gridlore | Because I'm a geek...

I was just reading a story about how 3-D printers are becoming far more common and coming down in price to the point where they might be household items in a few years, and my first thought was "this is going to make custom miniatures for RPGs incredibly easy to make."

Think about it, fellow gamers. How often did you search for just the right figure? You needed a left-handed ranger with a sun-pattern shield. You settled for that right-handed dude in a cloak, and carefully sawed and glued bits to make him look sort-of right. But now? Now, given the right pattern making program, you can build your figure. Better yet, you can easily update your figure as the character advances. Pick up a +4 scimitar with awesome fire powers, but your figure is holding a long sword? Chuck that one in the recycle bin and build yourself a new one! Need an army of hobgoblins wield spears and roundsheilds, wearing conical helms? The first fifty will be done in 20 minutes.

Painting is still an issue, but from what I see the next generation of printers will include color options, so you can at least get the gross colors right.

It's a brave new world of geekdom.

In other news, I've picked up a stomach bug and am currently busy dying.