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Tell me about the downloadable 3D model files and home printing.
At the urging of many makers, tinkerers, inventors, and printers, we have begun offering digital print file distribution. This means, in addition to ordering 3D prints, users now have the option to buy the model file for their custom Hero Forge characters. These files can then be loaded into your 3D printing software for printing at home. Models are tessellated meshes with a polycount of up to 100,000 triangles. They are not rigged for animation.
Models are distributed via your Digital Downloads page in .stl file format. They are typically posted within 15-30 minutes of your purchase, but please allow for up to one business day. Digital models are only guaranteed to be available on your Digital Downloads page for six months from purchase.
Note that Hero Forge miniatures are finely detailed scale models. As a result, some home 3D printers do not have the ability to faithfully replicate the level of detail present in the source model or have issues printing thin, free-standing “wire” parts or the thin supports necessary to support a model during the build process. As a result, Hero Forge does not give any warranty about the models, and does not guarantee that the model will be fit for any particular purposes or be compatible with any specific make or model of printer.
We strongly recommend printing one of our free sample digital models before making a purchase. Sample models are available on your Digital Downloads page.
3D printers come in many shapes, sizes, and employ a wide range of technologies. Different technologies have different benefits and drawbacks. You are invited to submit photos of your prints, along with your printer’s make and model, materials used, and any pertinent settings used to create your print. The most common technologies are as follows:
SLA and DLP Printers
Some of the highest detail 3D printers are based on SLA (Stereolithography) and DLP (Digital Light Processing) technology. These printers use a pool of liquid resin which, by being exposed to a light source such as a projector or a laser, solidifies the liquid material into a solid layer by layer.
These printers most commonly function by submerging a “build platform” into a pool of liquid resin, allowing a light or laser on the underside to trace the layer’s shape, hardening it onto the build platform, which then serves as the foundation for the next layer. The platform then lifts from the resin, and is resubmerged again to print each successive layer.
SLA and DLP printers are known for producing some of the finest detail on the market, ideal for 30mm scale models for tabletop play. They also tend to be more expensive than other print technologies, both in terms of material costs and hardware.
Form2 by Formlabs
Material: “Gray Resin v3”
Settings: Printed at the maximum .025mm layer height. The models were oriented on their backs in order to allow high detail areas like the face and chest to remain free of support structures.
FDM Printers
The most common home 3D printers use FDM (fused deposition modeling) print technology.
These machines start with a spool of ‘filament,’ typically a long wire of PLA or ABS plastic. The printer uses a heated nozzle to melt the filament, extruding onto a build tray similar to how a hot glue gun works. The material is extruded along a path predetermined by the controlling software. The melted material cools and solidifies, building the print layer by layer, with each new layer using the last as its foundation. This is one of the cheapest 3D printing technologies, and, while it does not match the detail levels of some other printing methods, is great for producing low-cost and large-scale models.
There are many, many companies producing a wide range of printers with a multitude of features, options, and settings. Common brands include Makerbot, LulzBot, XYZprinting, and many more. While we cannot test or provide recommended settings for every printer on the market, what follows are user-submitted images of their prints, along with any settings or material information they’ve provided.
We encourage users to print and submit images of our sample models so we can add them to our directory!
Da Vinci Jr. 1.0
Material: “PLA”
Settings: Vertical orientation, 200 micron resolution, raft with supports, slow print speed.
Dremel 3D Idea Builder 3D20
Material: PLA
Settings: Layer Height: 0.12mm, Speed: 2000mm/min, Had to rotate the models X:-90º to stand upright. Support structures were needed.
L3 MK2
Maker Select Plus
Material: PLA
Mono Price Select Mini
Material: Hatchbox Gold PLA, 1.75mm
Settings: For Model 1 (Paladin) - 0.04375mm layer height, on back rotated 45 degrees back, grid support. For Model 2 (Elf) - 0.04375mm layer height, laying flat on back, grid support.
MonoPrice IIIP
Material: PLA
Settings: Layer height: .1. Shell thickness: 1.
2. Bottom/top thickness: 1.2. Fill density 10%. Print speed: 40. Printing temp: 210c. Bed temp: 65c.
Robo3D R1+
Material: PLA
Settings: Printed at .1mm layer height.
Trinus
Material: PLA filament 1.75mm
Settings: Printed 45deg orientation, 1mm thickness, normal print speed, heated bed, base down, 0.1 layers.
Ultimaker 2+
Material: PLA
Up! Plus2
Material: PLA
Settings: Printed at 0.15mm layer resolution with a 0.4mm nozzle.
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About Our Products | Hero Forge®
Physical Minis Starting at $19.99 - Digital at $7.99
Hero Forge® offers a comprehensive range of materials and formats to meet any and all of your custom miniature needs. Our Custom Plastic and Premium Plastic are great options for players who love to paint their miniatures themselves.
For table-ready minis right out of the box, try out unique Color-Printed Plastic miniatures. Hero Forge® also offers Digital STL files for 3D-printing enthusiasts who enjoy printing their own miniatures at home and full-color 3D Digital miniatures for use in your favorite virtual tabletop programs. Hero Forge® Pro and Pro Plus subscribers can also take advantage of unlimited tokens for character sheets, virtual tabletops, and more.
PHYSICAL PRODUCTS
3D Color-Printed Plastic
- ●●○○○Durability
- ●●●●○Detail
Our custom color miniatures are the apex of tabletop miniatures without you needing to lift a paintbrush. Color-printed miniatures are printed in an “inkjet” style 3D print with water soluble supports, meaning no sprues will mark up your beautiful gradients and fine decals.
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3D PRINTED BASE PLASTIC
- ●●●●○Durability
- ●●●●○Detail
Anything you design in Hero Forge®’s character creator can be printed in our durable yet detailed plastic.
All plastic miniatures come in a smooth matte gray and pre-primed for easy painting.
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3D Printed Premium Plastic
- ●●●○○Durability
- ●●●●●Detail
Premium plastic is the optimal material for all hobbyists looking for maximum detail. Take your tabletop RPG experience to another level with the perfect replica of your player character. All premium plastic miniatures are printed in SLA, coming in a glossy black finish.
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3D Printed Bronze
- ●●●●●Durability
- ●●●●●Detail
Our custom bronze miniatures are the epitome of tabletop epicness. Bronze miniatures are printed using the lost wax method and maintain the highest level of detail fidelity. Polished to a luminous shine and incredibly smooth to the touch, every detail of your custom character will gleam.
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Color Standees (Currently Unavailable)
- ●●●●●Durability
- ●●●●●Detail
Each color standee is precision cut to the unique outline of your character and rendered front, back, and base in full, high-resolution color. All color standees can be taken apart for flat storage, making them incredibly easy to use and portable enough to take on all of your adventures.
DIGITAL PRODUCTS
STL Download
STL Digital Downloads are for the 3D printing hobbyist looking to print their very own Hero Forge® design at home. Every Hero Forge® mini can be purchased as a downloadable STL file. Each miniature’s 3D model is distributed as a zipped .stl file with a file size around 5-10mb.
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3D Digital
Each custom digital miniature is a fully 3D model with all of your detailed color, effects, and posing.
Use your Hero Forge® access key to connect your Hero Forge® account to supported virtual tabletops and all of your 3D digital minis will automatically sync to the tabletop.
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Pre-Made Digital Packs
Each month, Hero Forge releases beautifully designed Pre-Made Digital Packs that include STL and 3D Digital files for five themed minis. Each pack is $7.99 and can also be purchased with 1 digital credit.
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SPECIALTY MATERIALS
Painted Plastic (Available exclusively to Kickstarter Backers)
- ●●●○○Durability
- ●●●●○Detail
For supporting us on Kickstarter, backers of the appropriate tier have access to hand-painted miniatures. Hand-painted miniatures are printed in our premium plastic and painted using traditional miniature painting techniques.
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2X Scale Nylon Plastic
- ●●●●●Durability
- ●●●○○Detail
When standard scale just won’t cut it, we offer custom nylon miniatures at two hundred percent the size of our standard 30mm scale miniatures. Our Nylon plastic is white and has a porous, slightly rough texture. These behemoth miniatures still maintain excellent detail even at the increased size.
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Gift Cards
Gift Cards
Give your adventuring party, friends, and loved ones the ability to bring their characters to life with a Hero Forge® gift card! Our user-friendly gift cards are delivered instantly via email and can be used on any Hero Forge® miniature, digital or physical!
Please note that gift cards cannot be applied to Hero Forge® Pro and Pro Plus Digital Download subscriptions.
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OTHER PRODUCTS
Polyhedral Dice
- Opaque: $9.99
- Translucent: $9.99
- Metal: $34.99
Roll our opaque, translucent, and metal dice in your next campaign! Each material comes in a variety of colors and features easy-to-read numbers.
Large area 3D printer for industrial applications
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The demand for 3D printers with a large print area has been growing noticeably in the 3D printing services market and in the form of consumer requests for more than one year. With an increase in the number of companies using 3D printing in the modernization of cars, the production of large-format blanks for creating master models, the creation of large-scale layouts and prototypes, the widespread medium-sized 3D printers no longer cope with the tasks assigned to them, and in some cases, where gluing large parts by elements and long post-processing is simply not acceptable, not applicable at all.
However, many manufacturers of additive devices, having sensed the trend, began to offer their own versions of such industrial and professional solutions with large dimensions of the working area. One of these companies is the Chinese brand IEMAI, which offers a whole line of such devices, for example, the YM NT-750 model, which we will talk about in this video review.
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Industrial 3D printing technologies are rapidly advancing in many ways, passing critical thresholds of print quality, reliability and cost structure.
Recent advances in hardware, materials, and software have made 3D printing accessible to a wider range of businesses, allowing more companies to use tools previously limited to a few high-tech industries.
Today, industrial 3D printers are accelerating innovation and supporting businesses across industries including engineering, manufacturing, dentistry, healthcare, education, entertainment, jewelry, and audiology.
An industrial 3D printer can revolutionize business and reduce production costs and lead times.
Industrial 3D printing processes
The most commonly used 3D printing technologies are Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM), Stereolithography (SLA), Selective Laser Sintering (SLS), PolyJet and Direct Metal Laser Sintering (DMLS).
FDM (Fused Depsition Modeling)
FDM 3D printing is one of the oldest and most widely used additive manufacturing techniques in the world. It consists of applying subsequent layers of molten material and allowing adjacent layers to cool and merge with each other before applying the next layer.
FDM technology can be described as the reverse process of CNC numerical cutting. 3D models are converted into g-codes, which are sets of instructions. They serve to position the drivers and thus to precisely extrude in order to create another layer. The technology basically uses the exact amount of material needed for a particular part, as opposed to CNC methods that result in a lot of wastage of the material we use.
The resolution of a high prototype is affected by many factors, such as driver positioning accuracy, user calibration, or the quality of the material used in FDM 3D printing. Typically, the FDM print tolerance is 0.15mm to 0.25mm.
One of the biggest advantages of FDM is the quick adjustment of the infill of 3D printed models. This means it's very easy to print a prototype just to check setup and finish. With little internal filling or even a hollow core, we save on material costs. Upon completion of the design phase, we can carry out a final inspection or start a small or medium production series with the final filling of the appropriate 3D printing.
SLS (Selective Laser Sintering)
SLS technology - selective laser sintering - consists in fusing polyamide particles using a high-energy laser beam. The process begins by filling the chamber with powdered material. As the print progresses, the build surface lowers and another layer of powder is added. Polyamide powder is sintered carefully, layer by layer. The solution allows the production of geometrically complex elements with high dimensional accuracy compared to other 3D printing methods.
SLS is particularly interesting in terms of the use of materials that are widely used in the plastics industry, including polyamides.
SLS printers use a powerful laser to melt fine polymer powder particles. The unmelted powder supports the part during printing and eliminates the need for special support structures, making SLS a particularly effective choice for complex mechanical parts.
The ability to produce parts with superior mechanical properties makes SLS the most common polymer additive manufacturing technology for industrial applications.
SLA (Stereolithography)
SLA (Stereolithography) is a 3D printing technology using liquid photopolymer resin. In this technology, the model material is cured with a UV laser beam to achieve the final geometry. The material required for SLA printing - liquid resin - is stored in a tank, into which the working platform is gradually immersed, and then locally illuminated (at the places where the corresponding model is created) with a UV laser. The resin curing by illumination is repeated until the part is ready and the latter is rinsed with isopropyl alcohol to remove any polymer that has not cured. After cleaning, the printout is placed in a special lighting fixture, where the resin models acquire their final properties.
Stereolithography is one of the most precise 3D printing technologies in the world. This allows you to recreate even the smallest details on printed models. SLA printout accuracy is 0.1mm to 0.2mm.
SLA parts have the highest resolution and precision, the sharpest detail and the smoothest surface of any plastic 3D printing technology.
The main advantage of SLA is its versatility. SLA resin formulations offer a wide range of optical, mechanical and thermal properties that match those of standard, engineering and industrial thermoplastics.
SLA is an excellent choice for highly detailed prototypes requiring tight tolerances and smooth surfaces, as well as shapes, tools, templates, medical models and functional parts. It also offers the highest heat rejection temperature of 238 degrees Celsius, making it an ideal choice for certain engineering and manufacturing applications, as well as the widest selection of biocompatible dental and medical materials.
DMLS (Direct metal laser sintering)
DMLS is one of the most advanced technologies. 3D printing uses a powerful laser to fuse metals and alloys at the microscale. The main application of DMLS is the creation of metal parts of complex geometry. Immediately after the 3D printing process, the parts are fully functional (heat resistant, strong and durable).
In fact, parts are even better than cast parts in terms of density, which is reflected in their mechanical properties.
Direct metal laser sintering is very advantageous compared to traditional production methods, as even the most complex elements can be produced in a single production run, which means lower production costs. DMLS technology, combined with topological analysis, makes it possible to produce parts that are lighter than those obtained by traditional manufacturing methods.
DMLS metal parts are exceptionally strong and have a very high weight-to-strength ratio. High resistance materials such as 316 L tool steel, aluminum alloy, titanium, or inconel (an alloy of nickel and chromium) are commonly used.
PolyJet
PolyJet 3D technology is one of the most precise 3D printing technologies in the world. The principle of operation is close to SLA technology, as it is based on the curing of liquid resin. However, in this case, photopolymer resins are cured with UV lamps.
The thickness of a single layer printed using this technology is only 0.016mm (smaller than the thickness of a human hair). Technology accuracy less than 0.099 mm cannot be achieved by other additive technologies.
PolyJet technology will prove to be suitable for the manufacture of precision elements where high precision is required, thanks to the use of resins with different properties, especially mechanical ones, and a soluble base material. It is designed for rapid prototyping and high quality final prototypes with a smooth surface.
The use of industrial 3D printers
The number of industries using 3D printing to improve the efficiency of production and workflow is steadily growing. This technology is widely used in the jewelry industry, in dental laboratories for the manufacture of crowns, bridges and implants, as well as in the production of hearing aids and prostheses that are ideal for patients.
The first commercial 3D printing technology was invented in 1984 by Charles Hull.
Nearly 30 years have passed and the 3D printing industry has rapidly evolved from stereolithography to bioprinting.
Medicine is perhaps the most interesting area of application. 3D printing in this industry is used in a wide range of applications - from the production of prostheses and hearing aids to the bioprinting of body parts. Breakthroughs in this area are happening quickly and spectacularly.
In architecture and construction, 3D printing is used to create detailed models of buildings. In the past, architects only relied on CAD software to design structures. With 3D printing, you can now convert CAD files to 3D printable files. Thus, architects and engineers can easily modify 3D structures and test different market opportunities with a faster, more affordable prototype. Some of the benefits of 3D printing in architecture and construction include the reduction of material waste and the invention of innovative shapes and structures.
3D printing is used to produce complex parts for the electronics, automotive and aerospace industries.
Automotive giants such as GM, Jaguar Land Rover, and Audi have been using this technology for quite a while now to make auto parts. Leading aircraft manufacturers such as Airbus and Boeing are using this technology to improve performance, reduce maintenance and fuel costs. Boeing used this technology to create environmental control ducting (ECD) for the 787 aircraft. The production and assembly of the ECD is quite complex, as it consists of about 20 different parts, which can now be 3D printed as a single unit. 3D printing aircraft components that are 65% lighter but just as strong as traditional parts saves a lot of money and also reduces carbon emissions. The sums that aircraft manufacturers save are enormous. The aviation industry is poised to 3D print an entire aircraft by 2050.
Even NASA is more than willing to use this technology in their space missions. NASA engineers 3D print parts for a space launch system. NASA recently sent a robot to Mars that has almost 70 custom 3D printed parts.
Scientists are also exploring the possibility of using this technology on the International Space Station to manufacture spare parts on site.
The possibilities of 3D printing are endless. Because the target market is very huge and competition is minimal, these applications will inevitably grow rapidly and displace traditional 3D printing engineering applications.
The latest generation of industrial 3D printers has made prototyping and final parts faster and more affordable, opening the door for virtually every company to use 3D printing to improve product development and manufacturing.
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