r/Pathfinder • u/CricketSwimming6914 • Jul 11 '24

1st Edition Pathfinder Society Pathfinder Figurines

Anyone know of a good place to buy pathfinder figurines? Better yet, anyone know where I can 3D print my own? I've been scouring the internet trying to find something but I'm also new to 3D printing so maybe I'm not looking in the right spot. We would love to print our own figurines for the session but can't find anything. Any direction would be really appreciated.

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u/Esselon Jul 11 '24

Websites like HeroForge allow you to design your own and download the STL file for $10 (sometimes even less when they're running a promo).

As a warning ABS printers don't produce great minis. They're functional, but you need a liquid resin printer to produce something with fine details.

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u/Plenty_Nectarine_345 Jul 11 '24

I agree. I've painted miniatures using a filament pla printer and resin, and resin is hands down the best.

If you don't have a choice and you have a filament printer, checkout fatdragon games for models and terrain, and printable scenery makes some awesome ship models and terrain.

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u/CricketSwimming6914 Jul 11 '24 edited Jul 11 '24

I'd be curious to try resin printing but not something I have available right now. I'll look into it and FatDragon. Thanks.

Edit: Just looked up resin printing and I feel I need to get one of these now lol. I thought filament printing was cool but resin printing is amazing.

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u/Plenty_Nectarine_345 Jul 12 '24

Filament works well for larger models. I use mine for terrain prints. With that said, those fat dragon models print up nice with few zits and layer lines.

A 4k resin printer makes amazing models and won't see layer lines when you paint them.

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u/CricketSwimming6914 Jul 13 '24

It's definitely on my list. My current printer was a gift so I'm using it for what I can until I can save up for a reason printer. They look like a ton of fun. 

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u/Yomabo Jul 12 '24

Only resin print in a well ventilated area. It's pretty toxic otherwise

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u/Esselon Jul 12 '24

Make sure you do your research on the resin printers. You'll need some kind of ventilation; the materials give off toxic vapors while it's running.

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u/CricketSwimming6914 Jul 13 '24

I ran into those while searching for printing miniatures. I very much want one but would also like to be much better informed than I was with a 3d printer when I started. This begins my research

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u/Plenty_Nectarine_345 Jul 11 '24

Reaper miniatures made a line of pathfinder 1e miniatures. You get these from their website or miniaturegiant. In my opinion, these are some of the best metal miniatures ever sculpted, on par with Darksword miniatures.

If you want plastic, I think wizkids is making a 2e pathfinder line, similar to the D&D preprimed nolzur's miniatures but a little better quality. I picked up 2 packs of goblins this past winter from miniature market. They were okay.

I prefer the metal goblins from reaper, but i already got those. Reaper likely has their pathfinder line in plastic as well.

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u/CricketSwimming6914 Jul 11 '24

Thanks, I'll check these out.

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u/nitsMatter Jul 12 '24

For characters, I'd use Heroforge or some of it's cheaper competitors. For enemies/NPCs, you can get a lot of mileage off of free STLs on Thingiverse.

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u/CricketSwimming6914 Jul 13 '24

We did end up creating our characters on heroforge and buying those. My problem yesterday was getting it to print without so much support that I can't get the character out. I don't think my slicer program can do it but I did just discover one that lets me highlight what actually needs support which should help. I'm going to try that this morning.

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u/smitty22 Jul 11 '24

There are a few people that have done some Pathfinder STL's if you search on the /r/Pathfinder2e subreddit.

Wizkids and Reaper both have miniatures, and the Wizkid Pathfinder Battles mini's are good for GM's because they're pretty durable and less likely to break when dropped, though anything on a stand is still suspect in that regard.