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Your Toon, in miniature, on the Tabletop - Heroforge! - Telluride - 12-09-2014
Ok, I realize this is going to sound like an ad, but it's only because I've been following this thing for a while, and it's finally gone live, and I know I can't be the only person here who finds this interesting!
I delve in the occasional tabletop game, and am always curious to find miniatures that resemble my MMO characters, for reasons that ought to be easy enough to figure out here. It's always been a luck thing before, but now, there's a company called heroforge that is doing for the typical gamer what shapeways does for artists - turns your creation into 3d Print.
Heroforge went up this week after a kickstarter, and geeky types can now go to their site and design a miniature for themselves, which they can have custom 3d printed and shipped, using an interface very much like an MMO character creator.
In other words - you can get your character out of the computer and on to the table.
A little futzing around with it, and I have a pretty decent-looking version of my main:
![[Image: 3013714.jpg]](http://assets-cloud.enjin.com/users/1266293/pics/original/3013714.jpg)
They have a screenshot generator in the editor, so let's see what YOUR characters could look like on a tabletop - and if you have a gamer on your Holiday gift life - or if you yourself want to hint to somebody about it, this could be the thing.
No, again, I don't work for them! Wish I did, though...
Hero Forge
RE: Your Toon, in miniature, on the Tabletop - Heroforge! - DreamedReality - 12-09-2014
Since I see nowhere on the site that mentions holiday orders expectations: If anyone does plan on making these a holiday gift.... Order -immediately-. And -maybe- it'll arrive before christmas. But also be prepared for the possibility that someone(or you) is getting their gift late.
3D printing takes time and their general FAQ lists a general delivery time of 2-4 weeks depending on order volume. IF they are similar to shapeway's then the high detail plastic will take longer to manufacture than the strong plastic.
3D printing is a fascinating bit of technology and I've ordered several different things from other places. Thanks for the heads up on this site. Once I recover from the holidays I'll probably be getting some figures printed up!
RE: Your Toon, in miniature, on the Tabletop - Heroforge! - Melkire - 12-09-2014
Well, this was fun.
![[Image: jVRMrCt.png]](http://i.imgur.com/jVRMrCt.png)
RE: Your Toon, in miniature, on the Tabletop - Heroforge! - Unnamed Mercenary - 12-09-2014
....looks like I'm not working at work anymore.
![[Image: IgdDN5U.png]](http://i.imgur.com/IgdDN5U.png)
RE: Your Toon, in miniature, on the Tabletop - Heroforge! - Dogberry - 12-09-2014
![[Image: amVPm62.png]](http://i.imgur.com/amVPm62.png)
RE: Your Toon, in miniature, on the Tabletop - Heroforge! - Gegenji - 12-09-2014
(12-09-2014, 03:17 PM)Unnamed Mercenary Wrote: ....looks like I'm not working at work anymore.
Who does THAT?
(I'm only not doing it because I don't want to save non-work-related things on a government machine, even if I delete it afterward...)
RE: Your Toon, in miniature, on the Tabletop - Heroforge! - DreamedReality - 12-09-2014
awww yis
![[Image: heroforgejaquesWAR_zps654866dc.jpg]](http://i1316.photobucket.com/albums/t608/eve_shifter/heroforgejaquesWAR_zps654866dc.jpg)
![[Image: heroforgeiliketosinga_zps3fe6ed9f.jpg]](http://i1316.photobucket.com/albums/t608/eve_shifter/heroforgeiliketosinga_zps3fe6ed9f.jpg)
![[Image: heroforgeojuneACN_zps61e10801.jpg]](http://i1316.photobucket.com/albums/t608/eve_shifter/heroforgeojuneACN_zps61e10801.jpg)
![[Image: heroforgeiswearby_zps0010faa4.jpg]](http://i1316.photobucket.com/albums/t608/eve_shifter/heroforgeiswearby_zps0010faa4.jpg)
RE: Your Toon, in miniature, on the Tabletop - Heroforge! - Steel Wolf - 12-09-2014
I was able to put together my minifig Steel and save it at work before the website started to make my work computer angry. Will post it after work on a machine that doesn't despise Flash.
DOOD THIS IS SUCH A SICK SITE!!
EDIT TO ADD: Mini-Steel!
Or as close as one can get....![[Image: HeroForgeScreenshot.png]](http://i695.photobucket.com/albums/vv312/KaelWolfcry/HeroForgeScreenshot.png)
RE: Your Toon, in miniature, on the Tabletop - Heroforge! - Antain - 12-10-2014
![[Image: Vaughnmini_zpsb7cddcf9.jpg]](http://i940.photobucket.com/albums/ad243/zmunmawr/Vaughnmini_zpsb7cddcf9.jpg)
Finally! A way to show off dat booty!
RE: Your Toon, in miniature, on the Tabletop - Heroforge! - Parvacake - 12-10-2014
![[Image: 3W1IjQN.png]](http://i.imgur.com/3W1IjQN.png)
RE: Your Toon, in miniature, on the Tabletop - Heroforge! - Knight Kat - 12-10-2014
Can't... Do... Miqo'te...
RE: Your Toon, in miniature, on the Tabletop - Heroforge! - TheBlob - 12-10-2014
Hehe. This was fun!
![[Image: KYMewP5.png]](http://i.imgur.com/KYMewP5.png)
RE: Your Toon, in miniature, on the Tabletop - Heroforge! - Guy Tower - 12-10-2014
Mwahahahaha, this site is great! I have a friend who works on ae 3D printer... who knows, perhaps I'll ask him to make me a figure.
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![[Image: 2hevlg9.png]](http://i61.tinypic.com/2hevlg9.png)
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RE: Your Toon, in miniature, on the Tabletop - Heroforge! - Goodfellow - 12-10-2014
![[Image: CwSZp5j.png]](http://i.imgur.com/CwSZp5j.png)
Oh man, this is so great. Lolo!
RE: Your Toon, in miniature, on the Tabletop - Heroforge! - Dasair - 12-10-2014
![[Image: nT3iidb.png]](http://i.imgur.com/nT3iidb.png)
Nerd alert. Â (I love these 'character creator' things.) I only regret that I couldn't give him a bridgier nose. Â u_u