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Favorite Patreons or other direct to artist sources? @ 2020/09/22 13:52:29


Post by: Kid_Kyoto


So what good places have people found for subscribing to an artist?

I subscribed to Monsterous Encounters for a while for their various Space Police sculpts.



https://www.patreon.com/monstrousencounters

Bob Naismith's has also tempted me.



https://www.patreon.com/user?u=31502359


Favorite Patreons or other direct to artist sources? @ 2020/09/22 14:35:06


Post by: Ketara


Well, the obvious one for 40K is The Makers Cult:-

https://www.patreon.com/themakerscult

They've done so much stuff for so many factions, it's unreal. The next one I subscribe to is TheEvilOne:-

https://www.patreon.com/ThatEvilOne/

The last obvious one would be Anvil's Digital Forge:-

https://www.patreon.com/anvildigitalforge

Digital Forge is much less bang for my buck compared to the first two I feel, but there still might be something of interest to people.


Favorite Patreons or other direct to artist sources? @ 2020/09/22 17:43:46


Post by: Paradigm


For fantasy (especially of the dark or cosmic horror flavour) I love the work of Comet Lord Miniatures. Store or Patreon, superb quality and aesthetic and the vast majority of their minis give you a bunch of pose/gear options for a single purchase (some of the character minis have 20-odd variants for about £3). It's pretty clearly tailored for resin printing, but I've had some success with some of them in FDM.
https://www.cometlordminiatures.ca/


Currently subscribed to The Printing Goes Ever On, who have just started working through the LotR trilogy with monthly themed releases and a style more based on pre-movie art than the films, so nice and different to GW's offerings.
https://www.theprintinggoeseveron.com/


Favorite Patreons or other direct to artist sources? @ 2020/09/22 19:15:54


Post by: highlord tamburlaine


For 40k? Makers Cult, without a doubt. Models made by and for modelers. Everything is modular and compatible across the various armies they've made so far. Some are obvious 40k equivalents but all are created with their own style and flair, which I vastly prefer if we're going to have people make proxy models rather than wholesale ripoffs.
They're a bit pricier but you tend to get entire units with multiple poses that like I said, are pretty compatible across their ranges, and it's also 3 sculptors with a guest rotating material each month.

September has not Krieg infantry guys and some swanky heavy infantry.

https://www.patreon.com/themakerscult


Favorite Patreons or other direct to artist sources? @ 2020/09/23 11:42:00


Post by: Kid_Kyoto


It may be obvious but Heroforge deserves a mention too. It's a make your own character site and while the printing is expensive STLs are $8, $4 during a sale.






Favorite Patreons or other direct to artist sources? @ 2020/09/23 12:07:41


Post by: RiTides


I signed up for Anvil's for a bit although I think I prefer to directly buy certain .stl's rather than subscribe to a series. They make really cool stuff, though!!


Favorite Patreons or other direct to artist sources? @ 2020/09/23 15:29:59


Post by: Ketara


I just found another one of 40K utility, namely 'Cyber-Forge' by Titanforge.

https://www.patreon.com/cyberforgeminis



Favorite Patreons or other direct to artist sources? @ 2020/09/23 21:11:12


Post by: MDSW


I have had some really good luck scanning through Thingiverse and when I find a cool mini, I look at what they have also posted and follow the creator.


Favorite Patreons or other direct to artist sources? @ 2020/09/23 21:43:44


Post by: Albertorius


 MDSW wrote:
I have had some really good luck scanning through Thingiverse and when I find a cool mini, I look at what they have also posted and follow the creator.

I do that too, I think by now I'm following about 300 people ^^

What's weird is that I have about 65 people following me xD.


Favorite Patreons or other direct to artist sources? @ 2020/09/23 21:58:39


Post by: RiTides


 Ketara wrote:
I just found another one of 40K utility, namely 'Cyber-Forge' by Titanforge.

https://www.patreon.com/cyberforgeminis

Oh man!!! That is super tempting... thank you for the link



Favorite Patreons or other direct to artist sources? @ 2020/09/23 23:32:27


Post by: Ketara


I found a few more. First up is Ghamak. Look at that Tech Priest and Eldar Ranger!:-

https://www.patreon.com/ghamak



Second is Art of Mike. Does some stuff that would fit well in Necromunda, and possibly Kill Team (some not-Catachans for example):-

https://www.patreon.com/art_of_mike




Favorite Patreons or other direct to artist sources? @ 2020/09/24 12:44:30


Post by: Ketara


I found one here almost specifically designed to cater to 40K terrain and scenic bases.

https://www.patreon.com/sacrusmundus







Favorite Patreons or other direct to artist sources? @ 2020/09/24 14:15:37


Post by: Kid_Kyoto


One thing that's become obvious is we need a set of consistent non-GW names.

Therefore I propose:

Battleaxe in the 401st Century

The Immortal Son of Heaven rules the Galaxy from the Celestial Throne, among his servants are the superhuman Star Samurai, the fanatical female warriors the Niso and the endless ranks of the Ashigaru.

Arrayed against him are alien races including the savage Goblinoids, the technologically advanced Mecha Republic, the aloof Ancient Ones and the mysterious Chrome Pharaohs.

But the true foes are the Eldrich Horrors from beyond reality. The Eldrich Horrors themselves can only manifest for a brief period of time and much rely on moral servants such as the mutated Fomorians and worst of all the traitor Samurai known as um... Fallen Samurai?

OK it's harder than it looks, but some consistency would be welcome.


Favorite Patreons or other direct to artist sources? @ 2020/09/24 15:45:42


Post by: Ketara


Another terrain one is Txarli Factory, as seen below. Frankly though, they only give you two filesets per month, which isn't great value for money compared to competition. There's a huge amount of free terrain files on Thingiverse, much of it for the same basic stuff (Tyranid spores, Necron Crystals, generic ruins, etc). I'd file them next to Anvil as 'Decent stuff if you've loadsa cash or something specific you're after, but otherwise not worth the time'.

https://www.patreon.com/TxarliFactory







Favorite Patreons or other direct to artist sources? @ 2020/09/25 13:06:59


Post by: H


I have to say I have been consistently very happy with Lost Kingdom's patreon. Although, I will admit, I don't have a resin printer yet, so I haven't actually printed anything from it, despite being on it since they started. It is Fantasy stuff, but anyway, here is a look at their latest offering.

LostKingdom's Patreon for October:


Yeah, the image says September, but it is the October release. Some really nice stuff there, to me.

If you didn't catch it earlier this month, this model is now in their welcome box as well:


Favorite Patreons or other direct to artist sources? @ 2020/09/26 15:05:51


Post by: DungeonWarden


There's some fully-free content creators such as Mz4250 (focusing on DnD) and myself, too (available on thingiverse/MyMiniFactoy at DungeonWardenMiniatures).

Hopefully you guys don't mind someone promoting free projects?





Favorite Patreons or other direct to artist sources? @ 2020/09/27 21:51:07


Post by: Ketara


I won't lie, that Lost Kingdom Patreon is a real beaut. I'm left wondering now if my budget can squeeze to match another patreon, even if I don't play Fantasy....

Another good fantasy one I just found is Highlands Miniatures

https://www.patreon.com/highlands_miniatures






For the Orks, there's Gearguts' Mekshop. It's not the best stuff, but showing steady improvement:-

https://www.patreon.com/Geargutz



Favorite Patreons or other direct to artist sources? @ 2020/09/29 06:09:12


Post by: Stormonu


 Kid_Kyoto wrote:
One thing that's become obvious is we need a set of consistent non-GW names.

Therefore I propose:

Battleaxe in the 401st Century

The Immortal Son of Heaven rules the Galaxy from the Celestial Throne, among his servants are the superhuman Star Samurai, the fanatical female warriors the Niso and the endless ranks of the Ashigaru.

Arrayed against him are alien races including the savage Goblinoids, the technologically advanced Mecha Republic, the aloof Ancient Ones and the mysterious Chrome Pharaohs.

But the true foes are the Eldrich Horrors from beyond reality. The Eldrich Horrors themselves can only manifest for a brief period of time and much rely on moral servants such as the mutated Fomorians and worst of all the traitor Samurai known as um... Fallen Samurai?

OK it's harder than it looks, but some consistency would be welcome.


Just use the RT era names. It's not like GW is using them anyway (or that most can be copyrighted - eh, Spots?)


Favorite Patreons or other direct to artist sources? @ 2020/09/29 08:26:41


Post by: lord_blackfang




Strong first month. I hope they can keep this pace.


Favorite Patreons or other direct to artist sources? @ 2020/09/29 15:34:00


Post by: MDSW


Those Highlands are really nice!!


Favorite Patreons or other direct to artist sources? @ 2020/09/29 19:59:25


Post by: warboss


A few more recommendations from the earlier News and Rumors thread.

https://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/790466.page

 Theophony wrote:
After a bit of discussion here I have decided to open this up to all 3D Patreons. I’ll update this as quick as possible, but if you see or receive links for something I’ve missed, or not shown yet, just post them below. I will endeavor to keep the first post updated with the current months offerings and upcoming previews. Also if there are any 3D printing sales of files go ahead and share the love here and I’ll try to keep the first post going as I can.
Link to where September starts https://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/30/790466.page#10913632Pg. 2
Okay . Holy You Guys have kicked out a fountain of things for me to try and update .
AUGUST 2020


https://www.patreon.com/unit9
Spoiler:


https://www.patreon.com/3DArtGuy
Spoiler:


https://www.patreon.com/gamescape3d
Spoiler:






https://www.patreon.com/BattleYakMiniatures/posts
Spoiler:


https://www.patreon.com/themakerscult/posts
Spoiler:



I Think Lord BlackFang is right about trying to keep this updated/indexed.
I think I might highlight a few each month, but have everyone post any they are personally backing or find interesting below to help grab attention. These guys are doing a great job and I feel for the price I'm paying I am getting what I pay for. Especially compared to GW prices nowadays.

Any Other suggestions Let me have 'em.




Original post spoilered.
Spoiler:
So I got into 3D printing a few months back and fell in love with the designs that Titan-Forge has put together. I thought I'd give them a boost (hopefully) by showing off their offerings for next months Patreon subscription.

Town of Dark Secrets: The Tavern

These have been designed with Brent from Goobertown Hobbies. Looks like it will be expanded upon in the future but you have plenty of Tavern folk along with some cultists, you know basic RPG fodder. You also get the .STL files for the Tavern

Their Patreon subscription is $10 a month.
You get that months bundle
a welcome pack which has designs for more models and bases
a 50% discount on buying other files from their collection on Myminifactory.com
Also if you stay around for at least 3 consecutive months you get a Exclusive big design file.

July is almost over but their offering for July is the Sons of Kashan Vra (Chaosy Dwarves)


They did a poll for September and it looks like Pirate Ogres vs. Dinosaur riding Amazons won out.


I am not affiliated with Titan-Forge, except as a customer of their 3D files. I am currently printing an Army of Their Dragon Empire Models on my Ender3. Which includes their centerpiece Tianlong Dragon (Which was only one of a couple dozen models for $10 a few months back.


(I am notorious for my bad pictures).
Warlord games ashigaru in front for scale reference.


Favorite Patreons or other direct to artist sources? @ 2020/09/30 15:15:40


Post by: Ketara


 lord_blackfang wrote:


Strong first month. I hope they can keep this pace.


This. Especially given that they want a higher price per month than virtually 90% of the competition. I'd expect at least three vehicle kits a month at that value, or I'd feel cheated.


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https://www.patreon.com/davalegames

Davale has just started a Patreon for their 'counts as' Lord of the Rings.



Favorite Patreons or other direct to artist sources? @ 2020/10/01 11:56:35


Post by: Ketara


There's a company called Reptilian Overlords that does a subscription package I've found. They did have a Patreon until recently, but they decided to ditch it because it didn't offer them the options they wanted. So they relocated it to their own site here:- https://www.reptilian-overlords.com/subscribe/

$10 a month grabs you three credits which can be used on any existing items. Looking through their catalogue, the trend tends to be that single characters and component sets are one credit, a handful of smaller squads/units are two credits, and full ten man squads/vehicles are three.

It seems like an okay deal, but their release rate is so slow that I'm unconvinced. Over the last three months, they've only released two squads and three special characters. That's literally barely enough to spend what you're earning in credits. You can always raid the back catalogue for stuff you want on a slow month (or when you don't want the latest release), but at some point, you're going to run out of those, not want the latest IG squad or whatever, and then you'll be permanently left with excess credits.

That's not to say they don't have some nice stuff though.








Favorite Patreons or other direct to artist sources? @ 2020/10/01 12:49:36


Post by: warboss


I really like those guardsmen. They look like they give epic handshakes and will stick around long enough to get to the chopper. I could easily see them used for Warzone Free Marines in a Capitol force.


Favorite Patreons or other direct to artist sources? @ 2020/10/01 13:57:02


Post by: endtransmission


Reptilian Overlords are slow, yes. You can put a freeze on payments until something more interesting comes along though and credits do not expire. I'm having fun with their tank and tallarn sets at the moment


Favorite Patreons or other direct to artist sources? @ 2020/10/02 16:19:02


Post by: Ketara


I just spotted this one, "Thunder Chrome":- https://www.patreon.com/thunderchrome

Decent stuff for Fallout or Gaslands, and a few pieces would work for 40K.





Favorite Patreons or other direct to artist sources? @ 2020/10/05 23:03:54


Post by: Ketara


Space Legats are known for doing Primarch models that aren't the right scale for actual 30K.
https://spacelegats.com/
I just discovered however that they do a Patreon with the STL files.
https://www.patreon.com/spacelegats
Which naturally means that you can just go into Chitubox and resize them until they're of an appropriate size. Here's an example one subscriber has done for the Khan:-



They also said on their Patreon that they might make the stl's for their leman russ tank models available sometime next year.


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Found another good one; One Page Rules
https://www.patreon.com/onepagerules






Favorite Patreons or other direct to artist sources? @ 2020/10/06 11:40:54


Post by: Ketara


Another two 40K related ones. First up is Crucible of Games who focus on 'Grimdark style' miniatures.

https://www.patreon.com/CrucibleOfGames






Second up is some Genestealer goodness with Imperitum Art:-

https://www.patreon.com/ImperitumArt





Favorite Patreons or other direct to artist sources? @ 2020/10/06 13:40:16


Post by: MDSW


Does anyone know of some good minis that can be used to replace the Mantic Basilean Men-at Arms? I got the whole army way back during the original KS with the old original MAA that were totally terrible, so bad that I just shelved the whole army and it is still sitting in the box.

The ones from the post above, Davale Games, look fairly close and looking to either purchase (or free!) a few MAA in differing poses and I can print the 50-60 I need.

The new versions look OK, but with being able to print my own now, I really do not want to buy them all over again.


[Thumb - New MAA.JPG]


Favorite Patreons or other direct to artist sources? @ 2020/10/07 11:13:34


Post by: Ketara


Here's a surprisingly undersubscribed one, the Dork Factory:- https://www.patreon.com/dorkfactory






Papsikels doesn't have the biggest sci-fi pack in the world, but at only £4.50 plus VAT, he's really quite competitively priced in a world afloat with ten pound subscriptions. On top of the miniature sbelow, he sometimes gives away some bases or terrain on top. Very good value for money. He does a fantasy version as well if that's your cup of tea.
https://www.patreon.com/papsikels





Favorite Patreons or other direct to artist sources? @ 2020/10/08 08:16:56


Post by: endtransmission


Oh Papsikels has some interesting bits and pieces in there.

For a more fantasy based one Crippled God Foundry (https://www.patreon.com/crippledgodfoundry/posts) sometimes have some interesting sets. This month is cultists and some Lovecraft inspired monsters



Some of the cultists have modular hands, so I spent last night turning them into pulp cultists using the handguns from another patreon


Favorite Patreons or other direct to artist sources? @ 2020/10/13 09:50:26


Post by: Kid_Kyoto


Soul Forge Studio is doing Grimdark Space Ships if that's your bag.

https://www.patreon.com/soulforgestudio





Favorite Patreons or other direct to artist sources? @ 2020/10/13 11:24:57


Post by: lord_blackfang


Yes. Yes it is.


Favorite Patreons or other direct to artist sources? @ 2020/10/14 09:30:19


Post by: Malika2


Need some terrain?

http://www.stellarartisan.com/


Favorite Patreons or other direct to artist sources? @ 2020/10/14 12:52:14


Post by: lord_blackfang


Yea that looks amazing.


Favorite Patreons or other direct to artist sources? @ 2020/10/16 15:47:27


Post by: Boss Salvage


Yowza, this sub-forum is exploding! Exciting times

My steady patreons are:



Cyber Forge (https://www.patreon.com/cyberforgeminis) - bunches of cyberpunk / grimdark stuff, tho I mostly have used the bases so far



Comet Lord (https://www.patreon.com/CometLordMiniatures) - awesome sculpts, focusing more on monsters, monster-dudes and niche D&D races/classes

Spoiler:

Lord of the Print (https://www.patreon.com/lordoftheprint) - maybe my favorite sculptor, with excellent dragons (that I might one day print one of?) and even better lithe, weird alien things



Manuel Boria (https://www.patreon.com/Manuel_Boria) - fun style applied to mostly animal-people from D&D lore

I'll give a hearty shout out to Archvillain Games (https://www.patreon.com/ArchvillainGames), which just put out the best Eevil Carnival set I've seen:



And before that a really great Norse Fantasy set:



Next month is an expansive Illithid set, so I'll probably be back




Finally, has no one mentioned Artisan Guild (https://www.patreon.com/ArtisanGuild)? IMO it's one of the best sources for KOW / fantasy army minis, thanks to the modular grunts, plentiful heroes and big center piece monster in each set. Annnnd the obligatory cheesecake mini, which I will freely admit is often the only mini I've printed from the sets I've bought As with everything on my list, there's certainly a personal style involved here too.


Favorite Patreons or other direct to artist sources? @ 2020/10/17 10:08:07


Post by: lord_blackfang


Oh, I did not realize AG has modular grunts. Good to know, for the reason you listed (KoW)!


Favorite Patreons or other direct to artist sources? @ 2020/10/17 10:48:48


Post by: Ketara


I've just scoured Patreon pretty exhaustively to try and find any remaining 40K/Sci-Fi/Cyberpunk artists not yet. mentioned. Here's what I came up with:-

Tabletop Terrain specialises in doing Sci-Fi vehicles. Small and undersubscribed, but cheap and useful.
https://www.patreon.com/tabletop_terrain


Worlds Overrun has interesting terrain pieces that would be of use in the 40K/Necromunda department.
https://www.patreon.com/worldsoverrun



Pipermakes is a brand new Patreon specialising right now in Tau battlesuit modifications.
https://www.patreon.com/pipermakes


Vidovic Arts is having a very happy Orktober with a new Wartrak and generally specialises in 40K bits and bobs.
https://www.patreon.com/VidovicArts


3DHexes does some really nifty scenery that doesn't look like much at first sight, but is much bigger and more detailed than you expect when you look at the better shots. Useful for all sorts.
https://www.patreon.com/3dhexes



AlbinoRaven has some great sci-fi stuff in the welcome pack but be warned:- most of their monthly stuff is more modern military themed.
https://www.patreon.com/AlbinoRavenMini



VoidRealm Minis has some...frankly disturbing daemonic sculpts in there. Very useful if you're a daemon player or want to make a daemon world of some sort.
https://www.patreon.com/voidrealmminis



Terrain4Print does a variety of terrain, ranging from D&D style to Sci-Fi Urban/industrial. Of special note is that a one month subscription gets you absolutely everything he's ever done.
https://www.patreon.com/terrain4print


Bestiarum Miniatures is more of a fantasy themed one, so I'd normally pass it over. But certainly for this month at least, there's some really nice Slaanesh themed daemons up for grabs.
https://www.patreon.com/BestiarumMiniatures


Ending on a strong note, UNIT9 is a dedicated Cyberpunk patreon, with a full pack of such each month.
https://www.patreon.com/unit9





Favorite Patreons or other direct to artist sources? @ 2020/10/17 11:42:02


Post by: Flinty


I picked up the Worlds Overrun strata portal. It prints really nicely and looks awesome, but I have yet to glue the thing together and I'm a bit worried about its stability. I'll report on progress shortly


Favorite Patreons or other direct to artist sources? @ 2020/10/18 16:21:40


Post by: Michael_the_Nerd


Hi guys!

I am a fellow 3D printer and also have a Patreon site. Am I allowed to advertise for it myself in here?
If not let me know.

I play miniature games myself and have a thing for bases - so I am making different thematic bases to pop up otherwise cool models. Check it out here:
edit: I'm not allowed to post a link, you can search for my name: "MichaeltheNerd"

Fairly new to Patreon so any CC is most welcome!



Favorite Patreons or other direct to artist sources? @ 2020/10/18 22:17:43


Post by: Flinty


Here are some shots of the Worlds Overrun Strata Portal. I've not finished gluing it together quite yet, but here are some WIPs

Main platform to the left, stability base to the right. There is also an in between bit that links the base to the platform, but I dont have any pics of that just now.



Platform detail.


Base detail


Favorite Patreons or other direct to artist sources? @ 2020/10/19 07:29:15


Post by: lord_blackfang


 Flinty wrote:
Here are some shots of the Worlds Overrun Strata Portal. I've not finished gluing it together quite yet, but here are some WIPs


Oooh that's sharp and clean! Although I would personally turn on Ironing for something like that!


Favorite Patreons or other direct to artist sources? @ 2020/10/19 10:05:00


Post by: endtransmission


Michael_the_Nerd wrote:
Hi guys!

I am a fellow 3D printer and also have a Patreon site. Am I allowed to advertise for it myself in here?
If not let me know.

I play miniature games myself and have a thing for bases - so I am making different thematic bases to pop up otherwise cool models. Check it out here:
edit: I'm not allowed to post a link, you can search for my name: "MichaeltheNerd"


The linking thing may be because you're new to the site, so I'll do it for you

Linky: https://www.patreon.com/MichaeltheNerd

This month's base set is necron crystal bases


I think my one piece of feedback is price brackets. For a set of bases, that's quite expensive compared to a number of other patreons kicking around that seem to throw the bases in as an afterthought along with all their figures, especially where you have your top tier set with no actual benefits set apart form the extra pillar. For now it may make more sense to have a few things like the pillar build up into a welcome pack that everyone gets so that people have an idea of the quality they would get if/when you do open up the top tier. I'd also consider baking in print license details to the top tier as people will want to be able to resell to people that can't print themselves.


Favorite Patreons or other direct to artist sources? @ 2020/10/19 10:56:47


Post by: Michael_the_Nerd


Thanks for the feedback endtransmission!

I think you are right about the prices.. The competition on Patreon is huge and I'm just 1 guy making these bases.
What would be a better price point for the tiers?

I have thought about a welcome package, just didn't think I had enough to put into it yet. Will work on that for sure.

Good point about the print license - something I have seen elsewhere as well but I have no clue how that works practically or legally.

Any thoughts on the actual bases?


Favorite Patreons or other direct to artist sources? @ 2020/10/19 14:49:06


Post by: MDSW


Yeah, Patreons can be tough to get a good base until you show a solid track record of output - otherwise people are not willing to keep up the charge each month. The most successful Patreons are those that do produce quite a bit each month; otherwise, just one and done might be the way to to - buy this set now for 'x' and I will let you know when i have more.


Favorite Patreons or other direct to artist sources? @ 2020/10/19 15:18:52


Post by: Michael_the_Nerd


Exactly.
And they probably have 3-6 people making stuff full-time, which I can't compete with.

So maybe your suggestion could be a way to go as well. Would that work on Patreon?


Favorite Patreons or other direct to artist sources? @ 2020/10/19 18:09:14


Post by: Ketara


Speaking as someone with over £100 pcm right now in patreon .stl subscriptions (I know, shut up), I cast an eye over your page and dismissed it pretty quickly. Not one other subscriber (making it high risk), no early bird tier, a sporadic release track record, and a 'meh' return for my investment both in terms of quality and quantity.

That all having been said, I think that there is a place for a bases patreon, and I think it could be successful. But trying to piecemeal it out as something you do on the side is actually going to hurt you more right now than treating it like a proper business venture. The fact you've been dipping in and out of it and had so little success is proof of that.


There's a commercial way of doing this. The first thing you do is close up shop on Patreon for now. Trying to spit out the odd product with as low a bar for theme as 'rocks' might be a good way of developing your sculpting skills, but it sucks as marketing. You want more interesting themes and more of them. Look at Dragonforge for good ideas.

Take your time and build up a reserve of stuff whilst honing your skills. It'll mean that you're not running from month to month desperately trying to keep up; because you've got stuff lined up already. Ideally, assuming that a 'theme' is the average base set (10x25mm, 10x 32mm, 5x 40mm, 2x 60mm, 5x 70x25mm (bike size), and 1x120mm (with flight stand option) - you want to have a saucy intro pack of two or three really interesting sets, and then two themes released a month. So you'll want fifteen sets total in the bank, in reserve, and ready to be put out before you open shop.

Then you launch. Spend a little money on facebook advertising, perhaps try and do a free theme that you can offer to another big patreon for free in exchange for a link (Makers Cult or the like would be obvious here - I know they do that stuff), and so on. Basically get some buzz going for the first month or two - you want a strong launch. Try and offer a cheap early bird to suck in that first fifty subscribers, then one or two loyalty/promotion rewards to help keep traction. Get the word spreading and get yourself a sold foundation of patreon subscribers so that you can quit your day job and focus on it properly. And then take it from there.

You do all that, and I reckon you'll be successful. I'd certainly sign up. More importantly, I'd probably stay past the welcome pack too (something a lot of patreons struggle with). But it does require a fair bit of hard work to prep for, and it won't be an overnight thing. It really comes down to treating it like a commercial venture, preparing the product in advance, and launching properly. Otherwise, you'll be probably just skate around with relatively little success until you give up.


Favorite Patreons or other direct to artist sources? @ 2020/10/19 18:16:02


Post by: the_scotsman


 Kid_Kyoto wrote:
One thing that's become obvious is we need a set of consistent non-GW names.

Therefore I propose:

Battleaxe in the 401st Century

The Immortal Son of Heaven rules the Galaxy from the Celestial Throne, among his servants are the superhuman Star Samurai, the fanatical female warriors the Niso and the endless ranks of the Ashigaru.

Arrayed against him are alien races including the savage Goblinoids, the technologically advanced Mecha Republic, the aloof Ancient Ones and the mysterious Chrome Pharaohs.

But the true foes are the Eldrich Horrors from beyond reality. The Eldrich Horrors themselves can only manifest for a brief period of time and much rely on moral servants such as the mutated Fomorians and worst of all the traitor Samurai known as um... Fallen Samurai?

OK it's harder than it looks, but some consistency would be welcome.


The best one I've found so far is "Cold Nova Mecha of the Space Communoid Fish Fellows."


Favorite Patreons or other direct to artist sources? @ 2020/10/19 18:51:20


Post by: Michael_the_Nerd


Fantastic feedback Ketara, much appreciated!

A lot of stuff to think about.
It looks like I need to make more with cheaper tiers in order to compete.
Maybe Patreon is not the optimal place, unless I do as you suggest and make stuff to have in reserve. Hmmm

You think 2 themes a month with how my tiers are set up now would be good?
Or should I have less tiers/cheaper/less bases etc.

Another question I have about Patreon is: How much of it is considered buying an actual product and how much is considered "donation" (like you would do with livestreamers fx)?
I view it as a product I make, but Patreon has lots of other stuff like Podcasts, blogs etc. so I'm not really sure.


Favorite Patreons or other direct to artist sources? @ 2020/10/19 18:53:04


Post by: Boss Salvage


Speaking of stores, what about selling your base set files directly? Without the monthly subscription (for now). MyMiniFactory or setting up your own site or so on.


Favorite Patreons or other direct to artist sources? @ 2020/10/19 19:24:25


Post by: Michael_the_Nerd


That might be the way to go as well

I have no experience with MyMiniFactory, are they good?

It might suit my current methods better and open up some opportunities, hmm.
I chose Patreon as I've seen most tabletop figure stuff in there.

Ps.
I'm sorry to spam this threat with my questions and such, let me know if it's too much.
Your feedback is great though!


Favorite Patreons or other direct to artist sources? @ 2020/10/19 19:25:56


Post by: Ketara


Michael_the_Nerd wrote:
Fantastic feedback Ketara, much appreciated!

A lot of stuff to think about.
It looks like I need to make more with cheaper tiers in order to compete.
Maybe Patreon is not the optimal place, unless I do as you suggest and make stuff to have in reserve. Hmmm


It's as much for your mental health as anything, for the reason in my third response below

Another question I have about Patreon is: How much of it is considered buying an actual product and how much is considered "donation" (like you would do with livestreamers fx)?
I view it as a product I make, but Patreon has lots of other stuff like Podcasts, blogs etc. so I'm not really sure.


For me, as someone who wants 40K usable stuff and generic sci-fi/cyberpunk, there's about £180 a month worth of solid Patreon subscriptions available to choose from (if I wanted everything). Most people simply don't have that kind of money, and that means that they're shopping for product. There are a few Patreons which people sponsor for more charitable reasons because they want the content and patreon to do well (look at Davale Games for an example), but if you're pumping out a generic product (terrain, bases, dudes with laser guns), there's no reason for anyone to sponsor out of sentimental reasons. Which reduces it to a business transaction, or 'What do I get for my buck?' Especially when there's twenty odd other companies competing for that same budget of however much a month I can afford.


You think 2 themes a month with how my tiers are set up now would be good?
Or should I have less tiers/cheaper/less bases etc.


I think that if you're going to compete with the other twenty companies clamouring for my quids, you need to offer me an attractive product consistently and affordably. Not too cheaply I hasten to add, you need to be able to pay your bills. The £8 plus VAT mark is standard for Patreon (as it works out to about £10/$12). Doing fifty subscriptions at £5/$7 and than another tier at the higher price should be cheap enough. If I got two themes a month for that, I'd consider it a fair price. And if the product is good, I'll stick around for it.

Something to consider in trying to pump out two themes a month however, is your work capacity. If you've nothing in reserve and you get ill, what then? What if you want a holiday? The more sets you have stored in your metaphorical bank, the more wiggle room you have, and the less mental stress you've got. When you're working on your own for yourself, you can't take the risk of playing your cards that loosely. And you simply won't have the time to make a living another way if you're to pump out two cool themes reliably every month minimum. You want to be financially secure, not flailing because you're two months in, out of premade stuff, your wife just got ill, and now all your new patrons are jumping ship.

Having the breathing room also gives you time to play with new ideas (maybe terrain), working on advertising, and generally improving the business model beyond just frantically sculpting all day every day.


Favorite Patreons or other direct to artist sources? @ 2020/10/19 19:51:14


Post by: lord_blackfang


Michael_the_Nerd wrote:
Fantastic feedback Ketara, much appreciated!

A lot of stuff to think about.
It looks like I need to make more with cheaper tiers in order to compete.
Maybe Patreon is not the optimal place, unless I do as you suggest and make stuff to have in reserve. Hmmm

You think 2 themes a month with how my tiers are set up now would be good?
Or should I have less tiers/cheaper/less bases etc.

Another question I have about Patreon is: How much of it is considered buying an actual product and how much is considered "donation" (like you would do with livestreamers fx)?
I view it as a product I make, but Patreon has lots of other stuff like Podcasts, blogs etc. so I'm not really sure.


Here's some good advice I think

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqHmOh2-48k


Favorite Patreons or other direct to artist sources? @ 2020/10/19 20:14:47


Post by: Boss Salvage


Michael_the_Nerd wrote:
I have no experience with MyMiniFactory, are they good?
I'm not sure how they treat artists money-wise, but I buy all my non-Patreon files there, and they're increasingly being used to distribute KS files as well. Which suggests they've got the infrastructure needed, as well as store front, etc.


Favorite Patreons or other direct to artist sources? @ 2020/10/19 20:20:11


Post by: Michael_the_Nerd


You have some very good points Ketara.

Do you think it would make more sense for me to move to MyMiniFactory as Boss Salvage suggested?
Then I don't have to compete with the 20 companies as you said, and I'm less vulnerable to set backs as you describe.

Thanks lord_blackfang, interesting video

MMF seems to be solely focused on 3D printing, which might be an advantage?


Favorite Patreons or other direct to artist sources? @ 2020/10/19 20:49:03


Post by: Ketara


Michael_the_Nerd wrote:
You have some very good points Ketara.

Do you think it would make more sense for me to move to MyMiniFactory as Boss Salvage suggested?
Then I don't have to compete with the 20 companies as you said, and I'm less vulnerable to set backs as you describe.


That's a different business model altogether, although not completely incompatible with the first.

From what I've seen, a goodly number of the .stl businesses work with Patreon as the first line of income. It covers their production and day to to day living costs/expenses. If you can hit two hundred subscribers paying you $10 each, minus the 5% from patreon and whatever your local taxes are (say, 15% as an example), you've got a reliable income of around $1700 a month. That's respectable enough as a starting point for something where you're your own boss.

Then what you do is you shuffle your back catalogue of whatever you've developed each month into one or more of three channels:-

(a) Producing them in resin or printing them and selling them yourself through your own webstore.
(b) Subcontracting the above out to somebody else.
(c) Listing the stl's on CG Trader, MMF, or another place for sale.

The product cycle then becomes as follows:-

1. Develop product based on feedback and add to bank.
2. Release product to Patreon for a month and then remove it.
3. Re-release product through other channel(s) at a higher price (usually double minimum) to make additional revenue.

As time goes on, your back catalogue will contribute a greater amount to your income. I spent fifty quid the other week at the Makers Cult CGTrader store for stuff that they made and released on Patreon before I joined in. That's in addition to my monthly subscription. So they've had sixty out of me this month. The larger your back catalogue, the more cash you can derive from it, it's an appreciating asset.

Additionally, most people bump up the prices when selling post-Patreon, and that's one of the main lures of getting people to subscribe. When I look at the aforementioned Makers cult, I might be paying ten quid, but I'm getting what will be sixty or seventy quid's worth of files post-Patreon. That's a real incentive to get me to stay on, as it means that I only need one or two good files every other month to justify the cost. And that reliability of income works well for the company when it comes to making their own budgets. They know that as long as they can offer me even one thing every other month worth my interest, they'll keep my subscription.

When it comes to bases, let's say that you're charging $10 on Patreon for two themes with the composition I mentioned above (10x25mm, 10x 32mm, 5x 40mm, 2x 60mm, 5x 70x25mm (bike size), and 1x120mm (with flight stand option)) per month. At the end of the month, you remove it from Patreon, and split it into two themes for $20 each on another site. Then you order in a pile of them in resin from a third party manufacturer so you can sell physical packs (say, ten 25mm or ten 30mm, or 5 40mm, etc for £6 a pack or whatever - depends on costs).

You've suddenly got three income streams. The Patreon remains the initial engine, it's the running mechanism that pays developmental costs and living expenses. But the two other revenues can be diverted towards expanding your offering, branching into other areas, subsidising a Kickstarter project, or just beefing up your daily income (if you don't want any additional complication).

From my observations, that's how the majority of these companies have started and developed over the last two years. It's a very young market, so it's interesting to see how it'll develop. But with the new 3d printers just hitting, 3d printing is finally (I would say) just about cost affordable for the average punter. And whilst plenty of people chuck in the odd base set to their Patreons, there's no dedicated Patreon or 3d company out there right now (unlike in resin where there's a dozen). So the niche is certainly there for an early mover.

Heck, I'd think about it myself if I didn't have so much else on.


Favorite Patreons or other direct to artist sources? @ 2020/10/19 21:36:23


Post by: Michael_the_Nerd


Very interesting

And a good point, why not both!

Looks like I start to have a business plan forming here, great stuff man, thanks again


Favorite Patreons or other direct to artist sources? @ 2020/10/21 09:57:00


Post by: Malika2


Quick question for those selling STLs through Patreon: how do you prevent people from simply sharing the files around or tweaking it slightly and selling them off as their own?


Favorite Patreons or other direct to artist sources? @ 2020/10/21 10:45:59


Post by: Michael_the_Nerd


You can't.

Which is a big hindrance for the industry.

Once that problem gets solved, I think the miniature hobbies will take a big leap forward


Favorite Patreons or other direct to artist sources? @ 2020/10/21 11:06:41


Post by: Ketara


Michael_the_Nerd wrote:
You can't.

Which is a big hindrance for the industry.

Once that problem gets solved, I think the miniature hobbies will take a big leap forward


Good luck with that. The music, game, and film industry never figured it out.

The usual step is to make it juuuust difficult enough and the prices low enough that people can't be arsed to try and get round them. You're always going to have people doing the equivalent of burning a mate's CD, watching a film at their auntie's house, or borrowing a game cartridge from another kid at school. When dealing in anything that can be put in digital format, those things are inevitable without DRM so invasive that it's far more harmful than what it's trying to prevent. And frankly, I personally think that those sorts of cases aren't really an issue, morally or otherwise. IP laws in their strictest sense are daft (technically most libraries are infringing just by existing).

When it becomes a problem is when anyone can go to google, hammer in your product name, and get a free download next to your shop as a search result. That's when it's an issue, that's when it impacts on sales substantially, and that's when nobody buys your product. So you want to drive it just far underground enough to make it fecking awkward and non-obvious for 95% of the public, and leave the bit torrenters/dark web/sharepoint lot to sort themselves out. And by keeping prices reasonable, you disincentivise the public from looking beyond the licensed sources.

That's a reason things like Spotify and Netflix took off whilst piracy has gone through the floor respectively.


Favorite Patreons or other direct to artist sources? @ 2020/10/21 11:44:26


Post by: Albertorius


 Malika2 wrote:
Quick question for those selling STLs through Patreon: how do you prevent people from simply sharing the files around or tweaking it slightly and selling them off as their own?


I haven't seen it done yet anywhere, buut, maybe something along the lines of what DrivethruRPG does for pdf files could work.

What DTRPG does is adding a couple of watermarks to the downloaded pdf files: one visible at the end of each page with the number on the purchasing account and the order number, and another embedded inside layers and more hidden with the same info as metadata, IIRC.

Maybe it would be interesting to add something like that to the downloaded STL files, but I guess it would work better (or, you know, at all) with a storefront and a download manager, rather than with the current way (link to a sync/GDrive/whatever folder).

I mean, you won't stop it completely, because I don't think anything can, but it might be interesting to pursue.

OTOH, Patreon is already "the place where you give money more or less directly to people so they can keep doing what they do that you like", so I'm not sure it would help that much.

IME, and going with what's worked and what's not... drm sucks, and sucks for the people that want to pay you for stuff, not for the pirates (who will have circumvented it anyways). So I'm not exactly a fan of anything more invasive than what DTRPG does. If the price is right and the ease of use is there, people will give you money, as Netflix and the like can attest to.


Favorite Patreons or other direct to artist sources? @ 2020/10/21 12:27:39


Post by: lord_blackfang


If your product is good and fairly priced, piracy is free advertising. If your files are worth sharing, you'll reach way more new potential customers than you will lose sales from people who already know you and would totally have paid for your stuff if they hadn't been able to copy it. Then there's also the argument specific to 3d printing, that it's not even really piracy until you print it, until then it's just a locally stored catalog.

Instead of worrying that people will "steal" from you, make a product that people will love to support. That's it, that's the whole secret.


Favorite Patreons or other direct to artist sources? @ 2020/10/21 12:48:29


Post by: warboss


There is software to watermark 3d models but it is not difficult to circumvent according to this video.




Favorite Patreons or other direct to artist sources? @ 2020/10/21 12:50:34


Post by: Malika2


Im kinda pondering whether I should start to sell some of my 6mm stuff through Patreon. It'll mainly be small terrain bits and random units. Still in doubt as in how to start, need to build a decent sized catalogue first.


Favorite Patreons or other direct to artist sources? @ 2020/10/21 13:46:40


Post by: lord_blackfang


 Malika2 wrote:
Im kinda pondering whether I should start to sell some of my 6mm stuff through Patreon. It'll mainly be small terrain bits and random units. Still in doubt as in how to start, need to build a decent sized catalogue first.


You definitely want a few months of stuff ready in advance so you aren't immediately forced into the monthly grind to fill your obligations. It's also probably better at this time to err on the side of cheaper cost with less stuff, to go easy on both the wallets and your own time investment. Be as clear as possible on what and how much people can expect to get for their money. Don't expect a lot until you've proven yourself. Paying a subscription up front for items sight unseen is the major annoyance of the Patreon model and it takes time to build up trust. Make sure to post renders publically, so people can always see your current offering before pledging.


Favorite Patreons or other direct to artist sources? @ 2020/10/22 07:00:59


Post by: Albertorius


 warboss wrote:
There is software to watermark 3d models but it is not difficult to circumvent according to this video.



Yeah, neither is DTRPG's on pdfs, if you know what you're doing. But if it's not invasive, your product is decently priced and it doesn't make the end product worse, most people won't bother to remove it.

And that's the most invasive "DRM" I can personally stomach.


Favorite Patreons or other direct to artist sources? @ 2020/10/22 21:14:39


Post by: endtransmission


Some great advice from Ketara. I've put up some free bits on MyMiniFactory and had surprisingly good download rate from no advertising and them being pretty generic bits of terrain.

Setting up an actual shop in MMF actually costs you, so again start off with some free bits to start getting yourself known, build up a bit of a backlog and then dive in.

You can do Patreon with a payment per deliverable item (so in your case a pack of bases) and your Patrons will get charged whenever you up load a pack, rather than each month. I don't see too many people doing that, but it is possible and can work if you're just starting out. I would look at other people's base packs and work out what you want to charge post-patreon and reverse engineer a price from that. You'll never compete with the big ones, but a well thought out base patreon could be good. Think about supporting assets as well, for example you have the crystals on those bases. It could be good to also have stls of those on their own at different sizes for people to add onto other bases, or print as larger bits of scatter terrain?


Favorite Patreons or other direct to artist sources? @ 2020/10/22 21:42:56


Post by: Michael_the_Nerd


Great ideas endtransmission

I forgot you could do payments on Patreon like that as well - it's actually a really good idea. Less pressure for me to put out stuff, I might try that out and see if it's better.

Yeah the price on MMF to sell stuff is a barrier for new people like me with a low catalogue.
Plus, there's already a lot of bases for sale in there - at really low prices too.

I have considered supports as a VIP patron as well but:
Since it's bases I have a theory you can just print them flat with no supports needed. I have done myself with moderate success and have seen some other guys on youtube do it as well.
I know people much prefer to just press 1 button and get it printet, which method I want to provide I haven't decided yet.

Ahh you mean just some clusters of the Crystals alone? Might be useful as well.


Favorite Patreons or other direct to artist sources? @ 2020/10/22 23:04:47


Post by: lord_blackfang


If memory serves the per-item system fell out of favour when Patreon started charging a per-transaction fee.


Favorite Patreons or other direct to artist sources? @ 2020/10/22 23:21:32


Post by: ingtaer


 Malika2 wrote:
Im kinda pondering whether I should start to sell some of my 6mm stuff through Patreon. It'll mainly be small terrain bits and random units. Still in doubt as in how to start, need to build a decent sized catalogue first.


Do ships and I promise will sub.


Favorite Patreons or other direct to artist sources? @ 2020/10/22 23:42:37


Post by: Malika2


 ingtaer wrote:
 Malika2 wrote:
Im kinda pondering whether I should start to sell some of my 6mm stuff through Patreon. It'll mainly be small terrain bits and random units. Still in doubt as in how to start, need to build a decent sized catalogue first.


Do ships and I promise will sub.


Current ship work has been reserved for Vanguard Miniatures, but I've got a whole bunch of ordnance designs I'd want to share...


Favorite Patreons or other direct to artist sources? @ 2020/10/23 13:46:48


Post by: lord_blackfang


Do Man o'War ships and I'll sub.


Favorite Patreons or other direct to artist sources? @ 2020/10/25 23:08:57


Post by: Maledrakh


 Malika2 wrote:
Im kinda pondering whether I should start to sell some of my 6mm stuff through Patreon. It'll mainly be small terrain bits and random units. Still in doubt as in how to start, need to build a decent sized catalogue first.


Patreon is overflowing with great miniature files creators, most are at the 10 dollars for a whole lotta stuff. So much so that is the expectation -a whole lotta stuff for 10 dollars, every month. And all of them are very good value for money.
Still there are so many that many patrons, myself included are looking into a hard culling or jumping between creators each month depending on their offerings, just because it is so much stuff and tens of dollars quickly add up when there are many creators.

I have also seen several creators drop out because of the pressure of making lots of new files every single month.

However, there are a few creators that do just a few files each month at a significantly lower cost, such as "one gold piece" that charge a measly 1 euro for three to five stls (halflings mainly, I think these are the folks behind Westphalia Miniatures) and I will not be dropping the 1 dollar/euro/pound ones just because, well it's only 1... and the files are nice.

My point is: Might this be a route to take? Charging a small amount such as 1 to 3 dollars per month and delivering a few files instead of whole armies worth for 10 dollars?


Favorite Patreons or other direct to artist sources? @ 2020/10/26 01:33:44


Post by: scarletsquig


Another approach that works is the micro-kickstarter, have seen quite a few in the $5-$25 range which offer a complete package that follows a certain theme.
I've been working on a little something myself that I'll release with that method, with Patreon I'd worry that I wasn't giving people their money's worth every month, or that sculpt quality wasn't quite there, lots of pressure becoming a subscription service.


Favorite Patreons or other direct to artist sources? @ 2020/10/28 03:48:53


Post by: Kid_Kyoto


We're drifting a bit off topic, this is supposed to be a recommendation thread. There's a lot of good advice so I'd recommend someone start a thread on how to get started selling your 3D sculpts, I think there would be a lot of good traffic.

And to answer the general question, posters are encouraged to plug their own projects, we just as that you keep it to one thread (ie don't do a new thread for every release).


Favorite Patreons or other direct to artist sources? @ 2020/10/28 12:55:52


Post by: Malika2


Isn't it possible that a mod opens up a new thread for that and moves those advice posts in this thread to that new thread?


Favorite Patreons or other direct to artist sources? @ 2020/10/28 16:01:47


Post by: warboss


 Malika2 wrote:
Isn't it possible that a mod opens up a new thread for that and moves those advice posts in this thread to that new thread?


Yeah, I'd appreciate that too.


Favorite Patreons or other direct to artist sources? @ 2020/10/31 10:27:23


Post by: Ketara


I just found a fab new 40K specific one to subscribe to whilst sieving Patreon for other sci-fi stuff. This month, they've done a ridiculously modular (male and female!) dinosaur rough rider kit and some tank pieces, future months are apparently going to consist of Soviet themed Guard releases (including tanks and artillery). They're called 'II Gargoyles Studio'. Very new and very cool! They're swapping to a monthly release format next month, but as of right now, if you subscribe? You get everything they've done for the last three months!

https://www.patreon.com/2gargoyles/posts








Last month they did alternate Chimera tracks and a Sentinel Powerloader kit!






Favorite Patreons or other direct to artist sources? @ 2020/10/31 20:58:14


Post by: lord_blackfang


 Ketara wrote:
I just found a fab new 40K specific one to subscribe to whilst sieving Patreon for other sci-fi stuff. This month, they've done a ridiculously modular (male and female!) dinosaur rough rider kit and some tank pieces, future months are apparently going to consist of Soviet themed Guard releases (including tanks and artillery). They're called 'II Gargoyles Studio'. Very new and very cool! They're swapping to a monthly release format next month, but as of right now, if you subscribe? You get everything they've done for the last three months!


Wow that's a find! Pledged!


Favorite Patreons or other direct to artist sources? @ 2020/11/01 10:05:37


Post by: Kinetochore


Hi All,

Not sure If I'm allowed to flag myself as a favourite designer but I like what I make lol. Don't have a Patreon as I can't guarantee enough monthly content at the moment (stupid main job gets in the way!)

I have a range of stuff available from terrain to vehicles to weapons and kit upgrades

Anyhoo - check out some of my stuff at www.watcorpdesigns.com

Cheers


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Favorite Patreons or other direct to artist sources? @ 2020/11/01 12:49:04


Post by: lord_blackfang


Oooh I love it


Favorite Patreons or other direct to artist sources? @ 2020/11/02 22:19:44


Post by: Paradigm


I don't think anyone has mentioned Epic Miniatures yet, and they're a great one for themed fantasy stuff (more aimed at RPGs than wargaming, to be fair) and offer an insane minis to dollar ratio Each month gives you three sets, but sub at the beginning of the month and they overlap which means that right now, ten bucks gets you all of this:



They're not prrsupported, and especially the female humanoid sculpts are very narrow and might need scaling up a bit, but it's hard to argue with the value for money and the sculpts have a lot of character to them.
https://www.patreon.com/epic_miniatures/


Favorite Patreons or other direct to artist sources? @ 2020/11/04 21:45:24


Post by: Ketara


There's another new 40K one on the block, a collaborative of three modellers (basically a Makers Cult style approach). They're called Dark Foundry Miniatures:-

https://www.patreon.com/DarkFoundryMiniatures

Their opening schtick is a nautical themed Chaos Space Marine kit and some Necrons. I can't help but feel that they're a bit pricey at eleven quid though. I'd have been happy to pay the eight fifty, with VAT, it works out to about a tenner. At eleven quid, the VAT plus takes it up to almost fifteen and...well, put it this way. Aphyrion are the only ones charging in that price range right now in my Patreon list, and they're giving me something like five tank kits this month. So it feels a tad overpriced.









Favorite Patreons or other direct to artist sources? @ 2020/11/05 08:49:08


Post by: endtransmission


Hmmm I like the Teknops stuff... but not really feeling the other bits in there which is a shame as I've been watching the Teknops come together on facebook for a while and really liking them


Favorite Patreons or other direct to artist sources? @ 2020/11/05 16:13:42


Post by: Boss Salvage


Their upcoming Not-Minotaurs have potential:



Favorite Patreons or other direct to artist sources? @ 2020/11/05 16:47:01


Post by: warboss


I'm not sure how I feel about their use of the Blood Angel trademark armor abs and nipples. I suppose they should probably share just like Black Templars and Dark Angels with their pretty dresses.


Favorite Patreons or other direct to artist sources? @ 2020/11/07 00:47:20


Post by: Ketara


Here's a few 'not-on-Patreon' people I've spotted on CGTrader:-

Redninja
https://www.cgtrader.com/redninja




Redmakers
https://www.cgtrader.com/redmakers




Imperial Prapor
https://www.cgtrader.com/imperial-prapor




Brexitt
https://www.cgtrader.com/brexitt



leesedrenfort
https://www.cgtrader.com/leesedrenfort




hereticsparadise
https://www.cgtrader.com/hereticsparadise




All ones to keep an eye on!


Favorite Patreons or other direct to artist sources? @ 2020/11/07 08:51:51


Post by: lord_blackfang


Man those Havocs!


Favorite Patreons or other direct to artist sources? @ 2020/11/09 10:45:33


Post by: lord_blackfang


Here's one that's going to be worth following, he's planning plastic Zone Mortalis compatible rooms

https://cults3d.com/en/users/lizzz3ard2/creations



Favorite Patreons or other direct to artist sources? @ 2020/11/11 22:20:24


Post by: lord_blackfang


Anyone doing Idonteh? Instant bases here, free

https://www.thingiverse.com/pellinor1/designs


Favorite Patreons or other direct to artist sources? @ 2020/12/26 22:05:21


Post by: Kid_Kyoto


Here's one I just saw, some cool sci fi stuff with a bit of Rogue Trader, 2000AD vibe.

https://www.patreon.com/bigmrtong/posts



https://www.patreon.com/posts/imperials-44397189



Favorite Patreons or other direct to artist sources? @ 2021/01/06 02:45:30


Post by: joseph_curwen


I really love the Cobramode stuff.
Slightly cartoony without being overly precious but really characterful and unique.
https://www.patreon.com/cobramode


Favorite Patreons or other direct to artist sources? @ 2021/01/06 16:47:18


Post by: Boss Salvage


I just printed that new bo staff salamander ninja, plus the freebie sword one (who's appearing in my new Malifaux gang ) Pumping myself up to tackle her axolotl dragon:



I also printed that Bite the Bullet llama but the supports were so heavy and hard to remove that I gave up and tossed it in the misprint bin, since I had slapped it on the build plate on a lark anyway


Favorite Patreons or other direct to artist sources? @ 2021/01/06 21:26:17


Post by: Carlson793


So here's a question for you folks. Where can I find historical STLs (ancient, medieval, Age of Sail, WWII) that aren't either:
A ) "ya get what you pay for" freebies that are so lo-res that I'd be better off throwing a blob of clay on the table;
B ) quality models priced such that it'd be cheaper to just buy plastic kits; or
C ) "fantasized historical" models, like zombie Wehrmacht, knights on lions, 40K-stature Romans, etc?

Vehicles and terrain are easy enough to find for the most part, but infantry and cavalry are a pain to find that don't check off at least one of those three categories.


Favorite Patreons or other direct to artist sources? @ 2021/01/07 13:53:41


Post by: JamesY


A friend of mine does the painting for a new start up on patreon; https://www.patreon.com/printminis they used to do Asset Drop. First month's worth of STL's is massive for £8.50.


Favorite Patreons or other direct to artist sources? @ 2021/01/17 03:35:24


Post by: griffen127


Anyone do a necron patron?


Favorite Patreons or other direct to artist sources? @ 2021/01/17 13:21:21


Post by: Ketara


https://www.patreon.com/DarkFoundryMiniatures/posts

Dark Foundry has a line called 'Teknops'.

In other news, there's a wonderful new Dark Eldar patreon, Edge Miniatures:- https://www.patreon.com/EdgeMiniatures/posts
On top of the wracks for this month, there's a Raider variant coming out later this month. Cheap too at £4.50 for unsupported files!








Favorite Patreons or other direct to artist sources? @ 2021/01/17 13:57:48


Post by: tauist


Oh man, am I glad I stumbled onto this thread!

Never would have guessed I could become a Patreon to venerable Mr Naismith I had to start a sub and I'm not even sure if/when I'll get a 3D printer! I'll be happy just to texture paint his models for the lulz in the meantime.. Awesome!

Any other famous GW sculptors on Pateron?


Favorite Patreons or other direct to artist sources? @ 2021/01/22 20:12:25


Post by: highlord tamburlaine


 griffen127 wrote:
Anyone do a necron patron?


One Page Rules have started one as part of their monthly selection of files.

These were the December offerings, and are already available on My Mini Factory, presupported as well.



January is close combat squads, cryptek proxies, and a giant stalker/ spider model.

Plus the Patreon has tons of rules to use it all in, and also has lizardman files if you want to build a Seraphon army while you're at it.


Favorite Patreons or other direct to artist sources? @ 2021/01/22 21:39:20


Post by: Boss Salvage


I was just looking at those yesterday and wondering if it's time to print a Notcron army. The snakes are a miss for me but I dig everything else, a little bit like Star Wars drones but if they meant business


Favorite Patreons or other direct to artist sources? @ 2021/01/22 23:23:06


Post by: highlord tamburlaine


Let me throw out the caveat that these are all individual pieces. They are thin and small. Each leg, arm, upper and lower torso part, wires for the weapons... they're all small parts that have to be printed separately.

I'm quite tempted to toss the parts in blender and doing supports after at least building the bodies up. At least the main body and legs. The arms and head I don't mind positioning, but damn if the other parts aren't pretty fiddly.

It's probably just me and my luck but things seemed to rarely want to connect afterwards as well.

Worth letting you know before diving in. At least the lizards are a bit thicker and chunkier, making them easier to work with.


Favorite Patreons or other direct to artist sources? @ 2021/01/23 14:53:21


Post by: endtransmission


I've ended up doing the prebuild with guard alternatives too. It's a nice little passtime in front of a film to put together combinations of the bodies etc.


Favorite Patreons or other direct to artist sources? @ 2021/01/23 16:17:06


Post by: tauist


 Kid_Kyoto wrote:
Here's one I just saw, some cool sci fi stuff with a bit of Rogue Trader, 2000AD vibe.

https://www.patreon.com/bigmrtong/posts



https://www.patreon.com/posts/imperials-44397189



Nice find! These are from his collection, just adorable, perfect for Rogue Trader!




Favorite Patreons or other direct to artist sources? @ 2021/02/03 14:29:48


Post by: MDSW


 highlord tamburlaine wrote:
Let me throw out the caveat that these are all individual pieces. They are thin and small. Each leg, arm, upper and lower torso part, wires for the weapons... they're all small parts that have to be printed separately.

I'm quite tempted to toss the parts in blender and doing supports after at least building the bodies up. At least the main body and legs. The arms and head I don't mind positioning, but damn if the other parts aren't pretty fiddly.

It's probably just me and my luck but things seemed to rarely want to connect afterwards as well.

Worth letting you know before diving in. At least the lizards are a bit thicker and chunkier, making them easier to work with.



Yes, I do like the option of individual pieces to vary poses when assembling, but resin printing the tiny pieces can be a real pain. I use 3D Builder to quickly assemble the pieces into one mini. It is my favorite program for doing this and super easy. You can quickly set them up in your variety of poses and then print the batch all ready to go.


Favorite Patreons or other direct to artist sources? @ 2021/02/03 15:58:44


Post by: Boss Salvage


You know, I dig the potential here, sort of a weird pulp / Giger without the genitals vibe. Will see how the line progresses.


Favorite Patreons or other direct to artist sources? @ 2021/02/03 20:06:47


Post by: the_scotsman


 Carlson793 wrote:
So here's a question for you folks. Where can I find historical STLs (ancient, medieval, Age of Sail, WWII) that aren't either:
A ) "ya get what you pay for" freebies that are so lo-res that I'd be better off throwing a blob of clay on the table;
B ) quality models priced such that it'd be cheaper to just buy plastic kits; or
C ) "fantasized historical" models, like zombie Wehrmacht, knights on lions, 40K-stature Romans, etc?

Vehicles and terrain are easy enough to find for the most part, but infantry and cavalry are a pain to find that don't check off at least one of those three categories.


Depending on how you feel about 'hero-scaling' you might check out March to Hell. They look a little ridiculous in the 3d images way zoomed in, but the 15mm stuff I actually like better than Battlefront/Plastic Soldier Company as their faces and details aren't just tiny mush.


Favorite Patreons or other direct to artist sources? @ 2021/02/03 21:35:21


Post by: highlord tamburlaine


I'd agree on most of the March to Hell models. I really didn't like the proportions of the models from their Roman campaign. Their previous campaigns looked a lot less squat and heroic.

Which was a shame as they had a TON of stuff unlocked for what you paid. Gladiators, Britons, Gauls, Punic Wars, Germanic tribes, allies, a variety of buildings and terrain, war elephants... just all sorts of fun stuff.


Favorite Patreons or other direct to artist sources? @ 2021/02/04 13:36:20


Post by: the_scotsman


 highlord tamburlaine wrote:
I'd agree on most of the March to Hell models. I really didn't like the proportions of the models from their Roman campaign. Their previous campaigns looked a lot less squat and heroic.

Which was a shame as they had a TON of stuff unlocked for what you paid. Gladiators, Britons, Gauls, Punic Wars, Germanic tribes, allies, a variety of buildings and terrain, war elephants... just all sorts of fun stuff.


Yeah, see I've purchased 2 of their infantry packs for WW2 and I love 'em. Also you can print sooooooooooooooooooo many 15mm infantry with a half liter of resin lol.


Favorite Patreons or other direct to artist sources? @ 2021/02/04 18:59:26


Post by: Monkeysloth


With Papsikels Fantasy focusing more on cyber fantasy recently I finally decided to join that reward tier that they put out. Last month was Shadowrun and this month appears to be mostly Playmates TMNT bad guys.


Favorite Patreons or other direct to artist sources? @ 2021/02/04 20:49:55


Post by: Boss Salvage


They made Rocksteady!! Finally an excuse to grab Bebop and slap the gruesome twosome on a plate together


Favorite Patreons or other direct to artist sources? @ 2021/02/05 00:57:56


Post by: meatybtz


 Carlson793 wrote:
So here's a question for you folks. Where can I find historical STLs (ancient, medieval, Age of Sail, WWII) that aren't either:
A ) "ya get what you pay for" freebies that are so lo-res that I'd be better off throwing a blob of clay on the table;
B ) quality models priced such that it'd be cheaper to just buy plastic kits; or
C ) "fantasized historical" models, like zombie Wehrmacht, knights on lions, 40K-stature Romans, etc?

Vehicles and terrain are easy enough to find for the most part, but infantry and cavalry are a pain to find that don't check off at least one of those three categories.


Talk about B, man, currently attempting to clean up some of the most crazy, crappy meshes I've ever seen in my life. But, you get what you pay for. Literally. As someone with a lot of years in 3D modelling it makes me want to scream and just start fresh because mesh is AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH.. so many doubled vertexes, stacked edges, and faces.. It is amazing that the printer doesn't fail to print right from the mesh being so crazy bad. I mean, the printer must do some kind of interpolation on the doubled edge...


Favorite Patreons or other direct to artist sources? @ 2021/02/05 05:20:55


Post by: Monkeysloth


 meatybtz wrote:
 Carlson793 wrote:
So here's a question for you folks. Where can I find historical STLs (ancient, medieval, Age of Sail, WWII) that aren't either:
A ) "ya get what you pay for" freebies that are so lo-res that I'd be better off throwing a blob of clay on the table;
B ) quality models priced such that it'd be cheaper to just buy plastic kits; or
C ) "fantasized historical" models, like zombie Wehrmacht, knights on lions, 40K-stature Romans, etc?

Vehicles and terrain are easy enough to find for the most part, but infantry and cavalry are a pain to find that don't check off at least one of those three categories.


Talk about B, man, currently attempting to clean up some of the most crazy, crappy meshes I've ever seen in my life. But, you get what you pay for. Literally. As someone with a lot of years in 3D modelling it makes me want to scream and just start fresh because mesh is AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH.. so many doubled vertexes, stacked edges, and faces.. It is amazing that the printer doesn't fail to print right from the mesh being so crazy bad. I mean, the printer must do some kind of interpolation on the doubled edge...


Most slicers use something like netfab to repair meshes when sliceing.


Favorite Patreons or other direct to artist sources? @ 2021/02/05 14:07:14


Post by: MDSW


Just be be clear, is it the mesh on the outer surfaces not correct? I think there is an option in Chitubox to 'repair', but I have never used it; however, when manipulating stl files in 3D Builder I will sometimes get the message that a repair is needed and I click the repair button. It will take quite a bit of time on occasion, depending on the file size. Is the mesh what it is fixing?


Favorite Patreons or other direct to artist sources? @ 2021/02/05 14:12:01


Post by: meatybtz


 Monkeysloth wrote:
 meatybtz wrote:
 Carlson793 wrote:
So here's a question for you folks. Where can I find historical STLs (ancient, medieval, Age of Sail, WWII) that aren't either:
A ) "ya get what you pay for" freebies that are so lo-res that I'd be better off throwing a blob of clay on the table;
B ) quality models priced such that it'd be cheaper to just buy plastic kits; or
C ) "fantasized historical" models, like zombie Wehrmacht, knights on lions, 40K-stature Romans, etc?

Vehicles and terrain are easy enough to find for the most part, but infantry and cavalry are a pain to find that don't check off at least one of those three categories.


Talk about B, man, currently attempting to clean up some of the most crazy, crappy meshes I've ever seen in my life. But, you get what you pay for. Literally. As someone with a lot of years in 3D modelling it makes me want to scream and just start fresh because mesh is AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH.. so many doubled vertexes, stacked edges, and faces.. It is amazing that the printer doesn't fail to print right from the mesh being so crazy bad. I mean, the printer must do some kind of interpolation on the doubled edge...


Most slicers use something like netfab to repair meshes when sliceing.


Still no excuse for doubled vertexes,edges, and faces. I mean it's a hellish dirty mesh. No excuses for dirty meshes. A clean mesh should always be done and isn't too hard to accomplish. I am certain that some failures in prints are as a result of the slicer trying to sort out crap meshes. Sculpting rarely creates bad meshes, or flipped normals. It's purely a user error.


Favorite Patreons or other direct to artist sources? @ 2021/02/06 10:48:36


Post by: lord_blackfang


There's a lot of technically unsound files out there to be sure. I'm convinced that even some commercial "sculptors" have never done a physical print in their life. Never mind thingiverse "remixes" that are seven already unsound meshes hacked up and overlapped to make a new model.

Thankfully I have found resin printer slicers to be infinitely more robust about handling gak meshes than FDM slicers.


Favorite Patreons or other direct to artist sources? @ 2021/02/07 04:11:31


Post by: the_scotsman


 lord_blackfang wrote:
There's a lot of technically unsound files out there to be sure. I'm convinced that even some commercial "sculptors" have never done a physical print in their life. Never mind thingiverse "remixes" that are seven already unsound meshes hacked up and overlapped to make a new model.

Thankfully I have found resin printer slicers to be infinitely more robust about handling gak meshes than FDM slicers.


Sounds like the meshes I create when I pose a model and the joints get all mangly.

My general philosophy is "welp, that's why god made clippers". I'd rather have 10 distinct poses of warp spider with slightly triangley shoulderpads than 2 with everything perfectly smoothed from hours of painstaking weight painting.



Favorite Patreons or other direct to artist sources? @ 2021/02/07 23:14:27


Post by: meatybtz


the_scotsman wrote:
 lord_blackfang wrote:
There's a lot of technically unsound files out there to be sure. I'm convinced that even some commercial "sculptors" have never done a physical print in their life. Never mind thingiverse "remixes" that are seven already unsound meshes hacked up and overlapped to make a new model.

Thankfully I have found resin printer slicers to be infinitely more robust about handling gak meshes than FDM slicers.


Sounds like the meshes I create when I pose a model and the joints get all mangly.

My general philosophy is "welp, that's why god made clippers". I'd rather have 10 distinct poses of warp spider with slightly triangley shoulderpads than 2 with everything perfectly smoothed from hours of painstaking weight painting.



*screams in 3D modeling as his soul burns*


Favorite Patreons or other direct to artist sources? @ 2021/02/08 18:03:17


Post by: zodiac_coward


 highlord tamburlaine wrote:
I'd agree on most of the March to Hell models. I really didn't like the proportions of the models from their Roman campaign. Their previous campaigns looked a lot less squat and heroic.

Which was a shame as they had a TON of stuff unlocked for what you paid. Gladiators, Britons, Gauls, Punic Wars, Germanic tribes, allies, a variety of buildings and terrain, war elephants... just all sorts of fun stuff.


Was there a name or something associated with this previous campaign? Even when I look at 3dbreed's website, I only see March to Hell, some mechs, and some American Independence stuff.


Favorite Patreons or other direct to artist sources? @ 2021/02/08 18:44:41


Post by: celebrandas


The second March to Hell campaign was March to Hell Rome, but it just finished up its run on kickstarter a few weeks ago. They're still making most of the models, but the first two sets of minis were just released to backers.


Favorite Patreons or other direct to artist sources? @ 2021/02/08 19:02:35


Post by: the_scotsman


zodiac_coward wrote:
 highlord tamburlaine wrote:
I'd agree on most of the March to Hell models. I really didn't like the proportions of the models from their Roman campaign. Their previous campaigns looked a lot less squat and heroic.

Which was a shame as they had a TON of stuff unlocked for what you paid. Gladiators, Britons, Gauls, Punic Wars, Germanic tribes, allies, a variety of buildings and terrain, war elephants... just all sorts of fun stuff.


Was there a name or something associated with this previous campaign? Even when I look at 3dbreed's website, I only see March to Hell, some mechs, and some American Independence stuff.


The previous campaign was March to Hell, which was all the WW2 stuff, and the new campaign is March to Hell Rome.

and I will say: one of the things about CAD models is you're seeing them from a level of zoomed-in and from an angle that you'll basically never see them on a tabletop.

God damn though I wish they had a german motorcycle or kettenkrad with a rider - I cannot find one anywhere online with a rider, and weirdly none of the major plastic ww2 miniature producers I can find make one. I really want to make an early Operation Barbarossa german army to oppose my midwar russians with early panzers and panzergrenadiers with motorcycle mounted troops.

I can find an stl for a motorcycle, but with no riders.


Favorite Patreons or other direct to artist sources? @ 2021/02/08 19:43:21


Post by: zodiac_coward


the_scotsman wrote:
zodiac_coward wrote:
 highlord tamburlaine wrote:
I'd agree on most of the March to Hell models. I really didn't like the proportions of the models from their Roman campaign. Their previous campaigns looked a lot less squat and heroic.

Which was a shame as they had a TON of stuff unlocked for what you paid. Gladiators, Britons, Gauls, Punic Wars, Germanic tribes, allies, a variety of buildings and terrain, war elephants... just all sorts of fun stuff.


Was there a name or something associated with this previous campaign? Even when I look at 3dbreed's website, I only see March to Hell, some mechs, and some American Independence stuff.


The previous campaign was March to Hell, which was all the WW2 stuff, and the new campaign is March to Hell Rome.


Ah, got it now, thank you!


Favorite Patreons or other direct to artist sources? @ 2021/02/08 19:55:24


Post by: ingtaer


Their stuff looks really nice in 15mm, got a few Brits printed up already.


Favorite Patreons or other direct to artist sources? @ 2021/02/11 18:36:39


Post by: the_scotsman


 ingtaer wrote:
Their stuff looks really nice in 15mm, got a few Brits printed up already.


Yeah. If you're a real stickler for the scale being perfect then Plastic Soldier Company or Battlefront is superior (and, honestly, not that much more expensive, printing 15mm WW2 miniatures is more like a 30-50% discount rather than the 95% discount you get compared to buying GW or FW) but looking at the two of them next to each other I've been like....eh, the head being a little bigger than it's supposed to be is honestly a small price to pay for my model getting to have an actual face with an expression instead of a weird lumpy mess between his helmet and collar that you get with true 15mm scaled infantry.


Favorite Patreons or other direct to artist sources? @ 2021/02/25 18:29:15


Post by: Monkeysloth


3DHexes just put out his February rewards based off of South East Asian ruins and it's probably one of the best releases he's done. All for $8



https://www.patreon.com/posts/february-rewards-47952364


Favorite Patreons or other direct to artist sources? @ 2021/02/25 20:15:01


Post by: MDSW


What a great wall and monument!!!


Favorite Patreons or other direct to artist sources? @ 2021/02/26 00:15:02


Post by: lord_blackfang


Makes me want to move my games of Ghost Archipelago to Indonesia


Favorite Patreons or other direct to artist sources? @ 2021/02/26 20:36:03


Post by: Malika2


In case this hasn't been shared here yet:

https://grimdarkterrain.com/


Favorite Patreons or other direct to artist sources? @ 2021/02/27 22:18:25


Post by: lord_blackfang


For all your orphenage skirmish games



Favorite Patreons or other direct to artist sources? @ 2021/02/27 23:26:51


Post by: Monkeysloth


Looks like you have a way to reenact the Skyrim Dark Brotherhood faction starter quest in Elderscolls CTA now.


Favorite Patreons or other direct to artist sources? @ 2021/02/27 23:40:38


Post by: lord_blackfang


I'm thinking a reskin of Brewhouse Bash


Favorite Patreons or other direct to artist sources? @ 2021/03/01 16:49:28


Post by: Boss Salvage


I run a Blades in the Dark game, and there are a startling number of urchins involved in the hi-jinks at this point So color me tempted


Favorite Patreons or other direct to artist sources? @ 2021/03/05 11:12:18


Post by: lord_blackfang


https://www.gameontabletop.com/cf476/army-of-kegan-sci-fi-28mm.html

Some IG trenchers for a nice change of pace from all the DKoK knockoffs. Really cool vehicles.


Favorite Patreons or other direct to artist sources? @ 2021/03/07 15:28:18


Post by: Overread


Time to add some more!! One or two might be repeats of earlier postings

Dragon Trappers Lodge

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/dragontrapperslodge
My Mini Factory: https://www.myminifactory.com/users/DragonTrappersLodge

Dragons, monsters, hunters and all sorts. The models have a very nice charm to the designs and range from some cute (but not too cute) through to wild and bestial creatures. Support work is also really great, very fine supports that are easy to work with

Spoiler:

March releases



And one of my own prints of their models - mandrilcore



Mini Monster Mayhem

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/minimonstermayhem
My Mini Factory: https://www.myminifactory.com/users/Mini%20Monster%20Mayhem

Fantasy models that range from the small to the huge, quite a few huge ones. Great models and many have some very fine detailing and subtle textures on them.
Note that this month *MARCH 2021* there's a special cross over event and there's 2 black dragon models and a huge yeti monster up for grabs which won't appear later on the MMF (they are part of an airship crossover kickstarter, link at the end of this post)

Spoiler:




Legends of Signum

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/signumgames/posts
My Mini Factory: https://www.myminifactory.com/users/Legends%20of%20Signum
Retail Website: https://signumgames.com

Basically its Rackhiem style sculpts and models. They've done several Kickstarters of their games and are selling both the model files for home printing and going the regular retail path to sales. Note do check out their website as there's models there not listed in their patreon style sales.

Spoiler:








Already mentioned earlier in the thread:

Dark Foundry Miniatures
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/DarkFoundryMiniatures/posts
STL individual sales : https://www.cgtrader.com/dark-foundry-miniatures

Epic Miniatures - note only one downside is that currently their presupports are not the best, they often have supports clipping into model parts or missing areas. Otherwise you get a LOT of models and they often have a lot of back-supporting per month so you can quite quickly get a lot of sculpts from them even with just 1 or 2 months subscription.

Patreon https://www.patreon.com/epic_miniatures/posts
My Mini Factory https://www.myminifactory.com/users/Epic-Miniatures



Favorite Patreons or other direct to artist sources? @ 2021/03/13 00:51:52


Post by: Overread


Annnnd I forgot to add the kickstarter (its still running) from the previous post. 19 days to go from this post. Note that as addons there's also a big discount on their airship models from their previous kickstarter so if you missed out you can jump in right now.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/skies-of-sordane/airship-campaigns?ref=eo411j

Spoiler:






airship addons - big image
Spoiler:



And also another Patreon worth checking out is STL Sampler. They basically pair with multiple other patreon designers each month and give a showcase selection of one or two models from each. It's basically a cheap and easy way to try out a load of different sculpts and such from different designers.
The description for the month also includes not just which model is from which designer, but links to both their patreons and their webstores (often myminifactory but not always)

https://www.patreon.com/stlcreatorsampler?

Spoiler:


If you're just getting started or on the fence for some its a really cheap way to get a look at the quality, supports, style, detailing, scale and all the rest of the models on offer from the different designers.


Favorite Patreons or other direct to artist sources? @ 2021/03/15 16:26:32


Post by: Boss Salvage


Those bugs!! Also the sky sharks, rays, etc. Thanks for posting, I passed this over as airships and dragons aren't very interesting to me, but suddenly I'm invested


Favorite Patreons or other direct to artist sources? @ 2021/03/20 05:32:45


Post by: silent25


Just wanted to post here that Hector Moran has started a patreon with several other artists. If you're not familiar with Hector's work, you haven't been pay attention to KS for the last several year. He has been doing work for numerous board game and miniature KS. The latest being the Ghostbusters x MIB game .
https://www.patreon.com/RoninArts

https://twitter.com/RAW_RoninArts





Favorite Patreons or other direct to artist sources? @ 2021/10/19 04:25:25


Post by: Admiral Apocalypse


Hi all!!!
I have recently opened my Patreon page to receive support during the creation of 3dmodels for wargames and RPG needs.

www.patreon.com/admapominiatures

The current release includes:
The Wotan Temple Set, 25 different Norse themed base models
Wooden Barricades
Spooky skullptures

Early support and merchant tiers available.

Any kind review or question would be greatly appreciated

Cheers!!!


Favorite Patreons or other direct to artist sources? @ 2021/10/26 16:46:00


Post by: Theophony


Admiral Apocalypse wrote:
Hi all!!!
I have recently opened my Patreon page to receive support during the creation of 3dmodels for wargames and RPG needs.

www.patreon.com/admapominiatures

The current release includes:
The Wotan Temple Set, 25 different Norse themed base models
Wooden Barricades
Spooky skullptures

Early support and merchant tiers available.

Any kind review or question would be greatly appreciated

Cheers!!!


I would suggest making the monthly posts visible to everyone. I am constantly looking at Patreons trying to find neat inspirations, but I get turned off when I see a creator who does not show what is coming next month. Good Luck