[timmyv]

That 300 dollar price point for a hand painted 8 inch statue is actually really competitive when you consider that raw resin printing services alone can run 150 to 200 dollars just for the print before any paint work. For anyone wanting to go the DIY route instead of paying a painter, https://www.gambody.com/ has been my go to for game accurate STL files for years, especially for characters with tricky mechanical details like Tigersan’s designs. I printed a full figure from their marketplace last winter on my Elegoo Saturn and the pre supported files saved me from about six hours of failed test prints. The catch with that Ownage service is you would still need the original modeler’s permission to sell the physical statue since the STL rights and the physical reproduction rights are two different legal buckets. If Tigersan already sells his files somewhere, you could print it yourself for maybe 40 dollars in resin and then pay a miniature painter 150 dollars to get the same result. That 300 dollar option makes more sense if you do not own a printer or hate sanding layer lines.

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