Sick

It isnt, youre right, and its the current saving grace given to us by Archon as well as the ruleset.
However my point still stands: the cancellation of STLs is anti consumer and they did not need to do it. If they had the facts, they can present them or communicated that the future is plastic in ks

Thats why I posted in disagreement to their decision because it doesnt add up

I do hope it means a major boost for them and more awesome TC stuff that is affordable and reachable for more folks

Funny thing is, it was produced months in advance before we knew about the plastic kit. So how was he supposed to know?

I am not aware of anything beyond his statement which has yet to be refuted by FF. It has been noticed by many creators however

You can see its og render in his patreon banner im assuming. He also got banned off of the discord because of it

So them selling STLs AND plastics gives them the most amount of money to survive :)

So thats my point, right? If they say that even though this piracy exists, it still hasnt spread enough. Furthermore its mini agnostic so that can also be viewed as ‘piracy’ in a way (it denies them a sale)

Aradia Miniatures, Westfalia, Atlantic games all survive because they went digital

Funduk25 for making the Prussia Lieutenant. Argument, according to him, was that it was too close to official art

I fully understand this.

But which is it? Is 3d printing not big enough to have the reach they expected and is 3d printing hurting their plastic sales? Why not release both? Thats my only argument.

I would have no issue with them releasing stls later than plastic kits, for example.

Also just for verbatim quote/source from the website:

"So as to be clear as possible with this: there will be no major releases in STL or Resin format in the future."

From a gamers POV, sure, you can have other proxies, issue is just that so far, I have not seen any STLs reach the heights of the pros that they have commissioned to produce these.

Maybe some day we will, but until then I am saddened by this bait and switch on why I backed TC in the first place 4/

The fact that they are coming from the 28 collected, a group of folks who broke away from GWs practices, only to redo what GW is doing with their kits leaves my head scratching

I did see an argument that we will inevitably have proxies, which would be true if creators didnt get copyright struck. 3/

I am happy that Factory Fortress has the capability of producing high quality plastic kits as well. This WILL of course give them more reach by being able to put them on the retaillers shelves

However, this was a business decision at community expense. 2/

You are correct that the main factions have STLs, however im referring to the fact that Trench Crusade explicitly wrote:

"We’re big believers in 3D printing and what it brings to wargaming, especially to our community members who are located in regions that are expensive to ship to." 1/

Besides the Drew Gooden video, there’s this:

youtu.be/1OxBv9Q7Uxo?...

And if youre delving into this topic, I think this article helps a ton too:

substack.com/inbox/post/1...

God speed Nudl

I just enjoy art and I think you explain it well