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3d printing is undoubtedly the future of the hobby. I recently had a friend print out a vast smattering of different sculpts i'd grabbed from gumroad, patreon etc and am absolutely floored by the quality of the prints. Moreover it has dramatically reduced the cost of entry, which has allowed me to gift entire armies worth of models to friends who otherwise simply do not have the budget for such an expensive hobby.

I will still personally support many of the sculptors out there who are producing minis, as I am quite fond of many metal casts such as Pendraken.

However for my social circle, the dragon chasing of 40k tournament meta WYSIWYG BS is over.

Although GW is riding high in market share currently, the bubble will inevitably burst because the dollar cost value for their products simply isn't there. They will soon be caught between a rock and hard place: on the one hand amateur sculptors are creating sculpts that rival their internal design studio and on the other: just about every other game design studio out there has a better rules set than 40k.

With all the amazing game systems out there to try from Osprey, Warlord Games etc etc....Keeping up with the 40k Joneses is no longer even remotely on our radar screen.

Poll results 85% to 15%… yeah, I am sold.