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Jed actually asked in the comments to not share this for a few days so all the backers have time to read it "from him" but I think they'll be fine as they have some really desriable models and if they do a merchant plan (where others can get a licnese to print and sell their designs) Jed will easily raise what money he needs.

I don't think MDF will be any less popular for the time being but I can see why he has a hard time selling premium resin to a small group of people where a large number of us have printers.

Ahhh, I didn't back the kickstarter, so I only got this info from another site.

I don't own a 3d printer, and I am not sure if I will own one in the near future. They are still a ways off from where I would want them to be, so I am still going to want to buy things in resin.

The things I like the least about this industry, Kickstarters and 3d will take many good business out of the picture.

A shame really.

Best of luck to Jed.

 Fenriswulf wrote:
Ahhh, I didn't back the kickstarter, so I only got this info from another site.

I don't own a 3d printer, and I am not sure if I will own one in the near future. They are still a ways off from where I would want them to be, so I am still going to want to buy things in resin.

No worries about that, I don't think Jed could keep it quiet anyway but still thought I should bring it up incase someone did read it first here and had backed one of those KSers.

In case people don't want to read the wall of text. Antenocities mold maker is moving on to better support his family. Good mold makers are hard to find and Jed doesn't want to train someone again which could take quite some time nor is he really capable to do it himself anymore so he wants to drop resin and just produce MDF products and files for 3d printing (and there's money there if you look at what Printable Scenery pulls in per KSer).

Owning several printers I don't think they'll replace stuff for a while as lots of people really don't want to do the work themselves but a $400 SLA printer can make standared 28mm figures for about 30 cents USD per fig that look about as good as any non-3d printed thing. An 800 one will make stuff as good as what you could buy and that's only going to get cheaper.

I hope someone picks up their resin vehicle line.

That's a bummer. At least that answers the question "When are the resin Foward Base interior panels coming out?"

 lord_blackfang wrote:
I hope someone picks up their resin vehicle line.

This. Seems I waited too long...

I ordered several of the post apocalypse resin vehicles earlier today before I saw this news (ordered today as I had been waiting for the modern graffiti decal restock and just noticed they had arrived). Shame this has happened as he does great models. Hopefully order will still be fulfilled.

lord_blackfang wrote:I hope someone picks up their resin vehicle line.

So from whats' been in the comments discussion for the original KSer post some desisnges have 3rd party licneses he has to deal with, some deailing with the artwork others the sculptor apperently, and once that's all sorted out things that he's able too could possibile be sold as merchant STLs where someone could sell what they print.

Siygess wrote:That's a bummer. At least that answers the question "When are the resin Foward Base interior panels coming out?"

I know there was a redesign that was being worked on, but I can ask if those would be available for 3d printing.

 Monkeysloth wrote:

So from whats' been in the comments discussion for the original KSer post some desisnges have 3rd party licneses he has to deal with, some deailing with the artwork others the sculptor apperently, and once that's all sorted out things that he's able too could possibile be sold as merchant STLs where someone could sell what they print.

Could he not clear the licensing and offer the STLs on one of the 3D PoD sites. Heck if I could buy and download the STLs it would move me to getting a 3D printer sooner rather than later.

 Chairman Aeon wrote:

 Monkeysloth wrote:

So from whats' been in the comments discussion for the original KSer post some desisnges have 3rd party licneses he has to deal with, some deailing with the artwork others the sculptor apperently, and once that's all sorted out things that he's able too could possibile be sold as merchant STLs where someone could sell what they print.

Could he not clear the licensing and offer the STLs on one of the 3D PoD sites. Heck if I could buy and download the STLs it would move me to getting a 3D printer sooner rather than later.

I don't want to speak for him in any way but I'm sure that's something he could license it out to print on demand sites or open up a shapeways if he wants (though getting your own $400 resin printer will make better stuff then what you'll get from shapeways).

From the sounds of it even just a few days ago Jed was struggling with whether or not he'd have to shut down completely as a lot of things seamed to really hit last week or two (though he knew about his mold maker leaving last month) so there's a lot he has to sort out and there will be another update in the next few weeks about what STLs will be avalible in a KSer this year. Current backers of his US-IMF project will be able to trade in what they paid for resins for STLs across his whole product range that will be avalible.

I would suggest people that are intrested in certain lines send them emails hoping for continued avaliblity even after they stop making resins (which should be till the end of the year).

Hopefully he'll also offer full refunds for KS backers who don't want something different

It seems that any large chunk of resin should at this point be considered a red flag for a Kickstarter. Resin production of large pieces is apparently pretty tough to do right and do in large numbers.

 OrlandotheTechnicoloured wrote:
Hopefully he'll also offer full refunds for KS backers who don't want something different

Here's a quote:

We can't refund people.
You will be given an option to switch from resin to STL in a new KS that includes the models from this KS plus other models.
If you don't want STL files you will get your resin pledges but with a significant delay in production.

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 Gallahad wrote:
It seems that any large chunk of resin should at this point be considered a red flag for a Kickstarter. Resin production of large pieces is apparently pretty tough to do right and do in large numbers.

True and manufacturer is also part of that. While more expensive then doing it yourself if someone stated that their resin was being done by Valiant then I'd be less concerned as that company can truly mass produce resin as they have expensive machines to do so.

Ah if the resin is still possible that's fine (delays are part of KS after all)

update on internals for their buildings

We're re-doing the internals with the new methods we've done for MDF/Acrylic/Photo-prints - hoping to get on to those in the new year. After which, new Habs!

And on Resin production

We won't be stopping resin immediately and there is an ongoing discussion about what resin could be continued alongside STl files.

The main issue with putting out production to a third party is the cost and also the quality - very few places produce high-quality on a reliable basis and those that do are very expensive.

There are some manufacturers in China that produce quality, but they require high-numbers to be effective.

That said - we're still keeping options open where we can.