Nice paint job, personally if I was going to 3d print to proxy my Warhammer minis I wouldn't do it with be'lakor though, the genuine model is really nice and serves as such a nice center piece. In my opinion (and it is just my opinion) it would be Bette to buy a genuine be'lakor, paint him up as your centre piece and then print 3d models of the smaller minions in your army. The smaller minions tend to be much older designs as well as offering a limited numbers of variations where your 3d printer could print individual models for each minor demon. That way you'd have the wow of having be'lakor leading Ur army but the cost saving and varied design in you blood letters/ horrors/ chaos space marines or whatever. Just my 2 cents as I'm a big fan of the be'lakor model, it's a pleasure to paint.
You know....I completely agree with you. 😀 I do love the actual Be'lakor model. This was just a case where doing a single large model has more of an impact for doing a UA-cam video. I think there are a lot of people out there who can't, or won't spend the cheddar for a single model no matter how damn cool it is. Thanks for the feedback, I really appreciate you taking the time to write such a thoughtful comment. 🤘
I find putting a thin roll of Milliput between two joins on a larger resin model and then gluing them together files gaps well. Just take a small shaping tool and scrape away the squeeze out and shaping the rest. Gap filled! Nice job!
Great job! I love the model and the video. For me, I don't mind a longer video that gives more details. I came away with a lot of inspiration and I have subscribed hoping that there are many other videos like this one coming!
3D printing is the way of the future. After having purchased an entire armies worth of Tomb Kings STLs for $42 I no longer have a problem paying $15 to $20 for additional files for specific characters and special units. There are characters all over from free to $7, an excellent file for a well of souls for $7 and the big bad pharo of the army who's on a chariot pulled by four steads is only $15. I am now SO ok with that because I still save a mint and a half and have far better sculpts. The units are so inexpensive to print the bases, wound tracker and movement trays are in many cases out costing the guys on top. $2.78 in resin for sixty archers and $3.13 for a scenic base with toppled obelisk and bits to make a wound/unit tracker.
I just got myself be'lakor from a shop in the UK called element games as its cheaper than getting from GW. That said its still not cheap. I dont have a 3D printer and tbh getting someone to print me one of these isn't that much cheaper than just buying be'lakor. Usually models like this go for 50+ ( I often see them more in line with 70 ) and shipping so its barely cheaper most of the time. My favourite Esty seller also sadly does not do this model, they usually are very cheap compared to others and the quality is still top tier. Not sure if I should get a 3D printer tbh, I am worried about messing up my prints all the time, but I do love painting minis and its cheaper to just print them in the long run, especially since I play DND and need loads of them to keep campaigns interesting. Btw awesome paint job.
Thanks for the feedback!! Sorry I'm finally getting back to you, I was on vacation! I think in your case a 3d printer would do you wonders for both Warhammer and dnd! The printers coming out these days are getting better and better, almost plug and play. In my opinion, the biggest considerations for 3d printing are 1. do you have a place that you can put it. Ventilation is important and temperature is important. 2. Are you willing to take on another hobby. I found that even though 3d printing has come a long way and it doesn't take a lot of work to get good prints, it's still kind of becomes its own hobby. Good luck! I can't blame you for picking up the actual Belakor model, it's awesome! I would love to paint it! lol
Yeah, feels more like some draconic tribe prince than the first favoured of the great gods, lurker in the shadows, feared by all, fearing none, BE'LAKOR!!
Well, I can't afford a 3d printer. And if I did have one, I couldn't set it up anywhere since I rent a room. I also prefer plastic to resin, specially for kit-bashing. I left the body off of my Belakor so I can use him for AoS and 40k. Anyway, Cool mini, great paint job.
Thanks! I totally get that 3d printing isn't for everyone and to be honest I prefer plastic as well. I hope one day I'll be able to print my own plastic minis. 😮
@@proxyhobby I was soo fed up with GW's pricing and rules changes(to sell more models), it pushed me to learn resin printing. Now I have two printers and love playing model agnostic games. Big fan of One Page Rules.
@@chrisbouler5631 I'm right there with you! Not only do they change rules to sell more models, you have to continuously pay for those new rules updates each time a new addition comes out.... I haven't played OPR let but I've played Bloodfields from Titan Forge and that was a lot of fun! Thanks for the feedback!!
Nice! Yeah, I put GW retail price. During the winter sale you could get 50% off of the STL I used to bring it to $7.50 as well so I just focused on actual price. Even $136 is pretty expensive for a single miniature, though, I will admit I've done spent that quite a few times..... lol Sometimes you just need that model and the Be'lakor model is certainly one that may be worth it...
Wanna know what grinds my gears? Why do two-part epoxies (cough, cough JB-Weld) say they set in 5 minutes when they ACTUALLY take AT LEAST 5 minutes just to get tacky enough to hold something together, and about 24 hours for a full cure? 5 minute epoxy folks!
@@proxyhobbyI saw some youtubers who were following up on Danny the 3D Printing DM's experiments and were using a 0.2mmm hot end to get excellent detail. Have you tried something similar?
@@christopherd.winnan8701 I have never tried printing miniatures with my fdm printer. It's definitely possible though. It's just tougher to get the quality and the dynamic poses that you can get with resin.
@@proxyhobby - Let me know if you decide to make another video - I have compiled a very good list of designers specialising in miniatures for FDM and would be very happy to share it with you.
That's crazy! If you're looking for a cool Orcus proxy I would consider this one....thinking about doing a view, just not sure how many of my subs are into DnD.... www.myminifactory.com/object/3d-print-orcus-204026 He's a bit pricey but a huge model. I got him in the patreon sub, so I got him for
@@proxyhobby £50! It’s a great looking model, but it’s going to be on the table for 8 hours at the most, so too expensive for me. I got the one in the video on Patreon so it cost me £8 it’ll do as a proxy.
Really flawed concept tbh. It's not factoring the cost of an 8k printer, wash station, UV curing station, the price of the resin, the hours and hours of work to print, and put this thing together. Let alone the cost of the skulls box, chain etc. In no way, shape or form, this cost less than 15 usd unless you can shit a 3d printer, and your time is literally worth nothing to you.
Not really, I've just finished printing a 2000 point salamander army, cost of all models stl maybe $70USD, resin cost prob $30, time is prob less than sprues. Add in the printer at $300USD and for total of say $450 with incidentals I've got a better 40k army than GW do, for 50% cost to buy. And that's literally if I threw my printer in the bin now. Before the salamanders I've got 10 - 15 blood bowl teams, a death guard army of approx 1000 points, fair no. Of skaven army and a whole bunch of other randoms.
@leonandrews2668 lol that ugly looking fake Be'lakor from wish still didn't cost 15 bucks. It's a flawed concept because 3d printing is an expensive niche hobby. That is absolutely not for everyone. You need a lot of room to set up the printer, wash station cure station etc. You need to deal with some toxic materials, failed prints, mantaining and troubleshooting of the printer, and you gotta work with inferior bootleg models that kinda sorta look like warhammer if you squint hard enough.
You make some valid points, you need some space, materials are toxic, smelly etc. it's a hobby in itself (well except for those who have $2K + machines that work pretty much everytime), however I don't agree with your point on ugly arse models, in fact the models that are on option by a lot of creators are far superior to GW, the salamanders by EightLeggedMonster are far superior, the dredge marines by Mezgkike are far superior, I have a mortarion that is absolutely equal to GW that i'm on my 2nd model cos I &^% the first paint job, rather than strip it I binned it and just hit reprint, next morning after 10min of clean up and gluing I had the model again, it's not for everyone but it is for a lot of people, if you want to be negative then ...ok, but other's opinions are not wrong, just different as we're not working off facts here, it's all subjective@@Ulrican414
Sure, if you buy a 3d printer just for a model, it’s obviously more expensive! But on the long run, it saves a ton of money, provided you have the space for printing and washing/curing and the time to put in (which I enjoy, but I understand it is not for everybody). On the other hand, you could find someone printing on commision and you could get your belakor for 30 euro (that is what I would charge to print this model)
I have to disagree....the only thing that I purchased specifically to make this model was the chain which wasn't expensive. Everything else I already had. The 3D printer pays for itself in no time. I'm just showing what you can do if you add 3d printing. If I hadn't heavily modified the model it would have taken me no time at all. It took like 10 mins to build the model unlike building GW plastic takes A LOT longer and painting is probably a wash. But, that is what is great about this hobby, everyone can choose how they want to hobby and what is important to them. 😉
Thanks for checking out my video! Sorry this one took so long!
Come check out others like it here: ua-cam.com/channels/-bTmCMXVQZdpZOgV9NiuJg.html
Great job. This is the part of the hobby i really love. Designing and making your own take on the universe! Keep it up man!!!
Thanks! It's great to find people with the same mind set!!! 🤘
Love your paint jobs and bases, it’s always refreshing to see people using realistic techniques and producing amazing results!
Thanks a bunch! I appreciate it! If you keep watching, I'll keep making them! 🤘
The rule of cool, always wins. Great job, bro.
Yes it does!! 😂 Thanks man, I appreciate the comment! 🤘
Nice job on painting the model. More people that see what you can do with printers, the better.
Thanks! I totally agree!! I appreciate the feedback! 🤘
Nice paint job, personally if I was going to 3d print to proxy my Warhammer minis I wouldn't do it with be'lakor though, the genuine model is really nice and serves as such a nice center piece.
In my opinion (and it is just my opinion) it would be Bette to buy a genuine be'lakor, paint him up as your centre piece and then print 3d models of the smaller minions in your army. The smaller minions tend to be much older designs as well as offering a limited numbers of variations where your 3d printer could print individual models for each minor demon.
That way you'd have the wow of having be'lakor leading Ur army but the cost saving and varied design in you blood letters/ horrors/ chaos space marines or whatever.
Just my 2 cents as I'm a big fan of the be'lakor model, it's a pleasure to paint.
You know....I completely agree with you. 😀 I do love the actual Be'lakor model. This was just a case where doing a single large model has more of an impact for doing a UA-cam video. I think there are a lot of people out there who can't, or won't spend the cheddar for a single model no matter how damn cool it is. Thanks for the feedback, I really appreciate you taking the time to write such a thoughtful comment. 🤘
I find putting a thin roll of Milliput between two joins on a larger resin model and then gluing them together files gaps well. Just take a small shaping tool and scrape away the squeeze out and shaping the rest. Gap filled! Nice job!
Great tip! Thanks for sharing!
Unbelievable!!! Great Work.👍
Thank you so much 😀
Really cool model and tutorial.
I agree! Love that model, and thanks for the feedback!!
Great job! I love the model and the video. For me, I don't mind a longer video that gives more details. I came away with a lot of inspiration and I have subscribed hoping that there are many other videos like this one coming!
Thank you so much for the feedback and the sub! I definitely have more videos coming! 🤘
Amazing paint job! Great work
Thanks a bunch!!
3D printing is the way of the future. After having purchased an entire armies worth of Tomb Kings STLs for $42 I no longer have a problem paying $15 to $20 for additional files for specific characters and special units. There are characters all over from free to $7, an excellent file for a well of souls for $7 and the big bad pharo of the army who's on a chariot pulled by four steads is only $15. I am now SO ok with that because I still save a mint and a half and have far better sculpts. The units are so inexpensive to print the bases, wound tracker and movement trays are in many cases out costing the guys on top. $2.78 in resin for sixty archers and $3.13 for a scenic base with toppled obelisk and bits to make a wound/unit tracker.
That's awesome! I'm so glad you get it! I'm thinking about printing some Tomb Kings as well..... Warhammer Old World is sounding pretty sweet! 🤘
I just got myself be'lakor from a shop in the UK called element games as its cheaper than getting from GW. That said its still not cheap. I dont have a 3D printer and tbh getting someone to print me one of these isn't that much cheaper than just buying be'lakor. Usually models like this go for 50+ ( I often see them more in line with 70 ) and shipping so its barely cheaper most of the time. My favourite Esty seller also sadly does not do this model, they usually are very cheap compared to others and the quality is still top tier. Not sure if I should get a 3D printer tbh, I am worried about messing up my prints all the time, but I do love painting minis and its cheaper to just print them in the long run, especially since I play DND and need loads of them to keep campaigns interesting. Btw awesome paint job.
Thanks for the feedback!! Sorry I'm finally getting back to you, I was on vacation! I think in your case a 3d printer would do you wonders for both Warhammer and dnd! The printers coming out these days are getting better and better, almost plug and play. In my opinion, the biggest considerations for 3d printing are 1. do you have a place that you can put it. Ventilation is important and temperature is important. 2. Are you willing to take on another hobby. I found that even though 3d printing has come a long way and it doesn't take a lot of work to get good prints, it's still kind of becomes its own hobby. Good luck! I can't blame you for picking up the actual Belakor model, it's awesome! I would love to paint it! lol
It's a cool model. It would make a great daemon prince proxy or a cool dnd bad guy. But it's really lackluster compared to Be'lakor.
Yeah, feels more like some draconic tribe prince than the first favoured of the great gods, lurker in the shadows, feared by all, fearing none, BE'LAKOR!!
I will agree, the GW Be'lakor is an awesome model!
Well, I can't afford a 3d printer. And if I did have one, I couldn't set it up anywhere since I rent a room. I also prefer plastic to resin, specially for kit-bashing.
I left the body off of my Belakor so I can use him for AoS and 40k.
Anyway, Cool mini, great paint job.
Thanks! I totally get that 3d printing isn't for everyone and to be honest I prefer plastic as well. I hope one day I'll be able to print my own plastic minis. 😮
You should be proud. Helluva job. I love the theme of your channel. You definitely earned a new subscriber.
Hey Thanks!! And welcome aboard, your sub is much appreciated! 🤘
@@proxyhobby I was soo fed up with GW's pricing and rules changes(to sell more models), it pushed me to learn resin printing. Now I have two printers and love playing model agnostic games. Big fan of One Page Rules.
@@chrisbouler5631 I'm right there with you! Not only do they change rules to sell more models, you have to continuously pay for those new rules updates each time a new addition comes out.... I haven't played OPR let but I've played Bloodfields from Titan Forge and that was a lot of fun! Thanks for the feedback!!
Awesome. Bloodfields...I'll check it out.
The model looks amazing It's literally only missing the 8 pointed star on the chest
Thank you! I thought about trying to add that as well but the leather strap over his chest would have made it tough. Thanks for the feedback!!
@@proxyhobby Well I mean you could have used the dremmel To carve it in And just have it seem like the strap is sitting over it
@@swakage13x True...I thought about it.
great video!
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it! 🤘
I have Be'lakor but also printed this model. I only paid $136 for Be'lakor though, on Amazon.
Nice! Yeah, I put GW retail price. During the winter sale you could get 50% off of the STL I used to bring it to $7.50 as well so I just focused on actual price. Even $136 is pretty expensive for a single miniature, though, I will admit I've done spent that quite a few times..... lol Sometimes you just need that model and the Be'lakor model is certainly one that may be worth it...
Thank you
No thank you!! 👍
Cool
Thanks!
Wanna know what grinds my gears? Why do two-part epoxies (cough, cough JB-Weld) say they set in 5 minutes when they ACTUALLY take AT LEAST 5 minutes just to get tacky enough to hold something together, and about 24 hours for a full cure? 5 minute epoxy folks!
LOL!! I totally agree with you! Advertising can be a fickle beast sometimes. It sucks!! Thanks for the comment!
Have you seen any good designers that specialise in models for FDM printers?
I cannot afford to upgrade to a resin printer just yet.
Hmm....that's a good question. No, I haven't. Let me see if I can find any for you, if I do, I'll reply again to this comment.
@@proxyhobbyI saw some youtubers who were following up on Danny the 3D Printing DM's experiments and were using a 0.2mmm hot end to get excellent detail. Have you tried something similar?
@@christopherd.winnan8701 I have never tried printing miniatures with my fdm printer. It's definitely possible though. It's just tougher to get the quality and the dynamic poses that you can get with resin.
@@proxyhobby - Let me know if you decide to make another video - I have compiled a very good list of designers specialising in miniatures for FDM and would be very happy to share it with you.
wow
Thanks!!
That’s weird… I’m literally just looking at this mini on mmf as I’ve got orcus as my bbg for my next DnD campaign!
That's crazy! If you're looking for a cool Orcus proxy I would consider this one....thinking about doing a view, just not sure how many of my subs are into DnD.... www.myminifactory.com/object/3d-print-orcus-204026 He's a bit pricey but a huge model. I got him in the patreon sub, so I got him for
@@proxyhobby £50! It’s a great looking model, but it’s going to be on the table for 8 hours at the most, so too expensive for me. I got the one in the video on Patreon so it cost me £8 it’ll do as a proxy.
@@wingwalker007 Nice! Can't go wrong there!
Really flawed concept tbh. It's not factoring the cost of an 8k printer, wash station, UV curing station, the price of the resin, the hours and hours of work to print, and put this thing together. Let alone the cost of the skulls box, chain etc. In no way, shape or form, this cost less than 15 usd unless you can shit a 3d printer, and your time is literally worth nothing to you.
Not really, I've just finished printing a 2000 point salamander army, cost of all models stl maybe $70USD, resin cost prob $30, time is prob less than sprues. Add in the printer at $300USD and for total of say $450 with incidentals I've got a better 40k army than GW do, for 50% cost to buy. And that's literally if I threw my printer in the bin now. Before the salamanders I've got 10 - 15 blood bowl teams, a death guard army of approx 1000 points, fair no. Of skaven army and a whole bunch of other randoms.
@leonandrews2668 lol that ugly looking fake Be'lakor from wish still didn't cost 15 bucks. It's a flawed concept because 3d printing is an expensive niche hobby. That is absolutely not for everyone. You need a lot of room to set up the printer, wash station cure station etc. You need to deal with some toxic materials, failed prints, mantaining and troubleshooting of the printer, and you gotta work with inferior bootleg models that kinda sorta look like warhammer if you squint hard enough.
You make some valid points, you need some space, materials are toxic, smelly etc. it's a hobby in itself (well except for those who have $2K + machines that work pretty much everytime), however I don't agree with your point on ugly arse models, in fact the models that are on option by a lot of creators are far superior to GW, the salamanders by EightLeggedMonster are far superior, the dredge marines by Mezgkike are far superior, I have a mortarion that is absolutely equal to GW that i'm on my 2nd model cos I &^% the first paint job, rather than strip it I binned it and just hit reprint, next morning after 10min of clean up and gluing I had the model again, it's not for everyone but it is for a lot of people, if you want to be negative then ...ok, but other's opinions are not wrong, just different as we're not working off facts here, it's all subjective@@Ulrican414
Sure, if you buy a 3d printer just for a model, it’s obviously more expensive! But on the long run, it saves a ton of money, provided you have the space for printing and washing/curing and the time to put in (which I enjoy, but I understand it is not for everybody). On the other hand, you could find someone printing on commision and you could get your belakor for 30 euro (that is what I would charge to print this model)
I have to disagree....the only thing that I purchased specifically to make this model was the chain which wasn't expensive. Everything else I already had. The 3D printer pays for itself in no time. I'm just showing what you can do if you add 3d printing. If I hadn't heavily modified the model it would have taken me no time at all. It took like 10 mins to build the model unlike building GW plastic takes A LOT longer and painting is probably a wash. But, that is what is great about this hobby, everyone can choose how they want to hobby and what is important to them. 😉