Tablehammer has revealed some hot new alternative Space Marine models for their latest March Patreon release! Tablehammer has been hard at work producing
I have two resin printers (an old Proton and a Saturn 8k) and I’ve printed a fair number models, though no vehicles and it’s been SO worth the money now that easy to print, less-brittle resins exist. The patreons I was subscribed to provided very good value per month too. I never got into tablestop stuff largely because of the cost but printing minis is wildly cheap after the initial setup costs–and it’s not like you can’t print other non-tabletop stuff (I use mine for other personal projects too). I can print a “space marine” and base him (I print my basic bases on an FDM printer) and it’ll cost me somewhere in the ballpark of 15 cents vs, what, multiple dollars if I were buying from GW? I guess it does take a fair amount of DIY to learn the process and dealing with the resin itself is not exactly fun but I find that a worthwhile tradeoff.
Printing has really opened up the hobby in a lot of ways. For some non-Warhammer games I’ve used printing not just because it was cheaper, but because the unofficial models were just better.
Some creators are a bit iffy on the models, usually because there’s too much detail for the scale. It looks great in renders but it’s almost unpaintable. Some others like station forge have got it spot on, though. Enough detail to keep it interesting without being an absolute pain to paint.
I don’t have hands on with the Tablehammer sculpts, but from the pictures they look properly chunky with big shapes meant for painting by the average hobbiest.
I have two resin printers (an old Proton and a Saturn 8k) and I’ve printed a fair number models, though no vehicles and it’s been SO worth the money now that easy to print, less-brittle resins exist. The patreons I was subscribed to provided very good value per month too. I never got into tablestop stuff largely because of the cost but printing minis is wildly cheap after the initial setup costs–and it’s not like you can’t print other non-tabletop stuff (I use mine for other personal projects too). I can print a “space marine” and base him (I print my basic bases on an FDM printer) and it’ll cost me somewhere in the ballpark of 15 cents vs, what, multiple dollars if I were buying from GW? I guess it does take a fair amount of DIY to learn the process and dealing with the resin itself is not exactly fun but I find that a worthwhile tradeoff.
Printing has really opened up the hobby in a lot of ways. For some non-Warhammer games I’ve used printing not just because it was cheaper, but because the unofficial models were just better.
Some creators are a bit iffy on the models, usually because there’s too much detail for the scale. It looks great in renders but it’s almost unpaintable. Some others like station forge have got it spot on, though. Enough detail to keep it interesting without being an absolute pain to paint.
I don’t have hands on with the Tablehammer sculpts, but from the pictures they look properly chunky with big shapes meant for painting by the average hobbiest.