Gundams, Statues, Robots, and Toy Trucks. 3D printing has lots to offer a ton of different geeky hobbies! And with some work, all these hobbies can bring variety and new toys to your games!

Just as all life becomes crabs, many companies eventually conform to a few trends in 3D printing. Do you have to copy other successful IP to make it in this industry?

Both Perram and Christen have been involved in running several crowdfunding campaigns in their careers, and they are ubiquitous in our hobby! They talk about the experience, and give advice both as a creator and a backer.

Before resin dominated the 3d printing world, FDM printers were providing gamers with endless beautiful terrain. We talk about terrain, how to print it, and why we love it in this episode.

Most minis do not want to stand up on their own, and as gamers we’re always in need of a few extra bases to make our miniatures look their best.  But these tiny terrain platforms can be tough to print well. With 3d printers, a world of infinite tiny worlds are at your fingertips!

Find more at PrintYourGames.com

Titan-Forge produces a horde of top quality miniatures every single month for both Fantasy and Sci-Fi gaming. A veteran miniature company that took the leap from physical minis to digital early, they are one of the biggest companies in 3d printing today! Titan-Forge's own Slawek Kosciukiewicz joins us tonight to talk about the past and future of 3d printing for gamers and how they'll be leading the charge.  

Using a resin 3d printer is easy, but if you don't take care of it, they love to self destruct. No one wants to send a plate of freshly printed models through their LCD Screen! We go over what it takes to take care of our magic box that makes all the toys we want.

How much should 3d printable miniatures cost?!  Lychee Support for Chi-Tu Locked Printers  How to Keep up with STL Releases,  Do you need a Wash and Cure Station?  ...And more!

Show Links:

• STL Bundles
• Lychee 3.6 Update Unlocks CTB Printers!

Andrea from CobraMode Miniatures joins us to talk about the imaginative world and the unique wonderful art they create that you can print from home. In world full of Grimdark echoes, CobraMode creates some of the most beautiful and emotive miniatures on the market.

In this podcast Episode: 

• Can we paint all these minis with Speed Paints?  
• The Elegoo Saturn 2 Announced!  
• Why we hate changing our FEPs, and more!

MZ4250 has been foundational to 3d printing for table top games, having made printable versions of ALL the monsters that you need for RPGs for free! He joins us tonight to talk about monsters, minis, and this wonderful world of printing we find ourselves in.

How and WHY we support our models, VROOM Settings TESTED, New Elegoo Saturn S Announced, and more!

Links:

• 3d Printing Pro has done a year long test on VROOM settings:
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6H8wAOLDR-w
• Uncle Jessy has a great video on setting it up:
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XL3ynmZPJs
• A new Elegoo Saturn?!
  https://www.elegoo.com/blogs/news/elegoo-new-machine-saturn-s-9-1-mono-lcd-3d-printer
• MMF’s Winter Sale!
  https://www.myminifactory.com/sales/winter-sale-2021?utm_source=Homepage&utm_medium=HP&utm_campaign=09-12-21_IC_MyMiniFactory_Winter%20Sale_Sale&pk_campaign=09-12-21_IC_MyMiniFactory_Winter%20Sale_Sale&pk_kwd=HP
• Christmas Nerds: https://www.heroesinfinite.com/a-wizards-christmas
• Puppets War - https://www.patreon.com/puppetswarminiatures/
• STL Miniatures - https://www.patreon.com/STLMiniatures/

Back from PAX Unplugged, we talk about the news on the ground of Perram's first game convention since COVID and how 3d Printing showed up! Featuring Titan Forge and Arcane Miniatures!

It's wonderful that 3D printing has given countless artists the chance to get their work out to the world, but when you're looking for models, what do you look for to get the best quality print?

You have the power to make anything you want at the touch of your hands! So what DO you make? Chris and Perram talk about how they plan large 3d printing projects so they don’t waste prints, time or money! Or more accurately, how they’ve failed to do that again and again over time. A cautionary tale!

• Rocket 1 by Hitry
  https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/rocket1/rocket-1-worlds-fastest-and-most-accurate-dclf-3d-printer 

• Early Pledges on Tales of Midgard
  https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/risingminiatures/asgard-rising-tales-from-midgard

How does someone go from a doctor to one of the most successful designers of 3d printed miniatures? We interview Maksym from The Printing Goes Ever On.

Visit our Website: http://www.printyourgames.com/

The Printing Goes Ever On: https://www.theprintinggoeseveron.com/

There are thousands of models by hundreds of artist available to print for your games? How do you find them? How do you save money when you do? Perram and Chris give their tips in this episode of Print Your Games!  Then of course we go over the news and releases in 3d printing this week!

We talk about how to get into 3D Printing for tabletop games! Whether its Warhammer Armies, or Dungeon Tiles for your RPGs, we give our tips on what you need to get started, which printers should be your first, and costly mistakes to avoid! 

After that we talk about new faster 3d printers and which models and campaigns caught our eye this week!

In the launch episode of the Print Your Games Podcast, Jefferson Jay Thacker (aka Perram) and Christen N Sowards talk what is new and exciting in the world of 3d Printing for Your Games and why you need to get a 3d printer if you're a gamer.

While 3D printing is fun and less difficult than you may think, there are still some mistakes you can make. And we've made most of them.

While 3D printing is fun and less difficult than you may think, there are still some mistakes you can make. And we've made most of them.

With a new year ahead of us, what projects do we have in mind for 2024?!

3D Printing is more than just toys, it provides new options, customization, and opportunities that didn't exist or were extremely limited before. How has access to the magic boxes that makes all the things we want changed how we play our games?

Looking to get into 3D printing this year? Or do you want to get some gifts for a 3D printing friend? We talk about the things we'd appreciate this holiday season!

Now that resin printers are able to make amazing quality models - the next upgrade is size! We talk about printers getting BIGGER!

Between sales, monthly subscriptions, Patreon Discounts, & Kickstarters, it's hard to know what the 'real' price of an STL is, or how to get the best deal!

Both Christen & Perram started their own huge Jungle and Dinosaur projects! They compare notes, talk about the best sources, and share their love of the massive availability of models thanks to 3D Printing!

From Modiphius to Mantic to Wargames Atlantic, several traditional publishers expanded to 3D printing these last couple of years. We take a look at how things have gone for them and where they are now. Was it a success? Is this really the future of the industry after all?

We have all the details for the new Elegoo OrangeStorm Giga - A Printer so big you can sit inside it. This is a fantastic time to pick up some printers and materials cheap in the pre-Black Friday sales from Anycubic and Elegoo. All that and more!

It's that time of year again! Ghouls, Ghosts, and 3D Printed monstrosities are out there to haunt your Halloween!

Perram's back from Spiel Essen 23! How was the life of gaming and 3D printing in the largest gaming convention in the world!

Austin from Dragon Trappers Lodge is here to talk about success in 3D printing and how they stand out in a crowded industry. Show Links:

• DTL Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/dragontrapperslodge
• The Hopper Collection: https://www.myminifactory.com/frontier/the-hopper-collection-2123

Cheap Multi-Color Printing and Anycubic has their 1:1 answers to Elegoo's new lineup!

Dragons? Frost Giants? Dinosaurs with Entire Castles on Their Backs? Real-world 3D Printed NASA spaceships! Today, we talk about printing BIG.

A host of high profile Kickstarter failures rain down on the 3d print community. What went wrong, and how can we avoid losing our money in the future? The King of Average Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YIJc2YtMu9w Discourse Minis Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lcHyMOux0w&t=1s The Clockmaster's Codex: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/lostspheres/the-clockmasters-codex?ref=user_menu

A last minute surprise! We'll be having an interview today with Fleshcraft Studios! Creators of 3D Printable Ghasts, Ghouls, and Critters of all flavors. Fleshcraft Studios Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Fleshcraftstudio Fleshcraft Studios MMF: https://www.myminifactory.com/users/Fleshcraft_Studio

Creature Caster has a long reputation for quality, detailed, and creepy models even before entering 3D printing. Taylor from Creature Caster joins us this week to chat. Creature Caster: https://us.creaturecaster.com/ Creature Caster Tribes: https://www.myminifactory.com/users/Creature%20Caster

Having all the 3D printed toys isn't much use if you have no one to play with! We talk about what it takes to get a game group going, and what prints can help get a group started.

Did the Elegoo Saturn 4 Ultra just make every other mid sized printer irrelevant?! What has Anycubic made to counter it? We talk about the new wave of printers hitting the market!

Games Workshop's games enormously influence what models are made by hundreds of creators. Will that always be true?

Perram and Christen are back from Gen Con 2023, and 3D printing was everywhere this year! Minis and terrain, custom characters, war games, dice towers, accessories, everything. We talk about the convention and how 3D Printing is changing the gaming landscape.

This 3D printable terrain is portable, easy to set up, and will looks stunning at any game table. Perram and Christen chat with Matt Guss about his new terrain system: Battlestages. Find More at http://printyourgames.com Battlestages: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/tpkterrain/battlestages-put-your-minis-center-stage/

The new Elegoo Saturn 3 12k Resin Printer may be able to pring models so detailed they're glossy, but how does it compare the printers that businesses, schools, doctors, and manufacturers use? We take a lot at a selection of industrial and professional 3D printer and see what makes the difference between a $400 Saturn 3 12k and a $40k Professional 3d Printer. Find more at http://printyourgames.com/ Links: Geek Detour's Elegoo Saturn 12k Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGRoTCiIlts Form Labs Form 3B+: https://dental.formlabs.com/products/form-3b/ Dremel's 3D Printers: https://3pitech.com/products/dremel-digilab-3d45-3d-printer Ultimaker: https://www.matterhackers.com/store/l/ultimaker-makerbot-method-xl-3d-printer/sk/MVUQL5QY Tronxy: https://www.tronxy3dprinter.com/products/tronxy-veho-1000-16-large-scale-3d-printer-big-format-direct-drive-3d-printer-build-size-1000x1000x1600mm-320-degree-hotend?variant=43995086848220 Photocentric 3D: https://www.matterhackers.com/store/l/photocentric-3d-lc-magna-large-volume-lcd-3d-printer/sk/MG84MPWT Creatbot F1000: https://3dprintersdepot.com/products/creatbot-f1000-industrial-affordable-reliable-large-scale-professional-3d-printer?variant=31775541166162&currency=USD Force Tech: https://forcetechnology.com/en/all-industry-facilities/3d-print-and-additive-manufacturing/large-scale-3d-printing-facility

With game creators now having access to rapid prototyping thanks to 3D Printing, we're seeing so many new ideas and innovations in gaming, from ultra fast dungeon building to accessories we could never dream of. It has also completely changed how we view our upcoming convention trips!

They support great art, and without some of the innovations and techniques developed and spread by Atlas 3D Support Solutions, Resin 3D printing for games would not be where it is today. Support Monkey from Atlas joins us to talk about what they do, why they do it, and why so many of the best 3D artists rely on them to get their models ready to print! Show Links Print Your Games: http://printyourgames.com/ Atlas 3D Support Solutions: https://atlas3dss.com/ Atlas Discord: https://discord.gg/RE4BXC4RHA

There are lots of charming, humourous, and downright hilarious minis available to 3D print. Teddy Bear Imperial Guard? Bunny Street Fighter Ryu? Gingerbread Medusa? Chibi Space Marines? But does it ruin the mood of a game when you bring them to the table?

Back from Tabletop Minions Expo - Perram painted over 100 minis this week, Christen finished some epic phoenixes, Perram decides it's time to upgrade printers, and 3D printing is taking over conventions. All this in more in this week's episode.

Troubleshooting problems is part of the 3D Printing hobby, but what do you do when all the problems happen at once?! Perram talks about how he handled it, and the help it took, in this week's episode.

The Biggest Advancements in 3D Printers that we've seen in years! The Elegoo Saturn Ultra, Neptune 4 and the Anycubic M5s all in one week?! At this rate five more will be released before the end of this episode!

Gergo, from the 3DPrintDen, joins us to talk about what its like to run a 3D printing business! What printers does he use? How does he organize the work? How do you get rid of the toxic waste? How can anyone afford that many paper towels?! Listen to More: http://printyourgames.com/ Show Links: https://3dprintden.ca/