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2021/02/07 23:14:27
Subject: Favorite Patreons or other direct to artist sources?
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*
Consummate 8th Edition Hater.
2021/02/08 18:03:17
Subject: Re:Favorite Patreons or other direct to artist sources?
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.
2021/02/08 18:44:41
Subject: Re:Favorite Patreons or other direct to artist sources?
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.
2021/02/08 19:02:35
Subject: Re:Favorite Patreons or other direct to artist sources?
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.
"Got you, Yugi! Your Rubric Marines can't fall back because I have declared the tertiary kaptaris ka'tah stance two, after the secondary dacatarai ka'tah last turn!"
"So you think, Kaiba! I declared my Thousand Sons the cult of Duplicity, which means all my psykers have access to the Sorcerous Facade power! Furthermore I will spend 8 Cabal Points to invoke Cabbalistic Focus, causing the rubrics to appear behind your custodes! The Vengeance for the Wronged and Sorcerous Fullisade stratagems along with the Malefic Maelstrom infernal pact evoked earlier in the command phase allows me to double their firepower, letting me wound on 2s and 3s!"
"you think it is you who has gotten me, yugi, but it is I who have gotten you! I declare the ever-vigilant stratagem to attack your rubrics with my custodes' ranged weapons, which with the new codex are now DAMAGE 2!!"
"...which leads you straight into my trap, Kaiba, you see I now declare the stratagem Implacable Automata, reducing all damage from your attacks by 1 and triggering my All is Dust special rule!"
2021/02/08 19:43:21
Subject: Re:Favorite Patreons or other direct to artist sources?
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!
2021/02/08 19:55:24
Subject: Favorite Patreons or other direct to artist sources?
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.
"Got you, Yugi! Your Rubric Marines can't fall back because I have declared the tertiary kaptaris ka'tah stance two, after the secondary dacatarai ka'tah last turn!"
"So you think, Kaiba! I declared my Thousand Sons the cult of Duplicity, which means all my psykers have access to the Sorcerous Facade power! Furthermore I will spend 8 Cabal Points to invoke Cabbalistic Focus, causing the rubrics to appear behind your custodes! The Vengeance for the Wronged and Sorcerous Fullisade stratagems along with the Malefic Maelstrom infernal pact evoked earlier in the command phase allows me to double their firepower, letting me wound on 2s and 3s!"
"you think it is you who has gotten me, yugi, but it is I who have gotten you! I declare the ever-vigilant stratagem to attack your rubrics with my custodes' ranged weapons, which with the new codex are now DAMAGE 2!!"
"...which leads you straight into my trap, Kaiba, you see I now declare the stratagem Implacable Automata, reducing all damage from your attacks by 1 and triggering my All is Dust special rule!"
2021/02/25 18:29:15
Subject: Favorite Patreons or other direct to artist sources?
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
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)
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.
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.
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.
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)
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.
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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
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
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.
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
LOL, Theo your mind is an amazing place, never change.-camkierhi 9/19/13
I cant believe theo is right.. damn. -comradepanda 9/26/13
None of the strange ideas we had about you involved your sexual orientation..........-Monkeytroll 12/10/13
I'd put you on ignore for that comment, if I could...Alpharius 2/11/14
2025/04/26 05:19:04
Subject: Re:Favorite Patreons or other direct to artist sources?
Hello, hope it's ok to post this here, used to post on Dakka years ago, definitely lost the email related to that account though.
Ahem, anyway, I've very recently started a new patreon called Grimpunk Miniatures which currently has a whole bunch of STL files for you to peruse and download for free should any of them take your fancy. Off the top of my head there's got to be about 80 or 90 in total.
There's trucks, jeeps, vtols, fun and characterful robot soldiers and all sorts of scrim scrams.
Obviously I'm throwing the line out hoping to catch a bit of support here, but even if you pay a visit, take what you want and leave with the goods that's fine, just if you print anything off and use it in your games and people ask where you got it from, please let them know eh?
I'd post some images of some of the files but I'll be damned if I can remember how you do that.
Here's some of my favourites, most of them have already been mentioned, but maybe you'll find something interesting;
Redmakers (wh40k related)
Sacrusmundus (all sorts of terrain)
Txarli factory (terrain and figures)
Dark realms forge (fantasy related terrain)
Fabricators lair (scifi terrain in 6mm and 28mm scale)
Stationforge (40k related miniatures)
Imperitumart (40k related miniatures)
Highlands miniatures (fantasy related miniatures)
Lost kingdom miniatures (fantasy related miniatures)
Resinwarfare (fantasy miniatures)
Dakkadakka store (40k related miniatures)
Avatars of war (fantasy related miniatures)
Atlan warforge (40k related miniatures)
Miniatureland (fantasy terrain)
Geargutz (40k orks)
Saucermen studios (scifi terrain, and a web operated software for designing your terrain)
https://firstblood84.wordpress.com/ Dark Angels (11000), Astra+AdMech+Assassin (7000), Tyranids (3000), Tau (3000), Legions of Nagash (2500)
So color me tempted 
