hero forge что это
Дело было вечером, делать было нечего
За импорт готовой модели в 3D, с вас спросят 8 долларов. Что впринципе не так уж и дорого, но практического смысла не имеет в виду ограниченного количества различных пресетов, скорее всего это сделанно с расчётом на то, что у вас есть 3D принтер. А вот за раскрашенную фигурку придётся отдать 45 долларов (и +15$, если на фигурке есть особые пресеты помеченные XL). Можно даже заказать фигурку из бронзы. Но и обойдётся такая в 99 долларов (+100$ с XL).
В общем заходите, играйтесь 😉
И зачем я только туда зашел.
Спасибо за потраченное время
Эх. Жалко они больших фигурок не делают, я бы может даже и заказал бы
( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
А, кстати
У них в твиттере тематические конкурсы регулярно проходят, с миньками в качестве награды
Последний был посвящен скелетам, народ там лепил много всякого от обычной фэнтезийной нежити до тварей, которых и в ином трипе не увидишь
А я? А я прост скелета-гопника запилил, лол.
Хах. Вот скелет гопник, это конечно мощно, да)
Выглядит круто! Такого б модом в torchlight как игрового персонажа и будет полный отвал башки.
О, кто-то снова обнаружил Heroforge, хе-хе
Его в рунете стабильно раз в полгода переоткрывают
Но вообще да, редактор у них хороший (и намного лучше чем у конкурентов в плане юзабельность\производительность), а после добавления покраса все стало еще лучше.
Они каждый вторник небольшие апдейты делают
Но вообще у них есть и минусы, часто возможностей редактора дичайше не хватает, особенно в том, что касается форм и выражений лица, поворотов кистей и локтей (что невероятно критично при создании своих поз), и контента вечно не хватает.
Ну и еще много всяких мелочей, которые станут критичны для любого, кто захочет провести в редакторе времени больше, чем требуется для создания пары ебак.
Их имеет смысл переоткрыть для себя. Да, кое-чего мне тоже не хватало при создании моделек, но альтернативы мне понравились меньше.
Создавайте и распечатывайте собственные идеальные игровые фигурки вместе с HeroForge
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В ближайшее время откроется новый сервис HeroForge (Кузница Героев), благодаря которому у пользователей появится возможность создавать уникальные, превосходно детализированные, 3D-печатные мини-скульптурки.
Сервис HeroForge сосредотачивает свои силы на разработке интерфейса и 3D-моделей, в то время как изготовление и доставка будет осуществляться компанией Shapeways. Сервис HeroForge планирует сначала предложить несколько вариантов размеров фигурок, включая самые ходовые размеры для настольных миниатюр: 28мм– 30мм, а так же размеры побольше – которые бы хорошо смотрелись как часть интерьера.
В настоящее время предлагаются два основных материала для создания миниатюр. Один из них «ультрадетальный пластик» – это немного прозрачный материал (до грунтовки), который позволяет создавать удивительно детализированные фигурки и при этом на него отлично ложится краска. Другой материал – «прочный пластик», стоит меньше, и хотя он немного проигрывает в детализации первому пластику, он обладает такими ценными свойствами, как прочность и пластичность. Он молочно белый, более грубый на ощупь и поэтому меньше подходит для окраски.
Команда HeroForge запустила свой проект на Kickstarter для сбора средств на дальнейшее развитие своего веб-интерфейса и расширения ассортимента 3D-деталей для моделирования. Ниже вы можете посмотреть демо-ролик этого проекта на Kickstarter, а так же несколько фотографий готовых миниатюр.
Hero Forge® Custom Miniatures
Hero Forge® is a free-to-use online character design application. Create and share your unique designs using our in-depth character creator tools. Order customized tabletop miniatures that truly represent your characters. Unleash your creativity and start designing today!
Character Design & Customization
Hero Forge® is a character creator which allows you to design gorgeous, high-resolution characters in full 3D, right in your browser. Hero Forge® offers a genre-spanning library of thousands of parts, sliders, customization options, and color design tools to empower your creativity. Whether you prefer to start from convenient presets or fine tune your character feature by feature, Hero Forge® makes it easy. With fresh content added every Tuesday, there’s always something new to spark your imagination. Best of all, designing, saving, and sharing characters is completely free!
Order Custom Miniatures
Designed with the tabletop gamer in mind, Hero Forge® allows you to purchase your unique character designs as custom 30mm scale tabletop miniatures—the most common scale for tabletop RPG gaming. Your custom designs are available in a range of materials. Choose from paintable plastics, rugged metal, or select our Color Plastic option for a full color mini that is table-ready right out of the box.
Download your Hero
Do you own a 3D printer? Hero Forge® offers purchasable stl model files of your designs—the most common format for 3D printing at home. STL Download purchases are delivered directly to your Hero Forge® account page.
Use Hero Forge® Pro to Make Virtual Tabletop Tokens
Our Hero Forge® Pro subscription offers access to a wide range of additional features. Export unlimited 2D portraits and tokens, and enjoy exclusive features designed to make building characters even faster and easier. Enjoy lower monthly costs by selecting longer subscription terms. Hero Forge® Pro Includes:
About Hero Forge ®
Thank you for using Hero Forge®, the internet’s home for customizing and 3D printing tabletop miniatures and statuettes.
With the rise of 3D printing, the age of bespoke, made-to-order products is just beginning, and we’re thrilled to be bringing that revolution to the tabletop. Originally funded by Kickstarter, Hero Forge® is a platform which allows you to create detailed characters in full 3D, right in your web browser, with an easy-to-use character customizer. Then, using the power of 3D printing, we’ll turn pixels on-screen into atoms in your hand so you can finally have a tabletop miniature that truly feels like your character. Designed with the tabletop gamer in mind, Hero Forge® lets you print figures in classic tabletop miniature scale, as well as 2x scale statuettes for commemorating your favorite characters. We’re thrilled to have manufacturing and shipping handled by one of the leading names in 3D printing, Shapeways Inc. Their Developer API allows us to take advantage of the latest and greatest in 3D printing technology and focus on what we’re passionate about: providing a high quality, intuitive design experience.
Gone are the days of rooting through poorly stocked shelves or browsing low-rez image galleries for something that vaguely resembles your hero: design your character from the ground up and see it in full 3D, and finally have a miniature that captures your vision.
Hero Forge® is a product of Sky Castle Studios, LLC. We are devoted to creating unique, web-based design experiences for custom products that capture your imagination and your vision.
Hero forge что это
Hero Forge® custom miniatures provide a rewarding painting experience for professional painters, hobbyists, and amateurs alike. We offer several 3D printed materials to choose from, each with unique properties and characteristics which may inform your approach to painting. Read on for more information about each material, and other recommended painting practices. Additional information about our material options and their properties can also be found on our materials page here.
For those of you who want to level up your miniature painting skills, check out our ever-growing gallery of Hero Forge® Painting Academy videos below. Featuring renowned painter Doctor Faust, these tutorials offer useful tips for painting a wide range of textures, color pallets, and effects. We add new tutorials from time to time, so don’t hesitate to suggest topics through our user request form.
Priming Your Miniatures
It is generally advisable to apply an undercoat of primer before painting a figure. A layer of primer offers a number of benefits; most importantly, it serves as a neutral base upon which additional layers can be added and allows them to adhere better. Properly applied, primer can extend the lifespan of your paint job by minimizing chipping or other wear. Primer can be applied a number of ways, like using a spray can, an airbrush, or a traditional brush. Using spray cans is extremely common for hobbyist mini painters who may not own an airbrush.
Some painters may prefer a dark undercoat if their color scheme will be predominantly dark, or a light undercoat if your color scheme includes large, brightly colored areas. Since thin layers of paint tend to be semi-transparent, this lets you achieve your desired level of brightness or darkness with fewer coats. A neutral gray primer is a versatile option that should serve well in both cases.
Note that it is rarely necessary to achieve an entirely opaque, consistent base coat for primer. Especially in the case of ‘rattle-can’ spray primers, a light dusting from multiple angles will result in a slightly speckled appearance, and should provide a sufficient base upon which to build. This is preferable to a thick layer, which may obscure some amount of fine detail before you even begin adding additional layers.
While most of our materials arrive unprimed, our basic Plastic miniatures come pre-primed in a flat, neutral gray, and are ready to paint right out of the box without any additional preparation.
What Paints to Use
Acrylic-based miniature paints are the most popular type of paint to use for tabletop miniatures. Acrylic paints tend to be fast drying and do not appreciably shift in color as the paint dries. Examples of popular brands include Vallejo and Army Painter acrylic paints. Acrylic paints designed for miniatures tend to be somewhat thinner than the acrylic paints one would use on a canvas. Note that it is often recommended to further thin your paints with water in order to have more control while layering coats of paint.
Thin Your Paints
Scale models typically have extremely fine detail. Even paints designed specifically for use on scale miniatures can be thick enough to obscure detail when applied in heavy coats. Consider thinning your paints with water before you begin painting. Thinned paints will typically require more layers to achieve an opaque coat, but will better preserve the underlying physical detail. Thinner paints also offer some benefit when blending colors, allowing you to apply multiple semi-transparent layers in the same area with minimal visible brush strokes.
If you do not have experience with layering or thinning paints, we recommend reviewing episode 2 of the Hero Forge® Painting Academy, which recommends a 1:3 or even 1:5 paint-to-water ratio. Different techniques will require different levels of dilution however, so be sure to experiment to find what suits your style.
Removing Paint
Paint is designed to stick to the surface it is applied to and is not easily removed; however, under some circumstances a painter may wish to remove some or all previous coats of paint in order to begin fresh, try a different color scheme, or correct a mistake.
Unfortunately, many of the harsh chemicals that can be used to effectively strip paint from a miniature can also degrade the underlying plastic material that makes up your model. For this reason, we recommend stripping paint only as a last resort. Instead, consider thinning your paints and working in thin, layered coats from the beginning. Not only does this provide significantly more control and make blending easier, it also helps preserve the underlying physical detail so you can simply paint over previous coats.
While painting over previous layers is the most foolproof way to correct errors, it is not always an option. In these cases, you can try soaking your miniature in isopropyl alcohol, and then carefully scrubbing the surface with an old toothbrush. Only soak your miniature in alcohol for brief periods. Try starting with 10 minutes prior to your first scrub, and slowly raise the duration of the soak from there, alternating with a gentle brushing to remove previous paint layers. It is often the case that not all of the paint can be removed. In these cases, the goal should be to remove only enough that you can return to painting additional opaque layers on top of the old. Note that isopropyl alcohol is extremely flammable, and that fumes or contact can be toxic to humans. Always wear protective gear and take every precaution when handling chemicals.
Plastic Material Painting
Our plastic material offers excellent value for painters. These miniatures are produced using an SLA printing process at 100micron layer thickness. This is fine enough to capture fine physical detail like facial expressions, but may display some visible “layer line” stepping textures as a result of the 3D printing manufacturing method. If you prefer an extra-smooth surface with minimal “layer lines,” consider trying our Premium Plastic material.
Plastic miniatures come pre-primed in a matte gray primer; a suitable base coat for both light and dark color schemes, and is paintable right out of the box. Note that techniques like ink washes, as described in Episode 1 of Hero Forge® Panting Academy, work very well, though this may slightly accentuate any layer line stepping texture present on the surface.
Premium Plastic Material Painting
Our Premium Plastic material offers the highest physical detail and fidelity to your original design. These miniatures are produced using an SLA printing process at 50micron layer thickness—double the “z-axis” resolution of our basic Plastic option. While some “layer line” texture may be visible on the surface of the model, this is typically very subtle, and nearly indistinguishable under a layer of paint or primer.
Premium Plastic is designed to be our most paint-friendly material. It does not come primed, allowing the painter to choose a suitable color undercoat for their intended color scheme. No special considerations are required for painting this material. Our Premium Plastic models are used for all of our Hero Forge® Painting Academy videos.
Bronze Material Painting
Our Bronze material is produced using a 3D printed master which is then cast using a “lost wax method.” The resulting model is then polished to a jewelry-shine. The 3D printed master from which a model is cast is produced with 50 micron layer thickness, equivalent to our Premium Plastic material. This allows the resulting bronze model to include extremely fine detail. Note that a small amount of material is buffed off during the polishing process. This can very slightly soften some small details. Some deeply recessed surfaces are inaccessible for polishing, and may be slightly rougher than neighboring raised surfaces.
The smooth surface and high detail of these Bronze figures makes for an appealing painting subject, but keep in mind that paint adheres differently to smooth metal than it does to slightly textured plastics. Paint is much more likely to chip or rub off of a smooth metal surface than it is on a textured plastic. This can decrease the lifespan of your paint job, especially if the model is subject to rubbing against other surfaces, either through handling, or while stored in a way that allows it to tumble or rub against container walls. The best way to minimize this wear is to apply a base coat of primer. We strongly recommend cleaning your bronze model prior to applying a layer of primer. This can be done easily with dish soap, water, and a quick scrub. This will remove any oils or dusts that may be present from the manufacturing process, and allow your primer to adhere better. For the maximum longevity of your paint job, we also advise minimal handling of painted bronze figures. This will allow you to go longer between “touch ups.”
Color Plastic Material Painting
Our Color Plastic miniatures are printed using a UV-cured acrylic resin. The model is then sprayed with a light coat of sealants designed to protect your mini and prevent additional UV light (like sunlight through a window) from altering your models’ mechanical properties over time. Our Color Plastic material offers a great way to receive a tabletop-ready miniature in full color without picking up a paint brush. However, some users may enjoy personalizing their color miniature with additional paint touch-ups or ink washes.
Note that the sealant used on your Color Plastic miniature is not designed to serve as a primer or base-coat. As a result, additional layers of paint applied directly to our Color Plastic models may require additional coats to achieve the desired effects. Applying a simple ink wash to your model can also accentuate detail. We recommend experimenting with a small area of your model first in order to consider the effect of these washes.
Painting Academy
Want to level up your painting skills? Check out our Hero Forge® Painting Academy videos below. Each video covers a specific technique, color palette, or painting subject. Videos are jam packed with tips from renowned painter Doctor Faust. We recommend that new painters review video #1 and #2 first to cover the basics. Otherwise, videos may be viewed in any order.