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I really like this thread concept. I design assorted skirmish games and hope to actually feel confident enough to sell them to people, but I really get worried about their reception and out it off because I get really perfectionistic. My current projects are:
I’m also a (terrible) freelance miniature sculptor in the traditional/pushing around putty sense. Mostly been commissioned for one-off stuff, but it’s fun and I need to work on selling it better. If you can’t tell, I’m really not confident in my abilities as a writer or artist despite the work I’ve put in, so for actually-properly-releasing-stuff people: how do you get over that? It’s not criticism that’s the issue, as one of my volunteer editors is good at harsh-yet-effective criticism, but just a kind of block like “no one could ever possibly enjoy this, so why bother releasing anything?”
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Elblanco posted:Thanks guys! I'll probably copy all this into the other thread too. I can answer this, as I’m technically on the miniature creation side of things by taking the time to try and become an actual miniature-making professional. So, you’re looking at three separate expenses right now: design, tooling and moldmaking, and production. Design-wise, I’m more familiar with traditional sculpting, where my understanding of the industry standard for full reproduction rights and the original greens is generally $5-10/mm (150 - 300 for your average 28mm-scale mini), depending on artist. Digital rates are a field I’m unfamiliar with, but you can probably ballpark that for your models for each complete robot (legs, torso, arms, head). This is for the design stuff, and working with any artist, understand what you’re asking for, timelines, revisions, etc. The rates are also assuming you’re working with someone that has miniature design experience, which I would definitely recommend. I would say digital is pretty essential for this kind of project, especially if you want any kind of distribution. Tooling and moldmaking is how you put this in production. As you sound like you want to do injection molding for your parts, know that this is really expensive. If you’re fine with higher per-unit costs, you can work with traditional casting companies and do it in resin or metal more cheaply, but that’s harder for the consumer. I love the idea of this, but it would be hilariously expensive to get a physical run built out with decent detail and enough variation to justify the part-swapping elements. Thankfully, we have 3d printing coming up now, and that turns this from “requires Hasbro-cash to match your vision” to “possible with a good demo and initial rollout”. So, what you’d need there is files designed for printing them, plus instructions on how to add magnets to them so that parts are legitimately easy to swap out. This makes material distribution much easier, although you’re now vulnerable to  if you’re charging for model packs. Look at some of the stuff Gaslands led to in the 3d printing realm for game parts for an idea of where this can go. As far as design - is this more of a boardgame or wargame/miniature game? The expected detail and hobbyist time changes depending on that answer. Oh yeah - as a final point, would indicating my work in miniature design be cool in this thread? I’m available for freelance miniature sculpture and design, and while it’s a bit more physical than other elements in here, it kinda fits?
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