Having cleared out nearly all my miniature models from Dungeons and Dragons & Warhammer, I was wondering about replacing some of them. Where to buy them and how to get them painted. Here are my notes. This was originally done in 2019 and I didn’t get round to seriously considering this until 2025.
Where to get Minis
3D printing is going to change this business.
- In 2025, I found this, https://thebrotherhoodgames.co.uk/, worth a visit.
- Games Workshop obviously, but more interested in Armies than Heroes, but here’s their “Old World” Empire of Man inventory.
- I found a couple of sources for naval minis.
- And this site, by this guy does 3D printing STLs for Locatha/Fishmen, Nov 2019 seems to be still up.
The original page predicted that 3D printing was going to change the business, and I said, Yup, here’s heroforge! I originally made three templates, an elf, a tortle and a tabxi!
And two and half years later, they offer pre-coloured figures, here’s the 2021 version of these characters.
And by 2025, I had made these, and ordered the first two,
On Painting
- http://www.golempaintingstudio.co.uk
- The white weasel miniature painting studio, perhaps more interested in warhammer armies
- http://www.whitewashstudio.co.uk, seems more open to limited numbers
- https://siegestudios.co.uk/services/painting/
- https://www.flgpaintstudio.com
- https://ravensnestpainting.com/ (looks like they’ve gone)
I found this video, “5, I paid Artists on Fiverr to paint my Warhammer – Here’s what happened!” so maybe I should look there too, if I ever get round to it. Its author, Squidmar, also did this, “3D Printing your Warhammer Army proxies – Is it possible? (Printed with Anycubic Photon)“, another Youtube video.
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3D Printing is going to revolutionise this business!