_pad_3d_jester_skull.html?gid=sg74430

I hope that clears thing up, and sorry I could not respond earlier.

Lysenis wrote:No you get 20 for 30$ so with commission if normal than 175 for 3d its 200$

That's for the 2D relief pads, they're cheaper because they use less material.

Kroothawk wrote:

Nice Easter decoration

You're welcome hehe... I do get bored of painting the same color again and again and again

Hello Everyone,

I would just like to share with you some changes that are coming up.

http://custom-minis.blogspot.com/2011/09/shapeways-updating-pricing-structure.html

Thanks!

I apologize that these took so long to get done but I have not really moved forward with my plan for this.

Well here it is, my Custom Mini's Storm Shield painted.

Hi Everyone, I've had quite a few questions recently about custom shoulder pads, how to get them, pricing, and all those fun things. I've done a write up to help explain how it works, so you can have more information.

http://custom-minis.blogspot.com/2011/10/custom-shoulder-pads-for-table-top.html

Thanks!

Very nice work sir! I may be contacting you about some pads in the future, maybe some Rhino parts also!

I'd love to see some primed/washed (not painted) shoulderpads with the finer material.

Once the tech is up to scratch, I'll be sorting out a couple of designs and a pile of pads.


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Not sure if you take suggestions on things that would sell or just do customs exclusively - but I think a Judge Dredd-style eagle shoulderpad - but perhaps with the common historical slant - of the double-headed eagle!

I'd consider commissioning it, but the truth is I'd rather not wear the cost to commission something that I feel will then sell in large quantities afterwards to others.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double-headed_eagle - The golden russian one on the right if you scroll down - cant post a link since the URL is in Cyrillic letters.

Commander Cain wrote:Very nice work sir! I may be contacting you about some pads in the future, maybe some Rhino parts also!

Thanks! Rhino parts should not be an issue as I recently got back some test doors and they fit great!

scipio.au wrote:I'd love to see some primed/washed (not painted) shoulderpads with the finer material.

Once the tech is up to scratch, I'll be sorting out a couple of designs and a pile of pads.


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Not sure if you take suggestions on things that would sell or just do customs exclusively - but I think a Judge Dredd-style eagle shoulderpad - but perhaps with the common historical slant - of the double-headed eagle!

I'd consider commissioning it, but the truth is I'd rather not wear the cost to commission something that I feel will then sell in large quantities afterwards to others.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double-headed_eagle - The golden russian one on the right if you scroll down - cant post a link since the URL is in Cyrillic letters.

I'll see what I can do about some primed pads, washes don't do super well with this material unfortunately.

As for suggestions, I'm always open to suggestions, but they do fall to the end of the list and as of right now I unfortunately only have time to work on paid Commissions as I wrap up my Bachelor's degree

But next year you can expect to see a lot more non-commissioned designs flowing out. I've got quite a few ideas I've been sitting on over the last semester and have been really been wanting to work on them.

Thanks for the feedback as always

I need Harald Deathwolf shoulder pads for my Space Wolves chapter.
I had a brief look at the site and don't know what to do next ...

Pm him or email him. Will cost $25ish depending on the sale and week.

Homenutt wrote:I need Harald Deathwolf shoulder pads for my Space Wolves chapter.
I had a brief look at the site and don't know what to do next ...

Hi there Homenutt, sorry I'm just getting to your message. I should start checking Dakka everyday.

The easiest way to start talking commissions is to visit my website, http://custom-minis.blogspot.com/p/commissions.html and fill out the commission form. We can then talk more about the design and what you're looking for.



Also, just a heads up to everyone else, I just started a Facebook page that should have updates on work and products. Check it out, https://www.facebook.com/pages/Custom-Minis/194670827279457

Thanks!
-Mike

I'll think about getting some stuff some time

@newbie nate

Not sure if you're on this forum, but I got your emails, and replied again... I'm not sure if the emails are getting blocked by your spam filter. Feel free to PM me.

shrike wrote:I'll think about getting some stuff some time

Well I'll think about doing some stuff for you hehe

maybe after I get mass effect 3

Seems like this would be a perfect way to make some true scale space marine shoulder pads. From what I have seen so far most people take the Terminator shoulder pad and add the raised border with plasticard.

Would love to get some plain old shoulder pads, but in terminator dimensions!

shrike wrote:
maybe after I get mass effect 3

Well, um... In that case maybe I'll get around to after I finish Skyrim hehe.

d-usa wrote:Seems like this would be a perfect way to make some true scale space marine shoulder pads. From what I have seen so far most people take the Terminator shoulder pad and add the raised border with plasticard.

Would love to get some plain old shoulder pads, but in terminator dimensions!

Well d-usa, looks like you're in luck. I just recently created some Heroic/TrueScale templates, so here's the links to them.

http://shpws.me/3sF1
http://shpws.me/3sEX

Enjoy!

Custom Minis wrote:

shrike wrote:
maybe after I get mass effect 3

Well, um... In that case maybe I'll get around to after I finish Skyrim hehe.

Custom Minis wrote:

shrike wrote:
maybe after I get mass effect 3

Well, um... In that case maybe I'll get around to after I finish Skyrim hehe.

d-usa wrote:Seems like this would be a perfect way to make some true scale space marine shoulder pads. From what I have seen so far most people take the Terminator shoulder pad and add the raised border with plasticard.

Would love to get some plain old shoulder pads, but in terminator dimensions!

Well d-usa, looks like you're in luck. I just recently created some Heroic/TrueScale templates, so here's the links to them.

http://shpws.me/3sF1
http://shpws.me/3sEX

Enjoy!

Great, I know where I am getting my pads from next month!

I see you got some terminator-sized pads up. Very awesome. I'll probably get you to do a set for me in the next few months in the winged-hammer-blood design I had you do earlier.

Out of curiosity, can you do a 3D icon like what you did for my winged hammer shoulder pads, but not on a shoulder pad? Something with a concave back that could be glued onto a shoulder pad? I have a pile of metal minis that can't have their pads replaced. If you could make such an item, I'd be completely set! Also, I could use it on scouts, Dreanoughts, drop pods, land speeders, and the like.

just to get an idea of price, how much would you charge for a load of raven guard shoulder pads? (say, 50)

ruyn wrote:I see you got some terminator-sized pads up. Very awesome. I'll probably get you to do a set for me in the next few months in the winged-hammer-blood design I had you do earlier.

Out of curiosity, can you do a 3D icon like what you did for my winged hammer shoulder pads, but not on a shoulder pad? Something with a concave back that could be glued onto a shoulder pad? I have a pile of metal minis that can't have their pads replaced. If you could make such an item, I'd be completely set! Also, I could use it on scouts, Dreanoughts, drop pods, land speeders, and the like.

Hey there Ruyn,

A concave symbol should be possible. I'll have to check dimensions as all of the materials have a minimum thickness necessary to printing, we'd probably have to use Frosted Ultra Detail which requires a .3mm thickness, and I generally try to double their minimums to be on the safe side.

Another thing that would be difficult would be getting the exact deformation of the icons to fit the pads. I would probably have to go off the pads templates I have now, and that should put them fairly close to the metal ones you have. If you're still interested just send me an email through the commission form.

shrike wrote:just to get an idea of price, how much would you charge for a load of raven guard shoulder pads? (say, 50)

Hey Shrike,

For the shoulder pad process take a look at this post on my website, http://custom-minis.blogspot.com/2011/10/custom-shoulder-pads-for-table-top.html

But in general, a 2D pad costs $25 to commission, and then $1.25 - $1.50 a pad depending on which material you order.

So you'd be looking at $62.50 - $75 for the pads, and $25 for the commission costs.

Thanks
Mike

Custom Minis wrote:

shrike wrote:just to get an idea of price, how much would you charge for a load of raven guard shoulder pads? (say, 50)

Hey Shrike,

For the shoulder pad process take a look at this post on my website, http://custom-minis.blogspot.com/2011/10/custom-shoulder-pads-for-table-top.html

But in general, a 2D pad costs $25 to commission, and then $1.25 - $1.50 a pad depending on which material you order.

So you'd be looking at $62.50 - $75 for the pads, and $25 for the commission costs.

Thanks
Mike

ah, sounds good.
Getting guard stuff for the moment, but when I swing back to my beloved raven guard, I know where I'll go
Do you also sell IG-sized shoulder pads? (too lazy to look through the website)

shrike wrote:

Custom Minis wrote:

shrike wrote:just to get an idea of price, how much would you charge for a load of raven guard shoulder pads? (say, 50)

Hey Shrike,

For the shoulder pad process take a look at this post on my website, http://custom-minis.blogspot.com/2011/10/custom-shoulder-pads-for-table-top.html

But in general, a 2D pad costs $25 to commission, and then $1.25 - $1.50 a pad depending on which material you order.

So you'd be looking at $62.50 - $75 for the pads, and $25 for the commission costs.

Thanks
Mike

ah, sounds good.
Getting guard stuff for the moment, but when I swing back to my beloved raven guard, I know where I'll go
Do you also sell IG-sized shoulder pads? (too lazy to look through the website)

I could use some Raven Guard pads as well, I got the transfer sheet from Forge World, but that might work as well. Let me know if you get a quote and I might be interested in going 50/50 with you on the commission cost. If that is alright with our shoulder pad friend and you of course.

d-usa wrote:I could use some Raven Guard pads as well, I got the transfer sheet from Forge World, but that might work as well. Let me know if you get a quote and I might be interested in going 50/50 with you on the commission cost. If that is alright with our shoulder pad friend and you of course.

I'm okay with it, but I'm not guaranteeing that I'll get them soon.

shrike wrote:

Custom Minis wrote:

shrike wrote:just to get an idea of price, how much would you charge for a load of raven guard shoulder pads? (say, 50)

Hey Shrike,

For the shoulder pad process take a look at this post on my website, http://custom-minis.blogspot.com/2011/10/custom-shoulder-pads-for-table-top.html

But in general, a 2D pad costs $25 to commission, and then $1.25 - $1.50 a pad depending on which material you order.

So you'd be looking at $62.50 - $75 for the pads, and $25 for the commission costs.

Thanks
Mike

ah, sounds good.
Getting guard stuff for the moment, but when I swing back to my beloved raven guard, I know where I'll go
Do you also sell IG-sized shoulder pads? (too lazy to look through the website)

IG Pads? I don't have any at the moment, doesn't mean it's not possible for the future

d-usa wrote:

shrike wrote:

Custom Minis wrote:

shrike wrote:just to get an idea of price, how much would you charge for a load of raven guard shoulder pads? (say, 50)

Hey Shrike,

For the shoulder pad process take a look at this post on my website, http://custom-minis.blogspot.com/2011/10/custom-shoulder-pads-for-table-top.html

But in general, a 2D pad costs $25 to commission, and then $1.25 - $1.50 a pad depending on which material you order.

So you'd be looking at $62.50 - $75 for the pads, and $25 for the commission costs.

Thanks
Mike

ah, sounds good.
Getting guard stuff for the moment, but when I swing back to my beloved raven guard, I know where I'll go
Do you also sell IG-sized shoulder pads? (too lazy to look through the website)

I could use some Raven Guard pads as well, I got the transfer sheet from Forge World, but that might work as well. Let me know if you get a quote and I might be interested in going 50/50 with you on the commission cost. If that is alright with our shoulder pad friend and you of course.

No idea what a raven guard is, but a black bird looking one way with wings out stretched shoulder pad is possible. And I'm ok with with splitting commissions between people. It would basically be 12.50 each, an then you could each but the pads individually from shapeways.

Damn.. I just did an entire renegade company of 110 models. I could have used your services..

Custom Minis wrote:IG Pads? I don't have any at the moment, doesn't mean it's not possible for the future

I don't think it'd sell as well, but it'd be good to have for commanders, specialist units, ect, plus there's always the possibility that someone buys a load for thier army (a lot more models than a space marine army)

Kirasu wrote:Damn.. I just did an entire renegade company of 110 models. I could have used your services..

That sure is a shame for both of us then, just remember for the next army

shrike wrote:

Custom Minis wrote:IG Pads? I don't have any at the moment, doesn't mean it's not possible for the future

I don't think it'd sell as well, but it'd be good to have for commanders, specialist units, ect, plus there's always the possibility that someone buys a load for thier army (a lot more models than a space marine army)

It's true, not sure how the pads would work for IG though.

Any thoughts about branching out into Fantasy as well? Seems like there could be a good market for custom shields.

d-usa wrote:Any thoughts about branching out into Fantasy as well? Seems like there could be a good market for custom shields.

I've done a couple fantasy things in the past, including some shields

Custom Minis wrote:It's true, not sure how the pads would work for IG though.

You could simply make a mould for it and treat is as a special commission when someone asks for a set done- it'd be partly because of the fact that only a few IG models come with seperate shoulder pads and partly because they won't sell as well as others, but in this sense they could work (though it depends how you make them and if it's that simple)

Stress Test Heat Comparison between Custom Minis, GW Plastic and Forge World

http://youtu.be/x4BhBM4m23I

That poor Marine...

shrike wrote:

Custom Minis wrote:It's true, not sure how the pads would work for IG though.

Spoiler:

You could simply make a mould for it and treat is as a special commission when someone asks for a set done- it'd be partly because of the fact that only a few IG models come with seperate shoulder pads and partly because they won't sell as well as others, but in this sense they could work (though it depends how you make them and if it's that simple)

Well, I'll have to look into it, I've not run across any loose IG Pads yet, but it should be doable.

H.B.M.C. wrote:That poor Marine...

yeah... there went my shoulder pad prop

Any description of the video for the work-blocked?

Those are some tough minis you make! Sure beats that puddle of a marine...

Nevermind, I'm getting a good idea of the results of the video from these comments, anyway

http://custom-minis.blogspot.com/2011/12/custom-shoulder-pad-sale-through.html

Hey everyone, as I'm wrapping up a great Holiday I would like to give a small gift to everyone. For the next two weeks 2D Custom Shoulder Pad Designs will be only $12. That's over 50% off the normal commission fee.

In addition to the shoulder pad design sale, one set of 10 shoulder pads will be raffled off for every 10 shoulder pad commissions during the duration of the sale. All you need to do to enter the raffle is complete a commission purchase for your Shoulder Pad design, follow the Custom Minis website, and provide your following user name in your commission form. Also be sure to like Custom Minis on Facebook, as we will be providing more news and updates there as well, https://www.facebook.com/3dCustomMinis.

Winners of the raffle will receive 10 shoulder pads matching their custom commission design.

The sale and raffle entry is good until end of day Sunday, January 8th 2012. To be eligible for the raffle your payment must be received by 11:59 pm on Sunday, January 8th. All shoulder pads must also meet the Terms and Conditions listed on the Custom Minis website. For any questions feel free to contact Custom Minis.

Yea i need to pick up more shields and a ton of pads. . .

Lysenis wrote:Yea i need to pick up more shields and a ton of pads. . .

Sounds good, just let me know what you want

Do you guys do custom pads that would fit a certain heavily armored fellow that is normally on a 40mm stand?

Hulksmash wrote:Do you guys do custom pads that would fit a certain heavily armored fellow that is normally on a 40mm stand?

You mean something about this shape and size, http://shpws.me/3D1C Then yes we do

You need to remove those ellipses from that link for it to work

Ouze wrote:You need to remove those ellipses from that link for it to work

woops... fixed

Will you be adding rhino style doors or icons that could fit them in the future?

if someone commisions then then he likely will

Crimson Devil wrote:Will you be adding rhino style doors or icons that could fit them in the future?

I've already created a rhino template that I've used for some personal projects, so if there is a design you want on it, it won't be that hard to create.

Thanks
Mike

How much would Rhino Doors, top, and back door cost? What about the what about rhino indent pars (the parts before the lights ad such)

Just missed the sale it seems. I am trying to figure out how to get 3 or 4 different squad designations for the right shoulder pad. Just trying to figure out if I would want to go with 3D printed pads, or find somebody that does custom transfers.

2d pads would be best for the basic marines and I love 3d pads for my Vets and Up

Lysenis wrote:How much would Rhino Doors, top, and back door cost? What about the what about rhino indent pars (the parts before the lights ad such)

As usual, you'd be looking at $25 a design, but I will usually group things together if you want a bunch of pieces done I already have templates for.

What part are you talking about for the indent?

d-usa wrote:Just missed the sale it seems. I am trying to figure out how to get 3 or 4 different squad designations for the right shoulder pad. Just trying to figure out if I would want to go with 3D printed pads, or find somebody that does custom transfers.

Fill out the commission form, and we can work something out

http://custom-minis.blogspot.com/p/commissions.html

thanks

Its the area on the sides of the rhino that pushed towards the middle of the tank. Don't make, e take a pic and draw on it ;9

Lysenis wrote:Its the area on the sides of the rhino that pushed towards the middle of the tank. Don't make, e take a pic and draw on it ;9

I think I know what you're talking about, shoot me an email and we can talk more.

Thanks