3D PRINTING WARHAMMER 40k with 1 LITER of RESIN
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- Опубліковано 20 вер 2024
- 3D Printing some Warhammer 40k with only 1 liter is kind of crazy to think about. In this video, I will show you what I went through to print Warhammer 40k proxy models for Warhammer 40k and or Kill Team.
Using water-washable resin by Elegoo. Join me in the ups and downs of 3d printing.
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Man your content and editing is great, you really deserve way more subs
Cheers toasterlovingtechpriest, maybe one day I can make something of the channel. Editing and filming does take a long time but I enjoy it, I think of it like this is another part of my hobby.
I'm impressed, and just subscribed! The voice-recording could use some improvement, but that's being nitpicky...
@@Virakotxa that is not nitpicky at all, I am trying to learn better techniques for my voice overs. It is the one thing that truly bugs me in when making a video.
I hate my own voice, and if you look back at older videos you can see how varied the voice overs are due to me trying all sorts of different things lol.
Hopefully I will find a happy medium, I do find it funny when I record myself and I am trying to make myself sound happier or angry but when I play it back I am so monotone hahaha.
OH! thanks a lot for subscribing :D it truly does mean a lot when people think the content is worth following ^_^
Games Workshop should embrace this trend. Unlike the poor execution of Metallica against their own fan base, because of copyright. In this case Games Workshop should (EMBRACE IT - INCITE IT - LEAD IT) make their own 8K 3D printer, (PAY-HAMMER Printer) for their stores. Have a two tier hobby. "Base" army sets. Sold in boxes - starter packs and cost effective bundles. But then PAY-HAMMER the more exotic models, and customizations for their war leader and other special units. Pay-To-Win or Pay-To-Customize. The box set should come with a Internal scratch and win QR code for one complimentary PAY-HAMMER 3d print... like a WarLord or Heavy Support. Therefore all sold generic-pre-bundled-armies, get one highly customized model, to help distinguish that bundled army from other low cost bundled armies. This exposes the customer to the extremely nice experience of getting something special. In addition, the box for that custom PAY-HAMMER is also printed. Folded, assembled and all inserts / transfers / special terrain markers / options ... and other "goodies" are included in the box, along with the PAY-HAMMER custom.
Like GW could ever make a good business decision 😂😂😂
OR people will just 3D print the stuff themselves
GW haven't exactly got the best rap for not claiming copyright
If natural progression in accessible tech is a threat to your business model and you don’t adapt to it then your deserve to fail.
And if ppl are saving money printing their own, then the “value” just IS NOT THEIR from GW.
Warhammer is marketed to kids and resin printing is highly toxic. I think that and their ongoing commitment to manufacturing in the UK is what keeps them from embracing it.
Wild intro buddy! Glad to see you back making videos! 😁
thanks Donny, it was fun to work on. It has taken a long while but finally got it done.
Digging the Votann prints. I got these same ones, minus the vehicle. Ended up modding the chests lights on the Hearthguard to be more inline with GeeDubs, plus a few other kitbash Votann mods. Having looked at a few Sagitaur STL's, this came out better than I thought it would. Might have to finally print one out Great vid.
Thanks lemontangs , this sculptor got them spot on it is kind of crazy. I was thinking of maybe finding some Dwarf heads with bears and or something with beard armor to replace the current heads. Yours sounds like a great project 🙌🙌
Out of interest how did you get the chest lights looking closer? I'd like to maybe enter a few tourneys down the line and it's be easier if they were marginally closer.
Who’s the maker? Love the stuff.
@@tarnocdoino3857 calls him self VoD and can't remember the space dwarf guy. Will find it out if he wants to be named.
@@toooldfortwowheels2048 interestingly was going over the file and discovered the files were layered and hadn't been merged. So was able to remove parts directly through meshmixer. Then just designed chest lights in blender and slapped them onto the original stl.
6:11 One thing I learned through testing is to make an analysis of the print after slicing and looking for when the peeling forces are stronger and weaker. If I see layers with probable stronger forces and I have smaller object closer to the edges, I either try heavier supports on the parts on the edges or I just print it separately. And for sure I slow down the lift speed, usually just stronger supports and a bit slower print solves the issue
Thanks @jaurybeltraoengers5986 that is actually really useful information.
I've got 9 x 1750pts 40k 3DP armies. Couldn't have even bought one in plastic for the same price 😬👍
haha yeah, your wallet thanks you
where are you finding the models to print? I want to start getting into printing models
@@BeardedHokage1883d cults is a good starring point
Just bought a 3D printer and I’m so excited!
Fantastic! Welcome mate, make sure you stop by MyMiniFactory and check out what they have on offer.
@@NatesMiniatures Will do! Thanks a lot!
3d prints for sure. I've had a printer pretty much since I started the hobby and wouldn't be as far along as I am without one.
Thanks for commenting NinetaleHobbies , I think I am just too far in it now I can't go back
that was a great video dude. I'll definitely check out more of your vids!
Cheers @aliginnit90501
Love the intro mate, solid effort.
And damn, you got a lot more than I was expecting out of 1 litre of resin, that's a lot of printing!
Super cool to see your first go at a vehicle print too, not a bad first go at it I reckon.
Nice tips on the cleaning too, using a support looks like a good way to stop you digging around for the sheet haha.
It sounds like an 8k printer is the next big channel goal xD
As for where we'll be in 10 years for printing?
Well, just keep your old pal Rumjunkie in mind when you can print those life size 6ft goth girl android bodies yeh?
Cheers mate :P
hahaha sure thing Rum hahaha you peanut head XD
Love the intro bro! Great video, look forward to the next one :)
thanks brother 🙌🙌
I wonder where we'll be in ten years as well. I am very much enjoying the profound changes our hobbies and technologies. I can't wait.
It is very exciting!.
Just getting back into 40k after a 15 year hiatus and i am super excited that I can just print stl files from the web now without spending 1000's at GW..
Loads of proxxies as well, and you can also kitbash things in Meshmixer.
Man, my printer comes in tomorrow, I can't wait to get started!
Careful, it is very addictive XD
Welcome back mate! Cool stuff as usual
Thanks brother ^_^
Hey I gotta say this new channel direction is really great, I saw that 3D printing vs GW vid 7 months ago & loved it, going to sub now & I really hope you continue to explore content like this about the printing side of 40k gaming, its so fun & it's great to see some people covering it since I'm getting into it myself.
Thanks brother, sorry for the delay with videos. I am hoping that I can stay on track and get some more out as I have loads of plans for content around 3D printing wargaming stuff 🙌🙌
Back on the horsey! Dude, some really nice shots in this one! 👍😊
Thanks Leif, feels good to get a project done 🙌🙌
enjoyed it - thanks
Thanks for watching and commenting @johnhanley5546
Thank you , Nate .
🐺 Loupis Canis .
Thank you too! 👍
Well done, mate. love your videos...
Cheers brother, thanks for stopping by and checking them out 🙌
I would suggest that the wheels, when printing, be set a few degrees off from flat... Love the content
Thanks brother, will do that next time. I did the same thing in my 3D printing terrain video but then I changed the degrees of the terrain parts in the end. Thanks for watching 👍
@@NatesMiniatures absolutely.... Best wishes for your channel
great models!!
Great Prints mate!
Cheers mate
Likely not the case for you as you live in a hot country, but my supports would fail if the room temperature was too cool. Below 20C and I would find rafts with supports but no model. If the resin is too viscous, it won't flow back quick enough during the lift. You can also slow the lift speed to allow the resin to fill the voids more thoroughly. Originally, I tried thicker supports but still had the same problem, but hot resin and slow lifts solved it. That said, you are probably right that your supports were too thin for the models being lost.
It is true I live in a warmer climate, so 3D printing can be great for us Aussies. The profile I was running was a quick one, and probably had too much force on the thin tips of the supports.
Most times hot resin and slow lifts are the way to go.
Ooooo those Votann minis look NICE. Definitely gonna pick up those files so I can use all the bits in the various boxes. Well, that and print more helmets cuz I freaking love the helmeted look on the Hearthguard and Hearthkyn.
They are very cool and I am the same and prefer the helmeted versions better. I just feel like if I was in a battle I would want my helmet on haha
Man after my own heart, all my kin are helmeted wherever possible.
@@toooldfortwowheels2048 100% dude, I just wish they weren't so damn hard to install.
Unfortunatelly they got taken down by GW after this video got uploaded becouse this youtuber shared the names of the creators
@@CarvingMonkeysReus that is a bold face lie, one of the creators I mentioned is still up. And the other one I did not mention at all and did not even show any sites linked to that.
GW just went and did a mass cull like they did last year. And this video came out in September the purge only happened this week. Please don't talk like you know things.
Oops, great video, very good quality.
Do you know where I can find 3D Warhammer models to buy? I've been searching for a while but haven't found anything of good quality.
great project
Thanks @Runehammer1
I’m not even really involved with this hobby yet, but speaking from a business perspective
If GW reasonably priced their products then maybe people would be inclined to invest in their products directly rather than look for more affordable options
I’ve seen a lot of comments saying “well if u can’t afford the hobby then maybe it’s not for you” well when GW can’t keep shop open due to everyone making their own miniatures then I guess that’s just the way the cookie crumbles
Should Try MESBG, such a good system and the 3d printers have really allowed the models to look amazing compared to the 20+ year old sculpts
Is MESBG Middle Earth Strategy Battle Game? I do love Lord of the rings. I signed up to The Print goes ever on with their Lotr models and they do a job at it.
@NatesMiniatures I prefer davale, but thier communication is inverse to how good sculpters they are.
The game is pretty good, scene is au is very chilled so you don't get as many sweat lords.
I have heard of them, I have also purchased Medbury miniatures Dwarfs (big fan of Dwarfs) and they look really good. I might look at it in the future since I like scifi and fantasy.
Great job! Man I need to get a bigger printer
thanks mate, I am even thinking of a bigger printer again.
I have a brand new Anycubic X had it for months now, still have yet to try it out, Although i have resin printed lots before with my OLD faithful printer i made from a DLP projector almost a decade ago, and yeah im always amazed by how little resin it takes to complete a print in comparison to how much filament it would take on a FDM printer.
It is amazing how little resin you need to build a army for wargaming. Terrain is a little harder but still good, and one day I would like to try and print a statue of something.
Awesome video. I don’t have a resin printer yet, this is great.
one of us... ONE OF US!
You did hollow out the vehicle before printing, right?
Yeah, you can see it hollowed as it was compiling the model 🙌
the printing process look messy...yeah, i will wait another decade
amazing! :)
Thanks mate ^_^
This is relevant to my interests; I am also called Nate, I also 3D print and I am also pringing Votann.
Still strugglign getting exposure right at the moment but looking forward to some great prints.
We twins! once you dial in that exposure you will get some nice prints. I might post my Elegoo Saturn settings on my community page for people to see.
@@NatesMiniatures I think you're using the same creator I am from seeing your models. His stuff is truly excellent, really made up with the "Thunderkyn".
Keep up the good work and thanks for the great content.
@@toooldfortwowheels2048 I wouldn't be surprised, they were the best ones I have seen. The sculptor out did himself.
@NatesMiniatures Very good video, you have another new subscriber. I'm thinking about buying a resin printer, if it's not an indiscretion; Does it cost a lot of money to print an army like the tyranids in the video? I want to start with that army. Thank you very much ^^
Hey @anderbortvalls2666 as for cost, no it is not expensive at all. I would say a full army would set you back two bottles of resin and I am talking 2,000 points+. The problem is getting the files in the first place, that I can't help you with but I am sure with some investigating work you will find them. Happy printing champion 🙌
@@NatesMiniatures Thank you very much for your indication, guidance and help. Great job ^^
Is there any plastic type that isn't resins?
There are FDM printers that use PLA, that is a hard plastic but you will not get the details that a resin printer can offer.
I pray for nontoxic version of resin 3d printing to use in house in upcoming 3-5 years. Progress so far is quite nice (all water washable, eco-friendly, silicon based... resins) but It's still a resin and classified as super toxic for humans so I'm scared to have it in the same house with me and my pets…
That is fair, good ventilation and making sure you ALWAYS wear nitril gloves and a fask mask. But having pets run in and out I understand that, best to wait for the technology to evolve or have a dedicated space where you can keep others out when printing.
As long as you have a separate room for it that is well-ventilated there should be no reason tro be scared of it - even with regular resin. It's toxic when it gets into (prolonged, but better to be avoided altogether) contact with skin or ingested. As long as you take appropriate measures to avoid that (which is easy enough), you're completely fine.
But yeah, especially with pets, having a space you can close off to them is of utmost importance, because you can obviously not make them take those measures.
@@rogthepirate4593 agreed, it should not be something to be feared just something to understand that PPE and good safety practices are paramount.
Hey mate, I know that I'm almost a year late. Do these prints work with plastic? I'm ironically trying to get both Votann and Nids, and don't want to give GW anymore money than necessary.
I am not sure what you mean by plastic brother? do you mean from a FDM printer with PLA? if that is what you are thinking it would be very hard to get the nids right but the votann models should be a lot easier to FDM print but from what I understand the time to print can be many many hours.
@@NatesMiniatures PLA is what I meant yeah. In which case its good that the Votann should work. Do you also know if they're able to be magnetized?
I don't see why not, there is a way to edit the files in some 3d programs before you print as well. So that might be easier to make slots for magnets before you print. I am not sure if Microsoft 3d builder is still around but you could cut and alter models with that one.
@@NatesMiniatures Aye thanks brother. If it wasn't completely obvious, I am new to 3d printing.
All good, welcome to the hobby :D
Plenty of stuff to learn, with both resin and fdm printing
Where do you get such nice votann stl's?
I'm just going to save this idea for when I get a printer
I had no idea GW actually took the boarding patrol boxes down. But making your own box set is fun
hmmm, maybe i should get my brother back into 3d printing ;)
haha all the YES
Wait wait wait, a $29 bottle of resin?? Is that Aussie dollars?
Yeah mate, sorry I talk more in my local currency. I usually buy from eBay Anycubic standard grey resin for $29.99 each but if I buy 3 or more I can get it to $25.19 each bottle.
I buy cases of 10 KG directly from Elegoo. Comes out to $13USD. $18CAD per bottle. I printed 10k points of imperial guard with 20KG. That comes out to 9600$USD plus tax GW prices
Buying more does net a better deal, I prefer to get around 10kg's each time I do a order. You have saved a crazy amount of money, $9,600 is a good car or new furniture in your house. Crazy to think about
do you find that the water washable resin is more brittle than the resin that needs to be cleaned with alcohol?
Thanks for commenting Funkman3140 , not really any difference from a standard resin to be honest.
@@NatesMiniatures Thank you for replying! I have been only using the same type of water washable resin you were using, and I find my prints always turn out more brittle than id like or I end up snapping things off. Could I be curing them too much maybe? Makes me cautious about spending time painting things when stuff like bayonets and antennae break off so easy for me. I have read adding 10% tenacious resin can help with breakage.
I cured for around 5mins I think it was but I have not snapped anything off of the bug models. But I bet if i dropped it, I would not be surprised if it shattered. I have also heard about that 10% tenacious resin thing, I might try it one day but for now I think I have to stick to the cheaper resins but I 100% agree with you with spending a lot of time painting stuff for them only to break easily. That would not be fun.
Water washable is pretty brittle, especially with smaller spindly parts. If you want really durable resin go for ABS like.
@@bensinclair129 thanks mate, I am actually on the look out for a more durable resin.
Did you paint these i have had trouble painting on that resin in the past.
not yet, you shouldn't have issues with painting resin once it is cured right though. My last video I printed out resin terrain and painted it and it was fine. What curing times did you have?
Lychee created custom stands specifically to help with cleaning exposure
Did they? how would you do that?
Do you have a link to these files?
Sorry mate I can't share the link for these files brother. GW is always watching, this is why I am now going to use creators who don't make 1:1 sculpts from now on.
It will allow me to share the creator with all of you in the future.
Super duper❤🎉
haha thanks mate 👌
Hi Nates!
Im sure you get asked this alot but is 3d printing safe?
I bought a printer and even though I opened all windows in my house and closed the printer with its case, the entire house smelled bad and im really worried
I poured all the contents of the resin vat back to the bottle and cleaned everything and it took hours for the smell to go away
Im really scared of printing again as I know the fumes are toxic
Do you think putting a fan facing the printer near a window will be enough to not have it again?
It is a very good idea to have an open airflow from a door being open and a window (try not to get direct UV light onto your printer though) with a fan in the swaying motion to get air flowing in your room.
I would also consider an air purifier to reduce those smells. I want loads of people to 3D print but I won't lie to you, it is toxic and every precaution is needed when printing.
But I would not be scared of it either mate, as long as you have the proper airflow you will be sweet.
I'm so jealous that you have these amazing stls... even Votans =/
They are awesome, I wish I could give them out but I can't. I have no idea where the creator is hosting now, so it will be up to you to find them :(
@@NatesMiniatures touche =(
DWARVES IN SPACE!!!!
haha love me some space dwarfs
Did I hear a rock and stone?
hahaha indeed
where u can find the stls?? i cant ;c
how brittle are your prints though?
Honestly, they feel fine and even now with moving the minis to different locations, the Tyranids have broken no parts. I guess if I drop them on the hard floor something will give.
Is it possible for me to get the Tyranid files as I am having a struggle finding any
It is best to keep the creator secret, I will be making content where I can share the creators links in the future. Other wise this video doesn't give any value to people wanting to print them out as well.
@@NatesMiniatures I found some recently in a telegram group so I’m set. Printed 3k of nids now
Those are not Space wolves....
I should of put text on the screen but I have lisp and I was saying Space Dwarves
👏👏👏👏👏
🙌👌👍
Hi you saved so soo much money 😂
yeah it was a fair bit of a savings :P
“Don’t puncture your…” what was that?
Don't puncture your FEP. FEP sheet that is connected to your resin VAT
Hi ! I see a broodlord ? Where do you buy this ? Thx
It is best to keep the creator secret, I will be making content where I can share the creators links in the future. Other wise this video doesn't give any value to people wanting to print them out as well.
You seem a little short for a Space Wolf....
I was saying Space Dwarfs, just my speech impediment made it sound like Space Wolfs
Models like genestealers are a bit of a mess. But damn 3d printing is so good. I printed a tanks. Bikes. Extra pieces. You know the models where you get 1 body but many arms heads weapons? I just printed another 3 bodies and boom. Done. Go together with a few others. Share a printed. Churn out armies for cheap. Dont pay for terrible companies that purposefully make you pay as much as possible for as little as possible and even worse if competitive. They just abuse you. Go 3d printers.
3D printing is amazing, I am about to setup 3 printers soon in the new hobby room and excited to get back to printing.
Part 2: finish the rest of the bottle 👍
haha I already did behind the scenes, used it for some test prints XD
Where did you find those votann files?
It is best to keep the creator secret, I will be making content where I can share the creators links in the future. Other wise this video doesn't give any value to people wanting to print them out as well.
What print settings did you use for this resin?
Lychee
Burn In Layers
Number of Layers: 10
Exposure Time: 40s
Transition Layers Count: 0
Light-off Delay: 1s
Lift Distance: 6mm
Lift Speed: 25mm/m
Normal Layers
Layer Thickness: 50um
Light-off Delay: 1s
Exposure Time: 3.3s
Lift Distance: 6mm
Speed
Lift Speed: 300mm/m
Retract Speed: 300mm/m
Hope this helps mate
@@NatesMiniatures absolute legend, thanks mate! Btw I subbed and turned on notifications, loved the video. I look forward to the next one!
@@sakurasleepy6540 thanks heaps Champion, that is awesome! And no worries at all.
Would love to get the tyranid file
It is best to keep the creator secret, I will be making content where I can share the creators links in the future. Other wise this video doesn't give any value to people wanting to print them out as well.
If you use microsoft builder you can assemble alot of these models before you print automatically saving you alot of time with assembly and printing
Thank you johnphil2071, that is actually super helpful and something I will need to look into. It would save a bunch of time and I would prefer not to have small parts as they can sometimes release from the supports and smash into your FEP.
where can i get the files?
It is best to keep the creator's secret, I will be making content where I can share the creator's links in the future. This video doesn't give any value to people wanting to print them out as well.
@@NatesMiniatures understandable. guess il just hope and get lucky i stumble upon them lol thanks anyway :)
@@thatoneguy50666 best of luck mate :D sorry I could not help out more
@@NatesMiniatures no worrys at all man just keep maikng great vids :D
Yes. You can have 12k printer.
But are you getting the stls?
Does anyone knkw where i can find these that i can print for free, im new to 3d printing and im trying to make an rpg campaign for my friends
Hey mate, I would love to give you the details on where to get these files BUT! I can't on this open platform, I am sorry.
The last thing I would ever want would be to bring light to a creator to be shut down. Your best option is to look for groups on Facebook and Reddit and ask there.
In the future to avoid this I will be using more proxies in videos that I can disclose where to get the files from. Sorry, I could not help you more here.
@NatesMiniatures You already did that. And deleted my comment pointing it down.
@@NatesMiniaturesbecouse of you sharing the names of the 3d artists cults 3d is experiencing a purge from GW. Go ahead and delete this comment too. But its not going to change the fact that we know you shared the names on comments and they purged this exact models from cults.
@@CarvingMonkeysReus The original poster deleted their comment thus deleting the whole thing. Please go away, I heard what happened with one of the nid creators on the site and it had nothing to do with me.
@@CarvingMonkeysReus mate, go and watch the video again. Because the one you are thinking of I DID NOT mention his name. The guy I did mention is STILL up. Please stop lying and go away.
I know this video is 2 months old but please don’t mention creators names when doing stuff like this. Or you’ll end up getting someone nuked like battle brother Sam
Don't worry mate, the creator mentioned has not had those files up for a good year or two. And the space dwarf creator I did not mention or show where to get them.
In fact, if you check out my community post I made an announcement about not making 1:1 print videos as there is no real value in not sharing where to get the files from.
So from now on I will be making videos using alternative miniatures that can be used as proxies for Warhammer 40k and other game systems so I can share where to get the files and support the creator :).
But... they are Votaan not space wolves. Nice vid other than that.
I have a bit of a lisp and I was saying Space Dwarfs :P
hi who creat this models ?
It is best to keep the creator secret, I will be making content where I can share the creators links in the future. Other wise this video doesn't give any value to people wanting to print them out as well.
If you have your printer dialed in properly it's piss easy
resin printing is not hard at all, you are right once it is dialed in everything will run great.
Nates! Do a video about scanning and printing an entire original sprue. Then we’ll talk. #ethicalprinting
People have done that before, not sure how that would go for printing with all the support work as well. So why would you want the sprue included in the printing process?. Wouldn't it be easier to just print the actual miniature? not to mention less print times as some sprues are huge and you would have to use most of the build plate and would max out the Z axis on a resin printer.
I think the only way you can do that without having to buy a very expensive big printer would be to FDM print it and that would lose the details. So at the end of the day I am not sure including the sprue would be worth wild because you would disgard that and create more e waste.
At least with a plastic sprue you could recycle it in theory, and make a new sprue with injection moulding process but not so much with the resin printing process.
@@NatesMiniaturesThanks for your detailed response. I still wouldn’t want to remove the original pieces from the sprue if possible. Also, I enjoy modeling, and converting, so I personally wouldn’t want to print the whole mini. Scan the whole/part of the sprue (with model pieces) then manipulate the image with (CAD?) software and supports for the printer, even if that means printing pieces of a sprue at one time. Preserve the original mold. Use software magic for efficiency with the printer. Feasible?
@@mottie85 yeah it can all be possible, I personally don't dislike Games Workshop products and would find myself buying from them. And in the future I will lean more away from printing 1:1 models and move towards other creators that sculpt proxies in our niche.
This way I can help in some way by directing people to these creators and hopefully we can grow stronger for it.
It is fun being sneaky and being able to get GW at home with a press of a button, in fact I would say a huge amount of their range for 40k is easily obtained with some searching.
Preserving history is something I like to do as well, I collect Play Station 1 PAL games in hard copy form. I just enjoy having the CD of the game and booklet there.
Did it make anyone else mad that the hole video he called them the space wolfs and it was leagues of votann and only corrected him self at the end 😂🎉
I have a bit of a lisp, I was actually saying space dwarfs.
Dude why would you name the creator? ._. Gw Dogs sniff for that kind of thing
That one creator mentioned has not had these models up for a year or two now. He has had his ways of contacting him but it is not by the usual means. So no, this did not out him at all.
Please stop naming creators. It makes GWs task of copyright claiming so much easier
They are great models and I'd love to see them stay up
I hate to sound like a broken record, but there was only one creator named who him self had a youtube channel showing himself sculpting the minis. The other creator for the space dwarfs I did not mention at all, and the one I did has not had these nid models up for well over a year or two.
I did not show the site where to get them either, and I did not provide the link. I am not silly and I have even made a big public notice on my community page a while ago now about no long printing 1:1 models just out of fear of getting creators shutdown.
I am genuinely surprised GW haven't stumbled upon this and thrown their legal team at you yet.
Throughout the video you reference the stl creators as 'talented artists' but it's like you don't understand that 3d scanners exist and are getting better and better and people are not sculpting copies but just outright scanning and converting the scans to stl files so you get a 100% or there abouts, accurate copy of an actual GW sculpt. Your votaan and tyranids look pretty damn close to the originals. These may be "proxies" to you, but GW don't view it that way and it's why so many of the 'creators' have round about ways to try and hide their stl files and why it is so hard to find them at times. If they weren't knowingly doing stuff they could get absolutely shafted over then they wouldn't need to hide the 'sculpts' would they?
So a word of caution, because whilst I have no problems with it, some people do take huge issue with actual scanned and printed models.
At the end of the day, the difference between a 3d print and a GW (or otherwise) model, is visually non-existant once an undercoat is applied.
Nice video, I couldn't find those tyranid files though would be interested (a lot of the stl's if accurate scans not genuinely created 3d models, are a perfect and affordable way to print up parts to repair models that are broken etc without needing to fork out ridiculous money because GW doesn't have an inbuilt parts service.
GW need to find a way to embrace 3d printing to stay profitable in the long term off of their models, because 3d scanning means at best, even without access to stl files, you only need a decent scan and prints et up and 1 of each kit produced by GW to have limitless kits for significantly cheaper. How they do this, well best of luck to them to figure out, but 3d printing is essentially recasting on a scale that most people can't even fathom.
Never seen a more blatant theft of an I.P. as this. Dedicated artists...yea the ones that originally made them, def not the thieves that reproduced them.
What?
I don't think this means anything
The price GW charges for their minis is theft.
Imagine defending a multi-million dollar company that sues people for making things that LOOK LIKE stuff they imagined.
How's that boot taste, buddy?