This is spot on. I've had resin printers for ~6 years now, I'm quite skilled at adding supports to models (and despise pre-supported ones). I bought the first one fully intending to print RPG minis and maybe also make my own 40k army. Printed a lot of minis, printed some on commission, sold some, including 40k, but never made an army, "my" army, I get stuck at choosing a force/faction and then making the composition. The ready made combat patrols just feel "meh"

Most importantly, I only know one 40k group and they play ~30km away from where I live. I already do that kind of trip every single day for work, so that was a huge dampener to me.

[–] flora_explora@beehaw.org 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Nice article! As an outsider I still don't get why people wouldn't sell/buy unpainted minis for cheap (e.g. on etsy)

[–] B0rax@feddit.org 2 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I guess the same reason they don’t buy reprinted magic cards for cheap.

Do I know the reason? No. But I guess it is the same.

[–] flora_explora@beehaw.org 1 points 20 hours ago

True, I had to think of magic cards, too. I would definitely print my own cards if I'd play nowadays...

[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 0 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Same reason people prefer the original thing over cheap copies, even the perfect replicas. This is valid for pretty much everything: art, clothing, videogame cartridges, plastic toys, boardgames.

[–] flora_explora@beehaw.org 1 points 20 hours ago

I've never understood why people buy clothing from expensive brands (except for when there is a real expectation of quality/durability)

Like, I understand it if the choice were only between original and poor-quality rip-off. But usually you can just go with something else that isn't by an expensive brand and isn't a rip-off...

[–] db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 day ago

Great article. Thanks