AI in all of its wonder

[MABO]

Now you have to paint it!

Looks very cool!

[Kekso]

The classic injection mold technology seem to be nearly gone.

Sorry for late reply. I kindly disagree. 3d printing is not suitable for massive production. Therefore I think that mould injection will continue as long as many of us need armies and not single figures.

[MABO]

Sorry for late reply. I kindly disagree. 3d printing is not suitable for massive production. Therefore I think that mould injection will continue as long as many of us need armies and not single figures.

That is of course correct as well, Dalibor, but on the other hand we have less and less new set in 1/72. In 28mm this is something different, but I am not so keen on this topic.

https://plasticsoldierreview.com/ShowFeature.aspx?id=27

I have the impression, that a lot of hobbyists change to selected 3d prints. Maybe as well because, we are all getting older, the rooms are full with boxes and there are less and less young people following us into collecting and paint 1/72 figures.

[Kekso]

but on the other hand we have less and less new set in 1/72.

I don't follow 1/72 market lately but I believe that this is also true.
Although I think it is because 1/72 is less and less popular scale.
Kepping in mind that historical topic is less popular than scfi or fantasy,
I think that historical figures in 1/72 scale do not have bright future regardless of way they're produced.
Just to be clear, they won't disappear but won't grow its market share either.

[MABO]

Yes, at the moment I have the impression, it is shifting to individual designs and more expensive figures. The golden Age of the 2000 with 142 sets in one year is over actually. But let's see what might happen in the future.

[sberry]

I would like to comment on the initial postings in this thread, the AI-generated pics you have presented.
I must say that this is a fascinating topic, and I think it is quite impressive what you can do these days using such tools. (Inspired, among other things, by your thread here, I have started recently to experiment with various platforms; some results here…)

[steve_pickstock]

So work in progress pictures of my 28mm Mini Me.

I wasn't really into this today but he's been sitting there for weeks part painted, and I've been doing little bits at it - I remodelled the scarf/sash, and the snap-sack on the right hip from miliput.
So today I put my foot down with a firm hand, went up into the attic for a Warlord Games officer sprue and sat down to paint.
The problem was that I just wasn't firing on all four cylinders so I did the best I could, and will come back to it when the arthritis/rheumatism is less bothersome.

So as I said, some remodelling and reshaping, the weapons came off the Pike and Shot Officer's sprue, actually the sword is a good match for my own, and the pole-arm is quite like the half-pike I use in battles.




Overall it will do for a 28mm wargames figure but I need to look at some of the edges, highlights especially for the knot of the scarf on the right hip, that could be better defined.

Here he is/I am next to the Warlord Pikeman. The previous version was a little undersized but this second version is much more in proportion.



So, yes, very much a wip but Mrs P says he really does look like me, so I'm happy with progress on this.

[steve_pickstock]

So apart from some issues with cloudy matt varnish, which isn't that big a problem, I'm calling this one done.

[steve_pickstock]

And here he is with his unit - Sir Vincent Corbet's Dragoons of the County of Shropshire December 1642 to May 1646.
Most of the figures are Wargames Foundry figures, the chap with the white beard and moustache, is from Warlord.

First how the unit appeared when it was completed a couple of years ago


And how they appeared in a huge battle - which is why the whole army got painted in the first place.


Have to say that I am well pleased with him and how he turned out.

And then last night