{"id":1218,"date":"2018-07-22T18:00:06","date_gmt":"2018-07-23T01:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mossor.org\/blog\/?p=1218"},"modified":"2020-08-17T20:31:41","modified_gmt":"2020-08-18T03:31:41","slug":"hero-forge-miniatures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mossor.org\/blog\/hero-forge-miniatures\/","title":{"rendered":"RPG: Hero Forge Miniatures"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We were starting a new campaign and gaming system in our RPG group and I couldn&#8217;t find a mini I liked.\u00a0 I enjoy the process of creating the backstory for my character and that means a certain look and feel to the mini would be ideal, something that matches the version in my head.\u00a0 I couldn&#8217;t find anything for this guy, either between the box of Bones minis I have from their Kickstarter or online.<\/p>\n<p>I decided it might be time to try <a href=\"https:\/\/www.heroforge.com\/\">Hero Forge<\/a> an online service that allows you to create a completely unique mini and then have it 3d printed and sent to you.<\/p>\n<p>The user interface is all web-based and you get to build your mini on some templates for race, gender and then you can customize to your hearts\u00a0 content.<\/p>\n<p>This guy, my new character, saw himself as a self-made man, a bit cocky, certainly self-assured.\u00a0 A bit of a swashbuckler and trying to live above his class.\u00a0 His main weapons would be a pistol and an assassin&#8217;s blade.\u00a0 With that vision in mind, I went to town on the user interface to try and create my character.<\/p>\n<p>This is what I ended up with:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mossor.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Screen-Shot-2018-07-22-at-9.52.50-AM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1226\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mossor.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Screen-Shot-2018-07-22-at-9.52.50-AM-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mossor.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Screen-Shot-2018-07-22-at-9.52.50-AM-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/mossor.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Screen-Shot-2018-07-22-at-9.52.50-AM-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/mossor.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Screen-Shot-2018-07-22-at-9.52.50-AM-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/mossor.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Screen-Shot-2018-07-22-at-9.52.50-AM.png 1001w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It took a couple weeks to receive the printed miniature as it gets outsourced to another service for printing but eventually I received a small and very light package containing my one-off miniature.<\/p>\n<p>I painted him up and the paint job is just okay.\u00a0 I botched the face, going a little nuts on dirtying him up and then not knowing how to clean him back up after it dried.\u00a0 But, on the whole, it was a close fit to my vision.\u00a0 I did add my own 3d-printed base custom fit to have the other base atop it.\u00a0 Additionally, I have space underneath to insert\/glue a washer which gives him a good heft and reduces the odds that he topples accidentally.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-1218 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/mossor.org\/blog\/hero-forge-miniatures\/screen-shot-2018-07-22-at-9-52-50-am\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/mossor.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Screen-Shot-2018-07-22-at-9.52.50-AM-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mossor.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Screen-Shot-2018-07-22-at-9.52.50-AM-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/mossor.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Screen-Shot-2018-07-22-at-9.52.50-AM-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/mossor.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Screen-Shot-2018-07-22-at-9.52.50-AM-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/mossor.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Screen-Shot-2018-07-22-at-9.52.50-AM.png 1001w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/mossor.org\/blog\/hero-forge-miniatures\/img_3706\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/mossor.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/IMG_3706-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mossor.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/IMG_3706-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/mossor.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/IMG_3706-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mossor.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/IMG_3706-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mossor.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/IMG_3706-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mossor.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/IMG_3706.jpg 1809w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/mossor.org\/blog\/hero-forge-miniatures\/img_1881\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/mossor.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/IMG_1881-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mossor.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/IMG_1881-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/mossor.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/IMG_1881-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mossor.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/IMG_1881-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mossor.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/IMG_1881-1024x1024.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/mossor.org\/blog\/hero-forge-miniatures\/img_7114\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/mossor.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/IMG_7114-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mossor.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/IMG_7114-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/mossor.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/IMG_7114-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mossor.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/IMG_7114-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mossor.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/IMG_7114-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mossor.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/IMG_7114.jpg 1898w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl>\n\t\t\t<br style='clear: both' \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>On the whole, I was very satisfied with the experience.\u00a0 I got a mini that looked just like what I wanted and looked just like the 3d render that I used to create him.\u00a0 It&#8217;s worth noting that I would not do this regularly.\u00a0 The cost for the service is just too high for me to justify unless I either felt in dire need of a mini that I figured I&#8217;d use for a long period of time, maybe for a year or longer or, as was the case here, I was willing to front the additional cost for the experiment <strong><em>and<\/em><\/strong> I plan on using it for a year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We were starting a new campaign and gaming system in our RPG group and I couldn&#8217;t find a mini I liked.\u00a0 I enjoy the process of creating the backstory for my character and that means a certain look and feel to the mini would be ideal, something that matches the 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