I am a huge fan of Heroforge.com and I want to start printing some of my minis I've made on there. However, while their website and tools and options are great, I find a few items with small details I'd like to edit about them, but can't on their website. I wanted to know how easy it is using maybe dremel tools, some snips and fine grit sandpaper to fine out some of the details with them and maybe some tips for doing so. I'd post some of the pictures of them, I honestly can't find out how. I see the Insert/Edit image button but when it asks for source I didn't know what to put.
Take screenshots of your Heroforge window, and upload it to a site like imgur or imgbb. Use the url that it provides in the insert image button menu. (The url should end in .jpg, .png, or a similar file type.)
Heroforge prints are notably lower resolution in real life than in the simulator. Depending on the feature, it may not even show up in the final product.
Note that while the customization is great, heroforge minis use resin that is fairly brittle compared to commonly available minis.
Take screenshots of your Heroforge window, and upload it to a site like imgur or imgbb. Use the url that it provides in the insert image button menu. (The url should end in .jpg, .png, or a similar file type.)
Heroforge prints are notably lower resolution in real life than in the simulator. Depending on the feature, it may not even show up in the final product.
Note that while the customization is great, heroforge minis use resin that is fairly brittle compared to commonly available minis.
Thank you for the help on the picture uploading. As for Heroforge, I was going to do the STL file deal and have a friend print it out. It sounds like editing it may all depend on material used perhaps? As for brittleness, I was thinking of printing them at a slightly bigger scale, 1.5X or 2X. First painting kit I got had a few standard size minis in it and I dropped one a whopping 6 inches and the sword broke so I figured a little bigger might be better.
Bigger will help, but it will also make it heavier, which will minimize the benefit. Standard resins from any printer are going to be fairly weak, but you certainly can buy alternative resins that will be more flexible.
If you are planning to use the minis in game, then larger is going to mess up the scale/map/usability. If you only want them for painting, then making them much larger is going to exaggerate the lack of texture in the STL model.
Heroforge minis are great for an easy custom mini for playing with, but not really worth investing in as a model for serious painting, unless you want something that you absolutely can't find anywhere else.
I personally stick with Nolzur's Unpainted minis, and do a little bit of kit-bashing, if I want something unconventional, but there are also a lot of great models available on Etsy.
If you've got some cash to play with, then go ahead and get the Heroforge mini to print and experiment with. Just keep your investment to a minimum until you know whether the final product is really what you want.
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I am a huge fan of Heroforge.com and I want to start printing some of my minis I've made on there. However, while their website and tools and options are great, I find a few items with small details I'd like to edit about them, but can't on their website. I wanted to know how easy it is using maybe dremel tools, some snips and fine grit sandpaper to fine out some of the details with them and maybe some tips for doing so. I'd post some of the pictures of them, I honestly can't find out how. I see the Insert/Edit image button but when it asks for source I didn't know what to put.
Take screenshots of your Heroforge window, and upload it to a site like imgur or imgbb. Use the url that it provides in the insert image button menu. (The url should end in .jpg, .png, or a similar file type.)
Heroforge prints are notably lower resolution in real life than in the simulator. Depending on the feature, it may not even show up in the final product.
Note that while the customization is great, heroforge minis use resin that is fairly brittle compared to commonly available minis.
Thank you for the help on the picture uploading. As for Heroforge, I was going to do the STL file deal and have a friend print it out. It sounds like editing it may all depend on material used perhaps? As for brittleness, I was thinking of printing them at a slightly bigger scale, 1.5X or 2X. First painting kit I got had a few standard size minis in it and I dropped one a whopping 6 inches and the sword broke so I figured a little bigger might be better.
Bigger will help, but it will also make it heavier, which will minimize the benefit. Standard resins from any printer are going to be fairly weak, but you certainly can buy alternative resins that will be more flexible.
If you are planning to use the minis in game, then larger is going to mess up the scale/map/usability. If you only want them for painting, then making them much larger is going to exaggerate the lack of texture in the STL model.
Heroforge minis are great for an easy custom mini for playing with, but not really worth investing in as a model for serious painting, unless you want something that you absolutely can't find anywhere else.
I personally stick with Nolzur's Unpainted minis, and do a little bit of kit-bashing, if I want something unconventional, but there are also a lot of great models available on Etsy.
If you've got some cash to play with, then go ahead and get the Heroforge mini to print and experiment with. Just keep your investment to a minimum until you know whether the final product is really what you want.