Anyone worried that 3d printing will soon become good enough

If the Chinese can't even replicate the quality of premium figures today with all their machinery and factory tech, then No, 3D mush is still far from making the gradients on an intricately sculpted piece of underwear look awesome.

>>6050508

Maybe when 3D printing can account for paint-apps and joints.

>>6050508

Not really. It isn't going to be cost-effective for a very long time. Especially taking these things >>6050517 into account.

thats years from happening and I want all my toys now so I'll gladly pay

>>6050517
3D printed joints hold up fine. I 3D printed a figma crotch joint using a FDM printer and regular PLA and it's held up.

It definitely has to the potential to make garage kit toys easier to make. Designing figures in something like Zbrush, then printing them with a SLA printer, and then recasting them in cast resin is going to be a lot easier than the traditional clay->wax->recast workflow that garage kits tend to go through.

>>6050508
Not unless printers and printing material becomes both cheap as shit and extremely high quality.

2D digital printers can't even replicate the quality of photo prints from 150 years ago. At best, they can replicate b&w monochrome prints, putting them somewhere around 300BC Chinese technology and the Gutenberg press. It's going to be a while.

>>6050508
If they ever become that good, I'll welcome it.

It's still not very economical for producing counterfeits/knockoffs. It's like using $10 worth of materials to produce a $1 bill.

no you worthless retarded piece of shit

Why would you even fucking care?

They look like shit. And people would want something that looks good

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>>6050508
>and the hundreds or thousands of dollars we spent on the "real" deal will have been for nothing?

No, because you got what you wanted with that money.
How can be that "for nothing"?
It's not always about paying the least amount of money for your hobby, stop being so cheap.

>>6050817
Soccermoms who do yoga and drink smoothies would argue otherwise.

>>6050508
>toy emulation
some day...

I do some work in antique dealing. Cast-iron bulldog nutcrackers? Fakes. Every fucking one of em.

But people still buy em, and the people who give a shit still pay top dollar for the rare real ones.

Fakes don't devalue the real thing if people continue to care about the history.

>>6050517
>account for paint apps
How the fuck-
Do GARAGE KITS account for paint apps? Or gunpla kits? No, but they can have color coded sprues and parts. 3d printing can do that.
You act like manufactured figures come out the mold fucking painted dude.

>joints
Is actually a fair point. But I think people always try to design 3d print joints as if they're injection molded, but if you think printer friendly many of the joints can be simulated. Hinges, ball joints etc.
Also, hobby base?
Joint SIZE is definitely an issue though. Past a certain size no matter what material 3d print joints are too fragile.

>>6050820
Are you one of them? Why are you here?

>>6050900
isn't that basically what posing 3d models is?